# Addgene
**Entity class:** Nonprofit biological-materials repository
**Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
**Canonical source articles:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]
## Definition
**Addgene** is a nonprofit repository for plasmids, viral vectors, and antibodies. It distributes the E11 Bio PRISM plasmid collection and documents the platform as *Protein-barcode Reconstruction by Iterative Staining with Molecular annotations*.
That **by** wording is a documented repository variant. The 2025 preprint's **via** wording remains publication-canonical.
## Relationships
- **Distributes materials for:** [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM (E11 Bio)]].
- **Depositing organization:** [[wiki/E11 Bio|E11 Bio]].
- **Provenance role:** independent repository record for usable plasmids and the “by” naming variant.
- **Collection route:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]].
## Sources
- [Addgene — E11 Bio PRISM Collection](https://www.addgene.org/depositor-collections/e11-bio-prism-collection/)