Ginkgo and Transcriptic receive $9.5M DARPA automation award
Ginkgo Bioworks and Transcriptic received a joint $9.5 million DARPA award connecting foundry automation with a robotic cloud laboratory for biological design.
Evidence notes
- The work formed part of DARPA's Synergistic Discovery and Design program, known as SD2.
- The project connected Ginkgo's automated foundry with Transcriptic's robotic cloud laboratory to execute biological experiments around the clock.
- Machine-learning systems were intended to design and analyse experiments while the linked automation generated physical results and fed them back into the design cycle.
Company context
Ginkgo Bioworks operates an automated platform for engineering biology. The Boston company uses lab automation and software infrastructure to make biology easier to engineer.