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  1. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ...gamma-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable. General envelope plasmids, such as VSV-G, ...that can reveal how genetic alterations lead to changes in phenotype. The plasmid comes with a 1.9 kb stuffer...is a 3rd generation lentiviral backbone from the Zhang lab expressing S. pyogenes Cas9 and a gRNA cassette... original lentiCRISPR v1. Special note from the Zhang lab: We are constantly improving our CRISPR reagents...
  2. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    ...Shoemaker, D.D., Astromoff, A., Liang, H., Anderson, K., Andre, B., Bnangham, R., Benito, R., Boeke, J.D....to a whole genome duplication and extensive rearrangements in the S. cerevisiae lineage (7). In our class... the Advancement of Science. (2011). Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action...
  3. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    ...Indicate the amino acid change as well as any functional consequences of that change. For example, “Mutated...Hazardous If the plasmid will produce anything dangerous or toxic to humans in bacteria, select “yes” in...written by Tyler Ford in March 2017 and updated by Angela Holmes and Christina Mork in February 2024.   ...
  4. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    ...insertion, inversion, translocation or cassette exchange. By utilizing recombinases to manipulate genomes...Optogenetic tools use light to induce conformational changes in a protein.    Cells expressing an RFP...delivery constraints and scientists seeking a wider range of targetable genomic sequences could benefit from...10.1126/sciadv.abb7438 The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids...
  5. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    ...., Németh, J., Nagy, Z.Z., Wu, K., Wu, R., Xiang, L., Fang, X., Jin, Z., Goldblum, D., Hasler, P.W., Scholl...as inhibitory neurons, rods, cones, or retinal ganglion. Rather than using naturally occurring promoters...Cre-dependent-GFP expresses in horizontal cells and ganglion cells, only the horizontal cells transduced by...
  6. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    ...edited and the sequence of the edit, so its design changes for every new prime editing application. And optimizing...although sequences with G/C content outside this range can still be optimized (Anzalone et al., 2019). ... Homology between the pegRNA scaffold sequence (orange) and the genomic target can increase the odds of..., S., Shehata, S. I., Dohmae, N., Ishitani, R., Zhang, F., & Nureki, O. (2014). Crystal Structure of Cas9...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    ...References and Resources References Chen X, Choo H, Huang X-P, Yang X, Stone O, Roth BL, Jin J (2015) The First... endogenous gene expression, which can lead to changes in normal cell physiology and function (Saloman...Analgesia, as well as Ligand-Independent Functional Changes in Sensory Neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience...
  8. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    ...Forum 2015 from Joanne Kamens, PhD Thoughts on Guangzhou and the Science City The conference was located... new “Science City” area on the outskirts of Guangzhouon west of beautiful Mao Fengshan Forest Park. As...locate there. I made time to go into the city of Guangzhou and see some of the sites. Most fascinating to... CRISPR/cas9 and more are being reported. Zhou Songyang from Baylor College of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen...
  9. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ...adenosine overhangs left by Taq perfectly anneal with the topoisomerase I generated overhangs in the backbone...sites allowing you to easily create customized overhangs to assemble up to 6 different fragments in a prescribed... coli then fuse together the PCR products via overhangs left over from the PCR process (the precise mechanism...
  10. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    ...in that sense, models can be both useful, and dangerous. Subscribe to CRISPR Blog Posts How do educators...slow down and focus their attention on something tangible. Under the guidance of a trained educator, these... we jump into a new modeling project can be a dangerous thing. Fortunately, Jacob was able to quickly ... This backbone model of Cas9 is based on Fuguo Jiang’s structure of Cas9 – primed for cleavage. This structure...
  11. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    ...pipetting error or an incredible discovery. The range of RQ values used to call copy numbers should be...confident determination of copy number, albeit within a range of RQ values as noted above.   In both applications.... Muhamad P, Chaijaroenkul W, Congpuong K, Na-Bangchang K. SYBR Green I and TaqMan quantitative real-time...
  12. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    ...you to better analyze your results; it does NOT change anything in your samples. This means that, unlike...Figure 1B). For single-color samples, you can only change the compensation values for whichever fluorophore...can click on the correct box and either manually change the compensation values or adjust the values with... help you get started. Remember, you can always change your compensation values during the analysis portion...
  13. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...standards for hybrid, virtual, and in-person events change seemingly daily (and are inconsistent between universities...both sets of interviews. I also had universities change their format of interview from a travel day to ...response to challenges on their end. Though the quick changes in plans was stressful in and of itself, the flexibility...everyone involved in the process. COVID-19 has changed many aspects of academia, and the PhD application...
  14. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ...increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM disciplines (Bangera & Brownell, 2014; Duboue et al., 2022), as they... now connects MDH-focused CUREs at 50 schools, ranging from R1 institutions to community colleges, and...instructors, and provides opportunities for students to exchange ideas and results with peers and faculty at other...classroom.   References and Resources References Bangera, G., Brownell, S. 2014. Course-based undergraduate...
  15. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...10 closely related yeast strains. Adaptation to changing conditions - Organisms often need to express genes...conditions. With varied codon usage, an organism can change which proteins are highly expressed and which are...idea and has been used successfully in the past (Angov et al., 2008), but there are still many more features...bodies and is folding properly. References 1. Angov, Evelina, et al. "Heterologous protein expression...
  16. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ... has a temperature optimum of 37 °C (Buchholz, Angrand, and Stewart 1998). FLPe’s performance was further... single cell with all its synapses and how it rearranges these synapses in the living brain over time ...Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit Mapping.” Journal of Neuroscience 28(28)...Central PMCID: PMC2593125. 2. Buchholz, F, P O Angrand, and A. Francis Stewart. 1998. “Improved Properties...
  17. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...DNA 5' TTN Specific DSB in target DNA with 5' overhangs Cas13a (C2c2) 2x HEPN crRNA RNA 3' A, U, or... Cas13a targeting with a single crRNA The Feng Zhang lab used Cas13a from Leptotrichia shahii (LshCas13a...and cleavage through a series of conformational changes in the Cas13a molecule. Like Cas9, Cas13a tolerates...Ladha et al., 2020). Cas13a in mammalian cells The Zhang lab made the exciting discovery that some Cas13a...
  18. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    ...experience will be a little different. Some of these changes you may enjoy immediately and some of them may ... just take some getting used to. Just remember: change is good. You can experience a real onboarding...re also getting the opportunity to learn their “language”, and in doing so you may discover that your career...eventually. If you approach that transition dreading the change, the adjustment period will be that much longer...
  19. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    ...General Meeting seven other times I had subsequently changed fields and my cohort of friends and colleagues ...in Atlanta, GA, in 2018. A lot of my experiences rang true with theirs.  It was at this dinner and the...Singletons logo. Image: James et al., 2020. Help me stranger - Finding mentors for the meeting Just like analysis... cells regulate gene expression in response to changes in cell density. At the mixer, they meet other ...
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