How Synthetic Biology will Grow the Future - Inside Ginkgo Bioworks (literally)

What if we could create any protein, any biological structure that we want. And, for it to be biodegradable, sustainable, and safe for use? Well, that is the ultimate mission of Ginkgo Bioworks, a biotech company founded in 2008 by scientists at MIT, and their using Biology to achieve it.
How, you may ask? Well, by genetically engineering living organisms, like bacteria, yeast and mammalian cell lines to express proteins or genes of interest, testing and selecting the best ones, and then growing loads of it so that the desired product can be extracted. In other words - synthetic biology. These products grown by living organisms can then be used for industrial, pharmaceutical purposes, as well as food production and fragrances. I recently travelled to Boston and was able to have a little tour around Ginkgo’s building. I then later spoke with Sneha, a lead organism engineer at Ginkgo to hear about what they get up to and how they’re achieving it.
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I prefer your videos with no music. Thanks for educating people on synth bio! Jealous you could tour there.

[@VirtuellJo]

Yes, no music please. These subjects do not need music to be interesting :)

[@billcarney829]

We need more "no music".

[@BIGGWILLSCARDSHOP]

3000+ shares strong and adding. I love this company.

[@antoniosmusic]

Another great video! Thank you for presenting us, the general public, with insights into companies and research teams' work. This helps demystify the space, inspire people to look into it, perhaps even study biology as it is seen as a multifaceted and viable career path and the interviews put a human face on a sector otherwise remote and incomprehensible. The way of presentation is also fresh and delivered with intention as you usually make the video as soon as you discover something and study it out of genuine interest and curiosity. Excellent work 👏

[@patricktang294]

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[@Intrepidinnovation]

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[@miaaiyana]

This is a great intro to Ginkgo, really interested in seeing how far they go. Thank you for the video.

[@johncraig86]

Awesome video. Something we should care about. Future great company!

[@Albundy11373]

I own stocks in synthetic biology. Glad you’re talking about it.

[@XapiensatMIT]

Great video! Really interesting process, and to use the data from "failed" attempts in order to increase efficiency!

[@immortalityIMT]

They tried to do this with collagen back in 2005 in a paper titled Recombinant microbial systems for the production of human collagen and gelatin, seemed to work well but never saw any vegan collagen on the market.

[@booshingoff379]

Thanks great video

[@robfolger5498]

Amyris is similar except they scale the product and perform the downstream process themselves. Ginkgo works on more of a royalty basis by supplying only the strain with the expectation the customer will scale and process.

[@SavvyMoneyShow]

My only problem with dna is the ceo pay and sbc is so high it prevents profitability

[@psiphisapiens]

Fantastic

[@nimblep4531]

And yet hardly any likes, doesn't have the patronage it deserves.

[@psiphisapiens]

@@nimblep4531 Eleanor has made so much content, more likes are definitive deserved!

[@robertkelleyroth409]

They gave me a tour as well, which was very nice of them. The major issue is cost. Consider the Human Genome Project. It cost $3 billion or so to sequence the first human genome. Now if someone reduced that cost by 99.9%, that's still a $3 million genome. Fantastic science project but of little practical use. It's the same with the other products they want to make. The cost has to come down to market prices or below (or otherwise offer a compelling feature), or it's just a cool science project.

[@therealGP]

I believe that’s part of their value proposition. With every new product that they sequence, they learn a bit more so the cost to produce each subsequent product gets cheaper & cheaper. Of course I’m a layperson who has done a little research based only on what I can find online so, take that for what it’s worth 😂

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[@mrpetelara]

You have to interview Ilan Sobel of Bioharvest Science inc Next

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Of aging

[@agumonkey]

is dave knight still at ginkgo ?

[@syedarshad1000]

Could you please name any peer companies in india. Thanks

[@pitbulllove2209]

She didn't really provide many specifics, which is concerning. I am an investor, but it's so hard to pinpoint how well the company is actually producing tangible products. She spoke too generally.

[@juliahello6673]

People will want to put the ability to put botanical drugs in apples.

[@christopherellis2663]

Gin- kgo , vs ging- ko It's spelled so far a reason. Just like proteins.

[@adamhanninen8295]

This lady gives off strong Holmes vibes. Ginkgo is sketch and lacks tech transparency. Investor beware

[@terrytibbs]

sketchy company