News and Announcements

DNASU/PSI:Biology-MR News

  • 9/8/2011: 1,800 new PSI plasmids added to DNASU. Also look for our new collection of glyco-enzymes created in collaboration with Kelley Moremen at University of Georgia.
  • 7/11/2011: Over 1,600 new PSI plasmid added to DNASU!
  • 4/27/2011: Shipping costs have increased to $15 for domestic orders and $30 for international orders to reflect increases in FedEx charges
  • 3/21/2011: Join our group on Linkedin and Like us on Facebook of the latest news, updates and promotions!
  • 3/14/2011: New Plasmid of the Month highlighting C-terminally His tagged vectors from MCSG.
  • 3/14/2011: Join our new group on Linkedin. Get news, updates, and community dicussion all in one place!
  • 1/24/2011: Over 2,700 PSI plasmids from NESG, NYCOMPS and MCSG now available in DNASU making over 39,000 PSI plasmids available!!
  • 12/1/2010: Check out our new and improved Vector Search to find plasmids based on vector tag, promoter, selectable marker, expression system, and cloning system.
  • 11/30/2010: 1,222 new PSI plasmids from NYCOMPS, MCSG, and JCSG are now available in DNASU! Now over 36,000 PSI plasmids are available in DNASU!
  • 11/17/2010: Two new bacterial expression plasmids from NESG available in DNASU. Check out pET15_NESG and pET21_NESG
  • 11/8/2010: 1,488 new PSI plasmids in DNASU!
  • 10/18/2010: Nearly 34,000 PSI plasmids from over 700 organisms now available in DNASU. Search the entire PSI collection here.
  • 9/30/2010: Want to search our entire database yourself? Here are FASTA formatted file containing all available DNASU nucleotide or amino acid sequences.
  • 8/30/2010: Check out our Recovery Act story on the NIGMS website about our new Nexus Freezer storage system!
  • 8/17/2010: Mycoplamsa expression vectors from CESG are now available. See our PSI Empty Vector list for more information.
  • 8/17/2010: Over 1,500 new PSI plasmids from MCSG, CESG, JCSG, and NESG are now available in DNASU!
  • 7/13/2010: Over 7,800 new PSI plasmids from MCSG, JCSG, NYSGXRC, and CESG were just made available on DNASU. Search our collection using the PSI:Biology-MR search.
  • 7/13/2010: Five new bacterial and cell free expression vectors from CESG and NYCOMPS now available at DNASU: pVP65K, pVP68K, pVP80K, pVP81K, pEU-HSBC, and pNYCOMPS-TH-ccdB (C-term.). Check out all 61 of our PSI vectors today!
  • 7/8/2010: Want to update your account or change your password? You can do this using our new "Update Account" option under the "My Account" tab
  • 6/21/2010: Over 3,500 new PSI plasmids added to DNASU making over 21,000 PSI plasmids available!
  • 6/11/2010: Seven new yeast and bacterial expression vectors added to DNASU. See here for an overview of all PSI Empty Vectors or visit our PSI vector page to request an empty vector.
  • 5/5/10: DNASU now accepts credit card payments! To order using credit card, choose the credit card option at checkout and follow the instructions. All credit card payments are processed by Quikpay.
  • 4/6/10: The DNASU sequencing facility, which is associated with the PSI:Biology-MR and DNASU plasmid repository, will be offering Next Generation DNA Sequencing. This new technology supports applications such as High Throughput DNA Sequencing, Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and Gene Regulation Analysis. Email Jason Kramer with questions or to place your project in queue.  Discounts may be available for initial projects!
  • 3/24/2010: The PSI:Biology-MR is now on Facebook. Become a fan to get regular news and updates about the Materials Repository and the DNASU plasmid repository.
  • 11/16/09: See our recently published paper in Nucleic Acids Research about the PSI-MR and the Expedited MTA process.
  • 10/9/2009: See our new Protein Structure Initiative features: Plasmid of the Month and Functional Sleuth.
  • 10/14/09: DNASU Terms of Use and Purchase are now posted. Please review these terms before placing your plasmid order.
  • 10/14/09: We are happy to announce NEW PRICING for all of our plasmids, plates of plasmids and plasmid collections. Now individual plasmids are only $26 each for ASU and PSI researchers, and $37 for all other researchers!
  • 9/22/09: We are now accepting new submissions. Please contact the scientific liaison or look here for more information.
  • 9/1/09: Funding opportunities now available for PSI:Biology