plasmidsaurus
@plasmidsaurus

Pioneers in the sequencing of whole plasmids, amplicons, whole bacterial genomes & more. 900+ dropboxes and 10 labs globally.

plasmidsaurus.com
Joined September 2021
We're stoked to have finally found a place that recycles our falcon tubes ... and bubble wrap, baggies, tip boxes, etc! We currently fill about 3 of these massive bins per month with tubes from you folks 😲 We're keeping the colorful caps for a special art project, stay tuned! 😁
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Today seems like a good day to announce some improvements we've had in the works: 1. We promised lower prices as our sequencing volume increased, and thanks to our wonderful customers, as of right now we are dropping our price from $25 to $15/sample! (1/6)
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Good news everyone! ALL of our services are now being run on the newest @nanopore V14 chemistry with 99.6% raw read accuracy! We compared the new V14 data against previous chemistry data for the same samples and found greatly improved performance in homopolymers, check it out 🥳
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Nothing like a little face-to-fume hood contact 😌 🦖
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The only thing cooler than protein folding? Protein folding into a dinosaur. 🦕
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🦖 Something HUGE just hatched. Plasmidsaurus now offers RNA sequencing for gene expression analysis with: • As fast as 3 day turnaround • $50/sample for academia, $80 for industry • Up to ~10M unique transcript 3’ end reads per sample • Interactive results that let you explore changes in genes and pathways Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
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🚨 New data visualization file just dropped! 🚨 With every sequencing result, we now deliver a .fastq file that makes it easy to visualize our consensus confidence for each basecall. Open it in software such as SnapGene Viewer to quickly identify low-confidence positions. Nifty!
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For bacterial genome sequencing, would you pick fast, good, or cheap? Now you can get ALL 3 with our new ONT sequencing service that almost always produces circular, full-length bacterial chromosome contigs with consensus accuracy >Q50 -- often with their full plasmids too! (1/3)
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Reginald 🦎 enjoys gazing at this 8-foot sign made by his mom (our lab director Maggie) with >1400 falcon tube caps sent by you guys, from his perch atop our 15-lb parafilm ball 😁Our conference room is bursting with bags of painstakingly sorted caps, more art projects coming! 🎨
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Plasmidsaurus is in the UK!! UK dinos can expect SUPER fast results, more dropboxes, and more pickups! If you don't have a dropbox yet, let us know and we'll get you set up. Big love to Nora Rier, University of Cambridge, who sent our London lab their first ever dino art! 🎩♥️🦕
A directory of plasmidsaurus UK dropboxes. Each ddropbox has a customized dino with a punny name (The Crick Inst has Bigbenodon, The ICR has Mindthegapeus, The University of Manchester has Wonderwallus, and so forth). In the center is a dino sipping tea with a top hat, encircled by a DNA frame, drawn by our customer Nora Rier.

ALT A directory of plasmidsaurus UK dropboxes. Each ddropbox has a customized dino with a punny name (The Crick Inst has Bigbenodon, The ICR has Mindthegapeus, The University of Manchester has Wonderwallus, and so forth). In the center is a dino sipping tea with a top hat, encircled by a DNA frame, drawn by our customer Nora Rier.

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New update: Promoters and origins of replication are now easier to spot in your results summary! No more guessing—just clear, intuitive visualizations.
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🚨 PLASMIDSAURUS IS HIRING!!! 🚨 🧬 Do you like long-read sequencing? 🦕 Do you like dinosaurs? 👩‍🔬 Are you looking for a job? We're hiring at multiple levels for our SECOND LAB LOCATION! 🙏 Please retweet & circulate to your colleagues to help spread the word 😎
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😱 This is why protecting your samples by placing them in a falcon tube (or small box, or bubble wrap) is so important for shipping. Just imagine that your package is fed through a giant crusher machine on its way here. Luckily these samples arrived intact for sequencing! Phew!!!
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We now deliver NEXT MORNING RESULTS for plasmid and linear/amplicon services! Simply ship your samples overnight to our new lab in Louisville, KY (using a dropbox or shipping label provided at order submission) and get your results at the start of the next day with your coffee!

ALT Good Morning Buenos Dias GIF by DINOSALLY

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We thought you'd never ask 🥰
In red ink. A dino, smiling nervously, kneels and holds a ring box to the viewer. Inside the box is a plasmid. The dino asks, "will you sequence me? please say yes..."

ALT In red ink. A dino, smiling nervously, kneels and holds a ring box to the viewer. Inside the box is a plasmid. The dino asks, "will you sequence me? please say yes..."
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We hope everyone had as much an enjoyable time off as we did. We are glad to be back and filling up all our @nanopore sequencers with samples again! 🤩
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You amazing people are sending so many plasmids we may need to go to three-character order labels. Who's up for legibly squeezing three characters on a little tube? :)
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We are now offering long-read sequencing & assembly of bacterial genomes with even faster turnaround times. Send your bacterial genomic DNA and have your results the day after we receive the samples. Get complete, circular assemblies with full annotation reports for $90/sample.
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If you've been using one of our Oxford University dropboxes, you may have spotted something unusual...!!!🦖🚲 Daily pickups at @Dunn_School, @OxfordBiology, @HumanGeneticsOx, and Old Road Campus Research. Huge shoutout to Dr Malcolm Sim, @mjwsim!
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Your results may be delayed a few hours tonight by our holiday party :)
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We're building a new tool—search your plasmids by feature, sample name, and more. Plus, favorite the ones you use most. Tracking your work across experiments is about to get a whole lot easier. Stay tuned!🔍
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🌟BREAKING NEWS🌟We're expanding quickly, and have just moved to a bigger lab with a NEW SHIPPING ADDRESS! ✉️📫📦Use the address below for shipments starting today (June 3, 2022). Thanks for helping us spread the word!! Plasmidsaurus 1850 Millrace Dr. Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97403
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Plasmidsaurus reveals the spooky things lurking in your sequences...
In the first panel, a dinosaur reaches to remove the mask of what appears to the a tied-up ghost. In the second panel, the ghost is revealed to be a two-headed man labeled "concatemer."

ALT In the first panel, a dinosaur reaches to remove the mask of what appears to the a tied-up ghost. In the second panel, the ghost is revealed to be a two-headed man labeled "concatemer."

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Sanger sequencing just the insert versus whole plasmid sequencing with long reads.
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📣 Coming soon to our plasmid viewer! You'll soon be able to see base-level alignments and feature labels—because the details matter.
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Looks like they figured us out, Ron
An adorable green dino with yellow spikes munches on a ring of nucleotides, reading off the nucleotide flavor of each one to their coworker Ron. The next one tastes like A. The artist notes that this is what they assume happens behind the scenes at plasmidsaurus - they are exactly right

ALT An adorable green dino with yellow spikes munches on a ring of nucleotides, reading off the nucleotide flavor of each one to their coworker Ron. The next one tastes like A. The artist notes that this is what they assume happens behind the scenes at plasmidsaurus - they are exactly right
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We love circular DNA, which is why we strive to return complete, circular assemblies like these with our long read bacterial genome sequencing service. Results returned the day after we receive samples at $90/sample, or we can do the DNA extraction for you (extra day, extra $15).
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Introducing dinocoins, pre-paid credits that can be used to pay for sequencing. One dinocoin = one plasmid or amplicon sample. Tired of dealing with credit cards and purchase orders? Got a grant that's expiring? Load up on dinocoins!
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New at Plasmidsaurus: Microbiome sequencing without the wait Full-length 16S, 18S, and ITS amplicons — results in 1-2 days.
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We wish we were half as good at sequencing plasmids as you folks are at drawing dinosaurs
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Automated comparison tool (beta) is now live for all Plasmidsaurus users! 🦖🦕 Learn if the sequences are correct in your results email, or upload your references later to get the results on the website. Thanks for the software team for pushing this out!
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We're thrilled to announce a new plasmidsaurus dropbox at @harvardmed in Longwood, Boston, in the lobby at the Blackfan Circle entrance of the New Research Building, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur. Shipping 1pm on Thursdays to start, more days to come if you all use it...
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No more clicking around—your DNA sequences now appear directly in your results email. See if your experiment worked straight from your inbox 📧
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We ❤️ these valen-dinos
A cute pink dinosaur says, "You're the A to my T and the C to my G"

ALT A cute pink dinosaur says, "You're the A to my T and the C to my G"

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You heard that right — get full bacterial genome sequencing in 1 day. 🤯 Starting at $90. Order now: hubs.ly/Q03sGJW50 P.S. We're at ASM! Stop by booth 1241 to chat with us about our new services.
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How does Plasmidsaurus manage to return results dropped off in the afternoon by early the next morning? It starts with our dropbox network and picking up and delivering samples from all over the world. Not surprisingly, this robust logistics network can be used by others as well!
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We've never liked that we don't return any measure of our confidence in our consensus calls at each position -- chromatograms can be misleading but at least they give you a feeling of control! So starting today we're adding a new file to our standard report. 1/5
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Last week a genuine dino came in to help us unpack plasmid shipments, eat some veggies, and supervise the growth of the parafilm ball 🦖
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We are amazed and impressed that 388 scientific papers were published in 2023 after using Plasmidsaurus plasmid sequencing. We love helping you to move your research forward!
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New dropboxes at Rockefeller and WashU making their first shipments today, NYC and STL folks!
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Please please please
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Plasmidsaurus in a nutshell: Dinosaurs, falcon tubes, and a massive ball of parafilm.
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BIG NEWS! We are thrilled to share the news that @PrimordiumLabs and @plasmidsaurus have joined forces, forming a single company with a unified mission of accelerating scientific discovery through innovations in DNA sequencing!
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🦠 plasmidsaurus bacterial sequencing 🦠 When we compare the complete, circular assembly of an ONT bacterial genome to the fragmented Illumina assembly of the same sample, we see very few differences between the two.
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Breaking news: A distinguished gentleman has entered the timeline. Stay classy, sequence everything with Plasmidsaurus.
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🚨NEW SERVICE ALERT! 🦠If you've been waiting to send us your plasmids or genomic DNA extracted from BSL2 organisms, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! During order submission, simply select the biosafety level of the host cell that your DNA is extracted from -- no extra charge for higher BSL 🤓
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Happy Pride from plasmidsaurus! We ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 these rainbow dinos, and we love you!
A "proud science dino" with rainbow spines holds what looks like two 50mL falcon tubes. Maybe they're packing up samples to send to plasmidsaurus?

ALT A "proud science dino" with rainbow spines holds what looks like two 50mL falcon tubes. Maybe they're packing up samples to send to plasmidsaurus?

A dino with rainbow spines waves a pride flag and blows one of those party horns that rolls out and inflates when you blow in it. They are surrounded by hearts, stars, and swirls, and they say "Happy Pride!"

ALT A dino with rainbow spines waves a pride flag and blows one of those party horns that rolls out and inflates when you blow in it. They are surrounded by hearts, stars, and swirls, and they say "Happy Pride!"

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Please don't fire our customers!
"Dinorganic chemist" A tallllll stripey dinosaur in a lab coat and blocky glasses holds the book Dino Chem 101. The artist's caption says, "if this doesn't get posted to twitter, my boss will fire me for hyping up my dino art skills too much"

ALT "Dinorganic chemist" A tallllll stripey dinosaur in a lab coat and blocky glasses holds the book Dino Chem 101. The artist's caption says, "if this doesn't get posted to twitter, my boss will fire me for hyping up my dino art skills too much"
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⚠️Another sweet website feature just dropped! 🌎 Enjoy this NEW searchable Google Map of our 230+ global dropbox locations, with detailed info for finding each box site and pickup dates/times. So much easier to find your local dropbox for FREE SHIPPING!!! plasmidsaurus.com/instructio…
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Plasmid cloning should be easy, but sometimes it can make you feel frustrated and needlessly delay your project. Retweet this post with your #CloningFail story for the chance to win a prize!
A red dinosaur roars angrily. They are holding a pipette and wearing their safety goggles.

ALT A red dinosaur roars angrily. They are holding a pipette and wearing their safety goggles.

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Ski fast…and sequence faster. Plasmidsaurus now lives in Germany! 🇩🇪 Overnight sequencing for ALL of Europe Pickup ~4PM → Results 8AM 🦖 Dropboxes in 14 European countries...and the dino is looking for MORE! Request your free dropbox here: shorturl.at/cplXq Sequence plasmids, amplicons, bacteria, libraries, yeast, AAV, microbiomes, eukaryotes…sequence everything. No primers needed. Big love to Dr Jan Müller, PI at the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria, for starring in this video!
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We have the best customers! What would your lab of dinos look like?
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Another lab day, another 0.1 ng/μL heartbreak 😔
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Let's sequence some plasmids
Primordium@PrimordiumLabs
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BIG NEWS! We are thrilled to share the news that @PrimordiumLabs and @plasmidsaurus have joined forces, forming a single company with a unified mission of accelerating scientific discovery through innovations in DNA sequencing!
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Grad students heading to the bench to start a project after validating the plasmids sent by a collaborator.
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We're very pleased to announce our first European dropbox, at VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology at Ghent University! Shipping on Tuesdays, noon cutoff time, located at the reception, main entrance.
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This sums it up nicely
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When you are too magnificent 🐩 to extract microbial genomic DNA yourself, plasmidsaurus can now do it for you! Just ship your bacterial pellet 🦠resuspended in DNA/RNA Shield and we'll do the rest, for only $15 extra. Details on our bacteria service page: plasmidsaurus.com/bac_learn_…
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Our lab camera trap caught this beauty prepping plasmids this morning
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New feature drop: You can now compare sequences to a reference right from the results page—just drag and drop your files and get your answer in seconds. No extra steps, just results. (Video demo below👇)
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Good news everyone! With our custom sequencing service, we can now deeply sequence any dsDNA molecules AS TINY AS 🤏100 bp🤏! No longer must you design the experiment to target a longer region >600 bp 🥳 Just email us plasmids@snpsaurus.com to start your custom project! 🦕
Short necked giraffes, just like your short DNA!

ALT Short necked giraffes, just like your short DNA!

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A very small selection of lab director Maggie's favorite dino drawings 😍 Our walls are simply covered in YOUR artwork. Who wants to see more from our epic gallery?
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Today's dino art choice, by Ken Dong @UCBerkeley, was picked by plasmidsaurus crew member Celia and definitely appreciated by the rest of us. Amazing art. Ken!
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"Let's mutate her plasmid in a region she didn't bother to Sanger sequence!"
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Pleased to announce a new plasmidsaurus dropbox at @YaleMed! 1pm Monday cutoff time. Location is CB4 in front of the elevators. Generously hosted by @WilenLab
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Frog hands a pink flower to plasmidsaurus, a purple dinosaur with nucleotide spines. The piece is titled, "Xenopus loves plasmidsaurus."

ALT Frog hands a pink flower to plasmidsaurus, a purple dinosaur with nucleotide spines. The piece is titled, "Xenopus loves plasmidsaurus."

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Dropbox hosts around the world have been put on notice by our newest dropbox at the University of Utah @UUtah. Are you just going to accept that your dropbox has less spirit than theirs?? Location: Crocker Science Center, Room 120G Pickup time/day: Wednesday, 3:00PM
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We’re working hard to accelerate your research! You can now view the predicted amino acid sequence of each coding region and per-base quality scores directly on your results page, giving you clearer insight into your sequence results at every position.
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In the plasmid justice system, parafilm based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Dino City, the dedicated dino-tectives who investigate these vicious samples are members of an elite squad known as the Tricera-Cops. These are their stories.
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Our new Singapore lab is live—bringing faster turnaround from Seoul to Sydney! 🧬 To celebrate, we asked our community to draw some special dinos. Here are 3 amazing submissions we just had to share 🎉
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Did we miss this scene in Jurassic Park? 🦖🎥
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We use Oxford Nanopore's long read technology with their new highly accurate chemistry and return the raw reads and annotated assembly in 3-5 business days. Only $90/sample ($105 for larger genomes) and free overnight shipping through our global network of 200+ dropboxes! (2/3)
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Did you know that we are now a Certified Provider for Oxford @nanopore Technologies? One of only 3 certified providers in the USA! Check it out!!! nanoporetech.com/services/pr… P.S. We REALLY💕 this 🦖🫖 dino tea party 🫖 🦖 we got today. Credit to Galen Rask at @nationwidekids!
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Find a plasmidsaurus drop box for free shipping! plasmidsaurus.com/instructio…
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Wow, @jacquelynrire really captured the essence of the majestic plasmidsaurus in its natural habitat
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Announcing our 2nd European dropbox, at @EPFL_en SV 0409. Shipping every other Tuesday starting 1 March. Thanks @klausenhauser!
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4. Our dropbox program is expanding! Get in touch to set up a dropbox at your institution for free shipping! (5/6)
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Groan! @theManningLab
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We're hiring! 🚨🦖 We're on the hunt for a talented backend software engineer to join our team. If you love dinosaurs, cutting-edge tech, and amazing people 😌, we’d love to meet you. Apply here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/plasmidsaur…
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New plasmidsaurus dropbox going live at @uarizona, hosted by @surt_lab! Shipping Wednesdays, room 830 of the Marley Building, in the walk in fridge on the east side.
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We received this stunningly accurate depiction of a Chilean Stegourus elengassen with one of our orders. Note the flat, fan-like tail spikes, quadrupedal body structure, and characteristic expression of disdain towards being extinct
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Do beautiful science.
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Samples sent in eppendorf tubes instead of strop tubes get fed to our little friend here, right @briellemartens?
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Exclusive sneak peak into the Plasmidsaurus merch factory 👀🦖🧶 (Thanks Vy for the inspo)
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New dropbox has been set up at the University of Chicago @UChicago in Chicago, IL! Pickups are Mondays at noon, located in Building KCBD, 1230H, under the shark sign. Thanks to Pieter Faber for hosting this new box!🧬🧬🧬
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