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TypeBlog Post...and look forward to hearing from her in the future. Future awardees We will be opening the Addgene/Seeding...them the most. Check back here to learn more about future awardees and their inspiring research. Additional...
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Ghanaian Researchers to Receive Plasmid Awards from Addgene and Seeding Labs
TypeBlog Post...and proteins associated with pathogenesis. In his future work. Dr. Bengyella would like to use the expertise...to do excellent work in the biological sciences. Future awardees Now that this first round of awards has...enable scientists in developing regions in the near future. Additional Resources Apply to Recieve Equipment... -
Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering
TypeBlog Post...also be expanded to include even more loci. Figure 1: Schematic overview of the all-in-one CRISPR/... work successfully to target multiple sites in cultured human cells. While it has not yet been demonstrated...dCas9-KRAB in our system,” Sakuma said. “These are sure to be powerful tools to modify the expression of... -
Synthetic Biology, Artificial Chromosomes, iGEM & More - Interview with Tom Ellis
TypeBlog Post...Today’s episode of the Addgene Podcast features guest host and Addgene European Outreach Scientist, Benoit...cooperation, and antibiotic production. Chapter 5: The future of Synthetic Biology. Wide adoption of synthetic...Biology and Innovation, Imperial College London and lectures synthetic biology for the Department of Bioengineering... -
Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell
TypeBlog Post...University). Right there on the floor outside the lecture hall. It was wonderful to see the ad-hoc ‘sciencing...in vivo using ultrasound (for an example see the figure below). In addition to low costs, deep tissue penetration... imaging of microorganisms in mammalian hosts." Nature 553.7686 (2018): 86.PubMed PMID: 29300010. PubMed... -
Seeing Red: Simple GFP Photoconversion
TypeBlog Post...more secrets - during a collaboration, members of Maureen Hanson’s and Rima Menassa's labs made the accidental...nm, photoconverted with 405 nm light, and then captured in the red state after excitation at 561 nm. This...conversion did not occur. Tobacco suspension cell culture with cytosol-targeted GFP. White circles represent... -
Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri
TypeBlog Post...substantial amount of properly folded, relatively pure protein, but getting to this stage is often much... coli strains designed for protein expression. Cultures are then lysed and the protein of interest is ...disulfide bond formation. pCri also includes a special feature for difficult-to-purify membrane proteins. pCri... -
Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease
TypeBlog Post...products is desired, as multiple selection markers can ensure that all desired tags have been integrated. Simply... to their genes of interest, allowing for easy capture and detection of proteins and complexes, without... single strain. In addition to the collections featured above, many other modular yeast tagging systems... -
Scientific Sharing in the Time of COVID-19: Databases and Resources
TypeBlog Post...progress towards understanding this disease. Figure 1: Scientists are continuing to do essential research...portal has recruited 3,218 Canadian volunteers, and features over 200 COVID-19 related research projects, funding... will remain an extremely important part of the future of research. To find other COVID-19 databases and... -
What's New in CRISPR - September 2019
TypeBlog Post...active in both E. coli and human cells. Using the structure of CasX at eight different states of assembly .... coli and human expression. Read the paper in Nature Find the CasX plasmids Drug inducible transcriptional...sequence-specific toxicity of Cas9. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find the Bikard E. coli Genome-wide... -
6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen
TypeBlog Post...scientist in training can adopt to ensure opportunities in the future. Studies show that the majority of...an excellent resume ready to be submitted The structure and content of a resume can be crucial for a successful... -
The Michael Davidson Collection: One-Stop Shop for Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog Post...proteins known to localize to specific cellular structures.The Davidson lab even included some of their own... see Supplemental Documents here). If you’re not sure where your protein of interest localizes in the ...easier for scientists everywhere to get a clearer picture of that intracellular world, even as the Davidson... -
9 Tips to Achieve Success in Academia
TypeBlog Post...This blog post is the first in a series that will feature advice for students, postdocs, and young Principal...their top 3 tips. Tom Ellis 1. Keep up with the literature. He recommends setting up a few Pubmed email ...“If you don't read, you're doomed.” 2. Always be sure to include various positive and negative controls... -
In Living Color: The Skinny on In Vivo Imaging Tools
TypeBlog Post...paper that appeared in Nature Biotechnology back in 2011 and then in another Nature Methods paper last year... far-red light. As the researchers described in Nature Communications last year, “The capability to control... -
Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?
TypeBlog Post...archaea and eukaryotes such as yeast and plants. In nature, plasmids provide one or more functional benefits...for the life scientist or bioengineer. Figure 1: Map of a plasmid with its elements described...constructed in the lab? Due to their artificial nature, lab plasmids are commonly referred to as “vectors... -
Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes
TypeBlog Post...of soundwave pressure required to collapse them: arg2 vesicles collapse at a lower pressure than arg1 vesicles...noninvasive imaging of microorganisms in mammalian hosts. Nature, 553, 86-90. PubMed PMID: 29300010. Additional ... -
Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning
TypeBlog Post...get it into your plasmid backbone, and zap the mixture of DNA into cells. Unfortunately, not every cell...post, but don’t worry, we’ll cover screens in a future post. Positive selection: Cells that have gained...toxin genes, and the sacB gene). By tapping into nature’s toolbox, scientists are finding more and more ... -
Zebrafish as a Model for Behavior: Swimming into the Optogenetic Spotlight
TypeBlog Post... distinct C-bend to escape possible danger (see figure). Larvae also perform spontaneous slow swimming...distinguish between swimming behaviors, the researchers measured the tail movements of 5 day old fish. The larvae...behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord." Nature 461.7262 (2009): 407. PubMed PMID: 19759620. PubMed... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant: Accelerating Science Globally - 5 Scientists, 4 Countries & 3 Continents!
TypeBlog Post...Zimbabwe Dr. Fiona Robertson (far left) is a Senior Lecturer and a Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology...manage insect pests and to support sustainable agriculture. For this project the expression of isolated .... Subscribe to the Addgene blog for updates and future collaborations. Many thanks to all of the awardees... -
Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary
TypeBlog Post...proteins, DNA, and RNA used in CRISPR. Figure 1: Overview of the parts of CRISPR. The bacterial...in the CRISPR array that will become guides for future targeted degradation. Before integration into the...CRISPR–Cas immunity and genome editing enzymes. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 20(11), 641–656. https://... -
CRISPR 101: Drug discovery and CRISPR
TypeBlog Post...and a drug is developed, it’s good practice to measure the specificity of that target and validate the... is where CRISPR can save time and money to make sure quality candidates are selected. CRISPR...discovery pipeline. CRISPR and drugs in the future While CRISPR has already done a lot for drug discovery... -
Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone
TypeBlog Post...in our repository and will discuss some of the features you may want to consider as you make your choice...vector that you will need. You will also have to make sure that your plasmid has been incorporated into the...promoter. Other vectors can be expressed in fly culture cells like S2 and carry the metallothionein promoter... -
Advice for Choosing a Research Project
TypeBlog Post...advice from the successful PIs who were previously featured in "9 Tips to Achieve Success in Academia". Important...evaluated your plan? Have you read the relevant literature to understand where the field is today? Have ...the importance of keeping up-to-date with the literature of a couple of well-known journals that discuss... -
The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born
TypeBlog Post...indefinitely at room temperature (thus also saving freezer space). The procedure becomes less attractive... agar slices. Molecular biologists used this procedure daily before the advent of techniques like PCR... -
Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes
TypeBlog Post...selective media, and provides those bacteria with a pressure to keep your plasmid. Viva la (bacterial) resistance... antibiotics against Gram negative bacteria. In future posts, we'll detail selection in non-bacterial ...strains have natural antibiotic resistances, so make sure your plasmid and E. coli strain are compatible! ... -
Single-cell tracking of lineage and identity with CellTag
TypeBlog Post...successfully reprogram. Unfortunately scRNA-seq only captures the gene expression of cells at a single time ...analysis and the remaining cells were maintained in culture. iEP cell physiology and reprogramming efficiency... lineage and identity in direct reprogramming." Nature 564.7735 (2018): 219. PubMed PMID: 30518857. Guo... -
Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm
TypeBlog Post...the public in a meaningful way, and not solely to ensure a profit. Often, these companies believe they possess...chance to carry out a comprehensive review of the literature informing the notion of “heading” in soccer as... of my thesis: a survey instrument designed to measure how individuals respond to issues of unsettled ... -
Intro to Our Summer SciComm Series!
TypeBlog Post...the foundation of all good communication is making sure everyone’s on the same page. So for our first post...education is education that is provided through a structured environment such as the classroom or a defined...specific audience - giving consistency, purpose, structure, and intent to the messaging - while also creating... -
Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...colleagues and is invested in improving research infrastructure, from our educational materials to our repository...and ScFvs, based on community demand. Figure 1: Antibody against PSD-95 from the Trimmer Lab...Reproducibility: Standardize antibodies used in research. Nature 518:27–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/518027a Resources... -
RUBY-Red Siliques
TypeBlog Post...seedlings or callus (undifferentiated plant cell culture), which is great for a wide variety of applications...found in all other plants, anthocyanins. Figure 1: An adult plant expressing RUBY. Photos by Andrew...can be selected without antibiotics. (Top left) Mature silique (Arabidopsis fruit) with fertilized developing...