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  1. DNA Purification Without a Kit

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    ... takes 1-1.5 hours to complete, while this syringe-based method can be completed in 20 to 30 minutes. ... centrifugation. At this point, the plasmid DNA sample can be treated with RNase to remove RNA contamination...directly into a PCR buffer, where DNA or RNA can be amplified. Compared to a commercial magnetic bead-based ...waste footprint. The Zhao and Deng labs developed a simple method for regenerating silica columns that come... reduce the number of spin columns you need to complete your research. Do you know of other nucleic acid...
  2. A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club

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    ...major findings and then focusing more on broader implications rather than diving deep into the individual ...carefully chosen for each group and topic. For example, it may be useful to adapt the second version (...stay abreast of current trends in the literature, sampling a breadth of work from a field (perhaps even two...to allow those who could not attend a meeting to simply stay caught up and to allow those who may be interested...get feedback from those who didn’t attend. For example, we got a good bit of early feedback from those...own knowledge of the field. Perhaps interest has simply waned. When attendance slumps below a certain level...
  3. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...mediate cleavage rather than the multi-subunit complex employed by class 1 systems. A putative new class 2...nucleases. Using Francisella Cpf1 (FnCpf1), they employed an E. coli plasmid depletion assay to discover...than following it. The Cpf1 crRNA is also much simpler in structure than Cas9’s; only a short stem-loop...CRISPR systems based on Cas9 were thought to be the simplest CRISPR systems and the easiest to adapt to genome...confirmed. To prevent new editing post-HDR, repair templates should remove the PAM sequence. Comparing Cpf1...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    ...mechanisms behind the cytotoxicity can vary. For example, the popular VSV-G envelope protein causes cells...are differentially inactivated by nonspecific complement mechanisms in serum. Sometimes this is due to...cells that the viral vectors were produced in. For example, production of vesicular stomatitis virus, HIV-...sugars end up in the envelope and are targets for complement-based killing by anti-alphaGal antibodies. The...good at infecting most cells, but not all. For example, LDLR expression in hematopoietic stem cells, T... as described above and is inactivated by the complement system in serum (DePolo et al., 2000). Other ...
  5. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ... The central nervous system (CNS) orchestrates complex processes enabling organisms to control their movements...photostable than GFP. In addition, antibody-based amplification of their signals is weak and increases background...sites for primary antibodies which can be used to amplify the direct smFP signal within sub-cellular structures...used to distinguish highly similar proteins. For example, N-cadherin (cadherin-2) is a postsynaptic cell...super-resolution STORM imaging, and electron microscopy. Sample preparation for these techniques sometimes makes...smFPs retain their ability to be detected after sample preparation better than standard proteins tags ...
  6. Transferable Skills Guide: Career Planning Resources

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    ...the American Chemical Society (ACS) are just 2 examples of organizations that hold large, annual conferences... in different locations all over the world. But simply attending the conference is usually not enough....doesn’t necessarily mean that you are a future employee of the company. It does, however, offer you an...meetings offering resources for students seeking employment within industry or academia; although the ACS...top. You may also consider visiting any of the employer’s career pages to look for current job postings...phone interview! If you don’t have a particular employer in mind, you may consider starting with indeed.com...
  7. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...achieved by simply replacing the product in question. This can solve the problem in a simple way even if...give general experimental guidance, and resolve complaints about products. As you might expect, different...are different names for technical support roles. Examples are Technical Service Representative, Technical...optimize” a particular standard lab protocol. For example, someone may attempt super quick incubation times...steps in order to enhance the OD signals and then complain about high background. In many instances, variations...
  8. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...of the viral capsid proteins VP1, VP2, and VP3. Samples of viral preparations are subjected to polyacrylamide...proteins as a fraction of total protein present in the sample is also determined and used to determine purity...shown relative to the total protein present in the sample.   Sterility Viral vector preparations are ...rigorous barcode matching system that follows the sample from the DNA tube all the way to the cleared viral...throughout production, ensuring the identity of each sample from the DNA tube all the way to the viral preparation...Absolute determination of single-stranded and self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector genome titers ...
  9. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...Its RNA-guided nature makes CRISPRa much simpler to implement in genome-wide screens over cDNA libraries... Rochester Medical Center. During development, complex genetic programs specify and assemble diverse arrays...genetic underpinnings of these processes has been complicated by the lack of precise genetic tools for modulating... must be screened to identify effective ones. Simplified in vivo delivery using SPH mice CRISPRa has largely...population, as expected. Although this strategy was employed to study neuronal differentiation, it could also...
  10. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...specific examples. Instead of saying “I have excellent communication skills” try giving an example, like ...match the job requirements, by giving specific examples of your work and explaining how your experience...pointing to your transferable skills. In the above example, if you don’t have experience with ddPCR, but do...beginning is often the hardest part, here are some examples to get you started! Dear Dr./Professor [last ...strengthened an application. Even so, there were examples of great hires who hadn’t submitted a cover letter...
  11. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    ...revolutionised the way we apprehend molecular complexes and is still a very useful tool.    Like a guitar...technique, but it is very important to follow some simple rules to avoid common pitfalls and to use it at... These issues can be overcome by choosing a complementary pair of fluorophores. To maximize the FRET signal...especially when you investigate unknown molecular complexes. But it is a parameter that you have to keep in...most efficient approach for your own system. The simplest and the most popular one is the sensitised emission...photobleaching method The acceptor photobleaching method is simple but limited to a single measurement. This method...
  12. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ...tough. Is the content accurate? Are we conveying complex ideas in the easiest way possible? Are the shots...Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. It’s wonderful and simple to use, but when you need to juggle filming and...perfect height (Fig. 2). We recorded video using a simple, external video recorder and a mic clipped to her...video conferencing software. Interviewees could simply boot up Zoom and record themselves talking to their... and availability, a traditional solution was completely out of reach for Addgene.  So, onto research!...  Figure 4: The remote directing setup, complete with wireless video receiver, camera control, ...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...multiple plasmids. For simplicity, we’ll use the second-generation system as an example.  The lentiviral ...double-stranded DNA transgene is incorporated into a large complex of both viral and cellular proteins and trafficked...the delivered payload is gradually reduced. For example, after using CRISPR/Cas9 to edit a gene, the expression...integrated piece to measure! Instead, two commonly employed methods for titering IDLVs include detecting vector...performing quantitative PCR titration of vector DNA in samples harvested 24 hours post-transduction (Wanisch and...
  14. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ...endogenous homologous recombination enzymes can also accomplish the desired genomic modification. This technique... which results in a merodiploid. This can be accomplished by selecting for an antibiotic resistance marker...Valentovich 2014). We routinely clone the purified amplicons upstream and downstream of the desired deletion...included versions with gentamicin-resistance (amplified from TP997). We validated these vectors, which...scarless modification of bacterial genomes. It can accomplish large deletions, insertions, and even precise...system with lambda red recombineering enables simplified chromosomal gene replacement in Escherichia coli...
  15. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...locations using Cas9 and track the localization of the complex. Broccoli, the other green fluorescent aptamer,... RNA. Fluorescence is observed when these RNAs complex and the entire aptamer can hybridize and fold. ...uniqueness of the photostability of the Corn-DFHO complex. For dessert (last but not least), the only fruit-named...Other groups have used Mango to study RNA-protein complexes (Panchapakesan et al., 2017) and short non-coding...mango aptamer-fluorophore: a bright, high-affinity complex for RNA labeling and tracking." ACS chemical biology...transcription using a photostable RNA–fluorophore complex." Nature chemical biology 13.11 (2017): 1187. PubMed...
  16. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...CRISPR may be the way to accomplish this tough job! Kamel Khalili’s lab at Temple University has demonstrated...the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of pooled samples showed that most of the ...undetectable in the blood. But the virus doesn’t completely disappear; it just hides in latently infected...the immune response. The second strategy is the simple removal of the HIV-1 genome from infected cells...
  17. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    ...postdocs. Unfortunately, even when universities have simple postdoc numbers sorted out there can be gaps in...Postdoc: An Institutional Perspective. This lack of complete information does not, however, prevent us from...scientifically minded, and able to communicate complex information - all traits you are likely to find...important take-away from this session was the idea that simply satisfying a percent requirement for diversity ...difficult question but not one that should be abandoned simply because it is difficult and is key to the continued...research. Panelist Moon Duchin provided a concrete example of how underrepresented individuals are discluded...
  18. What's New in CRISPR - May 2019

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    ...oligodeoxynucleotide HDR template covalently attached to the Cas9-gRNA RNP complex via the fused HUH endonuclease...genome-wide CRISPR inhibition Covalent tethering of DNA template to Cas9 SECURE base editors Nme2Cas9 CRISPR interference...inhibition library Covalent tethering of DNA repair template to Cas9 Homology-directed repair (HDR) can be ...Neisseria meningitidis, Nme2Cas9, that recognizes a simple dinucleotide PAM (N4CC), lending to high target...
  19. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    ...results Above (top right corner of this post) is an example of a seemingly clean DNA sequence (no Ns in sight...less and you might suspect contamination in your sample or consider asking your sequencing facility to ...to apply a special protocol for a difficult template. Anything more and you’re venturing into the uncertain...Use a silica spin column for purification of the samples you send for DNA sequencing If your sequencing ...requires you to perform your own Big Dye PCR amplification reaction (as opposed to using the all inclusive...
  20. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2025

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    ...because of its relative simplicity as a gene editing system. Despite that simplicity, its accessibility outside...photometry. Plus, both designs offer promising templates for future improvements. Find PinkyCaMP plasmids...detriment of the cancer cells.  Figure 5: Implantation of engineered adipocytes suppresses tumor progression...plasmids here! Nguyen, H. P., et al. (2025). Implantation of engineered adipocytes suppresses tumor progression... the Qi lab's website crisprkit.org to request complete kits or find protocols and other resources. Find...
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