Arzeda, the Seattle-based company that creates new enzymes, said it has reached a technical milestone as part of collaboration with DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred business unit. Arzeda, a University of Washington spinoff from the lab of biochemist David Baker, has developed a novel enzyme that Pioneer says is “showing activity toward a trait of interest” in corn and soybeans—two important seed crops for Pioneer. The collaboration between Arzeda and Pioneer was announced in July 2009. Terms weren’t disclosed.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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