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  1. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    ...DNA, they grow and replicate, and then their DNA is harvested, much like one would prep an individual plasmid...things: underrepresented plasmids (plasmids that were lost or “dropped out”) and overrepresented plasmids...of 0.5 representing perfect uniformity (see Figure 3A). Addgene finds that this representation is most...for screening experiments, so the scale of the DNA prep is larger. And since the library contains many plasmids...library amplification and sequencing. Maintain representation of the library during transformation First,... to ensure all components of the library are represented. Typically, Addgene uses electrocompetent Stbl4...off the plates and pelleted for DNA extraction. Prepare library product for next-generation sequencing ...
  2. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...causes the breaks) and host cell DNA repair factors (which repair those breaks) makes Cas9 extremely effective...inactivating genes), while breaks repaired by homology directed repair (HDR) pathways can modify the sequence...which sequence replacement holds some kind of fitness advantage but error-prone repair of the gene would...causes two types of editing outcomes: Cas9 breaks repaired by the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway...low. Understanding the biological cause of this repair bias is a fascinating (and yet unanswered) question...approach to improve the efficiency of sequence replacement by HDR. Understanding Cas9 biophysics enhances...studies) to boost the efficiency of sequence replacement in vivo. We discovered that single stranded donor...
  3. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    ...AAV and lentiviral preps we have released in the last few months: Lentiviral preps for expressing SARS-CoV...lentiviral preps to speed up COVID-19 research even further. The following lentiviral preps are now available...2-N-2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein  pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-M-2xStrep-IRES-Puro...pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-orf3a-2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a Lentiviral preps for expressing ...pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-E-2xStrep-IRES-Puro) and NSP2 (pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-nsp2-2xStrep-IRES-Puro) are also...dependent Cre and FLPo And more!  New lentiviral preps SARS-CoV-2 protein expression The Krogan lab quickly... pooled library is now available as a lentiviral prep. It's a human CRISPR inhibition library that inhibits...
  4. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    ...a bound repressor protein actively prevents transcription. Once an inducer binds the repressor protein...protein, the repressor protein is removed from the DNA. With the repressor protein absent, transcription is...promoter to induce transcription of the phage repressor cI. Repressor cI inhibits transcription from phage promoter...expression of a reporter gene. When light is present, YFI is inactive, preventing repressor cI synthesis ...with this post, check out our follow up post on repressible promoters. How are inducible promoters regulated...promoter. This promoter requires removal of the lac repressor (lacI protein) for transcription to be activated...presence of lactose or lactose analog IPTG, the lac repressor undergoes a conformational change that removes...
  5. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    ...phase oocytes, thus allowing repair to take place before DNA replication. Indeed, they observed that 41... were able to distinguish between repair from the template vs repair from the maternal MYBPC3 allele. ...indicating that repair proceeded through NHEJ rather than HDR. Figure 1: Homology-directed repair in targeted...Note: After this blog was published, a bioRxiv preprint that questions the conclusion of inter-homologue...Nature gives us even more to talk about, as it represents another step towards CRISPR germline editing ...different gRNAs, and electroporated them with an ssODN repair template in induced pluripotent stem cells made... efficiency of only 27.9% and homology-directed repair (HDR) taking place in 41.2% of edited cells. The...
  6. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    ...and providing lentiviral preps of select lentiviral vectors from the repository for you. We perform test... gRNA representation, produce high titer lentivirus from the library, ensure gRNA representation in the...particular organism available at Addgene. Percentages represent the fraction of that total with the indicated ...excited to provide ready-to-use CRISPR lentiviral preps to researchers across the globe. Why provide CRISPR...in science, getting a high titer Cas9 lentivirus prep takes a bit of time and effort that, for many groups... protocol only to find that the low titer of her prep makes it unuseable. With the large size of the SpCas9...test infections with all of our viral preps and host our expression data (western blots or fluorescent ...
  7. Addgene is Expanding Our Viral Vector Service!

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    ...have added the prep to your cart and checked out.  Prices for Packaged on Request viral preps will be available...Request prep and run the same quality control assays we run with all of our in-stock viral preps: ddPCR...on Request prep 6–9 weeks after placing your order.  Can I order Packaged on Request preps through a distributor...AAV composed of an AAV plasmid in the Addgene repository and their choice of five different serotypes.... and ordering a Packaged on Request viral vector prep.    Excited? So are we! This expansion will ...ordering high-quality materials from the Addgene repository. Read on to learn more.  What will be available...available?  Over 3000 AAV plasmids in the Addgene repository will be available for Packaged on Request service...
  8. Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025

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    ...the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. Here's...protein labeling with TurboCas Enhancer-AAV viral preps targeting interneurons Glutamate indicators with... intensity-based Glutamate-Sensing Fluorescent Reporter (iGluSnFR) designed and improved by the Loren ...DNA vector that contains everything needed to replicate inside a host cell but with space to insert your...a GPI-anchor. Image courtesy of IPI.   Repurposing retrotransposons for DNA editing By Emily P. ... genome. The team established that they could reprogram the genomic target by swapping the homology arms...formation than methods relying on homology-directed repair (HDR), and insertion is scarless, unlike previous...
  9. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ... to cleave and activate a reporter. The detectable signal from this reporter can be measured and quantified...and a Csm6 specific reporter (in the same fluorescent channel as the Cas13 reporter), they could significantly...method termed Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKING (SHERLOCK and SHERLOCKv2) (Gootenberg... termed DNA Endonuclease Targeted CRISPR Trans Reporter (DETECTR) (Chen et al., 2018). Both SHERLOCK and... SHERLOCK- Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKING Cas13 (C2c2) was first identified in...molecules. In SHERLOCK a quenched fluorescent ssRNA reporter is added to the reaction. Cleavage of the quenchable...amplification step in combination with the ssRNA reporter enables SHERLOCK to detect DNA or RNA with atomolar...
  10. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...activators and repressors to target genes. Repressing target genes using dCas9-based repressors Early experiments...sufficient to repress transcription by blocking its initiation. In mammalian cells, robust repression requires...transcriptional repressors to the promoter region of the gene of interest. dCas9-based repressors are useful...researchers to knock out, knock in, base edit, activate, repress, and even image your favorite gene. With so many...array of Cas9s (many available through Addgene’s repository) and make it easy to find your perfect match..... Image from David Liu.   Activation and repression using Cas9 Don’t want to permanently modify the...particular gene isn’t feasible. For example, temporary repression or knockdown allow you to study essential genes...
  11. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    ...recombination. Yeast Replicating plasmids (YRp):  These vectors contain an Autonomously Replicating Sequence (ARS...mammalian vectors, will catch you up on the core replication and resistance features of yeast vectors and ...includes but is not limited to: rapid growth, ease of replica plating and mutant isolation, a well-defined genetic...homologous recombination to facilitate simple gene replacement/mutation. Yeast expression plasmids used in the...vectors must contain a yeast-specific origin of replication (ORI) and a means of selection in yeast cells...antibiotic selection markers.  The yeast origin of replication (Please note: This first section primarily pertains...ve also noted some features required for the replication of fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, ...
  12. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    ...has dubbed these fusions LumiFluor Reporters. The LumiFluor reporter constructs were designed to be packaged... The researchers took a FRET reporter and adapted it into a BRET reporter by using NanoLuc® Luciferase...and NanoLuc® Luciferase are available from the repository. We encourage people to go to Addgene to get ...couples NLuc to fluorescent proteins to make better reporters and the second couples NLuc to fluorescent proteins...host cells. The fluorescent moiety of the BRET reporter was used to sort successfully infected/expressing...NanoLuc luciferase. Both GpNLuc and OgNLuc BRET reporters produced bright signals without exogenous excitation...near 600 nm – a clear demonstration of why a BRET reporter can improve deep tissue imaging. The constructs...
  13. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ...gRNA in one AAV and a repair template in second a second AAV to deliver their repair template to mouse zygotes...two halves of a repair template spread across two AAVs, it is possible sequentially repair a target site...deliver a repair template that would take up ~6.5 kB if delivered in a single AAV. They report roughly ...Russell and Hirata from the University of Washington reported a surprising finding - when delivered via AAV ... mutations through aberrant double strand break repair, it has proven more challenging to develop high... via homologous recombination with a homologous repair template. It is this application - the creation...appropriate for a CRISPR-based approach. Second, the AAV preps generally used for gene editing are low titre, and...
  14. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...other services that we provide, including viral preps and pooled libraries. As anyone who has ever worked... libraries. From start to finish the library preparation process only takes about one day, even for six...plasmids)! These libraries are then QC’d, pooled, and prepared for Illumina sequencing on our newly donated MiSeq... are “failed” and removed from the plate to be prepped again. These holes are then filled with other samples...VGS). QC is performed throughout the library preparation process and includes Picogreen quantification...often find a few mismatches in the origin of replication or other common backbone elements. Since we’ve...ve successfully grown the plasmid in culture to prepare it for sequencing, we feel confident that these...
  15. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    ... derived from Streptococcus pasteurianus  or the type II CRISPR3 module of Streptococcus thermophilus ...tools for your research! This time: Optogenetic repression in yeast Base editing CRISPRi in Caulobacter ... CRISPR-based DNA demethylation Optogenetic repressors of gene expression in yeast Megan McClean’s lab...generated an optogenetic toolkit that controls repression of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae...consists of dCas9, the mammalian transcriptional repressor Mxi1, and an optogenetic tool that controls nuclear...complex enters the nucleus where dCas9-Mxi1 can repress gene expression. In the dark, the NLS is inaccessible...Molecular Bioengineering Find the optogenetic repressor plasmids Cytosine base editors with minimized...
  16. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    ...involves viral vectors and plasmids with repeating sequences. Repeating sequences within a plasmid can undergo... (AmpR) and origins of replication (ori and f1 ori) which allow it to replicate.   How can I prevent...contain repeating elements. Knowing how to amplify recombination-prone plasmids and testing your prep can ...recombinases like RecA and RecBCD in bacteria. When two repeating elements love each other very much undergo recombination...recombination often occurs between the long-terminal repeats (LTRs). After recombination, one resulting plasmid...the bacterial selection marker and origin of replication. During bacterial culture, only the plasmid with...the antibiotic resistance gene and origin will replicate, and the transgene will be lost. Over time, bacteria...
  17. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    ...This new system, termed REPAIR (RNA editing for programmable A to I (G) replacement) is the first CRISPR ...RNA editing from the Cas13b REPAIR system To test the robustness of REPAIRv1, the lab targeted 34 pathogenic...transcriptome-wide comparison, REPAIRv2 reduced off-target sites from the 18,385 observed with REPAIRv1 to merely 20. ..., RNA editing doesn't require homology-directed repair (HDR) machinery, and could thus be used in non-... 30-84 nucleotides, and designated this system REPAIRv1. Using next-generation sequencing, they confirmed...HEK293T cells, as assessed using RNA-seq. Since the REPAIRv1 machinery is too large to fit into adeno-associated...identified ADAR2DD(delta984-1090), which decreases the REPAIRv1 construct size from 4,473 bp to 4,152 bp without...
  18. Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop

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    ...part of my job, in addition to preparing DNA and generating/replenishing kits, is to find new ways to make...scale DNA preps with multiple samples without cross contamination. We currently use the CosMCPrep system ... throughput DNA prepping by trying out NEB’s new NEBNext Ultra II FS DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina...of this newly released prep kit. In their prior NEBNext Ultra II DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina, one... process for library preparation using this kit is: Fragmentation and end repair Adapter Ligation Clean...advancement easier. NEBNext Ultra FS DNA Library Prep Kit To create a DNA library, one must first fragment...mostly used to make new libraries as opposed to replicating them like we do at Addgene), going to the workshop...
  19. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...a subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These...dCas-VPR repressor are introduced into the hPSC genome using AAV1 and contain an EGFP reporter. Expression...to provide ready-to-use viral preps. Here are some of the new viral preps from recent months: New GPCR...measurements of norepinephrine. These norepinephrine sensors include GRAB_NE1h (high affinity) and GRAB_NE1m...production in E.coli as simple as following a DNA miniprep protocol!  First, the authors created the pMAK...Expression of the dCas9-KRAB activator or dCas9-VPR repressor in hPSCs is also driven by a doxycycline inducible...promoter. The gRNA piggyBac plasmids include a mRFP reporter. With this system, they could quantify and track...
  20. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ...conjugated with a reporter or tag that can then be detected.  Typically, the reporter is an enzyme such...dish and incubate it with a reporter conjugated primary antibody. The reporter reacts with a provided substrate...simplicity we will discuss the more common enzyme-based reporter methods. For enzymatic signal detection, users... sandwich and competitive. In a direct ELISA a reporter enzyme conjugated antibody binds to antigen coated...antibody first binds to the antigen and then a reporter enzyme conjugated secondary antibody binds to ...detection antibody can be directly conjugated with a reporter enzyme or a conjugated secondary antibody can ...).  The sample (purple) is preincubated with a reporter enzyme labeled antibody and then added to the ...
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