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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 1d

🧬 Finding the right vector just got easier — and faster.
Announcing Ansa’s new Catalog Vectors! Skip the upfront postage & paperwork. Simply upload your sequence file, select your vector, and Ansa will ship your completed DNA to you.

🔗 ansabio.com/products/vec...

Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 7d

🚀 We’ve raised $54.4M in an oversubscribed Series B!

This funding powers U.S.-based manufacturing, new products, and the first DNA synthesis on-time guarantee.

🧪 Read the press release: hubs.li/Q03LHN3c0

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 14d

#DYK: Ansa provides two flexible formats to help accelerate your research potential: sequence-perfect clonal DNA or sequence-verified linear double-stranded DNA fragment formats, both with up-front pricing & guaranteed delivery times.

🧪 ansabio.com/products?utm...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 15d

Don't shy away from challenging elements like hairpins, repeats, or high/low GC content. Our advanced technology is designed to handle the complexity of naturally occurring DNA, allowing you to study the biology you want, without compromise.

🧪 www.ansabio.com?utm_source=B...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 20d

The buck stops here. Literally. Our VP of Operations, Marcos Urias, explains how Ansa’s DNA synthesis services are raising the bar for what you can expect from your DNA provider.

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🧬 Ansa On-Time Guarantee (AOTG) program guarantees that your order will be completed and shipped on or before the expected ship date. If any part of your order fails to meet this date, the entire… | M...

🧬 Ansa On-Time Guarantee (AOTG) program guarantees that your order will be completed and shipped on or before the expected ship date. If any part of your order fails to meet this date, the entire orde...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 21d

At Touchlight, reliable, on-time enzymatic DNA delivery isn't just a bonus, it's mission critical. If vendors fail, research stalls, manufacturing slots are lost, and reputations are on the line.

🎧 Hear from Alex Cotton about why his team trusts Ansa with their DNA synthesis needs.

#BIOsky 🧪

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 27d

Attn Automation Engineers: We're #hiring!

We're seeking an associate to support the development, testing, and deployment of our laboratory automation systems, including liquid handlers, colony pickers, and other robotic instrumentation.

👉 Learn more: job-boards.greenhouse.io/ansabiotechn...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 28d

🧪 Synthetic DNA fuels some of today’s biggest breakthroughs, but the way it's made matters. Check out our latest blog to learn more about chemical vs. enzymatic DNA synthesis: what's changing & why it matters.

👉 ansabio.com/blog/chemica...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · 29d

Let’s talk sequence acceptance rates.

Scientists have been conditioned to expect rejection.
But what if 99% of your sequences were accepted? And your provider guaranteed on-time shipment, or you pay nothing?

Ansa is redefining what’s possible in DNA synthesis.

👉 ansabio.com/products/?ut...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Still think 50 kb is just a future niche in gene synthesis? Ansa co-founder Jared Ellefson shows why the future is already here, and why it’s time to scale infrastructure to keep pace. 🧪

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This scene gets me excited. These two tubes contain 102kb of customer DNA cargo - proof that the demand for long, complex DNA synthesis is real and growing. I often hear: "Who's going to use...

This scene gets me excited. These two tubes contain 102kb of customer DNA cargo - proof that the demand for long, complex DNA synthesis is real and growing. I often hear: "Who's going to use all 50kb...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 29

🧪 What happens when DNA length is no longer a constraint? Formerly daunting projects become everyday science.

We're proud to contribute to a revolutionary shift toward massive scale genome engineering with 50 kb DNA.

➡️ Go long today: ansabio.com/products/50k...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 26

For years, the bet was that enzymatic DNA synthesis would be slower, riskier, and too expensive. We proved otherwise.

🧪 Read Ansa co-founder Jared Ellefson's reflections on turning skepticism into breakthroughs: www.linkedin.com/posts/jarede...

I’ve gotten a lot of skepticism over the years as a founder of an enzymatic DNA synthesis company. It’s hard to count how many times people told me: “There’s no real problem with today’s DNA… | Jare...

I’ve gotten a lot of skepticism over the years as a founder of an enzymatic DNA synthesis company. It’s hard to count how many times people told me: “There’s no real problem with today’s DNA synthes...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 26

📗 Ordering synthetic DNA? Don’t do it blind.

Get the guide that breaks down what to watch for before placing your next order—timelines, QC, complexity, and true cost—so you can make smarter choices with confidence.

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 20

"One year into commercialization, we’ve evolved from a company you probably hadn’t heard of to one setting the new standard." — Ansa CEO Jason T. Gammack reflects on transparent pricing, ultra-long DNA, and reliability you can take to the bank.

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DNA Synthesis Was Broken. We Fixed It.

Legacy vendors ship excuses. We ship DNA — reliability guaranteed.

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 19

Best DNA. Best Price. No Compromise.

✅ Clonal DNA starting at $0.13/bp
✅ Clonal constructs from 1.5 kb to 50 kb
✅ Turnaround times beginning at just 6 business days
✅ Ansa On-Time Guarantee

🧪 See the new pricing: ansabio.com/pricing/?utm...

Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 14

#DYK: Acquiring DNA constructs is often the longest step in many workflows?

Sequence-dependent workflows make legacy #DNAsynthesis approaches complicated, failure-prone, and slow.

At Ansa, we’ve reinvented the entire DNA manufacturing workflow.

➡️ Learn how: ansabio.com/guarantee?ut... 🧪

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Aug 7

🎯 Hitting your research goals starts with DNA that hits deadlines.

As part of the Ansa On-Time Guarantee, we guarantee your DNA order will ship on or before the committed date. If we miss the deadline, your COMPLETE order is free.

No risk. Fully guaranteed.

🧪 Give us a try today: bit.ly/455wwIS

Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 24

🧬 DNA’s just the beginning.

At Ansa, we're building a better experience for scientists, shaped by real feedback, simple ordering, and the only on-time guarantee in the industry.

🧪 Read all about it in this article by our VP of sales, Mike DeMayo.

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At Ansa, We’re Delivering Something Novel in Synthetic DNA: A Great Customer Experience

From a commercial perspective, one of my favorite challenges is getting to introduce something completely novel to the market — a new technology or a new service — and then hunkering down for the hard...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 16

What was unimaginable a decade ago is now routine. Hear from Ansa customer Greg Lohman of New England Biolabs about how Ansa is enabling a new scale in synthetic biology.

🧪 Learn more about our technology, products, and the Ansa On-Time Guarantee:
www.ansabio.com?utm_source=B...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 10

We'd love the challenge :) And offer a guarantee: ansabio.com/guarantee/

Ansa On-Time Guarantee | Ansa Biotechnologies

Ensure your science is only limited by what’s possible, not what your vendor can handle. Ansa's On-Time Guarantee: your complete order on time, or it’s free.

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks for the rec, @adammeyer.bsky.social!

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 8

Build Bold. Build Big. Build Free.

#iGEM2025 peeps: Have an idea that needs GC-rich, repetitive, or structurally tricky DNA? We’re giving away 20 kb of free clonal DNA to 20 iGEM teams! The bolder, the better!

🔗 Learn more: ansabio.com/igem/?utm_so...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 3

Designing your #iGEM2025 project to change the world? Let us help bring your idea to life. We're giving 20 kb of clonal DNA to 20 iGEM teams!

Each sequence can be up to 10 kb in length.

💡 Complex designs welcome
🗓️ Apply July 1 – August 1
🔗 ansabio.com/igem/?utm_so...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧪 Biotech is stuck in the punch-card era. Ansa is changing that.

Ansa co-founder Jared Ellefson reflects on his early frustrations with the lack of easy DNA access & how advanced #DNAsynthesis is enabling genomes to become the next programming language.

➡️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/reprog...

Reprogramming Biology Beyond the Punch Card Era

When I co-founded Ansa Bio, my aim was to move synthetic biology beyond the punch-card era. Digital software has reshaped the modern world, and many predict that mastery of biology will have a compara...

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Ansa Biotechnologies @ansabio.bsky.social · Jun 26

#ICYMI: Our new pricing for standard DNA designs is here to support your full range of projects—from the simplest builds to the most ambitious.

🧪 Let’s drive innovation together.

Experience the momentum of smarter pricing: bit.ly/3HAMZLL

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