April 12, 2018 Informatics & Software Liq. Handling & Robotics M&A, Partnerships

Ginkgo Bioworks and Transcriptic selected by DARPA to leverage robotic cloud lab and foundry automation to accelerate biological design with $9.5 M award

Synergistic Discovery and Design Program to facilitate creation of a cloud-based experimental design platform and open data exchange BOSTON and MENLO PARK, Calif., April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Transcriptic, the first robotic cloud laboratory platform, have been awarded a joint $9.5 M contract as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Synergistic Discovery and Design Program (SD2).... Read more

October 3, 2017 M&A, Partnerships

Twist Bioscience to Provide One Billion Base Pairs of Synthetic DNA to Ginkgo Bioworks to Support Expansion into New Industries

Download PDF Ginkgo Bioworks and Twist Bioscience Continue to Drive Industry Growth SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and BOSTON, Mass. – October 3, 2017 – Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of rapid, high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced the expansion of a supply agreement for one billion base pairs... Read more