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  1. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    ...depositing can be grown using standard conditions (37 °C, LB, antibiotics, etc.) and stored as glycerol stocks...drop-down menu to indicate whether the tag is on the N or C terminus and whether it was present in the backbone...be entirely verified by sequencing. Upload any support files that will make it easier for scientists to...
  2. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    ...Antonini, M.-J., Rosenfeld, D., Park, J., Garwood, I. C., Yan, W., Niroui, F., Fink, Y., Chandrakasan, A.,...included in them for downstream control – this is important later! Next, additional components are added -...times more flexible than the brain fibers and importantly distortion of the fibers didn’t affect their ...temperature proximal to the implanted fibers. As important as its capabilities are the practical considerations...
  3. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    ... I as this enzyme recognizes the DNA sequence 5´-(C/T)CCTT-3' and digests double stranded DNA at this ...salt causes arcing during electroporation which would cause the electroporation to fail). When incubating...limit (lower transformation efficiencies have been reported with longer incubation); however, you may need...
  4. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    ...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6070312. 2. Stark, Jessica C., et al. "BioBits™ Bright: A fluorescent synthetic...encodes it. That DNA sequence then needs to be incorporated into a host cell (through a process called transformation...FD-CF reactions affordable to many schools. Most importantly, experiments for FD-CF reactions can be fun and...
  5. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ... system is capable of robust expression of high G+C content genes, as validated through monitoring the...plasmids use “Cas9-mediated adenosine transient reporter for editing enrichment”, or XMAS-TREE, to identify...
  6. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...arrays (e.g. for spacers A, B, and C, you could obtain arrays A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, and ABC). Nielsen Lab...expressed, the gRNAs cannot be released, adding temporal and/or spatial control to the system. pSQT1313...plasmids, which contain various promoters and reporters, and subsequently inserted into a Cas9-containing...-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector system.” Scientific Reports 4 (2014): 5400. PubMed PMID: 24954249. PubMed Central... Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 10. Port, Fillip, et al. “Optimized CRISPR/Cas tools for ...
  7. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    ...to produce and distribute virus. Addgene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and our plasmid service was started based...milestone. Viral service supporters We would like to thank the companies who supported this project with funding...and be ready to provide extensive logistics support for export and shipping on dry ice. The Business and...seed money was used to build a completely self-supporting service so that Addgene is not dependent on grants... in accelerating the Viral Service. With their support we are able to provide faster access to a larger...number of viral preps. Visit our Sponsors and Supporters Page Thank you to all of our generous, sharing...Addgene repository. Without these scientists and the support of their technology transfer offices, Addgene would...
  8. Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools

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    ...this may be due to different lipid compositions of C. elegans membranes, which might beneficially influence...ApoB-NanoLuc reporter by inserting the NanoLuc luciferase downstream of the apoB gene. Using this reporter, the...Cell, 2019. PubMed PMID: 30639098. LipoGlo: A reporter for measuring ApoB bound lipoproteins Article ...cells. These changes were larger than previously reported for other organisms, and the Gottschalk group ...
  9. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    ... Cas9 for easy genome engineering in species like C. elegans and Drosophila. Light inducible promoters... phage promoter pR, preventing expression of a reporter gene. When light is present, YFI is inactive, ...preventing repressor cI synthesis and allowing reporter gene transcription to take place. Addgene also...promoter is right for me? Here’s a list of some important variables to consider when choosing an inducible...’re expressing a gene that may be toxic, it’s important that your inducible promoter not be too leaky....
  10. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    ...Boeckman JX, Manning CF, Nguyen JT, Bechtold H, Dumitras C, Gong B, Nguyen K, van der List D, Murray KD, Engebrecht...about the process that was used to create this important collection.  Creating the Plasmids To begin constructing...antibody (R-mAb) expression plasmids, allowing for important reagents that could have been lost to continue...sequences available from each plasmid webpage. Importantly, the methods developed by the Trimmer Lab for...why choosing the right secondary is of primary importance. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone...
  11. Summer SciComm Series: A PhD in Science Communication

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    ...    References and Resources References Drummond, C., & Fischhoff, B. (2017). Individuals with greater...how it works. I used to stay up past my bedtime, poring over my grandparents’ medical textbooks by torchlight...to all the optional sexual health sessions and reported the intel back to my shyer classmates. For my ...the community During my PhD, I’ve also found opportunities for more hands-on science communication. Between...
  12. Components of CRISPR/Cas9

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    ... tracrRNA and Cas9, bind to these transcripts and C) cleave them leaving mature crRNAs bound to the Cas9... combined with the tracrRNA forms the scaffold portion of a gRNA and the “spacer region” forms the target...
  13. Allen Institute for Cell Science Plasmid Collection

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    ...Grancharova T, Arakaki J, Fuqua MA, Nelson A, Hookway C, Ludmann SA, Mueller IA, Yang R, Horwitz R, Rafelski...114407 NUP153-mEGFP AICSDP-50 mEGFP Nucleoporin Nup153 Nuclear pores 114410 FUS-mEGFP AICSDP-64 mEGFP RNA-binding... from the Allen Institute for Cell Science data portal (Link opens in a new window) , including: data ...
  14. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    ... Since the bacteria are subsequently grown at 37 °C, the recombineering plasmid is not maintained. Recombination...the deletion. REPLACR-mutagenesis successfully incorporated a 60-nucleotide insertion; beyond this insertion...
  15. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    ...ti2learning.org. References 1. Dieterich, Daniela C., et al. "In situ visualization and dynamics of newly...designated work areas and come with health risks. Importantly, with this method it is not possible to follow...azidohomoalanine (AHA). In the technique, AHA is incorporated into newly synthesized proteins instead of methionine...endogenous protein of interest that also had incorporated the AHA tag after pulse labeling of a determined...FUNCAT-PLA provides both quantitative and spatio-temporal information about the turnover of specific endogenous..."Puromycin inhibition of protein synthesis: incorporation of puromycin into peptide chains." Proceedings...Gabriel. "Inhibition by puromycin of amino acid incorporation into protein." Proceedings of the National Academy...
  16. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...and References References Wang, I. X., Grunseich, C., Fox, J., et al., Human proteins that interact with... how these structures are generated, why it’s important for cells to sense their formation, and how clinicians...in turn lead to genome instability. Thus, it’s important to strike a balance between productive levels ...be delivered or anticipating this response are important considerations when using these reagents. RNA...recognized by RNase H which hydrolyzes the RNA portion, allowing the DNA strands to re-pair. The two dominating...stranded isn’t just for DNA. Untwisting RNA is important for therapeutic delivery, viruses, human disease...
  17. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    ...Methods Mol Biol, 2018. PubMed PMID: 29043675.Grefen C and MR Blatt. Biotechniques 2012. PubMed PMID: 23066669...2017). However, Acr inhibition is spatially and temporally ubiquitous, making them a rather blunt instrument...versatility opens up the potential for spatial and temporal control in many genetic targeting and editing ...rapidly screen thousands of proteins for one that can report electrical activity via imaging. They took the ...response to light, offers a way to spatially and temporally control cellular processes in vivo. Many photoactive...
  18. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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    ...proven in (A) Productize, (B) Roll out to market, and (C) Break even cycles. Work hard. Work fast. Be flexible...bacteriophages as bacterial therapeutics. This idea was incorporated into Novophage Therapeutics, Inc. in March 2009...potential conflicts that waste money and time. Most importantly, “the company does not become real until someone...Synthetic Biology? Read On! Synthetic Biology & the Importance of Assembly Standards Story of a SynBio Startup...
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