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  1. A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture

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    ...to researchers.  TALENs In 2010, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) were engineered...findings of the 1952 Hershey-Chase experiment. In the same year, Rosalind Franklin and her student Raymond ...
  2. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    ...Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn to Use Cas9 Activators Perform Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Generate...investigator can be relatively certain that their samples don’t have off-target mutations if they remain ...
  3. Viral Vector Guides and Plasmids

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    ...multi-plasmid system. Many viral plasmids are also self-inactivating, meaning that they can only complete one round...typically do not have the ability to propagate in the same way that wild-type viruses do. For general virus...
  4. Chemogenetics Guide

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    ...For example, PSAM Q79G,Q139G is activated by PSEM 22S , while PSAM L141F,Y115F is activated by PSEM 89S...of Na + and/or K + ions, and activates neuronal activity. Figure 3: PSAM4-based ligand-gated ion channels...ligands, could be activated by synthetic ligands. Specifically, Receptors Activated Solely by Synthetic...constitutive activity, making them less than ideal. DREADDs Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer...endogenous ligands, have low constitutive activity, and their activating ligands have few, if any off-target...ions, and inhibits neuronal activity. PSAM-5HT3 PSAM-5HT3 LGICs pair a PSAM domain with a 5-HT 3 serotonin...off-target activity, and do not seem to have the same back-metabolism issues as CNO and are attractive alternatives...
  5. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...fusion with transcriptional activator (such as dCas9-VP64) Many different activator systems exist, including...including the multi-plasmid SAM system Activate Design and Clone Your gRNA Achieving your desired edit comes...Knockouts Activation/interference Needs good primer design Western blot Knockouts Activation/interference...the gRNA activity. Be sure to sequence the genomic region you intend to target in your samples to ensure...proteins) Many base editors fused to Cas9 exert their activity within a very narrow window proximal to the PAM...dCas9 alone for mammalian cell lines Interfere Activate (CRISPRa) Increase gene expression without permanently...essential protein domain could abolish protein activity and essentially function as a “knockout,” but ...
  6. AAV Production in HEK293 Cells

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...) (Link opens in a new window) (3,180 cm 2 - the same surface area as 21 x T-175 flasks). Cell stacks ... 2 Cellstack 2, Corning 3269, 1272 cm 2 Heat-inactivated FBS (HI-FBS) Pro-Tip Different brands and lots...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of glutaGRO 11 mL of 200 mM L-alanyl-L-glutamine...0.08 μg/bp Therefore, for each plasmid we need: Sample Calculations RepCap: 0.08 μg/bp × 7,265 bp = 582.1...overnight at 4 °C if needed. Transfer the entire sample to 3 x 500 mL conical bottles and centrifuge at...round of sonication to avoid overheating of the sample. Mix well between rounds of sonication. Sonicate...
  7. Colony Formation Titering Assay

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10 mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....protocol outlines the seeding of the cells at the same time as the virus-mediated transduction. For some... titer, take the average of multiple dilutions. Sample Data Figure 1: A549 cells were transduced with ...
  8. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10 mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C. ...complete + 10 µg/mL polybrene. Note, this is just a sample of possible dilutions. You may want to try higher...monoclonal lines from the early polyclonal populations. Sample Data Figure 1: Generation of monoclonal cell lines...
  9. Fluorescence Titering Assay

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G ...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C.... titer, take the average of multiple dilutions. Sample Data Figure 1: 293T cells were transduced with ...
  10. General Transfection

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    ...FBS can be purchased already head inactivated or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Low serum medium such as Opti-MEM or Opti-Pro...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....24–48 h before checking for protein expression. Sample Data Legend: Lenti-X 293T cells were transfected...
  11. Lentivirus Production

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat inactivated or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56°C for...chloroquine Polyethylenimine, linear MW 25,000 Da Heat-inactivated FBS 1x PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C. Pro-Tip... °C as soon as possible to avoid loss of titer. Sample Data Figure 1: 293T cells were transfected with...
  12. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS 1X PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....performed at Addgene on the A549 cells described in our sample data , each 96-well plate gave rise to 15–20 monoclonal...solution will be used to seed the 96-well plate. Sample Calculation First, use a hemocytometer to quantitate...plate for individual cells, which should be on the same focal plane. Scan the entire plate and make note...highest or lowest transgene expression ( Figure 2 ). Sample Data Figure 1: Generation of monoclonal cell lines...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    ...spatiotemporal control of transgene expression or activity can be achieved using switches, including riboswitches...function like your average AAVs — and have many of the same restrictions, like limited cargo space (~4.7 kb)...systems, which use two or more AAVs to transduce the same cell, can accommodate larger, modular genetic payloads...efficient AAV-PHP.eB, developed and deposited by the same lab. AAV-PHP.eB is the most commonly requested systemic...off-target organs. AAV.CAP-B22 was developed through the same process as AAV.CAP-B10 and shows high transduction...
  14. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ... the sample to that of a standard curve to extrapolate the concentration of antigen in the sample. A variety...with samples, eliminating them from the procedure removes one potential source of cross-reactivity.   While...use the same secondary antibody for any ELISA protocol that uses primary antibodies of the same isotype...-containing sample with their conjugated primary antibody. Users next incubate the sample with the multiwell...used to quantify the level of target antigen in a sample. While Engvall et al. originally developed the ... proteins and small molecules from a variety of sample types (Engvall 1971). Scientists value ELISAs for...using the method. ELISA basics All ELISAs follow the same overall process. First users coat a multiwell plate...
  15. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    ...presence of several biomarkers together in the same tissue sample predicts a certain cancer and want to look...you will need to start with a fixed sample. Depending on the sample type, this might be frozen or formalin-fixed...you image the first target, you inactivate the fluorophores in the sample, either by chemical treatment ...al, 2022 for a sample protocol.)  Simultaneous IF Depending on your needs, your sample, and targets, you...known to be abundant in your samples (with a primary antibody that has the same species and isotype as the...set of samples where you label only one target in each. Compare these individually-labeled samples with ...the sample is being damaged by all the handling steps, or there’s some unexpected cross-reactivity. Keep...
  16. Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype

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    ...than generally reactive ones. And make sure to check for any reported cross-reactivity when planning your...minimize the risk of cross-reactivity. To further limit species cross-reactivity, try to find secondary antibodies...cross-reactivity. For example, if you are using mouse IgG2a and rat IgG1 antibodies in the same application...specific secondary antibody, rather than a broadly  reactive secondary (Fig. 1). For example, an anti-mouse...Manning 2012).      Figure 1: Broadly reactive versus subclass-specific antibodies. Only a fraction...of the antibody molecules present in a broadly reactive secondary antibody will bind to a monoclonal primary...different isotypes and subclasses, use a broadly reactive secondary antibody to increase the chance of primary...
  17. CRISPR Guide

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    ...nuclease activity Cas9 enzymes will likely improve as more key residues for specificity and activity are discovered...NG — NG; increased in vitro activity SpG — NGN; increased nuclease activity SpRY — NRN/NYN, where R = A...select for gRNAs with high on-target activity and low off-target activity. Knockout libraries often target...become a flexible tool to activate, repress, visualize, and isolate genes. Activation or Repression of Target...transcriptional activator (e.g. VP64) or repressor (e.g. KRAB; Figure 9A). Other examples of activation systems...instead of a two-component system (Figure 9C) SAM activators — co-expression of dCas9-VP64 with a modified...additional RNA-binding helper activators; highest levels of single-gene activation (Figure 9D) Figure 9: Overview...
  18. Protocol - pLKO.1 – TRC Cloning Vector

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    ...two different shRNAs that target the same gene can produce the same phenotype will alleviate concerns about...plasmid in mammalian cells. sin 3’LTR 3’ Self-inactivating long terminal repeat. f1 ori f1 bacterial origin...boiling water. If using a PCR machine, incubate the sample at 70°C for 10 minutes then slowly cool to room...Biotechnol . 1997. 15(9):871-5. PubMed . Self-inactivating lentivirus vector for safe and efficient in ...
  19. Optogenetics Guide

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    ...different colors of light to activate/silence the same neuronal population, or activate different neural populations...respectively. Color of activation light There are a variety of different activation wavelengths, ranging...including protein activation, membrane localization, and transcriptional activation. In the widely used... transcriptional activation domain and DNA binding domain, allowing light to activate transcription. Phytochromes...Multiple-color optical activation, silencing, and desynchronization of neural activity, with single-spike ...the closing of the channel 470(activ.), 590(inact.) ReaChR Red-activatable variant of CrChR2 590 Channelrhodopsins...Different activation wavelengths also make it possible to combine multiple opsins in the same experiment...
  20. A Control for All Seasons

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    ... replicates are repeated measurements of the same sample and are included to assess variability in the... the tau western blot several times with the same samples and compare the results across runs. If the ... wild-type and knockout samples. In this test, wild-type and knockout samples are treated with the identical...present in the wild-type samples and absent in the knockout.  If knockout samples are unavailable, try substituting...control, and cross-reactivity control when multiplexing. A, wild-type and knockout samples are the gold standard...interactions between the sample and the secondary antibody. C, a label control treats the sample to the full protocol...interpretation of results. A positive control is generally a sample or group that will have a desired response. For...
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