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  1. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ... Many of these examples we’ve done annually - they are fan favorites! 6. Keep it simple This may be an...anything at all really! We've had plenty of events that included a simple corn hole set and a cooler. Chances...that requires people to be in groups, organize your troops prior to the event, and let people know exactly...power of simple word of mouth - be sure to bring up your event in casual conversation to get people excited...where there is food and beer. Ha! We had over 60 people join the fun - including a lot of future Addgenies...their teammates and project collaborators have completed their work thoroughly. It’s kind of a chicken ...gets much more manageable when you can enjoy the people you spend 40+ hours with each week. In conclusion...
  2. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...template vectors, to perform multiple site mutagenesis and create complex fusion or recombination vectors...Combining multiple Level 2 vectors in the final assembly step permits the creation of more complex constructs...interest does x, but it also participates in y. Depletion of your protein may upregulate an alternative ... recently used by Stephen Royle’s lab, acutely depleted proteins from their compartment of action via ... Sci 2013 May 1;126(Pt 9):2102-13. Assemble multiple component plasmids from building blocks via Golden...Golden GATEway Cloning Frustrated by the complexity of assembling recombination of transgenesis constructs...cloning kit simplifies the cloning process for complex DNA constructs, particular for those involving ...
  3. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...Zika and a closely-related virus, Dengue from multiple sample sources. SHERLOCK could also detect low-frequency... and/or are too expensive, time-consuming, and complex to use outside of standard laboratories. In the...protein variants, Cas13, and Cas12a, to develop simple, portable, and inexpensive platforms to reliably...with crRNA to target an ssRNA of interest, for example, a sequence specific to a virus or pathogen. Once...sensitivity of the assay, targeted DNA or RNA from a sample is first amplified using RPA (recombinase polymerase...reverse transcriptase (RT)-RPA, respectively. RPA is coupled with T7 transcription to convert amplified DNA ...quantitation without compromising sensitivity. To detect multiple targets in one reaction, Cas enzymes, such as ...
  4. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...Before digesting the DNA duplexes with Surveyor nuclease, save some of the duplex and run it as an undigested...products (BRAF-GFP duplex) and from GFP-edited amplification products (GFP-GFP duplex) as a control. ...Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 Deliver Multiple gRNAs at Once - Multiplex Expression of gRNAs Generating Mouse...talks about. After months of troubleshooting, those people who did not tell you that essential thing ask incredulously...recommended by the original publication. Pro-Tip: 1. Use multiple gRNAs to target different regions of your gene...reasons to target different regions of the gene with multiple gRNAs, but the most important is that you could...target artifacts by comparing the phenotypes of multiple gRNAs. Targeting different regions of the gene...
  5. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    ... to provide that context yourself. Simple words are not so simple Just as our lab used jargon that required... Addgene move from completing 2-3 large projects a year, on average, to completing 8-10 projects per year... team communication. Although these real world examples did not happen in the lab, they have parallels...words, or words that depend a lot on context. New people in the lab or collaborators will not have the context... that nearly all Addgene teams used that seemed simple, but they could in fact be interpreted in several... the aforementioned lab manager, said the word “sample,” did the word convey the same concept to Morgan... an Addgene-specific definition. Words such as “sample,” “material,” “item,” and “format” all received...
  6. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    ...but what if we had a simple tool that allowed us to rapidly decode the complexity? The CombiGEM-CRISPR...individual (and multiple) genetic perturbations in single cells. Methods to scale up multiplexed CRISPR systems...was contributed by guest blogger Alan Wong. The complexity of biological systems can hinder our attempts...of providing an easy-to-use tool to analyze the complex combinatorial genetic networks underlying your ...experiments. CombiGEM-CRISPR: The marriage of two simple platforms CRISPR has revolutionized how we decode...mapping the combinatorial genetics that underlie complex regulation in biological systems. The CombiGEM ...products are a diverse pool of lentiviral plasmids. Multiple rounds of digestion and ligation result in plasmid...
  7. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    ...homology arms (60-70 bp) is added to the complex. This complete transfection mix, i.e. csRNP plus ssODN... Cas9 RNP complexed with 2-part cr:tracrRNA tags genes more effectively than Cas9 complexed with sgRNA...using the csRNP method is as simple as doing routine PCR assays. Here is a simple to-do-list to follow when...immunoprecipitated - along with its associated protein complexes - from the cell-lysate using antibodies against...against the target protein. The captured protein complexes are then analysed by mass spectrometry to identify... protein of interest are pulled-down and later coupled to high-throughput sequencing to identify genome-wide...tool for guide RNA and donor DNA design, and implemented our optimised protocols into a medium-throughput...
  8. Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel

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    ..., we'll discuss the principles and process of designing a flow panel.  Principles of excitation and emission...Table 1, we can recognize a couple of fluorophores from Figure 1. For example, the chart tells us that PE...some background on the color spectrum and the principles of excitation and emission. The visible color...carry their emission peaks within their names, for example, BV421 and RB545. Fluorophores can also come in...en-us/resources/bd-spectrum-viewer.   Another example APC is a "bright" fluorophore when excited by the...building your first panel, we'll talk about one last principle of color emission. As you can see in Figure 1,... of neighboring colors can and do overlap. For example, APC overlaps noticeably with both BV605 and Alexa...
  9. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    ...your sample to. For example, we use our negative control to compare exposure times of our samples. A prominent...Reproducibility  In order to attain non-bias assessment, multiple people in the lab conduct “independent screening”,...cannot be reproduced and projects that cannot be completed. A 2015 review analyzing and explaining the antibody...Baker, 2015), causing a huge waste of precious samples, time, and funds – up to US$350 million in 2015...techniques on rodent brains and is expanding to more complex brain systems such as non-human primates and humans...noise. We then compare the negative control to a sample with the primary included to confirm that the signal...antibody and not from the background noise. If the sample images similarly to the negative control, that ...
  10. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...insights into the make-up of multiprotein complexes like the EPC1 complex.. Going one step further, they also...employ them in creative and innovative ways. The principle of protein multimerization is seen in many important...enhancement of transcriptional activation via binding of multiple copies of a transcription factor to a promoter... localization of a protein via the presence of multiple copies of targeting sequences. Scientists have...This system enabled the specific recruitment of multiple copies of VP64 to the sgRNA-targeted gene, resulting...guide RNAs. Upon stimulation with blue light, the complex recruits a CIB1 binding protein (a portion of CRY2...now take any open reading frame (ORF) and with a simple recombination reaction, generate a protein with...
  11. Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry

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    ...from another within a fully stained sample. Figure 2 is an example of the emission spectra for two fluorophores...This complexity index ranges from 0-1, with a value of “0” indicating those markers are completely distinct...stained samples. If you are using conjugated dyes, it is critical that your controls and your sample antibodies...the primary detector for that fluorophore. For example, in figure 1, the FITC signal is spilling over ...cytometry relies on “unmixing.” Unmixing uses a complex mathematical algorithm and single stained reference...allows the user to use the autofluorescence in a sample as a fluorescent marker. Given that the level of... varies, it is critical to include an unstained sample for each tissue type you are running in your panel...
  12. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    ... the ways in which the two guiding principles have been implemented by providing support for connectivity...reproducible, and only the highly restricted number of people who can access the ELN have the ability to attempt... from intensive engagement with a wide range of people at the University of Wisconsin in 2011/12 – researchers...office, and research computing. The two guiding principles emerging from the engagement with the Wisconsin...Reproducibility was both a fundamental driver of these principles and has emerged as a byproduct of connectivity...2012 and 2017 RSpace was developed with these principles in mind, and in response to further input provided...Without such references the record of research is incomplete, making it difficult or impossible to reproduce...
  13. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...just sent people over to r/Science in the initial promotion as a work around… there’s plenty of great ...selling a product than communicating your ideas with people or discussing science, it is a great way to establish...particular hosts a variety of conversations with people who work in many different scientific fields. They...: 1. Reddit has a large and active community of people interested in science. You can see some of the ...of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, using dialogue)....avoid rousing the trolls. 3. The AMA process was simple and well organized. You can check out the r/Science...work-life negotiation, and mentorship. We can direct people to the AMA in the future and link to it in future...
  14. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    ...articles.  Here's what you'll find in this post: Multiplexed perturbation and decoding in pooled CRISPR screens...System Neurodegeneration Collection updates   Multiplexed perturbation and decoding in pooled CRISPR screens...screening, Paul Blainey’s lab has developed a multiplexing approach to Cas9-based pooled CRISPR screens...uses two sgRNAs with internal barcodes (iBARs), multiplexed using tRNAs, within the lentiviral 3’ long terminal...reduce recombination and avoid separation of the multiplexed elements. The team designed sgRNAs that include...include an internal barcode and separated multiple sgRNAs with tRNAs, which are cleaved out of the RNA transcript...optimizations produced 90% accurate integration of multiplexed constructs into target genomes and a 10-fold ...
  15. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ... what makes up your sample size (aka your n value)" and should come from multiple, independent sources...Technical replicates An example of a technical control is the transfection of multiple separate wells (within...experiment from start to finish multiple times and on different days. Using our example above, we would test different...beyond discussion in the abstract and follow an example of a plasmid-based experiment, delineate its requisite...transfected successfully and expressing the protein. For example, fluorescence microscopy images resulting from ...provide the baseline/standard against which other samples can be compared. The Empty Vector Control (mentioned...endogenous gene in your experimental cells. For example, in the experiment above, Plasmid A contains an...
  16. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    ... weeks to a couple of months and requires that all of the experiments have been completed. Therefore, ...opportunities in academia - the main reason most people enter postdoctoral training. Similarly, there are...essays in the journals Nature and Science, for example). This blog post is about how to get the most ...a Group Leader position, what will you need? Multiple first or corresponding author publications (published... questions like: What figures are missing? For example, are additional controls necessary? As you build...interesting questions in your own lab. 2. Seek multiple mentors during your postdoc At the end of grad...Discussions can reveal mutual scientific interests, complementary perspectives, a shared communication style. ...
  17. Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs

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    ...remaining letters should be from independent people – i.e. people who have not worked with you directly or... connect with people who could be beneficial during a career search. Doing these simple things will make...refine and build skills overtime for success. Many people will have different roles, titles, and responsibilities... to find the perfect job immediately after you complete your Ph.D. or postdoc. Foreign national researchers...standard of proving that you are one of the top people in your field. No employer is necessary and no ...to the field that have had a major impact. For example, you were the first person to identify a novel ...successes in the performing arts- not relevant at all. Please do not include the fact that you are a classically...
  18. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    ...assembly, assembling fragments in multiple steps to avoid using multiple fragments that share homology in...overhangs perfectly match up. They just need enough complementary ssDNA to hold the plasmid together, even if ...if there are gaps or flaps remaining. This incomplete plasmid looks like a homologous recombination intermediate...to work fixing up the “damage” and producing a complete plasmid. Besides being compatible with any vector...either by annealing a mixture of products or from incomplete PCR — although higher DNA concentrations are ... separate PCR products (middle branch); or by incomplete PCR, which skips the final extension step to ...single-stranded overhangs (right branch). The mixed PCR and incomplete PCR methods yield a minority of usable product...
  19. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...of interest. Cas13 uses a complementary crRNA sequence to bind to the sample and upon binding, gets activated...the N2 gene of SARS-CoV-2. If the Cas12a-sgRNA complex binds to the target sequences, Cas12a activity ...strip. Highlights: Of the 83 known COVID-positive samples tested, DETECTR has a positive prediction rate ...°C water bath Approach: RNA is extracted from a sample and subject to isothermal recombinase polymerase...presence of two or more mismatches in the cRNA:target duplex and will not give a positive result for highly ... can be performed in two steps for challenging samples as in Two-Step-SHERLOCK or in a fast, high-throughput...incubated at one temperature. Two Cas12a-crRNA complexes are designed, each binding to one strand of the...
  20. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    ...mutational scanning to simultaneously test how multiple amino acid changes affect a protein of interest...and easy technique that can be used to generate complex libraries of mutant plasmids ready for deep mutational...a selection system. You can test the effect of multiple mutations in combination and possibly discover...in protein activity. See Natarajan et al for an example of this. Plasmid library generation prior to one...mutations are introduced, and scalability (see Supplementary Table 1 of Wrenbeck et al). It uses a uracil...second universal primer is used to synthesize a complementary mutant strand (step 2 and 3). Then the uracil-labeled...uracils that are in DNA and ExoIII recognizes nicked duplexed DNA. This results in the final product having ...
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