We had 28 teams enter, with competitors from over 42 countries across the world, who were tasked to create a total of 12,000 unfiltered designs that were synthesized as DNA by @twistbioscience.com

The latest in multi-cancer early detection! Hear from Dr. Smiths S. Lueong in our recent webinar “Multi-cancer Early Detection by means of Cell-free DNA Methylation in Solid Tumors,” here: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/we... @twistbioscience.com

The results are finally in! 🏆💻🧬 I'm thrilled to announce that the manuscript for the Bits to Binders protein design competition is out on bioRxiv! Here's a summary of our findings, including some simple criteria that nearly *double* success rates when applied as a filter 🧵

From global DNA screening standards to safeguards for benchtop synthesizers & AI tools, a new biosecurity playbook is taking shape. Experts like our head of biosecurity, @jdiggans.bsky.social are thinking about this playbook so you don’t have to: bigthink.com/science-tech...

A new preprint from the Fleishman Lab at @weizmanninstitute.bsky.social introduces CADAbRe: a transformative structure- and energy-based design method that ensures stability is "baked in" from the start. Read the full study here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @twistbioscience.com

ILANIT brought together an awesome group this year, and the Twist team thrilled to be part of it. Thanks to everyone who came by the booth to discuss DNA, NGS, sequencing, and more! Martine B. & the Fugene Genetics team loved hearing about your research and sharing our latest @twistbioscience.com

The best of the best news from February awaits you in our latest newsletter! We’re hitting you with alliteration that would make your elementary school teacher proud: products, ProLabs, partnerships, preps, and predictions.

Thank you for your support and for creating a great opportunity for leaders in the field to network and discuss the latest advances in genome science and technology.

🥳 We were thrilled to host the Welcome Dinner Monday night at AGBT in Orlando! It was fantastic meeting so many innovators, collaborators, & friends from the genomics community. The energy and enthusiasm in the room set the perfect tone for an exciting week ahead. @agbt.bsky.social #AGBTGM26

How Twist’s Site-Saturation Variant Libraries (SSVLs) offer scale & precision to dissect mutation interactions and their functional consequences! Read the app-note “Applying Site-Saturation Variant Libraries to Stay Ahead of Viral Evolution” here: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/ap...

We have 3️⃣ outstanding customer papers we’d like to highlight for you today! First up: Ivelin Georgiev, Alexandra A., and team at VUMC and @utaustin.bsky.social find a potent antibody that neutralizes two dangerous viruses:

🌲 100 Trees for the Future of Biologics! To celebrate our new partnership with Invenra and our commitment to "growing" the next generation of bispecific antibodies, we are planting 100 trees in our Tree-Nation forest. Learn more here: investors.twistbioscience.com/news-release...

“While there are thousands of publicly traded companies worldwide, we have only found 44 thus far that had women involved from the very beginning.” Thrilled that the work of our CEO & co-founder, EmilyLeproust, has qualified Twist for a spot on this list:

The Twist team had a fabulous time at the Genomics Birmingham Research Showcase! We enjoyed hearing from university representatives and industry professionals about cutting-edge research, exceptional genomic and proteomic insights, and the latest from industry innovators. @twistbioscience.com

NGS fans! We’ve got news for you! Undertaking an NGS project can be challenging due to limited resources, skills, or access to necessary instruments. Enter ProLabs- connecting customers with a certified list of partners who specialize in NGS projects. @twistbioscience.com

🎉 We are excited to announce that we have entered into a licensing agreement with Invenra to extend our antibody discovery services! Learn more in our press release here: investors.twistbioscience.com/news-release... @twistbioscience.com

What Does 2026 Hold For Biopharma? Our president and COO, Patrick Finn shares his thoughts in this great Scrip article. Read the article here: insights.citeline.com/scrip/scrip-... @twistbioscience.com

💕 Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at @twistbioscience.com! We are sharing the love this week, and hope you will too. The Twist design team has been busy creating Valentines for science fans. Please screenshot and share these digital Valentines with your fellow lab mates.

Tote-ly worth it. Tote-ly Twist. 💕 Celebrate Valentine’s Day with science you love, and swag to match! This Valentine’s Day, Twist is sharing the love. Place a qualifying order and receive a complimentary Twist tote bag on us: www.twistbioscience.com/promo/tote-l... @twistbioscience.com

Incredible discussion at MBC BioLabs on “Validating AI-Designed Therapeutics at Scale!” Leaders across AI-driven drug discovery, including our CSO Colby Souders, discussed how AI-designed proteins & antibodies are making the leap from design to real-world validation.

Great strides have been made to overcome biases & gender stereotypes for girls & women in STEM. To continue that tradition, today we celebrate the contributions of #WomenInScience that are transforming biotech & our world! Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! @twistbioscience.com

🎉 Announcing 2 new products: Twist TrueAmp Library Preparation Kit & Twist PCR-Free WGS Library Preparation Kit, powered by proprietary enzymes! The kits are designed to address a wide range of sample input, including low input & challenging sample types, enabling clinical research.

Back by popular demand! Our free print-at-home Valentines are sure to spread the love in your lab. We LOVE our customers and fellow scientists- you all really light up our day and we think we make a great pair 😉 💕 Simply download or screenshot and print. @twistbioscience.com

If your company doesn’t have an internal series featuring a Pet of the Month, do you even want to work there? On that note, meet Salem, our most recent pet of the month...

Automated Workflows Boost NGS Library Prep Validated automated workflows for our next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation kits are now available on @sptlabtech.bsky.social’s firefly® liquid handling platform! Thanks to Technology Networks for covering our news:

🐄 Unlocking insights in bovine genomics just got easier.🐄 Explore our latest application note to see how Twist NGS tools can enable bovine population management and breeding decisions: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/ap... @twistbioscience.com

What would you do with unlimited DNA? Our CEO and co-founder Emily Leproust shares her thoughts in our latest blog post: “Changing How We Explore Sequence Space In The AI Era.” Read it here: www.twistbioscience.com/blog/perspec... @twistbioscience.com

That’s a wrap on Festival of Genomics! We had an amazing time meeting with researchers, clinicians, innovators and leaders from across the life sciences community. Big thanks to everyone who stopped by, shared their work, and helped make it such an energizing couple of days! @twistbioscience.com

Our top news from January in one easy place! Read a message from our CEO, Emily Leproust, find out which Twist products won gold, hand selected customer publications, & see who we are partnering with. Please subscribe and share with your colleagues! @twistbioscience.com

🎉 Welcome to BLOODPAC, @Twist Bioscience! 🧬 Twist Bioscience is a biotech company that develops & manufactures synthetic DNA using a silicon-based platform. To learn more about Twist Bioscience, visit: 👉 www.twistbioscience.com

Assises de Génétique was a huge success! The Twist team enjoyed connecting with the genetics community to discuss the latest advancements in NGS and synthetic biology. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth, attended our workshop and shared your research with us. @twistbioscience.com

Recently, we held an in-house Poster Session at our SSF location, featuring representatives from various departments presenting their teams' initiatives to the Executive Leadership Team. Thank you to all the presenters and participants for making the day a success! @twistbioscience.com

Not sure how to get started with Twist? Check out our (free!) service designed to connect you with Twist experts Submit your request, we’ll make the match, you schedule at your convenience via virtual meeting, email correspondence, or a real-time chat: www.twistbioscience.com/meet-the-exp...

🌱🔥 AI-designed DNA is giving tomatoes genetic sunblock! 🍅 Using our oligo pools, Phytoform screened thousands of AI-designed DNA sequences, streamlining trait engineering, accelerating crop improvement, & optimizing R&D resources: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/ca...

🧬 Did you know we have 30+ webinars all about genes? From AI-driven gene design & plant synthetic biology to recycling & upcycling plastics, discover how scientists are learning more with Twist Genes. 👉 Explore our webinars here: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/we... Cartoon by Steve Ward

Using a custom probe panel with @twistbioscience.com we were also able to give an overview of antibiotic resistance genes detected in these samples, which were completely undetected in shotgun metagenomics. Allowed display of Tet(W/N/W) overlap with T. pyogenes detection in 16S.

How Twist DNA is supporting HIV research! Melissa Smith, & team, including our own @tingfordha.bsky.social develop a long-read pipeline to define HIV reservoirs in this new paper: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Interested in virome sequencing on @nanoporetech.com instruments? Check out our latest paper where we publish Twist-ONT, a modified protocol for the Twist Comprehensive Viral Research Panel (by @twistbioscience.com) so that it can be used with ONT. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵1/7 🧪

Validated automated workflows for our next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation kits are now available on SPT’s firefly® liquid handling platform! Thanks to GEN for the great coverage of our news! @twistbioscience.com Read the article here👇

We love seeing our Clonal Genes in action! Special thanks to phd_katie for collaborating with us so everyone can see them out there in the wild. 🧬 If you love science content, you can find Katie over on Instagram as @ phd_katie. @twistbioscience.com

That’s a wrap on PAG 33, and what an awesome time it was. 🐄 🌱 🧬 Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth, participated in our user group meeting, and attended our workshop. And a special thank you to our speakers and the team! We are already looking forward to next year. @twistbioscience.com

We are thrilled to have earned a🥇🥇double gold award from Select Science for our Clonal Genes and our Gene Fragments! Read the news & reviews on Select Science here: www.selectscience.net/article/intr... @twistbioscience.com

The energy at JP Morgan’s Healthcare Conference is unmatched! Our CEO and co-founder, Emily Leproust presented on Monday: “We are serving growing markets. We are expanding our serviceable market. We are working with the top companies. We're landing more. We are expanding.” @twistbioscience.com

Moving beyond 300 base pairs… Harvard University researcher, Josh Tycko, used Twist’s Multiplexed Gene Fragments (MGFs) in a novel massively parallel reporter assay, leading to the discovery of therapeutically relevant effector sequences. Read the blog here: www.twistbioscience.com/blog/science...

Twisters volunteered their afternoon at the Blanchet House in downtown Portland recently. The Blanchet House provides breakfast, lunch, & dinner to local families in need, at no charge. Our mission that afternoon was to deep clean their service area. @twistbioscience.com

Need a quick introduction to working with Twist solutions? Our Field Support Scientists have recorded short, practical guides (just 10 minutes each!) to help you with: 🧬 cfDNA 🧪 RNA-Seq ✅ IVDR Watch the videos here👇

Synthetic biology is transforming waste CO2 into useful chemicals! Michael Jewett’s lab at Stanford & @ashtykarim.bsky.social’s lab at Northwestern have created a new artificial metabolism that transforms waste CO2 into acetyl-CoA, a universal metabolite used by all living cells.

It is not just ATGC anymore; it is ATGC, Os and 1s now. Check these out… > Baker Lab Al-guided antibody discovery: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/ca... > Lab-in-the-Loop: Smarter Al for Antibody Design: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/we...

Lab-in-the-Loop! Now on demand, watch Vladimir Gligorijevic, PhD, Senior Director of AI/ML at Genentech, present a webinar on Lab-in-the-Loop, a new approach that integrates AI-driven design with targeted lab testing. Watch here👇

Congratulations to Atlas Data Storage on their launch of Atlas Eon 100, which is the first scalable DNA storage service, & roadmap to storage densities to place 13TB of digital data into a volume described as a single drop of water. By @techradar.com