Yield10 Bioscience, Inc.
19 Presidential Way
Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
19 Presidential Way
Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
October 28, 2019
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Edward M. Kelly, Esq.
Re: | Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. | |||
Registration Statement on Form S-1 | ||||
File No. 333-221283 | ||||
Request for Acceleration | ||||
Dear Mr. Kelly:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation C promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-233683), so that it may become effective at 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on October 30, 2019, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please call Megan Gates, of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel to the Registrant, at (617) 348-4443 with any comments or questions regarding this matter.
Very truly yours, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. | ||||
By: | /s/ Charles B. Haaser | |||
Name: | Charles B. Haaser | |||
Title: | Vice President, Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | |||
cc: Yield10 Bioscience, Inc.
Oliver P. Peoples, Ph.D.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Megan N. Gates, Esq.