Process Development & Pilot Plant Services

Commercialize your product with confidence. Go from lab scale to 3,000L at our pilot plant facility. 

Who we serve

Our 1200 square meter facility supports a variety of biological production use cases that do not require food-grade or GMP certification. These include whole microbial ag biologicals, protein-based biologicals and small molecules used in nutraceuticals and fragrances. Our team and facility has experience scaling processes across a range of host organisms, including bacteria, yeast, and plant cell cultures.

Commercial terms

Any strains or processes that you transfer to us fully belong to you – your assets and data remain yours after we collaborate.

Three ways to work with us

01

Validate your process at scale

We welcome teams who have optimized their fermentation and downstream process at smaller scales and want to test it at up to 3,000L. Work with us onsite at West Sacramento!

02

Iterate on your process

Our facility and equipment is available to teams who want to iron out their fermentation and downstream process at various scales ranging from 15-3,000L. Work with us onsite at West Sacramento!

03

Outsource commercial process development

Starting from lab-scale media screening and fermentation process DoE, our experts use high throughput approaches to develop commercial-ready media and processes for your product.

End-to-end services. Choose your starting point.

Start Small

Lab-scale media and process optimization

We test multiple media recipes and process parameters using automation and high-throughput approaches at 100-250mL scale.

Validate & Iterate

Pilot-scale media and process optimization

We confirm that your media and process parameters deliver the results you need at volumes ranging from 15-3,000L. We begin testing downstream process compatibility at 300L scale.

Stabilize & Concentrate

Downstream process and formulation development

Depending on your target product concept, we prototype a formulation to maximize product stability and performance. We confirm upstream and downstream process compatibility at scale.

Learn more about our facility and team

Our team is excited to learn how Ginkgo can accelerate your product development goals. Start the conversation today.

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