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  1. GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible

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    ...GCE, each component of the experiment system (including media, cell type, and growth temperature) may ...to use a protocol that you’ll have to rework to include reagents accessible to your lab. The solution GCE...is for recombinant expression of phosphoserine-including proteins in E. coli (Zhu et al., 2022). It uses... While they’ve shortlisted several protocols, including their phosphoserine ncAA protocol, to optimize...
  2. Antibodies 101: Isotypes

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    ...controls are used in antibody-based applications including flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry...recombination. Heavy chain constant genes are clustered together downstream of the variable region gene...they are the first constant domain genes in the cluster. However, when B cells switch to expressing a different... genes in the heavy-chain constant domain gene cluster. DNA recombination can delete intervening heavy-chain...
  3. The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It

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    ...Cancer Biology, where reported methods may not include how many tests were conducted on how the results...reporting guidelines can also help remind us to include all of the essential details. These items rarely...right before data collection starts, and should include a specific plan for how data will be collected,...and reduced bias in scientific research. These include policies for publishers and funders in the Transparency...
  4. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...ways foreign DNA can be introduced into cells including transformation, transduction, conjugation, and...often comes from adjacent lysed bacteria and can include plasmid DNA or fragmented DNA released into the...Addgene. For more information on viral vectors, including transduction download our Viral Vectors 101 eBook...into a eukaryotic cell through non-viral methods including both chemical and physical methods in the lab....
  5. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    .... A quick search for "CRISPR", short-hand for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats...few references for the double nickase system, including one from the Zhang group. Q2: Should I add the...off-target effects depends on a number of factors, including: how closely homologous the off-target sites are.... Thank you, Le! This blog post was updated to include all FAQs from Le Cong on June 24, 2025 by Alyssa...of isogenic pluripotent stem cells differing exclusively at two early onset Parkinson Point mutations....
  6. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    .... In the case of stem cells, these factors may include cell type, the disease being treated, and other...immunological, and environmental factors. How to include sex in experimental design Recognizing the importance...Institutes of Health (NIH) now requires that sex be included as a biological variable in all NIH-funded research...differences in effects on the sexes come from, one clue or potential place to start research is by considering...
  7. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    ...also be designed with other DNA-binding domains, including the commonly used LexA and rTetR systems such ...could be delivered throughout the nervous system, including the motor cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord....easily adaptable to neuroscience applications, including optogenetics, and they should make it much easier...Other proteins may also be utliized as scaffolds, including the set of red fluorescent proteins. The T-DOGGs...
  8. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    ...fat-soluble hormones, vitamins, and dietary lipids. Included in this family are receptors for endocrine steroids... to treat a multitude of therapeutic indices, including hypertension, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular...these key regulatory molecules, and has provided clues to their previously uncharacterized cellular roles...interface, expanded numbers of curated molecules, including 400 or so coregulators, and a greatly expanded...
  9. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...contains both fragments of split mVenus (aa 155), includes I152L in N-terminal fragment An enhanced recombinant...Dan Mulvihill mVenus Split mVenus (aa 155), includes I152L in N-terminal fragment Constant rate of ...  When designing experiments, it’s important to include proper controls to assess the behavior of the split...Biosensors Collection Split Luciferase systems, including NanoLuc®, DULIP, LuTHy Other split protein tools...
  10. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    .... This tool-kit includes an array of FPs as well as additional useful tags, including 3xFLAG epitopes,... chromatin. A fluorescent protein can still be included for visualization purposes, but the key component...green. This system can be used in many cell types including endothelial cell-pericyte, neuron-astrocyte, and...
  11. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ... delivery technologies have been investigated including lentiviruses, adenovirus, and inorganic delivery...additional safety benefits: they lack all viral genes, including those that are responsible for integration into...capable of infecting a wide range of cell types including but not limited to muscle, liver, and brain cells...clinical trials have been directed at diseases including but not limited to hemophilia B, LPL deficiency...
  12. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    ...for affecting change. On Friday, the symposium includes a panel discussion and keynote by former congressman...implementation and compliance for the FLSA changes, including finding money in already tight lab budgets and...their advocacy skills. Friday’s symposium will include a discussion on effective advocacy strategies on... on various levels, with panelists including: Kate Stoll, PhD - Senior Policy Advisor MIT Washington ...
  13. Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry

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    ...unstained flow controls). Spectral flow cytometers include a tool called “autofluorescence extraction” which...various tissue types varies, it is critical to include an unstained sample for each tissue type you are... the expression levels of the markers you are including in your panel. Highly expressed markers should...during unmixing. Additionally, it is critical to include unstained beads or cells within your reference ...
  14. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...Over the years, Addgene’s repository has grown to include many CRISPR tools.  Distributing and depositing...this tell us? Well, it’s hard to draw any exact conclusions, but it certainly suggests that Addgene depositors...approximately 104 plasmids shipped per working day, including appropriate MTAs and customs forms. Of course,...repository have been cited a total of 23,006 times, including 14,677 unique citations.  CRISPR is a story that...
  15. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ...year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he joined an elite club, becoming just the fifth repeat Nobel Prize winner...proposed as a mechanism for increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM disciplines (Bangera & Brownell, 2014;...promote professional success (many of my students include their in-class research experience on their resumes...experiences can make scientific research more inclusive. CBE Life Sciences Education. 13(4):602-606. Brian...
  16. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    ...proteins have replicated many of the properties once exclusive to small-molecules: red-shifted spectra, ion sensitivity... have been developed based off of this concept include: Self-labeling tags (e.g., SNAP-tag, HaloTag, ...innovative labeling strategies, several groups—including mine—have been revisiting the old chemistry of...and contain polar groups (Figure 2b), which can preclude their use inside living cells. We recently discovered...
  17. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ...beer. Ha! We had over 60 people join the fun - including a lot of future Addgenies as shown in the photo...employees. We now have a team of three (myself included) that plan big company events and fun things to...people you spend 40+ hours with each week. In conclusion - get out there any have some fun together! Laura...at all really! We've had plenty of events that included a simple corn hole set and a cooler. Chances are...
  18. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...episodic memory, a special type of memory which includes autobiographical events (see Jin & Maren, 2015...visualization of the morphology of individual neurons, including dendritic and axonal extensions and, most importantly...some engineering, RABV and HSV, but also others including pseudorabies virus type 1, vesicular stomatitis... Addgene's AAV guide)  Commonly used serotypes include AAV1 – 9, with most of these serotypes capable ...future developments in the field of AAV vectors. Conclusion An ideal comprehensive toolset for neuronal tracing...
  19. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    ...an X,Y axis to generate a dot plot (Figure 1). Clustered events are called a population.                           ..., like a box, ellipse, or circle, drawn around clusters to define populations. This shape is called a ...diameter and volume of the cell, thus allowing the exclusion of doublets and debris. The side scatter roughly...show frequency of events, instead of relying on clustered dots. In a contour plot, each line contains the...
  20. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    ...inside the body. So we screened gas vesicles gene clusters from a diverse set of gas vesicle-expressing species...right: colony whiteness on inducer plates, white inclusions in cells with GVs via phase contrast microscopy...this was the Anabaena flos-aquae gas vesicle gene cluster because of its small size and its ability to produce...a time-intensive endeavor. That is why we also included an analogous set of transient constitutively-expressed...
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