diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index fa490dd..a2d1b78 100755
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "@headlessui/react": "^2.2.0",
     "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-interpro-track": "^5.4.1",
     "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-manager": "^5.4.1",
+    "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-msa": "^5.4.1",
     "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-navigation": "^5.4.1",
     "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-sequence": "^5.4.1",
     "@radix-ui/react-popover": "^1.1.5",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.css b/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3748d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+nightingale-msa {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  display: block;
+  flex: 1;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  overflow: auto;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.tsx b/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e244af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-msa";
+import type {
+  Region,
+  SequencesMSA,
+} from "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-msa";
+import "./NightingaleMSAWrapper.css";
+
+type Props = {
+  sequences: SequencesMSA;
+  features?: Region[];
+};
+
+type NightingaleMSAElement = {
+  data: SequencesMSA;
+  features?: Region[];
+} & HTMLElement;
+
+const NightingaleMSAWrapper = ({ sequences, features }: Props) => {
+  const msaRef = useRef<NightingaleMSAElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (msaRef.current) {
+      msaRef.current.data = sequences;
+      if (features) {
+        msaRef.current.features = features.map((feature) => ({
+          ...feature,
+        }));
+      }
+    }
+  }, [sequences, features]);
+
+  return (
+    <nightingale-msa
+      ref={msaRef}
+      id="msa"
+      height="100"
+      width="900"
+      color-scheme="clustal"
+      label-width="100"
+    ></nightingale-msa>
+  );
+};
+
+export default NightingaleMSAWrapper;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Testbed.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Testbed.tsx
index 81a6bd0..236cce4 100755
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Testbed.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Testbed.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ import {
   FaTableCells,
 } from "react-icons/fa6";
 import { random, sample, uniq, uniqueId } from "lodash";
+import type {
+  Region,
+  SequencesMSA,
+} from "@nightingale-elements/nightingale-msa";
 import CustomIcon from "@/assets/custom-icon.svg?react";
 import Ago from "@/components/Ago";
 import Alert from "@/components/Alert";
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ import IPR from "@/components/IPR";
 import Link from "@/components/Link";
 import Meta from "@/components/Meta";
 import Network from "@/components/Network";
+import NightingaleMSAWrapper from "@/components/nightingale-wrapper/NightingaleMSAWrapper";
 import NumberBox from "@/components/NumberBox";
 import Popover from "@/components/Popover";
 import Radios from "@/components/Radios";
@@ -187,6 +192,41 @@ const tracks = Array(10)
       }),
   }));
 
+type ExtendedRegion = Region & {
+  type: string;
+  start: number;
+  end: number;
+};
+
+const mockSequences: SequencesMSA = [
+  { name: "Seq1", sequence: "ATGCATGCATGC" },
+  { name: "Seq2", sequence: "ATGC-TGCATGC" },
+  { name: "Seq3", sequence: "ATGCATGC-TGC" },
+];
+
+const mockFeatures: ExtendedRegion[] = [
+  {
+    type: "domain",
+    start: 1,
+    end: 6,
+    residues: { from: 1, to: 6 },
+    sequences: { from: 0, to: 2 },
+    mouseOverFillColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)",
+    fillColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3)",
+    borderColor: "rgb(255, 0, 0)",
+  },
+  {
+    type: "motif",
+    start: 8,
+    end: 12,
+    residues: { from: 8, to: 12 },
+    sequences: { from: 0, to: 2 },
+    mouseOverFillColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)",
+    fillColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.3)",
+    borderColor: "rgb(255, 0, 0)",
+  },
+];
+
 /** test and example usage of formatting, elements, components, etc. */
 const TestbedPage = () => {
   /** palettes for color maps */
@@ -225,6 +265,16 @@ const TestbedPage = () => {
         <Network nodes={nodes} edges={edges} />
       </Section>
 
+      <Section>
+        <Heading level={2} icon={<FaBars />}>
+          MSA Visualization
+        </Heading>
+        <NightingaleMSAWrapper
+          sequences={mockSequences}
+          features={mockFeatures}
+        />
+      </Section>
+
       {/* regular html elements and css classes for basic formatting */}
       <Section>
         <Heading level={2} icon={<FaBrush />}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/vite-env.d.ts b/frontend/src/vite-env.d.ts
index 49f0507..b88be56 100755
--- a/frontend/src/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace React.JSX {
   // eslint-disable-next-line
   interface IntrinsicElements {
     "nightingale-manager": JSX.HTMLAttributes<CustomElement>;
+    "nightingale-msa": JSX.HTMLAttributes<CustomElement>;
     "nightingale-navigation": JSX.HTMLAttributes<CustomElement>;
     "nightingale-sequence": JSX.HTMLAttributes<CustomElement>;
     "nightingale-interpro-track": JSX.HTMLAttributes<CustomElement>;