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  1. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ... applications. Read on to learn more about the current (and future) applications of lentiviral vectors...facilitates nuclear export of transcripts). A different viral envelope protein (Env), usually from VSV-G...plasmid number. For more information on the key differences between the 2nd and 3rd generation packaging ...use lentivirus in the comments section below! References 1. In vivo gene delivery and stable transduction...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...dimerized linear ssRNA strands (which can have a different genomic sequence from one another) — by various... with lentiviral replication.  Resources and References More resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors...popular lentiviral plasmids γ-Retrovirus Guide References Cullen, B. R. (1992). Mechanism of action of ...Delivery of Gene-Editing Systems Based on CRISPR/Cas: Current State and Perspectives. Viruses, 13(7), 1288. https...
  3. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ... adaptations of this system have been made in different fields of study. In addition to the identification...purification with an anti-Cas9 antibody. These different tag systems and affinity purification schemes ...dystrophy (FSHD), a disease for which there is currently no cure (Campbell et al., 2018). Find plasmids...please also see our interview with Dr. Fujii. References Campbell, Amy E., et al. "NuRD and CAF-1-mediated...
  4. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    ...known quantities of DNA. Additionally, an AAV reference, a virus with a known titer, can be used to confirm...both results would be valid. This is why the AAV reference is critical. It allows you to determine if your... PCR (ddPCR) does not require a standard or a reference, meaning saving on reagents (and time)! AAV titering...becoming a popular option for PCR experiments.  References Furuta-Hanawa, Birei, Teruhide Yamaguchi, and...
  5. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    ...when separated (2), and that DBD and TAs from different systems could be combined effectively (3). In ...a more vigourous screen is to use a number of different bait and prey vectors. This has been shown to ...split ubiquitin system has been devised (8). References 1. Casadaban M.J., Martinez-Arias A., Shapira...Science. 1986; 231:699-704. PubMed PMID: 3080805. 3. Brent, R., and Ptashne, M. A eukaryotic transcriptional...
  6. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...endonuclease domain, indicating that Cpf1 functions differently. Since Cpf1 loci are widely distributed across...could be adapted for genome editing. The use of a different nuclease could potentially overcome some of Cas9...Figure from Kleinstiver et al., 2016. Cpf1’s strength may lie in its low off-target editing rates, determined...shown the diversity of CRISPR-based systems. References 1. Zetsche, Bernd, et al. "Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided...
  7. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    .... While these differences may seem subtle they result in a key physiological difference between lenti-... system is that it involves transfecting four different plasmids into the producer cells (two packaging...as the viral long terminal repeats (LTRs) are different. As a result, lentiviral and retroviral packaging...
  8. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    ... to a conference. Really. No one will starve while you are away a few days. Also, your children will enjoy... yourself, “I’m not married,” or “I don’t have children, so my life will be under control.” Think again... hard not to do this. For a family with working parent(s), the sooner your kids can make a decent meal...
  9. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    ... the Shapiro lab at Caltech.   References and Resources References Piraner, D. I. et al. Going Deeper...produce ultrasound contrast. We (the authors) are currently working on improving and optimizing ARGs, with...straightforward to engineer various cell lines from different tissues and mammalian species to produce gas vesicles...
  10. Transferable Skills Guide: Creativity

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    ...the lab can be applied anywhere! References and Resources References Grant, A. (2017). Originals how non-conformists...inclusivity. Work with and value people who think differently from you and you will arrive at unique solutions...ability to innovate. (Finkelstein, 2019) One issue currently plaguing the scientific community is supply chain...
  11. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    ...immunogenicity and range of serotypes allowing preferential infection of certain tissues. However, packaging...equally potent Cas9 protein, the Zhang lab took a different approach. They analyzed over 600 Cas9 orthologs...Sontheimer lab used NmeCas9 with AAV to edit two different disease-causing loci in mouse liver.  Two other...have also been used to express base editors. References Chew WL, Tabebordbar M, Cheng JKW, Mali P, Wu...
  12. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...variations of Cas13 and Cas12a, are combined with different fluorescent reporters for each enzyme. In addition...Zetsche et al., 2015 ). Cas12a however recognizes a different PAM site and generates 5’ and 3’ staggered ends...Jennifer Tsang contributed to updating this article. References Abudayyeh OO, Gootenberg JS, Konermann S, Joung... Mondini A, Nogueira ML, Isern S, Michael SF, Lorenzana I, Yozwiak NL, MacInnis BL, Bosch I, Gehrke L,...
  13. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...middle of proteins) and performs well in many different antibody-based applications.  IPI’s recombinant...virus 5 and their use in revealing antigenic differences between human, canine and simian isolates. J ...systems don’t always work across species due to differences in natural DNA repair pathways and spontaneous...at focal adhesions in living cells in several different contexts.   Figure 5: Left: Mechanism ...
  14. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...of conversations with people who work in many different scientific fields. They also host AMA forums where...first makes Reddit a great platform for those who aren’t so great at coming up with answers off the cuff...future. The AMA was also cataloged for permanent reference by the Winnower. The only small downside to the...leaving out the term “implicit bias” which is apparently a troll trigger phrase these days). Redditors...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    ...Addgenie Hannah Dotson.  Resources and references References Joung, J., Konermann, S., Gootenberg, J...and producing lentivirus. But pre-made libraries aren’t quite plug-and-play: you’ll still need to titer...incubation time, antibiotic conditions, and amount of polybrene. (psst…didn’t get your library pre-made from Addgene...
  16. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ... Optimizing FLP FRT through smart engineering Different FLP versions – making FLP efficient The first ...efficiency to Cre (Kranz et al. 2010). These differences in recombinase efficiency are important to keep...should be visualized at the same time from two different plasmids this approach becomes problematic as ...the genOway press release for more information. References 1. Atasoy, D., Y. Aponte, H. H. Su, and S. M....
  17. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ...0-5%. This blog post covers a brief review of different basic BE technologies and their adaptation for...Nickase Cas9 (D10A) Deaminase PAM requirements Reference CBE SpCas9 rAPOBEC1 NGG 6 SpCas9 Target-AID...Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. Currently Kutubuddin is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at ...improvement in the laboratory of Yinong Yang at PSU.   References 1. Komor, Alexis C., et al. "Programmable editing...
  18. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...that safe-targeting guides better control for the inherent effects, or background noise, of dsDNA breaks ...on-target activity. However, there was no significant difference in depletion of ricin sensitizer genes identified...Knockout Library are available from Addgene! References 1. Morgens, David W., et al. "Genome-scale measurement...libraries Find all of the CRISPR Pooled Libraries currently available from Addgene Other Resources Watch...
  19. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...tracking experiments (Rizzo, 2009). With many different FPs that emit across the visible spectrum, researchers...of existing FP and epitope tags, researchers in Loren Looger’s lab have developed new molecular tags combining...antibodies. The “spaghetti monster” name is a reference to the deity of the social movement, the church... to the expanded use of smFPs in the future. References 1. Viswanathan, Sarada, et al. "High-performance...
  20. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    ... The entry clone and destination vector carry different antibiotic resistance markers (indicated here ...STEP 1: Generate an Entry Clone There are a few different ways to generate our desired entry clone - human...interest: Find Gateway cloning plasmids here! References 1. Chee JY, Chin CF (2015) Gateway Cloning Technology... Digest Video Check Out Our Molecular Biology Reference Pages  ...
  21. Guide to Using Pooled Libraries

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    ...libraries consist of a single mixture of many different plasmids. Plasmids within a given library have...Screening libraries (non-CRISPR) can be used for different types of high-throughput experiments, including...deletions in targeted genes across the genome, rendering them nonfunctional. Activation : CRISPR activation...Screening libraries (non-CRISPR) can be used for many different high-throughput experiments. They are useful for...identification of the shRNA a given cell carries. Addgene currently does not distribute any shRNA libraries, but previously...lentiviral or DNA-based screens. Created with BioRender.com. Types of Pooled Library Screens In pooled lentiviral...responsibility of the researcher. Created with BioRender.com. Both positive and negative screens follow the...
  22. Modular Cloning Guide

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    ... Molecular Biology Reference Molecular Cloning Techniques MoClo Guide Modular...efficient method for creating many plasmids from different combinations of a common set of components (Weber...including constitutive promoters, T7 expression, RBS strength variants, synthetic terminators, protein purification...plasmids including 11 inducible promoters, 16 RBS strength variants, 8 tag-compatible RBSs, 2 secretion tags...reconstituting the ubiquitination cascades of different organisms in E. coli . MetClo DNA Assembly Kit... for creating fusion proteins for use in many different model organisms. Diatom uLoop Assembly Kit Other...including diatoms, yeast, plants and bacteria. References and More Resources Guide to DNA Assembly Techniques...
  23. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ... involved multiple people in tight locations. Conference rooms for on-screen presenters! Labs and benches...Zoom, everyone’s new favorite third-party video conferencing software. Interviewees could simply boot up ...while the camera is here, the operator is in a different room.   Design: The previous cycle made me...monitor and teleprompter being repurposed for a different shoot to create the How to Deposit Plasmids video...
  24. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...testing is crucial in controlling this pandemic. Currently, the CDC uses RT-qPCR tests to diagnose COVID-...Cas12a, Cas13a does not require strict sequence preferences at the target site, while Cas12a requires a PAM...femto-aptomolar range. For more details on the differences between these methods, check out this table.  ...can follow her on Twitter @shra_krishna.       References Azhar, M., Phutela, R., Ansari, A. H., Sinha,...
  25. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ...with transcriptional activation. Created with BioRender.com. Tet1 demethylase Ronggui Hu’s lab has created... with increased transcription. Created with BioRender.com. Tet1 initiates cytosine demethylation of...with transcriptional repression. Created with BioRender.com. DNA Methyltransferase MQ1 Margaret Goodell's...Schwiesow contributed to updating this article. References Haldeman JM, Conway AE, Arlotto ME, et al (2018...
  26. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    ...influence the evolution of their bacterial prey. Currently, receptor binding proteins (RBPs, the host recognition...thinking. Find her on Twitter @JessicaSacher.   References 1. Nobrega, Franklin L., et al. "Revisiting phage...phage therapy: new applications for old resources." Trends in microbiology 23.4 (2015): 185-191. PubMed PMID...bacteriophage-encoded glycan binding proteins and carbohydrates." Current opinion in structural biology 34 (2015): 69-77....
  27. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ... strategies in C. elegans As brilliantly and irreverently illustrated in the parable of the Geneticist...the sequence added, leaving a 34 bp “scar”, but currently requires additional experimental manipulation....days. The only animals on a plate, other than the parental animal, are rescued progeny, which makes screening...more at his webpage or follow him on Twitter.   References Arribere JA, Bell RT, Fu BXH, Artiles KL, Hartman...
  28. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    ...more common luciferases like firefly (FLuc) and Renilla (RLuc) luciferase. This is important not so much...strategy was first applied using RLuc8, an engineered Renilla luciferase, to produce a series of FP-RLuc8 fusions... #85201), Orange (OeNL; plasmid #85202) and Red (ReNL; plasmid #85203) NLuc fusions. The Nagai lab has...Promega cellular analysis products at Promega.     References 1. Hall, M.P., et al. (2012) Engineered luciferase...
  29. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?

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    ...excitation light path. Each hole corresponds to a different location in the sample. As more than one hole ...one of four categories that are each suited to different types of modern day fluorescence microscopes (...means that the images will appear sharp without interference from blurry out-of-focus light. The most difficult...microscopy manufacturers have similar information References 1. Lichtman JW, Conchello JA. Fluorescence microscopy...
  30. Find and Share AAV Data with Addgene's New AAV Data Hub

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    ...over 100 entries spanning six different species and dozens of different expression sites. The Data...the AAV Data Hub is a beta project, and we are currently only accepting data for materials distributed ...
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