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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