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TypeBlog Post...VP2C fusion protein anchors to VP1, which self-assembles into a compartment encapsulating the protein of...contains a series of vectors and DNA modules for assembly of CRISPR/Cas9 constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency...2A-Synaptophysin-mRuby from Liqun Luo’s lab expresses membrane tethered GFP to enhance axonal labeling and synaptophysin-tagged...
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Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog Post...it may benefit you to work as a team with other members of your lab, a lot of the “soft skills” required... In an academic environment, surrounded by lab members who are all working on related topics, scientific...will be part of a team in industry with most team members giving oral presentations, you will also have to... -
Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids
TypeBlog Post... (nr/nt)” as it contains a composite of GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ, and PDB sequences and may be the most comprehensive...regions by default, meaning that you do not have to remember to adjust any blastp algorithm parameters. We ...http://www.expasy.org/genomics/sequence_alignment EMBL-EBI - http://www.ebi.ac.uk/services http://www.... -
CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery
TypeBlog Post...figure above), which generates pores in the cell membrane, allowing for entry of the RNP into the cytoplasm...nucleofection, which forms pores in the nuclear membrane, allowing for entry of a DNA template. Other techniques...protoplasts and biolistic bombardment of immature embryos (Liang et al. 2017). PEG-mediated methods, while... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog Post...notebooks and computer files. If you asked your team members or colleagues: How much unpublished AAV data do...Therapy - Methods and Clinical Development, 18(September), 98–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2020.05.018...Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14(December), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.578687... -
Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!
TypeBlog Post... Blugene (check back on December 5 to learn more about this!). I’ve assembled a series of screenshots...search results to match your experimental needs. Remember, only filters with results will show up! Plasmid... -
Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
TypeBlog Post...compromising the photon budget. Likewise, the switch from ensemble imaging to single-molecule imaging places a greater...recently discovered that incorporation of four-membered azetidine rings could substantially enhance the...analogs without sacrificing their small size and membrane permeability (Figure 2c). These cell-permeable... -
CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
TypeBlog Post...data from the ENCODE project, find enhancers in embryonic stem cells, and conclude with a targeted CRISPR...for NANOG, an essential transcription factor in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Your ChIP-seq finds just over...CRISPR screen. We start by infecting millions of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a lentiviral vector, an... -
To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question
TypeBlog Post... The G·U wobble base pair. EMBO Rep 1:18–23 . https://doi.org/10.1093/embo-reports/kvd001 Additional resources...mammalian cells. This was the first codon optimized membrane protein expressed in mammalian cells. In this ... -
New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
TypeBlog Post...development, complex genetic programs specify and assemble diverse arrays of neurons, forming the neuronal...subgenome-scale CRISPRa screening approach in embryonic stem (ES) cells to determine which transcription...gene-function relationships in the CNS using CRISPRa as a member of the Gelbard Laboratory at URMC. References... -
Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone
TypeBlog Post...for attendees and helping societies help their members get the most out of their meetings. Amanda Gunn...Gunn ran randomized coffee trials for us at ASCB|EMBO 2019, matching Mentors with Singletons for short coffee... a culture that brings more value to ALL their members. Shoutout to our mentors and supporters Thanks... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog Post...structures in RNA transcripts Effects on transcription (remember, it’s not all about translation - e.g. codon choice... isoacceptors induced by amino‐acid starvation." EMBO reports 6.2 (2005): 151-157. PubMed PMID: 15678157...transfer RNA abundance in Escherichia coli." The EMBO journal 9.13 (1990): 4359-4366. PubMed PMID: 2265611... -
The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup
TypeBlog Post...hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone (DFHBI). DFHBI is membrane permeable and non toxic to cells. Because it rapidly...split aptamer that can be used to investigate RNA assembly. The split aptamer is composed of a “Top” and ...fluorescent split aptamer for visualizing RNA–RNA assembly in vivo." ACS synthetic biology 6.9 (2017): 1710... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog Post... streptavidin-coated magnetic beads through an assembly of biotinylated SpyTag-SpyCatcher linkers and ...and target capture module (SpyTag-GFP nanobody) assembled on beads. C) Micrograph of H1.8-GFP nucleosomes...loss. Ci Ji Lim’s lab found that adding Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins, small proteins that... -
Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup
TypeBlog Post...devised a “Modular fluorescence unit fused with TRansmembrane region-to-IntrAcellular loop linkers” (MTRIA...they observe fluorescence localizes to the plasma membrane only when the RTK is activated and the ITAM phosphorylated...relies on a change in localization to the cell membrane and not a direct change in the fluorescent properties... -
An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI
TypeBlog Post...heads and long legs that protrude from the cell membrane, physically connecting the extracellular environment...the integrin, where it is resisted by the ligand embedded in the extracellular environment. This further...the extended open integrin conformation. During embryonic development, extended-open integrins enable tissue... -
Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
TypeBlog Post...proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes. Membrane trafficking of farnesylated derivatives enables...fluorescent proteins: RFP (red), YFP (yellow) and M-CFP (membrane tethered cyan). Without Cre recombination, RFP... -
Trimmer Lab NeuroMab Collection
TypeCollection...translocation of the heavy chain across the ER membrane. PCR-mediated fusion of these three elements is...translocation of the light chain across the ER membrane. Downstream of the insert is a heavy chain constant... -
Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase
TypeBlog Post...optogenetic accuators to depolarize or hyperpolarize membranes. Traditional FRET reporters could not be used ...Venus fluorescent protein in conjunction with a membrane-inserted voltage sensing domain (LOTUS V; Luminescent...Universal Sensing of Voltage). With this sensor, membrane depolarization increases the BRET signal whereas... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog Post...deposited versions with both PDGFR and NGR fusions for membrane display, they recommend the NGR vectors for most... modulators of cell signaling pathways during embryonic development and cancer. But there is still much...intestinal peptide (VIP), or lysosomal-associated membrane protein 5 (LAMP5) — as well as cholinergic (choline...