- INVISTA and Arzeda enter agreement to develop bio-derived raw materials -

WICHITA, Kan. and SEATTLE - Feb. 6, 2013 - INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes.

The agreement brings together complementary technologies: INVISTA’s capabilities in biotechnology and catalysis, and knowledge of the chemicals industry; and Arzeda’s unique synthetic biology and enzyme design capabilities. The two companies are collaborating in order to further co-develop their technology platforms, with the goal to ultimately develop new bio-derived processes for a range of products.

The initial focus of the collaboration will be on the production of bio-derived butadiene.

Seattle, December 30, 2010 - DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Arzeda Corporation have reached the first milestone in a technology collaboration to develop new traits to increase agriculture productivity.

A novel enzyme developed by Arzeda is showing activity toward a trait of interest for two core crops for Pioneer – corn and soybean. This is another tool in Pioneer’s growing technology toolbox that is helping to extend its leadership position in gene discovery and bring new crop solutions forward.

"We are excited to see the results of the hard work in the joint effort between Arzeda and Pioneer Hi-Bred; particularly, the successful application of Arzeda's technology to agricultural problems, validating our technology for commercial applications," said Eric Althoff, co-founder of Arzeda. "It is a credit to Pioneer that they are continually working on the cutting edge with innovative technologies."

- Computational Enzyme Design on the Cloud

SEATTLE, December 3, 2010 –- Arzeda has been featured in a Microsoft Case Study to showcase its innovative use of cloud computing for solving challenging computational problem. Arzeda entered into a Microsoft TAP partnership in 2009 to adapt its computing infrastructure to Microsoft Cloud computing architecture, MS Azure.

- Computational Enzyme Design for the Production of Renewable Value-Added Chemicals

SEATTLE, December 8, 2009 – Arzeda Corp announced that it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) phase I grant in the amount of $149K for the computational design and experimental validation of an enzyme for the production of butadiene, an important and widely-used chemical intermediate, from plants and plant-derived materials rather than from petroleum.

- Custom Enzyme Design Technology to Bring More Options to Global Agriculture

DES MOINES, Iowa, and SEATTLE, July 13, 2009 -- DuPont and Arzeda Corp. today announced a technology collaboration to develop new traits to increase agricultural productivity.

Under the agreement, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred will use novel enzymes designed by Arzeda to develop next generation seed traits in crops of worldwide agricultural importance such as corn, soybeans, rice, cotton and canola.

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