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Press Releases

April 24, 2013

 

Gen9 Receives $21 Million Strategic Investment from Agilent Technologies
Agilent’s Equity Stake Will Accelerate Growth and Innovation at Company Pioneering Next-Generation Gene Synthesis
“We believe that Gen9 has the correct strategy, technology, team, and IP portfolio to complement Agilent’s innovations in oligo library synthesis and, working together, we will help realize the promise of synthetic biology.”
Neil Cook, vice president and director, Agilent Laboratories

November 14, 2012

 

Gen9 Announces Winners of Inaugural G-Prize Contest
Awardees to receive custom designed DNA for ground-breaking projects that will propel the synthetic biology field forward

September 25, 2012

 

Gen9 Expands Scientific Advisory Board to Advance Synthetic Biology
Members bring world-class expertise in synthetic biology and technological innovation

July 23, 2012

 

Gen9 Sponsors Contest to Recognize Innovation in Synthetic Biology
Inaugural G-Prize winners will receive more than a million base pairs of custom designed DNA

July 11, 2012

 

Gen9 Announces Appointment of Kevin Munnelly as President and CEO
Company expands senior leadership team as it ramps up commercial fabrication capacity for synthesized genes

In the News

Boston Herald

 

Cambridge DNA whisperers
by Marie Szaniszlo - April 25, 2013
Synthetic biology co. Gen9 in $21M deal

The Boston Globe

 

Gen9, a Cambridge gene synthesis firm, gets $21m investment from Agilent Technologies
by Chris Reidy - April 24, 2013

Xconomy

 

Gen9, Synthetic Biology Startup, Snags $21M from Agilent
by Luke Timmerman - April 24, 2013

Boston Business
    Journal

 

Kraft Group-backed Gen9 gets $21M from Agilent
by Patricia Resende - April 24, 2013

Boston Herald

 

Gen9 lands $21M investment from Agilent Technologies
by Ira Kantor - April 24, 2013

GenomeWeb

 

Agilent Makes $21M Investment in Gen9
April 24, 2013

Genetic Engineering
& Biotechnology News

 

Agilent Takes $21M Stake in Gen9
April 24, 2013

Scientific American
    Worldview

 

Letter to the Editor (pdf)
by Kevin Munnelly - 2013 issue

Genetic Engineering
& Biotechnology News

 

Next-Gen Gene Synthesis Opens a World of New Possibilities
A discussion with synthetic biology pioneers Drew Endy, George Church, and David Baker.
March 2013

Money Morning

 

The Next Profit Breakthrough: Synthetic Biology
by Michael A. Robinson - December 13, 2012

The Scientist

 

Top 10 Innovations 2012
December 1, 2012
"Brings the cost and speed of DNA synthesis down to the point where entire vectors can be designed and assembled from scratch. A critical component needed to make synthetic biology a reality."

The Seattle Times

 

UW's brave (and bright!) new lab for molecular engineering
by Katherine Long - September 4, 2012
"The UW works with a Massachusetts company, Gen9, that has come up with a process to make genes on a very large scale."

Boston Globe

 

Gen9 hopes to be the Intel of custom DNA
by Scott Kirsner - July 22, 2012

Xconomy

 

Stealthy Gen9 Rolls Out BioFab for Large-Scale Gene Manufacturing
by Arlene Weintraub - July 17, 2012

VentureWire

 

Gen9 Appoints New CEO, Plans Series C to Scale Up Synthetic Bio Operation
by Brian Gromley, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. - July 13, 2012

Upcoming Events

May 11-12, 2013

 

Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop at MIT
Sponsor: Gen9

Past Events

January 21, 2013

 

PEPTALK in Palm Springs, CA
Speaker: Joe Jacobson - Founder

January 14, 2013

 

ICBE 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Speaker: George Church - Founder

November 14, 2012

 

SynBioBeta Conference in Silicon Valley, CA
Speaker: Kevin Munnelly - CEO

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