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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