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  1. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ... inserted GFP. After characterizing iGluSnFR in vitro, showing that it is selectively activated by glutamate...higher expression levels in bacteria and produces stronger fluorescent signals upon sensing glutamate in ...variants differing in kinetics, affinity, and ∆F/F0. Introduce the two variants in three different membrane-targeting...iGluSnFR3 have higher expression levels and produce stronger fluorescent signals upon sensing glutamate using...addition to the original PDGFR TMD, the researchers introduce iGluSnFR3 in two additional anchoring domains ...induction to express soluble protein CAG: Generic strong promoter. Formulated as AAV-DJ for neuronal expression...
  2. Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools

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    ...plasmid deposit please sign up here.        A retroviral mouse CRISPR knockout library Article contributed...phenotype, and this depends on the method used to introduce the gRNAs into cells. Most CRISPR pooled libraries...issue, Sarah Teichmann and colleagues created a retroviral CRISPR knockout library using gRNAs designed ...designed by the Kosuke Yusa Lab. This retroviral library was used to transduce T helper type 2 (Th2) cells from...differentiation factors as the screen readout. This retroviral mouse CRISPR pooled library can be used for screening...concentration of ApoB-LPs has been shown to have a strong correlation with cardiovascular disease and indirect...
  3. Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli

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    ... to neuroscience. In fact, precise light-based control of biological processes is highly useful in other... to be optimized by Tabor’s lab, making light-controlled gene expression in E. coli easier and more robust...engineered to deliver precise, consistent, and controllable pulses of light. Complicated patterns of light...new pathways with sophisticated gene expression controls. Most cell types do not respond to low-intensity...two systems can be coexpressed for sophisticated control of gene expression. An E. coli light-sensitive...from this publication at Addgene. Multichromatic control of gene expression in Escherichia coli. Tabor JJ...
  4. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...sequence NGG TTTV PAM site preserved? Usually Destroyed Yes, Cpf1 cleaves 5' of the protospacer Multiplexing...Cassettes transfection gRNAs expressed from a polycistronic transcript  Requires co-transfection of Cas9...Cassettes transfection gRNAs expressed from a polycistronic transcript Requires co-transfection of Cas9  ...showing that Cpf1 can cleave an array of 4 crRNAs in vitro and when expressed in 293 cells. This allows for...a GFP tag. Four weeks post-infection, there was strong expression of Cpf1 and GFP in the targeted brain...effective method with multiple applications (in vitro, in vivo, transfection, viral transduction) for ...
  5. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ...need to ensure you have a bead-only control alongside your input control. Elute the DNA after washing and..., which uses formaldehyde or UV light to create strong but reversible bonds. This will keep the protein...of histone modifying proteins, which bind quite strongly to DNA, crosslinking may not be necessary. This...Enzymatic digestion, while gentler on the sample, introduces bias due to the selective nature of the cutting...Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies Resources on Addgene.org ...
  6. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...Be prepared to troubleshoot and be sure to include proper positive and negative controls as you get your...someone to turn to for advice if you need to troubleshoot. What do you know about the vendor and the vendor...anti-tag antibody; and immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry strategies that isolate an antibody’s immune...complexes and confirm interacting partners by mass spectrometry (Uhlen, 2016). Be sure that the antibody you...The Basics of Western blottingAntibodies 101: Introduction to AntibodiesAntibodies 101: Epitope availability...
  7. Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving

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    ...Scientific Support Team here at Addgene, so troubleshooting molecular biology experiments was in the job...core part of our academic training.  Developing strong problem solving skills is just a matter of applying...think back to the last experiment you had to troubleshoot; you probably did not just automatically come...As such, scientists are uniquely prepared to be strong problem solvers both in and out of the lab. The...position. Of course, there are limits to how far strong problem solving skills alone can take you - just...effectively does not mean I am qualified to be an astronaut. But, knowing that this skillset is a part of ...
  8. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    ...regeneration studies, and cancer biology. I was first introduced to bioelectricity when I attended the Developmental...living cells. Since bioelectrical signals are controlled by the opening and closing of ion channel proteins...genetically encoded, light-gated ion translocators to control tumorigenesis." Oncotarget 7.15 (2016): 19575. ...signaling networks: exploiting voltage gradients for control of growth and form." Annual review of biomedical... neural and gap junction protein-mediated cues control polarity during planarian regeneration." Developmental...Vaibhav P., et al. "Transmembrane voltage potential controls embryonic eye patterning in Xenopus laevis." Development...
  9. Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing

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    ...research that was done and what it means. The introduction should give you just enough information to allow... addressed. In primary research papers, the introductions should be fairly focused. Consult a review article... etc)? Did they perform all of the appropriate controls? Refer back to the methods section for finer points...automate the process as well. Sign up for eTOC (electronic table of contents) alerts from journals you read...useful papers. For many, this collection is purely electronic. Gone are the days of file cabinets filled to...She is a fan of photosynthesis and writes about autotrophs and biochemistry on her blog. Follow her on Twitter...
  10. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...activity in HEK293 by reducing editing from ~30% in control samples to 0-10% in Acr samples. Acr proteins can...When added to human cells six hours after the introduction of Cas9 RNPs, AcrIIA4 reduced off-target editing...specific site. 2. Temporal, spatial, or conditional control of CRISPR activity Regulating Acr proteins by inducible...molecules could achieve rapid, dynamic, and spatial control of CRISPR-Cas activity. For example, fusing AcrA4II...LOV2 domain allows anti-CRISPR activity to be controlled by blue light (Bubeck et al., 2018). 3. Reduce...Your Next Experiment Read more about Optogenetic Control of CRISPR   Resources on Addgene.org Find CRISPR...
  11. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    ...Tips for Plasmid Quality Control Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene Bioinformatics... has many points at which small errors can be introduced. Eventually, these errors could cause the plasmid...Figure 1. Potential points where DNA errors can be introduced, indicated by exclamation marks. Error points...Addgene, we put a lot of effort into our quality control (QC) processes to screen for and reduce these errors...non-negotiable. By maintaining a high standard of quality control, we have built a trusted plasmid catalog containing...
  12. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...response (e.g., graft vs. host) as well as the introduction of the cancer-fighting component, CAR. Clinical... edit with the goal of ‘fixing’ mutations or introducing a desired edit, but this particular class of ...of treatments has quite the opposite aim: to destroy. One treatment currently in clinical trials includes...but are not limited to, ones targeting muscular dystrophy, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory diseases...by Kendall Morgan and updated in 2023 by Susanna Stroik.  References and Resources References Yuxuan Wu...blog CRISPR Antimicrobials Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR CRISPR 101: Drug Discovery and CRISPR...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ... calcium binding proteins (e.g., calmodulin or troponin C). Their fluorescent readouts are used to monitor... is a FRET-based calcium reporter derived from troponin C. It is engineered with a reduced number of calcium...fluorescent state only by simultaneous (1) user-controlled illumination with violet light and (2) exposure...different versions optimized for neuron-specific, astrocyte-specific (GCaMP6 only) or mammalian cell expression...101: Viral Applications Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV Find AAV Calcium Biosensor Vectors at... Susanna Stroik...
  14. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    ...approach of CeNGEN, check out their publication.   3’UTRome The 3’UTRs of mRNA are important for post-transcriptional...expression in C.elegans. In this system a promoter controls the expression of a GAL-4 driver that can bind...also find additional SapTrap plasmids used for introducing point mutations that was published in a microPublication...Central PMCID: PMC3531189. Mangone, Marco, et al. "UTRome. org: a platform for 3′ UTR biology in C. elegans... L., & Jorgensen, E. M. "SapTrap vectors for introducing point mutations with unc- 119 + selection." MicroPublication...split intein for refined spatiotemporal transgene control in Caenorhabditis elegans." Proceedings of the ...
  15. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    ...are monoclonal antibodies that are generated in vitro using synthetic genes that are typically expressed... a patient’s blood), scientists can use mass spectrometry to determine the amino acid sequences of the...process of antibody selection and maturation in vitro by selecting for antigen binding from libraries ...or mammalian display (Tsuruta et al., 2017). In vitro selection allows scientists to create antibodies...into an expression plasmid, the plasmid can be introduced into host cells, such as bacterial, yeast, or...on the Addgene blog Read our Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies blog post Learn more about hybridomas...
  16. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ...donor templates and sequencing primers for quality control. At such a scale, automation is crucial, both for... to avoid re-cutting when needed. It gives you control over your data. CrispyCrunch keeps a record of ...repair outcomes, which is important for quality control. The only ones we found that worked with NGS data... 0 and 100 for each guide, with 100 being the strongest interaction between the guide and the target and...interactions (e.g., scores <20) are reduced to 0 and strong interactions (e.g., scores >80) are transformed...weak gRNAs (CFD < 20) bind almost not at all, and strong gRNAs (CFD > 80) bind almost as much as perfect...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    ...placing FP timer DsRed-E5 under the control of Neurog3 (a gene controlling pancreatic differentiation) in ... (500 to 580 nm) over the course of 18 hours in vitro (see figure 1B in Terskikh et al.) and even displays...showed that their versatile timer could be used in vitro, in mammalian cells, in C. elegans, and in Xenopus...synthesized or long-lived transcription factors control gross changes in gene expression as new body sections...Pratik, et al. "A programmable synthetic lineage-control network that differentiates human IPSCs into glucose-sensitive...
  18. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...101 eBook! Researchers use various techniques to control protein expression for experimental, biotechnological...successful. Some mammalian systems also allow for control over when a protein is expressed through the use...Protein expression from each of these vectors is controlled by a different promoter resulting in different...to E. coli. Of all the vectors, pET, under the control of the T7 lac promoter and induced by lactose, ...researchers often place recombinant proteins under the control of the galactose inducible promoter (GAL). Other...cell-free expression systems, proteins are assembled in vitro using purified components of the transcription and...
  19. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ...enjoy seeing how our quality control process has changed with the introduction of next generation sequencing...sequencing results we analyze as part of our quality control process has steadily grown. On a busy week, we ... more than 200 plasmids as part of our quality control process. Consequently our team has refined our ...database sequence is ≥ 95%. [Our QC process would be trouble-free and much faster if 95% of our results were...Plasmids 101: An Inside Look at NGS Plasmid Quality Control Learn about our Snapgene-powered plasmid maps. ...
  20. Welcome to the Lab Bench! New Protocol Series Helps Trainees Get Started in the Lab

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    ...members of the lab or those taking introductory lab courses. The Intro to the Lab Bench series is meant...supplement your teaching? You’re in luck! Addgene’s Intro to the Lab Bench series was born from the shift ...meant to be an informative introduction for those who are just starting their careers in the lab and even... need a refresher on some best practices for introductory science techniques. It’s also great for teachers...
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