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St. Louis’s Agri-Food Tech Partners Go Global to Shine a Light on the Region’s Innovation Ecosystem

St. Louis’s Agri-Food Tech Partners Go Global to Shine a Light on the Region’s Innovation Ecosystem

July 13, 2023

With its strengths in agri-food tech, St. Louis is at the center of the efforts to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and ensure […]

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Company Spotlight: Running Tide

Company Spotlight: Running Tide

July 11, 2023

Running Tide, a global ocean health company that works with nature to remove carbon and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, has been selected to participate in […]

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7 Startups Selected to Participate in Innovation Incubator (IN²), 2023 cohort

7 Startups Selected to Participate in Innovation Incubator (IN²), 2023 cohort

July 11, 2023

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Partnership with Danforth Plant Science Center Announces New Cohort Focused on Climate-Aligned Agriculture Seven innovative agtech startups to receive $1.15 million […]

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(Tech Crunch) Pluton Biosciences takes its carbon-fixing microbes to market with a fresh $16.6M

(Tech Crunch) Pluton Biosciences takes its carbon-fixing microbes to market with a fresh $16.6M

June 1, 2023

Pluton Biosciences is hard at work identifying beneficial microorganisms and putting them to work in agriculture, and just raised a $16.5 million Series A round to […]

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Danforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows

Danforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows

May 31, 2023

ST. LOUIS, MO, May 31, 2023 – Malia Gehan, PhD, assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was selected to be part of the Taylor Geospatial Institute’s […]

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First graduate of biotechnology program is ready to EMBARK on a bright future

First graduate of biotechnology program is ready to EMBARK on a bright future

May 31, 2023

Before the month of May ends, Sreehitha “Siri” Anugu will hold a life science lab assistant certificate in one hand and a high school diploma […]

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