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TypeBlog Post...PubMed PMID: 8491198. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC413431. 2. Bukrinsky MI, et al. “Active nuclear import of human...We will be covering these safety measures in a separate, upcoming post. If a viral vector seems like ...
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Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?
TypeBlog Post... high-priced commercial devices. Fig. 2: Workflow for open software (left) vs. open hardware...in developing better, more sustainable, easily sharable products. Open-Source Microscopy Sharing Hardware... -
Hot Plasmids - May 2022
TypeBlog Post... those that also infect the liver. Fig. 2: Summary of the generational evolution of the AAV ...SSAP system reports an efficiency of up to 20%, comparable to commonly used CRISPR/Cas9 methods for large... -
Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog Post... scientific communication ecosystem Figure 2: The scientific ecosystem, enriched by open access...bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.07.459259 Sarabipour S, Debat HJ, Emmott E, Burgess SJ, Schwessinger... -
Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools
TypeBlog Post...of human codon-optimized cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) from Arabidopsis thaliana. When exposed to blue light, ...protein. After fusing the CRY2 and CIB1 domains to separate proteins of interest, a researcher can cause them... -
Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...dimerization-dependent protein interactions. FEBS letters, 591 2, 415-424. PubMed PMID: 28032891. This is a different...feature is particularly useful for in-depth characterization of dynamic protein complexes. Split-BioID,...of the bait proteins’ interactome. Further characterization of these candidates is critical to understanding... -
CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods
TypeBlog Post... already have an end product in mind, steps 1 and 2 will generally be straightforward. Likewise for step...present in a single lentiviral transfer vector or separate transfer vectors. May contain reporter gene (e.g...model. If your expression system is not well characterized in terms of CRISPR use, you will want to invest... -
Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations
TypeBlog Post...GUS-staining is a very useful visual reporter (Figure 2). The GUS enzyme cleaves a substrate, which will then...vincristine, are regulated in the medicinal plant, the Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of our ... C. roseus is not a model organism such as Arabidopsis or tobacco. Studying gene function in C. roseus...method for overexpressing genes In plants like Arabidopsis and tobacco, Agrobacterium infiltration into ...expression assay by agroinfiltration of leaves." Arabidopsis Protocols. Humana Press, 2006. 225-229. PubMed...transient gene expression analysis in seedlings of Arabidopsis and other plant species." Plant methods 5.1 (...expression method for analyzing gene function in Catharanthus roseus seedlings." Frontiers in plant science... -
Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?
TypeBlog Post...system (by measuring the fluorescence intensity); and 2) to visualize the localization of the FP (fused to...experimental parameters (e.g. excitation light intensity, pH, or temperature). pH Stability: This parameter is ...Photostability can be affected by experimental parameters (e.g. excitation light intensity, pH or temperature... -
Gamma-Retroviral Vector Guide
TypeGuide...gamma-retroviral vectors, you need three plasmids (Figure 2): Transfer plasmid — contains transgene, sgRNA, or...for different cell types (known as tropism). Figure 2: Gamma-retroviral plasmids. Created with BioRender.com...leukemia virus (FeLV). Retroviruses are partially characterized by their ability to integrate their genomes ... vectors, these required components have been separated into distinct plasmids for safety to reduce the...eliminating the need to deliver these genes on separate plasmids ( in trans ). This method, therefore,...The genes used for viral vector production are separated into three different plasmids containing the transfer... A retrovirus from the Retroviridae family. Characterized by long incubation and the eventual cause of... -
Bioinformatics at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...the necessary steps to perform: Fig. 2: Quick-stepping to a FASTA file With our outline...QC'ing data at Addgene is like standing under a Niagara Falls sized rainbow Over the years we have...pipelines, including bioinformatics. We loved the parallels between Seqera’s mission and our own, as both ...the sequential tasks in our pipeline, we wrote a separate Nextflow process. In Nextflow, a process defines...concept of channels and implemented the input declaration correctly, the script block in the second process... -
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards
TypeBlog Post...inside the cell,” says Pedre Pérez. Figure 2: Micrographs of the biosensor expressed in the human...colleagues Filip Tomaska and Tim Hanson, are characterizing variants of iGluSnFR3 in vivo and have used... -
CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog Post...You’ve probably heard that only 2% of our genome is made of protein-coding genes, and you might be wondering...transcriptome engineering References Jinek M, Chylinski K, Fonfara I, Hauer M, Doudna JA, Charpentier E. A Programmable...CRISPR-Based Approaches for the High-Throughput Characterization of Long Non-Coding RNAs. Non-Coding RNA. 2021... -
Hot Plasmids February 2024
TypeBlog Post...overview of these new variants: Figure 2: Inner mitochondrial membranes imaged with structured...and screening that led to identification and characterization of AAV.CAP-Mac. Image reproduced from Chuapoco... Endothelial-specific AAV delivery By Cythina Arokiaraj (Gradinaru lab) Another useful viral tool deposited... -
xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
TypeBlog Post...) 12 (>100) xCas9(3.7)-ABE 69 (1.4) 43 (2) 21 (3) Not examined 16 (>100) Average percent...xCas9 3.6 displayed the second best PAM range. Characterizing xCas9 in mammalian cells Hu et al. compared...SpCas9. Hu et al. performed GUIDE-seq analysis to characterize genome-wide off-targets, since increasing PAM... -
Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More
TypeBlog Post... Werner S, Marillonnet S. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 18;6(2):e16765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016765. PubMed...few new ones that are not used so much but have comparable expression levels to things people do use a lot... developed mostly with model plants in mind, Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana. N. benthamiana is ... -
How to Prepare for an Industry Interview
TypeBlog Post...company culture. It’s also a good idea to prepare 1-2 unique questions for each interviewer by looking at...of the theme of my interview stories as the characteristic which the story demonstrates I possess. Bullet... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice
TypeBlog Post...strain (which will be covered in more detail in part 2 of this blog series) controls the cell types in which...derived from random crosses between mice of uncharacterized backgrounds to create a limited but genetically... -
Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”
TypeBlog Post...of these issues are not particularly new. Chapter 2, “The Professional Scientist,” addresses the challenges...over two decades, attempts to answer it in five paragraphs, with examples. If that sounds ambitious, that...them wanting to learn more. There are individual paragraphs that may have warranted their own chapters, and... -
Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
TypeBlog Post...mazF gene and a gene for Zeocin resistance (Figure 2). This MazF-ZeoR cassette is flanked by two direct...or diluted as the cell grows resulting in the appearance of unmethylated sites in the chromosome. The ... without plasmid addiction systems. For example, Cara Morin and James Kaper used the hok/sok system to...223.1 (1992): 41-54. PubMed PMID: 1370544. Morin, Cara E., and James B. Kaper. "Use of stabilized luciferase-expressing...