Ginko Bioworks on Display at SynBioBeta. I caught up with the head of DNA Synthesis (Ginko acquired MIT’s Gen9 for this, as I was the first VC investor in their very cool way for accurately building genes with a silicon chip and error-correcting enzyme from nature)
Some quotes from Day 2 of SynBioBeta 2018:
“91% of consumers will switch brands for a deeper purpose” — Charles Dimmler, CEO, Checkerspot
“Beyond Meat and Impossible burgers led to their raw material, pea protein to skyrocket in price, from $3.50/lb to $15/lb for high end dairy. It tripled on average from tiny sales growth. Plants are not the most effective way to make proteins.” — Ryan Bethencourt, CEO of Wild Earth
“Microbes could become the primary source of Nitrogen for all crops in the world. U.S. corn consumes 6% of global fertilizer. And fertilizer production consumes 2.5% of global energy production.” — Karsten Temme, CEO of Pivot Bio
“Mosquitos are most deadly animal on earth, killing 700K people/yr.” — Todd Bixby, Intrexon
“We can synthesize the equivalent of 1 human genome on a single run.” — Ben Borgo, Agilent
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