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  1. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability

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    ...linear fashion. This implies that reducing the power 2-fold does not reduce photobleaching by half. How exactly...prolonged time). Other illumination strategies, such as 2-photon-excitation, selective plane illumination, TIRF...This can differ between fluorescent proteins in the same spectral class (Cranfill et al, 2016). This non-...comparison of several fluorescent proteins of the same spectral class on the microscopy system and in the...
  2. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ... Zetsche et al., Nat Biotechnol. 2015 Feb 2;33(2):139-42. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3149. Light-inducible ...and on your favourite signalling pathways (Figure 2). They are all available now at Addgene. 1 Lungu...20;19(4):507-17. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.02.006. 2 Guntas et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2015 Jan 6; ...Nihongaki et al., Chemistry and Biology. 2015 Feb 19; 22(2):169-74. High efficiency cloning for enzyme screening...inducible, gene knockdown with shRNA or shRNA-miR30, (2) tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 gene deletion, (3) simultaneous...different fluorescent proteins, 8 constitutive promoters, 2 includible promoters, 3 polyA terminators and various...of plasmids required for each input/output system; 2) removing all chemically inducible promoters; 3) improving...
  3. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...that the signal to noise ratio can be increased from 2-fold (by CRISPRainbow) to 3-fold with CRISPR-Sirius...CNV) analysis of the U2OS cells.   Figure 2: CRISPR-Sirius tricolor labeling. (A) Diagram of sgRNA-Sirius...combination of MS2, PP7, or boxB sequences in the same sgRNA will generate additional colors. Image from...
  4. With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science

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    ...scientists have 1) the courage to make mistakes and 2) the integrity to recognize these mistakes quickly...She studies beta-cell function and failure in Type 2 Diabetes. Birmingham, AL, USA 33.5207°N 86.8025°W ...available to people who want to join the dialog and 2) remember that science should not be partisan: everyone...campus speakers thoughtfully reminded us to use the same critical lens on our scientific community as we ... nor would you mention my small error and at the same time pass over in silence his very large one” (http...exoplanets into a successful PhD thesis. We use the same atmospheric physics to understand exoplanets that...happy to see so many others come out who feel the same.  I was also incredibly impressed with how well ...
  5. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    ...expressed as a fusion with your favorite protein and (2) a synthetic fluorophore-contianing “ligand” that ...cell 58.4 (2015): 644-659. PubMed PMID: 26000849. 2. Grimm, Jonathan B., et al. "A general method to improve...removing excess dye from the sample, which is particularly important for samples where washing is difficult...reason is something called “the photon budget”: each sample has a limited number of fluorophores and each fluorophore...of information one can extract from a biological sample is wholly dependent on the photon budget and pushing... desperate to extract a few more photons from a sample. Chemical fluorophores can be substantially brighter...
  6. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...Table 2: Lab strains of E. coli Strain Natural resistance Primary Use Genotype ccdB Survival 2 T1R ...resistance to tetracycline Additionally, Table 2 provides a quick reference for some of the popular...convoluted due to researchers sharing and renaming samples throughout history. It was likely isolated in 1918...
  7. Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution

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    ...methods is that they all follow the same general cyclical process (Figure 2). The differences typically come...starting point for the next cycle. Figure 2: General process of antibody directed evolution. Created...module_attribute "schema_version" is_json="true" %}{% raw %}2{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...codons (different codon sequences that code for the same amino acid) for various amino acids. Essentially...
  8. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ..., and the desired gene (transfer vector plasmid), 2) the HIV-1 genome containing all viral genes with ...protocols that have been described (protocol 1, protocol 2, protocol 3) to find the one that will give you the...PubMed PMID: 3785217. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC367857. 2. Naldini, Luigi, et al. "In vivo gene delivery and...are working with proto-oncogenes or with human samples that have not been tested for HIV.  If not using...ribosome entry site (IRES) and expressed under the same promoter. Alternatively, your gene and the marker...
  9. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    ...sites would confound your experimental results and 2) perform targeted off-target measurements at those...experiments where only localization of the Cas occurs. 2 gRNA approach Off-targets that come from mutations...perform downstream characterization of, isolating 2 or 3 distinct clones to perform key experiments on...If you are performing CRISPR library screens, the same principle holds true - the higher the number of ...
  10. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    ...of ~75% in response to the magnetic field (Figure 2); they named this variant MagLOV. Andrew was thrilled...didn’t need any added cofactors.      Figure 2: Fluorescence intensity and ΔF/F of MagLOV, a variant...fluorescence when a small magnet was passed over the sample (Frank Hayward et al., 2024). The fluorescence ...intensity decreased whenever the magnet approached the sample (by less than 1%) and recovered after the magnet...expressing MagLOV while a magnet is waved under the sample. The imaged area measures approximately 82 mm across...Matsuoka, R., Kimura, S., Miura, T., Ikoma, T., & Kusamoto, T. (2023) Single-Molecule Magnetoluminescence...
  11. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ... tropism and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain. PLoS One. 2013 ...PMID: 24086725. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3785459. 2. Krashes MJ, Koda S, Ye C, Rogan SC, Adams AC, Cusher...systems typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate...
  12. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...per cell increases 4-5 fold (for pUC plasmids) or ~2 fold (for p15a, R6K, and ColE2 plasmids) as cell division...biotechnology 36.4 (2018): 352. PubMed PMID: 29553576. 2. Kittleson, Joshua T., Sherine Cheung, and JChristopher...other hand, using a constitutive promoter in the same background resulted in a 20-fold variation of gene...
  13. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    ...short-read sequencing are highlighted in Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of short-read sequencing technology...process at Addgene. All plasmids go through this same initial QC process using an Illumina MiSeq, but ...However, Sanger sequencing remains useful for small sample sizes and shorter regions due in part to its low...high accuracy. Conversely, you can only run one sample at a time, which can become costly and impractical...the bases (and, if necessary, separate different samples), the resulting data, or reads, are essentially...control. NGS is generally cheaper if you have many samples and can output more data, and it typically results...However, NGS might not be the best choice for small sample sizes, small regions of interest, or complex sequences...
  14. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    ...connectivity to other data sources used in research; (2) connectivity to other tools used in research; and...by making it easy to get data out of the ELN; and (2) facilitate inter-operability with other research ...Github and Gitlab, and science-specific tools, e.g. sample management apps, colony management software, and..., not all of them support reproducibility in the same way. When choosing an ELN for your research, be ...commercialization community in greater Boston, while at the same time keeping one foot on the other side of the pond...
  15. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...estimate transformation efficiency (Figure 2).    Figure 2: Example of a serial dilution to estimate...library from Addgene, they’ll need to amplify the sample for further downstream applications. As individual... all of the bacteria can grow and compete in the same container, making it easier for a smaller, recombined...
  16. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    ...nonsense-mediated decay. Although Nelson et al. observed only 2% genome editing in one experiment, they found the ... cells throughout the body, especially stem cells 2. Remove any immunogenicity of the AAV vector Once ...Science. 2015 Dec 31. doi:10.1126/science.aae0169 2. Long C, Amoasii L, Mireault AA, McAnally JR, Li H...slightly different methods, they each observed the same positive phenotypes in cardiac and skeletal muscle...
  17. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ...form or as ready-to-use lentivirus. Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines at promoters and...pX330a dCas9-LSD1 for targeted removal of H3K4me1/2 and H3K9me2 histone modifications. Like the TALE-LSD1...approach for targeted DNA demethylation. Cell Discovery 2: . https://doi.org/10.1038/celldisc.2016.9 Find plasmids...activate transcription. A lentiviral vector with the same modifier, Fuw-dCas9-Tet1CD, is available from Rudolf...
  18. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    ...residues, which can be found throughout the antibody. 2) Endogenous cysteines, such as those that make up ...Detecting antigens by quantitative immuno-PCR. Nat Protoc 2:1918–1930. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2007.267 ... antibody will have been verified to perform the same as its unconjugated version, but if you find yourself...
  19. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    ...et al., 2020). Genomic targets require an upstream 2-bp PAM sequence for recognition by QCascade; although...cells of the plasmid after integration. Figure 2: (A) Streamlined VchINT expression constructs. (B)...seven required genes and the CRISPR RNA under the same promoter, and a donor plasmid (pDonor) encodes the...immunity, whereby multiple proximal insertions with the same transposon exhibit reduced efficiencies (Vo et al...
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