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  1. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...allowed scientists to track multiple genomic loci over time using all the colors of the CRISPRainbow. ...telomere dynamics throughout the cell cycle. To optimize the signal to noise ratio of the system, they ...monitor the spatial relationship of the two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp. Labeling...Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System.” Cell 155 (2013): 1379-1491...
  2. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    ...of drawbacks, especially the increasingly growing time from submission to publication. It takes many months...peers in the field, and updated by the authors over time, providing a public record of changes, critiques...communication. Researchers often post a preprint at the same time as, or slightly before, submitting the manuscript...your results, share them as best you can! At the time of writing, Mike Lacy was also employed by the American...
  3. Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics

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    ... tissue culture dish but can also happen in real-time inside a mouse’s brain.  But the brain is a tricky...localization, kinetics, and spectral properties, must be optimized simultaneously in order to generate a channelrhodopsin...reach the VTA. Mice were then allowed to “self-stimulate” their VTA dopaminergic neurons by triggering ...H134R) expressing mice did not have this self-stimulation response. This result showed that ChRger2 stronger...
  4. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    ...the easiest cloning methods in terms of hands-on time, as digestion and ligation can be done in one 30...Gate cloning into a modular cloning strategy. Sometimes referred to as MoClo, this strategy uses the Type...efficiently assemble up to six DNA fragments at a time. As with all Golden Gate-based methods, this system...Sequential amplification of cloned DNA as tandem multimers using class-IIS restriction enzymes. Lee JH, Skowron...
  5. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...will update information on the plasmid’s page. Sometimes we’re missing a piece of the plasmid There are... in one complete, circular assembly. Most of the time, these plasmids are returned as one or two partial...the correct sample. The PCR is then performed, optimized as needed, and cleaned up using a standard PCR...make available as part of our OpenBio Repository sometime soon. Stay posted!     References Guerin K, ...
  6. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...progress in clinical therapy is more fitting, so it is time to update our post. From Mice to Men When this ...cells can be delivered immediately, saving precious time. CRISPR can aid in editing these cells to avoid ... financially), and others we just don’t have the time to talk about. Other treatments currently in clinical...Development Resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR Antimicrobials Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR CRISPR...
  7. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    ...devastating. At the same time, she has an entirely new path to discover and gives her time to give back to her...as a biochemistry major and a Spanish minor, it’s time for me to start considering my future path. Talking... months, she left school when she was hired full time as a Lab Technician. “I was so tired of being in...
  8. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    ...see growth or decline of interest in a field over time. Creating an alert for a search term helps automate...getting a quick summary of papers before investing the time to read them. Organizations: Accounts for nonprofits...used to filter your search to a specific window of time for publication. To help you quickly identify papers...day, week, or month. A measure of the number of times a paper is shared online, or its altmetric score...
  9. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    ... reaching consequences, from wasting time and money on optimizing experiments, to false conclusions.  ...errors prevents future experimental issues, saving time and money for scientists. What is a QC issue? At...sequence discrepancies. While Addgene’s QC process adds time to the deposit process, we believe this to be non-negotiable...
  10. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    ...Research (FoR) symposia held across the USA during this time have revealed that young scientists are aware of...either be paid more than $47,476 or be eligible for overtime pay. For many postdocs this will lead to a raise...relationship, along with, of course, union dues. Time will tell the extent of the implications of this...at institutions, will be challenging. At the same time, there is much opportunity to make headway on long-term...
  11. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...pairs with improved dynamic range for fluorescence lifetime measurements." PloS one 10.8 (2015): e0134436....orientation of the donor and acceptor proteins is not optimal, FRET may not occur or be detected even if the ...experimental setup as a potential source of error in suboptimal or undetectable FRET, well-characterized FRET...intracellular calcium and published in 1997. Since that time, numerous advances in probe design, fluorescent ...
  12. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    ...advice I can suggest, is to give yourself plenty of time when writing a fellowship proposal. Yes, yes, I ...likely been through the process themselves many times and will have useful advice about what reviewers...looking for. Remember though, you need to leave them time to read it, give it back to you, and for you to ...these findings will be worth knowing? This can sometimes be tricky, as most of our research builds on ideas...
  13. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ...into the brain over time (Deshpande et al., 2013). The study found that at early time points, most of the... TVA-expressing cells (Osakada et al., 2013). Ultimately, this allows RABV to selectively infect a genetically... came from nearby neurons. It wasn’t until later time points that longer-range connections were seen. ...
  14. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ...library and characterized them by ELISA, homogeneous time resolved fluorescence, and suspension bead assay...degradation, this protein compartment was used to optimize D-glucaric acid biosynthesis. This MPyV system...way to use the accumulation of indels to measure time. These plasmids with different promoters driving...constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency intron-optimized SpCas9-coding gene. SlugCas9 is a compact Cas9...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...crude cell lysate (Benyamini et al., 2023) to save time and cost.  Purification To purify your rAAV from...dose (TCID50) (Zen et al., 2004).  To choose the optimal titering assay, you’ll need to understand how different...non-genome-containing (empty) capsids, thus leading to an overestimate of transducible units in the virus preparation...Ehrhardt, A., & Baiker, A. (2012). Universal real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of adeno-associated...
  16. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ...experiments, thus saving you time, sweat, and money on extensive optimization efforts. This holds true for...score ranking (Kim et al., 2019). PRIDICT saves time and resources by selecting the most promising pegRNA...Koeppel et al., 2023), their predictive power is sometimes limited across different targets due to variations...
  17. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ... 200x coverage, meaning that you need 30 to 200 times as many colonies as individual plasmids in your ...colonies, you’ll likely rely on serial dilutions to estimate transformation efficiency (Figure 2).    ... Figure 2: Example of a serial dilution to estimate transformation efficiency. Figure used with permission...temperature (e.g., 30 °C), and limiting your growth time (e.g., 16-18 hours). Finding reference protocols...
  18. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    ... to them about my interests and my ideas all the time. Once, I had this crazy idea that I needed help ...and departments Graduate school was an excellent time to try new things, develop new skills, and meet ...from the experts in science communication in real time! I follow great online science communicators like... why I still love science. Keep building on your time in graduate school I graduated in the fall of 2015...
  19. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ...cloner, you’re likely not intimidated by having to pick the right enzymes, optimize reagent concentration,... cloning is another good option to consider when time is of the essence. This method requires a vector...two to generate templates for the cloning process. Time spent actually doing the experiments are also generally...
  20. 10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture

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    ...nothing is covering it. Turning on the UV light 3-4 times a week for up to half an hour can help keep your...stop growing (contact inhibition) and it takes them time to recover after they are passaged. This could change...borrowing’ cells that have already been passaged many times and could be contaminated.Learn how Addgene uses... and morphology at high passage numbers (>30-40 times), depending on the cell line so old cells should...
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