...) model consists of a catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) that lacks endonuclease activity coupled.... Using dCas9 as an on/off switch The multiple scRNAs all individually utilize the same dCas9 protein....modulate dCas9 expression, multiple scRNA transcriptional programs can be regulated with dCas9 as a master...an orthogonal dCas9 protein that will still recognize guide RNA but with a different dCas9 binding module...specific proteins via aptamer domains. Combined with dCas9, this new scaffold RNA (scRNA) will bind to a PAM-adjacent...layered with distinct programs controlled by each dCas9 regulatory switch. By no means limited to the field...applied to effectively change metabolic flux. The dCas9 protein and orthogonal variants can be used as regulatory...

...consultants as short-term experts to work on “cases”. Cases present specific operational or commercial challenges...performance, and occasionally being faced with “shifting goal posts” as a part of a case, consulting can...include efforts like flexible staffing on case teams, where case managers are encouraged to use the wider...clients face imminently. Consulting firms deploy case teams, usually with 3-6 consultants, who work on...facing a crunch, and using lessons from previous cases to better staff future teams. As with any highly...become cauldrons on the verge of boiling. On other occasions, clients can be excessively demanding. For instance... critical analyses skills were applicable to my cases. I can directly use my understanding of the molecular...

...lenti-Cas9-VQR plasmid page. Despite their differences, both of these PID formats for lenti-Cas9-VQR contain...resolvable compact identifier for every plasmid. In case these PID formats are new to you, we’ll go through...available through Addgene. Let’s take a look at lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast, which has the Addgene ID #87155. The ...The resolvable compact identifier format for lenti-Cas9-VQR is the URL “http://n2t.net/addgene:87155” where...n2t.net web address. For the RRID format, lenti-Cas9-VQR is represented as “RRID:Addgene_87155” and the...formats. Let’s go back to our example plasmid, lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast. If you scroll down to the bottom of this...semi-colons. For our example plasmid it will read “lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast was a gift from Daniel Bauer (Addgene ...

... found led them back towards Cas9 fused base editors (nCas9-BE), as Cas9 is mechanistically more favored...first thought to enable MBE by using Cas12a fused base editors (dCas12a-BE). However, the poor editing efficiencies...also exhibited reduced Cas9-dependent off-target editing and do not cause higher Cas9-independent off-target...only minimal payloads. DAP array  Although CRISPR-Cas12a, with abilities to process and release its own ...leading the edge of the precision gene editing. CRISPR-Cas9, the key component to enable efficient base editing...would independently generate multiple gRNAs for nCas9-BE, or any other kinds of CRISPR tools, without ...organisms and has previously been used for multiplex Cas9-nuclease editing. Typically, a single array encoding...

...inactive dCas9 and microbial SSAPs (dCas9-SSAP) which insert genes in a cleavage free manner. The dCas9-SSAP...cleavage-free dCas9-based gene editor using microbial SSAPs. Image from Wang, et al, 2022.  Find dCas9-SSAP...Cre-mediated AAV Targeted Evolution method (M-CREATE) dCas9-SSAP with reduced error rate for long sequence knock-ins... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00969-4.   dCas9-SSAP with reduced error rate for long sequence knock-ins...Wilson Le Cong’s lab has developed a method using dCas9-SSAP to knock-in long sequences with reduced risks...of up to 20%, comparable to commonly used CRISPR/Cas9 methods for large inserts. However, this system ...in comparison to the 62-90% error rate seen with Cas9 editors. The lab believes that this system could...

...interest. To get the molecular components of CRISPR/Cas9 (Cas9 protein and the crRNA-tracrRNA complex) and the...accurately as possible. This is especially true in the case of protein tagging to elucidate cellular structures...regulatory control. But even with the advent of CRISPR/Cas9 technology, inserting large tags into a precise ...We’ve created and tested plasmids that use CRISPR/Cas9 to endogenously tag a wide variety of genes with...process following the double strand break CRISPR/Cas9 makes at the target site. The whole segment—a GFP...the plasmid from being cut and destroyed by CRISPR/Cas9 during transfection. Making the double strand break...the fluorescent tag to the cells, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to make a precise cut in the genome near either ...

...fusing catalytically inactivated RNA-targeting Cas13 (dCas13) with the adenine deaminase domain of ADAR2.... as these recent blog posts on prime editing, IgnaviCas9, and Nanoblades), but we hope that this blog ...toolkit for epitope tagging Lentiviral capsid-based Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine deaminase... a catalytically impaired Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. They called this editor Target-ACE (adenine and...Read the paper in bioRxiv Find Target-ACE   CRISPR/Cas9-based toolkit for epitope tagging in neurons Harold... the paper in bioRxiv Find the ORANGE toolkit   Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery by lentiviral capsid-based...capsid-based bionanoparticle Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 in cells has advantages like reduced off-target ...

...Pint series. Chapter 4: The SITN Podcast, Sit'N Listen - In their podcast, the SITN team brings in scientists...The Goal of the SITN Podcast - Vini and Amy would like to develop the SITN podcast as a means for listeners...senior.  To learn more about the STIN's podcast, email sitnpodcast@gmail.com    For more info about starting...have to be crazy complicated! Listen to the full podcast for more great science communication tips or listen...of Science in the News, and member of the SITN podcast team. You can follow Vini on twitter @vinidhra....Science in the News, and is a member of the SITN podcast team. You can follow Amy on twitter @aigilson. ...the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog ...

...the usefulness of CPPs must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. While setting up their CPP system to ...would be compatible with CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Although CRISPR/Cas9 is all the rage, they had another... method and its potential applications to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing.   Protein-only transduction? Niels...expression. Image courtesy of Diego D'Astolfo. CRISPR/Cas9: a potential application of iTOP Having tested iTOP...expression has a long-lasting effect, such as Cre- or Cas9-mediated recombination. Both primary hESCs and immortalized...cells treated with iTOP efficiently took up both Cas9 protein and a gRNA (yes, iTOP can also be used for... indicating that iTOP may be valuable for CRISPR/Cas9 stem cell editing. The small molecule NSDB...

...To overcome this obstacle, a positive selection cassette can be incorporated, and used during the differentiation...the development of site-specific nucleases (CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, and ZFNs). However, several challenges ...piggyBac™ transposon system can be combined with CRISPR/Cas9 to efficiently perform genetic manipulations in ...along with a site-specific nuclease (such as CRISPR/Cas9) to create a double-stranded DNA break. After DNA..., but defective for integration [4], the donor cassette is removed leaving behind no accessory transposon...recombination and Footprint-Free™ removal of the selection cassette by excision-only piggyBac™. Image courtesy of ...recombinase technology (Cre/loxP) to remove the donor cassette. While this method can be effective, a loxP site...

...fluorescent protein to various Cas9 variants, SpCas9, NmCas9, and St1Cas9. These fusions localized to specific...The catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) is well known for its ability to bind DNA targets without...inhibition, among others. Over the past few years, dCas9 has also become a robust visualization tool to study...University of Massachusetts Medical School developed a dCas9-based multicolor labeling system to visualize chromosomal... al. “Multiplexed labeling of genomic loci with dCas9 and engineered sgRNAs using CRISPRainbow.” Nature...

...Silvana Konermann, the first generation of CRISPR-Cas9 plasmids were not designed with gene activation ...question for her then was this: Can you engineer CRISPR-Cas9 activators that work well enough on any gene that...describe just such a system, which they call CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator or SAM. SAM is an... three components: 1. A nucleolytically inactive Cas9-VP64 fusion; 2. A sgRNA incorporating two MS2 RNA...system, Konermann explained, was new knowledge about Cas9’s crystal structure. “I thought maybe we could use...The activator (CRISPRa) sgRNA library uses the sunCas9 system and contains 10 sgRNAs for each transcription...levels of control in the system. First of all, the Cas9s can be turned on and off, to reversibly activate...

... kit to CRISPR/Cas9? When would you choose one or the other? Musunuru: The CRISPR/Cas9 system is easier...system for CRISPR/Cas9 (also available from Addgene) only has two plasmids. In many cases, CRISPR may be ...makes possible, and how it compares to his CRISPR/Cas9 system. Addgene: For people unfamiliar with this...two ends and put them back together, there are occasional errors. That can be advantageous if you are trying...genes that have been implicated in disease or, in cases where particular variants or mutations have been...more efficient. You might often start with CRISPR/Cas9, but TALENs do have more flexibility in terms of...to date suggest TALENs may be cleaner than CRISPR/Cas9. Reference: Quirong Ding et al. "A TALEN genome-editing...

...CRISPR/Cas9-based systems have been developed for generating knockin mice but because CRISPR/Cas9 engineering... of a stop cassette upstream of the target gene in the targeting vector. The stop cassette is floxed, ... arms that flank the gene of interest. In either case, a positive selection marker such as an antibiotic...recombination for precise gene insertion. However, CRISPR/Cas9 systems are more useful for generating knockout ...to engineer knockout mice. ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas9 systems can all be targeted to specific regions ...introduce multiple base pair deletions, but CRISPR/Cas9 can also introduce point mutations. While using ...so Cre-mediated recombination deletes the stop cassette, which permits expression of the target gene. ...

...Institute to provide lentiviruses for delivery of SpCas9 and Cas9 nickase for genome editing. You can also enhance...facilitated their fast adoption. However, in many cases the plasmids themselves are only the starting point...Like all things in science, getting a high titer Cas9 lentivirus prep takes a bit of time and effort that... makes it unuseable. With the large size of the SpCas9 nuclease (~4.2 kb) this is a particularly prominent...expression of your gene of interest with a variety of Cas9 activators available in lentiviral format. Finally... pathways. Find Validated gRNAs to use with your Cas9 Virus Pooled libraries now available in lentiviral...be used to infect a cell line already expressing Cas9. As John Doench (Broad Institute and member of the...

...? Check out Addgene's Lentiviral dCas9 SAM vector and Piggybac dCas9 SAM vector! On/off control all the...out the gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate a ...interference (CRISPRi) targets a catalytically dead Cas9 fused to a transcriptional repressor to your gene...repression of protein expression. Addgene has a dCas9 KRAB plasmid for transient knockouts!  Turn it on...) are transcriptional activators fused to a dead Cas9. The system is led, via a custom gRNA, to your gene...protein levels. Looking for a DD? Check out our DD-Cas9 vector! The price of tunable control These systems...Plasmid 101: Repressible Promoters CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for my Experiment Additional resources...

... Listen here! Podcast breakdown (Time : Topic) 0:00 - 2:00 : Introduction to the podcast from producers...Addgene Podcast.     Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More About Alex's Work with Cas9 Activators...In this episode of the Addgene podcast, we sit down with Alex Chavez, a Clinical Fellow in Pathology ...Engineering. Alex is the first MD PhD we've had on the podcast, has worked extensively with CRISPR, and recently...Advisory Board with a particular interest in generating Cas9 based tools to enable facile control of DNA and ...

... had a large genetic footprint (two cassettes + a booster cassette), their expression heterogeneity required...integratable cassettes, both with doxycycline inducible promoters (Fig. 2a). The first cassette contains ...control. We also added the toxin-antitoxin stability cassette Axe-Txe so that the plasmid could be maintained... that Anabaena mARGs did not require a booster cassette, either, allowing us to reduce the genetic footprint...structural gene gvpA marked with EBFP2 and the second cassette contains the P2A-linked accessory genes gvpNJKFGWV...engineering a cell line, cotransfect the mARG cassettes 2:1 (A:N-V) with PiggyBac transposase and outgrow...

... CHIME works through transduction of Cas9-expressing (Rosa26-Cas9) hematopoietic stem cells with a lentiviral...genes pXPR_219 Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-Cas9 I-CHIME Inducible knockout of a single gene...Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-FlpO-ERT2; H11-Cas9 L-CHIME Knocks out a single gene in defined... Violet-excited GFP (vex) Lineage-Cre; Rosa26-Cas9 S-CHIME Knocks out pairs of genes sequentially...Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-FlpO-ERT2; H11-Cas9 Table 1: X-CHIME systems Proof of Concept These...Haining, W. N., & Sharpe, A. H. (2019). A CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system for in vivo screening of genes in...

...critical for Cas9 cleavage), thereby rendering the resulting construct resistant to Cas9 induced cleavage...can be used to identify Cas9/CRISPR-induced genome modifications. Occasionally, multimerization of the...through homology-directed repair (HDR) of a CRISPR/Cas9 induced double-stranded break. This site-directed... the repair, the template should be resistant to Cas9 cleavage. If a plasmid contains the template, site-directed...with the function of the resulting construct. In cases where the functionally important regions span several...plasmid (or other). This is particularly relevant in cases where a large plasmid with multiple functional regions...