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  1. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ... that you provided for each sample. Guide Target - This is the user-defined 17-23 nucleotide sequence ...sequencing files and provide basic information such as your sample names and guide sequences, and ICE will...which also includes our CRISPR knockout guide design tool, guide validation tool, and guaranteed editing... Lead at Synthego. Article source: Step-by-Step Guide for Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE on...editing field by making experimental workflows considerably easier, faster, and more efficient than previous...examined ICE analysis of Sanger sequencing data alongside the analysis of NGS-based amplicon sequencing ...time or as a batch of hundreds, and indicate the guide RNA sequence you used. The ICE tool will calculate...
  2. Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)

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    ...joint. Silly ideas (mining local salt deposits to sell at farmers markets), and serious ideas (how to stop...for the future. From good ideas to a SynBio startup At some point, our ideas got pretty good. We started...journal clubs outside of work. Our scientific training was put to use as we explored ideas, planned out...we could do to make ourselves marketable to the wider world and occasionally thinking about how we could...establishment hiring system altogether. We had a lot of ideas about things we could do for work, and they weren... together we make a pretty good team. We have confidence that we can take on any challenge and quickly...marketable product. During this process, we had an idea that survived the literature review, survived technical...
  3. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    ...chain-terminating or dideoxy sequencing, was a major breakthrough for determining the order of nucleotides in a string...Sanger sequencing uses modified nucleotides, called dideoxynucleotides (ddNTPs), lacking the 3’ hydroxyl...added and when. Compiling the identity and location of a given nucleotide, a researcher (or a simple computer...the widespread use of Sanger sequencing. Building upon this technology, radiolabelled nucleotides were...Edward M. Southern (1), can be used to detect DNA identity, size, and abundance. If a scientist wants to ...gene mutation, southern blotting can be used to identify the presence of that mutated gene. In southern...One example of southern blotting being used to identify a gene mutation is the genetic test used for sickle...
  4. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    ...whenever applicable?Against this, consider the cost of an accidental release. Science relies on popular... DNA cassette encoding the cas9 gene and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) with appropriate flanking homology...homology into a germline cell can create an RNA-guided gene drive. In principle, this event could happen even...available. Consequently, the best way to avoid accidentally creating a gene drive is also the easiest: don't...barrier protocols, they can reduce the risk of accidental escape to a negligible level. One major reason...publish the concept and likely capabilities of RNA-guided gene drives in the summer of 2014 (after extensive...hope was that anyone else who came up with the same idea or wanted to build a gene drive in a model organism...
  5. Components of CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...to the guide RNA, Cas9 cannot cut. 2. Bind to target DNA in the presence of a guide RNA provided that target...the components necessary to: 1. Bind to a guide RNA The guide RNA, which will be described in more detail...of the site targeted by the guide RNA. In the absence of either the guide RNA or a PAM sequence, Cas9 ...synthetic guide RNA or gRNA (sometimes sgRNA) In the native Type II CRISPR/Cas system, Cas9 is guided to its...into one RNA sequence known as the guide RNA (gRNA) or single guide RNA (sgRNA). Throughout the remainder...Cpf1) to cut the genome and a small RNA (gRNA) to guide this nuclease to a user-defined cut site. After ...Please note that while this post is intended to provide a general overview of CRISPR components, new Cas9...
  6. Bricking Science: Portraying Scientific Reality Through LEGO

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    ...Producing stop motion videos is very time consuming; producing a 1-2 minute video takes an entire week ...with the images thereby making the videos more real. To give you an idea of the amount of work, see how many...’s gotten easier now that I identify with the main character in the video. We’ve grown attached to the...Dalila Cunha de Oliveira. Bricking Science is an idea built, literally, 'brick-by-brick' to introduce ...mysterious source of failure the lab gnome. See this video where he/she/it/something is captured on camera:...most people don’t get to experience this very human side to scientific research. Find Protocols Lab Tips ...was born. We chose the stop motion format for our videos as it is the most approachable for LEGOs. Stop ...
  7. BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development

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    ... development. Paula Videira: Congenital disorders of glycosylation Paula Videira is an Assistant Professor...been working with the Rare Genomics Institute to provide plasmid grants to researchers working on rare diseases...through the BeHEARD Award. Congratulations to Paula Videira, Michael McMurray, and Richard Gronostajski who...steps in the glycan biosynthetic pathway and have a wide range of clinical manifestations. PMM2-CDG is the...) activity due to mutations in the PMM2 gene. Videira’s group recently reviewed and reported that PMM2...studied and understood.  In line with this, Prof. Videira and collaborators will use Addgene plasmids to ...altered in PMM2-CDG. These studies are expected to identify new therapeutic targets/solutions and enable scientists...
  8. Antibodies 101: Validation

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    ...the bulk of the peptides identified to be from the target protein. This approach is ideal for validating...the sample was identified as your target protein, allowing you to proceed with confidence.  Share your ...experiments that you’ve been planning, it is a good idea to pause and make sure that your antibody has been... appropriately validated so that you can have confidence in your results. But what is appropriately validated... This post will go over some of the general considerations you should review before using an antibody.... that your antibody is not binding to proteins outside of your target protein. Show suitability for an...There are a number of resources available that provide in-depth discussions on strategies for antibody...
  9. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    ...If you have a wide variety of protein amounts on the same blot, you may want to consider using a different...online/ask an expert Review protocol videos for a visual guide to good technique High background ...lightly marked on the membrane (1) using the gel as a guide. The gel is then removed from the membrane (2) and... buffers and strengths. If that’s not working, consider using a subcellular fractionation kit or a lysing...re seeing protein aggregation, you may want to consider changing your incubation temperature. Some proteins...aggregate at 95 °C, a common lysis temperature, so consider a longer incubation (10–20 minutes) at 70 °C, ...If you need very accurate protein measurements, consider using an unstained protein ladder, which will ...
  10. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ...Cas9 orthologs to identify a more efficient, well tolerated, Cas enzyme. They identified the Cas9 orthologue... essential genes in a wide variety of bacteria including in pooled, genome-wide, formats. Interested in...dCas9 variant as well. Furthermore, they provide a high-fidelity (HF) variant of the BE3 that further improves... Then, pCRISPR is introduced along with an oligonucleotide repair template. Through recombineering, the...in Streptomyces  Streptomyces bacteria produce a wide variety of bioactive natural products. To easily...INTEGRATE (Insertion of Transposable Elements by Guide RNA-Assisted Targeting) and the Zhang lab's system...select genes in E. coli. Furthermore, to demonstrate wider applicability they demonstrated success of Cas9 ...
  11. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...our CRISPR guide for a refresher on CRISPR/Cas9.  Figure 1: Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease...crRNA/tracrRNA hybrid guides needed for Cas9 function. Since both Cpf1 and its guide RNAs are smaller than...Cpf1 functions differently. Since Cpf1 loci are widely distributed across bacterial species, Zetsche et... crRNAs for Cpf1-mediated cleavage are 42-44 nucleotides in length, about the same size as Cas9’s, but... cleaves in a staggered fashion, creating a 5 nucleotide 5’ overhang 18-23 bases away from the PAM. With...SpCas9. Since Cpf1 doesn’t require a tracrRNA, crRNA guides are only ~42 nt long. Direct synthesis of these...and off-target efficiency When Cpf1 was first identified, we didn't know much about its on-target and ...
  12. With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science

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    ...a march in support of science, I loved the idea and decided to go. At my local March for Science in Albany...advocate for scientist participation in government, evidence to inform policies, a protected place to work,...hired hinges on performing near miracles. When evidence does not affirm our perception of how things are...scientists are tempted to seek out alternative evidence and discard inconvenient findings. Yet, we cannot...scientists to rally in Ottawa to protest the “death of evidence,” and to speak out in unprecedented force during... and actions beyond marches, as well as allies outside the scientific community. Vanessa Sung is currently...Centre at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  Outside the lab, she dabbles in science policy, public ...
  13. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...DNA edits and to perform functional screens to identify genes involved in a phenotype of interest. This...discuss differences between these approaches, and provide updates on how best to design gRNAs. You can also...gRNAs! Comic by Maya Kostman.   Important considerations before you start an experiment with CRISPR ...expression. Location and sequence are important considerations for designing your gRNAs. For indels, it's ...off targets. For CRISPRa and CRISPRi, these considerations are of roughly equal importance (target should...since potential target sites occur ~1 in every 8 nucleotides, restricting gRNAs to 5 – 65% of the protein ...with a PAM preference of NGG, is still the most widely-used Cas enzyme, the development of SaCas9, NmeCas9...
  14. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    ...cloning the 20-nt guide RNA is identical for both vectors. Here, we provide a step-by-step guide for using a...and a 20-nucleotide (nt) guide sequence that is complementary to the DNA target. The 20-nt guide region ... or omega RNA (ωRNA) guide the TnpB to its DNA target, much like the single guide RNA (sgRNA) used in ... a Dra2TnpB. Step 1: Design the 20-nt Guide Sequence Identify a TAM site (5′-TTGAT-3′) in your target...single experiment (Karmakar et al., 2024). Practical Guide: Using pK-TnpB1 and pK-TnpB2 Vectors The vectors...plant-specific tools for predicting efficiency of guides are currently unavailable, you can use TEEP — a...Oligo 1: Add 'tcaa' to the 5′ end of your forward guide sequence (see Figure 1). Oligo 2: Add 'ggcc' to ...
  15. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    ...changes. Base-calling software can then identify the nucleotide that passed through based on these characteristic...used for either guided or new de novo assembly. If a full anticipated sequence is provided, it’s used as...our QC process if there is a 100% nucleotide match to base identity and plasmid length. Any mismatch or...Previously, we provided a general overview of the QC process at Addgene. All plasmids go through this...developed in 1977 by Fred Sanger, was the first widely used DNA sequencing technology. The process relies... bases (A, C, T, or G) is supplied as a dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (ddNTP) so that after its addition... reads a fluorescent label on the terminating nucleotide and records it in a “trace” file to determine...
  16. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    ...usually pick 3–6 guides around the region to find the most efficient guide (most guides would work, but...and the concentration of Cas9 and guide RNA (gRNA). These considerations only matter if the PAM sequence...HR template vector design guidelines? A7: A few notes below are considerations for designing HR donor. ...plasmid, clone in your target guides, test run them, and then select the best guide to co-transfect in HR donor...100 bp away, ideally less than 10 bp away. For small (<50 bp) changes, you should consider using ssDNA...for your CRISPR genome engineering experiments, consider that wildtype Cas9 with optimized chimeric gRNA... drive expression, is it necessary to add a G nucleotide to the start of my target sequence? A3: The human...
  17. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    ...programmable guide sequence as the spacer and the remaining sequence as the scaffold. gRNA: "Guide RNA" is ...between the guide and target in order to cut DNA, whereas some mismatches can be tolerated outside this region...CRISPR array. The CRISPR array is composed of identical repeat sequences and variable spacer sequences...includes the crRNA and tracrRNA sequences in a “single-guide RNA” that performs both functions. Cas9 cuts both...all have in common is the ability to use an RNA guide to target other nucleic acids—usually DNA—to cut... sequences in the CRISPR array that will become guides for future targeted degradation. Before integration...foreign DNA that Cas proteins recognize using an RNA guide. Non-target strand: The paired strand of foreign...
  18. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    ...do you identify the actively silenced ones? Here, I’ll cover some screening methods to identify them. ...RNAi-trigger type you decide, any RNAi experiment benefits from an easy method to identify and quantify actively... example, while gene knockouts have long been considered the “gold-standard” for LOF studies, the high...eukaryotic process where approximately 20-30 nucleotides of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) results in downregulation...the importance of using orthogonal methods to confidently conclude the function of a gene of interest. ...RNAi activation. A typical RNAi experiment can be divided into three fundamental steps: creation of the ...Consequently, I will focus on different approaches and considerations present at the first stage of an RNAi-based...
  19. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ...with Peptide-Assisted Genome Editing (PAGE). They fused the Cas enzyme to cell-penetrating peptides and...gene delivery capsids previously identified in rodents have not been widely successful in primates. The authors...articles.  Here's what you'll find in this post: Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells Monomeric...delivery Recombinant anti-FLAG tag antibodies Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells By Susanna...and co-incubate it with an “assist peptide” that facilitates endosomal escape. Combining Cas9-PAGE with...with a 30-minute incubation, even with multiplexed guides. Figure 1: A) Cell-penetrating Cas9, fused...reporter (mChe), with co-incubation with assist peptide (AP). C) Workflow for Cas-RNP-PAGE editing of primary...
  20. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    ...putting these into slide format. You want people to focus on you and your ideas. Slides will be     distracting...also be a slide deck, markers, etc. Chalk or markers force people to be more succinct. Slide decks leads...is vague. Instead, consider "A mechanistic understanding of this system will provide the first defined ...avoid the temptation to provide too many details. Reverse engineer your talk. Identify the key points you ...original blog post below! --Ed.  Eight years ago, I decided to write a "how to" manual on applying for faculty...the trials and tribulations of the process, I’ve provided guidance and mentoring to several people that ...failure to clearly articulate one's talents and ideas. Some key points from my ebook, "Applying for a ...
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