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TypeBlog Post...300,000 individual nucleotide sequences. More than half of these sequences were generated by Addgene as ...on-site, but now we were presented with a new challenge: automating the bioinformatics steps needed to...
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Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
TypeBlog Post...suited for recombinant protein expression. Many challenges can arise when over-expressing a foreign protein...functional RNaseE which results in longer transcript half-life F- ompT lon hsdSB (rB- mB-) gal dcm rne131... -
CRISPR Guide
TypeGuide...less widely used in bacteria due to technical challenges, bacterial CRISPR libraries have been developed... S., Agarwala, V., Li, Y., Fine, E. J., Wu, X., Shalem, O., Cradick, T. J., Marraffini, L. A., Bao, G....., Gootenberg, J. S., Kriz, A. J., Zetsche, B., Shalem, O., Wu, X., Makarova, K. S., Koonin, E. V., Sharp...790. PMID: 38216671 Klompe, S. E., Vo, P. L. H., Halpin-Healy, T. S., & Sternberg, S. H. (2019). Transposon-encoded...Communications . 9 (11), e1007749. PMID: 30575746 Shalem, O., Sanjana, N. E., Hartenian, E., Shi, X., Scott...cells. Science . 343 (6166), 84–87. PMID: 24336571 Shalem, O., Sanjana, N. E., & Zhang, F. (2015). High-throughput...Meadows, S. K., Roberts, B. S., Mackiewicz, M., Mendenhall, E. M., & Myers, R. M. (2015). CETCh-seq: CRISPR... -
Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing
TypeBlog Post...double strand break repair, it has proven more challenging to develop high efficiency CRISPR-based approaches...delivering CRISPR components as RNPs and delivering two halves of a repair template spread across two AAVs, it... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management
TypeBlog Post...experiment, but you’ll only spend half of each day on it. The other half of each day you can spend accomplishing... -
An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI
TypeBlog Post...and significance, these receptors have proved challenging to study. Cells often express multiple integrins...adhesion. The results surprised the investigators, challenging the long-held belief that αVβ3 would be the most... -
Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)
TypeBlog Post... the body or self antigens, and toxins that are lethal to animals. In the clinic, scFvs’ size also provides...plasmid in bacteria (Ahmed et al., 2012). One challenge of bacterial expression is the proper formation... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection
TypeBlog Post...properties of the protein of interest can be challenging. In this blog I discuss strategies to generate... (catalytic activity or interactions) can be challenging. If a fusion can complement a knock-down or knock-out... -
Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
TypeBlog Post...even axons of up to 100 microns in length. Some challenges of the Brainbow system are that it does not use...Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency." Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 59.3 (2018): 1630-1640. Sakaguchi... -
The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment
TypeBlog Post...base editing intervention was created. Only about half of babies with KJ’s disorder survive long enough...editing efficiency, and target access were all challenges for these early base editors. Further innovations... -
Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
TypeBlog Post...First, the imaging of Brainbow mouse tissue was challenging due to low fluorescence intensity, caused partially...expression patterns. Hampel S, Chung P, McKellar CE, Hall D, Looger LL, Simpson JH. Nature Methods. 2011 Mar... -
Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility
TypeBlog Post...Pamela Hines (Senior Editor at Science) Edward J. Hall (Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University) ...experiments they’re reading about weren’t changed halfway through in order to chase a positive result. Beyond... -
Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models
TypeBlog Post...Cre-dependent conditional alleles, has remained a challenge. Enter Easi-CRISPR: a method that harnesses the...template. Although effective, ivTRT may be more challenging for sequences with complex secondary structure... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog Post...transduction of lung cells via airway administration (Halbert et al., 2001). It additionally has tropism for ...-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.026 Halbert, C. L., Allen, J. M., & Miller, A. D. (2001). Adeno-Associated... -
Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools
TypeBlog Post...nn1525 Gunaydin, L. A., Yizhar, O., Berndt, A., Sohal, V. S., Deisseroth, K., & Hegemann, P. (2010). Ultrafast... Augustin, S., Sauter, K., Papagiakoumou, E., Gottschalk, A., Soba, P., Emiliani, V., Engel, A. K., Hegemann... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog Post...important and abundant neurotransmitters, but it is challenging to monitor because only a small number of glutamate...to specific cell types in the brain can be a challenging — but critical — factor for successful experiments... -
Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab
TypeBlog Post...Consider talking to people in the lab across the hall or in the same department as well. What do they ... you? Maybe you like things a bit hectic and challenging and this drives your best work. Or is it teamwork... -
PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, and ZFNs). However, several challenges still remain, such as making gene edits completely...nuclease technology with the piggyBac™ system, these challenges can be considerably reduced. The piggyBac™ transposon... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog Post... genomic DNA to amplify the gRNA targets was challenging because you’re limited by the sequence of the...genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem O, Zhang F. Nat Methods. 2014 Aug;11(8):783-4. ... -
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?
TypeBlog Post...molecule of GFP. Because red light has approximately half the energy of blue light, two photons of red light...model embryos >15 μm Thsee are some of the most challenging samples to image as they require both optical...