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  1. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    ...tool that could analyze CRISPR sgRNAs and report the likelihood of any given sgRNA having an ancestral bias...extension, race. Many researchers do large-scale CRISPR screens in cancer cell lines, looking to uncover... and Boehm labs pulled data from more than 1000 CRISPR screens in DepMap to see if they could identify...Since about 90% of the cell lines used in DepMap CRISPR screens are of either European or East Asian ancestry...it was coming through an unexpected source: the CRISPR guides, short pieces of RNA that bind to a cell...does the reference genome actually reference?  The CRISPR guides used in the screens they analyzed were designed...reference genome – even single mismatches within a CRISPR guide can prevent the guide from binding to the...
  2. The 12 Days of CRISPR: 2021

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    ...Twelve Days of CRISPR campaign! But if you missed our tweets featuring the best of CRISPR in 2021 and useful...here.  On the first day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: a miniature CRISPR-Cas system for mammalian use...machinery. On the fifth day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: efficient CRISPR editing with a hypercompact ...seventh day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nuclease... day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: a primer on prime editing.  On the eleventh day of CRISPR, Addgene...post.  On the twelfth day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: an updated CRISPR 101 e-book (to help with the... get enough of CRISPR? Neither can we! Subscribe below to get updates on all our CRISPR content.  ...
  3. A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology

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    ...Addgene's CRISPR Guide Addgene's CRISPR 101 eBook  Resources on the Addgene blog Components of CRISPR  xCas9...engineered CRISPR enzymes with their own tradeoffs. And this article only covered Cas9! Other CRISPR enzymes...Have you ever designed a CRISPR guide RNA and wondered why it is limited to only 20 bases, or why it’...structure can help us understand the parameters of CRISPR experimental design. Let’s dive into some structural...known proteins; they are completely unique to the CRISPR system (Nishimasu et al., 2014). Table 1. Summary...positively charged channel between the two lobes. For CRISPR to be programmable for any arbitrary sequence, ...better understand how to manipulate it. Happy CRISPRing!   Molecular graphics and analyses performed with...
  4. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...10.1186/s12915-020-00929-7    The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang New CRISPR plasmids are always being added...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources...other pneumococcal strains. The BARBEKO sgRNA library uses CRISPR cytosine base editors to disrupt gene ...A new tool for enriching ABE-targeted cells The CRISPR Corner New ready-to-use viral preps   Improved..., in addition to puromycin resistance.  The MYC-CRISPR library targets E-boxes genome-wide. It was designed...involved in DNA damage response and DNA repair.  A new CRISPR pooled library targeting S. pneumoniae D39V from...Veening is now available with one sgRNA per operon or gene. The sgRNA pool can also target core operons...
  5. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    ...post on CRISPR’s potential for monogenetic diseases, the bulk of which you can find below. CRISPR for complex...proof-of-principle for use of CRISPR to correct single-gene conditions. Remaining hurdles in CRISPR biology “I think...using sgRNA for selection and optimization. In addition, the current work in developing anti-CRISPR proteins...Northeastern University.  There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been a breakthrough for the... complex genetic diseases As CRISPR technology becomes increasingly more cost effective and precise, researchers...diseases. So we’re revisiting this post to look at CRISPR’s potential for use in treating a complex genetic...his lab are researching a way to treat AD using CRISPR/Cas9. They are targeting the genes responsible ...
  6. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ...can bind loci in the genome that are defined by a gRNA. Since Cas9 is a protein, a fusion with GFP allows...genomic loci in living human cells by an optimized CRISPR/Cas system." Cell 155.7 (2013): 1479-1491. PubMed...
  7. Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing

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    ...Guide RNAs Visit our CRISPR topic page Learn the basics of CRISPR Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Resources...Resources on Addgene.org Read the CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Browse our entire plasmid ...variants in most cell types. But prime editing, a CRISPR technique developed in David Liu’s lab in 2019,...considerably more precision and flexibility to the CRISPR editing world. The approach, originally published... location The prime editor extends the reach of CRISPR genome editing, as it can edit near to or far from...brief discussion of some of these strategies in our CRISPR guide. Some examples include: TwinPE: two prime...sequences without double-strand DNA cleavage using CRISPR-directed integrases. Nature Biotechnology, 41(4...
  8. Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]

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    ...Modifying the CRISPRi system for multidirectional control The CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) model consists...Addgene: Plasmids for CRISPRi are described here: http://www.addgene.org/crispr/qi/ Plasmids described...Complex Synthetic Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds." Adam has also created a video to...metabolic biofactories by demonstrating the use of CRISPR-based RNA scaffolds to mimic natural transcriptional...AdamChinFatt     References Qi, L. S. et al. Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific...Complex Synthetic Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds. Cell, 160(1), 339-350 (2015). PubMed... crispr...
  9. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...additional sgRNAs. Image reused from Neo et al., 2024 under CC-BY license.   Find plasmids for CRISPR/Cas9...mScarlet-based tags for live imaging in C. elegans CRISPR/Cas9 for gene disruption in M. abscessus  Bioluminescent...in Mycobacterium abscessus using a dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 system By Aryana Khosravani Deborah Hung’s...’s lab has developed a novel dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 system for gene disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus...for its high resistance to antibiotics. Several CRISPR/Cas-based systems have been developed for other...errors (Figure 4). This work marks the first use of CRISPR/Cas9 in M. abscessus. The simplicity and efficiency...   Figure 4. Overview of the dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 workflow in M. abscessus. A) Sth1Cas9 mediates...
  10. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    ...pooled CRISPR screens By Emily Bentley Building on their CROPseq method for optical pooled CRISPR screening...Multiplexed perturbation and decoding in pooled CRISPR screens Improved prime editor PE7 Antibodies to...developed a multiplexing approach to Cas9-based pooled CRISPR screens called CROPseq-multi (Walton et al. 2024...multiplexed perturbation and decoding in pooled CRISPR screens. bioRxiv 2024.03.17.585235; doi: https:...sequences for a range of applications, including CRISPR activation by dCas9-VPR, prime editing, and delivery...including plasmids, antibodies, viral vector preps, CRISPR tools, and more.  ...engineered pegRNAs (epegRNAs), which add a structural motif to stabilize the 3’ end of the pegRNA. As research...
  11. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    ...summer of 2013, a remarkable nine papers describing CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering methods for C. elegans ...lab at the University of North Carolina has made CRISPR in C. elegans even easier - now, one can generate...approach Multiple features of C. elegans have made CRISPR/Cas9 so successful in this species, namely, the...transgene selection strategy for their C. elegans/CRISPR experiments, but this strategy required the use...sought to create a new and efficient selection-based CRISPR/Cas9 method to generate knock-ins on any genetic...other species or in cell culture. In addition to CRISPR/Cas9 applications, SEC selection could replace ... system represents another leap forward for the CRISPR/Cas9 revolution!   References Streamlined Genome...
  12. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...Nature Methods. 2015 Aug 31. CRISPR-Display: A novel CRISPR technology for targeting RNA cargos...technique, called CRISPR-Display, that may help answer this difficult question. CRISPR-Display uses the...specific DNA loci. In CRISPR-Display, your RNA of interest is fused to an sgRNA used to direct Cas9 to...system provides users greater temporal control over CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome modification and gene expression...139-42. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3149. Light-inducible CRISPR-Cas9 system for endogenous gene activation Optogenetics...Nucleases, the Gersbach lab has modified the RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas9 system to create a tool that is quick, versatile...robust. Dubbed the LACE system for light-activated CRISPR-Cas9 effector, Polstein and Gersbach fused the ...
  13. Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring

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    ....org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for your research Find links to CRISPR references ... also led to the discovery of IgnaviCas9, a new CRISPR enzyme from a sample from Mound Spring in Lower...throughput and rigorous assembly. There, they found a CRISPR array in the resulting Ignavibacteriae phylum genome... genome. IgnaviCas9 is a hyperthermostable Cas9 CRISPR nuclease that is active up to 100°C.  The IgnaviCas9...temperatures for long time periods and workflows where CRISPR nuclease activity is desired and time or protocol... Learn about other Cas proteins Read all of our CRISPR blog posts Read about GeoCas9, another thermostable... protein is 1,241 amino acids long, has optimal sgRNA spacer length of 22-25 nts, and is thermostable ...
  14. A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture

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    ... the ZFNs.   Genetic Engineering Era: Post CRISPR  CRISPR The strategy of using a protein to recognize... Find more blog posts about CRISPR Learn more about the history of CRISPR Read about other genome editing...methods Resources on Addgene.org Visit our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for your research Browse plasmids...during this period.  Genetic Engineering Era: Pre-CRISPR  Having visualized and understood the DNA, the ...breakthrough in the world of genetic engineering as CRISPR-Cas editing soon replaced the protein-based DNA-binding... gene editors (meganucleases, ZFNs, TALENs, and CRISPR-Cas) is that they induce double-strand breaks (...variations in the genome.    Due to the rise of CRISPR in genetic engineering and open advertisement of...
  15. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    ...PubMed. More CRISPR-Cas9 Resources: CRISPR 101: a blog series on the basics of CRISPR-Cas technology...technology CRISPR Resources from Addgene   ... crispr...cassette encoding the cas9 gene and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) with appropriate flanking homology into a germline...don't use a DNA vector that encodes both Cas9 and sgRNA. What if I want to work with gene drives? Then do...organisms but not wild organisms. For example, an sgRNA-only drive will spread exclusively through populations...express Cas9 from an unlinked locus, while a Cas9+sgRNA drive targeting a synthetic sequence will only spread...
  16. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    ...other CRISPR reporters Browse our CRISPR blog posts Resources on Addgene.org Browse the CRISPR guide...the genome, but they’re inefficient compared to CRISPR/Cas9 edits that rely on double strand DNA breaks...converted into BFP (blue fluorescent protein) upon CRISPR/Cas9 homology directed repair (HDR) (Glasser et...Conversion: A Versatile Assay for the Quantification of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Genome Editing. Molecular Therapy...guide Find CRISPR plasmids for your research ... the BFP variant, a BE4am-Cas9 base editor, and sgRNA vectors for the BFP-to-GFP conversion and to target...cytidine base editor. The lab then introduced an sgRNA targeting the GFPACG to the cells. As expected, ...
  17. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    ...using the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME Article contributed by Aliyah Weinstein  Listen to the CRISPR podcast...require custom nucleases for each gene of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 tools have been used in immunology for in ...vitro screens of immune cell activity. However, a CRISPR-based tool for in vivo functional analysis of immune...Harvard Medical School developed a solution: CHIME, a CRISPR-Cas9 system that can edit genes in any immune lineage...lentiviral expression vector, which contains an sgRNA insert site and a reporter for tracing the engineered...editing tool on the immune system, the group inserted sgRNAs targeting various innate and adaptive immune genes...
  18. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...used for gRNA design. Read more about how to design your gRNA . Synthesize and Clone Desired gRNAs Once your...testing multiple gRNAs is a good idea for most CRISPR experiments, testing multiple pegRNA designs is particularly...plan a basic CRISPR experiment, including selecting the edit type, designing and cloning a gRNA, delivering...Design and Clone gRNA Select Expression and Delivery Validate Genetic Edit References CRISPR ( C lustered ...information on the wide range of CRISPR technologies, visit our CRISPR Guide . There are many different...framework to get you started using CRISPR in your research and setting up CRISPR experiments. We will focus on... system for Cas9 and the guide RNA (gRNA), the design of the gRNA sequence, and finally how to validate...
  19. CRISPR Guide

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    ... of unique gRNAs. gRNA design for CRISPR libraries is usually optimized to select for gRNAs with high ... Addgene Blog CRISPR topic page How to design your gRNA for CRISPR genome editing CRISPR 101: Homology... guide RNA ( gRNA or sgRNA ) and a CRISPR-associated endonuclease (Cas enzyme). The gRNA is a short synthetic...Guide CRISPR Guide Jump To: CRISPR Guide Overview CRISPR Basics Small Edits Large Edits Genome-Wide Screening...sequence present in the gRNA. Figure 1: Overview of the basic CRISPR mechanism. CRISPR was originally employed...generating gRNAs makes CRISPR one of the most scalable genome editing technologies, making CRISPR perfect...optimized gRNA for your application (see: gRNA Design Software ). In addition to an optimized gRNA design...
  20. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    ...Resources on the Addgene Blog CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9 RNA Interference in...Research Institute. When it comes to genome editing, CRISPR is a name that resonates with nearly every biologist...academic, and researcher. Among the most well-known CRISPR-associated nucleases are Cas9 and Cas12a, the heavyweights... Engineering Guide Plant Plasmids and Resources CRISPR Plasmids and Resources ...single guide RNA (sgRNA) used in Cas systems. The structure is also reminiscent of sgRNAs, with reRNA containing...
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