2011
MONSANTO ACQUIRES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER DIVERGENCE, INC.
February 22, 2011
2010
Divergence Receives St. Louis
County’s 2010 Dr. William D. Phillips Technology
Award
September 1, 2010
New Funding Validates Importance of
Divergence's Work on Nematodes
February 9, 2010
2009
Divergence Receives Governor's 2009
Technology Company of the Year Award for the State of
Missouri
October 12, 2009
Divergence
CEO, Derek Rapp, Testifies to the House of Representatives
Committee on Small Business in Support of the Reauthorization of
SBIR Grants
June 17, 2009
Divergence Receives $1.2 Million in
Grants, including NSF Grant to Fund Continuing Nematode Research in
Corn
April 17, 2009
Divergence to Be Major Tenant at BRDG
Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center
April 14, 2009
Divergence Raises $11.8 million in Series
C Financing
February 17, 2009
2008
Monsanto and Divergence Sequence Soybean
Cyst Nematode Genome
March 6, 2008
2007
Divergence Receives NIH Grant to Identify
Candidate Drugs for Elephantiasis and River Blindness
September 24, 2007
Divergence Receives NSF Grant to Develop
RNA Interference Technology for Parasite-Resistant Crops, Including
Corn
September 17, 2007
Divergence, Monsanto Extend Collaboration
to Develop Nematode-Resistant Soybeans; Announce Accomplishment of
Milestone
January 10, 2007
2006
Divergence Receives USDA SBIR Grant for
Nematicidal Chemistry
October 17, 2006
Divergence Divergence Scientific Advisory
Board Member Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine
October 2, 2006
Divergence Adds Wong to Board of
Directors and Geary to Scientific Advisory Board
September 12, 2006
Divergence Receives Three SBIR Grants
Totaling $280,000
May 30, 2006
Divergence Receives $500,000 Phase IIB
NSF SBIR Grant
January 10, 2006
2005
Divergence Receives USDA SBIR Grant for
Anthelmintic Chemistry
October 3, 2005
Divergence Receives International
Honors
May 18, 2005
Divergence Receives NIH Phase I SBIR
Grant to Explore Targets for Treatment of Filariasis
March 18, 2005
2004
Divergence Selected as a Top 50 Company of
St. Louis Region
December 7, 2004
Divergence Receives Distinguished Service
Award from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
October 15th, 2004
Divergence, Monsanto Collaborate to
Develop Nematode-Resistant Soybeans
September 10, 2004
Divergence Receives Phase I SBIR Grant
from NSF
June 16, 2004
Divergence Receives Two SBIR Grants from
USDA
May 4, 2004
Divergence Receives $461,021 SBIR Grant;
Adds Member to Scientific Advisory Board
February 12, 2004
Senator Kit Bond Announces $1 Million EPA
Funding for Parasitic Nematode Controls Research Project
January 22, 2004
Divergence Raises $4 Million in Equity
Financing
January 16, 2004
2003
Divergence Adds Goldblatt and Urban to Board
of Directors
November 4, 2003
Divergence Named to the 2003 St. Louis
Technology Top 50
September 25, 2003
Divergence Receives NSF Grant for
Transgenic Plant Development
July 1, 2003
Divergence Selected to Present at the BIO
Mid-America Venture Forum
April 3, 2003
Divergence Founder Receives Academy of
Science of St. Louis Innovation Award
April 2, 2003
Divergence Scientists Co-Author Large
Scale Analysis of Plant Parasitic Nematode Genome
March 31, 2003
National Corn Growers Association,
Divergence, Inc. Collaborate To Help Corn Growers Increase
Yields
February 4, 2003
2002
Divergence Selected to Present at the
Partnering for Global Health Forum
December 4, 2002
Divergence Recognized with First
Excellence in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Award from the
Missouri Biotechnology Association
November 14, 2002
Divergence Selected as a Presenting
Company at the BIO Venture Forum
October 1, 2002
National Institues Of Health Awards
Divergence Small Business Innovation Research Phase II
Grant
September 19, 2002
Divergence Raises $3 Million In Financing
Round And Receives NSF Grant
August 27, 2002
2001
N.I.H. Awards Divergence Small Business
Innovation Research Grant
October 4, 2001
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