Skip to content
Longterm Wiki
Back

DNA Script SYNTAX System

web

This product page is relevant to AI safety adjacent biosecurity discussions, particularly concerns about how decentralized DNA synthesis technology could circumvent screening protocols designed to prevent synthesis of dangerous pathogens or bioweapons-relevant sequences.

Metadata

Importance: 45/100tool pagehomepage

Summary

The SYNTAX System by DNA Script is a benchtop enzymatic DNA synthesis (EDS) platform that enables rapid, on-demand synthesis of custom oligonucleotides without traditional phosphoramidite chemistry. It democratizes access to DNA synthesis by allowing labs to produce custom DNA sequences in hours rather than days. This capability represents a dual-use biosecurity concern as it lowers barriers to synthesizing potentially dangerous genetic sequences.

Key Points

  • Benchtop enzymatic DNA synthesis platform enabling on-demand oligo production without outsourcing to synthesis companies
  • Significantly reduces turnaround time for custom DNA sequences from days/weeks to hours
  • Removes traditional gatekeeping mechanisms that centralized synthesis providers could use to screen dangerous sequences
  • Represents a dual-use technology with legitimate research applications but biosecurity risk implications
  • Relevant to debates about biosecurity screening requirements and governance of decentralized DNA synthesis

Cited by 1 page

PageTypeQuality
Bioweapons RiskRisk91.0

Cached Content Preview

HTTP 200Fetched Apr 7, 20266 KB
SYNTAX System | DNA Script

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 Sep
 OCT
 Nov
 

 
 

 
 14
 
 

 
 

 2024
 2025
 2026
 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 
success

 
fail

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 About this capture
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
COLLECTED BY

 

 

 
 
Collection: Common Crawl

 

 

 Web crawl data from Common Crawl.
 

 

 

 

 

 
TIMESTAMPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org/web/20251014012953/https://www.dnascript.com/products/syntax/

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

Navigation

Products 
 
ssDNA Oligonucleotides

 
SYNTAX® Platform

Applications 
 
Applications

 
Collaborations

 
New Collateral

Technology

Resources 
 
Blog

 
Resources

 
Support

 
Videos

 
FAQ

Company 
 
Company

 
Team

 
News

 
Events

 
Distributors

 
Investors

 
Careers

SYNTAX® platform quote

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

 

SYNTAX STX-200 SYSTEM

The First DNA Printer
Powered by Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

Platform

SYNTAX System

Kits

Patents

Powered by Enzymatic DNA Synthesis (EDS) Technology, the SYNTAX System is a DNA printer that enables on-demand synthesis of custom DNA oligos in a benchtop solution. Designed for speed, convenience, flexibility, and ease of use, SYNTAX enables you to create custom oligos in your own lab without the need for specialized infrastructure or technical skills.

Printing your own DNA oligos on-site can give you more control over workflows, sequencing information, and security, and mitigates delays and other logistical challenges from third-party manufacturing. Enjoy higher productivity, more predictable project schedules, and fewer hidden costs to accelerate the pace of innovation and fuel discoveries.

Highlights

SYSTEM CAPABILITIES

Fully automated, walk-away synthesis

Plug-and-play integration

Parallel synthesis in 96-well plates

Flexibility for up to 96 oligos per run

Synthesize labeled and unlabeled oligos

15- to 30-min setup time per run

Same-day synthesis of 15-30 nt oligos enables two runs in 24 hours

Synthesize oligos overnight for
next-day use

OLIGO SPECIFICATIONS

15–120 nt de novo synthesis (A, T, G, and C)

Custom iDNA of 1–45 nt available

Default 5′-phosphate

Ready-to-use oligos for molecular
biology and genomics applications

Modify oligos with fluorophores,
quenchers, and biotin

Simple, Guided Setup Lets Anyone Print Oligos from Anywhere

Printing oligos is simple with the SYNTAX System. The SYNTAX System comes with an integrated touchscreen and on-board computer running the SYNTAX System Software. With the System Software, users are guided through the steps to start a run in 15 to 30 minutes. Once a run starts, the System Software automates all of the synthesis, post-processing, and concentration normalization of the oligos.

More powerful yet still simple, Console Software lets users interact wit

... (truncated, 6 KB total)
Resource ID: 591dcb0209e47ea4 | Stable ID: MjA0NjI4OT