Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience is a DNA synthesis company using a next-generation silicon-based technology platform.
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In June 2017, the BioBricks foundation partnered up with Twist Bioscience on the Free Genes project, an initiative to create an open-source library of 10,000 genes that form biological parts important for synthetic biology. Twist Bioscience will be providing all the DNA that will be used for the project, and BioBricks will assemble a library of useful genes using its team and drawing on support from the scientific community. All genetic constructs created through this partnership will be made freely available to the public through the Open Material Transfer AgreementOpen Material Transfer Agreement, which allows any recipient to use, modify, combine, copy, and redistribute the genes (in compliance with applicable biosafety and intellectual property laws).
On May 27th, 2014 twist Bioscience received $5.1 million dollars in funding from the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA)). The contract was awarded to Twist Bioscience under DARPA's Living Foundries program.
DNA storage services are underdevelopment. Twist Bioscience is working with MicrosoftMicrosoft and the University of Washington to improve data storage using DNA. Storing data in DNA offers a low energy, long term and secure data storage solution. Twist Bioscience has DNA data storage technology as explained in their white paper.
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