Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks expand Nebula’s Lab-in-the-Loop with large‑scale cellular imaging
Executive summary: Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks announced that their Endeavor® platform enables large‑scale cellular imaging for Nebula’s Lab-in-the-Loop system, adding the fastest high‑content cellular data generation to Ginkgo’s 24/7 research. This accelerates high‑throughput data production for synthetic biology, potentially shortening timelines and lowering costs for cell line engineering and drug discovery.
Who is involved: Araceli Biosciences, Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), and Nebula (developer of the Lab-in-the-Loop system).
Likely next (inference): The partnership may lead to broader adoption of Endeavor® across Ginkgo’s research pipelines and possible extensions to other synthetic biology partners.
Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks have linked their Endeavor® high‑throughput imaging platform to Nebula’s Lab‑in‑the‑Loop system, a move that brings large‑scale cellular imaging into the continuous‑research workflow that Ginkgo already operates. By adding rapid, high‑content image generation to the loop, the partnership seeks to shorten the design‑build‑test cycle that underpins synthetic‑biology strain engineering, allowing researchers to acquire quantitative microscopy data at a scale that matches the throughput of Ginkgo’s automation pipelines. From a business perspective, the integration makes Nebula’s Lab‑in‑the‑Loop a more attractive platform for partners who need fast, data‑rich readouts, potentially expanding the system’s adoption across Ginkgo’s internal projects and external collaborations. While financial terms were not disclosed, the added imaging capability is likely to reduce the time required for each iteration and improve the cost efficiency of strain‑development programs. In the near term, users can expect the combined workflow to support larger libraries of variants and to feed richer datasets into downstream analytics and machine‑learning models that guide the next round of design.
Timeline
- — Araceli Biosciences und Ginkgo Bioworks ermöglichen die zelluläre Bildgebung in großem Maßstab für das „Lab-in-the-Loop"-System von Nebula (PR Newswire)
- — Araceli Biosciences et Ginkgo Bioworks intègrent l'imagerie cellulaire à grande échelle à la boucle laboratoire de Nebula (PR Newswire)
- — Araceli Biosciences y Ginkgo Bioworks incorporan la obtención de imágenes celulares al laboratorio de Nebula (PR Newswire)
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- Araceli Biosciences und Ginkgo Bioworks ermöglichen die zelluläre Bildgebung in großem Maßstab für das „Lab-in-the-Loop"-System von Nebula — PR Newswire
- Araceli Biosciences et Ginkgo Bioworks intègrent l'imagerie cellulaire à grande échelle à la boucle laboratoire de Nebula — PR Newswire
- Araceli Biosciences y Ginkgo Bioworks incorporan la obtención de imágenes celulares al laboratorio de Nebula — PR Newswire