Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks, based in Boston, MA, is a biotechnology company focused on designing custom organisms for various markets using advanced synthetic biology. The company serves industries including healthcare, agriculture, and industrial bio, offering a wide range of services from enzyme optimization to gene therapy.
Company Overview
Ginkgo Bioworks is located in Boston, MA, and operates within the healthcare sector, specifically in the industrial biotechnology sub-industry. Founded in the Y-Combinator S14 batch, the company employs 641 people. The company's mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo Bioworks is also publicly traded and serves multiple markets with a focus on synthetic biology.
Services
Ginkgo Bioworks offers a range of services including therapeutics and vaccines, agriculture, nutrition and wellness, and more. Their offerings extend to enzyme services, protein services, metabolic engineering, strain optimization, process design and scale-up, and biosecurity services. They also provide RNA therapeutics, gene therapy, and cell therapy services, revolutionizing industrial processes including chemicals, materials, fuels, waste, mining, and water treatment.
Technological Capabilities
The company's technological capabilities are extensive. They design custom organisms for various markets and build foundries for organism engineering. They utilize software and hardware automation to scale these processes and have introduced Bioworks7 for mammalian screening at scale. Additionally, Ginkgo Bioworks uses a synthetic biology platform to discover, optimize, and scale up therapeutic modalities.
Acquisitions
Ginkgo Bioworks has made several strategic acquisitions to strengthen their capabilities. They acquired Altar and Circularis to enhance their suite of genetic medicine capabilities. Proof Diagnostics was acquired to expand gene editing service offerings, and Patch Biosciences was acquired to further develop genetic medicine capabilities. These acquisitions help the company to extend its service offerings and market reach.
Contact Information
Ginkgo Bioworks is located at 27 Drydock Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02210. They can be contacted via phone at 877.HACK.DNA / 877.422.5362. The company serves regions such as the United States, America/Canada, and operates both remotely and partly remotely, offering flexibility for their team and customers.