The ERIS Marketplace is a transformative digital platform designed to accelerate acquisition velocity and advance national security innovation.

Pebble Labs is creating safe and effective biological-based solutions to protect yields and quality in food production. Pebble Labs harnesses naturally occurring microbes to deliver the power of RNA – and specifically RNAi-based gene silencing technology – to target diseases adversely affecting crops.

“We are delighted that the novel RNA-based technology being developed by Pebble Labs – and its ability to provide fast-tracked food security to US farms - was recognized by the DARPA review team” said Dr. Johnny Sena, Chief Scientific Officer of Pebble Labs. “Pebble Labs’ novel use of bacteria that naturally live in the roots of plants is showing significant potential for a number of different crop protection applications.”  

Pebble Labs was recognized among a competitive field of applicants to the ERIS Marketplace whose solutions demonstrated innovation and potential impact on DoD missions. Learn more at: www.darpaconnect.us/eris

Read the full press release here.

This is how Pebble Labs plans to tackle food security in New Mexico

12 October 2022

Pebble Labs honored as winner of STI Virtual Innovation Forum

05 May 2022

The collaborative Multi-Stakeholder Science, Technology and Innovation Forum for the SDGs (STI Forum) is convened annually by the President of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and plays an important role in the review and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is closely aligned to the annual High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), but with an exclusive focus on the role and contributions of science, technology and innovation (STI). The STI Forum discusses STI cooperation around thematic areas for the implementation of the SDGs, congregating all relevant stakeholders to actively contribute in their area of expertise.

The seventh annual STI Forum was held from 5-6 May 2021. The programming included a variety of meetings and panels, and showcased the 2022 Innovation winners. The Innovation Exhibit was held virtually, and featured Lightning Talks from all winning innovators. Pebble Labs was selected as a winner in the Innovations to Advance Environmental and Agricultural Sustainability category.

Goal of agricultural biotech: Yield gains through sustainability and more

14 March 2022

What is RNAi?

3 February 2022

Three minutes with Pebble Labs - Global AgInvesting

26 October 2021

Pebble Labs Named Winner Of The Better Nutrition Category At World Food Forum

11 October 2021

If you're interested in watching the competition, you can view it here. (The WFF Startup Innovation Awards presentation starts at 4:57:04; the introduction and keynotes are helpful for understanding the competition. Pebble's presentation starts at 6:29:03. Winner announcements begin at 7:28:08.)

Pebble Labs Named Finalist For The Better Nutrition Category For The 2021 World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards

9 September 2021

Finalists Announced: The World Food Forum (WFF), in partnership with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), announce the 2021 finalists for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards. The WFF Startup Innovation Awards are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.