IDT and Ansa Biotechnologies Expand Partnership to Streamline Access to Complex DNA Constructs
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Integrated DNA Technologies (搜索) and Ansa Biotechnologies (搜索) have expanded their partnership to enable direct ordering of complex DNA constructs up to 50 kb through IDT's global e-commerce platform.
More than 400 institutions across 33 countries have ordered Ansa Clonal DNA through IDT, with supported synthesis complexity expanding 42-fold and a 97 percent fulfillment rate.
The integrated workflow provides earlier visibility into synthesis feasibility, pricing, and turnaround times, narrowing the gap between what researchers can design and obtain as research-ready DNA.
Integrated DNA Technologies (搜索) (IDT), a Danaher (搜索) company and global leader in genomics, and Ansa Biotechnologies (搜索), Inc. have announced an expansion of their partnership to provide researchers worldwide broader access to Ansa's Clonal DNA and XL Clonal DNA through IDT's global e-commerce platform. The expansion creates a streamlined experience that helps researchers move from sequence design to research-ready DNA with greater speed, clarity, and confidence across standard, complex, and ultra-complex constructs.
The expansion builds on strong customer adoption since the companies began collaborating in January 2026. To date, more than 400 institutions across academia, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical research in 33 countries have ordered Ansa Clonal DNA through IDT. Across constructs ranging from 146 bp to 49.1 kb, the collaboration has expanded supported synthesis complexity by 42-fold, reflected in IDT Complexity Scores averaging 54 and reaching as high as 249. Ansa maintained a 97 percent fulfillment rate, underscoring the scalability and reliability of its DNA synthesis platform.
"Researchers are designing increasingly ambitious DNA constructs and need partners that can help them move from concept to research-ready DNA with confidence," said Jennifer Meade, president at IDT. "Working together with Ansa significantly expands the range of DNA length and complexity available through IDT. Combined with our deep expertise, global reach, and connected ordering experience, these capabilities are helping scientists overcome complex design challenges, accelerate discovery, and access the DNA their work demands."
AI-enabled design and advances in synthetic biology are increasing the technical ambition of research programs, including demand for longer constructs and sequences containing challenging motifs. Orders enabled by the expanded partnership include complex genes and homology-directed repair donors ordered alongside CRISPR products, pointing to use in gene editing research, as well as applications in drug discovery, vaccine research, synthetic biology, and agrigenomics. By connecting Ansa's differentiated synthesis capabilities with IDT's ordering experience, IDT and Ansa are working to narrow the gap between what researchers can design and what they can obtain as research-ready DNA.
"Our lab has had a very positive experience ordering plasmids through IDT and Ansa," said Maureen McKeague, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry at McGill University. "The ordering process was straightforward, delivery was fast, and the plasmids performed reliably and replicated efficiently in our hands. We also appreciated the prompt and effective support from IDT, who were able to address our questions quickly and demonstrated excellent communication and coordination with Ansa."
Researchers can submit a sequence through IDT and view available fulfillment pathways based on length and complexity, including eligible IDT genes, Ansa Clonal DNA, and Ansa XL Clonal DNA options. The integrated experience supports mixed orders, allowing customers to consider sequence requirements, timing, and fulfillment needs in one workflow—with greater access to synthetic DNA across a broad range of sequence requirements, including challenging motifs, complex designs, and longer constructs. Each submitted sequence is screened for factors such as GC content, homopolymers, and repetitive elements, and then matched with the appropriate fulfillment pathway.
"From the beginning, Ansa has focused on overcoming a fundamental challenge: giving researchers access to synthetic DNA that conventional approaches struggle or even fail to deliver," said Jason T. Gammack, Chief Executive Officer of Ansa Biotechnologies (搜索). "We are rapidly scaling our enzymatic synthesis capacity to meet the surging global demand for our standard and complex DNA sequences. Working with IDT brings this capability to a much broader scientific community, and makes clonal DNA practical for applications where sequence length and complexity have historically limited what scientists could obtain."
The new integration establishes a foundation for continued expansion of the IDT and Ansa customer experience. The companies intend to explore additional capabilities that further connect design, synthesis, and ordering workflows, helping researchers access increasingly complex DNA solutions with greater speed, confidence, and scalability as scientific needs evolve.