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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ...process you would like to monitor? Neurons, for example, have unusually fast calcium dynamics, whereas ... is most sensitive to your expected range. For example, calcium in the ER lumen reaches the sub-millimolar...binding of the biosensor to endogenous calmodulin. Multiplexing Are you combining your calcium reading with ...you need to free up crowded optical space for multiplexing, GECO sensors are available in green, blue, ...Additional red sensors based on mRuby (jRCaMP1) and mApple (jRGECO1a) are also available. Detection methods...single fluorescent protein (FP), requiring only a simple measurement. However, single wavelength measurements...Genetically encoded calcium indicators to probe complex brain circuit dynamics in vivo. Neuroscience Research...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    ...In order to understand the complex wiring of the brain and the underpinnings of neurological disease,...while resulting in minimal off target effects. For example, if your receptors are expressed in the brain, ...exclusively activated by designer drugs, are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), that have been reprogrammed ...receptor acts through. The DREADD hM3D(Gq), for example, lowers the threshold for neuronal signaling and...themselves are modified ligand binding domains. When coupled to the ion pore domain (IPD) of a channel, the ...expression and signaling of a specifically designed Gi-coupled receptor in transgenic mice. Nature Biotechnology... Multiple Authors...
  3. Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community

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    ...millions of new cancer cases arise and millions of people die from cancer-related complications each year...cancer, really? While cancer is extraordinarily complex at the molecular level, at the cellular level there...cancer research has focused on picking apart the complex cellular pathways involved in the development of...pathway. Its major appeal is that it enables the simple construction of vectors to study the function of...transcript most commonly found across all TCGA tumor samples is represented, making the results of any such ...biggest challenges facing researchers today is the complexity of the pathways involved in the development of...continue to to build and develop this new resource! Please leave us your thoughts in the comments section ...
  4. Academic vs. Industry Postdocs

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    ...never enjoyed grant-writing. The more I talked to people with industry experience, the more I heard that...decision, the transition felt scary. While I knew two people from graduate school who were at AstraZeneca and...industry for any length of time, you’ll know more people in industry, which means you’re more likely to ...decade of work. The number of steps, decisions and people involved is staggering. The process is complicated...individual could not bring a drug to the market, so people in industry have to work together. Even as a postdoc...postdoc, you’ll have to work with other people in your group, and they are unlikely to hire you if they... academia, promotions in industry are based on people’s ability to manage others and work as a team as...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...single-stranded and self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector genome titers by droplet digital PCR. Human... helper viruses like adenovirus (Ad) or herpes simplex virus to facilitate efficient replication. The ..., and the two helper plasmids, commonly called “triple plasmid transfection” (Figure 1).    Figure 1:...quantitative PCR (qPCR) (Aurnhammer et al., 2012), droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) (Lock et al., 2014), or determination...known titer on every qPCR run. Note that the rAAV sample has to be digested with DNase before undergoing... Multiple Authors...
  6. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...library from Addgene, they’ll need to amplify the sample for further downstream applications. As individual...make the library more difficult to work with. For example, a library in a lentiviral backbone might be more... as individual plasmids in your library. As an example, if you want 100x coverage of your library, and...transformation efficiency (Figure 2).    Figure 2: Example of a serial dilution to estimate transformation...libraries that are similar in size and composition as examples. Table 1 provides an overview of pooled library...protocols you can use as a reference. Table 1: Examples of Different Pooled Libraries at Addgene.  ...Libraries (PDF, 401 KB) Screening Zhang Lab - Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) Library...
  7. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    ...endogenously expressed SCF complex members, an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Finally, when auxin is added...fusion protein with the endogenous CRBN E3 ligase complex which will polyubiquitinate the fusion protein....target protein-of-interest and the CRBN E3 ligase complex leading to ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation...acid (IAA), the TIR1 F-box associated E3 ligase complex will ubiquitinate the AID-tagged protein which ...  Chung HK, Jacobs CL, Huo Y, Yang J, Krumm SA, Plemper RK, Tsien RY, Lin MZ. Tunable and reversible drug...Inducible, reversible system for the rapid and complete degradation of proteins in mammalian cells. Proc...
  8. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ...targeting a specific genomic locus, which can require multiple cloning steps (Fujita et al., 2013). CRISPR-mediated...engineered DNA-binding molecule such as the CRISPR complex is expressed in cells to be analyzed, the Fujii...another "in vitro" form. In this form, the CRISPR complex, consisting of a recombinant dCas9 protein and ...interest with dCas9 and a targeting gRNA. One such example by the Xu lab is CRISPR affinity purification in...purification of a specific genomic region is another example of the many tools based on targeting of a genomic...genomic locus through a specific gRNA-dCas9 complex. When combined with next-generation sequencing, this ...research conducted in the Hodaka Fujii Laboratory, please also see our interview with Dr. Fujii. References...
  9. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    ...REPAIR and RESCUE can function in a multiplexed manner to edit multiple RNAs. It’s clear that CRISPR RNA ...research. RNA editing advantages RNA editing has multiple advantages over more traditional DNA editing systems...This change specifies the edit to be made when multiple As are present in the gRNA spacer, as ADAR will...target window, possibly due to longer stretches of duplexed RNA. Using an ADAR2DD catalytic mutant, they showed...By mutating residues in ADAR2 that interact with duplex RNA, they hoped to destabilize ADAR-RNA binding...As discussed above, the ability to edit RNA has multiple advantages, including reversibility and use in...
  10. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    ...years ago. Teaching by example No examination of the state of science would be complete without the inclusion...attempts to answer it in five paragraphs, with examples. If that sounds ambitious, that’s because it is...successful scientists have outgoing personalities to supplement their intellectual prowess and scientific skills...Four, “New Science,” Zimmer tackles more recent examples of scientific advances, and posits the way science... much less familiar with as a biologist--as an example of “big science,” a massive, expensive project ...certainly chapters that could warrant their own books. Multiple books have been written about CRISPR alone, and...
  11. 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...Cpf1 (FnCpf1), they employed an E. coli plasmid depletion assay to discover FnCpf1’s PAM sequence requirements...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...vectors. In 2017, Zetsche et al. developed a Cpf1 multiplexing approach using a single crRNA array to express...varies widely with gRNA sequence. Both groups used multiple methods to examine Cpf1 off-target editing. First...publication at Addgene. 2. Zetsche, Bernd, et al. "Multiplex Gene Editing by CRISPR–Cpf1 Using a Single crRNA...
  12. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...the progress of the project. After that rather unpleasant experience I thought: I could do this job so ...companies produce different products and therefore need people with different areas of expertise in technical .... In addition, it can be advantageous to speak multiple languages - that makes communication with customers...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...product in question. This can solve the problem in a simple way even if you don’t exactly know why. Personal... use these communication skills by working with people from many different backgrounds and realizing that...
  13. Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences

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    ...consultants who enjoy their jobs most, get pleasure from taking up such complex challenges, quickly breaking them...got my PhD a couple of years ago in Bioengineering, and one of the things that pleasantly surprised me...Healthcare consulting is a fast-paced field, requiring people who are willing to quickly learn, and apply their...The types of projects mentioned above are just examples, and healthcare consulting firms can be involved... career in several different fields. While some people continue to enjoy the challenges of healthcare ...
  14. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ...coming weeks, but, in this post, we will outline a simple method for selecting the guide RNA, validating ...CRISPR Design tool supplied by the Zhang lab. This simple website invites you to input the target region ...happy with your selection, ordering the sgRNA is simple and easy. Several companies supply gRNA sequences...you gRNA in vitro first. In vitro screening is a simple and fast method for validating your selected gRNA...). Testing the efficacy of your gRNAs is then a simple matter of transfecting HEK293T cells with your ...perfect primer sets to use to genotype your pups. A simple PCR with these primers will let you know if there...-step generation of mice carrying mutations in multiple genes by CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome engineering...
  15. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    ...put, the majority of cell line problems come from people sharing cells: the black market of cell biology...when it is important to check their identity. For example, perhaps a working cell bank has been made by a...stocks of cells. Working stocks should be frozen in multiple vials and thawed to produce a new batch once you...the cells you are working with because you have plenty of maintained freezer stocks. It is vital that ...monitor any changes. Your tracking system could be as simple as a piece of paper on the front of the incubator...passage number, cell line, and date, which you complete each time you passage the cells (as well as recording...are changing but yet more is needed to convince people of some of the basic tenets of responsible cell...
  16. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    ... for using lentivirus, infect and select, seems simple, in actuality, many find using lentivirus to be...al. outline a do it yourself PCR-based approach complete with freely available positive controls. Routinely...labs prefer to collect and pool the harvests from multiple time points while others opt for a single harvest...transfer and packaging plasmids. A benefit of the multiple harvest strategy is that each day you are supplying...destabilize the viral envelope. One drawback of the multiple harvest approach is that it tends to result in...buffers used, and other experimental parameters. For example, while freeze thaw is generally not recommended...that lentivirus produced at pH 6 are resistant to multiple freeze thaw cycles. Consequently, it is best to...
  17. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled cell division”). The encoded toxin-antitoxin system...subunit of DNA gyrase and trapping it in the cleaved complex. This results in DNA breakage and cell death. Conversely... so that the marker can be reused to introduce multiple genetic modifications in the same strain. MazF...translation. Here, Mok and Hok translation is coupled. Translation from the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence...often lost without plasmid addiction systems. For example, Cara Morin and James Kaper used the hok/sok system...Teru, and Sota Hiraga. "Mini-F plasmid genes that couple host cell division to plasmid proliferation." Proceedings...K. Burley. "Crystal structure of the MazE/MazF complex: molecular bases of antidote-toxin recognition....
  18. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    ...whole-genome/transcriptome” studies, in which, for example, the activity of all genes in response to an experimental...the globe (Nüsslein-Volhard et al., 2012). One example (which I will come back to) is the one-eyed pinhead...morpholinos. When injected into zygotes, morpholinos complementary to a target mRNA inhibit its translation either...genome is useful for a variety of applications. For example, specific tissues such as blood cells or neurons...regulatory systems have also been successfully implemented in zebrafish. Developmental biology insights ...study profiled 38,731 cells from 694 embryos over multiple stages and reconstructed the patterns of gene ...well-suited for neuroscience investigations. For example, neuronal activity can be tracked in whole brains...
  19. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ...surface) of the leaf. This is a simple and easy technique to implement. Success might vary between experimenters...tobacco, Agrobacterium infiltration into leaves is a simple and efficient way to overexpress a gene and evaluate...your experiment (de Ruijter et al., 2003). For example, we did our initial transformations with the GUS... on transformation success. Some reporter gene examples are below. The GUS gene (β-glucuronidase) with...temporal reporters to measure promoter activity, for example. Useful positive controls could include: pSB96 ...expression from Agrobacterium, but not the plant. For example, we have seen strong expression of the GUS gene...
  20. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    ...chalk talk? On the surface, a chalk talk is quite simple. It's you, a dry erase board, some markers (chalk...question, not a vague goal or a "what" question. For example, "we want a better understanding of the Z pathway...acceptable. Aims should be mechanistic, doable by 1-3 people in 1-5 years, and contribute to resolving the overarching...scientists outside your field, and interesting. For example, “there is a significant need for healthy livers...explain why it’s significant and innovative. For example, "while it is possible to grow liver stem cells...chalk talk Perfect your story and delivery. Design simple figures and diagrams to illustrate your vision....also helpful to practice at least a few times with people that are outside your lab and outside your field...
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