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  1. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ...this: Rank = (compressed CFD score) * (gaussian normalized cut-to-insert distance) This gives each guide...insert, the more poorly the guide performs HDR. Optimal mutation in-depth One the most sophisticated features...mind, we implemented the following algorithm for optimal mutation in CrispyCrunch: If the guide PAM resides...
  2. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ... number of ways, from small edits that change single base pairs, to chromosomal inversions and large deletions... deletion. However, there is the chance of a chromosomal inversion, or just random mutations if the chromosome...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    ...and utilize both a genetic component as well as a small molecule which we will describe in more detail below...contain a FRET pair, a genetic component, and a small molecule component. Early versions of these sensors...component is delivered in vivo or in vitro and a small molecule is added exogenously to measure a phenotypic...
  4. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    ...university with the community. I even spray painted a small erlenmeyer flask with gold glitter spray paint to...Museum and others when I was trying to find local informal science educators, and ever since, the State Museum...the network I built during graduate school is my informal advisory board. Although my goals may not have...
  5. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    ...can be used with 3DISCO to image non-transgenic animals such as rats (17).  In addition, the use of viruses...over labeling methods as compared to transgenic animals (17).  These viral plasmids are available through...relationship of the central nervous system under normal and diseased conditions.  Thank you to our guest...
  6. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...Charter and it has really strengthened the network of female scientists. Twitter has been really good for that.... I’m more in touch with a remarkable number of female scientists whose tweets I find really inspirational...about how much that’s on it are plants, and the animals you eat ate plants too. Think about how many people...
  7. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ... or scientific name into the Organism box. This small piece of information can significantly reduce your...Unlike megablast, the regular blastn program uses a smaller word size and lower scoring penalties for mismatches...desired analysis, BLAST may not always be your optimal choice. For difficult sequence alignments that ...
  8. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ...more focused format, where all students work on malate dehydrogenase (MDH), a citric acid cycle enzyme...characterization of a fusion protein: Histidine tag, malate dehydrogenase, and green fluorescent protein. Biochemistry...laboratory – a semester-long research approach using malate dehydrogenase as a research model. Biochemistry...
  9. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...combination of the three (Servellita et al., 2023). Normally when children have acute viral hepatitis it is...commonly derived from the mastadenovirus members (mammalian-infecting members) of the Adenoviridae family,... adenoviral vectors in Addgene’s repository is smaller than for other vector types, we hope that this ...
  10. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...sterile flat toothpick or pipette tip and swirl in a small amount of sterile water.  Pick 3-10 colonies in ...to start liquid cultures. Lastly, you can start small overnight liquid cultures with the clones you pick...boiling the sample before use or by directly adding a small volume of the sample to the PCR reaction. The bacteria...
  11. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...the 3rd-generation packaging systems offer the maximal biosafety available for the technology. The minor... divided as follows: Transfer vectors contain minimal cis-acting HIV components: LTRs, PPT, RRE, and ...vectors are SIN. Packaging plasmid(s) contain the minimal number of HIV genes required for virus production...
  12. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ...optimum of 30 °C and is therefore inefficient in mammalian cells (usually grown at 37 °C). Smart molecular...populations) within neuronal networks in living animals. To accomplish such cell specific manipulations.... “Conditional Site-Specific Recombination in Mammalian Cells Using a Ligand-Dependent Chimeric Cre Recombinase...
  13. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...COVID-19 (Joung, Ladha et al., 2020). Cas13a in mammalian cells The Zhang lab made the exciting discovery...discovery that some Cas13a orthologs can function in mammalian and plant cells (Abudayyeh et al., 2017). They...superfolder GFP fusion to stabilize the protein in mammalian cells. LwaCas13a-msfGFP can mediate cleavage with...
  14. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    ...lentiviral expression of the human KRAS gene in mammalian cells. STEP 1: Generate an Entry Clone There are...expression level, and experimental purpose. For mammalian lentiviral expression, we could use a vector like...and is available for all kind of organisms from mammals to E. coli. Glossary of Gateway cloning vectors...
  15. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ... Pechmann and Frydman found that tracts of non-optimal codons are associated with specific secondary structures...coli strains express a variety of tRNAs that are normally found at low abundance in E. coli. The advantage... Frydman. "Evolutionary conservation of codon optimality reveals hidden signatures of cotranslational ...
  16. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ...adapted it for a host of different proteins and small molecules from a variety of sample types (Engvall... competitive or inhibition ELISA when measuring small molecules that cannot bind efficiently to two antibodies... develop assay Competitive Appropriate for small moleculesReduced chance of cross-reactivity Less...
  17. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    ...impacting prime editing and found the protein La (a small RNA-binding exonuclease protection factor) promotes...2024) Improving prime editing with an endogenous small RNA-binding protein. Nature. 2024 Apr 3. doi: https...trans-splicing. By splitting a large gene into smaller fragments, delivering them by individual AAVs, ...
  18. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    ...surprised at how this powerful tool is in such a small package. But don’t let the simple presentation deceive...freeze-thaw cycles needed when using the virus. A small aliquot is used to determine functional titer with...aliquot from an amplification done by Addgene.) This small aliquot is not enough to transfect producer cells...
  19. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    ...where one plasmid outcompetes the other, usually a smaller, higher copy plasmid can more effectively titrate...Environmental Plasmids blog). Scientists have designed small, high copy incompatible plasmids that lead to asymmetrical...2012) Bacterial plasmid partition machinery: a minimalist approach to survival. Current Opinion in Structural...
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