26Jan2026
The DiDAX project welcomes the appointment of Robertas Skliaustas (Genomika Lietuva), a DiDAX consortium member, as Co-Chair of the DNA Data Storage Alliance, alongside Vincent Franceschini (Biomemory).
The DiDAX project welcomes the appointment of Robertas Skliaustas (Genomika Lietuva), a DiDAX consortium member, as Co-Chair of the DNA Data Storage Alliance, alongside Vincent Franceschini (Biomemory).
The DiDAX consortium met in Kaunas, Lithuania, for its second annual meeting, hosted by Genomika. The team reviewed recent advancements in DNA-based data storage, DNA-of-Things, chemical unclonable functions, and photolithographic oligonucleotide synthesis. Sessions included strategic planning for upcoming deliverables and scientific talks on DNA storage fidelity and printing function into matter.
On 24.11.2025 the Yakhini Research Group held a joint meeting with the Scojen Institute in Reichman University. The Scojen Institute is a research institute focusing on synthetic biology and its applications. Mayan Rivlin Gilboa presented a DiDAX collaborative work on characterizing CRISPR activity.
DiDAX member Eitan Yaakobi together with Daniella Bar-Lev, Rawad Bitar and Marc Riedel are organizing a special issue for IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications on DNA-based storage. The call for papers is open with submission deadline 15. October 2025.
As part of its 100th year celebration, the Technion has sealed a time capsule containing items that reflect a century of research and innovation. Each department was invited to include a symbol of its scientific journey, and the capsule will remain sealed until the Technion’s 200th anniversary in 2124.
Congratulations to Mayan Rivlin-Gilboa on receiving the Best Hot-topic Presentation Award at the New Trends in DNA-based Data Storage conference in Prague!
Many DiDAX members participated in the DigNA meeting which was held in Prague on 2/June/2025. The meeting brought together members of all consortia under the DigNA framework. It was a great opportunity to learn about what other groups are doing and to discuss potential synergies and collaborations.
At the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, rises the 3D-knitted media architecture ‘Necto’. It is an immersive, innovative, and computationally derived membrane structure, with contribution from DiDAX.
Genomika has officially joined the DiDAX consortium as part of the Hop-on initiative. Genomika’s team will focus on advancing the readout layer of DNA data storage, particularly in sequencing-based data retrieval.
Many DiDAX members attended the 23rd Israeli Bioinformatics Symposium (IBS 2025) annual meeting. At the conference, Zohar Yakhini delivered the Benny Chor Memorial Lecture, with a significant focus on synthetic biology and DNA-based data storage. In addition, many students presented posters on their DiDAX related research.