Access genes and gene editing tools you won't find anywhere else. With our metagenomic assets, our high-throughput labs and our Mantis™ platform, you can discover, optimize and deliver plant traits that meet your specific goals.

RNA-guided nucleases offer precise gene editing tools for new crop varieties. Through Ginkgo's Mantis™ Gene Editing and Identification platform, we offer broad access to a suite of nucleases and deaminases. The nucleases come in a range of protein sizes and recognize diverse PAM sequences, with demonstrated results in a variety of crops. In addition to gene editing tools, the platform enables identification of new gene editing targets using transcriptomics and genome wide associated studies (GWAS).

Our team has amassed a metagenomic database spanning 3.5B+ unique genes, most of which are exclusive to Ginkgo's internal database. Our computational biology experts can mine this database for sequences that provide novel mechanisms of action and freedom to operate.

Machine learning algorithms learn from data and are only as effective as the data resources that are used to train them. As software tools for performing AI-guided protein & enzyme design become commonplace, Ginkgo’s partners benefit from the unique advantages of our proprietary in-house datasets and the data-generating capabilities of our highly automated labs. 

Our platform for AI-guided design integrates with a full range of computational tools proven out over dozens of projects. Our human experts are equipped to choose the right approach for your plant traits innovation needs.

Transformative traits often stack multiple genes that need to be expressed in specific plant tissues at specific times. Ginkgo has deep experience with complex construct design and synthesis to deliver high quality constructs with short turnaround times. In addition to tackling complex constructs, Ginkgo excels at codon optimization to make gene expression more reliable. Our codon optimization algorithm outperforms external vendors and literature state-of-the-art. Ginkgo's cell programming platform can also advance gene expression regulation in complex eukaryotic systems. Through promoter design and optimization, Ginkgo has demonstrated significant improvements in tightly regulated, inducible gene expression in mammalian systems.