...opsins) to manipulate cell activity, enables researchers to silence or incite neuronal firing and study...Identifying neurons that trigger spontaneous swimming  Researchers at the Isacoff lab applied optogenetics in zebrafish... distinguish between swimming behaviors, the researchers measured the tail movements of 5 day old fish... viral service Find optogenetics AAVs for your research Find all AAVs from the viral service ...

...for plasmids, so that you can spend less time researching the basics and spend more time developing cleverly...found in bacteria, but also exist naturally in archaea and eukaryotes such as yeast and plants. In nature... Produce synthetic viruses that can be used in research or for therapeutics Addgene has compiled various... series, please let us know in the comments. Note:Marcy Patrick contributed to the writing of this article...

...conference. It was inspiring to see how microbiology research is improving lives worldwide and the presentation...the booth. We were happy to chat with lots of researchers who weren’t aware of Addgene’s plasmid sharing... plasmid tools on the horizon for microbiology research and we’d love to help more microbiologists share...being the Director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and a fellow Rhodobacter enthusiast, Tim...

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...also bring benefits to researchers conducting basic or early pre-clinical research. However, standard terms...concept of gRNA design is still challenging for researchers using CRISPR, and that standardizing and improving...resources and publications CRISPOR gRNA design tool Researchers at the Keystone meeting had great things to say...

...tagging method that labels cells with heritable barcodes. Barcodes consist of an 8bp variable region and a 6...Guo, Chuner, et al. "CellTag Indexing: genetic barcode-based sample multiplexing for single-cell genomics...generating iPSCs Learn how fluorescent proteins help researchers study single cell dynamics in model organisms...

...partnership with Allele Biotechnology which allows researchers to deposit plasmids containing the fluorescent...rather than cyan and named the protein mTFP1. The researchers recommend using mTFP1 with a 445/30 nm excitation...function of the protein that they are fused to. The researchers constructed 22 different mTFP1 fusions to both...posts about choosing fluorescent proteins for your research Subscribe to the Addgene blog Resources on Addgene.org...

...H134R)-EYFP   Control AAV Control AAV allow researchers to not only interpret their results, but also...to achieve different patterns of expression, researchers often need to determine these transduction patterns...sensors: Dopamine and norepinephrine Neuroscience research relies on accurate monitoring of neurotransmitters... viral protocols and videos Find AAVs for your research ...

...performs independent research? Since launching the viral service in 2016 Addgene’s research team has been actively...believe that these results will be beneficial to the research community.    So, why are we so excited? For starters...inventory and more time providing new materials to the research community. References 1. Coroadinha, A. S., ...

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...Although plasmids started as a somewhat niche area of research, they are now seen as an ubiquitous tool that ...little bit easier for scientists to conduct their research! Since their discovery in the 1950s, plasmids ...have greatly impacted many areas of biological research and have been key in advancing our knowledge in... Marcy Patrick...

...downward trend in funding and space in academic research labs has more students looking for other options...perspectives in science and engineering Looking at your research from a broader viewpoint may expose which experiments...extracurricular” may be taboo in the lab, multiple research studies highlight the importance of taking a break... skill sets Taking the time to identify and research 2 – 3 potential professions will highlight which...

...and flow cytometry. F1000Research, 13, 817. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.154034.1 Laflamme, ...also includes clone names, which can allow you to search different providers for the same clone. This can...Antibodies community works to make best practices in research antibody selection and use possible, easy, and...quantification of antibody performance in major research applications. eLife, 12, RP91645. https://doi....

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...development by openly sharing their resources with the research community. To honor their legacy, we launched ...choice to share their fluorescent protein based research. This year, we put out another call for applications...genetic variants, what does that mean? Previous research shows that approximately 75% of all protein-coding...target of the anticoagulant drug warfarin. In past research, several VKOR variants have been found that affect...

...increasingly more cost effective and precise, researchers are now using it to investigate potential therapeutics...Alzhiemer’s disease (AD).  Troy Rohn and his lab are researching a way to treat AD using CRISPR/Cas9. They are...correct disease hadn’t yet been realized. The researchers chose to explore its potential in mice with a...known as Crygc. When all was said and done, the researchers had cured 24 mice of their disease. Meanwhile...

...method. Read on to learn how to use it in your research! The starting point: Ligation-independent cloning...only one type of dNTP in the reaction mix, the researcher can decide exactly how far the T4 exonuclease... this limitation, one option is to perform a hierarchical assembly, assembling fragments in multiple steps...assembly, and its low cost makes it ideal for researchers doing large amounts of cloning. Assembly is scarless...

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...-producing B cell and a myeloma cell (National Research Council (US) Committee on Methods of Producing...10.3791/54832  Lipman NS, Jackson LR, Trudel LJ, Weis-Garcia F (2005) Monoclonal Versus Polyclonal Antibodies...https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m116.736942  National Research Council (US) Committee on Methods of Producing...resource on the Addgene blog Learn more about research applications for antibodies in Intro to Antibodies...

...plasmids into lentiviral preps to speed up COVID-19 research even further. The following lentiviral preps are...lentiviral prep here Control AAV Control AAV allow researchers to not only interpret their results, but also...to achieve different patterns of expression, researchers often need to determine these transduction patterns... viral protocols and videos Find AAVs for your research ...