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  1. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ...is to make it detectable. Visualization can be achieved using fluorescent microscopy - even in living ...membrane permeabilized in order for the antibodies to reach their intracellular targets. Therefore, it can be...setup for a different fluorescent signal) and photobleaching i.e. FP stability. One should also be aware...make sure that the selected FPs do not influence each other and thus potentially falsify the signal. As...Pages 2. Cooper GM. 2000. The Cell: A Molecular Approach. 2nd Edition. 3.  CureFFI.org. Cell Biology 04... Susanna Bachle...
  2. Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community

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    ...cells, attacking the cellular machinery necessary for division. This approach also kills dividing non-cancerous... of people die from cancer-related complications each year. Despite these grim statistics, new strategies... University of California, San Francisco, is approaching the Ras problem by exploiting the different mutant...the generation of mutant cell lines. Further, for each plasmid in the kit, the transcript most commonly... collection of cancer-related plasmids such that each is linked to a known major pathway. Now, using our...
  3. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ...design hundreds to thousands of different pegRNAs for each desired edit, it simply becomes impossible (or at... efficiency and building prediction tools with machine learning (PRIDICT, PRIDICT2.0).   How to apply...pegRNA efficiencies with pridict.it. This approach leverages the strengths of PRIDICT/PRIDICT2.0 ...chromatin-based prediction tool (ePRIDICT). In summary, machine learning-based prime editing prediction models ...computational biology. His expertise includes applying machine learning techniques to make sense of biology, with...B. van, Krauthammer, M., & Schwank, G. (2024). Machine learning prediction of prime editing efficiency...
  4. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...protocols attached.  Final step: validation  Remember, there is no “one-size-fits-all” protocol! Each library... we have an amplification protocol developed for each individual pooled library; generalized amplification...decide what transformation efficiency you need to achieve. Most pooled library protocols aim for somewhere...weight of your library plasmids. As long as you achieve sufficient coverage from your transformation, any...varies significantly in plasmid size). On plates, each transformed bacteria will be its own colony, and...
  5. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    ... more to achieve maximum plasmid yield. The optimal growth time should be determined for each plasmid/...number, the number of plasmid copies supported within each bacterial cell in your culture. Copy number is partially...amount of DNA you purify! Additionally, if you've reached your lysate volume limits, the copy number of some...concentration. Add supplements to the media You can achieve higher cell density using a nutrient-rich broth...insufficient gas exchange will prevent your cultures from reaching the desired density. The volume of your flask ...
  6. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    .... More and more CRISPR tools are being published each month, making CRISPR a great choice for your next...expression systems, the typical applications for each, and potential delivery methods.   General considerations...Determine what type of outcome you are trying to achieve: Do you want to permanently knock out or knock-... All of these outcomes can be most effectively achieved with different CRISPR components. Select the appropriate...target cells.  Mammalian CRISPR expression systems Each model system has its own best practices for efficient... summarizes the various components included with each expression system as well as suitable applications...
  7. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...composed of many different gRNA-containing plasmids, each with a different genomic target. The goal of a CRISPR... of gRNA-containing lentiviral transfer vectors, each targeting a specific gene within the genome (see...a heterogeneous population of mutant cells, with each cell or set of cells containing a mutation in a ... plasmids, discerned only by a unique barcode on each plasmid. As such, sequencing CRISPR libraries after...target gene, and maintaining the distribution of each gRNA within the population is key. Loss of representation...gene is actually important for a given phenotype. Each hit from the screen should be independently validated...
  8. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...Aneesh's research interests include proteomics, machine learning, and visualization for big biology. GPS...: the enhancers! This leads us to a three-step approach for designing an experiment to identify the critical... bit of stochastic magic and Poisson statistics, each sub-population has, on average, one distinct enhancer...know that this matter exists, but traditional approaches to study its function have been prohibitively... (loops) and tertiary structures (globules) to achieve exquisite compaction—on the order of 700 terabytes...collaborative database. Aneesh's research interests span machine learning, proteomics, and user interfaces for math...
  9. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    ...while not widely known, plasmid assembly can be achieved in vivo using a bacterial recombination pathway...protocol prior to transformation (Figure 1). As this approach requires no special reagents or purification kits..., but have successfully tested DH5a, TOP10, and Mach1. No common lab cloning strain has failed so far....complex assembly of multiple genes. Primer design for each type of modification is shown in Figure 2, and is...site. Encode half the new sequence at the 5’ end of each primer, with an overlap for homologous recombination...in a gene, while adding a GFP-tag (Figure 3). Achieving multiple modifications requires multiple recombination...
  10. Addgene's 20th Anniversary Party

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    ...travel to Addgene's headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts, for the occasion! Addgenies enjoying the ...makes Addgene — well, Addgene. We're so grateful for each and every one of you!  Throughout the party, we ...majority of the time was spent with Addgenies meeting each other's friends and families, eating delicious food... the party was to celebrate the contributions of each and every Addgenie, from our co-ops to our directors...  Rachel Leeson...
  11. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    ...patient's specific mutations. With a drag and drop approach, however, the specific mutations wouldn’t matter... the entire gene, allowing a one-size-fits-all approach to gene replacement therapy for most patients....PASTE). Finding the right integrase for this new approach proved a challenge. The old standby of CRE/flp...system wasn’t dependent on the cell’s intrinsic machinery being already activated to work. (It was also ... cells. Moreover, they optimized the specific attachment sites via sequence engineering, enabling even... Rachel Leeson...
  12. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    ...overcome for both of these approaches, such as delivery of the editing machinery to the brain, minimizing...highlights some of the latest breakthrough therapeutic approaches. What is Rett Syndrome? Caused by a mutation ... how to deliver the precise amount of protein to each brain cell to restore physiological levels. Much...Taysha Gene Therapies, founded on Gray’s work, are each expected to advance their respective gene therapies...editase repaired half of the mutant MECP2 RNA in each of three neuronal subtypes of the hippocampus. This...
  13. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    ...germline genome editing, but in vivo gene editing approaches have been limited by problems with Cas9 delivery...packaging capacity of AAV (~4.7 kb). While this approach has been proven feasible, it leaves little room...potent Cas9 protein, the Zhang lab took a different approach. They analyzed over 600 Cas9 orthologs and found...effects of SpCas9 and SaCas9, Zhang’s group used an approach called BLESS (direct in situ breaks labeling, ...allowing them to be packaged in AAV.   Split AAV approaches  While finding smaller Cas9 orthologs works for...break a large transgene in two pieces and package each piece into an individual AAV. When a cell is transduced...
  14. Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors

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    ...uptake, but this approach requires compatible cell lines that express viral machinery. Alternatively, ... will be recognized by its host’s replication machinery. A shuttle vector designed for unrelated bacteria...nutrient. The vector provides the missing synthesis machinery, and the cells are switched to minimal media, ...individual analysis. A shuttle vector designed for this approach in a mammalian cell experiment should still include...transfection into producer cells, which have the machinery to manufacture infectious viral particles. Those...
  15. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    ...studies. We made a table that listed each protein in the class, then for each protein we listed all the studies... ready to write. What actually happened was that each paper taught me a few things and also highlighted...also added citations in real time as I wrote, so each statement was referenced even in the roughest version... data. For example, we summarized how frequently each member of a class of proteins was mutated, as reported...useful because you could easily see how frequently each protein was mutated, you could see how big the studies...
  16. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    ... in reality much of our research still fails to reach our primary target audience – colleagues in our ...our work. We therefore must discover new ways to reach our colleagues and other interested audiences quickly...for example, 3 billion hours of video were watched each month, in 39 countries, and in over 54 languages...overviews was growing quickly. Taking what I loved from each of these platforms (such as social networking, visual...the mobile version of site, researchers can also reach new audiences that may never access online journals...journals and expand our ability as researchers to reach new audiences that may otherwise never learn from...
  17. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    ...released from the DNA once the replication forks reach each other on the opposite end of the chromosome, ...plasmids rely on their host cell's replication machinery in order to replicate—but not always to the same..., as they only require the host's replication machinery for elongation and termination. These types of...a DNA polymerase synthesizes a new DNA strand at each replication fork. Termination sequences present ...average copy number for a given plasmid has been reached, negative feedback circuits reduce replication ...
  18. Enabling high school research at the Journal of Emerging Investigators

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    .... Chapter 2 - Getting high school students and teachers interested in JEI (the importance of word of mouth...mission and how they assess whether or not their achieving it. Chapter 5 - JEI's future - getting more involved... high school student researchers Arooba Ahmed, Jiachen Lee, and Jillian Parker who published their work...,Olivia Ho-Shing, Mark Springel, Arooba Ahmed, Jiachen Lee, and Jillian Parker! Special thanks to our ...education resources Use our Plasmids 101 eBook to teach students about basic plasmid biology Use or CRISPR...
  19. PEI Calculator for Planning AAV Packaging Transfections

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    ...calculator uses to give you the μl needed of each plasmid. Each part of the equation is labeled with its ...to any experiment and can help prevent future headaches. To help you plan PEI transfections for AAV packaging... spreadsheet will calculate the following μg of each plasmid needed per dish or stack. Calculations are...or 2500 μg of plasmids per CF5 stack. Total ug of each plasmid needed for the whole experiment Total volume...
  20. March for Science

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    ...march motivates more scientists to reach out to their communities, to teach, to write, to make art, and to...them. This, when paired with long-term science outreach, may have the most profound impact (15). Diversity...promises more cuts (3, 12, 13, 27). In order to achieve the breakthroughs, technologies, and treatments...provide a snapshot into the opinions or research on each topic. Resources for marching and advocacy If the... Rush Holt: Lawmakers need to use a scientific approach to formulating views Pew Research Center: Public...
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