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Life’s too short to miniprep a clone you’re just going to throw away. 🗑️ Our latest blog post covers three ways to fit Plasmidsaurus ZeroPrep Colony Sequencing into your week: plasmidsaurus.com/blog/dud-clo...

Are you dressing up as a dinosaur for Halloween, or a dinosaur dressing up for Halloween? 🤔

Beyond your results page, we've got a whole library of resources to help you get the most out of your sequencing. Explore your resources: • Resource Center: plasmidsaurus.com/resources?ut... • Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@Plasmidsaur...

A day in our Boston lab with Namita, Lab Technician III 🦖 Today she’s pulling DNA from BSL-1 bacteria and getting each sample ready for sequencing. Somewhere in these tubes could be someone’s next figure 👀 Thanks, Namita!

Most uncertain genetic test results get untangled one variant at a time. This team tested thousands at once (@carinabiar.bsky.social, @calhoujd.bsky.social). In a new Nat. Comm. paper, Biar, Wang, Camp et al. measured protein abundance for thousands of TSC2 variants & mTOR pathway activity for 391.

When we say sample to discovery, this is what we mean. We send back results you can act on: volcano plots & pathway enrichment for RNA-Seq, species-level breakdowns for microbiome samples, annotated plasmid maps & alignments. Explore them interactively, then download publication-ready figures.🦖

Channeling Paul’s optimism for this Monday. Results may vary.

The SF office, trying to figure out what Plasmidsaurus smells like. 🕯️

Nodding along while mentally refreshing your inbox

There's no good time to discover your plasmid is wrong, but finding out months into a project is the worst. 👀 Our latest blog post breaks down four key moments when sequencing your whole plasmid makes all the difference. 👇 plasmidsaurus.com/blog/when-sh...

Heading to ASHG 2026 in Montréal? Take a break from the sessions and join our dinos for “Game of Genomes: A Night Out with Plasmidsaurus”! 📍 FUNHUB Montréal (Centre-ville) 📅 Tue., Oct. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. Spots require approval, so request yours early 👉 luma.com/chfkxyk4

What does the future of protein design look like? Watch part 2 of our interview with Petr Skopintsev and Isabel Esain-Garcia from the Doudna Lab(@doudna-lab.bsky.social) about their new Science paper. 🔗Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Delivery is one of the biggest bottlenecks in CRISPR. We interviewed Petr Skopintsev and Isabel Esain-Garcia (@doudna-lab.bsky.social) about their new Science paper. Along the way, Plasmidsaurus helped keep their variant screening quickly moving. Part 2 tomorrow! 🔗Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Whether it’s your 1st or 50th, every submission is worth celebrating 🎉

Manifesting this for your next assembly 🧩

Ambrosia beetles are farmers 🪲🍄 They carry fungi in special pouches and grow them as food. Joseph et al. (2026) built a toolkit that makes these fungi glow green or red, and verified their plasmids with Plasmidsaurus sequencing. 🔗Original paper: doi.org/10.1186/s406...

With its big claws, Therizinosaurus looked like a formidable predator. But it was likely a herbivore, a reminder that appearances can be deceiving. The same can be true for cell cultures: mycoplasma can affect cell biology without obvious changes. Plasmidsaurus now includes mycoplasma screening 🧫

About 22% of cell line use worldwide involves misidentified cell lines (source: ICLAC). Now, every Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq order includes a cell line identity check. We use SNPs already captured in your RNA-Seq reads to confirm sample identity. For more info: plasmidsaurus.com/technical-no...

More dinosaur species to add to the encyclopedia 🦕

Since 2021, you've sent us your plasmids and woken up to the full sequence. Now we're taking the miniprep off your plate too. With ZeroPrep sequencing, you send us a colony, plate, or overnight culture and get whole plasmid sequences back overnight or same day. plasmidsaurus.com/plasmid?utm_...

It’s International Music Day 🎶 Our lab techs spend their days processing your samples, so we naturally wanted to know what they’re listening to 🎧 Here’s what’s playing in a few Plasmidsaurus labs around the world…

Think of us as your plasmid wingman. We won't just tell you it's a match; we'll show you the full profile (from assembly % to homopolymer regions) so you know what you're getting into before you commit to a construct. With over 7 million plasmids screened, we know a good match when we see one.

Could the way that bacteria repair DNA help fight antibiotic resistance? Meet Jolyn Pan, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waikato. She's studying how the enzyme LigE helps Neisseria gonorrhoeae repair DNA before acquiring antibiotic resistance and virulence genes.

Even lab days need a little downtime 💤

We love seeing your creative interpretations 🦖 But our name is still Plasmidsaurus. 💚

Your research doesn't wait. Why should your sequencing? In this webinar, Mark Budde, Co-Founder and CEO of Plasmidsaurus, walks through how Plasmidsaurus is helping cell and gene therapy researchers move faster. Watch now: plasmidsaurus.com/webinar/webi...

Forrest Bowling, a scientist at VLP Therapeutics, modifies both RNA payload and virus-like particle structure as part of his research. He uses Plasmidsaurus Whole Plasmid Sequencing because, as he puts it, “So cheap, why not give it a try?” Try now at: www.plasmidsaurus.com/plasmids?utm...

Corals are surprisingly social for organisms that don’t go anywhere. Genevieve, a PhD student in the Reich Lab, is looking at the interactions between coral, their symbiotic algae, and the bacteria living alongside them. Watch to hear about Genevieve's research:

Not all dinos arrive with names, but these ones did 💚

Statistically significant creativity detected in this dino art.

🦠 What if we could make bacterial biofilms easier to break? A new study in PLOS Pathogens by Piazza et al. (2026) uncovered a previously unknown pathway that helps Pseudomonas aeruginosa build stable biofilms and survive antibiotics. Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

People say the Boston Marathon route is the most important route in the city, but to us? It’s the dropbox route. 😎 Watch our Plasmidsaurus dino cover the Boston sample pickup route and see if you recognize anyone! Send your samples via a dropbox today: plasmidsaurus.com?utm_source=b...

A published analysis of 9,395 public RNA-Seq samples across 884 projects found mycoplasma contamination in 11% of samples. That’s not a small number, and it’s easy to miss. Now, every Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq result includes free mycoplasma screening. Learn more: plasmidsaurus.com/technical-no...

Can yeast collected from a 250-year-old tree recreate colonial-style beer? This question was explored by The Bochman Group, who study DNA helicases and genome integrity using the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A broken centrifuge can’t stop science

“We knew what we had to do. We just couldn’t do it fast enough.” — Nikolas Balanis, CTO of Syntax Bio In our latest case study, Syntax Bio shares how Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq and Whole Plasmid Sequencing fit into their workflow. Read the full case study: plasmidsaurus.com/case-study/s...

Published in Nature Microbiology, Karash et al. (2026) show that resistance-carrying plasmids can move between bacterial species inside patients’ lungs during chronic infections, rapidly spreading antibiotic resistance. Read the original paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Missed our webinar on making RNA-seq more practical for everyday research? The recording is now available! RNA-seq has transformed how we study gene expression, but cost, turnaround time, and workflow complexity can still make routine experiments challenging. ▶️ plasmidsaurus.com/webinar/3-rn...

What are the dinos up to in lab today? 🧪

People say Plasmidsaurus is cute, but that’s the least interesting thing about us…

Mycoplasma screening, now included with every Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq result at no extra cost! We’ve also screened every RNA-Seq order placed since January 1, 2026, so you can revisit earlier results and check for reportable mycoplasma signals. Learn more: plasmidsaurus.com/technical-no...

Dinos spotted around the world 🌎 Part 2/2

Dinos spotted around the world 🌎 Part 1/2

Choosing between Plasmidsaurus Marker Gene Sequencing (16S/18S/ITS) and Shotgun Metagenomics doesn't have to be stressful. The right choice comes down to the question you’re asking and the resolution you need. Read our latest blog comparing the methods: plasmidsaurus.com/blog/marker-...

You can learn a lot about someone from the way they name a sequencing order 😂 Here are a few that caught our attention in the Plasmidsaurus order queue (shared with permission from the customers who submitted them 🙂).

This summer, high school juniors went beyond the classroom to investigate how bacteria evolve under stress through the Summer Science Program from SSP International. Plasmidsaurus was proud to support these students with whole genome sequencing for their research projects.

Happy International Dog Day 🐶 Meet some of the dogs behind the Plasmidsaurus team. They may not know much about sequencing, but they’re highly qualified in cuteness.

Turns out there are way more dinosaur species than we learned about in school 🦕

For researchers like Courtney Tamaki, fast and affordable RNA-seq is essential for keeping up with complex, multi-model cancer research. Courtney uses Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq to identify radiation-inducible surface proteins on cancer and immune cells, helping uncover potential targets for therapies.

Every lab has its treasures and bits of personality. What little pieces of joy can be found around yours?