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TypeBlog Post...nuclease target multiple genes in a cell population. The resulting mutant cells are screened for phenotypes of...range. CRISPR can be difficult to deliver. Not all cells efficiently take up plasmids used to produce CRISPR...
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Addgene’s Blog Gets a New Look!
TypeBlog Post...Say hello to the new Addgene blog! Same URL, same great articles to help you with your experiments, but... search, you’ll see the blog articles come up as well as their topic category. New author pages to find...Get in touch by emailing us at [email protected] or tell us in the comments below. We’ll track down the story... -
Newly Updated AAV Data Hub!
TypeBlog Post...projection neurons and mPFC interneurons can be labelled with an AAV1 Cre virus combined with a Cre-dependent...includes: Images that clearly show viral spread and cellular tropism* (min. 300 dpi, PNG format) At least two...channelrhodopsin Images showing the injection site as well as the target region, if the report describes a ... -
New Viral Vectors - March 2024
TypeBlog Post... serotype pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 AAV2 Controls Fishell New serotype pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2...of GCaMP, GCaMP8, available in new serotypes, as well as seven vectors newly available in the AAV PHP.... -
Editor's Choice, July 2016
TypeBlog Post... ranging from new tools you can use to monitor cellular perturbations to how CRISPR has made it much easier...2016 Click on the links below to read all of our excellent posts from July: Addgene at the ASM Microbe 2016...Studies Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter? AAV: A Versatile Viral Tool for Gene Expression... -
Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014
TypeBlog Post...more about. Our post on “Making Your Own Competent Cells” has been extremely popular, generating many additional... We’re happy to see scientists making their own cells to save money and create the tools that work best...Save Time and Money by Making Your Own Competent Cells By Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region... -
Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering
TypeBlog Post...Multiplex genome engineering demonstrated in human cells They used the Golden Gate cloning method to ligate...successfully to target multiple sites in cultured human cells. While it has not yet been demonstrated, they say...Reference: Multiplex genome engineering in human cells using all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector system. Sakuma... -
MassBioEd Career Exploration Day at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...real lab!” And several of our visitors made sure to tell us what we already knew about our Shipping Operations...awesome!”. The students also got to learn about intellectual property from our Tech Transfer team members...After hearing about many Addgenies’ career paths, Michelle Healy said “You are always learning and that means... -
What's New in CRISPR - May 2019
TypeBlog Post...genome-wide deamination of RNA cytosines in human cells. Thus, they engineered two CBE variants with mutations...RNA edits by >390 fold and >3,800 fold in human cells with no significant reduction in editing efficiency...mice and in zygotes. Read the paper in Molecular Cell Find the Nme2Cas9 All-in-One AAV constructs CRISPR... -
Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri
TypeBlog Post...doing some research, notably determining the subcellular localization and the number of disulfide bonds...in your protein - two parameters that affect how well E. coli can produce your protein. Structural information...system. If you find that your protein might not fold well, you should screen a few different vectors to see... -
Inside Addgene's 10 Year Anniversary Gala
TypeBlog Post...mashed potato bar (complete with all the fixings), as well as plenty of delicious desserts. We enjoyed a video...the changes at Addgene over the last 10 years as well as the many people that make up the Addgene family...Anniversary Gala. The Addgene lab often works as a very well-oiled machine and this post was no exception - the... -
A Better Way to Get Customer Support: The Help Center
TypeBlog Post...21st century and all. But while the auto-reply telling you your message was received is a nice touch, ...answer your question. Does this sound familiar? Well, when it comes to working with Addgene, we certainly...and requesting them from your colleagues, to intellectual property rights and handling your constructs... -
pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering
TypeBlog Post... modified Ti plasmids during plant infection, as well as plasmid yield during preparation in E. coli. ...both β-glucuronidase (GUS) and GFP reporters, as well as multiple transient and transgenic systems, Sahoo...versatile gene expression vector for transient assays as well as stable expression of foreign genes in plants.... -
6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen
TypeBlog Post...give you a chance at an interview: 1) Have an excellent resume ready to be submitted The structure and...successful application. It takes time to prepare an excellent resume…it is worth it. Read here to get help if...if you are having trouble preparing your most excellent resume. 2) Follow job boards and check them regularly... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021
TypeBlog Post...Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS), allowing for enrichment of successfully targeted cells that can be used...investigating genetic mechanisms related to morphogenesis, cell fate specification, and human disease. Sun,... -
New CRISPR Web Resources and #12DaysofCRISPR Recap
TypeBlog Post...predict that we’d be able to edit RNA in mammalian cells with CRISPR? I certainly didn’t, but now we can ...development of CRISPR into a varied research toolbox, as well as additional resources to help you Plan Your Experiment...Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells Day 3: Cpf1: Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome ... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Curriculum Development
TypeBlog Post...you feel about dissecting a cat?' And I’m like, 'Well, I’m here so let’s do it!'" Working as a subject...inside. We do a lot of interactives and videos, as well, to supplement the hands-on [aspect of the labs]...interviewed, ‘I write science. I edit science. And I do it well.’” Stay tuned for the next feature in this series... -
CASTing Off for New Shores in Human Genome Editing
TypeBlog Post...they were barely effective at editing eukaryotic cells — at least, until they met the directed evolution...components. It drove 19% integration in HEK293T cells (more than 500 times better than the precursor it...R. (2025). Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase... -
FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique
TypeBlog Post...precise mechanistic details of the process are not well understood, it is believed that the exonuclease ...properly. Directly transform chemically competent cells with the digested mixture. There is no need for ...purification before transformation. After transforming cells, you should perform colony PCR with vector specific... -
Running for Rare Disease, Running for FOP, Running for AJ
TypeBlog Post...paired with patient partners so that they can help tell their stories. I was paired with a six-year-old ...similar age. When he came to visit us and watch fellow Run4Rare team members complete the Boston Marathon... scientific community know, treatments that work well in animal models do not always work as efficiently... -
Networking and Inspiring Young Scientists at Freshers Fairs
TypeBlog Post... a range of different scientific disciplines, as well as social and networking events. Imperial Synthetic... networking opportunities for society members as well as arranging collaborations and conferences for ...believe it’s very important to develop a network of fellow scientists that you can grow with, learn from, ... -
Management for Scientists: Managing vs. Leading
TypeBlog Post...'t all career skills leaderhsip skills when done well? Do you just have to know it when you see it? “The...Managers must ensure that their teams are working well together and collaborating effectively with other...the doing. Many science managers or leaders will tell you how much they miss the hands-on bench work. ... -
Management for Scientists: What Makes a Good Manager Anyway?
TypeBlog Post...will have opportunities to work on Emotional Intelligence or to hone delegation skills, for example. So...their managers. You can’t just think it, you have to tell them. A good manager learns that her success and...dissatisfaction, the work can get done, and get done well. The rest of the blogs in this series will address... -
The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born
TypeBlog Post...the world. Nina Dudnik, Founder of Seeding Labs, tells the story about working as a student in a rice lab...I was in graduate school in the 80’s, my lab was well funded and we didn’t feel the need to reuse plasticware...recently shared our protocol for making competent cells to save time and money. My other stingy science ... -
Choosing a Good Mentor for Scientists
TypeBlog Post...Consider reading Toxic Academic Mentors by @drmellivora, an excellent blog post about workplace bullying featured...the first place. The good news There are many excellent mentors out there. With some good pre-work you... -
Safe Port in a Storm...How Addgene is Weathering the Pandemic
TypeBlog Post...fully open and available to industry requestors as well. This is a time when we need as much open science...accelerates and enhances productive collaborations as well as provides visibility for grant-driven research...scientists worldwide with Addgene’s traditional excellence through whatever lies ahead this year. We can... -
Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm
TypeBlog Post... road, science communication graduates are often well-equipped. Many institutions are sincerely interested...carried over and allowed to percolate within a new intellectual environment. Over time, this interest came to...risk-taking behavior among collision sport athletes, as well as the ethical and health policy implications arising... -
In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins
TypeBlog Post...the number of added biotins per molecule cannot be well-controlled. The lack of site selectivity typically...successfully used this plasmid to biotinylate the extracellular domain of the erythropoietin receptor and subsequently... Eye Institute and is particularly interested in cell signaling. Additional Resources on the Addgene... -
Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation
TypeBlog Post...scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and a Visiting Professor at the Lab for ...Classifying genes as natural or synthetic But how can you tell if a gene is synthetic or natural? The answer to...distantly related organism, the gene may not express well because of these different codon usage biases. But... -
What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions
TypeBlog Post...Academic Solos to Industrial Symphonies, an article well worth reading on this topic, the authors state, ...colleagues and friends why he would give up,“an excellent—some say “cushy”—tenured faculty position for ...especially good at self-promoting—No one is going to tell you to pick up the pace Constant worry about grants... -
Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans
TypeBlog Post...unhealthy, difficult-to-inject unc-119(ed3) animals, as well as a second injection step to remove the selection... promoter, creating a loss-of-function allele as well as a promoter-FP fusion for the gene of interest...systems may prove effective in other species or in cell culture. In addition to CRISPR/Cas9 applications... -
Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider
TypeBlog Post...is something that absorbance based methods can’t tell you and you don’t need a spectrophotometer or a ...concentrations. Many commercial DNA ladders will tell you the concentration of each band in the ladder...Unlike absorbance based methods, this method doesn’t tell you about contaminating proteins or chaotropic salts... -
FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database
TypeBlog Post...modern biological research. Any microscopist will tell you that selection of a fluorescent probe (be it... There are many online guides – including an excellent series of posts by Joachim Goedhart on the Addgene...Associate at Harvard Medical School. He manages the Cell Biology Microscopy Facility, specializing in advanced... -
Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop
TypeBlog Post...processes in the Addgene lab. In this post, I’ll tell you a little bit about what I learned from a New...newly created libraries were analysed to see how well the kit worked. As NEB hoped, we found that regardless...day was Julie from Novartis who was working with cell culture and who was extremely helpful since she ... -
Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids
TypeBlog Post... and Cell use Research Resource identifiers (RRIDs) which are supported by SciCrunch. Other well known...Uniform Resource Identifiers (CURIEs) combined with well-established prefix resolution services such as Identifiers.org... -
The MTA at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...academic institutions. What is the UBMTA, you ask? Well, organizations used to negotiate individual MTAs...materials are widely varied with many properties, having well-understood standardized terms makes it a lot easier...MTA most plasmids at Addgene are shared under, is well-understood and accepted by the majority of research... -
Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
TypeBlog Post...both the approximate size of the vector backbone as well as the predicted size of the insert. You can search...buffer will make sure your sample settles in the gel well and the dyes provide a visual reference point so...Bonus: knowing how much DNA you have loaded in each well will allow you to approximate the DNA mass of comparably... -
Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems
TypeBlog Post...this has worked well for the early sets of SARS-CoV-2 materials, it will not scale well to the several ...modification may not be easily expressed in non-mammalian cells. Yeast expression plasmids The yeast expression ... -
Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more
TypeBlog Post... a result, the materials in our catalog are very well-characterized. During this time, we’ve also created...improved menus we launched earlier in the year, as well as our redesigned homepage and our new search tool...suggestions provide shortcuts to specific catalog items as well as related items (for example, a kit that contains... -
Clear and Accessible Writing
TypeBlog Post...text for the example image. We’ll wait! Done? Excellent! We asked our workshop participants to do the ...heard of alt text before, they all came up with excellent alt text for their practice image. We know; we...text descriptions, and we’d love to hear yours as well. More importantly, you can use these four steps...