Building with Biology
Biology is the most advanced manufacturing technology on the planet.
We're inspired by the power of biology and driven to build tools that make it possible to access that power in new ways. If you're passionate about engineering with biology, please join us!
Our Areas of Expertise
Cultured Ingredients
Producing valuable ingredients via fermentation with engineered yeasts for perfumes, foods, cosmetics, and more.
Strain Improvement
Where fermentation is already used in bioindustrial applications, organism engineering can improve efficiency and sustainability.
Enzymes
Enzymes are used in applications from cheesemaking to pharmaceuticals to stonewashed jeans. We're discovering better enzymes for more applications.
Our Founders
Jason Kelly
Founder
Reshma Shetty
Founder
Barry Canton
Founder
Austin Che
Founder
Tom Knight
Founder
Meet the Ginkgo Bioworks Team
Move Over, Jony Ive—Biologists Are the Next Rock Star Designers.
Wired
With help from software-directed robots, 10 technicians in [Ginkgo’s] factory can equal the output of 50 to 100 scientists working by hand at a bench.
The Wall Street Journal
Producing rose oil from yeast sounds like something from a sci-fi novel.
Fortune
Custom-crafted organisms? Yep, designed and produced in a lab that overlooks Boston Harbor.
The Boston Globe