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  1. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    ...Willoughby.   Using RUBY as a selection marker The creators of RUBY highlight its use in crop plants under... is difficult for new members of the lab or collaborators unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY...promoter with self-cleaving 2A site linkages and a terminator. Image from He, Y., Zhang, T., Sun, H. et al...., Sun, H. et al. A reporter for noninvasively monitoring gene expression and plant transformation. Hortic...Transformation CRISPR 101: CRISPR-Mediated Plant Base Editors ...
  2. What the HEK?

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    ...model for cancer-specific research. Membrane receptors and ion channels are often exogenously expressed... degrade over time in culture. This can affect factors that could skew research results (gene expression... Especially if your research interests include receptor biology, ion channels, or involve human protein...Platform to Produce Recombinant Proteins and Viral Vectors. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. (2021) (9):796991. DOI...10 Tips for Mammalian Cell Culture Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting Additional resources...
  3. Fluorescent Biosensors for Measuring Autophagic Flux

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    ...of autophagic substrates inside the lysosome. Historically, methods for studying autophagy focused on counting... autophagic activity, and are a more reliable indicator of autophagic activity. The aim of this post is...mitochondria-targeting sequence makes Keima useful for monitoring mitophagy. It’s important to remember that because...Maria Cuervo, and Per O. Seglen. "Methods for monitoring autophagy from yeast to human." Autophagy 3.3...PMC4517063. Yoshii, Saori R., and Noboru Mizushima. "Monitoring and measuring autophagy." International journal...
  4. Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup

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    ...different story altogether? The unfortunate answer is yes, largely due to a few limiting factors.  To start...spent your life making connections and finding mentors -- well, it's time you call upon these people for... is more important than the product itself -- investors would rather fund excellent people with mediocre...Harvard/MIT faculty, venture capital and angel investors, and business development heads at major companies...
  5. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    ...pitfalls: they require construction of plasmid vectors and/or rely on cumbersome in vitro synthesis of... have low knock-in efficiency. Together, these factors prevent stem cell researchers from generating clonal...purchased and there is no need to construct plasmid vectors or synthesize/purify IVT sgRNA in the lab. Figure...experiments. Notably, we could tag >60 transcription factors in a short (3-week) time window; this was possible...csRNP experiments, it can be ordered in bulk and stored in small aliquots at -80 oC. Assemble csRNP: Anneal...success of knock-in experiments depends on many factors. Some of these include: Most importantly, the...
  6. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    ...one are in a pLVX vector background, so you can package them into lentiviral vectors if you need to. Additionally...following up on these leads as we speak, with collaborators in Paris and New York. We want YOU to join the...It’s also important to determine if the human interactors we found in our map have an impact on virus replication... replication. While we and our collaborators are starting these experiments, there's so much to do that...
  7. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    ...looping factors developed thus far for these latter experiments, such as transcription factors tethered...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...Kanemaki lab demonstrated that auxinole, a TIR1 inhibitor, sufficiently suppresses basal degradation of ...neurons. Earlier this year, the Hegemann lab and collaborators report their discovery of a new family of seven...
  8. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    ...elicit an immune response from the body. Several factors contribute to the immunogenicity of a drug, including...these algorithms to model individually-specific factors, such as previous exposures to that specific antigen...assessments, as well as analyze the contributing factors that in silico prediction algorithms fail to capture...10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0061WHO. International monitoring of adverse reactions to drugs: adverse reaction...WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Uppsala, Sweden, 1992. Mattei, A. E., Gutierrez...
  9. Trading Spaces - Visiting Scientist Edition

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    ...researchers, it can expose them to a new institute and mentor that they may want to consider for future work ...professor or institute, ask if you will have a bench mentor or anyone else available to directly help you during... during your visit. Reach out to your bench mentor (if you have one) to communicate your plan as well.... comfortable initiating this conversation, your mentor can help get the ball rolling! If you are applying...techniques. Show up on time (don’t make your bench mentor wait on you!), make sure you are prepared (read...
  10. Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab

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    ...will choose to start their own academic research laboratory. How does one even go about starting a lab? Obviously... does 7 or 8 jobs: “a teacher, departmental administrator, lab and safety manager, researcher, adviser...experiments and grant writing. You have to enjoy the mentoring role.” She points out that new PIs may not recognize...student or postdoc may require different types of mentoring. Some mentees prefer lots of advice and micromanagement...tips for starting a lab. Or share your success stories below. And don't forget to stay tuned for the last...
  11. Antibodies 101: Isotypes

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    ... are three main pathogen clearing functions or effector functions of the constant regions of antibodies...functions: Recruitment of immune cells that express receptors that recognize the Fc portion of different antibody...domains, or Fc region, can be bound by special receptors that transport antibodies through cells and into...role in allergies. They are found bound to IgE receptors on the surface of basophils and mast cells, two...of an immune response since it also changes the effector function of the antibody. Isotype switching is...
  12. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...don’t guess. Simply reach out to the program coordinator with your question(s). This precautionary step...professional network such as co-workers, professors, and mentors. Ask for specific guidance on grammatical errors...notice within 24 hrs, send a note to the program coordinator.   6. Virtual interview prep Prepare for your...practice a set of common questions with a peer or mentor. Several days prior to the interview, inspect your...Pierre! Roodolph (Roo) P. St Pierre is currently a doctoral candidate in the Chemical Biology Program at Harvard...
  13. GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible

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    ...technology or as a therapeutic.  A (very) brief history GCE came onto the synthetic biology scene in 1989...be individually optimized for each of the three factors: the ncAA, the tRNA, and the tRNA synthetases. ...balance can be extremely tricky to find: each of the factors can negatively impact both translation and fidelity...complicated.” And Ryan Mehl would know. He’s the director of GCE4All, an NIH-funded center located at Oregon... V. W. (2021). Genetic Code Expansion: A Brief History and Perspective. Biochemistry, 60(46), 3455–3469...
  14. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    ...for you to find the plasmids you need. We'll be monitoring and improving the maps further after this initial...SnapGene powered plasmid maps at Addgene  Three factors make our SnapGene powered plasmid maps far easier...all available sequence information from Addgene depositors and our own sequencing results: On this page ...sequence in your sequence viewer of choice. If the depositor provided a custom annotated GenBank file, this...updates will make it much easier to browse the repository and quickly identify the plasmids and features...
  15. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    ...biological systems. Size is also a factor; the pol lll promoter and terminator need be encoded only once, and...containing the RNA pol III promoter, gRNA and pol III terminator. These relatively large cassettes (considering...gRNAs that can be packaged together in a single vector. In addition, the pol III promoter is relatively...deletions of other regions, such as noncoding RNAs or regulatory elements, to examine their function. Bacteria...
  16. Click Biology: How to Click and Play to Explore Biology

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    ... post was written by Professor Mark Howarth, investigator at the University of Cambridge. His research...Many of these tools can be found in Addgene's repository (Table 1). Figure 2: Adding function to...the Brainbow system, adds Tetracycline (Tet) transactivator to increase fluorescent protein expression ...can also assemble vaccines, target gene therapy vectors, or lock together smart biomaterials. There are...to particular compartments, or fused to other effectors from nanobodies to fluorescent proteins. So, I...
  17. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    ...tips can help:  If there’s a teacher, mentor, or other educator working with your audience, ask! They ...refers to the work put into creating a permanent store of knowledge (a schema).”  In scicomm, I like to.... It’s a lot easier to read a formulaic fiction story that doesn’t require any detailed retention of information...knowledge and expertise your audience has is a major factor in how quickly they can understand and process ...
  18. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ...credit to. Thankfully, as Addgene's resident blog editor, I could take the needed steps to continue where...alternative reagents have reduced immunogenicity. Effector functions are eliminated, as is antibody recognition...constant region. Nonspecific binding, caused cell receptors for the constant region, is also reduced.  Disadvantages...antibody constant region. They are generated using combinatorial libraries, and high specificity has been reported...allowing for them to be used as intracellular inhibitors.  Aptamers are not proteins at all. These high-affinity...
  19. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    ...reporting and genetically encoded fluorescent voltage indicators (GEVI) are ideal tools to track bioelectric states...channelrhodopsin used as a sensitive fluorescent voltage indicator with near-complete desensitization in continuous... artificial intelligence," says Michael Levin, Director of the Allen Discovery Center. The future of this...Use of genetically encoded, light-gated ion translocators to control tumorigenesis." Oncotarget 7.15 (...(2018): 134-144. PubMed PMID: 29684787. Oviedo, Néstor J., et al. "Long-range neural and gap junction ...
  20. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...expressed in a single vector, pCRISPRainbow-DONOR1, with dCas9 supplied by a separate vector. Figure ...the 4D nucleome. Visualizing specific loci has historically been difficult, as techniques like fluorescent...technique was developed in the lab of Addgene depositor Stanley Qi and used in Chen et al. to track telomere...given chromosome simultaneously, they could also monitor the spatial relationship of the two genes over ...
  21. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...contributed by guest blogger, Gary McDowell, executive director of Future of Research. On December 1st 2016, many...of Information Act (FOIA) requests for their postdoctoral salary information as of December 1st. Salary...are an important step forward in helping the postdoctoral population continue to pursue academic work,...of the scientific enterprise by reducing the postdoctoral population which keeps growing despite a lack...McDowell! Gary S. McDowell is currently the Executive Director of Future of Research. He is interested in advocating...
  22. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ... some exist as dsRNA. Still others use dsDNA to store their genetic information. All of these viruses ...sword – balancing antiviral benefits with the inflammatory response associated with the introduction of...of duplexed RNA Mammalian cells have multiple receptors in place to sense dsRNA and respond accordingly...threshold and thus do not typically activate an inflammatory response. However, if dsRNA sensors are mutated...its way outside of the mitochondria, the same inflammatory response can activate. These types of cellular...
  23. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    ... all have a PR-T4 vector backbone, which is a modified version of L440. This vector is versatile in that...of interest into the empty PR-T4P vector backbone. The empty vector PLL4, which is similar to PR-T4P, ...experiments in the beginning. In most classrooms, the laboratory experience is focused on classical embryology...
  24. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...with a terminator. A simple TU could be comprised of just three parts: promoter, gene, and terminator.   ...As a plasmid repository, we are no strangers to cloning. If you’re reading this, then chances are you...this category also includes promoters, UTRs, terminators, etc. Once selected, individual units can be ...UTRs, genes, tags, etc.) into MoClo-compatible vectors. Level 1: Assembly of multiple Level 0 parts into...
  25. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ... plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles.  Here's ...developed an engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector named AAV.CAP-Mac for non-invasive systemic gene...N.C., Goeden, N. et al. Adeno-associated viral vectors for functional intravenous gene transfer throughout...region VIII of AAV9-X1.1 to that of AAV1. This viral vector has brain endothelial cell-specific tropism, with... by pre-existing antibodies against AAV9-based vectors (and vice versa), enabling repeat dosing. In a ...
  26. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...2002). Insect cells as a factory to produce adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors. Human Gene Therapy, 13...mammalian cells, they do not require serum or an incubator to grow. The virus Insect cell systems are used...references More resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV AAV Titers: Where Do They...platform to produce recombinant proteins and viral vectors. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology,...
  27. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...  Is this department/laboratory collaborative with other departments/laboratories? How long is the average...almost as daunting as the program itself. Picking a mentor comes with many challenges, and the flood of interview...more complex. “How do I reach out to potential mentors?” “Where do I start with picking universities?”...by meeting with professors - a/k/a Principle Investigators (PIs) - whose labs does research that aligns...
  28. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ...microscopy, by cloning your protein of interest into a vector encoding a fluorescent tag. Once expressed as a...golgi and then transported in vesicles via the secretory pathway to their subcellular or extracellular ...bacterial components. For example, the Rainbow Vectors from the Mariette Barbier Lab can be used to fluorescently...Edition. 3.  CureFFI.org. Cell Biology 04: The Secretory Pathway. 4. Dunn, Kenneth W., Malgorzata M. Kamocka...Barbier, Mariette, and F. Heath Damron. "Rainbow Vectors for Broad-Range Bacterial Fluorescence Labeling...
  29. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...is Head of Synthetic Biology at the Sainsbury Laboratory, where she often feels more like an engineer ...the toolkit. We have included a wider range of terminators than are commonly used as we have tested them...system. The paper also gives quantitative data for regulatory elements, which has not been available for plants...easy to express genes in, which makes it a good laboratory workhorse. Tips & tricks Addgene: Do you have...start. They might want to use our promoters and terminators, but then they aren’t sure how to convert their...
  30. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    ...2020). In the two-plasmid system, an effector plasmid (pEffector) expresses all seven required genes and...CRISPR-Cas systems, in contrast to single-protein effectors employed by Type II systems (such as CRISPR-Cas9...plasmid (pDonor) encodes the mini-transposon. pEffector and pDonor can also be combined in single-plasmid...technologies. Message or follow him on twitter @Vopinator.     References: Halpin-Healy TS, Klompe SE, Sternberg...
  31. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    ...introduce any one of these topics without some editorializing, and he wisely makes no such attempt. He is...discusses have been making the rounds in journal editorials, science social media, and conference workshops...biology also falls within this section. The GFP story has its own Franklin in Doug Prasher, who originally...describes the detection of gravitational waves--a story I was much less familiar with as a biologist--as...12 years, I’m very familiar with the role our repository has played in these fields, and seeing names ...
  32. Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!

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    ... in Parkinson’s disease. Knowing the primary investigator where the plasmid was created can narrow your...but I can’t browse through 300+ plasmids. Under ‘Vector Types’ I selected ‘Lentiviral’ which eliminates... coveted Blue Flame is more than an award for depositors and inspiration for our updated mascot, it’s ...model system for your research (e.g. Mammalian) Vector Type: What type of experiment are you planning?...Identify a specific marker protein Use: Similar to “Vector Type” you can filter by experimental purpose (e.g...
  33. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator) uses an improved activator design that consists of inactive... domains that recruit additional transcription factors. The Root and Doench labs utilized tracrRNAs with...stem loops to recruit additional transcription factors to the targeted region (Sanson et al., 2018) . ...tracrRNA was combined with the sgRNA expression vector allowing the screen to be conducted with only two...
  34. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    ...unevenly, introducing distortions in your final images. It is possible to keep distortions to a minimum with...done about that.  Second, expansion introduces distortions. The goal in expansion is for your sample to ...polymerizes, and the level of digestion. All of these factors in turn depend upon the specific gel recipe used... L (2022) Super-resolution microscopy: a brief history and new avenues. Philosophical Transactions Royal...
  35. Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

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    ...you possess because any potential employers, collaborators, or co-workers want to know that you are a well-rounded...situation? Maybe you demonstrated empathy for a collaborator or co-worker and showed that you really understood... for working with lots of students, managing inventories in the lab, or organizing a research project,...Resources Cross team communication  External collaborators For further advice on highlighting your transferable... for non-academic science careers Learn about mentoring Resources on Addgene.org Check out our careers...
  36. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...acids derived from the crystal jellyfish Aequorea victoria. It has a fluorescent emission wavelength in the... forms spontaneously and without additional co-factors, substrates, or enzymatic activity – it only requires...that the protein could be taken directly from A. Victoria and expressed in any organism while still maintaining...promoter of interest can be used to effectively monitor gene expression from that promoter in a given cell...optogenetics at OpenOptogenetics and find optogeneic actuators and sensors at Addgene. Cell marking/selection...
  37. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    ...on the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood.   Work...And, yes, your partner CAN take the kids to the doctor without your help. Your partner is equally responsible...always get done, but you’ll have time to read a story to your baby or run that extra two miles which is...eight-year-old daughter vehemently reminded her doctor that she was allergic to penicillin – I am much...
  38. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ... plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles.  Here's ...requiring either expressing it with additional cofactors or using significantly truncated forms that limit...more feasible, the lab of Alessio Ciulli and collaborators developed CRBNmidi (Kroupova et al., 2024). ...abscessus, an increasingly common human pathogen notorious for its high resistance to antibiotics. Several...Bentley Time to get flexible! Alex Dunn’s lab and collaborators have deposited a new mechanosensor called PILATeS...
  39. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ...much information as possible from depositing laboratories and associated publications, but our quality...Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology. As our repository continues to expand, we realized the need to ...user interface, so our QC team could initiate and monitor the entire pipeline. Benefits of Nextflow for ...user interface. In our next post, we’ll share our story about how we used Nextflow Tower to augment our ...Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatics AnalysesAAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS ...
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