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  1. What's the best way to get in touch with us?

    There are a few ways to get in touch with us! Feel free to reach out to our Scientific Support team through one of these methods. Someone will be in touch within 1 business day! In-app Chat Email Request Form Click at the...
  2. Why am I getting no results?

    No results on your first attempt? No problem! Here are a few tips to guide you through BenchSci's Reagent Selection application: If you have access to multiple reagent and model system types, start your search by choosing your product type...
  3. Q3 2023: What's new in Selector (Reagents and model systems)

    We are excited to announce new enhancements in the platform between July and September 2023 Over the past three months, we’ve added data from over 780K  publications  and  1.2M products . Other notable updates include: Access thousands of n...
  4. Why does my company have to pay for access?

    Free access is only provided for individual academic, government, or other non-profit researchers For pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other for-profit companies, access is subscription-based. Enterprise subscription offers the privacy, secur...
  5. Q2 2024: What's new in Selector

    We are excited to announce new enhancements in the platform between April and June 2024 Over the past three months, we have added data from over 811K publications , 1.7M experimental use cases , and 494K reagents . Other notable ...
  6. Round-Up 2024: What's new in Selector

    A look back at some exciting features that we built in 2024 to empower scientists to design more successful experiments We expanded our data coverage In 2024 we focused on increasing our coverage of closed access journal art...
  7. How to share products and figures

    You can share products and figures with your colleagues by email There are several places within the Selector application where you can share relevant products and figures, either individually or from a saved list, via email. This fea...
  8. Saving lists of products and figures of interest

    Build custom lists of product and figure search results  There are several ways to compare  and add products/figures of interest to a Saved List . After building a custom list, you can export specs for selected products in a ...
  9. Can I view preprint data?

    Yes — we analyze preprint articles from two open-access preprint repositories: bioRxiv and medRxiv Preprints are research articles that are shared publicly before peer review. By reviewing experimental data in preprints, scientists can gain ear...
  10. Which browsers are compatible with the platform?

    ASCEND's web-based applications work on most modern browsers We support ECMAScript 6 (ES6 2015) Supported browsers: Google Chrome (recommended) Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox Safari If you ever experience strange behaviour, try ...