... SDS-PAGE, measure the protein content and normalize to ensure equivalent loading. Denature the samples...antibodies.   Figure 1: Overview of the Western blot process. The sample, a mixture of protein is separated...denaturing western, the protein is denatured to its primary structure and separated by size with smaller...western, the protein’s secondary and tertiary structures remain intact and the protein is separated through... expensive system-specific sandwiches.   Figure 2: The western blot dry apparatus includes a stack...its native state while a western blot detects denatured polypeptide chains. The protein regions available... antibody validation. This level of validation ensures that the antibody is staining the intended target...

...sequence (Zong et al., 2018) (see CBE-3 in Figure 3). Figure 3: Activity windows of plant base editors...excision repair mediated by uracil glycosylase (Figure 1). The presence of a uracil glycosylase inhibitor...generation of the desired T-A base pair. Figure 1: Transition mutation (C>T, G>A, A>G, and T>C)... that compete with the desired outcome are not pictured. Adenine base editors (ABE) What if you have...satisfactorily accepts DNA as its substrate (see figure 2).          The artificially evolved adenosine...genomic A-T base pair is converted to a G-C pair (Figure 1). As the cellular inosine excision repair is ...base editing platforms for plant systems.  Figure 2: Plant base editor platforms and their molecular...

...of Addgene’s work culture. Our developers are a diverse group of ethnicities, cultures, genders, educational... for working on a new feature. We start with a story that describes the feature and what the criteria ...stakeholder accepts the new feature as done and we’re onto the next story. Figure 1: Addgene’s Agile Approach...working on a feature, sometimes we have to take short cuts or add a band-aid to get a feature to work. We...number of stories we commit to for each sprint, to ensure we will have the capacity to finish all of the ...criteria is for accepting the feature as done correctly. These initial stories are usually a result of collaborations...step-by-step instructions on how to demonstrate the feature. For example, we recently reduced the number of...

...better at 30°C or room-temperature, which is accomplished by growing your culture to the desired density...previous Plasmids 101 blog, we reviewed the salient features of several popular strains of E. coli for DNA ...except ** which are K12 Strain Resistance Key Features Genotype Use BL21 (DE3)   Basic IPTG-inducible...Denotes the presence of an additional plasmid-- make sure to maintain this by growing on appropriate media...timing is important, as you typically want to make sure your cells have first reached an appropriate density...expression. If you wait too long to induce, your culture will start collecting dead cells, and, conversely...too early as there are not enough cells in the culture to make protein.  The DE3 lysogen/T7 promoter combination...

...acceptor fluorophore can be measured using microscopy techniques. FRET measurement sensitivity makes it suitable...one of the first techniques which enabled the measurement of single molecule interactions in living cells...living cells. Since then FRET has also been used to measure conformational changes, cleavage activity using...is still one of the best and most used pairs to measure FRET. The table below lists plasmids that can be...and Venus Other issues that can affect FRET measurements include: the brightness of a fluorophore pair...between FRET efficiency and cross-talk. Methods to Measure FRET for Cell Biology Studies Several methods have... have been used over the past 20 years to measure FRET and there is not one that is better than another...

...without DNA cleavage. Nature, 551(7681), 464–471. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24644 Gaudelli, N. M., Lam...double-stranded DNA cleavage. Nature, 533(7603), 420–424. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17946 Komor, A. C., Zhao,...other or one pyrimidine base to the other. Figure 1: Base transition editors catalyze purine-to-purine...strand as a template, copying the base edit. Figure 2: Cytidine deamination takes place on the free...base editing efficiency for mammalian edits is to ensure the editors make it into the nucleus and that they...and specific CRISPR-based cytosine base editing. Nature Biotechnology, 41(5), 663–672. https://doi.org/...increased activity and therapeutic application. Nature Biotechnology, 38(7), 892–900. https://doi.org/...

...environments: corrosive pH ranges, crushing pressures, near-melting temperatures, tons of radiation, or freezing ...Sreepadmanabh M from IISER Bhopal. All illustrations / figures featured were designed by our team member Kallol Mozumdar... take bacteria out of their optimally suited temperature ranges and make them grow better at suboptimal...cold-loving) bacteria. These bacteria inhabit cold temperature locales and psychrophilic enzymes help them survive...next-door microbes which grow optimally in moderate temperatures (usually defined between a fairly nippy 20°C...materials degrade at a much slower rate under cold temperatures, and frigid conditions decrease the potential...mesophilic host systems. The so-called “regular” temperatures of growth, say around 37°C, is a far cry from...

...method does provide a quantitative measure of autophagy, it only measures bulk autophagy (as opposed to giving... Long-lived protein degradation: This approach measures the degradation rate of radio-labeled long-lived...long-lived proteins as a proxy for autophagy. Cells are cultured with isotope-labeled amino acids for several hours...by measuring the amount of radioactivity in the culture supernatant (this is indicative of protein degradation...out of this assay. This is also a quantitative measure of autophagy, but, like the protein degradation...degradation assay above, it’s slow and only measures bulk autophagy. Morphological assays Electron microscopy...method relies on the identification of autophagic structures based on morphology. Autophagosomes are relatively...

...articles, only 46% could be reproduced. In a recent Nature report from researchers at Amgen, it was stated...that only 11% of the academic research in the literature was reproducible by their groups. Finally results..., it will always be a part of everyday work to capture ideas, write down certain notes or brainstorm, ...functionalities i.e. main priorities of different ELN features, ranging from whether respondents saw them as ...term, so they need a solution for which they are sure that there will be no sharp changes in costs once...researchers to store everything in one place. From pictures to excel sheets, researchers today generate vast...Following these findings, we defined the priorities for future ELN development and developed the SciNote Electronic...

...to compare exposure times of our samples. A prominent, strong signal has a shorter exposure time than ... be essential to your new research project, but unsure which one will mark your target the best, or even...The strength is based on binding specificity and exposure time. We first have a negative control which does...align with what the atlases (mentioned above) and literature suggest, providing an expectation and comparison...imaged pattern does NOT align with the atlases/literature and is unrelated to the target protein, we categorize... goldilocks antibody selection process The exposure time of the primary antibody compared to negative...control also determines the signal’s strength. Exposure time is the amount of time the sample needs to...

...noise and ensure you are measuring the events-of-interest. Sensors suitable for ER measurements include:... requiring only a simple measurement. However, single wavelength measurements are more susceptible to ... RE. Structure-and mechanism-guided design of single fluorescent protein-based biosensors. Nature chemical...subtype) and specific subcellular compartments for measurements. All of the sensors discussed below fall into...slower). GCaMPf may be suitable for very rapid measurements, like action potentials in neurons. jGCaMP7 ...additional versions are available to simultaneously measure calcium changes in the ER, cytosol and mitochondria...you combining your calcium reading with other measurements, specifically fluorescent ones? Many of the ...

...analyzes publications and figures using machine learning to extract important features such as influential ... top of the ever expanding body of biomedical literature! PubMed PubMed is the classic search engine ...eventually replace the existing version of PubMed.  Key features This new version has an improved search algorithm...updated. This Twitter list contains >300 Twitter literature bots, including a bot for biosensor papers, microbe...Semantic Scholar Semantic Scholar is an AI-backed literature search developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial...that are more relevant to your search terms. Key features Semantic Scholar has several ways to focus your... populated at the top of this filter. A unique feature of Semantic Scholar search results are the topic...

...with CRISPR–Cas13. Nature, 550(7675), 280–284. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24049 Altae-Tran, H., Kannan... ideas for your own research! Classification Structure Principles of CRISPR classification While CRISPR...six types, 33 subtypes, and 17 variants. Figure 1: Overview of the CRISPR classification hierarchy...using a Cascade complex is tricky, as you need to ensure every unit of the complex expresses at similar ...components present in the Cascade complex. Figure 2: Schematic of a Cascade complex (blue subunits...CRISPR types do, due to a lack of canonical CRISPR features (Pinilla-Redondo et al., 2019; Moya-Beltrán et... most often found on plasmids. The many unique features of IV-A and IV-B have led to the hypotheses that...

...using cloning rings. A picture of a 60 mm dish ready for picking is shown in figure 1.   Find Additional... Protocol Pages Agarose cloning method procedure The procedure (illustrated in the YouTube video below...well plate is also prepared with about 200 ul of culture medium containing serum in each well. A 200 ul ...both Hepes and bicarbonate) is brought to room temperature and placed in the hood. The medium from a 10 ...is capped, swirled and tested for the correct temperature by placing on the wrist or cheek. Within less...warm but not hot- and still liquid- it is rapidly poured onto the middle of the plate, where it immediately...the agarose cloning method Test your agarose temperature. Cloning cells using an agarose overlay does ...

...editors for more details on how they work!) Figure 1: Base transitions are edits between the purine...side groups of DNA bases and leave the core ring structure intact, allowing them to make 4 out of the possible... Cas9 are sequence specificity and the R-loop structure. In order to bind DNA, Cas9 requires (1) a guide... a region of separate strands called an R-loop (Figure 2). This allows the guide RNA to base pair with...accessible on the outside of the enzyme. Figure 2: CRISPR R-loop. Created with BioRender.com. ...abasic sites with A's, producing C → A edits. Figure 3: Mechanism of cytosine transversion editors. ...experimented with adding different proteins to the CGBE architecture. They conducted a CRISPRi screen to identify...

...kinetics which are illustrated in figures 2 and 3.  Figure 2: Glutamate titration curves for ...from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 3.   Figure 3: pH titration curves and ∆F/F0 for...recommend using the SGZ for in-culture work only, GPI anchors for in-culture work and 2P in vivo imaging,...using both 1-photon and 2-photon imaging.   Figure 1: 1P and 2P excitation and emission spectra of...iGluSnFR3 v857. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al., Figure 1   Increased versatility through two different...Image adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 2.   Improved trafficking and localization... constructs. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al… Figure 4. PDGFR is a C-terminal fusion to the PDGFR transmembrane...

...content we store in them: music, emails, chats, pictures, and apps. Throughout my time as a graduate student...allowing you to upload anything from protocols to pictures of gels or even sketches to your notebook. The...saving trees! The Earth thanks you. 2. Gibco Cell Culture by Gibco Whenever I start to learn a new technique...I digress. When I started learning proper cell culture technique, I tried to find an app that could help...calculations. This is how I came across the Gibco Cell Culture app. Gibco organizes its app into four categories...are a lifesaver when your research requires cell culture and include a counter, lab timer, dilution calculator...calculator, and a couple of other nice features. This app also has a great educational section. This section...

...solubility and stability (Figure 2).      Figure 2: Crystal structures of CRBNmidi alone (A) and...establishing CRBNmidi as a promising tool for future structure-guided drug design and studies of protein ...domains and is recommended for use in western blots (Figure 1). If you prefer to produce your own antibody ...chain are also available from Addgene!   Figure 1: Experimental validation for Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5...dimmer, showed greater photostability and also matured considerably faster, with expression levels comparable...comparable to GFP during early embryogenesis (Figure 3). mScarlet-I3 also offered clearer signals due to...autofluorescent tissues like the intestine. Figure 3: Expression of fluorophore-tagged GOLG-4 through...

...growing in requests faster than jGCaMP7 (Figure 5B).   Figure 5: A) GCaMP6, jGCaMP7, and jGCaMP8 viral...setup. Teams across Addgene have worked hard to ensure that the service has grown steadily, helped by ...our catalog had grown to 879 viral catalog items (Figure 1). The service caught on quickly in the scientific...distributed over 100,000 viral vector preps!   Figure 1: A) Cumulative AAV preps available in the Addgene... they’re delivering their payload to.   Figure 2: Numbers of AAV tools, by category, available...respectively, by substrates, light, or engineered ligands (Figure 2). Biosensors, which include calcium and voltage...explain why they are the most commonly requested (Figure 3). Over 400 biosensors were distributed in 2023...

...neuronal sub-cellular structures GFP is limited in its ability to label subcellular structures in the CNS. GFP...connections (Shepherd, 2004). Understanding the structure and function of these neural circuits is essential...experiments and visualize numerous molecules or structures at once (Shaner, 2007). In contrast to epitope...for the cells and affects the labeling of small structures like neurites. Like epitope tags, low FP expression...church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster; the smFP structure resembles images of the deity (see comparison ...processes. In contrast, smFPs can label fine neuronal structures with high fidelity and at lower concentrations...GFP. smFPs enable better labeling of these fine structures through their multiple, high-affinity binding...