Ayana Bio and Robertet Unveil Functional Gummies with Plant Cell Cultivation Technology

May 22, 2023 Ayana Bio’s Plant Cell Advantage™ Lemon Balm and Echinacea-purpurea clean label gummy prototypes developed for SynBioBeta

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Ayana Bio’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

May 19, 2023 Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Director of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,  recognized for her significant contributions to scientific research

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Ayana Bio's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Develops Tools to Better Understand Bioactive Biosynthesis

May 17, 2023 Li et al.'s multi-pronged study generated high-quality genome sequence, chromatin assembly, single-cell transcriptomics, and single-cell metabolomics data that aided the discovery of a missing enzyme and transporter involved in the biosynthesis of anticancer molecules. This breakthrough will advance the field of plant-based medicine.

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Ayana Bio unveils first ingredients made using plant cell culture as cracks show in strained botanical supply chain

April 19, 2023 Ayana Bio has launched its first ingredients (lemon balm and echinacea) made via plant cell culture, an approach it claims can provide a consistent supply of botanicals without the supply chain headaches associated with traditional agriculture.

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Ayana Bio launches plant cell-derived echinacea & lemon balm

April 19, 2023 Boston-based plant cell tech company Ayana Bio has announced the first-ever launch of plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea ingredients, to use in supplement formulations for sleep, mood, and immune support.

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Ayana Bio launches “first-ever” plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea

April 19, 2023 The process will yield products with the same bioactive composition of conventionally-grown botanicals and can directly replace their counterparts in food supplements for sleep, mood and immune support, says the plant cell technology company.

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Ayana Bio Launches First Plant Cell-Derived Health and Wellness Ingredients

Boston, April 19 Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company making sustainable bioactives for consumer products, today announced the first-ever launch of plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea health and wellness ingredients, starting with the U.S. market. These products have the bioactive composition of conventionally-grown botanicals and can directly replace lemon balm and echinacea in dietary supplement formulations for sleep, mood and immune support.

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The role of ingredients in the future of the industry

February 9, 2023 To understand how we can feed and nourish the planet and her people, Agatha Wong speaks with Frank Jaksch, CEO of Ayana Bio, to understand how ingredients play a crucial role in shaping the food and beverage industry. See p. 34-35 of the publication.

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Ayana Bio invests $3M to create healthy ingredients from chocolate

January 19, 2023 The biological research company will cultivate polyphenol-rich cacao cells to add nutrition to a variety of food and drink items — but will not make candy.

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Ayana Bio leverages cellular cultivation to extract high-value cacao polyphenols to fortify F&B

January 19, 2023 Plant cell tech firm Ayana Bio is pledging US$3 million to accelerate cacao bioactive production using cellular cultivation, part of a strategy to boost efforts in curbing the many challenges plaguing the cacao industry, such as climate change, deforestation and child labor.

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Ayana Bio targets cacao bioactives production, ‘upgrades’ plant cell culture with synthetic biology and metabolomics

January 18, 2023 Ayana Bio – one of a new wave of startups seeking to unlock the potential of plant cell culture in the food and nutrition industry – is turning its attention to cacao bioactives with a $3m investment it claims will also benefit the wider industry.

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Ayana Bio Pledges $3M to Accelerate Cacao Bioactive Production Using Cellular Cultivation

January 18, 2023 The initiative uses biotechnology to sustainably produce cacao bioactives and support genetic research to improve cacao plant varieties.

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Key trends for 2023’s food and drink industries

January 4, 2023 With the last several years including a series of unprecedented events and challenges, Food Manufacture seeks the expertise of several food and drink leaders to find out what’s on the cards for 2023. Ayana Bio's CEO, Frank Jaksch, on trends regarding health beneficial products.

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Front cover story - Ayana Bio’s CEO Frank Jaksch in an interview with the Orange County Business Journal

September 27, 2022 In an interview with the Orange County Business Journal, our CEO Frank Jaksch discusses how Ayana Bio accesses plant molecules that people have long co-opted as medicines and nutritional supplements. “Grow[ing] plants without having to grow plants,” complements traditional agriculture and bolsters supply chains hard hit by climate change and overharvest.

READ THE ARTICLE

How Ayana Bio will use science and technology to make more nutritious ingredients

August 25, 2022 As he takes the helm of the Ginkgo Bioworks spinoff, CEO Frank Jaksch said its plant cell culture tech to create bioactive compounds from ginseng, berries, cocoa and ginger could be a game changer.

READ THE ARTICLE

Frank Jaksch joins Ayana Bio as CEO: ‘I’m really excited about being back in the exploration mode’

August 24, 2022 Plant cell technology company and Ginkgo Bioworks spin off Ayana Bio has appointed ChromaDex founder and former CEO Frank Jaksch as its new CEO.

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Ayana Bio appointed Frank Jaksch as CEO

August 24, 2022 Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company making sustainable bioactives for consumer products, today announced the appointment of Frank Jaksch as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

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Ayana Bio Announces Appointment of Frank Jaksch as Chief Executive Officer

August 24, 2022 Health and wellness industry veteran will lead the company to scale sustainable bioactives using plant cell technology instead of agriculture.

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Engineering Plant Bioactive Diversity

August 11, 2022 Iridoids can be found in thousands of bioactives from plants. But the ones most often found in nature make up only about a fourth of what is possible in theory. The work presented in this text--from the laboratory of Prof. Sarah O’Connor, Ayana Bio’s Chief Science Advisor--opens up the possibility of producing iridoids with geometries not often found in nature. These new molecules may have unique and interesting properties.

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Ayana Bio's Chief Science Advisor Unlocks One of the Longest-standing Biochemical Mysteries in Plants

July 6, 2022 Prof. Sarah O’Connor and her team uncovered enzymes that complete the bioactive pathways of strychnine, diaboline, and brucine--molecules whose biosynthesis has eluded the broader scientific community for over 200 years. Her team then expressed the enzymes they identified in Nicotiana benthamiana to reconstitute the pathways in a living system as a case study to show that complex phytochemicals can be produced from a biotech chassis.

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Ayana Bio Launch Press Release

September 9, 2021 Ginkgo Bioworks ("Ginkgo"), which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced the launch of Ayana Bio to enable a healthier future by harnessing bioactive compounds for use as complementary medicine to support human health and wellness.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio and Robertet Unveil Functional Gummies with Plant Cell Cultivation Technology

May 22, 2023 Ayana Bio’s Plant Cell Advantage™ Lemon Balm and Echinacea-purpurea clean label gummy prototypes developed for SynBioBeta

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

May 19, 2023 Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Director of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,  recognized for her significant contributions to scientific research

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio's Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Sarah O'Connor, Develops Tools to Better Understand Bioactive Biosynthesis

May 17, 2023 Li et al.'s multi-pronged study generated high-quality genome sequence, chromatin assembly, single-cell transcriptomics, and single-cell metabolomics data that aided the discovery of a missing enzyme and transporter involved in the biosynthesis of anticancer molecules. This breakthrough will advance the field of plant-based medicine.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio launches plant cell-derived echinacea & lemon balm

April 19, 2023 Ayana Bio has launched its first ingredients (lemon balm and echinacea) made via plant cell culture, an approach it claims can provide a consistent supply of botanicals without the supply chain headaches associated with traditional agriculture.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio launches plant cell-derived echinacea & lemon balm

April 19, 2023 Boston-based plant cell tech company Ayana Bio has announced the first-ever launch of plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea ingredients, to use in supplement formulations for sleep, mood, and immune support.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio launches “first-ever” plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea

April 19, 2023 The process will yield products with the same bioactive composition of conventionally-grown botanicals and can directly replace their counterparts in food supplements for sleep, mood and immune support, says the plant cell technology company.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio Launches First Plant Cell-Derived Health and Wellness Ingredients

Boston, April 19 Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company making sustainable bioactives for consumer products, today announced the first-ever launch of plant cell-cultivated lemon balm and echinacea health and wellness ingredients, starting with the U.S. market. These products have the bioactive composition of conventionally-grown botanicals and can directly replace lemon balm and echinacea in dietary supplement formulations for sleep, mood and immune support.

READ more

The role of ingredients in the future of the industry

Februry 9, 2023 To understand how we can feed and nourish the planet and her people, Agatha Wong speaks with Frank Jaksch, CEO of Ayana Bio, to understand how ingredients play a crucial role in shaping the food and beverage industry. See p. 34-35 of the publication.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio invests $3M to create healthy ingredients from chocolate

January 19, 2023 The biological research company will cultivate polyphenol-rich cacao cells to add nutrition to a variety of food and drink items — but will not make candy.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio leverages cellular cultivation to extract high-value cacao polyphenols to fortify F&B

January 19, 2023 Plant cell tech firm Ayana Bio is pledging US$3 million to accelerate cacao bioactive production using cellular cultivation, part of a strategy to boost efforts in curbing the many challenges plaguing the cacao industry, such as climate change, deforestation and child labor.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio targets cacao bioactives production, ‘upgrades’ plant cell culture with synthetic biology and metabolomics

January 18, 2023 Ayana Bio – one of a new wave of startups seeking to unlock the potential of plant cell culture in the food and nutrition industry – is turning its attention to cacao bioactives with a $3m investment it claims will also benefit the wider industry.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio Pledges $3M to Accelerate Cacao Bioactive Production Using Cellular Cultivation

January 18, 2023 The initiative uses biotechnology to sustainably produce cacao bioactives and support genetic research to improve cacao plant varieties.

READ THE ARTICLE

Key trends for 2023’s food and drink industries

January 4, 2023 With the last several years including a series of unprecedented events and challenges, Food Manufacture seeks the expertise of several food and drink leaders to find out what’s on the cards for 2023. Ayana Bio's CEO, Frank Jaksch, on trends regarding health beneficial products.

READ THE ARTICLE

Front cover story - Ayana Bio’s CEO Frank Jaksch in an interview with the Orange County Business Journal

September 27, 2022 In an interview with the Orange County Business Journal, our CEO Frank Jaksch discusses how Ayana Bio accesses plant molecules that people have long co-opted as medicines and nutritional supplements. “Grow[ing] plants without having to grow plants,” complements traditional agriculture and bolsters supply chains hard hit by climate change and overharvest.

READ THE ARTICLE

How Ayana Bio will use science and technology to make more nutritious ingredients

August 25, 2022 As he takes the helm of the Ginkgo Bioworks spinoff, CEO Frank Jaksch said its plant cell culture tech to create bioactive compounds from ginseng, berries, cocoa and ginger could be a game changer.

READ THE ARTICLE

Frank Jaksch joins Ayana Bio as CEO: ‘I’m really excited about being back in the exploration mode’

August 24, 2022 Plant cell technology company and Ginkgo Bioworks spin off Ayana Bio has appointed ChromaDex founder and former CEO Frank Jaksch as its new CEO.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio appointed Frank Jaksch as CEO

August 24, 2022 Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company making sustainable bioactives for consumer products, today announced the appointment of Frank Jaksch as the company's Chief Executive Officer.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio Announces Appointment of Frank Jaksch as Chief Executive Officer

August 24, 2022 Health and wellness industry veteran will lead the company to scale sustainable bioactives using plant cell technology instead of agriculture.

READ THE ARTICLE

Engineering Plant Bioactive Diversity

August 11, 2022: Iridoids can be found in thousands of bioactives from plants. But the ones most often found in nature make up only about a fourth of what is possible in theory. The work presented in this text--from the laboratory of Prof. Sarah O’Connor, Ayana Bio’s Chief Science Advisor--opens up the possibility of producing iridoids with geometries not often found in nature. These new molecules may have unique and interesting properties.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio's Chief Science Advisor Unlocks One of the Longest-standing Biochemical Mysteries in Plants

July 6, 2022: Prof. Sarah O’Connor and her team uncovered enzymes that complete the bioactive pathways of strychnine, diaboline, and brucine--molecules whose biosynthesis has eluded the broader scientific community for over 200 years. Her team then expressed the enzymes they identified in Nicotiana benthamiana to reconstitute the pathways in a living system as a case study to show that complex phytochemicals can be produced from a biotech chassis.

READ THE ARTICLE

Ayana Bio Launch Press Release

September 9, 2021: Ginkgo Bioworks ("Ginkgo"), which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced the launch of Ayana Bio to enable a healthier future by harnessing bioactive compounds for use as complementary medicine to support human health and wellness.

READ THE ARTICLE
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