Ginkgo Bioworks, Invaio Sciences enter collaboration

Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) and Invaio Sciences, an agricultural biotechnology company leading in nature-positive crop protection solutions, announced a collaboration to develop strains that can efficiently manufacture peptide-based crop protection inputs. Growers are seeking inputs that protect agricultural crops from pests that are increasingly resistant to conventional chemistry. In response, Invaio’s platform discovers and develops peptide-based crop protection solutions that complement or offer potent alternatives to conventional chemistry while meeting growers’ standards for efficacy, affordability, and ease of use. As a part of the commercialization of its peptide-based products, Invaio will leverage Ginkgo’s platform and best-in-class microbial strains for protein production. Ginkgo’s strains have been engineered to provide advanced starting points for protein and peptide-based products through industrial-scale fermentation. In this collaboration, Ginkgo will further optimize its strains and fermentation processes to deliver on Invaio’s production goals.