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  1. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...AAV replication uses the host’s polymerase, but requires Rep proteins to process a double-stranded intermediate...work with. These plasmids contain ITRs which are required for proper packaging of AAV, but also form secondary...AAV than I think I need. Unlike lentivirus, AAV requires a higher number of viral particles for efficient...several hours on a heated stir plate to dissolve and requires monitoring so that the solution doesn’t get too...AAV for my cells of interest. Every batch of AAV requires its own MOI optimization to account for batch-...
  2. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ... genome editing for a few months. More time is required for its optimization and development before it...features of NgAgo First, unlike Cas9, NgAgo does not require a PAM sequence for target recognition, which gives...Additionally, in vitro assembly of NgAgo/ssDNA requires incubation at 55 °C - a dangerous, non-physiological...regions of the genome or just after a stop codon (as required for C-terminus epitope tagging). NgAgo survey ...respondents "Final Verdict", is that more time is required for NgAgo optimization before we can make any ...
  3. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    ... a plasmid whose copy number is unknown, it is entirely possible that you are working with a low copy ...Start with a single, fresh colony Sub-culturing directly from a frozen glycerol stock or agar stab may ...exchange will prevent your cultures from reaching the desired density. The volume of your flask or culture tube...cultures, especially those in deep-well plates, require a faster shaking speed for proper aeration (260... temperature. These recommendations also often require a longer growth time. Note: Julian Taylor-Parker...
  4. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...end-joining (NHEJ) to make deletions or homology-directed repair (HDR) to create precise genome edits. But...end-joining)? MMEJ, a form of alternative end-joining, requires only very small homology regions (5-25 bp) for...spent cloning. In contrast, the short homology required by MMEJ can easily be added via PCR amplification...genomic DNA. These three double stranded breaks are repaired by two rounds of MMEJ. This double MMEJ strategy...Resources on the Addgene Blog Brush up on Homology Directed Repair and Non-homologous End Joining Read About...
  5. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    ...stripes in the acquired image (5).  A way to get around this problem is to illuminate and acquire images of... of the solitary tract.  The arrows point the direction of the specimen, A= anterior, P= posterior, D=...  Furthermore, point-by-point scanning along the entire specimen makes imaging too slow and unwieldy for...) sensors, it takes only a few milliseconds to acquire one image, thereby significantly reducing the time...
  6. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...transfer plasmids have a wildtype 5'LTR, which requires the presence of the Tat protein to work, while...'LTR. Including a chimeric 5'LTR removes the requirement for the HIV Tat protein, thus decreasing the ...gag, pol, rev, and tat. 3rd generation systems require an envelope plasmid, and two packaging plasmids...2nd-generation system because the wildtype 5'LTR promoter requires Tat to function. Third-generation plasmids can...plasmid(s) contain the minimal number of HIV genes required for virus production (3 or 4). Third-generation...
  7. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...created a yeast-based directed evolution approach with some notable improvements. Directed evolution techniques... fluorescent protein--no affinity purification required! The team used other molecular techniques to introduce...microtubuli and plasmids tagged with MapTau to label entire microtubules. Find these fluorescent mammalian ...contains the signal peptide of MBP, followed by the desired nanobody (NB) sequence, an AviTAG, and 6xHis tag...
  8. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    ...in different CGBE tools allow the researcher to direct the repair of the abasic site. But what if an editor...transversion editors. Red arrows indicate a conversion directly catalyzed by the base editor. Black arrows indicate...this point relied on deaminase enzymes, either to directly accomplish the base edit or to create the substrate...they realized that MPG could be engineered to act directly on unmodified G bases, resulting in a G → Y (Y...Conclusion With these advances, every base can now be directly targeted by a base editor, although the efficiency...
  9. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ...incredible versatility opens aptamers for use in many entirely new applications including aptamer based fluorescent...sensitive detection assay. In 1999, Grate and Wilson paired laser cleavage and an RNA aptamer that bound the...to induce fluorescence outside the context of a paired fluorophore protein. Years later, Samie Jaffrey...mimicking GFP.  Though the aptamer, called Spinach, required longer exposure time than its protein equivalent... less immunogenic than proteins. Assays that require recognition of ions or particularly small molecules...
  10. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    ...tools, approaches, and infrastructure necessary for direct tests of cause and effect hypotheses between gene...unavailable.” As stated by one of the NSF program directors, this program should “enable the ability to study... in the tree of life.” Accepted proposals were required to present research plans that went beyond obtaining...is no small task. The EDGE program solicitation requires funded labs to rapidly disseminate protocols, ...microscope with polarizing filter. Development is direct in this species, and hatchlings are around 1mm ...
  11. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...). These so called “plasmid addiction systems” require dividing cells to retain plasmids - if a cell does...Figure 2). This MazF-ZeoR cassette is flanked by two direct repeats which can be used for marker removal so..., knock in a GFP cassette, and introduced site-directed mutations, all without introducing unwanted selection...short-lived RNA antitoxin; Modulation of killing (mok), required for hok translation. Here, Mok and Hok translation...Sok antisense RNA regulates hok gene expression indirectly through the overlapping mok gene." Journal of...
  12. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ... by collections of neurons that are intricately wired into circuits through synaptic connections (Shepherd...cross-react with other antibodies, or are unavailable entirely. The other advantage is that these tags are small...intrinsic visual signal, they cannot be detected directly in live imaging experiments. It is therefore difficult... in the brain and can be detected through their direct fluorescent signals or using anti-FP antibodies...primary antibodies which can be used to amplify the direct smFP signal within sub-cellular structures. For...
  13. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...bacterium, and is essentially always there, or acquired, which means the bacterium is not naturally resistant...intrinsically resistant to this class of antibiotic. Acquired resistance can be the result of one bacterium ... died for instance). These three mechanisms of acquired drug resistance are referred to as methods of ... to a drug while a full course of treatment is required to wipe out those bacteria that are partially ...Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test (Figure 2), and requires at least 18-24 hours to obtain results. While ...
  14. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    ...contamination: Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Is Required for Acquisition of Anoikis Resistance and Metastatic...from the official biorepositories or have been directly isolated from patients. In these cases, a test...outlined in this article. Now many journals strictly require evidence of cell line provenance and identity. ...Council (BBSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) require authentic cells to be used and STR profiling to...can be prevented and we can progress faster to desired clinical endpoints.   Nick Amiss is an ATCC Outreach...
  15. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    ...Historically, molecular interactions were detected by indirect means often using probes with the potential to...proteins, pioneers of this technique were able to directly detect protein/protein interactions in living ... to each other in the spectrum, you can easily directly excite the acceptor with the laser used to excite...corrective approaches and appropriate controls are required to make this method useful for dynamic experiments...fluorescence, this method is also less sensitive to direct acceptor excitation artifacts and it is possible...
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    ...a stupendous listener, but I aspire to  be. If you don’t at least aspire to be a good listener and consciously...each other disagree about a specific decision, direction, or goal. Resolving these types of conflicts is...Assumptions: Making incorrect assumptions can be a direct cause or consequence of lapsed communication. Making...job”. It’s certainly resolvable, but will likely require a manager to explicitly assign the responsibility...
  17. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    ...sample would directly correlate to protein abundance on your membrane, which would be directly reported by...housekeeping proteins.” Fully quantifying a western blot requires a standard curve with a pure sample of your protein...proteins may not transfer precisely evenly across the entire blot. So how can you accurately compare different...your approach) as your final blot. Quantifying the entire lane of protein provides a loading control that...
  18. Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management

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    ...3 days to complete the entire experiment, but you’ll have to spend the entirety of each day doing the ...work in a job where you’re pulled in a thousand directions at the start of the day, writing your to-do list...depositors from Boston University Contact Dr. Gilmore directly to see if he knows anyone who’s interested in ...if I had planned my day extensively, my lack of desire to go sit in the tissue culture hood may have prevented...
  19. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    ...interest (Fire et al., 1998). The discovery of RNAi in the worm actually rewarded depositors Andrew Fire and...Yeast are also the first eukaryotic genome to be entirely sequenced and is very amenable to genetic manipulation...utilized the worm to study calcium signaling in the entire adult brain, using a plasmid that expresses a genetically...(1974): 71-94. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1213120. Fire, Andrew, et al. "Potent and specific genetic interference...
  20. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...instability at 37°C (Ouellet et al., 2016) and requires a tRNA scaffold to improve its stability in vivo...Ming Hammond’s group created Spinach2 using site-directed mutagenesis of Spinach. In doing so, they identified...green fluorescent aptamer, was identified through directed evolution. First, a pool of RNAs that activate...Fluorescence is observed when these RNAs complex and the entire aptamer can hybridize and fold. (Alam et al., 2017...fluorescent protein by fluorescence-based selection and directed evolution." Journal of the American Chemical Society...
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