7 October 202530 September 2025 Bill Gates, Novo Nordisk Foundation Renew Project to Turn Carbon Into Food with $26M Investment Gates Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation have extended the Acetate Consortium initiative by another two years with a $25.6M investment to turn CO2 into proteins
5 September 202230 August 2022 RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever
21 January 201916 January 2019 Scientists engineer shortcut for photosynthetic glitch, boost crop growth 40% International research project is engineering crops to photosynthesize more efficiently to sustainably increase worldwide food productivity
21 June 201822 June 2018 Improved plants for greater food security in the future Despite improved insect resistance and herbicide tolerance the emphasis is increasingly put on modifying and improving other plant traits as well
In Zukunft mehr Nahrungssicherheit durch optimierte Pflanzen Neben einer höheren Insektenresistenz und Herbizidtoleranz rückt die Modifizierung und Verbesserung anderer Pflanzeneigenschaften zunehmend in den Mittelpunkt
7 February 20185 February 2018 EU and Gates Foundation pledge €500 million for innovations in agriculture Joint initiative to drive research and technical and organisational innovations across agricultural and food systems in developing countries
13 January 201711 January 2017 DuPont Industrial Biosciences to Begin New Research Aimed to Enable Global Access for Protein Medications Gates Foundation Grant to address market need for high volume, affordable and rapid cycle time pharmaceutical proteins
18 December 201517 December 2015 C5 is the new C6 The X-Factor in the advanced bioeconomy might just be a sugar that starts with an X
25 June 201424 June 2014 Gates-Stiftung finanziert Vitamin-A-Banane Eine mit Geldern der Bill-und-Melinda-Gates-Stiftung entwickelte gentechnisch veränderte (gv) Banane, die einen erhöhten Provitamin-A-Gehalt aufweist, steht kurz vor dem entscheidenden Test
11 April 2013 Amyris scientists describe breakthrough in development of anti-malarial drug precursor Sanofi utilizing Amyris engineered yeast strains to produce life-saving drug ingredient at scale
Improved plants for greater food security in the future
