U.s. department of energy awards team led by ginkgo bioworks funding to develop algal crop protection solutions
Algae-based biotechnology can be used to drive forward clean energy solutions, such as sustainable aviation fuel, yet scaling algal biotechnologies for such purposes faces major barriers the doe has awarded a ginkgo-led team — which also includes partners from pacific northwest national laboratory, colorado school of mines, and global algae innovations — to build revolutionary algal crop protection solutions the team will leverage its expertise in applied algal biology, metagenomics, high-throughput screening, and adaptive laboratory evolution to work to design algal crop protection solutions as more environmentally-friendly alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides, while enhancing productivity boston , dec. 19, 2023 /prnewswire/ -- ginkgo bioworks (nyse: dna), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today announced that a ginkgo-led team — including partners from the pacific northwest national laboratory, colorado school of mines, and global algae innovations — has been awarded funding through the u.s. department of energy's (doe) bioenergy technologies office (beto). the scope of the project will be to develop a new approach to algal crop protection, inspired by integrated pest management strategies used for terrestrial crops.
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