Cell Development Kits (CDKs) – SDKs for Biology with Patrick Boyle


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Please join our good friends at ACM Boston for their upcoming presentation on Cell Development Kits with Patrick Boyle.
How do you reprogram the genome of yeast, bacteria, or eukaryote cells to repair a problem or increase production of a desired chemical or enzyme? Come hear Patrick Boyle's talk to learn what happens when you try to reprogram biology and how it's different from programming a computer.
CDKs provide streamlined access to the company’s platform for aspiring cell developers to program cells to tackle the biggest challenges facing society. The first CDKs to launch are focused on protein expression programs. The service provides developers access to the toolkit needed to get started developing commercial proteins, including pre-engineered host cells optimized for protein production, specialized equipment, automation capabilities, genetic engineering expertise, insights garnered from Ginkgo’s codebase and the applicable infrastructure to design, build and test a custom microbe.
Ginkgo’s CDKs are designed to cut the cost of launching a cell program and speed up development timelines to build engineered microbes, for example, to determine whether a protein may be successfully and commercially produced. The service is also designed to enable customers to prototype their idea in phases, with each phase providing data that can inform the customer’s project and business strategy. By simplifying the pathway for companies to get started on the Ginkgo platform with standard terms, a phased approach, low costs—starting at $100,000 for protein expression projects—and clear deliverables, the CDK can help derisk projects prior to full scale technical development.
Patrick Boyle is the Head of Codebase at Ginkgo Bioworks, a Boston-based synthetic biology company that makes and sells engineered organisms. Ginkgo is the leading horizontal platform for cell programming – we use automation and software to program DNA code. In this context, Ginkgo’s “Codebase” is our portfolio of reusable biological assets. Ginkgo’s Codebase includes thousands of novel strains, enzymes, genetic parts, and diverse genetic repositories, including millions of engineered DNA sequences. To help more developers leverage Ginkgo’s Codebase, we recently launched “Cell Development Kits” (CDKs) – our version of SDKs
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Cell Development Kits (CDKs) – SDKs for Biology with Patrick Boyle