Guardian Trading Cards

Our next generation of Guardians has started. Receive a trading card with every order of gene synthesis, oligo synthesis, plasmid DNA preparation, or Sanger-EZ. Cards are also available through interactions with our sales representatives; attend an event to collect our new cards and related swag!

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TRADING CARDS

Lobster

Homarus Gammarus

Lobsters, a model for aging and regeneration studies, can extend their telomeres throughout life. While most are a mottled pattern of greenish brown, genetic mutations contribute to a variety of uncommon colors including rare blue lobsters.

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

Important for gut biology, Koalas have been studied extensively to evaluate genes involved in taste, smell and metabolism. Their ability to digest toxic eucalyptus leaves offers insight into the microbiome and detoxification.

Japanese Newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster

A native Japanese amphibian widely used in biological research and education, Japense newts are particularly integral for studies on regeneration and developmental biology.

Banana Slug

Ariolimax columbianus

As vital decomposers, banana slugs are integral to a healthy forest ecosystem. Used for locomotion,their mucus contains anesthetic compounds, a major focus of current research.

Wheat

Triticum aestivum

The most widely grown crop, wheat is being modified to create resistance to insects and fungal pathogens, tolerance to drought, improved nutrition, and changes in gluten content.

Western Clawed Frog

Xenopus tropicalis

Unlike its well-known relative X. laevis, the western claw frog is the only diploid species in the Xenopus genus, making it ideal for genetic disease modelling using CRISPR.

Button Mushroom

Agaricus bisporus

Known for both its edible and medicinal properties, mushrooms are widely studied. In particular, button mushrooms have been edited using CRISPR/Cas9 to prevent browning and elongate its shelf life.

Potato

Solanum tuberosum

One of the largest food crops worldwide, gene-editing studies in potatoes are underway to improve quality, yield, tolerance adverse conditions like drought and heat, and disease resistance.

Morning Glory

Ipomoea nil

A widely used plant model in genetics and molecular biology, morning glory are ideal for biological research due to their rapid growth and small well-annotated genome.

Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Prominent in research for over 100 years, the fruit fly is ideal due to its short life cycle, simple genome and high functional overlap to disease-causing genes in humans.

PYGMY Rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius

Small venomous pygmy rattlesnakes are used in biomedical research: key proteins and peptides in their venom have been used to develop FDA-approved drugs used to treat hypertension, deep vein thrombosis and angina.