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TypeBlog Post...mouse neurons. D) Membrane voltage traces of action potentials in a HcKCR1-expressing mouse neuron without...optogenetic silencer in experiments with mouse cortical neurons, far out-performing previous attempts to engineer...of HcKCR1-EYFP and tdTomato expressed layer 2/3 neurons in mouse. C) Action potential frequencies with ...antibody anti-c-Myc [9E10] now available! by: Ashley Waldron The majority of Addgene's more than 50 antibodies...
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Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples
TypeBlog Post...at Addgene, I get to see everything that can go wrong with a plasmid. One of the most frequent problems...smaller plasmids are formed. Viral vectors are prone to recombination In lentiviral vectors, recombination... elements. Knowing how to amplify recombination-prone plasmids and testing your prep can save you the ...H (2012) Remarkable stability of an instability-prone lentiviral vector plasmid in Escherichia coli Stbl3...Genetic recombination of bacterial plasmid DNA: electron microscopic analysis of in vitro intramolecular... -
What the HEK?
TypeBlog Post... Frank Graham showed HEKs display many immature neuron-like qualities, which is inconsistent with kidney...is next to the kidney and is known to have some neuronal qualities.) While HEKs probably aren’t a great...researchers using the cell line. What the HEK is wrong with it? All cultured human cell lines are susceptible..., et al., Preferential transformation of human neuronal cells by human adenoviruses and the origin of ...Produce Recombinant Proteins and Viral Vectors. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. (2021) (9):796991. DOI: 10.3389... -
Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab
TypeBlog Post...equipment always helps. But how does one build a strong collaborative research team motivated by similar...your lab team and foster an effective working environment? Tom Ellis was offered a start-up package that...ways to improve the lab. “An effective working environment for research is totally dependent on communication...while others are more productive in a handsoff environment. “Treating people fairly does not mean equally...selectively picking the first couple of hires to build a strong, collaborative team. And take advantage of the ... -
Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2: Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
TypeBlog Post...29] Photoreceptors [30] Otic hair cells [31] Neurons [32, 33, 34] You can find a variety of plasmids...have been successfully transdifferentiated into neurons and β-cells [40-42]. Reprogramming and transdifferentiation...S.C. Zhang, Directed differentiation of dopamine neurons from human pluripotent stem cells. Methods Mol ...human pluripotent stem cells to cerebral cortex neurons and neural networks. Nat Protoc, 2012. 7(10): p...pluripotent stem cells to mature functional Purkinje neurons. Sci Rep, 2015. 5: p. 9232. PubMed PMID: 25782665...Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors. Nature, 2010. 463(7284): p.... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020
TypeBlog Post...plasmid for expression in forebrain GABA-ergic interneurons (83895). See our Serotype Testing AAV inventory...with ever more efficient tools for light mediated neuronal control. The advantages of optogenetics lie in...system that allows for specific manipulation of neurons. We have expanded our AAV collection to include...targets expression of ChR2 to forebrain GAB-ergic interneurons through the mDlx enhancer element. Plasmid...DREADD acts through the Gq pathway and promotes neuronal firing. Plasmid Serotype Name Depositor 44361... -
A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management
TypeBlog Post...skills in strong relationship-building and influence. You’ll need a large deal of influence and strong relationship-building...software product management was either. Coming from a strong background of undergraduate research straight to...energized from interacting with others, and have strong communication skills to tailor your message to ...implementation review. The developers discuss which front-end and back-end coding frameworks to use. I mostly... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog Post...error prone PolI3M that’s fused to a nicking Cas9 (nCas9). Similar to mutagenesis with error prone PCR,...bacterial growth conditions. Expression of an error prone polymerase I (PolI3M) is capable of mutagenesis ...PCR, EvolvR uses an error prone polymerase to introduce mutations. However, by using nCas9 to direct PolI3m... Figure 1: EvolvR consists of an error-prone polymerase (PolI) that is fused to a nicking Cas9... -
OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging
TypeBlog Post...change rapidly during neuronal activity, scientists can use GECIs to watch neurons fire under the microscope...which is more than just the stuff that makes bones strong; it plays critical roles in nerve and muscle function...responses to increasing numbers of evoked APs in neurons expressing OCaMP or jRGECO1a. Reproduced from Aggarwal...including detailed characterization as protein or in neuronal cultures, zebrafish, and mouse brain, check out... -
Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
TypeBlog Post...signaling pathways in specific cell types (typically neurons). While all of these viruses are popular, pAAV-...pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry can be used to induce neuronal silencing in vitro and in vivo (Krashes et al..... The human synapsin promoter further specifies neuron-specific expression of the DREADD (Kügler et al...Lowell BB. Rapid, reversible activation of AgRP neurons drives feeding behavior in mice. J Clin Invest..... Human synapsin 1 gene promoter confers highly neuron-specific long-term transgene expression from an... -
RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...increased iron serum levels and early-onset cataracts, is characterized by point mutations in the Iron Response.... In as little was one minute BASU generated a strong streptavidin signal (~250-fold enrichment) when...and IREB2, which post-transcriptionally regulate iron metabolism pathway transcripts. By using RaPID, ... loss of binding correlated with increased serum iron levels seen in HHCS patients. These are just three... -
New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library
TypeBlog Post...somewhat similar to an academic research environment” with a strong focus on publishing, but still made it...initial resistant populations can be eradicated up-front quickly. This approach is in contrast to the current...at cancer cell resistance to ABL1 inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia. Bhang says the work highlighted...2015): 440-448. Pubmed PMID: 25849130. 2. Hata, Aaron N., et al. "Tumor cells can follow distinct evolutionary... -
Lab Automation at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...could ever do! However, there is quite a bit of upfront research you have to do to find said robot and ...into the robotics spirit include: Start using electronic multichannel and single channel pipettes. These...help keep things more organized. Cap tubes with a micronic cap sealer. This is a simple table top device ...has a roller to go over caps and push them into micronic tubes instead of pushing them in one by one. It... It seems very simplistic and it isn’t electronic but it is one of the most helpful machines I have used... -
BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development
TypeBlog Post...9514755. Richard Gronostajski: NFI-related diseases of neural development Richard Gronostajski is a professor...Paula Videira, Michael McMurray, and Richard Gronostajski who each are being awarded free plasmids form...they affect brain and muscle development. The Gronostajski lab has generated mice wherein it's possible...Campus in Aurora, Colorado, USA. Richard Gronostajski is a professor at the University of Buffalo.... -
Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody
TypeBlog Post...antibody is produced from a new set of animals), and wrong application (different experiments/conditions can...that this antibody has specific binding and has a strong signal. We call the unique pattern of the antibody...7s) then the signal is weak and vice versa for a strong signal. However, exposure time and its relationship...compare exposure times of our samples. A prominent, strong signal has a shorter exposure time than the negative... neuroanatomy without the fear of referencing a wrong section. The antibody screening and development ... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog Post... an extensive infrastructure of molecular and electronic companion technologies that has transformed the...CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genotyping, as well as our electronic reader that provides portable quantification ...Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on developing cell-free...biology applications for human health and the environment. Alexander A. Green is an Assistant professor...4. Messina, Jane P., et al. "Mapping global environmental suitability for Zika virus." Elife 5 (2016):... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog Post...conserved in mammals, expressed in neurons, and are especially abundant in neuronal synapses. shRNA silencing ...way to guide inheritance that might be less error prone than DNA replication. He too mentioned how “surprising...regulate at the DNA level and 1 at the RNA level. Udi Qimron from Tel Aviv University then spoke about using...treatment resulting in major problems in hospitals. Dr. Qimron proposes using bacterial phage vectors with CRISPR... -
PhD Applications After COVID
TypeBlog Post...interview is another way to make the virtual environment more comfortable and help you to keep yourself...institution, you can get a better sense of the environment of the department, the lab setting, and how students... can also be nerve wracking to ask questions in front of other prospective students; an online meeting...by talking to current students about the work environment and social aspects of the department, you may...Options Thanks to the much more developed virtual environment resulting from the pandemic, students who are... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog Post... having already been immersed in an industry environment, have a better understanding of the fast, deadline-driven...up in an industry job, being immersed in that environment sooner rather than later can be helpful. Publishing...project might be challenging. In an academic environment, surrounded by lab members who are all working...Novartis, Biogen, Amgen, New England Biolabs, Regeneron, and Genentech, among others, and the list is ...opportunity to do some great science in a supportive environment. Both paths will give you myriad opportunities... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025
TypeBlog Post...via airway administration. AAV11 can transduce neurons for retrograde labeling, making it a powerful tool...enables potent retrograde labeling of projection neurons. Created with BioRender.com. Addgene has tested... Bentley While several viral tools can perform neuronal tracing, anterograde tracing poses challenges,...BACE = β-secretase; AF = AMPA.FingR; FingR = fibronectin intrabody generated with mRNA display. Modified...labeling across single synapses, a key attribute for neuronal tracing. Labeling was nontoxic and activity-dependent...