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  1. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    ... 533.7601 (2016): 125-125. PubMed PMID: 27120160. 4. Kwart, Dylan, et al. "Precise and efficient scarless...mutations When thinking further about the distance relationship described above, we realized that, in addition...efficiency already drops by half and after only about 30 bp, it is no longer feasible to incorporate mutations...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about High Fidelity Cas9 Variants How to Design Your gRNA...
  2. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...PMID: 24463574. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3988262. 4. Hart, Traver, et al. "Measuring error rates in genomic...following unanswered questions about CRISPR screen design. Unanswered questions about genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9...Morgens et al drew some generalizable conclusions about off-target activity, demonstrate safe-targeting ...
  3. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    ...protein, not just fluorescent proteins. Figure 4: Reporters in Gene On include a mScarlet reporter,...for base-editing activity The reporters mentioned above all rely on GFP fluorescence and cell sorting using... Additional resources on the Addgene blog Read about other CRISPR reporters Browse our CRISPR blog posts...
  4. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    ...PMID: 22035192. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3216358. 4. Lock, Martin, et al. "Characterization of a recombinant... Addgene.org Find All Available AAV Learn More about Virus Production Find Viral Vector Protocols ...
  5. March for Science

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    ...enables science: “humility in the face of evidence” (4). Frustration among scientists has been rising as ... with a testable hypothesis - an educated guess about how some part of the world functions. Experiments...governments exist in reality and science is how we learn about reality. Formally, a government can be defined ... More concretely, scientists gather information about reality informing people and their governments on...people to rally for science, others are concerned about possible unintended consequences of a march. Three...Democrats more often than Republicans, the March is not about Democrats or Republicans (16). This is a Pro-Science... have more weight than how any one person feels about it. And yet research shows that thoughts on some...
  6. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0513-4 Kellner MJ, Koob JG, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, ... the Addgene blog Read more about SHERLOCK and DETECTR Learn more about plasmids available for COVID-...method based on CRISPR-Cas12. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.29.971127 Rauch...SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Material. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.20.052159 Zhang...research Resources on Addgene.org Get the basics about CRISPR in our CRISPR guide Browse our entire COVID...
  7. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0513-4 Chen JS, Ma E, Harrington LB, Da Costa M, Tian X, ...Addgene Blog Learn about using toehold switches to detect Zika virus   Learn more about targeting RNA with...time-consuming, and complex to use outside of standard laboratories. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, qPCR ...with Cas13a (C2c2) Learn more about Cas12a (Cpf1) and its multiplex genome editing abilities Resources...
  8. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ...appealing tool for monitoring RTK signaling.  Figure 4: Design of pYtag fluorescent biosensors for monitoring...screen (Koveal et al. 2022). Lactate is a key metabolite in glycolysis, so this sensor will be a valuable...valuable tool to study cellular physiology and metabolism under various conditions. LiLac has improved response...going viral! In addition to the viral preps noted above for iGluSnFR3 and JEDI-2P, several biosensors already...innovation next year! Did we miss any? Let us know about your favorite new biosensor plasmids in the comments...
  9. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    ...Nutrition 75.2 (2002): 179–180. PubMed PMID: 11815306. 4. Nicole Kresge, R. D. S. and R. L. H. “The Discovery...uses of biotinylation in molecular biology! Learn about in vivo biotinylation of bacterial fusion proteins...covalently attached to the active site of key metabolic enzymes including biotin carboxylase and decarboxylases... organic acids to produce important cellular metabolites. Biotin acts as a carboxyl carrier from one compound...such as gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, amino acid metabolism and energy transduction. Biotinylation is the...
  10. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    ...more than 3-4 colors due to the tandem integration of multiple copies of the construct (about 8 in Brainbow...with the goal of overcoming the limitations listed above. First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins...method has become very useful in lineage tracing; “Zebrabow” was used to trace the development of the corneal...: 10.1038/nmeth.2450. Epub 2013 May 5. PubMed. Zebrabow: multispectral cell labeling for cell tracing ...
  11. Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning

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    ...re-circularization and contamination from uncut plasmid. 4. Transformation Transform your ligation reaction into... (post or pre run in the table above, respectively). Some of the above stains require you to visualize...equivalent to backbone + insert, unsuccessful 2 and 3 above), you can try ligating the recipient plasmid alone...get experimenting!   Additional Resources: Read about Gel Stains on the BitesizeBio Blog  Additional ...
  12. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    ...mammalian cells and embryos. Nature Biotechnology, 42(4), 638–650. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01821...In our last post, we talked about the first base transversion editors: CGBEs, or C → G Base Editors. ...apyrimidinic sites and abbreviated as AP sites. A collaborative team from the David Liu and Dali Li labs reported... CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors Read about four base editor reporters Resources on Addgene.org...
  13. Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods

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    ...PMID: 26323354. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4569707. 4. Kahl, L. J. & Endy, D. A survey of enabling technologies...the annealed and filled-in gaps The great part about this mix of enzymes is that they can all work at...the standard Gibson assembly techniques described above, this resulted in the direct and seamless cloning...Blog Browse All of Our Plasmids 101 Posts Read About Other Cloning Techniques Additional Resources on...
  14. Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

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    ...of DNA synthesis (cell divisions).   Figure 4: Proliferation dyes can visualize proliferative capacity..., you may want to look at other methods. In the above cases, a good alternative is using a two-protein... region of the primary antibody (Figure 1b). As above, the advantage of this system is increased flexibility...
  15. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    ...The proteins encoded in this set range in size from 4 to 156 kDa, enabling the user to characterise the ...PUF Assembly Kit Below you’ll find information about what these kits contain, how they can be used, and...encoded sensors enable real-time observation of metabolite production." Proceedings of the National Academy...
  16. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...Southern blot. From the efficiency discussed above extends 4 major advantages of CRISPR mouse editing when... Delivery Methods Learn about Mouse Work on Exercise and Depression Read About Brainbow Resources on ...success is not always guaranteed. To learn more about this process check out our Mouse Modeling blog posts...by CRISPR. The sequence started clean and then, about 100 bps into the run, it got “dirty”, with multiple...makes use of 3 components, a guide RNA (gRNA) of about 125 nt that specifies the target, the Cas9 endonuclease...targeting. It also costs less. With CRISPR, it may cost about $5,000 to generate founder mice, while with conventional...
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