Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2020-09-16 to 2022-03-19
Current total value of award: $5886277
Description: HE REVECTOR PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP METHODS TO USE HUMAN SKIN MICROBIOMES TO MODULATE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION IN ORDER TO AVOID MOSQUITO ATTRACTION AND FEEDING AND REDUCE THE THREAT OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE TO WARFIGHTERS.