Posts by Emily Lammers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 7, 2023 — Invaio Sciences today announced it has acquired Peptyde Bio, a company that discovers, designs and characterizes novel peptides for use in agriculture. The acquisition brings an established platform and IP portfolio that will enable Invaio to speed up the design and discovery of biologically active peptides that can protect crops from pests and disease in a…

Startup Launches the Next-Generation Environmental Sensor Platform ST. LOUIS, MO, August 21, 2023 – Agrela Ecosystems, a startup launched by Nadia Shakoor, PhD, principal investigator, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced the pilot launch of its flagship product, PheNode®. This milestone marks the first step towards a full-scale commercial release set for 2025. PheNode is an advanced, scalable…

Insect pests impact every person on our planet: nearly 20% of crops are lost each year to insect damage, costing billions of dollars. To tackle the problem, farmers have turned to chemical pesticides, but these are expensive, dangerous, and diminishing in potency due to evolving insect resistance. They also typically kill beneficial insects (like pollinators)…

St. Louis, MO (November 15, 2022) – Peptyde Bio Inc. announced that it has closed an oversubscribed $1.2M pre-seed funding round. Peptyde Bio is the first company spun out of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center by Danforth Technology Company (DTC), the wholly-owned subsidiary formed by the Danforth Center in February 2022.

Novel anti-microbial peptides offer alternative to chemical fungicides ST. LOUIS, MO, June 24, 2022 – Danforth Technology Company (DTC), a Donald Danforth Plant Science Center subsidiary that facilitates early-stage development of startup companies based on Danforth Center technologies, has announced the creation of its first company, Peptyde Bio Inc.

Company will focus on accelerating startup formation ST. LOUIS, MO, February 8, 2022 – The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced the establishment of the Danforth Technology Company (DTC), a wholly-owned C Corporation to facilitate the creation of startup companies from technologies developed by Danforth Center scientists. The Danforth Center is the largest independent, non-profit plant science research…