Ginkgo Bioworks unit partners with Northeastern Univ. on epidemic forecasting

Ginkgo Bioworks announced that its biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, will partner with Northeastern University, which has received a grant from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention over the next five years to head an innovation center led by a consortium of organizations designed to help the United States to detect and prepare for the next outbreak of infectious disease. With the CDC’s support, Northeastern will lead a nationwide consortium to develop systems to prepare local communities and hospitals across various geographic regions-including rural areas-for outbreaks, according to the university’s announcement.