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  1. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - December 2019

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    ...26973 AAVrg pAAV-hSyn-hChR2(H134R)-EYFP   Control AAV Control AAV allow researchers to not only interpret...inventory. Our new AAVs include: Optogenetics AAV Control AAV Biosensor AAV And more! Optogenetics Optogenetics...more efficient tools for light mediated neuronal control and we are expanding our viral service to make ...own experiments. To this end, we offer specific control AAV in smaller aliquots of 20 ul for serotype testing... service has now expanded to offer many of our control plasmids in new serotypes. See our Serotype Testing...response to action potentials, is now offered under control of the CAG promoter for ubiquitous expression. ... 44362  AAV1 pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry Controls Plasmid Serotype Name 50459 AAV1 pAAV-hSyn-DIO-mCherry...

  2. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...which introduces functional Cas9 protein and the targeting guide RNA into cells by electroporation. Results...of the nuclease dissociates very slowly after introducing a cut, with residence times on DNA of approximately...free to anneal to complementary ssDNA molecules in vitro. Figure 1: Cas9 binding to the cleaved DNA... if we could leverage this model (built from in vitro studies) to boost the efficiency of sequence replacement...enables sequence replacement without cutting Our in vitro results also demonstrated that catalytically inactive...advantage but error-prone repair of the gene would be disastrous (i.e. if breaking the gene is worse than leaving...homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery." Elife 3 (2015...

  3. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ... of biogenesis and mitochondrial degradation in vitro and in vivo. Merged green and red channel fluorescence...Technology Austria, decided to take a novel approach to control for these effects, drawing on the rapidly growing...1):39-48. APEX2 for proteomic mapping and electron microscopy A thorough understanding of complex...enabled progress on both fronts – as a genetic electron microscopy (EM) tag providing superior subcellular...also available at Addgene and can be used as a control for your experiments. For more information, please... allowing labs to precisely and non-invasively control neuronal signaling. For more information on DREADDs...Chen and colleagues for genome editing inXenopus tropicalis. (Guo et al., Development. 2014..) A new, higher...

  4. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    ...oviductal lumen, tweezer-type electrodes are placed to mediate electroporation. Ohtsuka et al. compared traditional... homology arms and a selection marker, then electroporate it into mouse embryonic stem cells. After selecting...from Yang et al. requires two gRNAs targeting two intronic regions and two repair templates in order to insert...promoter upstream of the left homology arm, perform in vitro transcription, and use the IVT product as a template...compatible with standard microinjection and electroporation methods using in mouse transgenics. Designing... allele requires you to target 2 loxP sites to intronic regions 0.5 - 0.8 kb apart. In the example below...between the ampulla and infundibulum. In vivo electroporation is performed immediately after injection. Image...

  5. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    ...Lab and the Chang Lab have created methods that introduce diversification by targeting a site of interest...which limits the level of variation that can be introduced.   Diversification is limited due to the integration...use of such libraries means that the diversity introduced by lambda red recombineering and Multiplex Automated...PCR, EvolvR uses an error prone polymerase to introduce mutations. However, by using nCas9 to direct PolI3m...the 3' end of the nick (right), occasionally introducing mutations (red nucleotide). Created with BioRender.com...EvolvR, three additional amino acid changes were introduced to nCas9. These changes promote nCas9’s dissociation...increased the likelihood that a single gRNA would introduce more than one mutation near the target site. Applications...

  6. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    ...one type of virus to choose from (lentivirus, retrovirus, AAV, etc.). When you’ve decided on an application...experiment. Research applications Gene expression control Researchers are always wanting to manipulate gene...complementary mRNA sequence for degradation. Viral introduction of shRNA plasmids can induce gene-specific silencing...Viral CRISPR-Cas9 tools have been engineered to introduce frameshift mutations in genes of interest, turning...depending on the virus used. All of these expression control mechanisms require a specific modification of the...that the copies of library cargo delivered are controllable. For many screening applications, it is essential...attenuated, nef-deleted HIV-1 strains in vivo. Retrovirology. 2007 Sep 23;4:66. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-4-...

  7. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...is the best-case result. For example, you have introduced a GFP protein into your cells (visualized via...104–105 signal intensity. If your samples and controls were processed the same way, the GFP- population...population should overlap with the negative control population (Figure 1). Based on where the GFP- population... Example of yes-no flow plot of the (negative) control (left) or with the sample (right). Negative and...biorender.com. Pro tip! If your samples and control underwent different treatment processes, you may... population, so it no longer overlaps with the control. In tricky experiments, these populations may overlap...positions to the base expression. When compared to the control — which should be base expression — a peak to the...

  8. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    ...Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Control Protein Expression with Cre-lox Control Protein Activity with GFP ...transmitted by intermediate messengers. Optical control of kinase activity can provide greater spatiotemporal...There is no common method for creating optically controlled kinases. The Solution: In Zhou et al, the Lin... the delayed effects because you can precisely control the timing of kinase activity. 2. Studying negative...photoswitchable kinases in vivo not only allows for precise control of a signaling pathway in the context of a whole...addition, it could be possible to use pdDronpa to control other kinases and proteins. Zhou et al suggest ...Pengpeng Li, Kang Shen, and Michael Z. Lin. "Optical control of cell signaling by single-chain photoswitchable...

  9. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...guides are generated by introduction of a single photocleavable 2-nitrobenzyl linker in the 20-bp targeting...nucleic acids or bridged nucleic acids can also be introduced in the gRNA. These modifications result in conformationally... innate immune response associated with gRNA introduction (Allen, et al., Frontiers in Genome Editing)...experiments in which viability is being compromised by introduction of foreign RNAs or immunity itself is being ...technologies utilize chemical modifications to the RNA to control the entire editing system with a simple LED light...al. Photoswitchable gRNAs for Spatiotemporally Controlled CRSIPR-Cas-based Genomic Regulation. ACS 6, 5... Susanna Stroik...

  10. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ... No spatiotemporal control. Many PPI detection methods lack spatiotemporal control or an “on/off switch...identifying PPIs, such as affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS), lack the ability to specifically identify... by creating Split-BioID, a spatiotemporally controllable version of the proximity-dependent biotinylation...method Enter Split-BioID, a spatiotemporally controllable version of the BioID protocol. The critical ...interaction partners if they are enriched relative to controls using Split-BioID-GFP and BioID run on six unrelated...combinations and pick the conditions that give the strongest biotinylation signal, as measured via Western ...methods, including BioID, is its spatiotemporal controlled labeling of interacting proteins; nearby proteins...

  11. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...delivery include plasmid transfection, RNP electroporation, and viral transduction; but these methods ...gRNAs. Viral envelope proteins To alter the cell tropism of Nanoblades, different viral envelope protein...with a mix of VSV-G and the baboon endogenous retrovirus Rless glycoprotein (BaEVRless) had high rates...gene, while editing was not detected in cells electroporated with RNPs using the same guide. Nanoblades ...influence the level of off-target effects, with electroporation of RNPs generally having lower off-target edits...polymer. Polybrene has long been used to increase retroviral transduction efficiency by neutralizing the charge...the cell surface, and also helps form DNA and retroviral-particle or VLPs complexes. The team found that...

  12. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    ...classification. Lentivirus (a type of retrovirus) and gamma retrovirus require more caution as they are integrating...virus and its infectivity in check. Engineering controls, safety systems that are built into how something...functions, were designed for this purpose. One such control is dividing up the essential components of a virus...virus into different plasmids. For a retroviral system this looks like the genetic cargo in one plasmid... researcher.   Figure 1: Separation of retroviral packaging components onto distinct plasmids for...common types of viruses grown in the lab are gamma retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, and adeno-associated...  Susanna Stroik...

  13. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    ...lab-adapted bacteria because it has been challenging to introduce CRISPRi machinery into diverse bacteria species... gRNAs, and dCas9 proteins. Second, it can be introduced into a broader range of bacteria. Once transferred...., 2019 with permission.   Two methods to introduce Mobile-CRISPRi by bacterial conjugation For gram...gram negative bacteria, Mobile-CRISPRi is introduced using the bacterial Tn7 transposon system. This system...firmicute gram positive bacteria, Mobile-CRISPRi is introduced using the bacterial integrative and conjugative...Mobile-CRISPRi. The Mobile-CRISPRi ICE element is first introduced into the B. subtilis genome. Mobile-CRISPRi is...into the trnS-leu2 locus.   Figure 2: Introducing Mobile-CRISPRi into bacteria. Top: A Tn7 transposon...

  14. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    ...action potentials, muscle contractions, and the control of voltage gated ion channels all depend on transmitting...been successful even at the single neuron level in vitro. In vivo monitoring has also been achieved with ...effective at the single cell level as they are in vitro. Factors like photobleaching, lack of red-shifted...rhodopsin. FP-fusion to rhodopsin resulted in electrochromic FRET capable GEVIs, with rhodopsin quenching...membrane as well. Another flavor of these tools is Voltron, which uses rhodopsin as the voltage sensing component...genetically encoded component is delivered in vivo or in vitro and a small molecule is added exogenously to measure...Optogenetics Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET ...

  15. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    ... Overview of in vitro AAV CRISPR screens. Created with BioRender.com. The in vitro option requires... screens may be AAVantageous!       In vivo, in vitro, ex vivo CRISPR screens can be carried out using...using a few different methods — in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo. The general process of these screens is the...with transducing cells with the CRISPR library in vitro before transplanting them into mice. For in vivo...when designing screens. Each serotype has its own tropism, or a preference to infect specific cell or tissue...tissue types. Using serotypes that have a known tropism for your cells of interest — for example, AAV8 ... used these psuedotypes to further improve the tropism of AAV vectors, enhancing their affinity for specific...

  16. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    ... APC control, with APC and APC-CY7 plotted against each other. Since it is a single-color control, you...example with single color control. Flow plots showing an APC single-color control sample before (A) and after...recommended to start compensating with single-color controls before moving onto your experimental samples. ...samples without needing to use your single-color controls as a starting point. Applying compensation to ...experimental samples as they did with your single control samples: if the population needs to be shifted ...School.   More resources on the Addgene blog Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry Antibodies 101: ...

  17. New Viral Vectors - March 2024

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    ...AAV PHP.eB Controls Wilson New viral vector pENN.AAV.EF1a.eGFP.WPRE.rBG AAV PHP.eB Controls Wilson New...pAAV-CaMKIIa-EGFP AAV PHP.eB Controls Roth New serotype pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 AAV2 Controls Fishell New serotype...  AAV PHP.eB Controls Gradinaru New serotype pAAV-CaMKIIa-mCherry  AAV PHP.eB Controls Deisseroth New...New serotype pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry  AAV PHP.eB Controls Deisseroth New serotype Looking for more viral...

  18. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    ...28b-Cas9-His from Alex Schier’s Lab. gRNAs can be in vitro transcribed from ssDNA, which can be generated by... advantage has allowed scientists to perform in vitro and in vivo CRISPR studies in experimental systems... common techniques for delivery of RNPs is electroporation (A in the figure above), which generates pores...through a process known as CRISPR-EZ (CRISPR RNP Electroporation of Zygotes) (Chen et al. 2016). For CRISPR ...CRISPR experiments that involve HDR, electroporation can be combined with cell-type specific reagents in a ...approach using RNPs has recently been described in vitro, with the hope of eventually using this method for...genome editing by CRISPR ribonucleoprotein electroporation of zygotes." Journal of Biological Chemistry...

  19. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    ...unknown sample. To do this, you serially dilute a control sample of known concentration and measure a specific...example, a BCA assay uses a serial dilution of a control protein, incubated alongside an unknown sample ... absorbance of both is then measured on a spectrophotometer and concentration versus absorbance is plotted... a standard curve by serially diluting a known control sample, called a standard. The ideal standard curve...curve accordingly.    Figure 1: A 1 mg/mL control is diluted in a series ranging from 1:2 to 1:32... for each run. To validate, include a positive control of known concentration in the experiment and use...  Include both a standard curve and a positive control in every run.  When setting up your dilution series...

  20. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    ...only a few, very strong associations.   Unexpected results Their results showed 96 strongly correlated genetic...may be the result of a technical artifact that introduced an ancestry bias into their experiments instead... prevent Cas9 from cutting, both of which can introduce significant bias into the results. But the reference...mapped to a SNP would be ignored. Working with Lia Petronio and Katherine Huang from Broad’s Pattern team,... of ancestral bias into genome-wide screens, introducing bias into all work based on these and any other...an ancestry group what is actually an artifact introduced by bias within the design of the experiment or...Noorbakhsh, Isabella Boyle, Joshua Dempster, Lia Petronio, Katherine Huang, Alham Saadat, Thomas Green, ...
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