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  1. CUT&RUN: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-DNA Interactions

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    ...interaction with limited biological materials. Problems with Chip-seq ChIP-seq typically requires a large amount...activity of a Protein A fused micrococcal nuclease (MNase) to specifically isolate DNA that is bound by...material for a ChIP-seq experiment can be a major technical hurdle.   ChIP-seq requires  cross-linking during...development using the Drosophila wing as a model. A typical ChIP-Seq experiment requires around 1,000 wings...addition of Protein A MNase. Once MNase has been localized to target sites, the nuclease is briefly activated...targeted digestion is controlled by the addition of calcium, which MNase requires for its nuclease activity...and simplification of the original technique, specifically in terms of initial steps of cell or tissue ...

  2. Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant: Accelerating Science Globally - 5 Scientists, 4 Countries & 3 Continents!

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    ...screened for toxicity against local insect pests. By developing biological agents such as insecticidal ...get tested for their potential agricultural and medical use. Find More Optogenetic Tools Like pDawn  Making... improving expression of nutritionally and therapeutically significant proteins. In this project she aims...insecticidal proteins, the use of chemical pesticides may be avoided or decreased. Biosensors for herbicide detection...one of the reaction’s metabolites. One useful genetically encoded H2O2 probe is pQE-30-HyPer3 (2) which...working in a wide range of research fields and geographical locations. We are excited to see how all of ...et al. “Endophytes as sources of antibiotic” Biochemical Pharmacology 2017 Jun 15;134:1-17. PubMed PMID...

  3. Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names

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    ... well as neural development. Specifically, SHH is a morphogen, a chemical signal that diffuses down a ...exhibit abnormal segmentation during embryogenesis. Typically, regularly spaced denticles (bristles) outline...on the spindle of a spinning wheel but also a biological transposon system. Sleeping Beauty is a synthetic... cellular contraction You may think that a gene called "spaghetti squash" originated from the squash itself...contract depending on the context. Contraction is critical for processes such as cell movement/motility, ...or dead cells (Jiang and White-Cooper, 2003). Why call a gene required for spermatogenesis after a Sesame...mesoderm, is necessary to activate bagpipe which is localized to segmental clusters of the mesoderm. This subdivision...

  4. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...Immunoprecipitation Overview An immunoprecipitation reaction is typically carried out in one of two ways. Both methods utilize.... 2) An antibody immobilized on a bead binds specifically to the blue triangle protein but not the other... to the process of anchoring an antibody, often called the capture antibody, to agarose or magnetic beads... or magnetic beads with commercially available chemical agents. Directly conjugating the primary antibody...interactions To prepare for an IP, samples are typically lysed in a non-denaturing buffer containing non-ionic...sample to remove any proteins that may interact nonspecifically with the capture antibody or Protein A/G. To...interaction and/or the downstream application. Typically, if the target protein will be detected in a Western...

  5. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    ...order in which specific chemical inputs are received by a cell. These so-called recombinase-based state...light and chemicals respectively. Didem Goz Aytruk from Connie Cepko’s Lab at Harvard Medical School describes...although fluorescent proteins are incredibly useful, chemical fluorophores can still be used in a wide variety...variety of experiments. Read more to find chemical fluorophores for your next experiment. Nucleic acid based...report upon and/or engineer “temporally ordered biochemical events” such as those that occur during development...to pH changes without the need for ATP or other chemical fuel sources.” In her work, Dr. Polka made R-body...repression of different genes in a single cell, and localization of a fluorescent signal to your target gene....

  6. HA Frankenbody, a New Imaging Tool to Visualize Single Molecules and Nascent Peptides

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    ...Different antibodies bind different protein sequences called epitopes and scientists can use these to tag their...lab used an alternative strategy to develop a genetically encoded antibody based probe that detects the... epitope in diverse cellular environments. They called this probe the HA frankenbody (Zhao et al., 2019...targets, the scientists fused them to sequences called complementarity determining regions (CDRs, or loops...concept experiment the Stasevich lab observed colocalization of GFP tagged HA frankenbody with an mCherry...meaning that scientists can track the movement and localization of single HA-tagged molecules over time.  The... Inbar, D., Hochman, J., & Givol, D. (1972). Localization of antibody-combining sites within the variable...

  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...by fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy." Biophysical journal 91.11 (2006): 4258-4272....Berlin, Shai, et al. "Photoactivatable genetically encoded calcium indicators for targeted neuronal imaging...tag cellular proteins and investigate protein localization, interaction, and expression. However, one caveat...oligomerize, disrupting cellular function and localization, or leading to protein aggregation. Another ...important applications for PA-FPs involve enhancing optical live imaging of proteins, organelles, and cells...proteins, scientists can track single protein localization, turnover, and trafficking, as well as organelle...new imaging methods, including photoactivation-localization microscopy (PALM, also FPALM) (11). For PALM...

  8. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    ...run it? And, most importantly, what are the methodological and experimental limitations and considerations...numerous scientists at NIDA and some of the practicalities and considerations you may not find in the ...stimulate 2) Fabrication and implantation of the optical fiber into the region of interest 3) Behavioral...region and cell type of interest is obviously of critical importance to any optogenetic experiment. There...pioneered the development of optogenetics, has genetically manipulated a number of the opsin genes to alter...your opsin  The standard opsin delivery method is local injection of an adeno-associated viral (AAV) construct... or more mice and the injections must be near identical for all of these surgeries. Identify coordinates...

  9. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    ...MSDS for a lab chemical of choice. Now, I can’t guarantee every reagent in your chemical closet is in this...tried to find an app that could help me with calculations. This is how I came across the Gibco Cell Culture...culture and include a counter, lab timer, dilution calculator, and a couple of other nice features. This app...sequence for your enzyme of interest. Lastly, the Tm calculator helps you set up an optimal PCR depending on ...enzyme sequence resource is universally useful. 4. Chemical Safety Data Sheets by ThatsMyStapler Safety always...experiments. Hence, I’m including this MSDS app. The Chemical Safety Data Sheets app has a search function that... if you get quizzed randomly about a hazardous chemical and can’t find your lab’s MSDS book, this is a...

  10. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ...Belarusian State University Series of Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Biology Sciences. 9.1 (...genomic modification. This technique is frequently called allelic exchange. Here, a mutated allele introduced...: The initial plasmid integration step (the so-called “single crossover”) which results in a merodiploid...They hypothesized that genes that had evolved specifically for toxicity would allow stronger counter-selection...system is well-characterized and quite tight (Giacalone et al., 2006). The Chen lab demonstrated excellent...synthetic ribosome binding site (using the online calculator from the Salis group) (Espah Borujeni et al.,...from TP997). We validated these vectors, which we call “pTOX” in a broad group of Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae...

  11. March for Science

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    ...general (1). Science and politics? Science is an apolitical process for seeking knowledge. The process begins... again. No part of this process is inherently political so why is there a march in Washington, D.C., the...States government? Politics and science are intrinsically linked: governments exist in reality and science...as evidence of climate change, the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the absence of a link... it.  3) Linking scientists to one particular political party while alienating the other While scientists... yet research shows that thoughts on some non-political issues are split along party lines (18). Feeling...alternative. Inclusion of data informing policy specifically related to the following subjects: Climate ...

  12. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    .... Lajoie, Marc J., et al. "Genomically recoded organisms expand biological functions." Science 342.6156...phosphorylation events on the activity of a given protein? Classical methods for studying protein phosphorylation A...plasmid. This includes 4 copies of a tRNA that specifically recognizes amber stop codons (TGA) to encode...effects on cell growth. The C321.ΔA strain was genomically recoded to eliminate all 321 amber stop codons...strain, TAG is an ‘open’ codon, which can be specifically recognized by the Sep-tRNA. 3. An expression...specific phosphoserine residue at this position. Practical tips for your experiments To generate as much ...containing Phos-Tag, a small molecule that binds specifically to phosphate moieties and promotes a robust ...

  13. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...methods including both chemical and physical methods in the lab. Chemicals like calcium phosphate and diethylaminoehtyl...competent through chemical manipulation in the lab. This is commonly done using calcium chloride which permeabilizes...also use electroporation, the application of an electrical charge to cells, to increase cell membrane permeability...contact. The donor bacterium contains a DNA sequence called the Fertility factor (F-factor). The F-factor is...easily cross the negatively charged cell membrane. Physical methods such as electroporation or microinjection...cells. Electroporation on the other hand uses electrical pulses to create transient pores in the cell ...

  14. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...almost always epigenetically silenced, but dysregulation of these systems can lead to local dsRNA production... DNA – right? RNA performs almost all of its biological functions in our cells in the single strand form...machinery of the host. This pathway has been clinically exploited for antiviral purposes similar to that...sequence. Once a compatible sequence is found (typically RNA that the RNAi is designed against), RISC can...target mRNA. These RNA tools have been used in clinical therapy to target pathogenic proteins, as well...and insecticides, an advancement over previous chemical versions with toxicity to many organisms. ...transcription of their circularized DNA. These dsRNAs are typically contained within the mitochondria, barring a loss...

  15. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...detect mRNA from 10 bacteria of clinical significance and four clinically relevant host biomarkers. The ...microbiome with sequencing is vast, the ability to genetically alter microbiome members is limited and many ...at Columbia University developed a method for genetically altering gut microbiome members in their native...native habitat (Ronda et al., 2019). They called their method Metagenomic Alteration of Gut microbiome by... analyze gut microbiota and host biomarkers In clinical and diagnostic labs, deep sequencing and qPCR ...large number of microbiome samples. To enable large-scale, longitudinal studies of the gut microbiome, James...The lab validated their platform on clinical stool samples by comparison to qPCR and demonstrated that it...

  16. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...fluorescent genetically encoded voltage indicator Article contributed by Shreya Vedantam Genetically encoded... for its biotechnological applications including conversion of CO2 into water and electrical energy generation...can be reconstituted in vivo to form a protein identical in sequence to the unmodified enzyme. Each half...tested the base editors in vivo and achieved therapeutically relevant editing efficiencies in the mouse ... base editors at Addgene. Levy et al., Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2020. PubMed PMID: 31937940. Detection...single action potentials and further studies of optical neural circuit manipulations when combined with...fusion proteins separate, inactivating Cre. This is critical for reducing Cre toxicity in long-term experiments...

  17. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ...ability to specifically recognize and bind proteins. They’re used in a number of research and clinical applications...Instead, we're going to focus on what I'm going to call "alternative affinity reagents" - everything from... of the antibody’s ‘Y’. They are often used in clinical applications. Fab fragments can be created in ...other (Shahied, 2004). They are often used for clinical applications, including imaging.  Diabodies are... from a camelid antibody lacking a light chain, called a heavy chain antibody (Muyldermans S., 2013). ...Designed ankyrin repeat proteins, or DARPins, are genetically engineered small affinity proteins, around 14...proteins known as ankyrin repeat proteins. DARPins typically consist of 3-4 repeats, have high specificity ...

  18. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    ... the practical aspects of testing samples in the lab, but I really struggled with the large scale data... this summer position as I felt I needed more practical lab experience to later gain a full time position...really enjoyed some aspects of the work, such as physically carrying out experiments like PCR and running...least 3 months experience working in a developing tropical country. This is why I set up a placement working...first aid. This really allowed me to see the practicalities of working in the field with the most basic...Masters, because tuition fees had just gone up dramatically and, in England, you could not receive government...carry out my dissertation research in a lab in California. I felt then, and still feel now, that it is ...

  19. Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)

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    ...accurately calculate the protein concentration of any experimental wells in that range of optical densities.... When an ELISA kit is ordered, the wells are typically already coated with the antibody. Then, you add...process is the addition of a detection antibody (typically a monoclonal antibody) that also recognizes the... of enzyme present in the well and is used to calculate the amount of your protein of interest that is...is present. Using a Standard Curve To do that calculation, you’ll need to include a standard curve in your...concentrations of your protein of interest. The optical density (OD) - the measure of light absorbed by...samples can then be plotted along this line to calculate the protein concentration. Image from Jagarlamudi...

  20. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    ...et. al.). Physical versus functional titer Viral titers usually come in two flavors, physical or functional...the target cell’s genome. Physical titer The two most common assays for physical titer are direct p24 measurements...functional. Physical titers measure the amount of viral particles in a sample and are usually based on the...produced can actually infect cells. These assays typically involve infecting a target cell line with your...methods tend to be more accurate than measuring physical titer, there is a risk that they may underestimate...target gene. Developing the proper control line typically requires transducing with a limiting multiplicity...will the target cell type used. Therefore, it is critical that standard conditions be used when comparing...
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