Strengthening Foundations: Reflections on 2025 and What's Ahead for 2026 (opens in new tab)

As 2025 closed, we received a request that perfectly embodies why Addgene exists: a researcher in Laos needed a unique set of plasmids to advance their research. Thanks to five different labs across the U.S. who deposited their plasmids with Addgene to share with the rest of the world, the plasmids arrived in the researcher’s lab in under two weeks, making Laos the 112th country that we support. This story is a vivid example of how the global scientific community’s generosity makes it possibl...