Sponsors/Twist




Twist Bioscience and Desktop Genetics Call for CRISPR Project Proposals

CRISPR Design and DNA support available!

Application deadline: July 8, 2016

Twist Bioscience and Desktop Genetics have partnered together to offer CRISPR design and DNA synthesis support for iGEM teams and are calling for proposals.

How have you reimagined gene editing with CRISPR? We want to know!

Twist Bioscience and Desktop Genetics are calling for project proposals, and have teamed up for iGEM 2016 to provide precision gene editing tools through expert gRNA design, and highly uniform and accurate DNA synthesis.

5 select iGEM teams will receive training and access to the DESKGEN design platform, the leading CRISPR tool, providing access to all CRISPR nucleases, sgRNA lengths, dozens of organisms and all major sgRNA design parameters from academic software tools. Twist Bioscience will synthesize your guide designs and provide high quality, cloning-ready single guides and oligo pools for your experiments.

Project Proposal and Application


Teams seeking sponsorship from Twist Bioscience and Desktop Genetics may submit a proposal (2 page, 1000 word max) including:

  • 100 word abstract
  • Description of your gene editing project including your experimental intent and proposed methodologies
  • Applications and impact of the research

Please submit your proposal to customersupport@twistbioscience.com by July 8, 2016 (subject: iGEM project proposal)
5 Teams will be notified of their award by July 15 if selected.


Twist DNA formats for iGEM
Amplified (cloning ready) oligo pools
Amplified (cloning ready) single guides

Desktop Genetics Genomes Supported:
Anopheles gambiae (AgamP4)
Arabidopsis thaliana (TAIR10.28)
Caenorhabditis elegans (WBcel235.28)
Candida albicans (GCA_000182965.2.28)
Candida glabrata (GCA_000002545.2.28)
Danio rerio (GRCz10.81)
Drosophila melanogaster (PDGP6.28)
Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) (GCA_000022665.2.28)
Escherichia coli K-12 DH10B (GCA_000019425.1.28)
Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 (GCA_000005845.2.28)
Homo sapiens (GRCh38.81)
Hordeum vulgare (082214v1.28)
Mus musculus (GRCm38.81)
Oryza sativa (IRGSP-1.0.28)
Penicillium roqueforti FM164 (PROQFM164_20130607.31)
Physcomitrella patens (ASM242v1.28)
Rattus norvegicus (Rnor_6.0.81)
Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 (ASM1456v1.31)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (R64-1-1.80)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (ASM294v2.28)
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (ASM972v1.31)
Triticum aestivum (IWGSC1.0+popseq.28)
Zea mays (AGPv3.28) CRISPR Resource
Genome Editing in Esoteric Genomes
Gene Selection