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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    ...retain their individual activities when separated (2), and that DBD and TAs from different systems could... Enzymol. 1983;100:293-308. PubMed PMID: 6312261. 2. Keegan, L., Gill, G., and Ptashne, M. Separation ...libraries of bait and prey against each other at the same time in order to try and access the entire interactome...the protein partner or the UAS/reporter gene, the same bait and prey libraries can be screened using both...
  5. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church...ubiquitous ones such as EF-1α and CAG. Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression... Gene isoforms refer to mRNAs generated from the same gene but with different untranslated or coding regions...transcriptional start sites, all of which yield the same BDNF protein. To demonstrate the specificity that...
  6. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ... pCRISPomyces-2 contains Cas9 and a gRNA cassette. The simpler system of pCRISPomyces-2 displays a higher...and a subsequent curing protocol that requires only 2-3 hours incubation. E. coli and T. citrea scarless...four major components including (1) a CRISPR RNA, (2) four proteins forming the QCascade DNA-targeting ...https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3043 Bikard D, Jiang W, Samai P, Hochschild A, Zhang F, Marraffini LA (2013) Programmable...
  7. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...different activators exist, including the multi-plasmid SAM system. Select Expression System To use CRISPR, you...either (1) a lack of gRNA and/or Cas9 expression or (2) a lack of efficient target cleavage in cells expressing...efficacious than gRNAs containing a C nucleotide at the same position in spite of being a perfect match for the...
  8. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    ...days before the deadline isn’t going to be much use. 2. Originality is essential for grant success The two... it’s important not to throw in the towel if 1 or 2 funding bodies say no. If possible, get feedback from...institution). Likewise, if you’re staying in the same lab where you have been working for the last few...
  9. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    ...is funded have been well documented over the past 2 years (Alberts et al, PNAS 2014; Taylor, eLife, 2016...PMID: 24733905. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC4000813. 2. Taylor, Justin Q., et al. “Avoiding a lost generation...postdocs at institutions, will be challenging. At the same time, there is much opportunity to make headway ...
  10. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    ...blood are reprogrammed immediately after collection [2]. PBMCs display unique epigenetic signatures that ...PMID: 27882265. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5118044. 2. Kim, Y., et al., The Generation of Human Induced ...blood sample, in the best-case scenario [7]. In the clinical setting where patient blood samples are limited...grade hiPSCs from easily accessible patient blood samples. All pCXLE vectors listed below in Table 1 are ...
  11. Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs

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    ... both substantial merit and national importance; (2) The foreign national must be well positioned to advance...outstanding achievements in your specific academic field, (2) that you have three 3 years of research experience..., Casseus Law suggests a mix of experts including 2 dependents –people who have worked with you i.e. your...working in October of the same year. The Industry H-1B visa is not the same as an academic H-1B visa and...individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field Evidence of original scientific...
  12. Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

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    ...everything but the CD8+ T cells (Figure 2). Even better, we can use the same fluorophore for the three lineage...     Figure 2: Dump gating labels all unwanted cell lineages with the same fluorophore to easily...FACS achieves greater purity of your sorted cell sample than MACS. An effective strategy to sort out your...different while the permeabilization solution can be the same). Examples of such targets include transcription...undesired cell populations. Dump gating uses the same color for different markers, making it easy to gate...
  13. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    ...required components are 1) a SMASh-tagged protein and 2) asunaprevir (small molecule). dTAG The degradation...gone through an additional round of evolution (AID-2) to reduce some of the leakiness associated with the...the general concept of the system has remained the same. An obvious drawback of the system is that it requires...
  14. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ...engineering methods have their own pros and cons (2). The NgAgo DNA guide is inexpensive and can be 5’...Nature biotechnology (2016). PubMed PMID: 27136078. 2. Burgess, Shawn., et al. "Questions about NgAgo." ... to deliver NgAgo ingredients into the cell, the same method used by Gao et al, 2016 (1). View the Complete...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...from GFP and the mutation definitions found in Table 2 may not apply. Table 1: The specific mutations comprising..., V163A EBFP F64L, S65T, Y66H, Y145F   Table 2: Functional role of specific mutations in GFP derivatives...that of the gene of interest, or expressed from the same transcript as the gene of interest, but after an...
  16. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    ...the chromosome, ending replication.   Figure 2: Prokaryotic chromosomal replication. Adapted from...Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews: MMBR, 62(2), 434–464. https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.62.2.434-464.1998...machinery in order to replicate—but not always to the same extent. As described in our previous Origin of Replication...proteins, it can be regulated indirectly via the same mechanisms that affect DnaA and IHF. RepA also controls...
  17. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    ...faster when using a dual guide system.   Fig. 2: Size screening for large deletion events.   ... Biol 17: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1012-2 Find more CRISPR Resources at Addgene: Read our CRISPRGuide... as a proxy for your edit of interest. Using the same gRNA and donor, you can deliver a silent mutation...to compare the sequencing reads from your edited sample to an untreated population. Software such as CRISPResso...
  18. Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting

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    ... a western, proteins are: (1) separated by size, (2) transferred to a membrane, and  (3) detected using...expensive system-specific sandwiches.   Figure 2: The western blot dry apparatus includes a stack of...thiols, to cleave disulfide bonds. Load the samples, one sample per lane, onto the top of a resolving gel...all of the proteins in a sample migrate through the stacking gel at the same pace and enter the resolving...consistent size and density present in all samples. Uneven sample loading or incomplete protein transfer ...Figure 1: Overview of the Western blot process. The sample, a mixture of protein is separated in a gel, transferred...is the first step of a western. To prepare the samples for SDS-PAGE, measure the protein content and normalize...
  19. Antibodies 101: Validation

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    ...another. You’ll need to validate that points 1 and 2 hold true under your specific experimental conditions...when (1) other strategies may not be feasible and (2) large-scale proteomic and transcriptomic datasets...antibody signal in the retinal sample, but little to no signal in the liver sample, which you do (C), so your...epitopes on the same target reduces the likelihood that both antibodies would bind to the same off-target ...to - particularly when you start using complex samples such as whole cell lysate or tissue sections. It...require variable expression of your target across samples - it is hard to distinguish between specific, invariable...there is a wealth of transcriptomic data from this sample type, so you use your bioinformatics skills (or...
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