Hey, I've been thinking about how to keep track of all those samples in your jungle of flasks without messing things up. Any chance we can set up a barcode system or something?

Sounds smart, but make sure the sequences are short enough to synthesize in bulk and unique enough to avoid collisions. Keep a master spreadsheet that maps each sequence to its sample ID, and double‑check before you aliquot—no room for mix‑ups.