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  1. From our Table to Yours: An Inside Look at Lunch at Addgene

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    ...2 trophies over the years, which is either an indication of the stiff competition or says something about...building activity that is easy to organize. We’ll dedicate a post to these competitions in the future, and...establish, with the goal of fostering better communication between labs. Scientists are often willing to...

  2. CRISPR Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines [Video]

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    ... of Visualized Experiments (JOVE). The video publication by Stuart Orkin and Daniel Bauer's labs details... size and frequency [3]. There are several applications in which the production of deletions by paired...useful to study haploinsufficiency. Subsequent modifications at the remaining allele within the deletion ...

  3. Three Key Considerations for Precise Neuronal Targeting Using AAV Technologies

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    ...experiments! Late last year, we hosted our first AAV Education and Development workshop aimed at brainstorming...even further. For example, injecting AAVs at one location can result in expression of an optogenetic payload...shown in Figure 1, injected retrograde AAVs at one location result in opsin expression in their cell bodies...

  4. London Calling - Addgene’s New Europe Office in London

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    ...Today, Addgene launches a brand new Europe office located in London and operated in collaboration with LGC... their materials. The new office in London is dedicated to helping them find their way to new scientific...newest Addgene Outreach Scientist - the first to be located in London and focused on supporting European scientists...

  5. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    ...  “This enables you to do customized genetic modification on a scale that was really not possible before...genome engineering with CRISPRs was limited to modification of a few loci at a time,” Wang said. “It was... lentiviral libraries and their demonstrated application offer proof-of-principle that CRISPR-Cas9 can...

  6. SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging

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    ...aggregation, it’s recommended for most imaging applications. What can you do with SunTag? Tanenbaum et al...activation of target genes, but we’ll save that application for another day! References 1. Tanenbaum, Marvin...et al. “A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence imaging....

  7. Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program

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    ...technical know-how, and helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to...technical or product support specialist,” “field application scientist,” or “scientific or technical writer...for PhD applicants since many will also accept applications from master’s candidates with experience.  Use...

  8. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    ...Conformation changes usually fall into one of two categories: ones induced by the researcher and ones that...naturally, by binding to other proteins, changing locations, or even just as part of performing a specific...it a transmembrane protein, or is it know to translocate or fold in certain conditions? It can help to...

  10. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    ...channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2), a blue light sensitive cation channel, fused to mCherry to the brain tissue. ... several months after implantation of fibers, indicating the system was indeed stable for continuous monitoring...interfaces with the entire body, so the obvious next applications are to expand the tool to different brain-organ...

  11. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    ...insert comes from using Taq polymerase for the amplification step since Taq polymerase leaves a single deoxyadenosine...rejoining supercoiled DNA ends to facilitate replication. The TOPO technique specifically uses Vaccinia...Addgene.org Find More Plasmid Cloning Protocols Catch Up On Your Basic Molecular Biology Techniques Watch...

  12. The Strength of Story Telling

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    ...Storytelling is a crucial part of interpersonal communication, which makes honing your ability to tell stories...Addgene Blog Check out our blog posts on science communication Find interviews scientists in SciComm careers... science communication...

  14. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ...Glutamate plays a variety of roles in synaptic communication and can trigger other forms of neuronal signaling...SF-Venus-iGluSnFR). iGluSnFR3: Improved Glutamate Indicators for Synaptic Imaging However, the first two generations... 30377363 Aggarwal, Abhi, et al. . “Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localiation...

  16. FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database

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    ...non-trivial, however, as FPs are tremendously complicated entities with a large range of characteristics...decision remains spread across literature in publications that introduce these tools. Years ago, Kurt...incorporate FPbase data in their own projects and applications, a REST API allows programmatic retrieval of...

  17. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    ...2017). Beyond human relevance, yeast have many applications in food science and biotech due to its fermentation... ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells.   Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number of different...is exceptionally good for post-translational modification of recombinant protein products, specifically...

  18. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    ...silico approach The in silico approach cannot replicate the complexity of antigen processing events that...This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations. ... together can inform decisions about in vivo application and clinical testing. This would pave the way...

  19. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    ... specific DNA base changes and consist of a catalytically impaired Cas protein (dCas or Cas nickase) fused... SpCas9. In order to expand the gene-editing applications and targeting scope of ABEs David Liu’s lab ...through many rounds of mutations, selection, and replications per day.  The PACE and PANCE systems use M13...

  20. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    ...cDNA, which  was used as a template for PCR amplification with a degenerate primer set to amplify IgG ...  While screening by IF-ICC worked well for identification of the correct clones, it was determined that...through functional assays. Following functional verification, the R-mAb expression plasmids were DNA sequenced...

  21. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    ...cells and antibody-producing B cells that cannot replicate, meaning that only hybridomas will survive this... Antibodies: Distinguishing Characteristics, Applications, and Information Resources. ILAR Journal 46:... the Addgene blog Learn more about research applications for antibodies in Intro to Antibodies Read about...

  22. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...Scientists can also use electroporation, the application of an electrical charge to cells, to increase... properties. The phagemids are packaged into replication-incompetent phage particles with assistance from... found on an episome, a piece of DNA that can replicate on its own or be integrated within a bacterial...

  23. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    ...convinced that most microscopy techniques can be replicated with commercially available consumer-grade components... tools has allowed the community to regularly replicate designs worldwide. Distributing hardware via globally...Hohlbein, et. al., 2022). A more open way of communicating in science brings stronger networking across...

  24. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    ...historical standard. Specifically, in our recent publications, we used the cancer plasmid collections listed...pathway reference collection is described in this publication We also wrote an extensive review on the exciting...data generated from these alleles in the above publications), it will be possible for many others to perform...

  25. Screening for Successful Genome Editing with Digital PCR

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    ...a gene of interest is one of the most common applications of precision genome editing, the remainder of...single molecule resolution of digital PCR allows classification of individual target molecules based on their...single wells of a 96-well plate without prior quantification. Comparatively, mismatch assays require between...

  26. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...the things that popped out to me as a novice and indicate why other neuroscience newbies might want to get... reinforce our goals of making more AAVs and educational content to help researchers use these great tools...start making the AAV, or help us produce new educational content on the blog. Overall, there are many ...

  27. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...Musunuru: The kit includes 832 plasmids containing prefabricated pieces that allow you to build a DNA-binding...diseases. We are knocking out genes that have been implicated in disease or, in cases where particular variants...less than a month's time. Addgene: What are the implications of this kit in terms of understanding human ...

  28. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    ...as well as developing and sharing supportive educational resources. By 2017, we had distributed 1,000 ...We also created a growing library of antibody educational resources, including our new Antibodies 101 eBook...community by depositing, ordering, or using our educational resources. And we look forward to twenty more...

  29. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    ...a defined site to form a clean DNA break, Cas3 locates its target sequence and initiates single stranded... out large regions of DNA and has anti-viral application potential as a result. Fast facts – PAM requirement... has been proposed to be useful for the same applications (RNA knockdown, RNA editing, etc.). The main...

  30. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    ...sequences via oligo synthesis using the format indicated below and pool-clone them into the pAWp28 storage...realization of a variety of perturbations and applications in functional genomics, cell reprogramming, ...CRISPR/Optogentics Tools Resources on Addgene.org Catch up on Your CRISPR Background with Our CRISPR Guide...

  31. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...it is important to carefully select the target locations of knock-in studies to avoid off-target effects...it comes to targeting precision and practical application. If the CRISPR/Cas9 system is not effective for...lncRNAs with high specificity, particularly in applications requiring smaller delivery systems (Zibitt et...

  32. Making CRISPR Plasmids Using Fragmid

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    ...ampicillin resistance cassette and an origin of replication, which are not schematized. Sizes of fragments...five months. When they tested those clones (in duplicate), 93% had the correct banding pattern in the restriction...correct. Because they created the assemblies in duplicate, they were able to confirm that at least one plasmid...

  33. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ...-humanized (Plasmid #44246) Expression of a catalytically inactive (dead), human codon-optimized Cas9 ...be used to construct complex lentiviruses for modification of mammalian cells with a single viral infection...Gammaretroviral Vectors: Biology, Technology and Application. Viruses. 2011. PubMed PMID: 21994751. PubMed...

  34. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...passionate about HIV cure research and science communication.     References 1. Gaspar, H. B., S. Howe, and...affinity-purified receptor-targeted viral vectors." Nature communications 6 (2015): ncomms7246. PubMed PMID: 25665714...our AAV Production Protocol Check out our AAV Purification Protocol ...

  35. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    ...including excision or insertion, inversion, translocation or cassette exchange. By utilizing recombinases...BioRender.com In their recent ACS Synthetic Biology publication, Mary Dunlop’s lab generated a photosensitive...regions with Vivid (Vvd) photodimers. Upon the application of blue light, Vvd dimerizes bringing the C-terminal...

  36. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ...sites directs the Cre recombinase to invert, translocate, or excise a DNA fragment. The availability of... the function of various point mutations and truncations in the absence of the endogenous gene. Spatio-temporal..., allowing for clearer characterization of the location, morphology, and circuit mapping of a targeted...

  37. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ... about making sure the audience is interested, educated and talking as a result of the content. Here are...contribute. The moderator should identify the funny, provocative or interesting stories that will make for a fun...sure all your panelists have the correct date, location and parking information and remind them about ...

  38. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    ...and quiescent, post-mitotic mammalian cells. Applications of CRISPR delivery by adenoviral vectors Since...Strategies for Tissue-Specific Targeting. In: Applications of viruses for cancer therapy. Elsevier, pp ...Holkers M, Maggio I, Henriques SFD, Janssen JM, Cathomen T, Gonçalves MAFV (2014) Adenoviral vector DNA...

  39. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    ...fingers or Ethiopian?) to where you are going on vacation (New York City or Hawaii?). So how can you approach...been: A job offer conflicts with a pre-planned vacation I’m looking forward to. How can I negotiate my... I’m excited while still being able to take my vacation? I want to learn more about a different area of...

  40. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    ...instances. If your poster material is nearing publication, consider uploading your work to a preprint server...time to meet. Some conferences may also have a dedicated app with a social media component, but if it doesn...other posts on scientific sharing, scientific communication, and scientific networking Learn how to set ...
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