...experiments in this publication were performed using a technique called nucleofection, which introduces functional...2016, and Kim et al 2014) have shown that this technique supports extremely high frequencies of genome ...experiments to try nucleofection as (in our hands) this technique supports gene disruption or gene replacement frequencies...CRISPR-Cas9 using asymmetric donor DNA." Nature biotechnology (2016). PubMed PMID: 26789497.  2. Lin, Steven...

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...analysis blog post. Colony PCR Colony PCR can detect the presence or absence of DNA using lysed bacterial...plasmid. In this case, you’d be using colony PCR to detect your insert, either by using primers that are specific...time-intensive than Sanger sequencing or the other techniques mentioned above. In molecular biology, cloning...By using a variety of screening and selection techniques, you can increase the chances of finding the ...

...inspire them and also keep up with all the new biotechnology.” These are the types of inquiries that routinely...experiential learning. “Students may forget the technical details they hear in their classes,” she said,...module currently under development comes from the Caltech lab of Professor Richard Murray. Murray’s lab uses... DNA circuits and logic gates. This BioBuilder-Caltech collaboration has resulted in a new BioBuilder ...

...at each locus, as well as large deletions. They detected fragment deletion with 4-20% frequency at the ...you have any questions or thoughts about this technology, leave them in the comments below.  References...plasmids from this publication at Addgene Other Techniques for gRNA Multiplexing Multiplexed and programmable... Reyon D, Goodwin MJ, Aryee MJ, Joung JK. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Jun;32(6):569-76. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2908...

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.... We also opened up applications to research technicians and undergraduate researchers, in addition to...Abhi Aggarwal is a postbaccalaureate research technician in Kaspar Podgorski’s lab at Janelia Research...variants of iGluSnFR3 in vivo and have used it to detect glutamate release from hundreds of synapses at ...believe that improved biosensors or biosensors that detect new redox metabolites are vital for researchers...

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...to your cloning efforts. Golden Gate cloning technology relies on Type IIS restriction enzymes, first...Voytas groups described a new Golden Gate-based technology for genome editing which allowed for the ordered...efficiently in just a few steps. More recently, CRISPR technology has adapted Golden Gate cloning for inserting...Expression of gRNAs Choosing a Molecular Cloning Technique  ...

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...that can be tweaked to target ncRNA. CRISPR/Cas9 techniques and targeting methods Knock-out: Targeting short...targeting of long non-coding RNA genes. Nature biotechnology. 2020;38(5):573. doi:10.1038/s41587-020-0428... cells by Cas9 targeting of splice sites. Nat Biotechnol. Published online November 5, 2018. doi:10.1038...Non-Coding RNAs in Plants with the CRISPR-Cas Technology is a Challenge yet Worth Accepting. Front Plant...

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...Susanna Stroik Even with the advances in CRISPR technology over the past decade, primary cells remain difficult...using peptide-assisted genome editing. Nature Biotechnology, 10.1038/s41587-023-01756-1. https://doi.org...monomeric StayGold fluorescent protein. Nature Biotechnology, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-02018...throughout the non-human primate brain. Nature Nanotechnology, 18, 1241–1251 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038...

...Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network, the...purposes. The Wu lab mostly uses whole-mount IHC techniques on rodent brains and is expanding to more complex...antibodies (See Fig 1.). rAbs are a relatively new technology that takes advantage of DNA sequencing to turn...antibodies. Since recombinant antibodies are a newer technology, it is important to show through qualitative ...

...at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Institute for Basic Science (IBS)...primarily to the cell body with very little signal detected along the neurite (Figure 1.) Moreover, the group...Zhang’s lab is developing new super-resolution techniques for live-cell imaging of the dynamic changes ...spatial and temporal organization. The design use to detect PKA activity can be generalized to measure phosphatase...

...molecular biologic techniques to further the understanding of epigenetics; techniques include chromatin...and bisulfite sequencing. However none of these techniques can be used for in-situ research of dynamic modifications...reporting methylation status of these sites. This new technology opens up a new way to visualize changes in gene...

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