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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...
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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... -
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog Post...lack all viral genes, including those that are responsible for integration into host chromosomes, further...to other gene delivery tools that are under consideration, recent advancements in various AAV technologies... -
Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR
TypeBlog Post...the ‘quality’ of the gRNA sequence, including propensity for off-targets, secondary structures, etc., ...more pan-genome PAM flexibility, you’ll want to consider one of several Cas9s that recognize NG PAMs. The... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog Post...in different fields that can provide different insight into an area - not just working within the established...collaborators can also help you get some critical insight into what you're doing wrong. All this helps to... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog Post...using bacterial phage vectors with CRISPR/cas9 sensitizing gene cassettes. Thse vectors are engineered to...genes in the bacteria thus making the bacteria sensitive to known antibotics. These might be used on hospital... -
Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization
TypeBlog Post...strengths and work effectively. Leadership responsibilities Being a leader in an organization, you need... different hats and came to understand the responsibilities that come with leadership. The NPA was a great... -
Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)
TypeBlog Post... a company. Revolution Bioengineering is two responsible adults in their 30s who have quit their academic...below. We’re happy to answer questions about this transition (so far) and what we’ve learned. Thank you ... -
AAV Production in HEK293 Cells
TypeProtocol... through a 0.22 μm membrane. Store at 4 °C. Considerations Before You Start The health of the HEK293T ...vigorously multiple times to obtain a single cell suspension (no clumps of cells). Pool cells from 2 x T-175...forth or shake vigorously to obtain a single cell suspension (no clumps). Count cells using a hemocytometer...above. Add 50 units of benzonase per mL of viral suspension (you should have ~18 mL from steps 12 & 13). ... -
Of Myc and Men
TypeBlog Post...epitope, a phenomenon known as sequence context sensitivity (Schüchner, et al. 2020). In their study, some... newer Myc-tag antibodies appeared to be less sensitive to sequence context. So, do Schüchner, et al... -
Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3
TypeBlog Post... increase efficiency of these systems, though consistent expression can still be a challenge. A multitasking...powerful than it is. The nuclease domain of Cas3 is considered weak, especially compared to the power of Cas9... -
Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)
TypeBlog Post...primarily found in the culture media, you should consider performing PEG precipitation. Instead of sonicating...solutions are carefully layered and then the viral suspension generated during AAV production is overlaid. ... -
10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture
TypeBlog Post...normally lies around 7.35-7.4 so mammalian cells are sensitive to pH. Anything between orange and light orange...Additional passages will allow your cells to achieve a consistent growth rate. For every minute spent organizing... -
Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria
TypeBlog Post..., cultures treated with a folA gRNA were more sensitive to trimethoprim when compared to control gRNA ...for trimethoprim, there would be no changes in sensitivity. Pooled knockdowns are also possible with Mobile-CRISPRi... -
3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9
TypeBlog Post... 3-D path of the protein’s backbone in three-dimensional space, but their flexible and jiggly nature suggested...structure into experimentally determined electron density, have been known to say something silly like “See... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation
TypeBlog Post...which way your population needs to be shifted, consider your perpendicular lines. In this case, the population...applying very large compensation values (100+), consider what two markers your fluorescent markers are ... -
Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
TypeBlog Post...nuclease-null—in order to effect different perturbations. Consider, for instance, the challenge of attempting to ...alterations can be exploited to quickly and inexpensively generate a potent Cas9-based transcriptional... -
Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids
TypeBlog Post...can survive positive selection, but it will be sensitive to negative selection. Remove the positive selection...creating knockout animals or cell lines, please consider sharing them by depositing with Addgene! Figures... -
Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community
TypeBlog Post...suppressors, and their protein products. Proto-oncogenes consist of a group of genes/proteins that, when expressed...Ian A., Paul D. Lewis, and Carla Mattos. "A comprehensive survey of Ras mutations in cancer." Cancer research... -
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy
TypeBlog Post... capture large field-of-views (6). For more comprehensive reviews on several other LSFM configurations...Bradke laboratories later developed the 3DISCO (3-dimensional imaging of solvent cleared organs) method of ... -
Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments
TypeBlog Post...deposited by David Root of the Broad Institute) has consistently been one of the repository’s most frequently...Rory Macneil on Bitesize Bio Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications by Jim... -
Lentivirus ddPCR Titration
TypeProtocol...bleach. Safety Warnings Lentivirus is generally considered biosafety level 2+. Please ensure that you are... media and 11.1 µg/mL Polybrene. Mix the cell suspension well before seeding. Mix each well with a 1 mL...45° angle. Count to 20 while slowly and gently dispensing the droplets down the side of the tube. Place... 95 10 2 1 Denaturation 94 0.5 2 40 Annealing/Extension 60 1 2 40 Enzyme Deactivation 98 10 2 1 Hold 4... -
Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy
TypeBlog Post...expression Whether BiFC constructs are expressed transiently by transfection or stably impacts the success...independent of PPIs. Simply compare the fluorescence intensity of your BiFC constructs to your negative control... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog Post...enzymes do not contain the RuvC and HNH domains responsible for DNA cleavage, so they cannot directly edit.... PspCas13b does not require a PFS, and it is sensitive to mismatches in target RNA from bases 12-26 of... -
Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”
TypeBlog Post...biologist--as an example of “big science,” a massive, expensive project that required collaboration from scientists...five Addgene colleagues who read it with me, the consistent response from scientist and non-scientist alike... -
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
TypeBlog Post...students. But he also found that his teaching responsibilities left him with limited time for one-on-one ...notes the importance of acknowledging student apprehensions about “failure” (protocols not working, hypotheses... -
What’s in Your Tube?: A Quick Guide to Measuring DNA by Spectrophotometry
TypeBlog Post... Tris-buffered solution tends to produce more consistent readings — just be sure it is compatible with...these long enough? There are, of course, more considerations and other approaches for measuring DNA quantity... -
New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries
TypeBlog Post...human CRISPRko sgRNA library The Brunello library consists of 77,441 sgRNAs with an average of 4 sgRNAs per...Mediator) uses an improved activator design that consists of inactive Cas9-VP64, a sgRNA with two MS2 RNA... -
Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research
TypeBlog Post...connections between biology and ancestral groups or, by extension, race. Many researchers do large-scale CRISPR ...potential for bias but to actively look for and consider bias as a confounding factor when interpreting... -
Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation
TypeBlog Post...For these reasons, we are in the process of transitioning our titering method from qPCR to ddPCR. Droplet...titer your AAV by ddPCR. Droplet digital PCR is a sensitive assay, so cross contamination into a no template... -
Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!
TypeBlog Post...category, will leave us with a single plasmid to consider. If you get this far and realize you need to apply...and let us help. Check back on Thursday for an inside look at our mascot and homepage redesign. Additional... -
Tips for arabidopsis transformation
TypeBlog Post...that is wide enough to dunk your plant’s flowers inside. 50 mL falcon tubes or plastic weigh boats are ...from a colony on a plate will reach an optimal density in 18-24 hours. I then add 0.5 mL of this starter... -
Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview
TypeBlog Post...non-dividing cells. The first lentiviral vector system consisted of three plasmids: the packaging, envelope, and...capacity of a lentiviral vector but for which transient transgene expression is sufficient. Lentiviral... -
Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems
TypeBlog Post...Saccharomyces cerevisiae in 1989 and are still used extensively to screen for molecular interactions in the cell...post-translationally modified, co-expression of the enzyme responsible for the modification in the assay host strain... -
The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene
TypeBlog Post... Although we are busy with many other work responsibilities, we make team building activities a priority...at Addgene. In addition to her operational responsibilities, she enjoys organizing team building events... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Creativity
TypeBlog Post...with idea generation, try this thought exercise: Consider the issue as if there were no restraints on your...something completely unrelated to the issue and consider how it could be shaped to solve your problem. ... -
Hot Plasmids - August 2020
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR/Cas Toolkit for plants includes 95 plasmids consisting of CRISPR/Cas nucleases, base editors, gRNA backbones...activation-based norepinephrine (GRABNE) sensors allow for sensitive and high spatiotemporal measurements of norepinephrine... -
Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
TypeBlog Post...partitioning system in the bacteria, but generally it consists of a centromere-like region on the plasmid, a ...2015) Imaging centromere-based incompatibilities: Insights into the mechanism of incompatibility mediated... -
How to Be an Excellent Trainee
TypeBlog Post...have, then bring them to your mentor. Pro tip! Consider physically walking through the protocol, by going...receive help until you’ve already started a time sensitive experiment. Ready to fly solo? Let your bench... -
QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...with BioRender.com. Sanger sequencing was considered the gold standard until about 2008 when a new...novo assembly within Geneious gives us additional insight into the assembly. Geneious will show how reads... -
Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog Post...our own repository data, giving us significant insight into which vectors are likely to be of most use...Swanson, L. E., & Fan, M. (2016). Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries... -
Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego
TypeBlog Post...editing field by making experimental workflows considerably easier, faster, and more efficient than previous...novice to expert-level researchers in achieving consistently successful CRISPR experiments. Jessica is a ... -
Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
TypeBlog Post...plasmids tend to be high copy number. Here, we will consider the replication mechanism of plasmids under stringent...plasmid to balance the total plasmid number. Let’s consider pSC101. This plasmid is stringently controlled... -
Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TypeBlog Post...from many other types of cancer. Mesothelioma is considered an orphan cancer; it is rare disease with only...non-resectable mesothelioma by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a coalition of the top 27 cancer... -
Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog Post...technical roles. Therefore, institutions are responsible for ensuring that either all affected scientists...and Brandeis universities have stated that they consider postdocs paid on stipends to be FLSA exempt, and... -
CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide
TypeBlog Post...gain insight into protein structure and function (Pan et al., 2018). cDNA libraries, which consist of plasmids... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog Post...d like to manipulate in mind. Now it’s time to consider where you would like to attack this gene. Should...sequences into HEK293T cells. The fluorescence intensity was classified into four groups (4; brighter than... -
Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus
TypeBlog Post...transgene expression from split vectors has been inconsistent. A greater understanding of basic AAV biology...vector strategies and lead to greater and more consistent transgene expression. References: Allocca M... -
Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook
TypeBlog Post...this interaction will give you an idea of how responsive and supportive the ELN team is. Once you’ve made...information. If an employee leaves the institution, the transition is smooth as all data is organized within an ... -
Five Popular Model Organisms
TypeBlog Post...great model organism because they are easy and inexpensive to grow and maintain in the lab, have a short... worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, has been used extensively as a model organism since the 1970s when Sydney...