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TypeBlog Post...production, assembled AAV vector particles accumulate inside the producer cells and purification protocols often...the outside surface of the exosome or are carried inside the vesicle, which may also contain other cellular...
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Trading Spaces - Visiting Scientist Edition
TypeBlog Post...new institute and mentor that they may want to consider for future work placements. The chance to learn... expectations are reasonable, your reagents are onsite before you need them, and you are set up for success... -
K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog Post...model yeast strain and discuss why you may want to consider a yeast off the beaten path. Yeast as a model...for your media buck - it grows at higher cell densities than most of its counterparts, yielding higher... -
FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database
TypeBlog Post... Addgene blog – outlining various important considerations when choosing a FP, but much of the primary... (PostgreSQL), that aims to eventually be a comprehensive community resource for information about fluorescent... -
Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level
TypeBlog Post...Although highly useful, this technique requires extensive sample processing to avoid disrupting ribosome-mRNA...protein levels were negatively correlated with GFP intensity, showing that TRICK is an accurate readout of ... -
Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors
TypeBlog Post...sample. The second sensor is a fusion protein consisting of sfGFP fused to a His-tagged ABC transporter... to make her work understandable to people both inside and outside the scientific community. We’re excited... -
How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It
TypeBlog Post... However, the pH changes in our solutions are transient and return to normal once the tube is opened and...restored. We have no evidence to suggest that the transient change in pH affects AAV function. Furthermore... -
Science Career Options
TypeBlog Post...computer programming skills? Other things to consider are wage, opportunity to advance, and how many...jobs are normally available (as sectors such as forensics currently have too many applicants compared to... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog Post...manipulate neural populations in order to get new insights into functional network interactions. Combining...bacterial strain. The sensor will be transported inside a small 3D printed robot that will “swim” in the... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog Post...site of that. 3. Stem cell science is hard, and expensive Dr. Yamanaka explained that it took 50 people ...technologies, stem cell techniques are neither fast nor inexpensive. After talking to numerous poster presenters... -
R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools
TypeBlog Post...fluorescent protein fusions allowed us to image R bodies inside cells, and these constructs may be useful to future... S., Schleifer, K.-H., Verni, F. & Rosati, G. Defensive extrusive ectosymbionts of Euplotidium (Ciliophora... -
Components of CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR/Cas systems have a variety of enzymes responsible for processing foreign DNA as well as the RNA...historical notes CRISPR arrays in bacterial genomes consist of repeated elements separated by unique sequences... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog Post...is an extremely useful technique that provides insight into protein:DNA interactions. ChIP works by using...exploring these interactions, and can give valuable insight into DNA expression and protein interactions, including... -
Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2
TypeBlog Post... effects. However, these methods can be labor intensive and quite time consuming. As Cas9/gRNA activity...several systems to do this but most are labor-intensive, require multiple fluorescent proteins, and aren... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog Post...Base editors make specific DNA base changes and consist of a catalytically impaired Cas protein (dCas or... to base editor activity and editing speed and consists of the following components: A plasmid in the... -
Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification
TypeBlog Post...a nanobody. AsLOV2 is a light-oxygen-voltage sensing domain from the oat plant (Avena sativa). In darkness... of more OptoNBs would allow for more uses both inside and outside cells. References Gil, Agnieszka ... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
TypeBlog Post... ultrasound contrast. At a very low volumetric density and with a resolution of less than 100 µm, the ...probable mature human miRNAs. Weiss’s collection consists of a library of reporter plasmids, each containing... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog Post...the displaced strand. Figure 1: EvolvR consists of an error-prone polymerase (PolI) that is fused...provide a better understanding of the key residues responsible for this protein-drug interaction. The Dueber... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists
TypeBlog Post...selected to participate on this panel, but my consistent writing for the Addgene blog (~1-2 blog posts...social media, but how you use social media to consistently engage with others about your topic(s) of interest... -
Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog Post...; or by incomplete PCR, which skips the final extension step to retain products with single-stranded overhangs...assembly is cost, as T4 polymerase is much less expensive than the enzymes required for Gibson assembly.... -
CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes
TypeBlog Post...Cas enzymes and variants available. Without a comprehensive resource, it can be overwhelming to choose a...resources throughout the site. In the Experimental Considerations section on each enzyme page, you'll find a ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications
TypeBlog Post...integrated into the genome of the target cell or transiently expressed. It’s important to note that for all...vector can express your construct in target cells transiently or constitutively depending on the virus used... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies
TypeBlog Post...Addgene also has a number of insect vectors to consider. An easy way to see what is available is to browse...transgenic fly There are a few important points to consider when choosing the vector you’d like to use to ... -
Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection
TypeBlog Post...described in this publication We also wrote an extensive review on the exciting new field we call “precision...approach: Phenotypic Characterization of a Comprehensive Set of MAPK1/ERK2 Missense Mutants. Brenan L... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog Post...And there are the usual transfection drawbacks: transient expression and needing to work with a transfectable...For cloning, Zetsche et al used four oligos that consist of direct repeats and crRNA. Similar to a jigsaw... -
Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
TypeBlog Post...monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between experiments...pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry Our current AAV inventory consists almost entirely of viruses expressing DREADDs ... -
Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones
TypeBlog Post...inefficiently that no industrial operation would ever consider them worth the trouble. Enter ELSA: E. coli Learning...for research. We’ve also involved ourselves in extensive outreach programs to encourage and embolden the... -
Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes
TypeBlog Post... and gotten unusual or unexpected results? Or considered why DpnI will degrade your template DNA from ...level, the potential for methylation should be considered when digesting DNA. Why? Well, even though Dam... -
Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers
TypeBlog Post... in the human genome. The pair has focused considerable attention on transcription factors, starting... Myers: Only a small percentage of the proteins inside a cell have a commercial antibody against them.... -
What's New in CRISPR - November 2021
TypeBlog Post...increase activity and decrease the gRNA size by intensively remodelling the gRNA scaffold through five rounds...tools, the desired edits are templated by the 3′ extension of the pegRNAs. PEDAR is capable of correcting... -
Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist
TypeBlog Post...your network. If someone has connected with me, I consider them fair game for connecting to others. Pro ...including and especially the hiring manager. This is considered intrusive and it’s still connecting with a stranger... -
Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment
TypeBlog Post...Streak on them an E. coli strain known to be sensitive to that antibiotic, and if the strain is growing...positive clone after these steps, you might want to reconsider your approach, and try a different cloning strategy... -
The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team
TypeBlog Post... transport miRNA from drug-resistant cells to sensitive ones. Though this process is not fully understood...malignancy, concluding that these cells may be considered "natural tumor suppressors." A growing interest... -
Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
TypeBlog Post...phosphorylated MEK1/2 levels, suggesting PP1/PP2A is responsible for this MEK1/2 negative feedback. 3. Studying...Silvia Carrasco, and Markus W. Covert. "High-Sensitivity Measurements of Multiple Kinase Activities in... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency
TypeBlog Post...be used to measure your fluorescent protein’s propensity to aggregate. The basics and pitfalls of these... the best way to test a fluorescent protein’s propensity to homodimerize. Several studies have used the... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog Post...even come [to grad school]!” He asked if she had considered other careers, which she hadn’t. He then said.... “I was lucky to have been able to make that transition really smoothly,” says Susan. After being in ... -
Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning
TypeBlog Post...toxin-antitoxin system encoded by the ccd operon, which is responsible for plasmid maintenance during cell division....E. coli do not contain the F plasmid (and are considered F-); however, there are a few popular lab strains... -
Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP
TypeBlog Post...naturally in camels, consist of a single heavy chain, and they are small and stable inside cells. Nanobodies... -
New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library
TypeBlog Post...abundance before and after a treatment. The library consists of a pool of lentiviral vectors with roughly 73...populations, they found that similar barcodes consistently made up the majority of the resistant populations... -
AAV ddPCR Titration
TypeProtocol... 10% bleach. Safety Warnings AAV is generally considered biosafety level 1 but may require BSL-2 handling...45° angle. Count to 20 while slowly and gently dispensing the droplets down the side of the tube. Place... 95 10 2 1 Denaturation 95 0.5 2 50 Annealing/Extension 60 1 2 50 Signal Stabilization 98 10 2 1 Hold ... should be close to zero (B08). At Addgene, we consider runs with an NTC > 10 to be invalid. To reduce... -
Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody
TypeBlog Post...scientists to confidently choose reliable and consistent antibodies for specific markers. The Screening...production methods NeuroMab and others have an extensive library of monoclonal antibodies; Addgene collaborates... -
Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post... toolkit from Benjamin Field’s lab. Special Considerations There are a few special exceptions to the usual...constructs or certain cell environments). Also consider that a protein fusion may disrupt functionality... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog Post... Let me leave you with a few practical considerations: Design your gRNA to overlap the CpG of interest...interest. Having the CpG directly inside the gRNA sequence is a great guarantee that DNMT1 will be blocked... -
Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them
TypeBlog Post...Polyclonal antibodies are produced in animals and consist of a mixture of antibodies recognizing many different...hybridomas. First, the long-term stability, consistency between batches, and molecular definition of ... -
Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene
TypeBlog Post... example, the CAG promoter, a hybrid promoter consisting of a CMV enhancer, chicken beta actin promoter...any template DNA and primers. After performing extensive QC on that sample, we’ll then load it on to our... -
Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
TypeBlog Post...and mice with Nanoblades CRISPR has also been extensively used to create transgenic mice by microinjecting...post Resources on Addgene.org Check out our comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice
TypeBlog Post...Special breeding cases Whether your mouse colony consists of genetically engineered mice with a single mutation...strains that have been crossed, there are many considerations for effectively breeding your mice. Because... -
Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots
TypeBlog Post...abundance of your targets isn’t too different, consider antibody affinity: stronger binding antibodies...membranes recommend re-wetting with methanol before rinsing with wash buffer, as dry PVDF won’t evenly re-absorb... -
Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics
TypeBlog Post... crossing the blood-brain barrier. Another consideration when picking ligands for chemogenetic studies...response you aim to manipulate. It is important to consider that the same receptor can elicit different responses... -
Engaging with science and society at pgEd
TypeBlog Post...institutions. The conversations often move quickly into sensitive topics and uncomfortable places, from sticky ethical...rapidly changing landscape of genetics and our consistent stream of events mean that there is never a dull...