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  1. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...Using a spectrophotometer is among the faster methods of quantification. Many spectrophotometers have an... you have multiple contaminating bands or a few strong ones, consider increasing the number of washes ... period of two weeks. After this time, quality control assays showed that the majority of antibodies are...references More resources on the Addgene blog Introduction to Antibodies Plasmid-based Recombinant Antibodies...Protein aggregation - Mechanisms, detection, and control. Int J Pharm. 2018 Oct 25;550(1-2):251-268. doi.../j.cocis.2014.10.002. Randolph TW, Schiltz E, Sederstrom D, Steinmann D, Mozziconacci O, Schöneich C, ...
  2. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ...Optogenetics Guide γ-Retrovirus Guide Protocols Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Bacterial Transformation... direct shipments weren’t able to clear import control. Partnering with a distributor allowed us to share... How to Design Primers for PCR Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Inoculating Liquid Bacterial Cultures Restriction...Restriction Digest Analysis We also introduced guides — practical primers to help users get started ...we launched the Addgene YouTube channel to add a strong visual component to our educational resources. ... systems to allow for easier access to export-controlled items by streamlining permissions and paperwork...
  3. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...derived from the control trace file. On the plot, the green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines...cells, genomic DNA from both edited and unedited (control) populations is PCR-amplified and Sanger sequenced...determined by comparing the edited trace to the control trace. In the ICE algorithm, potential editing ...summary table. You can also use your browser’s Control+F or Command+F functionality to search for a particular...disagreement between the non-edited wild type (control) and the edited sample in the region around the...difference. Traces The Traces tab shows the edited and control, non-edited Sanger traces in the region around ...
  4. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...different scientific fields, and knowledge of how to troubleshoot problems at the bench. Specifically, roles in...loads of questions, and I also had to do some troubleshooting as advised by the technical support person....specificity of this antibody?” You will also help troubleshoot products, give general experimental guidance...the world easier. You should also demonstrate a strong willingness to help others with their problems,... initial contact, but is less suitable for troubleshooting or issuing replacement products. In order to...careers are open to experienced professionals with strong interest in the technical aspects of science and...work includes reviewing customer data sets, troubleshooting protocols, analyzing information, and solving...
  5. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ... to introduce multiple genetic modifications in the same strain. MazF expression is under control of the... a GFP cassette, and introduced site-directed mutations, all without introducing unwanted selection markers...delivery vector can be integrated into the genome to introduce the genetic modification(s) contained within it...EcoRI and Bsp6I in Escherichia coli in 1995 when introduction of restriction-modification systems onto plasmids... able to monitor lacZ activity over 48 hours in vitro without antibiotic selection. In a subcutaneous ...
  6. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...unproductive conversations with internet trolls (urban dictionary for trolling: The art of deliberately, cleverly...to write our AMA submission to avoid rousing the trolls. 3. The AMA process was simple and well organized...while it can be anonymous, I can always block the trolls. It seemed like I would really have to open myself...moderators were on top of any comments that were at all trollish. Kudos to the moderators for keeping the quality...discourse. They even advised me on how to alter my intro to reduce the number of potentially hostile posters... the term “implicit bias” which is apparently a troll trigger phrase these days). Redditors ask serious...
  7. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    ...for this task. However, most lesioning methods destroy areas larger than intended and may unintentionally...to the neuronal networks involved in directly controlling muscle activity and coordinating movement, several...optogenetics to support these existing findings by controlling neurons in the mPFC with light. Activation of...inhibited by fear/anxiety. On the other hand, the control group preferred staying in the dark compartment...time the animal spends in the passive mode, the stronger is the depressive component of the animal behavior... such genetic study focuses on brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is a small protein involved...the same paper, the authors used lentivirus to introduce an shRNA to downregulate expression of miR124a...
  8. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    ...approach complete with freely available positive controls. Routinely test your cell line for mycoplasma ...freezing virus in a dry ice/ethanol bath or liquid nitrogen prior to storing. Know your target cells Labs ...These binding events can be impaired by the electrostatic repulsion of the negatively charged cell with..., A., Garnier, A. “Downstream processing of oncoretroviral and lentiviral gene therapy vectors.” Biotechnology...conditions on the production of lentiviral and retroviral vectors.” Human Gene Therapy Clinical Development...Cronin, J., Zhang, X.Y., Reiser, J. “Altering the tropism of lentiviral vectors through pseudotyping.” Current...Cleghorn G., West M.J., Wei MQ. “The significance of controlled conditions in lentiviral vector titration and...
  9. New Viral Vectors - Spring 2025

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    ... channelrhodopsin in the retrograde serotype, and a dTomato under the control of the E6 regulatory element...pAAV-CAG-emiRFP670 AAV1 Control Kiryl Piatkevich New viral tool pAAV-S5E6-dTom-nlsdTom AAV1 Control Jordane Dimidschstein...Wilson New serotype AAVrg = AAV retrograde (also called AAV2-retro) Looking for more viral vectors? ...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...CRISPR/Cas9 to cells for genome editing, and introducing inducible systems into cells, among many other...Desfarges & Ciuffi, 2012). One family of viruses, retroviridae, require integration for their life cycle to... during production (read our blog post on the retroviral life cycle for a more detailed description). ...concerning in clinical settings, as evidenced by retroviral gene therapy trials for X-linked severe combined...immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase mutants retain in vitro integrase activity yet fail to integrate viral DNA...lessons from provirus and non-integrated DNA. Retrovirology, 1, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-1-...resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Life Cycle Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus...
  11. Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior

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    ...field of view. Tetbow can be introduced in vivo either by electroporation of plasmids, or using AAV vectors...type of cell labeling technique involves the introduction of a transgene construct containing fluorescent...cells, the expression level of these XFP is not strong enough for all applications. To resolve this, similar...use in Drosophila melanogaster and is under the control of Flp recombinase. The XFPs in Flybow are membrane-tethered...entire organism or a specific tissue. XFPs are introduced using a plasmid construct called Zebrabow-GateDest...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Read an introduction to live cell imaging Learn more about the origin...
  12. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...Stbl4   Electrocompetent cells for cloning and storage of unstable DNA and lentiviral/retroviral vectors...Allows uptake of large plasmids hee   High electroporation efficiency supE44 (glnV44)   Suppression ...cloning and storage, blue/white screening, leucine auxotroph. F- endA1 recA1 galE15 galK16 nupG rpsL ΔlacX74...For cloning into and storage of lentiviral and retroviral vectors or cloning or repeated sequences with...
  13. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    ...Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems has expanded out of control. To further consolidate these FAQs, Le Cong worked...gRNAs with the Cas9 nickase which will together introduce cleavage of the target site with efficiency similar...on each side flanking the change you'd like to introduce. We use Ultramer oligo from IDT (non-PAGE purified...although this might still be okay if you are introducing a selection marker gene. The homology arms should...ideally less than 10 bp away if possible. For introducing small mutations (<50 bp) or a single-point mutation...around 100–150 bp total homology. The mutation is introduced in the middle, giving 50–75 bp homology arms....double digestion. As a successful insertion will destroy the BbsI sites, a double digest should discriminate...
  14. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    ...mimic aspects of organ morphology and physiology in vitro and have emerged as a powerful model for understanding...for doing gene targeting, reporter generation, controllable gene knockouts, and inducible gene inactivation...design. B) Strategy for leak-free transcriptional control. C) Iterative transduction workflow overview. Image...SL-insensitive fluorophore (LSSmOrange) as an internal control and a SL-sensitive fluorophore (circularly permuted...the cpGFP without altering that of the internal control (Fig 1). Because this method relies on the fluorescence...-500nM range) and a high specificity for SLs in vitro, and they further demonstrated that when tested ...
  15. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    ...system along with precisely truncated attP sites to control recombination of the gene construct. A predictable...gene. Effector genes, any gene that you want to control the expression of using the SPARC system. The effector...rest of the SPARC components and expression is controlled by the upstream recombination outcome. Find ...Find SPARC plasmids at Addgene To more precisely control the amount of labeling, you can alter the attP site...effector position, as well as to optogenetically control the depolarization of R2 neurons using CsChrimson...genome engineering in flies Learn more about controlling gene expression in flies Resources on Addgene.org...
  16. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    ...scientists and plasmid lovers - serves as an introduction to plasmids. Plasmids 101 will provide you with...plasmids contain an origin of replication (which controls the host range and copy number of the plasmid)...the lab are usually artificial and designed to introduce foreign DNA into another cell. Minimally, lab-... that scientists can purify and study it in a controlled setting. Read more: Plasmids 101: Protein Tags...environment Produce enzymes that will make specific, controlled changes to an organism’s genome (genome engineering...guide also contains multiple protocols and troubleshooting tips to make plasmid usage as simple and straightforward...
  17. In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins

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    ... Many thanks to our guest blogger Jon Backstrom. Jon Backstrom, Ph.D is a biochemist in the Vanderbilt...This post was contributed by guest blogger Jon Backstrom, a biochemist in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute ...oligomerization of biotinylated proteins on avidin can be controlled easier than formation of GST dimers. Avi-Tag ... of added biotins per molecule cannot be well-controlled. The lack of site selectivity typically diminishes...relatively low efficiency of biotinylation, at least in vitro. Our solution was to exploit the best of both worlds...
  18. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    ...activity in the brain was measured with implanted electrodes. The Archon1 voltage reporter allows a way to...cre-dependent version at Addgene! Fluorescent protein and control AAV These fluorescent protein expression vectors...interneurons. These vectors can also be used as the control vectors for experiments encoding a fluorescent-... Addgene in the next 6 months, pending quality control. For an estimate on availability date or to be ... and serotype you’d like to be notified about. Controls Plasmid Serotype Name 114472  AAV5, AAV8 ...Plasmid Serotype Name 119036  AAV1  pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype Name ...
  19. A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression

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    ...exhibit profound differences in tropism between cell types (astrocytes, microglia, neurons, etc.) and ...can not recombine with each other. When Cre is introduced to the system it binds one pair of lox sites,...your cells.  Some promoters, such as CAG are very strong and may require less viral particles or relatively...or glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) for astrocytes it is important to test it in the brain region... S (2013) Analysis of Transduction Efficiency, Tropism and Axonal Transport of AAV Serotypes 1, 2, 5, ...and 5 Display Differential Efficiency and Cell Tropism after Delivery to Different Regions of the Central...
  20. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ... inserted GFP. After characterizing iGluSnFR in vitro, showing that it is selectively activated by glutamate...higher expression levels in bacteria and produces stronger fluorescent signals upon sensing glutamate in ...variants differing in kinetics, affinity, and ∆F/F0. Introduce the two variants in three different membrane-targeting...iGluSnFR3 have higher expression levels and produce stronger fluorescent signals upon sensing glutamate using...addition to the original PDGFR TMD, the researchers introduce iGluSnFR3 in two additional anchoring domains ...induction to express soluble protein CAG: Generic strong promoter. Formulated as AAV-DJ for neuronal expression...
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