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Novel CRISPR-Cas12a Orthologs Expand Gene Editing Toolkit for Plants
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Researchers screened nine orthologs that had not been tried in plants before and identified six that possessed high editing activity in rice.

ERS Genomics Licenses CRISPR Patents to Korean Biotech Firm G+FLAS Life Sciences

G+FLAS said it provides CRISPR-related research services, tools, and reagents and applies CRISPR technology to develop drugs and produce genome-edited plants.

Swift Biosciences, LGC BioSearch Partner on Targeted Sequencing for Ag-Bio

LGC will be Swift's worldwide partner for amplicon-based targeted sequencing assays for genotyping AgBio samples, including crop species and animals. 

Arbor Biosciences, Biosearch Technologies Ink Global Distribution Deal for Ag-Bio NGS Panels

The UK's Biosearch Technologies will distribute Arbor Biosciences' myBaits custom, targeted NGS panels to agricultural and seed breeding companies.

Ginkgo Bioworks Launches $350M Funding Vehicle for Spinoffs

Ginkgo plans to strategically partner with leading companies in mature markets to create synthetic biology-based spinouts, something it has already done in ag-bio.

Aug 26, 2019

10x Genomics Showing 'Little Concern' for Patent Lawsuit Consequences, Customers Say
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Jun 4, 2019

California Nanopore Firm Shifts Focus to Ag Market
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May 24, 2019

Arev Brands International, Lighthouse Genomics Ink Cannabis Genotyping Agreement

Jan 8, 2019

GreenLight Biosciences Raises $50M in Private Financing Round

Dec 20, 2018

Bayer, HitGen Partner on Small Molecule Discovery for Crop Science

Nov 13, 2018

Trace Genomics Raises $13M in Series A Financing Round

Dec 14, 2017

Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $275M to Support Foundry, Bayer Ag Venture

Sep 18, 2017

ExcitePCR Aims to Launch Two Versions of POC MDx Platform Over Next Two Years
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Sep 14, 2017

Ginkgo Bioworks, Bayer to Invest $100M in New Agbio Company

Feb 23, 2017

Ag-Bio Startup TL Biolabs Raises $4M

Jan 4, 2017

Monsanto Licenses CRISPR/Cpf1 From Broad Institute

Nov 3, 2016

Fungal Genome Assembled With Only Nanopore-Generated Reads

Sep 28, 2016

Toyota Designs New Genotyping by Sequencing Technology Platform for Crop Research
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Aug 16, 2016

BGI Opens Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Inks Agreements With Queensland Researchers

Jun 28, 2016

Monsanto Inks Gene Editing Tech Licensing Deals With TargetGene, Nomad Bioscience

Jan 19, 2016

Affymetrix Completes Planned Launch of Eureka Kit for Agrigenomics Customers
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Dec 17, 2015

Canadian Research Team Wins C$7.3M to Develop New Vaccines for Cattle
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Dec 3, 2015

Novogene, International Center for Tropical Agriculture Partner to Construct Cassava Pan-Genome

Nov 17, 2015

Computomics Looks to Expand Plant Genome Analysis Service in North America
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Sep 4, 2015

New DivSeek Initiative to Encourage Genomic Characterization of Seed Bank Holdings
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Missed Early Cases

A retrospective analysis of blood samples suggests early SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been missed in the US, the New York Times reports.

Limited Journal Editor Diversity

A survey finds low diversity among scientific and medical journal editors, according to The Scientist.

How Much of a Threat?

Science writes that need for a provision aimed at shoring up genomic data security within a new US bill is being questioned.

PNAS Papers on Historic Helicobacter Spread, Brain Development, C. difficile RNAs

In PNAS this week: Helicobacter genetic diversity gives insight into human migrations, gene expression patterns of brain development, and more.