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...dust since the digital music revolution hit. I predict a similar revolution for antibodies. Recombinant...Therefore, researchers from over 100 scientific institutions have proposed a shift to recombinant DNA-based...

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...Find Cpf1 Plasmids at Addgene   Image attribution: Zetsche, Bernd, et al. "Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided...differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in both distribution and GC-content, which might improve editing ...der Oost J, Backofen R, Koonin EV. An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR-Cas systems. 5. Nat...

...focus on one such strategy--the FLEx switch--which utilizes recombination elements to turn off expression ...introduced, recombination can proceed either by first utilizing the loxP sites or the lox551 sites. Regardless.... Branda, CS and Dymecki, SM. Talking about a Revolution: The Impact of Site-Specific Recombinases on ...

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...hard to make out the details. To increase the resolution, the Xu lab created a dCas9-based CAPTURE (CRISPR...enhancers. CAPTURE 2.0’s multiplexing and high resolution allowed the Xu Lab to simultaneously characterize...chromatin's dynamic role in gene regulation The high resolution and multiplexed chromatin ‘photos’ generated ...

...the use of AdV for in vivo CRISPR-Cas delivery utilized the Non Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) DNA repair..., 2014). An alternative approach to NHEJ is to utilize the Homology Directed Repair (HDR) to knock in ...and very efficient introduction of DNA into therapeutically relevant, non-transformed mammalian cells. ...

...polyethylene glycol (PEG). We add 25 mL of 40% PEG solution to each 100 mL of supernatant (final concentration...need to determine the titer of your viral vector solution. A variety of titering methods have been developed...Boye, S. E., Levites, Y., … Golde, T. E. (2020). Utilizing minimally purified secreted rAAV for rapid and...

...department during the application process. Many institutions recommend that you reach out to potential advisors...you can’t visit. By talking with people at the institution, you can get a better sense of the environment...answer process can also help you to see if the institution is right for you outside of just the program ...

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...are treated with a drug of interest and gRNA distribution is analyzed in the drug-resistant population... resistance to drugs and can identify future therapeutic targets for diseases causing uncontrolled cell...6 gRNAs per target gene, and maintaining the distribution of each gRNA within the population is key. Loss...

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... GCaMP containing plasmids are available for distribution. If your experiment involves delivering a calcium...types of searches including depositing labs and institutions. For example, search for “Melina Fan” and you...Lab published in eLife. Addgene is currently distributing 94 plasmids expressing validated antibodies ...

...unlimited production, reliable expression, and easy distribution as DNA (Trimmer, 2020), you may be interested...The beads are then washed, followed by antibody elution. Whatever method you choose, you may not be able...any temperature shifts. Of course, we are also cautious during the aliquoting and storage process to prevent...