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  1. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...coupled with heterotrimeric G proteins on the intracellular side of the cell membrane. Heterotrimeric G proteins...in signal transduction pathways and consist of a trimer of three subunits: alpha (Gα), beta (Gβ), and gamma...the GPCR allows for binding of a new inactive heterotrimeric G protein complex and subsequently another ...elucidate the role of 14 of the 16 non-visual heterotrimeric G proteins that can be activated downstream... alpha, 2 beta, and 4 gamma subunits of the heterotrimeric G protein complex that can be used to detect...

  2. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    ...construct for C. elegans gene knockdown Article contributed by Alyssa Cecchetelli  Listen to the C. elegans... labeling with TurboID and miniTurbo Article contributed by Eric Perkins  Listen to the TurboID and miniTurbo...compartments is via proteomics--the study of the distribution and interactions of proteins within these structures...small-molecule substrate to map the spatiotemporal distribution and interaction networks of specific proteins...Changing the way we detect viral outbreaks Article contributed by Izzy Mueller  Listen to the viral detection... reveals novel peptide ligand motifs Article contributed by Michael Lemieux  Listen to the SH3 domain ...

  3. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    ...your cloning strategy: Restriction enzyme digestion Be mindful of the restriction enzymes you chose. Make...This post was contributed by Oskar Laur, head of the custom cloning core at Emory University, and Paolo...which technique you are going to adopt (i.e. restriction cloning, Gibson Assembly, Golden Gate etc.), ... fragments of the size you expect, check the restriction pattern of the enzymes you chose, and verify ...hopefully have some new strategies to tackle that tricky cloning project. Good luck with your experiment...

  4. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...translation by sequestering the RBS, but binding of the “trigger RNA” (in this case, biomarker RNA or 16S rRNA isolated...can also detect expression of toxin mRNA from Clostridium difficile. As mRNA expression cannot be identified...fluorescent markers to visualize localization and distribution of gut bacteria without fixation or preparation... count cell divisions. The technique, called distributed cell division counting (DCDC), relies on the ... for both in vitro and in vivo studies. Find distributed cell division counting plasmids here References...PMCID: PMC2752045. Myhrvold, Cameron, et al. "A distributed cell division counter reveals growth dynamics...

  5. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    ...March 2015, Addgene reached the 500,000 plasmids distributed milestone! We were thrilled to see the impact...one plasmid deposited at Addgene that has been distributed more than 100 times.   “I really like this award... labs worldwide use our plasmids. I hope they contribute to great discoveries!” — Julien Béthune, Professor...Flame Award on Bluesky. In 2016, we also began distributing ready-to-use viral vectors from some of our ...supportive educational resources. By 2017, we had distributed 1,000 ready-to-use viral vector preps. Today,...citations of individual items in our repository, a tribute to how many discoveries have been made because ...

  6. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    ... added level of confidence in the plasmids we distribute through our quality control processes. Every ... Addgene, we collect data on every plasmid we distribute through our deposit process, and then we carefully...functional mutations, antibiotic resistance, restriction sites used during cloning, and most importantly...sequencing reactions in parallel. We have a few tricks to simplify the process. First, nearly all of our...sequencing from the exact same stock that we store and distribute from. Of course, your culture should always be...sequencing reads? Tell us your favorite sequencing tricks in the comments section below.  Additional Resources...

  7. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    ... caps, compatible with your centrifugation speed, to cover the centrifuge bins. These have to be added...okay to add another level of protection! When centrifuging viruses (a necessary step during production)...significant risk for aerosol contamination. As most centrifugation has to be done outside of a biosafety cabinet... and removed in a biosafety cabinet. For ultracentrifugation, heat sealed tubes can be used for extra ... spinning down lentivirus, you’ll need to use centrifuge bin covers, which you should open in the biosafety...

  8. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...183 gene therapy trials (http://www.abedia.com/wiley/vectors.php). These clinical trials have been directed...This post was contributed by guest blogger Harshana S De Silva Feelixge. Gene therapy technologies ...gene therapies from conceptual design to clinical trials involve identifying a therapeutic gene, finding...most naturally occurring viruses used in clinical trials, wild type AAV is not associated with any pathogenicity...While basic research and other ongoing clinical trials support the utility of AAV as a broadly applicable...

  9. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    ...science has become increasingly restricted to academic and industrial labs, but recently there has been ...The following post was contributed by Derek Jacoby from Makerspace Victoria, CA Over the decades science...possible that we’ll find something interesting and contribute it back to the kittybiome project, but the primary...generally funded on a membership model - everyone contributes each month - with only occasional supplementation...would otherwise be discarded. For instance, the centrifuge in the picture had a broken controller and would...

  10. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    ...volume of lysate passed over the binding matrix could clog the matrix when performing filter based plasmid...DNA to verify your plasmid via sequencing or restriction digest. Chances are, you’ll even have DNA left...media You can achieve higher cell density using a nutrient-rich broth such as Terrific Broth, 2xYT, or a ...longer growth time. Note: Julian Taylor-Parker contributed to the writing of this post. Additional Resources...Transformation Learn How to Perform a Diagnostic Restriction Digest Additional Resources Sigma-Aldrich Introduction...

  11. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...commercial lateral flow strips, similar to pregnancy tests. With lateral flow strips, the presence of your...determined by the number of bands present on the strip. This type of readout allows for nucleic acid detection...detection almost anywhere as lateral flow strips are easy to transport and work rapidly, providing reliable...platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 using a lateral flow strip format. They published this in Nature Biotechnology... validation studies.     Jennifer Tsang contributed to updating this article. References Abudayyeh...

  12. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...subjected to quality control by Addgene before being distributed to customers. Details about our production protocols...control are described below. AAV Production AAV distributed by Addgene has been produced either in-house ...preparations are purified by iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation and concentrated to purity and titers adequate...preparations is assayed by comparing the relative stoichiometric ratios of the viral capsid proteins VP1, VP2...containing lentivirus is first cleared by low-speed centrifugation and then by filtration through a 0.45 µm polyethersulfone...in 10% polyethylene glycol (PEG) followed by centrifugation. Precipitated pellets containing viral particles...

  13. New Videos: Addgene Lab Tips

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    ...Glove trick Putting on lab gloves can sometimes be annoying. To make it easier, try this quick trick. Just...Addgene has distributed over 800,000 plasmids since 2004. In that time, our lab has gotten a lot experience...Just flip, and press! Lab tip #2: Tube flick trick When combining reagents in the lab, it is important...several times. This will help ensure ensure equal distribution. Lab tip #3: Barcode everything Use barcodes...

  14. Twenty Years of Sharing Science!

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    ...from 5,821 labs in 1,249 institutions across 55 countries.  Our first request was on September 8, 2004 (...pcDNA-p160MBP, if you're curious.) Since then, we've distributed 2,002,539 materials to 254,034 scientists in ...in 8,900 institutions across 111 countries. Just eight days into 2024, we've already shipped 2,078 items...scientists at 375 organizations in 21 different countries. It's safe to say we keep our shipping team busy...international community, we've partnered with distributors in China, Korea, Japan, India, and Brazil.  ...

  15. Find and Share AAV Data with Addgene's New AAV Data Hub

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    ...publication and we have already collected over 100 entries spanning six different species and dozens of different...tool hM4D(Gi) driven by a GFAP promoter in rat. Contribute your AAV data Just like Addgene’s plasmid repository.... We are grateful to the scientists who have contributed data so far and we encourage you to submit data...the data hub website as a thank you for your contribution to open science.  Please note that the AAV Data... currently only accepting data for materials distributed by Addgene.  Future directions As the AAV Data...

  16. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    ...This post was contributed by guest blogger Joachim Goedart, an assistant professor at the Section of ...several ways to measure stickiness. In vitro, ultracentrifugation or gel filtration is the most common analytical...mScarlet-tubulin (Plasmid #85045). We often use restriction enzymes in the multiple cloning site for generating...Bendezú et al., 2015) and the alpha subunit of heterotrimeric G-proteins (Janetopoulos et al., 2001, Adjobo-Hermans...Merel JW, et al. "Real-time visualization of heterotrimeric G protein Gq activation in living cells." BMC...Devreotes. "Receptor-mediated activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins in living cells." Science 291.5512...

  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ...This post was contributed by guest blogger Joachim Goedart, an assistant professor at the Section of ...genetically encoded fluorescent probe. Several factors contribute to the popularity of GFP including (i) fast and... mutation (A206K) is necessary to generate the strictly monomeric EGFP variant, mEGFP (Zacharias et al... bind the molecule of interest. For instance, pleckstrin homology domains can be used to detect specific...have successfully generated several functional heterotrimeric G-alpha subunit fusions that do not tolerate...Merel JW, et al. "Real-time visualization of heterotrimeric G protein Gq activation in living cells." BMC...

  18. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    ...screen using PCR and a restriction enzyme digest.   Fig. 3: Restriction enzyme screening for resistivity...of your experiment for a screening strategy. Restriction enzyme screening is sensitive to single base ...changes, but the edit must occur at an existing restriction enzyme recognition sequence or generate a new... but your edit doesn’t affect any endogenous restriction enzyme sites? Never fear! You can introduce a...silent mutation should be designed solely for restriction enzyme sensitivity or resistivity, and thus be...

  19. 2022 and 2023: Reflections and Looking Forward

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    ...forward to in 2023 and beyond. Last year, we distributed 165,000 plasmids, including 27,000 CRISPR plasmids...and general-use antibodies, is available in both trial- and full-size, with assay-supported recommended...our website saw 2.2 million visitors from 231 countries. Guides and protocols were our most popular content... million page views from visitors in over 200 countries. We, like everyone around the world, are learning...research community through sharing science and distributing high-quality materials and information. As a...

  20. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    ...When performing restriction digests on plasmids at Addgene, we sometimes observe something odd in our...various multimeric forms (e.g. concatemers, dimers, trimers, tetramers). Since then, multimerization has been...themselves cannot be used to detect multimers, since restriction sites in multimers usually repeat in tandem along...DNA without changing the size. As a result, a restriction digest of multimers will produce the same fragment...sample, you could try linearizing the plasmid via restriction digestion and then run the linearized plasmid...eBookAddgene's Molecular Biology ReferenceAddgene's Restriction Digest Protocol More resources on the Addgene...
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