...engineering, with the ultimate objective of genome design.” It’s genetic engineering on a genomic scale, ...Systems Biology in November, Voigt and Alex Nielsen describe what’s possible when multi-input CRISPR/Cas genetic...with many guide RNAs connected because the signal degrades at each layer. If we could fix these things, then...many deposits to Addgene over the years. Can you describe the toolbox you are putting together?  Voigt: ...projects. Not from the ground up, but so that genetic designs of that scale could be created. Someone could take...doing is developing software to allow people to design systems of this scale. That will be coming out ...next 100 years, we are really going to be able to design new materials and chemicals as sophisticated as...

...application. It typically includes overview information, key dates, funding description, research plan, award... setbacks, and potential alternative routes, Provides opportunities to convince others why a project...aspects are understood. While reading the funding description, pay attention to the keywords used and think...grant applications restrict the space available to describe the proposed work. Thus, every single sentence...literature and offer educated insight into what the desirable features of future technologies should offer in...project are clearly stated and align with the description of the RFA and funding institution. Emphasizing...

...editing landscape. The need for PAM-less editing   Guides for CRISPR are typically selected by the ‘quality...sequence is suitable, but there is no PAM next to the desired cut site, then a further-away gRNA where there ... may wonder: how close is close enough for the desired edit to still occur if the cut site is sub-optimal...it depends, but generally the efficiency of the desired edit is reduced by over 50% when the cut site is...sequence, that of SpCas9, is NGG. Assuming all nucleotides are represented equally, that’s only a 1/16 chance... an ideal site: moving several bps away from a desired site does not have the same devastating impact ...Between SpRY and several of the other Cas variants described, nearly all genomic landscapes should be editable...

...Have no fear, Addgene is here to help!  General Design Figure 1: Two proteins are fused to the ...from the associated paper:   Color Base FP Description Article PI Blue EBFP2 EBFP2(1-10) and Capri...contains both fragments of split mVenus (aa 155), includes I152L in N-terminal fragment An enhanced recombinant... Dan Mulvihill mVenus Split mVenus (aa 155), includes I152L in N-terminal fragment Constant rate of ...reversible complementation. TagBiFC (split HaloTag) provides maximum flexibility in color labeling with exogenous...single-molecule tracking in live cells.  Controls  When designing experiments, it’s important to include proper ...post for more on BiFC principles and experimental design. We hope you find these plasmids useful. Good luck...

...Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) was originally described by Theodor Förster in 1948 as a variation of the... observed light emission by fluorescence. The widespread use of FRET with fluorescent molecules, including...FRET probe, try searching PubMed for articles describing the FRET tool that you are looking for and check...created the sensor that you need. FRET biosensors designed to measure specific small biomolecules or gene...biosensor, Cameleon (Miyawaki et al., 1997), was designed to measure intracellular calcium and published...1997. Since that time, numerous advances in probe design, fluorescent proteins and microscopy equipment ...molecules, detect cellular processes and signaling cascades, quantify mechanical tension (a molecular “spring...

...spreadsheet Data Field Description Plasmid Name Use a descriptive plasmid name and match the...lab. Plasmid Type Choose from: Encodes one insert, encodes gRNA/shRNA, or empty backbone. Purpose... in red in the spreadsheet (Figure 2) and are described in Table 1. Some cells have drop-down options ...does this plasmid do?” in <200 characters. A descriptive purpose focuses on the practical application ... Primary Vector Type The vector type should describe how your plasmid is intended to be used. Choose...

...below. Plasmids ID Plasmid Description PI Viral Preps ID Viral Prep Description PI (Cargo) PI (Capsid) 214869...

...cassette via Cre recombination. Each knockout includes unique barcodes and universal priming sites to ensure ... the Chi-Bin Chien lab (Kwan et al., 2007) and includes four promoters, six fluorophores with nonoverlapping...The set of CyRFP constructs available at Addgene includes bacterial and mammalian mCyRFP1 or CyRFP1 expression...editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides! To reduce off-target effects associated with...codons) with kanamycin cassettes and were carefully designed to allow for easy removal of the resistance cassette...essential in B. subtilis 168. Each individual strain includes a xylose-inducible dCas9 paired with a single,...across a variety of plant species. This toolkit includes TALEN and CRISPR nucleases, nickases, and gene...

...BioMolecular Modeling and the CEO of 3-D Molecular Designs. Have you ever held your favorite protein in the...favorite protein in your hand? At 3D Molecular Designs, we create physical models of proteins using 3D...off a small, family-run business – 3D Molecular Designs – to commercialize some of the best instructional...reaction to this model on his blog. Or, for a description of how effective this model was in explaining... up close and personal, visit the 3D Molecular Designs web site. Or, if you are visiting a local classroom...check out our hands-on teaching tools that are designed to make the molecular world real for students....BioMolecular Modeling and the CEO of 3-D Molecular Designs.     Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog ...

...unstructured templates and significantly reduced undesired edits (indels, etc.), while PE6c and PE6d were...Delivery to Intended REcipient Cells Through Envelope Design). This modular approach combines an interchangeable...Cell type-specific delivery by modular envelope design. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5141. https://doi.org...LOV-Turbo plasmids here! Next, Qin and Cheah et al. described TransitID, where two proximity labeling enzymes...that had been trafficked from the “source” to “destination”. Images adapted from Lee and Cheah et al. 2023...Figure 4: Time-resolved protein ticker tape. A) Design of iPAK4 protein ticker tape recording. B) HEK ...bioRxiv, under CC-BY-NC 4.0 license. This system provides a unique new way to record and quantify the dynamics...

...than plasmids without this DNA. They eventually designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled... serves as a counterselectable marker in the destination vector. Successful cloning occurs when the ccdB...restriction endonucleases in plasmid addition was first described by studies of EcoRI and Bsp6I in Escherichia coli...systems. As with the other toxin-antitoxin systems described above, one part of the pair is more stable than...toxin-antitoxin system discovered. Unlike the systems just described, the hok/sok systems consist of three components...long-term experiments. They’ve also helped researchers design and optimize cloning methodologies using counterselection...Central PMCID: PMC177048. Thisted, Thomas, and Kenn Gerdes. "Mechanism of post-segregational killing by the...

... screen them for your desired edit. Good news! Remember the primers you designed to generate your pCAG-EGXXFP...CRISPR/Cas9 system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase...that do it for you. One such option is the CRISPR Design tool supplied by the Zhang lab. This simple website... and cons of using many different types of gRNA design software. When you are happy with your selection...Brighter fluorescence indicates a more successful gRNA design. Adapted from Mashiko et al., 2014. Not all...Resources on Addgene.org Find Software Tools to Help Design You gRNA Find CRISPR Plasmids for Use in Mammalian...

... your cells based on their size, the cytometer provides you with two measurements: forward scatter (FSC...SSC-H, or FSC-W/SSC-W, respectively. H, A, and W describe the shape of a histogram, which graphically represents... of the cell’s illumination (see Figure 2). H describes the maximum signal strength, while W results from...photocurrent vs. time. The resulting histograms is described through maximum current (H), the time the cell...depends on cell type and laser voltage. The voltage describes an electric potential that can be applied to the...comparing two markers simultaneously, we commonly describe the resulting populations as double positive (...that there are three parameters — H, W, and A — describing the intensity and duration of the detected signal...

...optogenetics than neuronal activity. Researchers have designed a variety of photoswitchable elements into many... and limitations – for example, microtubule-destabilizing drugs are impossible to target to specific subcellular...plasmids if you want to make a stable cell line. This design allows highly localized, rapid and reversible microtubule...Rho GTPase activity. A) Schematic of Opto-RhoGEF design and activity. B) OptoTIAM (magenta) expressed in...processes in cells and tissues. And, this Opto-RhoGEF design could be extended to other GTPases. The Chow Lab...plasma membrane. In previous publications, they described tools to control formation of lamellipodia and...Jaber, Z., Gardner, K. H., & Chow, B. Y. (2022). Designing Single-Component Optogenetic Membrane Recruitment...

...your desired edit are all you need to generate a knock-in.   General considerations for designing a repair..., and ultraviolet light. In this post, we will describe the mechanism of homology directed repair, one...ssDNA templates (referred to as ssODNs (oligodeoxynucleotides)) are commonly used for smaller modifications...increase the frequency of edits, researchers have designed self-cleaving plasmids that liberate the targeting...information on HDR and CRISPR. Our CRISPR 101 series was designed to help explain the basic principles driving CRISPRs...et al. PLoS ONE 9(8); (2014). PubMed. Making designer mutants in model organisms. Peng, Y. et al. Development...

...any DNA sequence in the way that they like, the design and engineering of fusion proteins is relatively...fusion proteins and highlight some aspects of their design.  Protein size and shape matters The green fluorescent...necessary for post-translational modifications. Despite these potential issues, GFP has been used successfully...consist of random amino acid sequences or (ii) designed to form an inert, unstructured peptide and therefore...C-terminus of the fluorescent protein. I prefer to describe the different parts of the fusion from N- to C-terminus...2011).  Although structural information may guide design, it is advisable to generate multiple constructs...over-expression artifacts The introduction of DNA that encodes a fusion protein adds protein to the existing pool...

...comment reflected the desire for a flexible generic solution, rather than an ELN designed for a specific research...to insufficient and non-standard record keeping despite scientist’s best efforts. We all have software ...practices, their opinions towards ELNs, and their desired functionalities i.e. main priorities of different...was a significant barrier to ELN adoption. This includes financial outlay, staff hours, troubleshooting... to require on-going maintenance and support.” Besides that, academic institutions tend to think about...required for regulatory purposes in many labs. Besides this being of crucial importance when applying ...

...optimized. How should I design my mutagenic primers? The key is to design primers that are the same ...generation of a plasmid library that expresses all desired variants of a protein. Applying a selective pressure...PCR that uses mutagenic primers to introduce all desired codon changes (step 1 in the image above). A second...ssDNA is packaged into phage and then extracted. Besides taking a couple days to generate the phage-derived... The one-pot saturation mutagenesis technique described in Wrenbeck et al is a PCR-based approach for ...Treating the plasmid with ExoIII and ExoI then fully degrades the nicked strand. Synthesize mutant strand: A...

...comments section.  FX cloning kit This kit is designed to be used with Type IIS restriction enzymes and...this kit have been used to purify a variety of peptides including antibiotic efflux pumps and ankyrin ...et al. "A transcription blocker isolated from a designed repeat protein combinatorial library by in vivo...followed by leader sequences (encoding small leader peptides) downstream of which you can clone your gene of...Shine-Delgarno sequences used in this so-called bicistronic design (BCD). The 49 vectors in this kit can be used to...(2015): 31-37. pCri system The Gomis-Ruth lab designed the pCri system to simplify the protein purification...for cloning. Furthermore, some plasmids contain peptides to facilitate protein folding and/or protease ...

... While it is certainly possible to select for desirable traits using traditional plant breeding approaches...modification of known or suspected genes that regulate a desired phenotype. In fact, CRISPR has already been used...wheat, mushroom, and rice (Khatodia et al., 2016). Despite the almost universal functionality of the CRISPR...genes in plants using the same general experimental design principles developed in other model organisms (...nanostructures (Zhang et al., 2019) or cell-penetrating peptides (Santana et al., 2020) and plants viruses (barley... through Addgene. In addition to the plasmids described above, Addgene carries several useful CRISPR toolkits...CRISPR Multiplexing Tools Validate Your Genome Edit Design Your gRNA Additional Resources on Addgene.org ...