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  1. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ...biology techniques. What’s all the fuss? Well, ChIP’s complexities come not from the techniques used, but...immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is an extremely useful technique that provides insight into protein:DNA interactions...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ...features with gamma-retrovirus including genome architecture, host integration, and its association with ...Schambach A. Gammaretroviral vectors: biology, technology and application. Viruses. 2011 Jun;3(6):677-713...An Overview of the Application of Viruses to Biotechnology. Viruses. 2021 Oct 14;13(10):2073. DOI: 10.3390...
  3. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    ...acids in the domain). Yan et al. from Arbor Biotechnologies found that RspCas13d accessory protein RspWYL1...functional in multiple species (read Arbor Biotechnologies' press release about their Cas13d deposit here...Addgene. Learn more about research at Arbor Biotechnologies. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog:...
  4. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    ...fluorescent molecule. A higher brightness increases the detected signal and therefore high brightness is an important...brightness that does not fold well or cannot be detected in a microscopy setup has zero practical brightness...excitation wavelength, available emission filters, and detector sensitivity) and the biological system (temperature...
  5. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...Reversing the orientation of the direct repeat protects the (+) stranded lentivirus RNA from Cpf1-mediated... is one of the latest developments in CRISPR technologies.  It’s a simple and effective method with multiple...CRISPR–Cpf1 Asing a Single crRNA Array." Nature Biotechnology 35.1 (2016): 31-34. Pubmed PMID: 27918548. 2...
  6. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    ...CRISPR technology has changed how scientists edit and control genes, but according to the Broad Institute's...activate essentially any gene,” she says. The technical leap from mutating and deactivating a gene or ... require access to next generation sequencing technology. These libraries are lentiviral in nature, ...
  7. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...to essentially any DNA sequence desired. This technology allows you to create a pair of designer proteins...on traditional homologous recombination. That technology had been used for decades to generate knock-out...That’s the revolutionary aspect: TALENs take a technology that was difficult for all but the most experienced...
  8. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    ...experiments that require multiple antibodies that each detect a different antigen. To pre-adsorb the antibodies...section), it may be advantageous if you are trying to detect a protein in low abundance or whose conformational...Overlooked benefits of using polyclonal antibodies. BioTechniques 65:127–136. https://doi.org/10.2144/btn-2018...
  9. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...Biomedical Engineering, 2020. PubMed PMID: 31937940. Detection of neural activity using a red fluorescent genetically...encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) are proteins that detect and output the voltage changes in neural activity..., has increasingly been recognized for its biotechnological applications including conversion of CO2 into...
  10. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ... an antibody that is directly conjugated to a detection substrate, such as a fluorophore, or a conjugated...do you know about the vendor and the vendor’s technical support? An antibody from a vendor that you use...frequently, with a responsive and knowledgeable technical support team, is a safer bet than one from a large...
  11. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    ...it, his lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been “working on new experimental and theoretical... collision that’s taking place between CRISPR technology and synthetic biology, the tools he’s making ...all heading? Voigt: The top products out of biotechnology today are things like butanol - very simple ...
  12. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ...there were unusual patterns of DNA methylation detected in a human disease: cancer (Feinberg & Vogelstein...the original methylated strand is diluted to undetectable amounts: ergo, DNA demethylation! With optimization...repeat and scFv–TET1 catalytic domain fusions. Nat Biotechnol 34, 1060–1065. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3658...
  13. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    ...of our mouse modeling blog series, we covered techniques that can be used to introduce genetic modifications...conditional knockin or knockout mice. While these techniques are each useful for introducing one modification...) and using PCR with the appropriate primers to detect your targeting vector or gene of interest. 2. Breed...
  14. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...updated Jul 23, 2020 by Jennifer Tsang. CRISPR-Cas technology is constantly evolving. Variants of Cas proteins...be engineered to “armor” therapeutic phages to protect them from pathogenic bacteria’s CRISPR-Cas system... applications: natural brakes for CRISPR-Cas technologies. Nat Methods 17:471–479 . https://doi.org/10.1038...
  15. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    ... school when she was hired full time as a Lab Technician. “I was so tired of being in school so I just... is not true at all. Racheal Komuhendo, a Lab Technician, dreamed of becoming a doctor. After taking a...circumstance. She was working as a research and technical assistant, when her life changed––she had a daughter...
  16. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...described above, and not any particular cloning technique. Though rarer, you can find MoClo that relies ...assembled into many combinations. Even with current technologies, it can be extremely hard to predict how a single... if you want to learn more about this cloning technique! Many thanks to Rob Hurt for his help on this ...
  17. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been a breakthrough for the genome-editing field... obstacles for future CRISPR therapies CRISPR technology is rapidly evolving, and many of the challenges...taken advantage of what our current delivery technologies are suited for. For example, lipid nanoparticle...
  18. Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype

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    ...antibodies and found that across suppliers there was a detection bias of IgG2a>IgG2b>IgG1 (Manning 2012).    ... the anti-mouse secondary antibodies used for detection bind to non-target immunoglobulins naturally present.... Chapter 15 Postembedding Immunocytochemical Techniques for Light and Electron Microscopy. In Methods...
  19. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ... of us learned in biology is that the body’s architecture and plumbing are important. We started with ...oxygenates the body. However, in neuroscience, this architecture is frequently still an open question. The connections...powerful development in neural tracing. Using these technologies in combination with molecular tools (e.g., optogenetic...
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