Timeline
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1979- Dyadic founded by Mark Emalfarb
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1980’s – Leading provider of pumice stones for the denim industry
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Early 1990’s – Discovered the C1 microorganism (fungus) in Russia
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1994 – Began commercial production of industrial enzymes
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1996 – Began commercial production of industrial enzymes from the C1 fungus
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2003 – Establishes research and development facility in the Netherlands
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2004 – Establishes Scientific Advisory Board headed by Dr. Richard Lerner (former head of Scripps Research Institute)
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2004 – Raises approximately $26 million in private transactions
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2004 – Becomes a publicly traded company
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2005 – Sequences the C1 genome
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2006 – Partners with Scripps Florida to annotate the C1 genome
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2006 – Enters into R&D Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement with Abengoa Bioenergy
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2006 – Raises approximately $26 million in private transactions
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2008 – Enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Codexis, Inc. (biofuels partner of Shell)
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2009 – Enters into non-exclusive license agreement with Abengoa Bioenergy to use the C1 Platform Technology to produce biofuels, biochemicals and/or power
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2011 – Enters into research collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur to use the C1 Platform Technology to develop certain vaccines
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2011 – Enters into non-exclusive research and license agreement with a major company in the animal nutrition industry to use the C1 Platform Technology to develop and produce enzymes for use in animal feed
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2012 – Enters into non-exclusive research and license agreement with major company in the food industry to produce enzymes to produce certain food products
