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... and have been adapted for a wide variety of applications - as mutagenesis tools for genetic studies (... The process also creates a 5-bp target-site duplication (TSD), a hallmark characteristic of the Tn7-family...the new streamlined VchINT system was shown to catalyze insertion of mini-transposons up to 10 kb in size...at one or multiple desired genomic loci. Many applications of these systems have already been demonstrated...

...Subsequent advances in fluorescent proteins have replicated many of the properties once exclusive to small-molecules...phosphopantetheinyltransferase) – These enzymes catalyze the covalent attachment of a fluorophore ligand...labels for fixed-cell imaging, not for live-cell applications. Thus, these fluorophores are often bulky and...the Addgene Blog Learn About Other Protein Tags Catch Up on Your Fluorescent Protein Background Which ...

... can often be accounted for using appropriate replicates and controls (see Tips below), and by validating...two-hybrid screening Minimizing false positives: Run replicates of the experiment to reduce the likelihood of...expression and correct folding, post-translational modification, protein degradation, access to the nucleus ...co-expression of the enzyme responsible for the modification in the assay host strain can help. In order...

... gives you a single level of control without modification - either Cre is there or it’s not. Cre-mediated... sites can lead to excision, inversion, and translocation of DNA in a similar fashion as between loxP ...37 °C). Smart molecular evolution led to the identification of FLPe which has a temperature optimum of ...-LDB domains of the fusions allowing Cre/FLP translocate to the nucleus where they exert their recombinase...

...attP sites of the donor vector. This reaction is catalyzed by the BP Clonase enzyme mix and generates the...sites of the destination vector. This reaction is catalyzed by the LR Clonase enzyme mix. As a result, an ...carry different antibiotic resistance markers (indicated here by plasmid color), allowing you to easily...is simple -  no restriction, ligation or gel purification steps are required! Multiple fragment cloning...

...cancer. These later stages of a cancer diagnosis indicate, for Stage 3, that the cancer is large in size...size and may have spread while Stage 4 indicates that the cancer has spread from where it originated to ... dire prognosis for mesothelioma patients is to catch the disease earlier. New techniques are currently... working to fight the cancer.  Beyond early modifications to standard treatments and early detection, ...

...either one at a time or as a batch of hundreds, and indicate the guide RNA sequence you used. The ICE tool ...are no parameters that need optimizing and no complicated steps to learn. For increased flexibility and...checked circle. Typically, a yellow check mark indicates that a particular parameter was automatically ...support team at Synthego. Her work centers around educating and supporting novice to expert-level researchers...

...Marker-independent identification of glioma-initiating cells. The International Cell Line Authentication Committee...propagation of the line, and can include assays for authentication and contamination) and cell lines can become...let alone the human cost. Here are just a few publications which have since been retracted due to cell ...

...resistance gene and the origin of replication are necessary to replicate plasmids and make sure the cells...length version is strong with high expression. Truncated promoters are constitutive with lower expression...metabolic operon Inducible by arabinose and repressed catabolite repression in the presence of glucose or by competitive...

... the planning section below, it’s important to dedicate specific amounts of time to specific tasks beforehand...instance, if I don’t have draft blog post ready for publication for tomorrow, I’d better upload that post from...handle doing a particularly annoying task and then dedicating that much time to it each day. Once you get over...Student Community Learn about Careers in Science Communication Resources at Addgene.org Check out Careers...

...Creating great educational science videos is tough. Is the content accurate? Are we conveying complex... had set up involved multiple people in tight locations. Conference rooms for on-screen presenters! Labs...wasn’t going to work for the majority of our educational videos. In addition, it’s really asking a lot...receiver, to beam the camera’s image to my remote location, live. After doing a bit of looking, I found an...

...Advancing from this invention to KJ’s clinical application in under a decade is an astounding feat of public...effectiveness varied depending on the chromosomal location, sequence context, and cell type. Multiple labs...of identifying a successful editor. For this application, ABE8e turned out to be most effective. Targeting...editors with increased activity and therapeutic application. Nature Biotechnology, 38(7), 892–900. https:...

.... After identifying all the major equipment, categorize all of your minor tools, like pipets, or mini-centrifuges...titles in the regions where the host institute is located. For example, salaries in Kansas versus salaries... most start-up P.I.’s. It doesn’t have to be complicated, or difficult to create this list. Start BEFORE...discounts, collaborations, access to internal award applications, etc. If this is the institute that can help...

...of farnesylated derivatives enables labeling of delicate axonal and dendritic processes not previously ...Between Brainbow Systems   Brainbow variants and applications beyond the mouse brain In addition to improving...temporal control without the need for germline modification, and enables Brainbow to be used in a variety...technique will provide important insights into the complicated physical organization of the brain and other ...

...protein is (localization) and how much there is (quantification). But what if you’ve got several interesting...primary antibodies that have been validated in IF applications (find IHC validated or ICC validated antibodies...informative image-based figures for scientific publications. PLOS Biology, 19(3), e3001161. https://doi....Immunocytochemistry Protocols for other antibody applications...

...at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, located on the edge of London to gain relevant experience...recession. As each advertised job received many applications, employers were requesting that only scientists...commercial company. In my particular situation, communication between departments was sometimes difficult ... order to have meetings between teams. This communication is vital because otherwise I’d lose touch with...

...equipment on a lab bench. The best part? Less complicated math. Bioengineering is a field that has been... do we like it)? Antibody engineering is the modification of antibody sequences and structures to affect...extensively characterized and validated, with the application data from IPI and other labs easily viewed in...2021). Directed Evolution: Methodologies and applications. Chemical Reviews, 121(20), 12384–12444. https...

...light path. Each hole corresponds to a different location in the sample. As more than one hole is illuminated...questions will place each sample into one of four categories that are each suited to different types of modern...as spinning disk confocal. However, due to the scattering nature of biological tissue, imaging more than... allow for multi-view imaging can image thick scattering samples in their entirety, something that is ...

...resource for anyone looking to use antibody-based applications in their research.  Like all our eBooks, the...through the process. If you’re confident in your application and protocols, but can’t quite seem to find an...for Your Experiment.” Whatever your antibody application question, the Antibody 101 eBook is a great place...

...their subdomains. NUC includes the HNH and RuvC catalytic domains, as well as the CTD (also known as the... the open conformation (Cofsky et al., 2022), indicating that there is more to learn about this process... sequencines. This helps explain why Cas9 can’t locate PAM sites until after RNA loading: the structure...properly in this channel, depending on their precise location. The end of the heteroduplex rests against the...

.... Using multiplexed gRNAs can target multiple locations in the genome to modify, whether it be editing... use is pX333 from the Ventura lab. pX333, a modification of pX330, contains humanized wtCas9 and two ...thus marking cells that have undergone genomic modification. In this system, Cas9 must be supplied on a ...with Cpf1 Additional Resources on Addgene.org Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with Our Guide Pages...

...which allow you to search many different antibody catalogs at the same time.  If you're looking for an antibody... specificities, from target-specific ones to application-specific ones to anything goes. We've shared ...repositories and search engines Website Targets Application Purpose Notes Antibodypedia Any Any...

...foundational research, training, startups, and real applications of SynBio. Chapter 3: Synthetic biology as the...synthetic genome project and constructing ever more complicated biological devices. Chapter 6: - Making research...Addgene Blog Learn about the Synthetic Biology Education Nonprofit BioBuilder Plasmids 101: Golden Gate...

...operating model allows researchers to access authenticated materials at a fraction of the cost of creating...be listed as direct costs from a CRO in grant applications, addressing the new funding structures and indirect...indirect cost caps more efficiently. Offering free educational resources: Our eBooks, videos, science guides...

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...full-size, with assay-supported recommended uses and education content. This work exemplifies our long-standing...curated information about AAV usage in research applications. Scientists around the world can upload AAV ...accessed our freely available online collections of educational resources. In 2022 alone, our website saw 2.2...

... It's been an honor to work with such a group dedicated to providing the structure and know-how to integrate...example, pd|hub assembled a coalition of higher education organizations committed to advancing career and... inclusive career readiness training in this educational path before we lose more scientists who might...

...negative control. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find the E. coli genome-wide CRISPR inhibition...Homology-directed repair (HDR) can be used to make precise modification in genome editing. However, HDR efficiency is...efficiency up to 30-fold. Read the paper in Communications Biology Find the Cas9-PCV and PCV-Cas9 plasmids...

...'s Addgene ID # has been referenced in other publications, you'll find a link to the list of citing articles...cell-surface programmable DNA-binding domains" publication.  If you want to see this new feature in action...lists Benefits to requesting scientists: Quickly locate other papers that have used your plasmid of interest...

...conference, you could be honing your science communications skills and networking. And on social media,...one “safe” project that you know you can get a publication with and one “shoot for the moon” project that... the lab members.”- Jennifer Tsang, Science Communications and Marketing Coordinator Networking “Many,...

...virtually. 6. Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider by Jennifer Tsang The...The nanodrop vs. spec debate dominates DNA quantification discussions, but what about the other methods... with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without a Kit by Beth Kenkel To complement ...

...effectors (TALEs) as anchors for genome engineering applications was still very new. Now, Konermann and her colleagues...prove the causal role of specific epigenetic modifications in the genome,” Zhang said in MIT’s press release...disease states. While LITE plasmids have clear application to anyone with an interest in neuroscience, their...

...bit surprising given how many scientists go on vacation in August (for another part of my job, I travel...sequence in live cells. This technique uses catalytically inactive CRISPR endonuclease (dCas9) fused to... need to get back to emailing (hopefully non-vacationing) scientists. You can find all of our August posts...

... of 17 signaling pathways that are frequently implicated in cancer cell proliferation, survival, differentiation... make the library usable for pooled screens. Applications of the cancer pathways ORFs kit Wood and his...References 1. Martz, Colin A., et al. "Systematic identification of signaling pathways with potential to confer...

...Scientists series will focus on an aspect of communication especially important for a manager – getting... Creating a culture of excellent, effective communication between all members of a team. As described ... opinions in meetings, via email, at formal communications events or at informal gatherings, like at lunch...

...2 trophies over the years, which is either an indication of the stiff competition or says something about...building activity that is easy to organize. We’ll dedicate a post to these competitions in the future, and...establish, with the goal of fostering better communication between labs. Scientists are often willing to...

... of Visualized Experiments (JOVE). The video publication by Stuart Orkin and Daniel Bauer's labs details... size and frequency [3]. There are several applications in which the production of deletions by paired...useful to study haploinsufficiency. Subsequent modifications at the remaining allele within the deletion ...

...experiments! Late last year, we hosted our first AAV Education and Development workshop aimed at brainstorming...even further. For example, injecting AAVs at one location can result in expression of an optogenetic payload...shown in Figure 1, injected retrograde AAVs at one location result in opsin expression in their cell bodies...

...Today, Addgene launches a brand new Europe office located in London and operated in collaboration with LGC... their materials. The new office in London is dedicated to helping them find their way to new scientific...newest Addgene Outreach Scientist - the first to be located in London and focused on supporting European scientists...

...  “This enables you to do customized genetic modification on a scale that was really not possible before...genome engineering with CRISPRs was limited to modification of a few loci at a time,” Wang said. “It was... lentiviral libraries and their demonstrated application offer proof-of-principle that CRISPR-Cas9 can...

...aggregation, it’s recommended for most imaging applications. What can you do with SunTag? Tanenbaum et al...activation of target genes, but we’ll save that application for another day! References 1. Tanenbaum, Marvin...et al. “A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence imaging....

...technical know-how, and helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to...technical or product support specialist,” “field application scientist,” or “scientific or technical writer...for PhD applicants since many will also accept applications from master’s candidates with experience.  Use...

...makes them more adaptable to a broad range of applications. Recently, the Spiess lab developed a set of... with specific genomic loci. He made use of catalytically inactive dCas9 by fusing it to an engineered...only 1 min. Using these lentiviral plasmids, catalytically inactive Cas9 (dSpyCas9) fused to APEX2 is expressed...

...Storytelling is a crucial part of interpersonal communication, which makes honing your ability to tell stories...Addgene Blog Check out our blog posts on science communication Find interviews scientists in SciComm careers... science communication...

...channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2), a blue light sensitive cation channel, fused to mCherry to the brain tissue. ... several months after implantation of fibers, indicating the system was indeed stable for continuous monitoring...interfaces with the entire body, so the obvious next applications are to expand the tool to different brain-organ...

...Conformation changes usually fall into one of two categories: ones induced by the researcher and ones that...naturally, by binding to other proteins, changing locations, or even just as part of performing a specific...it a transmembrane protein, or is it know to translocate or fold in certain conditions? It can help to...

...insert comes from using Taq polymerase for the amplification step since Taq polymerase leaves a single deoxyadenosine...rejoining supercoiled DNA ends to facilitate replication. The TOPO technique specifically uses Vaccinia...Addgene.org Find More Plasmid Cloning Protocols Catch Up On Your Basic Molecular Biology Techniques Watch...

...clarify the classification of these cytoplasmic inheritance factors. He proposed the catch-all term “plasmid... as bacterial conjugation and recombination, replication and topology, and cloning and gene expression...

...non-trivial, however, as FPs are tremendously complicated entities with a large range of characteristics...decision remains spread across literature in publications that introduce these tools. Years ago, Kurt...incorporate FPbase data in their own projects and applications, a REST API allows programmatic retrieval of...

...2017). Beyond human relevance, yeast have many applications in food science and biotech due to its fermentation... ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells.   Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number of different...is exceptionally good for post-translational modification of recombinant protein products, specifically...