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Ginkgo Bioworks, Syngenta Seeds Strike Research Deal for Plant Trait Development

The companies said they will use Ginkgo's protein engineering and high-throughput screening technologies to discover new traits for seed development.

Agbio Gene Editing Firm Cibus to Merge With Plant Synbio Company Calyxt

The newly merged company will retain the Cibus name and trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market, where Calyxt is currently listed.

Ginkgo Bioworks Q1 Revenues More Than Triple

The Boston-based synthetic biology and biosecurity firm beat the consensus Wall Street revenue estimate but missed on the bottom line.

Pacific Biosciences, Corteva Agriscience Collaborate on High-Throughput Sequencing

The partners will work on high-throughput workflows for DNA extraction and library preparation to enable sequencing of thousands of samples.

French Plant Breeding Firm Meiogenix Raises $13M in Series A Round

The company is developing gene- and chromosome-editing technologies designed to accelerate plant biodiversity by mixing parental genomes during reproduction.

Aug 11, 2021

Berkeley Lights Ramps up Partnerships With Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bayer Deals
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Mar 30, 2021

Novel CRISPR-Cas12a Orthologs Expand Gene Editing Toolkit for Plants
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Feb 23, 2021

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

Feb 24, 2020

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

Jan 29, 2020

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

Oct 10, 2019

Ginkgo Bioworks Launches $350M Funding Vehicle for Spinoffs

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

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.