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  1. Synthetic Biology, Artificial Chromosomes, iGEM & More - Interview with Tom Ellis

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    ...research, training, startups, and real applications of SynBio. Chapter 3: Synthetic biology as the engineering...synthetic genome project and constructing ever more complicated biological devices. Chapter 6: - Making research...Addgene Blog Learn about the Synthetic Biology Education Nonprofit BioBuilder Plasmids 101: Golden Gate...

  2. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    ...from the synthesis-based sequencing methods (Figure 3). It uses (aptly named) “nanopores” that are attached...based on these characteristic drops. Figure 3: Overview of Nanopore sequencing technology. Created...differences due to in silico variations and lack of verification. To address this issue, the QC team developed...Nanopore sequencing technology, bioinformatics and applications. Nature Biotechnology, 39(11), 1348–1365. https...

  3. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    ... sensing!   Figure 3: Components of the types of voltage indicators reviewed.   References...Voltage indicators are voltmeters for cells! In this blog we will review how these indicators work, their...fluorescence or voltage indicators.   Viral Vectors and Voltage Indicators As previously mentioned...Enhanced genetically encoded voltage indicators advance their applications in neuroscience. Curr Opin Biomed...Cellular communication and function depend on potential energy. Cellular activities like action potentials...their general applications, and why viruses are essential to their use as biological tools. Why Use Voltage...Voltage Indicators? Electrical signals are integral to many facets of biology. For example, many heart...

  4. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    ...quantitative real-time PCR. J Microbiol Methods. 2006 Jun;65(3):476-87. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.09.007. Epub 2005...run in triplicate.  The nice thing about qPCR is that since it measures relative quantification - that... not need to be run in triplicates. ddPCR is an extremely accurate application, even in areas of the genome...Digital PCR for AAV QuantificationPolymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications Resources on Addgene.org...blog post, we're going to focus on PCR-based applications (qPCR and ddPCR.) qPCR Quantitative/real-time...range of RQ values as noted above.   In both applications, results can be affected by DNA quality and ...absolute quantitative data, instead of relative quantification.  Even though no one option is perfect, with...

  5. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...228, no. 2 (2012): 267-75. PubMed PMID: 22767332.  3. Kim, Dohoon, Chun-Hyung Kim, Jung-Il Moon, Young-...PubMed PMID: 19337237. PubMed Central PMCID: 2677165. 3. Jia, Fangjun, Kitchener D. Wilson, Ning Sun, Deepak... deriving human iPS cells." Nature Methods 7, no. 3 (2010): 197-99. PubMed PMID: 20139967. PubMed Central...serially transfected using a cationic vehicle. The following synthetic modifications are used to protect the... to verify there’s no genomic integration Replicating EBNA1 episome Non-integrating Medium Medium ...creates heterogeneous iPSC cell lines, which can complicate comparisons made between lines. Incomplete silencing...Retroviruses are not considered safe for clinical applications.     Lentiviral: Lentiviral vectors infect dividing...

  6. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ...Originally published Mar 3, 2016 and last updated Apr 13, 2021 by Will Arnold. Although CRISPR systems...a subsequent curing protocol that requires only 2-3 hours incubation. E. coli and T. citrea scarless editing...the QCascade DNA-targeting module with the crRNA, (3) three transposase proteins, and (4) the donor DNA...for successful modifications, efficiency can be low, especially for larger modifications. What’s the solution...several potential CRISPR applications. First, CRISPR can be used to target locations in the genomes of pathogenic...tools available for bacteria and some of the applications for which they’ve been used. The beginnings ... of Enterobacteriaceae, without the need for modification. This finding suggests that the system may be...

  7. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    ...individual, sharp and evenly spaced peaks …like these…. 3. Expect to get 500-700 bases of clean reliable DNA...of interest. 5. Use a silica spin column for purification of the samples you send for DNA sequencing If...requires you to perform your own Big Dye PCR amplification reaction (as opposed to using the all inclusive...

  8. A Control for All Seasons

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    ...with an isotype-matched control.      Figure 3: A preimmune serum control addresses situations where....” British Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 175, no. 3, Wiley, 19 Jan. 2018, pp. 407–411. Crossref, doi:10.1111...results.  Replicates Replicates are another critical control in biological experiments. Replicates can be...of biological replicates such as multiple mice in each group and C, technical replicates or repeated measurements...secondary antibodies.   Application-specific controls Some antibody-based applications have very specific ...then moving on to controls for antibody-related applications. After reading, you will have a better understanding...blot and look for the molecular weight shifts indicative of tau phosphorylation. By including the positive...

  9. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ... fast indicator evolved for two-photon microscopy. Cell. 2022 Aug 16. pii: S0092-8674(22)00916-3. doi:...available as viral vectors (here and here).  Figure 3: JEDI-2P was identified from a high-throughput screen...sensors One of the latest additions to Addgene’s catalog is a new class of sensors for neuropeptides and...doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01597-x. New glutamate indicator iGluSnFR3 Improving on the glutamate sensor iGluSnFR...They generated variants optimized for different applications (v82 has higher affinity for glutamate but slower...PDGFR.codonopt    Aggarwal A, et al. Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localization...have developed a new genetically-encoded voltage indicator (GEVI) called JEDI-2P (Liu et al. 2022) optimized...

  10. Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

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    ...to allow for antibodies to enter the cell (Figure 3). A useful side effect of the fixing/permeabilization...cytosolic procedure in that case.     Figure 3: For intracellular labeling cells need to be fixed...labeling can be subdivided into two categories, depending on the location of the targeted markers. Some commercially...proteins, such as receptors, or post-translational modifications on those proteins, like glycosylation patterns...Depending on the research question and downstream application, one or several of those techniques can be used...your flow analysis. However, certain downstream applications, like an in vivo adoptive transfer of those ...labeling Oftentimes, a marker of interest is not located on the cell membrane but inside the cell. Due to...

  11. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ... 5’ and 3’ LTRs and expressed them along with Cas9 in the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger...strategies: potential tools for eradicating HIV-1/AIDS. J Neurovirol. 2015 Jun;21(3):310-21. PubMed PMID: 25716921...pre-treatment levels due to the viral reservoirs located in latently infected cells. Although ART-treated...toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused apoptosis, indicating a true “shock and kill” response. Cutting HIV...create mutations in genes essential to HIV-1 replication. However, this approach could permit some viral... HIV-1 could escape from CRISPR/Cas9-induced modification targeting either the LTRs or essential genes...genes. Many of these escape mutations were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude...

  13. Designer PUF Proteins for Any RNA Target

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    ...cloning method to human proteins known as Pumilio/fem-3 mRNA binding factors (PUF). In a single step, researchers...says the new tool might even find therapeutic application in addition to their use in basic biology, for...

  14. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    ...from its usual location, preventing it from carrying out its proper function (Figure 3).  The Hehnly Lab...injection of plasmids and other materials.    Figure 3: Optogenetic inhibition of Rab protein vesicle trafficking...efficiency constructs are great for in vitro biocatalytic applications where toxicity doesn’t matter. Plus, for... binding of the plasma membrane. In previous publications, they described tools to control formation of.... Restricting the effect to a specific time or location can be critical when, say, the gene is essential...) and to introduce unnatural head groups for applications like fluorescent labeling via click chemistry...substantial PA accumulates in the plasma membranes, indicated by the PA probe colocalizing with SuperPLDx30....

  15. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    ...perform downstream characterization of, isolating 2 or 3 distinct clones to perform key experiments on is a...CRISPR-Cas System in Gene Editing. Mol Ther. 2021 Mar 3;29(3):937-948. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.11.009  Guo C,...“Off-target effects” a vague catch-all term for unintended consequences in an experiment. For CRISPR ... example, if there are 10 putative off-target locations you can 1) determine if editing at those sites...sequencing. While this may be unnecessary for many applications, it is the only comprehensive method available...binding by Cas does not always correlate with catalytic activity at those sites, especially when DNA mismatches...For a candidate site-specific approach, mRNA quantification or western blot of putative off-targets would...

  16. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    ...trying to raise the alpha isoform of GSK-3 to the same (deserved) stature as the beta isoform. Follow ...where readers may locate data supporting the research reported in PLOS publications. The policy was not... is founded on the principle that scientific publications must contain enough information (or links to...probable to some extent - but that is the price of publication. Who is to say that the initial data-generating...logically annotated and arranged, as in an actual publication and not require interaction with the data authors...likely, at least in part, due to our inadequate cataloguing of how results were obtained and this alone is... Nature Publishing Group recently launched a publication called Scientific Data, which aims to act as ...

  17. Addgene's Top Blog Posts from 2020

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    ...working with RNA and extracting RNA without a kit. 3. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR...virtually. 6. Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider by Jennifer Tsang The...The nanodrop vs. spec debate dominates DNA quantification discussions, but what about the other methods... with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without a Kit by Beth Kenkel To complement ...

  18. Top 10 Open Science Developments of 2013

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    ... guest Drew Endy, in celebration of open science. 3)      Also in June, the G8 Science Ministers issued...support for open access to peer-reviewed journal publications, although many don’t necessarily publish in ...

  19. SciComm with the Experts at Science in the News Part 2

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    ...Blog (other programs are discussed below). Chpater 3: SITN Popularity and Events - Amy discusses some of... to be crazy complicated! Listen to the full podcast for more great science communication tips or listen...tons of ways you can get involved in science communication. In this second half of our conversation with...many things you can do start your own science communication student group and get more involved with your...is a graduate student group with the goal of communicating science to the general public and training the... the next generation of science communicators. In this chapter we learn about some of their events - science... peer-to-peer feedback in effective science communication. Chapter 7: The Goal of the SITN Podcast - Vini...

  20. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    ...for making scientific graphics. PS: they’re free. 3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making...resources can now be found in one place: the Educational Resources page. So let’s get to it. Here’s the...Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins by Cary Valley,...protein size and shape, linker sequences, and fusion location, there are many choices to make. 2. Prime Editing...Resources at Addgene Browse the repository Find educational resources at Addgene Search for plasmids at Addgene...
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