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Reducing Reagent Use and Waste by 99.8%

By taking a technology approach to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of DNA synthesis we enable our customers a more sustainable way to design, build, test, and commercialize future therapeutics,
diagnostic tests, agricultural products, materials, biobased chemicals, and data storage solutions.

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Twist reduces carbon footprint compared to
96-well plate approach

 

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We are committed to Writing the Future through synthetic DNA - find out how.

 

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Environmental Progress to Date at Twist Bioscience

Waste Miniaturization

By miniaturizing DNA synthesis,

chemical waste is significantly reduced.

Per run we synthesize 10,000x more

oligos and produce 1000x less chemical

waste per oligo.

Eco Packaging

We adopted our own shipping packaging

made from 50% recycled material,

designed specifically to minimize wasted

space in every parcel. Where possible

we have replaced plastic for cardboard.

Recycling

Twist has successfully diverted over 24,795 pounds of plastic waste from landfills by recycling nitrile gloves and PPE. We have also diverted over 6,000 kg of single use scientific plastic from landfills by recycling pipette tip boxes in our R&D labs.

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Twist Bioscience is Committed to Writing the Future Sustainably.

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How our Work Impacts the World

We work in service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, food/agriculture, industrial chemicals, academic research and data storage, by using our synthetic DNA tools, our customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. We believe that the faster our customers succeed, the better for all of us, and we believe Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate their efforts.

WEBINAR
Designing Enzymes for the Infinite Recycling and Upcycling of Plastic

Learn how Twist solutions are helping in the fight against the global plastic crisis, which amounts to approximately 1.5 billion tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere every year.

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WEBINAR
Screening Synthesised Effector Gene Libraries to Rapidly Identify Immune-Recognised Virulence Genes in Plant

Explore the importance of plant resistance for crop disease mitigation and discover how the dynamics of plant - pathogen interaction is controlled by disease resistance and avirulence genes. Gain insight into the utility of Twist Clonal Genes to support such high throughput screens.

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WEBINAR
Prediction of prime editing insertion efficiencies using sequence features and DNA repair determinants

Discover the impact of sequence length, composition, and secondary structure on prime editing insertion rates and hear how the 3' flap nucleases TREX1 and TREX2 suppress the insertion of longer sequences. Find out how high-quality Twist Oligo Pools supported this cutting-edge research.

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Our Corporate Responsibility Program

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