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  1. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    ...handled at BSL-1, while lentivirus requires a BSL-2 setup. This requires a less involved setup when working...infection rates in your experiment. Figure 2: Visual representation of common AAV serotypes used..., 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12449-2 Pupo, A., Fernández, A., Low, S. H., François, A.,... This vastly increases the possibilities when designing screens. Each serotype has its own tropism, or...experiment. Additional considerations One of the downsides to using AAV is the limited packaging capacity...Adames, A. C., Saur, D., & Rad, R. (2022). Tutorial: design and execution of CRISPR in vivo screens. Nature...
  2. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    ...(you generally don’t want more tag than protein), 2-3 tags is increasingly common. Tandem affinity purification...TEV cleavage site (more on that in a moment), and 2 ProtA IgG-binding domains. TAP has since come to encompass...found in this paper (available at Addgene).   Table 2: Protease recognition sites commonly used with tags... Protein tags are usually smallish peptides incorporated into a translated protein. As depicted in the...depending on their protein of interest. After several decades of trying to address these challenges, researchers...examples. The tables list more common tags than are described in the post, but have been categorized to help...
  3. Empty Backbones - Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone

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    ...tetraloop and stemloop 2 and EF1a-zeo resistance marker pLenti CMV/TO GFP-Zeo DEST (719-1) - 3rd gen lentiviral...CMV GFP DEST - Lentiviral Gateway destination vector for gene expression pLenti CMV/TO Zeo DEST - Tet-inducible...lentiviral vector for ORF expression pDest-565 - Gateway destination vector for bacterial expression; His...Membrane localization pWZL-Neo-Myr-Flag-DEST - pDest vector that adds an N-terminal myristoylation...lentiviral Gateway destination vector, expression, CMV/TO promoter, GFP-Zeo pLenti CMV/TO Zeo DEST - ...expression pLenti CMV GFP DEST - Lentiviral Gateway destination vector for gene ...needed for replication in the host cell and are designed for a user to insert a gene of interest. They ...
  4. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    ...Epub 2016 May 2. PubMed PMID: 27136078. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Swarts, Daan...DNA guides NgAgo uses 5’ phosphorylated DNA guides (so called “gDNAs”) rather than the RNA guides employed...24 base DNA guides may be more user-friendly, since they can be ordered as oligonucleotides and should ...gDNA guides will also need to be transfected into the cells of interest. In contrast, RNA guides must ...important role in RNA interference, binding RNA guides to cleave foreign RNA. Argonaute proteins are also...cleave DNA in vitro, directed by phosphorylated DNA guides. Unfortunately, Swarts et al. were unable to show...NgAgo preferred certain guide sequences - using 5 guides/gene for 10 genes, they did not observe differences...
  5. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...base pair to another base pair at a specific site. 2. Temporal, spatial, or conditional control of CRISPR...difficult-to-engineer Sulfolobus islandicus rod-shaped virus 2 (Mayo-Muñoz et al., 2018). Only viral particles that...Editing of Sulfolobus islandicus Rod-Shaped Virus 2. Viruses 10:695 . https://doi.org/10.3390/v10120695.../35++ Adenovirus Vector Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic...
  6. Cloning Mammalian Cells with the Agarose Method

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    ...3 plates at different densities for selection). A 2% agarose solution is then melted (and thereby sterilized...96-well assay plate. We generally freeze at least 2 ampules each of 4 clones with different levels of ...of agarose, which is then overlaid with the firmer 2% agarose gel solution discussed above for picking....investigators to identify specific clones with desirable properties, either initially, or using secondary...
  7. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    .... Let's look at an experimental example in Figure 2. Figure 2A shows the sample prior to compensation.... line with the other populations.   Figure 2: Compensation example based on experimental sample..., you will see the populations move, as in Figure 2, following compensation. Figure 3: Flow plot...This will make it difficult to properly gate your desired cell population. By compensating between fluorescent...
  8. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    ...that numbers are not switched around or misread.  2. Track the container - It is just as important to ...all of these samples have the 2D barcodes mentioned above. These barcodes identify what type of sample is...tubes. 1D barcodes are better for tubes that are meant to be read one at a time. 1D barcodes can be purchased...the tubes’ physical location in the lab. These barcodes additionally allow us to store multiple types ...fresh media with antibiotics at each stage. The barcodes and LIMS help us track each sample, but we also... a petri dish plate that is also barcoded. The barcodes on both of these are scanned into our LIMS system...samples within your lab, we highly recommend using barcodes! Barcoded tubes are easily accessible and can ...
  9. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...experiment using smFPs and standard neuronal tracers. 2. Visualization of neuronal sub-cellular structures...similar proteins. For example, N-cadherin (cadherin-2) is a postsynaptic cell adhesion protein that plays...PMID: 25915120. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4573404. 2. Shepherd, G.M. (2004). In "The synaptic organization...map these neuronal networks. For almost three decades, recombinant Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been...symbol of opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools and was started in 2005 in Kansas...
  10. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ...properly exiting the ER and fluorescing (see Figure 2) [5].  When using FPs containing two cysteine residues...compartments including the secretory pathway (Figure 2), the inner membrane space of mitochondria and chloroplasts...PMID: 18228466. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC2875081. 2. Snapp, Erik Lee. "Fluorescent proteins: a cell biologist's... live cells in real time. Previously, we have described a number of practical considerations that should... herpesvirus.       References 1. Snapp, Erik. "Design and use of fluorescent fusion proteins in cell ...
  11. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...resolved loci with physical map distances of 75 and 2 Mbp, with the calculated fluorescent distances correlating...established physical map. In comparing pairs of targets ~2 Mbp apart, they noticed that they could evaluate the...PAM sequences required by each ortholog, a gRNA designed for one dCas9 should be specific to that ortholog...
  12. Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit

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    ...all specifically designed with environmental sustainability in mind (Table 2). Table 2: Sustainability ..., or beads) are designed to work together — no mixing and matching!   Figure 2: Plasmid isolation...debris”; and then clean-up the plasmid DNA (Figure 2). For most kits, the steps for lysing cells and removing...high quality DNA. Figure 1 illustrates the three grades of DNA you may need based on their relative quality...bacterial culture. Plasmid purification kits are designed to accommodate specific volume ranges of culture...column-based miniprep kit for example. These kits are designed to handle ~1–5 mL of liquid culture. Using a higher.... To help combat this, some manufacturers have designed eco-friendly DNA purification kits by reducing...
  13. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ...China, Korea, Japan, Brazil, India, and Mexico. Table 2: Addgene distributors Distributor Partnership...distribution after we partnered with them (Figure 2). In others, the distributor helped solve an issue...temperature for the duration of their journey. Figure 2: Annual distribution of items to countries with a ...shipping. However, there were issues that persisted despite our best efforts. With a little over half of our...packages navigated customs and arrived at their destination in a timely manner and at the correct temperature...for their experiment.     Table 1: Most popular guides, protocols, and collections of 2023. Educational...Educational Resource Top Five by Views Guides CRISPR Guide Lentiviral Guide AAV Guide Optogenetics...
  14. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ... Figure 2: Ironing boards. Good as a WFH desk, and as a video control center.   Cycle 2: Zooming ...ironing board, giving it the perfect height (Fig. 2). We recorded video using a simple, external video... So, much like SynBio, it was time to start our Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles. If you’re not familiar...again. Here’s that process!   Figure 1: The Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle adapted for video making...through. I know cameras, but we needed someone else. Design: Jennifer thankfully volunteered, and we decided...Zooming Forward Design: We produced a video celebrating Massachusetts Nonprofit Day, which was the perfect opportunity...here, the operator is in a different room.   Design: The previous cycle made me realize we needed to...
  15. Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025

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    ...resistance to the herbicide chlorsulfuron (Homo line 2) or wild type (WT), two weeks after herbicide was ... CLIPf tag and a C-terminal SNAPf tag; see Figure 2), the authors developed a cost-effective expression... when associated with microtubules. Figure 2: CLIP-SNAP fusion proteins for single-molecule FRET...Optimized dicot prime editing enables heritable desired edits in tomato and Arabidopsis. Nature Plants,...
  16. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...) 38 kb Cells HEK-293T Sf9 Time to collection 2–4 days 5–10 days Purification Ultracentrifugation...Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher Lower Resources... a factory to produce adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors. Human Gene Therapy, 13(16), 1935–43. https... (about three to four days), this second round provides the added benefit of producing a stock P1 virus...
  17. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    ... qPCR is that the results can vary by a factor of 2. This means that if you set up two identical assays...amplitude measured for each droplet in each well (Figure 2). A clean ddPCR should have a clear separation between...as low as 1C/s. Increasing the elongation time to 2 minutes and the denaturation time to 1 minute has ... to a new plate containing the mastermix which includes primers and a ddPCR supermix. Note that the supermix...
  18. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ... than control, 3; same as control (Cetn1/sgRNA1), 2; darker than control, 1; very dark). Brighter fluorescence...you can hold off on genotyping until the pups are 2-4 weeks old and use the ear tag method (creating different...PMID: 24253446. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3875854. 2. Mashiko, Daisuke, et al. "Generation of mutant mice... screen them for your desired edit. Good news! Remember the primers you designed to generate your pCAG-EGXXFP...CRISPR/Cas9 system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase...that do it for you. One such option is the CRISPR Design tool supplied by the Zhang lab. This simple website... and cons of using many different types of gRNA design software. When you are happy with your selection...
  19. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    ...presented in a series of quick (10 minute) or very quick (2 minute) talks so we got to hear from everyone. Addgene...evolutionary tree at least 6-7 times and on at least 2 separate continents. Mimulus (Andrea Sweigart) Monkeyflowers...Organisms, Part 1 Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2 ...promotes scientific sharing The EDGE Program is designed to expand the number of systems that can be studied...genotype to phenotype studies New organismal systems described at this meeting were extraordinarily diverse. ...generating interesting drug-like compounds especially cardenolides which have been used to treat heart disease....disease. Caterpillars that eat milkweed generate cardenolides that tastes yucky (and is poisonous) for bird ...
  20. How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget

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    ...identifying the resources needed to accomplish that goal. 2. Identify the tools in that timeline Avoid writing...based on experimental timelines and specific aims. 2. Then make decisions based on financial values. All...Would I be able to get access to these materials?” 2. Always negotiate for a win-win decision An institute...Wilpitz founder and lead consutant at Experiment Designs Consulting, Inc. “How much do you need [for your...necessary resources. This is why at Experimental Designs Consulting (EDC), we instead have our clients focus...the institution/funding source. Major equipment includes large centrifuges, sequencers and analyzers, and... as many of these tools as possible, this even includes clocks, timers, and phones.  As for reagents and...
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