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- February 4, 2021State set to begin pool testing to get kids back in the classroomFox 25 Boston
- February 4, 2021COVID-19 pool testing underway at Massachusetts schoolsWCVB
- February 2, 2021Ginkgo Bioworks Selected to Provide Pooled COVID-19 Testing for Massachusetts K-12 SchoolsPooled Testing for K12
- January 22, 2021Strength in numbers? The future of COVID-19 testing may depend on itBoston Globe
- December 21, 2020Biotech companies unite to engineer a better mosquito repellentAxios
- December 17, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks, Azitra, Florida International University, and Latham BioPharm Group Awarded $15M by DARPA to Develop Skin Microbiome-based Mosquito RepellentRevector
- December 16, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Acquires Biotechnology Startup Novogy’s Microbial Engineering PlatformNovogy
- December 10, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks and Octant Partner to Expand COVID-19 Testing Capacity using Next-Generation Sequencing TechnologyOctant
- December 10, 2020Why your kids’ schools could stay open this winter if we ramped up COVID-19 testingUSA Today
- December 7, 2020Inside Ginkgo Bioworks’ efforts to dramatically scale Covid-19 testingBoston Business Journal
- December 1, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on $1.1 billion loan for coronavirus effortsCNBC
- November 25, 2020U.S loans $1.1 billion to Ginkgo Bioworks for pandemic effortReuters
- November 25, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks To Expand Biosecurity and Pandemic Response Platform with $1.1B Federal LoanDFC
- November 20, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Funds Expansion of Rapid Antigen Test Manufacturing with Access Bio in New JerseyAccessBio
- November 3, 2020‘The Biological Event Of Our Lives’: Boston Biotech Unicorn Dives Into Mass Coronavirus TestingWBUR
- October 29, 2020Allonnia launches to destroy pollution with microbesC&EN
- October 26, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Secures Access to SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test With Goal of Acquiring and Distributing Up To 50 Million TestsRapid Antigen Tests
- October 22, 2020Allonnia Launches from Ginkgo Bioworks’ Ferment Consortium with $40M Series A to Address Critical Problems in Waste Remediation with Synthetic Biology, Appoints Nicole Richards as CEOAllonnia
- October 22, 2020Bill Gates backed venture aims to eliminate forever chemicalsBloomberg
- October 22, 2020Eyeing big testing expansion, Ginkgo rolls out 50M rapid antigen diagnosticsEndpoints
- September 10, 2020Totient Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks to Apply Unique Discovery Platform to COVID-19 Antibody EffortsTotient
- September 10, 2020Ginkgo teams with unknown upstart in hunt for Covid-19 antibodyEndpoints
- August 14, 2020The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives BackThe Atlantic
- July 31, 2020This clever COVID-19 testing technique could help send kids back to school safelyFast Company
- July 31, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks, Mammoth Biosciences among winners of NIH’s ‘Shark Tank’ for Covid-19 testsSTAT
- July 31, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Awarded $40MM NIH RADx-ATP Contract to Expand High Throughput SARS-CoV-2 TestingNIH RADx
- July 28, 2020Boston startups scramble to help employers with on-site COVID-19 testingBoston Globe
- June 25, 2020If Biology Can Build It, They Will Come: Ginkgo Bioworks Is Laying The Foundation For The $4 Trillion BioeconomyForbes
- June 19, 2020Ginkgo BioWorks CEO on New Covid-19 Testing InitiativeBloomberg
- June 18, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Launches Concentric by Ginkgo to Help Enable Large-Scale COVID-19 TestingConcentric
- June 18, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: ‘If we try, we can win’CNBC
- May 28, 2020Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universitiesBoston Globe
- May 28, 2020Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $70 Million to Tackle Covid-19 TestingBloomberg
- May 28, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks to Build Infrastructure for Rapid Epidemic Response with $70MM InvestmentPress Release
- May 27, 2020Why Finding The Right Investors Is Critical For Billion-Dollar SuccessForbes
- April 30, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to CoronavirusWall Street Journal
- April 28, 2020Opinion: The US already has the technology to test millions of people a dayMIT Technology Review
- April 15, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 ResponseModerna
- January 21, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks’ Reshma Shetty On Co-Founding Synthetic Biology’s First UnicornForbes
- December 4, 2019The Bloomberg 50Bloomberg Businessweek
- November 8, 2019Bloomberg Businessweek Debrief: A Conversation with Jason KellyBloomberg Businessweek
- November 6, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Wants Biology to Manufacture Physical GoodsBloomberg Businessweek
- November 1, 2019Three Industry-Changing Founders on Building Your Own EmpireMarie Claire
- October 10, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks to Launch Spinout Companies Through New FundThe Wall Street Journal
- October 9, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinoutsReuters
- October 4, 2019As Silicon Valley faces a tech reckoning, biologists point to the next big opportunityCNBC
- September 19, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks’ dev shop for genetic programming is now worth $4 billionTechCrunch
- September 19, 2019Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New FundingBloomberg
- September 19, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $290 Million in Series E Financing to Grow its Platform for Cell ProgrammingSeries E Fundraise
- September 16, 2019Silicon Valley’s top startup hub just teamed up with a $1.4 billion company to help startups find new ways of creating drugs, food, and clothing with biologyBusiness Insider
- July 25, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks Co-Founder Honored with Rosalind Franklin AwardGenetic Engineering News
- July 24, 2019The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize ManufacturingForbes
- June 13, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks and Synlogic to collaborate on ‘living medicine’CNBC
- June 12, 2019Synlogic and Ginkgo Bioworks Establish Transformational Platform Collaboration for the Accelerated Development of Novel Synthetic Biotic™ MedicinesSynlogic
- May 30, 2019BIO Announces 2019 Rosalind Franklin Award Winner: Reshma Shetty, Ginkgo BioworksBIO
- May 16, 2019Why Ginkgo Bioworks is number 19 on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 listCNBC
- May 15, 2019Microbe-Hacker Ginkgo Bioworks Pushes Further Into Medicine With Acquisition Of Genome Mining Platform And Antibiotics Discovery Deal With RocheForbes
- May 15, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks Acquires Warp Drive Bio’s Genome Mining Platform for Discovery and Development of Novel Classes of AntibioticsWarp Drive
- April 16, 2019You Can Now Smell a Flower That Went Extinct a Century AgoPopular Mechanics
- April 16, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks Appoints Former Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers as Chairman of its Board of DirectorsPress release
- April 16, 2019Unilever Chairman Joins Board of Bioengineering Unicorn GinkgoBloomberg
- April 4, 2019The engineering of living organisms could soon start changing everythingThe Economist
- February 26, 2019This food tech startup just raised $90 million to make it easier to invent new plant-based meatsFast Company
- February 26, 2019With $90 million in funding, the Ginkgo spinoff Motif joins the fight for the future of foodTechCrunch
- February 26, 2019Fund Backed by Bezos, Gates and Ma Invests in Meat AlternativesBloomberg
- February 26, 2019Ginkgo Bioworks Launches Motif Ingredients with $90 Million Series A FinancingMotif
- February 20, 2019Scent of Extinct Maui Mountain Hibiscus Revived by ScienceMaui Now
- February 1, 2019Fragrant Genes of Extinct Flowers Have Been Brought Back to LifeScientific American
- December 21, 2018This $1 billion start-up backed by Bill Gates prints new DNA — and everyone from the DOD to Bayer is on boardCNBC
- November 8, 2018Firms invest in human milk oligosaccharidesC&EN
- November 8, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks and Glycosyn LLC Announce $14MM Deal to Scale Production of Human Milk OligosaccharidesGlycosyn
- October 24, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks Opens Bioworks4, Adds New Tools for the Rapid Genetic Engineering of Mammalian CellsBioworks4
- October 24, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks is Turning Human Cells Into On-Demand FactoriesWIRED
- October 22, 2018Cannabis grown from yeast: does the future of pot lie in a lab?The Guardian
- September 4, 2018Cronos Partners With Ginkgo to Develop Lab-Grown CannabisBloomberg
- July 19, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks Appoints Claire Laporte as New Head of Intellectual PropertyNew Head of IP
- June 27, 2018The DNA Cops Who Make Sure the World’s Deadliest Viruses Aren’t RebuiltBloomberg
- June 27, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Biosecurity Initiative, Using Deep Learning to Reduce the Global Threat of Biological Weapons and Infectious DiseaseDefense Work
- June 14, 2018Garments of interdependence: Natsai Audrey Chieza on fashion, design, and synthetic biologySynBioBeta
- June 14, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks Marks 10-Year Anniversary with iGEM PartnershipiGEM
- June 7, 2018Is biological design the future of everything?Cosmetics Design
- May 31, 2018Bioengineers Aim to Break Big Ag’s Addiction to FertilizersIEEE Spectrum
- May 22, 2018Why Bill Gates is betting on a start-up that prints synthetic DNACNBC
- April 12, 2018A controversial technology could save us from starvation — if we let itBusiness Insider
- April 12, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks and Transcriptic selected by DARPA to leverage robotic cloud lab and foundry automation to accelerate biological design with $9.5 M awardSD2
- March 20, 2018Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks Unveil Joint Venture, Joyn Bio, and Establish Operations in Boston and West SacramentoJoyn
- February 20, 2018The Billion-Dollar Startups Revolutionizing Healthcare You Should Be Watching in 2018Business Insider
- February 20, 2018The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2018Fast Company
- February 20, 2018Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs?The Atlantic
Watch NowFebruary 20, 2018Bayer Betting Plants Can Fertilize ThemselvesBloomberg
- February 20, 2018Ginkgo Bioworks secures $275 million in Series D, valuing the company at over $1 billionTechCrunch
- February 20, 2018Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Pour Into Hacking MicrobesForbes
- December 14, 2017Ginkgo Bioworks Launches New Organism Foundry, Supported by $275 Million in Series D FundingBioworks 3 Series D
- December 8, 2017Synlogic and Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Collaboration as First Step Toward Building an Unprecedented Discovery Engine for Novel Living Medicines in Neurological and Liver DisordersSynlogic
- October 24, 2017Bayer And Ginkgo Bioworks, A Startup, Aim To Make Crops Produce Their Own Nitrogen FertilizerForbes
- October 24, 2017This Startup Is Engineering Crops That Can Fertilize ThemselvesFast Company
- October 3, 2017Ginkgo Bioworks Taps Transcriptic’s Robotics Software to Further Accelerate Automation in Organism DesignTranscriptic
- September 15, 2017Bayer joins in $100 million investment bet on ag-biotech startupReuters
- September 15, 2017With designer bacteria, crops could one day fertilize themselvesWIRED
- September 14, 2017Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks join forces for sustainable agriculture, forming new company with USD 100 million Series ABayer JV
- August 28, 2017The big business of enzymesAxios
- August 28, 2017New natural selection: How scientists are altering DNA to genetically engineer new forms of lifeNewsweek
- August 28, 2017In this South Boston lab, scientists work alongside robotsThe Boston Globe
- August 28, 2017Fragrance ingredients made via fermentation have arrived on a commercial scaleCosmetics Design USA
- July 27, 2017Ginkgo Bioworks and Kerry Announce New Technology PartnershipKerry
Watch NowMay 18, 2017Ginkgo Bioworks Disrupting DNACNBC
Watch NowMarch 15, 2017How DNA Could One Day Rebuild Cell PhonesBloomberg
- January 20, 2017Boston-based Ginkgo snaps up George Church-founded DNA makerBoston Business Journal
- January 20, 2017Ginkgo Bioworks Acquires Leading Synthetic DNA Provider Gen9Gen9
- January 13, 2017Tom Knight’s Ginkgo Bioworks Seeks To Reinvent Moore’s Law Through BiochemistryForbes
- January 4, 2017The Quest To Bring Biodesign To The MassesFast Company
- October 10, 2016Inside South Boston’s new organism factoryCrain's Boston
Watch NowOctober 7, 2016Cutting Edge: Boston start-up customizes cells to make natural flavors, fragrancesWCVB Channel 5 Boston
- October 7, 2016Cutting Edge: Boston start-up customizes cells to make natural flavors, fragrancesWCVB
- October 3, 2016Ginkgo signs trio of microbe dealsc&en
- September 29, 2016Ginkgo Builds Out Robot Labs as Microbe Design Business Growsexome
- September 29, 2016Ginkgo Bioworks Unveils Next Generation Organism Foundry to Bring Biotech into New MarketsBioworks2
- September 19, 2016CRISPR Could Usher In a New Era of Delicious GMO FoodsThe Atlantic
- September 14, 2016A biotech brew for the scientifically thirstyThe Boston Globe
- August 15, 2016Why the Pentagon is paying nearly $2 million for a custom-designed bacteriaCNBC
- August 4, 2016How Scientists Plan to Grow Cities Out of Living OrganismsGizmodo
- July 23, 2016Field of genes: Cultivating biopharma, bio-ag linksThe Boston Globe
- July 11, 2016Commercialization of bio-based products the focus for Ginkgo Bioworks and Amyris partnershipBio-Based World News
Watch NowJune 8, 2016Ginkgo lands at 7 on CNBC’s disruptor listCNBC
- June 8, 2016Boston Startup Raises $100 Million To Use Synthetic Biology To Design Microbes For IndustryForbes
- June 8, 2016Ginkgo Bioworks Secures $100 Million Series C InvestmentSeries C financing
- June 7, 2016Meet the 2016 CNBC Disruptor 50 CompaniesCNBC
- May 16, 2016I Run a G.M.O. Company — and I Support G.M.O. LabelingThe New York Times
- April 7, 201612 Women Leading the Life Sciences Movement in Silicon ValleyTechCrunch
Watch NowJanuary 7, 2016The Science of SensesWGBH
- November 18, 2015Move Over, Jony Ive—Biologists Are the Next Rock Star DesignersWired
- November 7, 2015Y Combinator’s Sam Altman Is Bullish on Biotech StartupsWired
- November 4, 2015Synthetic biology lures Silicon Valley investorsNature
- November 4, 2015Twist Bioscience Inks Deal To Sell 100 Million Base Pairs of Synthetic DNAFast Company
- November 3, 2015Are microbes about to remake manufacturing? This synthetic biologist thinks soGrist
- November 3, 2015Ginkgo Bioworks and Robertet to develop new fragrance ingredientsCosmetics Design
- October 27, 2015We sampled fragrances made from microbes and we’re convinced they’re the future of the industryBusiness Insider
- August 26, 2015Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Partners With Ginkgo Bioworks in Organism DesignAjinomoto
- July 23, 2015This company is engineering the next sweetener from yeastFortune
- July 23, 2015Ginkgo Bioworks Takes On Zymergen With $45 Million In Series B FundingTechCrunch
- July 23, 2015Ginkgo Bioworks Secures $45 Million from Viking Global, OS Fund, Y Combinator and Felicis VenturesSeries B
- May 1, 2015Trailblazing Women: Reshma Shetty, Co-founder of Gingko BioworksThe Huffington Post
- March 26, 2015Why organism engineering could be a foodie’s dream come trueThe Washington Post
- March 22, 2015Manufacturing’s Cutting edge—Custom OrganismsThe Boston Globe
- March 18, 2015This Startup Is Designing Yeast To Make Brand-New Scents, FlavorsBuzzFeed
- March 18, 2015Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $9M to ‘Engineer’ Food Flavors, FragrancesThe Wall Street Journal
- March 18, 2015Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $9 Million in Funding from Felicis Ventures, OS Fund and Data CollectiveSeries A
- March 5, 2015A Perfume That Smells Like Roses—But Is Actually Made from YeastGizmodo
- December 18, 2014The Quest To Reproduce The Scent Of A Rose, With Designer MicrobesFast Co.Exist
- July 16, 2014Why The First YC-Backed Biotech Company May Just Be The Future Of PharmaTechCrunch
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