We love seeing our gene fragments 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: www.instagram.com/phd_katie?ig... as: @ phd_katie. @twistbioscience.com

🎉 Big congrats to @brianhie.bsky.social, PhD, and his team at Stanford on their new preprint: "Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models." This work pushes the boundaries of synthesis at scale x GenAI👇

Our Field Support Scientists have recorded short, practical guides (just 10 minutes each!) to help you get started with: 🧬 cfDNA 🧪 RNA-Seq ✅ IVDR 👉 Watch the videos now: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/vi... @twistbioscience.com

Our head of biosecurity James Diggans is thinking about the necessary safety measures surrounding synthetic DNA so you don’t have to. Full talk from the Storage and Computing with DNA Conference: m.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUt... @twistbioscience.com @dnadatastorage.bsky.social

📣 Announcing the Twist Bioscience NGS Grant 2025 Winners! We were thrilled to have received SO many outstanding applications from around the globe. After review, we are proud to award 4 regional winners with a $20,000 Apps Lab project & $10,000 worth of Twist NGS products each!

🥔+🧪=🍟 Science is better with fries! Big thanks to Amino for partnering with us in Utrecht to serve up free fries, and good conversation. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, we loved mingling with the local biotech community! @twistbioscience.com

Leaders from government & industry, including Twist, came together at the Global Genomics Summit 2025 to shape the future of genomics in India, helping build policies that ensure innovation translates into real-world impact for patients & society. @twistbioscience.com

💡 Curious about what else you can do with Oligo Pools? Whether you're new to Oligo Pools or looking to hear how other scientists are getting more out of their experiments, we’ve got a webinar for you. 🎯 Explore live and on-demand sessions here 👇 www.twistbioscience.com/resources/we...

A big thank you to @twistbioscience.com for supporting iGEM and providing the DNA synthesis tools that drive innovation in medicine, agriculture, data storage and more! Visit them at Booth X3 at the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris this October! jamboree.igem.org/tickets

👀 Anyone see the google doodle today?! 😍😍😍

🚨 One month reminder! @igemhq.bsky.social teams, to receive your FREE DNA in time, please place your order by Mon., Oct. 13th. Claim up to 20kb of Twist DNA, available as either Gene Fragments or Express Clonal Genes! Instructions: competition.igem.org/sponsorships... @igemcommunity.bsky.social

Harnessing AI to revolutionize antibiotic discovery

🦙Anyone spot llamas in South San Francisco recently? Yeah, that was us! 🦙 Our 4th annual SSF llama day was a blast! Llamas are our unofficial mascot because they generate antibodies that can be developed into drug candidates for cancers, autoimmune diseases and viral diseases. @twistbioscience.com

Stanford Health Care is expanding its pharmacogenomics program (SPIRA) into primary care, using long-read sequencing powered by @twistbioscience.com + @pacbio.bsky.social to guide safer, more personalized prescriptions. 👇

“This paper brings the gut immune system to the forefront of neurodegenerative disease pathology.” Gut Immune System Reshaped by Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice

🌱Agriculture is evolving fast, & so are the tools driving it. From ⬆️ crop yields to strengthening livestock health, synthetic biology & genomics are unlocking new ways to build resilience into our food systems. The latest tools improving agriculture: www.twistbioscience.com/applications...

🌿 Our Wilsonville Twisters spent the morning at Tryon Creek State Natural Area helping remove invasive English ivy to protect the forest and give native plants room to thrive. Beautiful weather + a great way to give back to nature! @twistbioscience.com, @orstateparks.bsky.social

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives, redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X

Plastic, but make it bio! We’re excited to work with Purdue & team, backed by the NSF to develop enzymes for durable next-generation bioplastics ♻️ Bonus: polyketide synthases are GC-rich—challenge accepted! @twistbioscience.com

This was only possible thanks to LEAH Labs' high-throughput T cell engineering screen, DNA synthesis from @twistbioscience.com, reagents from Lonza Group, ScaleReady, and VWR, and additional funding from the Center for Systems & Synthetic Biology at UT Austin

We are thrilled to be working with Synthetic Design Lab to develop a broad suite of therapeutics that are far more advanced than what is available today. Press release: investors.twistbioscience.com/news-release... @twistbioscience.com, #TwistBiopharmaSolutions, #DNA

Researchers are working on manipulating wax worms’ digestive systems to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. www.wired.com/story/could-...

A new study has found direct genetic evidence pointing to the cause of the devastating "Plague of Justinian" first described nearly 1,500 years ago. Anyone have a guess as to which bacteria was the culprit?

We loved 🫶 helping BioLink Depot + @lifesciencecares.bsky.social Bay Area ready science supplies for local teachers & future researchers! Twisters organized labware, PPE, STEAM kits—supporting BioLink’s mission to give teachers free, high-quality tools for hands-on science. @twistbioscience.com

A technology feature in Nature reports how scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome and are helped by a suite of artificial-intelligence tools. 🧪

How proteins may have been created on early Earth.

News hotter than your lab’s PCR machine—August edition. 🔥🧪 Read our latest newsletter for highlights on: NGS in population genomics, fresh Twist products, and AI’s role in antibody discovery. Grab the August highlights and share with your research crew!

Thank you to everyone in our APAC region who attended and made our inaugural “Twist Bioscience: Pitch Your Idea a success.” A special thank you to Biotech Connection Singapore for supporting the event! @twistbioscience.com

We are excited to share this new preprint from our collaboration with Charlotte Deane's lab at the University of Oxford! @twistbioscience.com

We’re heading to QRW 2025! Join Decode Science at Booth 30 for: • Innovations from @twistbioscience.com, STOmics, @parse.bsky.social & Quanterix • Giveaways + free coffee • Our Single Cell Workshop – One Solution with Decode #SingleCell #SpatialBiology #EnablingDiscovery

Nine species of fungi and bacteria have been found in cocoa beans that produce fine chocolate, and this knowledge could help producers develop better flavors. How cocoa beans' microbiomes are key to the finest chocolate flavors

Wow! #NucleateSummit2025 🤩 we left inspired. Our CSO, Colby Souders, joined a panel on how AI is transforming every stage of biotech. We’re proud to share how Twist is leveraging AI to power the next wave of breakthroughs. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth @nucleate.bsky.social

As DNA fans, this is a hard headline to read… How RNA Unseated DNA as the Most Important Molecule in Your Body

Neigh-thing makes us happier than giving back! 🐴 Our team had an un-BRIDLE-d amazing time volunteering at REINS Therapeutic Horsemanship in Fallbrook— setting up for an event, caring for horses & more. Thanks to REINS for letting us horse around for a great cause! @twistbioscience.com

Next-generation sequencing is the gold standard for studying population genomics, but the cost of library preparation is a limiting factor. Faster library preparation methods are helping to reduce the burden. @twistbioscience.com

We are proud to be featured in the latest issue of Life Sciences Insights, published by California Life Sciences Learn how AI and high-throughput library generation are accelerating antibody discovery on page 20 of the latest issue here: info.califesciences.org/hubfs/Insigh... @twistbioscience.com

Ready to switch to Twist? Create an e-commerce account and place your first order before September 30th to receive a complimentary pair of socks! 🎁 Learn more about this limited time promotion here: www.twistbioscience.com/landing-page... @twistbioscience.com

In new study led by @timyu.bsky.social, we measure how mutations to H3 flu HA affect cell entry, stability & antibody escape We find pleiotropic effects of mutations on these phenotypes shape evolution: epistasis alleviates cell-entry but not stability constraints www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Scientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the axolotl.

🎉 Announcing the launch of our Twist Oncology DNA Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP) Panel! Find the panel here: www.twistbioscience.com/productchild... Read the press release here: investors.twistbioscience.com/news-release... @twistbioscience.com, #DNA

What would you do with more sequence space? With our Multiplexed Gene Fragments, users are already screening pools of gene-length fragments to drive innovation in: CRISPR, protein engineering, & antibody discovery. The possibilities are massive. Literally. 👉 www.twistbioscience.com/products/gen...

🥳 @igemhq.bsky.social teams, we’re excited to offer you 20kb of FREE Twist DNA, available as either Gene Fragments or Express Clonal Genes! It arrives ready to use, cloned into a Twist stock vector or iGEM vector Claim your free DNA: competition.igem.org/sponsorships... @igemcommunity.bsky.social

Biomaterials get a boost! 🦴🦾 From the David Baker lab, led by Xinru Wang, & Jordi Guillem-Marti, they introduce a completely new class of proteins called NeoNectins that help the body respond to surgical implants, healing gels, and other biomaterials.

HGSA 2025 is here! 🔹 Meet Daina, Chris & Ain — Booths 34 & 35 🔹 Explore genomics & clinical workflows w/ @twistbioscience.com , Franklin, MGI & Bionano 🔹 Live CNV demo: microarrays + NGS #ClinicalGenomics #Genomics #EnablingDiscovery

Genetics and fractal theory were used to analyze the branching heart structures that Leonardo da Vinci sketched a millennium ago.

Fun fact: park benches, speed bumps & lawn furniture can be made from recycled lab gloves! 🧤 Our miniaturization tech helps us use fewer consumables, and we recycle what we do use—like gloves. ♻️ Over 31,422 lbs (15.7+ tons!) kept out of landfills in 7 years! @twistbioscience.com

How phosphoramidite chemistry drives the world of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering & genetics. Learn how phosphoramidites are helping us push the boundaries of discovery in everything from CRISPR to virus detection.

🌱AI-designed DNA is giving tomatoes a genetic sunblock—helping agriculture thrive in a hotter world. 🍅 Using oligo pools, @PhytoformLabs screened thousands of AI-designed DNA sequences- streamlining trait engineering & accelerating crop improvement: www.twistbioscience.com/resources/ca...

Introducing our new (free!) service that connects you with Twist experts for personalized project help. Submit a request, get matched, and connect at your convenience via chat, email, or virtual meeting—whatever works best for you. Connect with an expert: www.twistbioscience.com/meet-the-exp...

Twist is redefining High-Throughput Screening… With access to pooled gene-length sequences, you can finally build unique, precisely defined screens that would otherwise be impossible. 🥳 No more compromises between speed and sequence complexity. Get started: www.twistbioscience.com/products/gen...