I had missed this but Sri pointed it out to me. A sacred, 800+ year old Ginkgo tree fell in Japan in March due to a storm. The tree was so revered that 20,000 people from all over Japan came to pay their respects to the fallen tree. To ensure that the [...]

Biological engineering today is increasingly built on a foundation of standard biological parts that engineers can use to build their systems.  These are the basic subroutines in our programming language.
It’s important that the parts that provide core functionality be free of restrictive IP rights and a couple recent developments deserve to be celebrated:
(1) Last week [...]

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 [...]