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TypeBlog Post...to invert or ‘flip DNA’, is derived from the yeast S. cerevisiae (Gronostajski and Sadowski 1985). The ...References 1. Atasoy, D., Y. Aponte, H. H. Su, and S. M. Sternson. 2008. “A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin...Ligand-Dependent Chimeric Cre Recombinase.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92(15): 6991–95. PubMed PMID: 7624356. PubMed Central...
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Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis
TypeBlog Post...this. 2) When your gene of interest has a BbvCI site(s). If so, the nicking mutagenesis protocol will still...still work if the orientation of the BbvCI site(s) of the gene are in the same orientation as those in ...site directed mutagenesis to remove the BbvCI site(s). Overall, the key features of the one-pot saturation... -
Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping
TypeBlog Post...vivo (Ge et al., 2019). This technique relies on an S. auerus transpeptidase sortase A variant (mgSrtA),...-1837. PubMed PMID: 30676735. Kim, D. I., Jensen, S. C., Noble, K. A., KC, B., Roux, K. H., Motamedchaboki... PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4831873. Lam, Stephanie S., et al. "Directed evolution of APEX2 for electron... -
Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots
TypeBlog Post...between protein abundance and band intensity is an S-shaped curve. Sparse proteins may not be detected .... Created with BioRender.com. To see why this S-shaped relationship poses problems for proteins of... of this gel is misleading. We can see why on the S-shaped curve. On the protein abundance axis, both ... -
CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit
TypeBlog Post...Renaud J-B, Schneider-Maunoury S, Shkumatava A, Teboul L, Kent J, Joly J-S, Concordet J-P. Evaluation of...e58. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky164 Cancellieri S, Canver MC, Bombieri N, Giugno R, Pinello L. CRISPRitz... -
Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping
TypeBlog Post...//doi.org/10.3390/v12091016 Joglekar AV, Sandoval S (2017) Pseudotyped Lentiviral Vectors: One Vector,...10.1128/jvi.71.8.6174-6178.1997 Wickersham IR, Finke S, Conzelmann K-K, Callaway EM (2006) Retrograde neuronal...Wickersham IR, Lyon DC, Barnard RJO, Mori T, Finke S, Conzelmann K-K, Young JAT, Callaway EM (2007) Monosynaptic... -
CASTing Off for New Shores in Human Genome Editing
TypeBlog Post...s41596-023-00927-3 Klompe, S. E., Vo, P. L. H., Halpin-Healy, T. S., & Sternberg, S. H. (2019). Transposon-encoded.... R., Vo, P. L. H., Klompe, S. E., Ronda, C., Wang, H. H., & Sternberg, S. H. (2024). Bacterial genome...s41586-019-1323-z Peters, J. E., Makarova, K. S., Shmakov, S., & Koonin, E. V. (2017). Recruitment of CRISPR-Cas....1709035114 Witte, I. P., Lampe, G. D., Eitzinger, S., Miller, S. M., Berríos, K. N., McElroy, A. N., King, R...Chen, A. T., Tolar, J., Osborn, M. J., Sternberg, S. H., & Liu, D. R. (2025). Programmable gene insertion... -
A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology
TypeBlog Post...Osuka, S., Isomura, K., Kajimoto, S., Komori, T., Nishimasu, H., Shima, T., Nureki, O., & Uemura, S. (2018... J. P. K., Liu, M.-S., Hibshman, G. N., Dangerfield, T. L., Jung, K., McCool, R. S., Johnson, K. A., &...Nishimasu, H., Ran, F. A., Hsu, P. D., Konermann, S., Shehata, S. I., Dohmae, N., Ishitani, R., Zhang, F., &...://doi.org/10.1038/nature15544 Sternberg, S. H., Redding, S., Jinek, M., Greene, E. C., & Doudna, J. A.... Figure 1: A cartoon depiction of Cas9’s two major lobes, REC and NUC, and their subdomains...pyogenes. Figure 2: Crystal structure of S. pyogenes Cas9 in the apo state (PDB ID 4CMP) with...can offer more information on these regions. Cas9’s transition from weak, random binding to precision ... -
Revamp Your Lab Meetings With Creative Virtual Collaboration
TypeBlog Post...Denfeld BA, de Eyto E, Hampton SE, Keller PS, Sharma S, Lewis ASL, Weyhenmeyer GA, O’Reilly CM, Lofton ME...https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030044 Wuchty S, Jones BF, Uzzi B (2007) The Increasing Dominance ... -
Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource
TypeBlog Post...Trinklein ND, Thie H, Wilkinson IC, Tandon AK, Anderson S, Bladen CL, Jones B, Aldred SF, Bestagno M, Burrone... XY, Eng H-Y, Lane D, Lefranc M-P, Clark M, Dübel S (2018) When monoclonal antibodies are not monospecific... -
Choosing Your Fluorescent Proteins for Multi-Color Imaging
TypeBlog Post...that can be imaged with the optics on the microscope(s) you intend to use. An accurate determination of whether...protein that is supposed to be extremely bright. In S. cerevisiae, we've tested a number of green and red... -
Technical Design of a Western Blot
TypeBlog Post... incubation temperature for your specific protein(s) of interest. Determining linear detection range ...assay or BCA assay. Be sure to aliquot your sample(s) before adding in your denaturing and/or loading buffers...that covers a size range appropriate for the target(s) and transfer method. Membranes The two membrane ...your standard curve, your standard, and your sample(s), as you can only compare samples to a standard curve...using a protein stain like Coomassie Blue or Ponceau S. It is far less prone to error than normalizing to... -
The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9
TypeBlog Post...Addgene. Kim D, Kim J, Hur JK, Been KW, Yoon S, Kim J-S (2016) Genome-wide analysis reveals specificities...Cho H-Y, Song DW, Lee KJ, Jung MH, Kim S, Kim JH, Kim JH, Kim J-S (2017) In vivo genome editing with a ...sequences While PAM sequences for the commonly used S. pyogenes Cas9 (3'-NGG) are abundant throughout the...to circumvent this limitation: 1) the use of novel S. pyogenes Cas9 variants with varying PAM sequences... of Cas9 homologs derived from species other than S. pyogenes, and 3) the use of non-Cas9 enzymes. (For...site, check out this video from IGI!) Synthetic S. pyogenes Cas9s with novel PAM recognition In 2015...selection screens in bacteria to identify mutants of S. pyogenes Cas9 that were able to cleave target DNA... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog Post...B.-Y., Viswanathan, S., Gaj, T., Lavzin, M., Ritola, K. D., Lindo, S., Michael, S., Kuleshova, E., Ojala...resources References Ahuja, V., Jeyabalan, S., & Tzanakakis, E. S. (2025). Evaluation of transduction efficiency...https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39554-7 Issa, S. S., Shaimardanova, A. A., Solovyeva, V. V., & Rizvanov... L., Marhic, A., Chapart, M., Vasseur, S., Benkhelifa-Ziyyat, S., Bigot, A., Butler-Browne, G., Mouly,...doi.org/10.1089/hum.2019.173 Pillay, S., Meyer, N. L., Puschnik, A. S., Davulcu, O., Diep, J., Ishikawa,...j.neuron.2016.09.021 Walters, R. W., Yi, S. M., Keshavjee, S., Brown, K. E., Welsh, M. J., Chiorini, J...., Wong, A. C. H., Gokal, D., Feng, Y., Tabar, M. S., Metierre, C., Parsania, C., Song, X., Wang, G., ... -
CRISPR Guide Update
TypeBlog Post...blog PRIME Editing CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs the Other Cas(s) Progress Towards a PAM-free CRISPR... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter
TypeBlog Post...and happy optimizing! Recommended Reading Issa, S. S., Shaimardanova, A. A., Solovyeva, V. V., & Rizvanov...Resources References Aschauer, D. F., Kreuz, S., & Rumpel, S. (2013). Analysis of Transduction Efficiency...10.1089/hum.2009.169 Dudek, A. M., Pillay, S., Puschnik, A. S., Nagamine, C. M., Cheng, F., Qiu, J., Carette... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-019-0075-6 Issa, S. S., Shaimardanova, A. A., Solovyeva, V. V., & Rizvanov...10.1371/journal.pone.0076310 Damdindorj, L., Karnan, S., Ota, A., Hossain, E., Konishi, Y., Hosokawa, Y.,...Fong, D. M., Mouravlev, A., Young, D., & O’Carroll, S. J. (2019). Astrocyte-selective AAV gene therapy through...cells12050785 Kanaan, N. M., Sellnow, R. C., Boye, S. L., Coberly, B., Bennett, A., Agbandje-McKenna, M... -
The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment
TypeBlog Post..., J. C., McCague, S., Burke, S. M., Wright, C. M., Bick, S., Indurthi, V., Sharma, S., … Ahrens-Nicklas...Edwards, A., Gehrke, J. M., Lee, S.-J., Liquori, A. J., Murray, R., Packer, M. S., Rinaldi, C., Slaymaker, I...Benjamin Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9. While the wild-type enzyme requires...Resources References Cong, L., Ran, F. A., Cox, D., Lin, S., Barretto, R., Habib, N., Hsu, P. D., Wu, X., Jiang...Gaudelli, N. M., Komor, A. C., Rees, H. A., Packer, M. S., Badran, A. H., Bryson, D. I., & Liu, D. R. (2017...-020-0491-6 Komor, A. C., Kim, Y. B., Packer, M. S., Zuris, J. A., & Liu, D. R. (2016). Programmable .... https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17946 Lander, E. S. (2016). The Heroes of CRISPR. Cell, 164(1), 18–28... -
Brzezinski Lab CRISPR Collection
TypeCollection...Park, K. U., Schwanke, M., Office, E., Schneider, S. R., Abraham, J., Hensley, A., Jones, K. L., & Brzezinski... -
New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor
TypeBlog Post...Proteins Find AAV Tools References Marvin, Jonathan S., et al. “An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4469972 Marvin, Jonathan S., et al. “Stability, affinity and chromatic variants... -
Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...Trinklein ND, Thie H, Wilkinson IC, Tandon AK, Anderson S, Bladen CL, Jones B, Aldred SF, Bestagno M, Burrone... XY, Eng H-Y, Lane D, Lefranc M-P, Clark M, Dübel S (2018) When monoclonal antibodies are not monospecific...