Twist Bioscience

October has been a busy time at Twist! Our newsletter just dropped highlighting all the best Twist Bioscience news from the last month and where you can find us next month (we’re looking at you PEGS, ASHG, and AMP). Please subscribe and share with your network! 🧬

Our “Students of iGEM” series showcases the diverse people making up the next generation of synthetic biologists, and impactful projects they have been working on all summer. Follow along with us as we highlight a few of their stories… iGEM, #WorldExpoSynbio, #iGEM2024 #GrandJamboree, iGEM Community, iGEM Competition, Twist Bioscience

Today we are highlighting a handful of excellent webinars… Whether you're looking to learn about protein design, cell free DNA, NGS, or simply hear from leading experts, we’ve got you covered. Protein optimization! Hear Olga Khersonsky explain “Stronger, tighter, and faster: designing new protein functions.” Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eP5FM7bD Dr. Aaron Beasley discusses “Predicting prognosis using circulating tumor DNA in uveal melanoma” https://lnkd.in/e3T5GeMY “Panel-based sequencing strategies for infectious diseases” given by George Taiaroa: https://lnkd.in/eTKpJHyE “Targeted capture through Twist cfDNA LP Kit enables sensitive detection of mutations from cell-free DNA” given by Stephen Wong: https://lnkd.in/eJGBRGwB “Clinical metagenomics for improved surveillance and diagnosis of infections in New South Wales, Australia” given by Ki Wook Kim: https://lnkd.in/eKzmcQFs

💀 How cool is this? DNA extraction from highly degraded samples led to the successful analyzing of 5,000-year-old remains!! This webinar is packed full of treats (no tricks, we promise) for researchers interested in: 🧬 Overcoming challenges with degraded samples using advanced DNA enrichment tools 🧬 Optimizing DNA extraction and sequencing workflows 🧬 Learning about a successful project involving ancient remains “Ancient DNA panel improves protocol for highly degraded samples: the case of the mother-child burial of Alwise” will be given by Dr. Nicoletta Zedda Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Ferrara, Italy on the 30th October, 2024 at 16:00 CET. Please RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gzNac36f

See you tomorrow #NextGenOmics24! Here is your guide to where we’ll be: 👋 Booth #16– stop by to say hello to Enock Tiemene, Niccolo Mariani, and Kostas Konstantopoulos 👩🏫 Talk: Day 2 at 13:55, “Dream it, sequence it: New Sequencing Technologies to enable your brightest discoveries” given by Maria Fernanda Rodríguez Tornos. Learn how Twist sequencing solutions can provide improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced data quality. 🧬 We’d love to connect with YOU and learn more about your research

🎉 Congratulations to Element Biosciences on the Beyond Event! We are excited to provide Trinity compatible exome workflows including 1 hour fast Hyb option to go from sample to sequencer in a single day How to go from sample to sequencer in one day: https://lnkd.in/gZGSgKRV Twist Bioscience 🤝 Element Biosciences

We are excited to see you Monday for #LRUA24 in Uppsala! 🇸🇪 Here is your guide to Twist Bioscience + Long Read Sequence Uppsala: 👋 Connect with us at our exhibit table and explore collaborative opportunities that can drive innovation in your projects. We’d love to hear about your work. Chung-Ting (Tina) Han and Christofer Flood will be on hand! 🧬 Twist Alliance Long-Read Sequencing Panels: Combine Twist target enrichment with long read sequencing to efficiently sequence important genomic regions at scale. Pre-designed Twist Alliance panels enable researchers to capture target regions in a cost-effective and high throughput manner 🌟 Twist Custom Long-Read Panel: Develop fully customizable and scalable panels for genotyping, phasing, structural variation, isoform characterization, or viral detection. 📌 Twist long-read sequencing product information: https://lnkd.in/dqz4HBtp

We’re beyond thrilled to congratulate David Baker on winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design!! It is a delight for us to see a Twist customer rewarded (at the highest level 🥳) for groundbreaking work that is changing the world. Huge congratulations Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington! We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite highlights from the Baker lab: 📍 Preprint using Twist multiplexed gene fragments. These libraries of 400bp sequences were used to demonstrate that functional, variable heavy chain sequences with user defined epitope binding properties could be designed de novo with a refined RFdiffusion network: https://lnkd.in/e3MG-Qk8 📍 Oligo pools allow The Baker Lab to screen thousands of potentially viable designs to construct proteins that have never existed in nature: https://lnkd.in/ggaSPuV8 📍 Protein Predictions: New tools to understand these complex structures of life Baker’s team was able to greatly accelerate the design-build-test cycle of de novo protein engineering: https://lnkd.in/gDQZ_fHW University of Washington, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Only ONE more week left!!! We are SO excited for the #WorldExpoSynbio 2024 iGEM Grand Jamboree 🎉 Here is your guide to Twist Bioscience + iGEM: 🎤 Friday, Oct., 25: Twist CEO Emily Leproust will give a keynote presentation: “Pushing the Boundaries of Synthetic Biology: How Current Advancements Will Help You Shape the Future” Plaza 1 from 10:00-10:20 CEST. 👋 Please visit Twist booth #14 to chat with a rep., pick up some world famous #TwistSwag, and tell us about your project! 🧬 last day for free DNA is this Friday the 18th: https://lnkd.in/g8YW8Vtw #iGEM2024 #GrandJamboree #SynBio iGEM iGEM Competition iGEM Community

We are excited to welcome Mike Fero, Ph.D., as the new Chief Information Officer of Twist! Dr. Fero brings more than 30 years of experience leading startups, developing commercial software, researching biology and physics, and working in fast-paced deep-tech businesses. "Mike's extensive background in building and configuring scalable enterprise software platforms, paired with a deep understanding of systems biology and artificial intelligence and importantly, his experience as a Twist customer, uniquely positions him to understand and drive our mission to enable our customers to improve health and sustainability by delivering DNA at scale,” said Emily Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience. “I am confident his leadership will play a pivotal role in reinforcing Twist’s technology infrastructure and accelerating product execution efficiency to support our growing product portfolio and expanding customer base.” Welcome to the team Michael Fero! 🎉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g_hMKmVZ