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  1. CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors

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    ...base to the other. Figure 1: Base transition editors catalyze purine-to-purine or pyrimidine-to-pyrimidine...engineering and protein delivery. Nature Communications, 8(1), 15790. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15790...SpCas9 base editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides. To reduce off-target effects associated...Editors, which we've discussed in two follow-up posts: (1) (2). Base editors have a narrow editing window of...arrows indicate a conversion directly catalyzed by the base editor. Dotted red arrows indicate the change... point modifications. CRISPR base editing persists through multiple cell divisions, indicating that this...target modification in primary T cells, making them a promising tool for cell therapy applications. Dual...
  2. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...Spaghetti Monster probes at Addgene Uses of smFPs 1. Multi-channel connectomic tracers Fluorescent proteins... expanded use of smFPs in the future. References 1. Viswanathan, Sarada, et al. "High-performance probes...controlled by collections of neurons that are intricately wired into circuits through synaptic connections...photostable than GFP. In addition, antibody-based amplification of their signals is weak and increases background...more HA tags. 4. High-resolutions microscopy As indicated above, smFPs can be used with conventional microscopes...
  3. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ...regulated in the medicinal plant, the Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of our research ...activities in seed plants." Plant cell reports 9.1 (1990): 1-5. PubMed PMID: 24226366. Lee, Min Woo, and Yinong...and a vacuum is applied with a vacuum bell or desiccator. Successful infiltration can often be seen by...expression method for analyzing gene function in Catharanthus roseus seedlings." Frontiers in plant science...
  4. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ... cerevisiae (Tuller et. al., 2010). Figure 1: An overview of peptide synthesis. A ribosome interacts...McClain WH (2000) The G·U wobble base pair. EMBO Rep 1:18–23 . https://doi.org/10.1093/embo-reports/kvd001...folding and stability, change post-translational modification sites and even affect protein function (Mauro... AP, Bilen B, Zavolan M (2013) Analysis of CDS-located miRNA target sites suggests that they can effectively...synonymous codon usage bias, and its potential applications. Nucl Acids Res 15:1281–1295 . https://doi.org...
  5. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...about health equity, science communication, and public health.     References 1. O'Neill, J. "Tackling drug-resistant... to the development of resistance include (Figure 1): Over-prescription of antibiotics (for example, ...Microbes (bacteria included) are very skilled at the delicate art of survival. Existing virtually ubiquitously...of intentions. The take-home? Always take your medication as prescribed. How do we know which bacteria ...
  6. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    ... present in the sample (APC in the case of Figure 1). In Figure 1A, the population needs to be shifted... decrease the compensation value.   Figure 1: Compensation example with single color control. Flow...diagonal population, this is a sign of spillover and indicates that it is necessary to apply a compensation value...
  7. Countdown to Halloween @Addgene

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    ...glorious trophy. Sure it’s plastic and you have to share 1 trophy among 6 people, but you’ve earned bragging ...plasmids! Each chose their favorite plasmid and replicated it. Can you guess each plasmid? Our lab paid...creative hijinks last year. They showed us their dedication to great customer support by dressing up as our...
  8. New Viral Vectors - Spring 2025

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    ... Table 1: New ready-to-use viral vectors in the Addgene repository  Name Serotype Category Depositor...skipping the preparation steps of production, purification, and titering. Our newest viral vector service...
  9. Plasmids 101: How to Name Your Plasmid in 3 Easy Steps

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    ...a ‘plasmid’. “p” is for plasmid. pXXXXX-XXXX Step 1: Backbone name Include the empty backbone name in ... eukaryotic cells). pBACKBONE-XXXXX Tip: For a catalog of published and commercially available empty backbones...considerations  If your insert contains a mutation or modification, this should be included in the plasmid name...
  10. Streaking for Single Colonies: The Streak Plate Challenge

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    ...Time for the #BioSci3319 #StreakPlateChallenge part 1. Lab B needs a redo :-( @SandTBioSci #CompetitiveStreaking...blog posts on fluorescent proteins Check out educational resources on the blog Resources on Addgene.org...
  11. New Viral Vectors - Summer 2024

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    ... Table 1: New ready-to-use viral vectors in the Addgene repository  Name Serotype Category Depositor...
  12. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    ... necessary for advancing the field. References: 1. Internal initiation of translation of eukaryotic ... of a 2A peptide derived from porcine teschovirus-1 in human cell lines, zebrafish and mice. Kim et al...desktop. The Plasmids 101 eBook is designed to educate all levels of scientists and plasmid lovers and...
  13. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ...alternative detection methods.      Figure 1: The four types of ELISA are direct, indirect, sandwich...conjugated antibody is not readily available. Table 1: Overview of the advantages and disadvantages of each...staining. Direct ELISAs also lack the signal amplification afforded by secondary antibodies and thus are...
  14. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    ...true reproducibility. The following are critical: (1) connectivity to other data sources used in research...engagement with the Wisconsin research community were to: (1) prevent vendor lock in by making it easy to get data... both accept deposit of data associated with publications into one of five general purpose open source...
  15. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...light-sensitive LOV2 domain of Avena Sativa phototropin 1 (AsLOV2). In the dark, this peptide is caged by the...iLID nano and 800nM to 47µM for iLID micro; Figure 1). With this great affinity range, these LIDs have ...Figure 2). They are all available now at Addgene. 1 Lungu et al., Chem Biol. 2012 Apr 20;19(4):507-17....Guntas et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2015 Jan 6; 112(1):112-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas. CRISPR-Cas9 optogenetic... al., BMC Molecular Biology. 2013 August 20th; 14(1). TRICK: A method for visualizing the first round...for a variety of experimental purposes including (1) single or multiple, constitutive or inducible, gene...the years. The authors optimized these systems by: 1) decreasing the number of plasmids required for each...
  16. Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR

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    ...sequence on either side of the desired mutation (usually 1-3 mismatched bases) is sufficient for your primers...researcher at Cornell University.       References 1. Breslauer, Kenneth J., et al. "Predicting DNA duplex...desired modification. Finally, the positive clones are sequenced to confirm the desired modification and ...polymerase activity (for amplification), 3’->5’ exonuclease activity (increases amplification fidelity), and no... genome modifications. Occasionally, multimerization of the PCR primers can cause duplication of the primer...the desired modification have been identified (and confirmed to be free of primer duplications), final validation...and the absense of additional modifications.   Site-directed mutagenesis of Plasmids. A) Generation...
  17. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    ...Figure 1). Clustered events are called a population.                             Figure 1: While...done using side scatter (SSC) and forward scatter (FSC), which measure light that “scatters” past the cell... the plot that divides it into four, using the location of the cell populations as a guide  (Figure 3....be used for this purpose.  Pro tip! The forward scatter is a proxy for diameter and volume of the cell,...the exclusion of doublets and debris. The side scatter roughly measures granularity, a proxy for nucleic... will have numbers by gated populations; this indicates the percentage of total events contained in the... gated population. Heat maps are often used to indicate the relative density of cells. You can see both...
  18. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    ...folding, and deal with sub-optimal codon usage (Table 1) A few mutations are common to all or most expression...curated list of Bacterial Expression Systems Table 1: E. coli expression strains  Note: All strains are...expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT lon hsdSB (rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pLysS...expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT lon hsdSB (rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pLysE...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT hsdSB(rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pRARE2 (...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication fhuA2 [lon] ompT gal (λ DE3) [dcm] ∆hsdS/ pLemo...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F-, Φ80ΔlacM15, thi, lac-, mtl-, recA+, KmR Expression...
  19. Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages

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    ...$47,476 and the date for implementation was set for Dec 1 2016. In order to be exempted from the need to pay... these institutions (populations potentially from 1 to 5761, according to the NSF data) and therefore ...Labor’s general guide to the effect on higher education, you can see that those in teaching roles (such...frankly quite surprising. Consortia of higher education institutions submitted letters to the Department...centrally administered, which leads to many complications, including the inability of some institutions...paid. Institutional salary policies are one indicatator of how salaries may changes due to the FLSA. ...of the postdoctoral workforce. Based on our communications with and research on these institutions, we...
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