August 06, 2009
North Carolina Biotechnology Center News, In Focus Feature-- After 13 years as a lawyer and prosecutor in the New York District Attorney’s office, Doug Eisner has joined the growing cadre of entrepreneurs from around the country who are putting down roots...
Read More »June 08, 2009
Triangle Business Journal-- Call it a win for downtown Durham over its neighbors at Research Triangle Park. GrassRoots Biotechnology is moving its offices to downtown Durham's Venable Center in an 8,300-square foot space on the second floor of the Dibrell...
Read More »March 13, 2009
Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh/Durham-- Startup company GrassRoots Biotechnology Inc. has received an $80,000 grant from the federal government to fund research into how to turn grasses into ethanol. The funding, a phase I Small Business Innovation Research...
Read More »January 27, 2009
ST. LOUIS and DURHAM, N.C., PRNewswire-FirstCall -- As farmers look to get more out of each acre of farmland, St. Louis-based Monsanto is exploring unique ways to discover and deliver more desirable traits through the seed. Monsanto's new collaboration with...
Read More »July 01, 2008
The National Science Foundation has awarded GrassRoots Biotechnology a Phase I STTR grant in the amount of $150,000. The grant will fund a research collaboration between GrassRoots and Duke University to identify new promoters for use in transgenic crops...
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