Just a quick pointer to an op-ed in the Globe. Apparently Mayor Menino is interested in transforming Boston’s Seaport District, which Ginkgo calls home, into an innovation zone where young scientists and engineers can live and work, on the cheap.
But Menino may be on to something by promoting the waterfront to young scientists and [...]

A few weeks ago, the Globe ran a story on High Tech’s Hand Me Downs. At Ginkgo, we’ve been pretty creative about putting together our lab. Ebay, labs closing up, labs moving, companies shutting down, Dovebid … we’ve tried it all for lab equipment & supplies. So here’s a few tips for [...]

As we previously announced, Ginkgo is looking for new bio-engineers to join the team as either interns or full-time employees. I thought I’d give a special call-out to college seniors who are applying to grad school right now and planning to start next fall.
Everyone here at Ginkgo had a great time in grad school. [...]

Mayor Menino visited Ginkgo today to formally announce our move to Boston and present us with a $150,000 check from the Lifetech Boston loan program for early stage startups. Barry gave him a tour around our new digs and even showed him a demo of one of our Ginkgo-bots.
You can check out [...]

The Crystal Symphony (Conde Nast Traveler’s #2 cruise ship in the world, 2006) docked next to Ginkgo yesterday and pretty much fills our skyline. We welcome its 922 guests and 545 crew.

Just a quick post to spread the word that Ginkgo is looking for kick ass engineers, scientists and hackers to join the team. More info at the website.
Looking for a detailed job description or required qualifications? Sorry but this is Ginkgo, not your typical biotech. We’re looking for people interested in doing [...]

Just received our gel box in the mail today.  Pearl has added a great tweak to the standard gel box with an illuminator that fits snuggly under the box.  The illuminator apparently does a good job of exciting SYBR Safe DNA stain so you can watch your DNA running in real time.  The design is [...]

Some Synthetic Biologists aspire to live in a house grown from a reprogrammed tree. We’re not there yet but our ability to train trees to form useful structures certainly gives cause for optimism. Take for example the living root bridges of the War-Khasis tribe in Northeastern India. Strong, flexible roots are trained [...]

There have been a couple interesting papers out recently that, in my mind, point towards where synthetic biology is going.
The first, by Travis and co. from Chris’s lab, combined available genomic data with gene synthesis to make and screen a library of methyl halide transferases. Methyl halide transferases convert S-adenoyl methionine (SAM [...]

One of Ginkgo’s favorite biological engineers - Jeff Tabor, has just published his latest engineered biological system, a bacterial edge detector, in Cell Magazine.

The edge detector is a great example of combining different biological parts (light sensors, cell-to-cell signaling molecules, reporters, and logic gates) to make a complicated engineered biological system.  In the final system, the [...]