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TypeBlog Post... absence of genomic alterations. These studies utilize a catalytically inactive form of Cas9 known as ...elements (CAPTURE) (Liu et al., 2017). This system utilizes dCas9 fused to a biotinylation tag expressed on...
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Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills
TypeBlog Post... and plan for the future of the team. All while still paying bills and having a life outside my job. The... and fail to identify it as a personal strength until it is identified by another person. Similar reasoning... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog Post...reporter gene. The polymerase will elongate the mRNA until it reaches the gene end signal, where it will terminate...reconstitute a functional viral polymerase complex and utilize the minigenome as a template. Thus, it is important... -
The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...imagine, it keeps all of us quite busy. Though there still isn't time for goofing off, the company culture ... the lab was such a master drywall hanger? 4. Utilize your office space too Balance point number 3 with... -
QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...Sanger sequencing was considered the gold standard until about 2008 when a new, higher-throughput sequencing-by-synthesis...relied on Sanger sequencing for QC. We occasionally still use Sanger sequencing to confirm an insert that ... -
CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors
TypeBlog Post...the adenine transversion editor AYBEv3. This tool still retained considerable A → G editing activity at ...rates ranging from 4.7% to 30% at tested sites. Still, it opened a new avenue for base editor development... -
Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them
TypeBlog Post...enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a versatile method used to quantify the level of target antigen...discovery, and food safety. Part of the assay’s versatility lies in the user’s ability to modify the protocol... -
Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids
TypeBlog Post...elements that are versatile and adaptable. Variation in ori structure allows plasmids to utilize diverse host... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog Post...one- or two-marker plots, like in Figure 3 above, until the population of interest has been successfully...far messier than biorender plots, quadrants can still help me as a reader if I'm struggling to see the... -
How to Be an Excellent Trainee
TypeBlog Post...Don’t: Wait to ask questions and/or receive help until you’ve already started a time sensitive experiment...themselves. Be mindful that your mentor will still have their own deadlines and priorities to attend... -
New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
TypeBlog Post...that could produce ultrasound contrast. That is, until earlier members of our lab - the Shapiro Lab - developed... doxycycline prior to FACS, gating for the top quartile (or higher) of BFP and GFP producing cells. After... -
Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations
TypeBlog Post...transferred into the plant. In the laboratory we can utilize this natural process by replacing the genes on ...genes and speeding up research. Certainly, there is still more to transient leaf transformations, but we hope... -
Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog Post... however, is fight smarter, not harder. We can utilize tactics like rotating antibiotic treatments, so...antibiotic is minimized, while the infection is still effectively treated. We can prescribe antibiotics... -
Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
TypeBlog Post...allow for more room for regulatory sequences while still fitting Cas9 and its gRNAs into one AAV, Cas9 must...Cas9. Unfortunately, certain drawbacks limit the utility of these systems: St1Cas9 requires a very specific... -
Bioinformatics at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...known as channels. Since a Nextflow process can utilize any scripting language that can be executed on ...processing of our sequencing data. However, our work still wasn’t complete. In order for our QC team to smoothly... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog Post... yourself for potential gRNA sites, or you can utilise several online tools that do it for you. One such... afford to wait, you can hold off on genotyping until the pups are 2-4 weeks old and use the ear tag method... -
Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
TypeBlog Post... genome. Without a working integrase, IDLVs can still deliver their genetic payload to the cell but cannot...avoid the risk of insertional mutagenesis while still allowing for stable expression of the transgene.... -
Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog Post...GFP-like probes by supplying a single gene to cells. Still in bacteria, which do not produce BV, an additional...fluorescent protein evolved from cyanobacteriochrome as versatile tag for spectral multiplexing. Nat Commun 10, ... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
TypeBlog Post...biomolecules of interest e.g. DNA, RNA, and lipids. Still, these molecules can be indirectly visualized by...facilitates the choice of the proper site, although it still is worthwhile to generate several variants and check... -
Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook
TypeBlog Post...ordering food - everything is covered. So why are we still printing and gluing pieces of paper in notebooks... needs The familiar paper-based lab notebook is still a standard approach to record-keeping in many labs...