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Contest is now closed--thank you to all who participated!Ā šŸ˜

Thanks to the community on voting for your favorite holiday ugly sweater. Now here are the details on how to actually get one of our exclusive 2023 ugly sweaters!Ā āœØ

Winning Design

The rules are simple to qualify, you must:

1) Comment on this post on why you are thankful for the Benchling community

2) Tag at least one person from your company in your post

3) Add a photo to your profile (if you havenā€™t already)

ā­ļøIMPORTANT: You must complete all steps to be entered into the raffle by Dec 15th by 8am PST!Ā 

We will be giving away a total of 20 limited-edition Benchling holidayĀ ugly sweaters šŸ¤—Ā We canā€™t wait to see all of your pics wearing your ugly sweater!Ā 

Happy Holidays šŸŽ„

1) I am thankful that thereā€™s so much participation and collaboration in the Benchling community. Itā€™s nice to see that people who come from all sized companies and different industries can relate and offer advice to ones that are just starting with Benchling.

2) Shout out to @jhvelĀ Ā for joining the benchling community! I am from a very small start up and was the only member that joined the community until today!

3)Ā I have a photo on my profile that features my dog Quinny (short for Quinoline).

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Good luck to everyone entering!!!Ā 


Iā€™m thankfulĀ for all the greatĀ knowledge curated within thisĀ community, from articles, documentation, and forum topics. I just want to download everything into my brain.

Tagging @Steve-Dyno, and check out that Benchling x Dyno logo remix on his profile.


Itā€™s been a great way to learn lots and see other peoples cool product ideas

Shout out to @alex.townsendĀ !


  1. Iā€™m thankful for the friendly vibes, and the visibility and discussion of feature requests.
  2. @claudia hereā€™s a chance for some Benchling swag, having missed out on grabbing a Jeffy P plushie at Benchtalk!

  1. Iā€™m thankful for a impassioned community working to improve and help each other out.
  2. @adawzhangĀ swag

  1. Ā Itā€™s so great to finally have access to the brilliant minds of Benchling users around the globe.Ā  Such awesome sharing and collective problem-solving for everyday documentation & data management challenges of working in a rapidly evolving scientific space such as Cell and Gene Therapy!
  2. Grateful that @tessa.melliĀ helped to be a part of the team to put this Community together!
  3. Santa - please give me one of those SWEET XL ugly sweaters.

  1. I love what weā€™re able to accomplish by pooling our collective knowledge as a community!Ā šŸ’Ŗ
  2. Shoutout to @samivelĀ for basically everything, but especially for helping me unlock the magical powers of the Benchling APIĀ šŸŒ 
  3. If youā€™re trying to find me, look for the guy with green hairĀ šŸ˜Ž

  1. I love being able to share feature ideas / get feedback on my ideas / comment on othersā€™ ideas
  2. The Benchling Dream Team! @ctormeyĀ @grace.chenĀ @dforeggerĀ + Reggie (but I couldnā€™t find him to tag)
  3. photo added!Ā 

I love the collective knowledge and having peers to turn to to solve all problems Benchling!

@JaxĀ for actually everything.


  1. I am thankful for the openness to hearing new ideas and the enthusiasm for incorporating suggestions from end users into the product :)Ā 
  1. @jhuangĀ My benchling guru <3Ā 

I am thankful that Benchling actually listens to its community for new feature requests and that the community is so active in helping push for features that make Benchling even more useful for all of us!

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Shoutout @mbaumel22Ā for pointing me to the post!


I am thankful for the Benchling Community so that Benchling users across organizations and industries can come together and share learnings/best practices for using the Benchling system to its fullest capabilities.

Ā @vinnievĀ and I haveĀ gotten so much helpful info from this community already!

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  1. I am thankful for the Benchling Community where I can follow community trends, comment and supportĀ othersā€™ ideas, and also connect with past collaborators! Seeing othersā€™ challenges and solutions sparks ideas on how to improve my own Benchling instance.
  2. Thank youĀ @the_label_guyĀ for the tagĀ šŸ˜ŠĀ 

  1. Thankful for the community providing advice and support as we get up and running with Benchling in the early days of our company. Great to have ideas/suggestions to help our end users familiarise themselves with the system and use it as much as possible for data entry and experimental recording.
  2. @hannes - big thanks as youā€™ve made a huge effort on getting the schemas set up and training the lab staff.

  1. Thankful for an active forum where peers can share ideas and can contribute new ideas to make Benchling better!
  2. Shoutout to @Adam BrownĀ for being our resident Benchling guru

I am thankful for the enjoyable interaction that I have had with the Benchling community.Ā  Everyone that I have interacted with from Benchling and at Benchling events has been kind, happy, and personable.Ā  This makes interacting with the community fun!

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Tagging @joyce.samson!


New to the Benching community! Ā Looking forward to utilizing this tool moreā€¦

@Jack BradyĀ ā€¦.you would look awesome in the ugly sweater!...good luck!

Added new profile pic.


I am thankful to have such a good resource for trouble shooting and learningĀ the best ways to approach new problems and finding different solutions

@PamBeeryĀ 

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I am super thankful for the Benchling community because it serves as a place for collaboration. Itā€™s a great resource to learn and come up with new ideas for the platform. Special thanks toĀ @suyog_yĀ for assisting with the ELN implementation for our company.Ā 

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Benchling makes sample submission so much easier, canĀ“t wait to explore more functions on Benchling! @JulieĀ 


I am thankful to the Benchling community for giving me lots of good ideas on how to improve the way we use Benchling and for connecting me with other users from lots of places!Ā 
@Juan PabloĀ welcome to the community!Ā 


  1. New to the community and happy to learn about all the ideas proposed in the forumĀ šŸ¤—

I am grateful for the brainstorming happening here to propose new features and ways of working !

  1. Tagging my colleague from Iceland, @ronggeĀ also working daily with benchling.Ā 

We would love to get this amazing benchling sweater to shine in our company ugly sweater contest !Ā šŸ¤žšŸ»šŸ˜


I'm thankful to hear about other peopleā€™s ideas on how to improve Benchling (and hopefully work together to make a compelling case that gets implemented). Tagging @PierLucD who could really use this sweater in the cold North.


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  1. I'm really thankful for the Benchling Community itā€™s been a great addition to my work.Ā Ā I've found a bunch of helpful tips and tricks on how to make the most out of the software. It's cool to see others talking about ideas I've had and want to try out in the system. Plus, as the tenant admin, it's my go to forĀ finding smart solutions and workarounds for those little issues that pop up.Ā 
  2. I am tagging @sriboppanaĀ since he has been a great mentor since I started my Benchling journey!Ā šŸ˜„

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I am thankful for this open platform available to us all so we can share our ideas and experiences. Shout out to @JulieĀ for joining this community šŸ„³