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  1. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...fusion to a receptor-transcription factor fusion. TEV protease cleave the transcription factor from the ... of two different receptors- angiotensin II type 1 receptor and the β2 adrenoceptor. GPCRs in chemogenetics...down the name "G-protein coupled receptor" into two parts: the receptor itself and the G-proteins it associates...associates with.  Receptor: GPCRs are also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, due to the ...pharmacologically-inert, small molecules. These new receptors were termed Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer...of the five senses? GPCRs or G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)! Aside from these three senses, GPCRs ...in inflammation, and neurotransmission. These receptors can be activated by an array of different ligands...
  2. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...twenty years at Addgene, we are sharing stories of our repository’s positive impact on science and scientists...three functional groups: nucleases, modulators, and chimeric effectors. Nucleases generate a classic double-stranded... distributed CRISPR plasmids. But modulators and chimeric effectors, made available in 2013 and 2016, ...community better. We therefore looked at depositors and requestors by country, and graphed the top ten countries...no surprise that the USA is the largest depositor and requestor of CRISPR plasmids. But many other countries...from Japan to Australia, are significant depositors and requestors. CRISPR tools are developed and used all...think so — and so do our requestors! CRISPR plasmids in the Addgene repository have been cited a total ...
  3. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...cytidine deaminase portion of the base editor to create SpCas9 base editors with editing windows as small as...some phages fight back using CRISPR inhibitors. Several such inhibitors have been characterized for type ...bacterial and mammalian expression vectors for these CRISPR inhibitors are listed in the table below. ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief...posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but be sure to let us know if you'd like to ...TagRFPt, EGFP, mVenus, mCerulean3, mKOFP2) and empty vectors that have standard cloning sites or gateway compatible...cell types directly linked to disease, including motor neurons (-3mnx1/Hb9), pan neuronal (elavl3/HuC),...
  4. Biosensor AAV Preps

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    ... Viral Vector Packaging Service AAV Biosensors Viral Vector Packaging Service: Biosensor...CaMKII Dlx EF1a GFAP/GfaABC1D minBG Synapsin E2 regulatory element Activity Cre-dependent Flp-dependent ...Karpova and Schaffer labs. See the Retrograde AAV Inventory Page . Don’t See What You’re Looking For? Our ... eligible AAV plasmids and we’ll make the viral vector prep you need. Or fill out our form to let us know...format. Please note this does not guarantee viral vector packaging service, but lets us know what viruses...
  5. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...into distinct expression vectors using the enzyme BbsI. These expression vectors each contain Type IIS restriction...Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination vectors. Destination vector options include humanized wt Cas9, dCas9...-VP64 (transcriptional activator)-containing plasmids. Each destination vector contains GFP, enabling ...create lentiviral vectors expressing wt humanized Cas9 and up to three gRNAs. Entry vectors containing the...wt hCas9 entry vectors are supplied with the kit, you can clone your own entry vectors containing other...containing vector using Golden Gate assembly, and up to 8 gRNAs may be expressed simultaneously. Vectors for ...Joachim, et al. “A versatile modular vector system for rapid combinatorial mammalian genetics.” Journal of ...
  6. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    ...students, and those from historically underrepresented groups. Through such mentoring programs, scientists...especially grateful to its mentors and supporters during this first year. Mentors Amanda Gunn, Bryan Gibb.... The teaching/mentoring bug never went away. While he has frequent bouts with Impostor Syndrome, Joe ... done at my first six ASM meetings. I told this story over a great dinner at Pittypat’s Porch with old...James et al., 2020. Help me stranger - Finding mentors for the meeting Just like analysis pipelines for... meetings. A key was to provide each bin with a mentor who had attended the meeting multiple times before...plan for and network at the meeting. We found our mentors by asking for help with the program on social media...
  7. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ... with viral vector manufacturing facilities, such as the University of Pennsylvania Vector Core. Transfections...Pennsylvania Vector Core. In general, titering is performed by the facility that produced the viral vector lot....Empty vector particles can be identified after negative staining and appear darker than full vector particles...Electron micrograph of AAV vector preparation shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist of full particles...vivo studies. Preparations are then aliquoted and stored at -80 °C. Titer Titering is either performed by...to determine which facility produced your viral vector lot. At Addgene, AAV particles are titered by droplet...method.  Titering by the University of Pennsylvania Vector Core is (as of April 2016) also performed by ddPCR...
  8. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    ...community concerns AAV vectors are complex biological reagents; many factors, like storage buffers and conditions...when I started working with AAV vectors. I wanted to use an AAV vector to express ChR2(H134R) in A2 norepinephrine...to AAV vectors, many from people trying to answer the exact same question I was: What AAV vector is best...Working with AAV vectors in the brain and peripheral nervous system presents a special challenge to scientists...question and used it to publish!  Working with AAV vectors in neuroscience Let’s consider my first challenge...didn’t provide any information on other important factors such as what is the best promoter to use, or if...deal of time and effort to test and optimize our vector - overall, I spent two years testing and reformulating...
  9. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ...Choose a moderator with a backbone. It is nice to have a subject area expert, but the moderator is not ...LinkedIn profiles of all panelists to the moderator. The moderator and organizers should develop a list of...interviews, the moderator should be taking good notes and discovering interesting stories, riffs or opinions...contribute. The moderator should identify the funny, provocative or interesting stories that will make ...bring out these interesting stories and remind the panelists of the stories or topics you know they can...(lapel mics are best). The moderator takes control It is the moderator's job to prevent anyone from ...published on LinkedIn. Follow Addgene on LinkedIn for repository news and updates. Panel discussions are becoming...
  10. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ...designed their AAV tagging vectors (pAAV-SEPT-Acceptor and pAAV-TK-Acceptor) so that they can be easily...gene. pAAV-SEPT-Acceptor, the preferred vector, contains a promoterless splice acceptor-IRES-neoR gene,...cloning them sequentially into the chosen acceptor vector. The vectors are then packaged into AAV virions via...identical targeting vectors delivered through transfection of naked DNA. Other investigators who had been working...Check out our Viral Service Find AAV Vectors Browse all Viral Vectors ...well understood, researchers have been using AAV vectors for gene editing in mammalian cells since 1998....when delivered via AAV infection, gene targeting vectors with relatively short (1 kb) homology arms underwent...
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