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  1. Tetbow: Bright Multicolor Labeling for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...Then at your preferred time points, sacrifice the animals and fix the samples. When you use AAVs, it typically...typically takes a few weeks to achieve optimal expression of XFPs. Any longer and the cells may start to...to show morphological abnormalities due to the excessive amount of XFPs expressed. Then, clear the samples...suppressing transcription. It is critical to express a minimal amount of tTA to achieve highest expression levels...
  2. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    ...cellular dynamics with light by modifying EB1. EB1 normally sits on microtubules to attract other proteins... can be used to visualize RNA localization in mammalian cells. These tools consist of cobalamin-binding...in vivo. These new “Riboglow” probes contain a smaller RNA tag, are less prone to photobleaching, and ...your own experiments, mCarmine is available in a mammalian expression vector (pcDNA3) and a bacterial expression...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    ...basis of transduction Transductions utilize the ‘normal’ mechanism of viral infiltration into a cell. The...be integrated into the host genome? Expressed episomally long-term? Expressed short-term? Answering these...non-integrating (adenovirus and AAV) but can still express episomally long-term (AAV). If you perform a lipid-based...transposon system, CRISPR targeted strategy, etc.) and episomal expression will last ~2-7 days at moderate levels...
  4. Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!

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    ...Latin for 'it'), as “a generic term for any extrachromsomal hereditary determinant”. His proposal, however...1960s when scientists began to study other extrachromosomal particles, particularly Resistance or R-factors... deli in 1972. Using a deli napkin for paper, a small group of scientists including Stanley Falkow, Stanley...genes from different bacterial (and eventually mammalian) species were cloned into plasmids and new cloning...
  5. Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?

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    ...most of this new relationship? Consider adding formality and active goal setting to your mentoring relationships... Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA Add a little formality to mentoring Just getting together and chatting...phone, etc.)? Make agendas for your meetings, take informal minutes on what was covered and learned, especially...do after I get my PhD) and break them down into smaller, actionable steps (e.g. Meet 10 PhDs with interesting...
  6. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    ...Pasteur, Paris) that changed genome editing in the malaria community for the better (Nat. Biotechnol., 2014...Plasmodium falciparum (the parasite that causes malaria). I attribute their success to technical expertise...thoughtful single guide RNA (sgRNA) design, and the abnormally low GC content of the Plasmodium falciparum genome...Examples: “organism agnostic”, “model organisms”, “small genome”, “large genome”, and “organism biased scoring...Ghorbal, Mehdi, et al. "Genome editing in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum using the CRISPR-Cas9...
  7. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    ... to test if a type of antibodies from an Andean mammal called alpaca could neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus...In the example above, for example, we fostered a formal scientific collaboration between two research groups...transient partnerships where a researcher makes a small but crucial contribution to someone else’s project...find the right expert and the lack of credit for small contributions. We strive to eliminate these two ...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    ...same cellular location, all at once! Small molecules What type of small molecules can you monitor with biosensors...thing that you care about within your cellular or animal system. This ‘thing’ could be a neurotransmitter... those which can be applied in cell culture and animal models primarily. Fun fact: Almost all of the biosensors...
  9. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...to deliver Cas9 and your gRNA of interest into mammalian cells. This vector was the top requested plasmid...) V2.0 - This plasmid from the Zhang lab is a mammalian vector that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs...scrambled shRNA is used as a negative control for mammalian RNAi experiments.  Find the scrambled shRNA vector...2A-GFP (PX461). pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) - This mammalian expression vector encodes both SpCas9 and your...
  10. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...genetically engineered receptors to interact with small molecules to elicit a response in a certain cell...genetically modified receptors are activated by small molecules to either activate or inhibit neuronal...to respond to specific, pharmacologically-inert, small molecules. These new receptors were termed Designer...muscarinic receptor family and are activated by small molecule ligands such as clozapine-N-oxide (CNO)...
  11. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    ...characterized by the Oakes and Doudna Labs, which is both small and potentially less likely to elicit a strong immune...also shows promise for in vivo research due to its small size and specificity relative to Cas9. As scientists...Teng, Fei, et al. "Repurposing CRISPR-Cas12b for mammalian genome engineering." Cell discovery 4.1 (2018)...Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for mammalian systems ...
  12. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    ...ways scientists communicate with each other: from formal mechanisms like publishing a research article, ...or submitting patent or grant applications; to informal settings like lab meetings, social media, coffee...before, submitting the manuscript to a journal for formal peer review. Some organizations, including some...preprints are eventually published in journals after formal peer review, with the earlier attention and feedback...
  13. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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    ... were in the cytoplasm of dendrites, and only a small proportion were found on the plasma membrane (top...neurons, most of them were still cytoplasmic. Use of ‘small’ tags to identify proteins Given the limited expression...plasma membrane. The haemagglutinin (HA) tag is a small 9 amino acid epitope of the haemagglutinin of the...mice and monkeys. Surprisingly, we found that this small change made a big difference. Replacing the mCherry...
  14. To Each HIS Own

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    ...long. The small size of the polyhistidine tag minimizes the chance of the tag disrupting normal protein ...function. In contrast, the polyhistidine tag is very small and rarely affects protein function (Bornhorst 2000...histidine-containing protein contamination, such as mammalian production systems, consider using these more ...
  15. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ... and have a diverse range of functions within mammalian cells. Here, we will cover how these structures.... Unlike dsRNA, DNA:RNA hybrids are abundant in normal cells and are arise from a ssRNA engaging one strand...putting DNA at risk. Consequences of duplexed RNA Mammalian cells have multiple receptors in place to sense...strands to re-pair. The two dominating RNases in mammalian cells (RNase H1 and H2) handle most of these intermediates...
  16. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    ... an autosomal dominant mutation in MYBPC3 that leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An adult male with...term ‘editing.’ While repair using endogenous chromosomal DNA is appealing for heterozygous mutations, ...they limited their whole genome sequencing to a small percentage of edited embryos. Since the embryos ...
  17. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    ...challenging as they are great in number, generally very small, and can contain different neurotransmitters. Using...traditionally introduced in Caenorhabditis elegans on extrachromosomal arrays can lead to artifacts due to overexpression...used CRISPR with a ssODN template to introduce the small wrmScarlet11 which is less than 60 nt in length ...active in vitro and in human and plant cells. Its small size offers advantages for cellular delivery. Get...
  18. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...). Anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins are phage-derived small protein inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas systems that help... Acr proteins by inducible promoters, light, or small molecules could achieve rapid, dynamic, and spatial...cytotoxicity of CRISPR-Cas editing in tissues The small size of Acr proteins (~50-200 amino acids) means...is where Acr proteins come in. Acr proteins are small enough that they could be engineered to “armor” ...
  19. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    ... neuron’s projections. Generating animal models: Transgenic animals allow for the expression of genes ...time-consuming to generate, especially for large animals such as primates. Viral vectors with cell-type ...to restrict expression of a gene interest in an animal model. A toolkit of synthetic AAV promoters The...
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