SGI and NEB to Launch Gibson Assembly™ Master Mix

February 13, 2012
AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com

ynthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI) and New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) have jointly announced entering into a non-exclusive licensing agreement whereby NEB will commercialize the Gibson Assembly™ Master Mix, a product based on the Gibson Assembly™ method developed by Daniel Gibson, Ph.D., and colleagues at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) as part of a program sponsored by SGI. The financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

Gibson Assembly uses a one-step, isothermal approach to enable the rapid assembly of multiple DNA fragments. Since its introduction to the life science community in 2009, the Gibson Assembly method has become a mainstay in many synthetic biology laboratories and has attracted interest from both the academic and commercial life sciences community. The Gibson Assembly Master Mix includes protocols for primer design, can be used for assembly of multiple DNA fragments, including linearized vector and insert, and can be used by researchers to assemble such synthetic nucleic acids into larger genetic constructs.

“The Gibson Assembly method is a powerful tool that we believe will enable synthetic biology researchers to make rapid advances leading to new discoveries and products,” said J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, SGI.

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