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TypeBlog Post...involve editing healthy donor-derived cells and delivering them to the patient. Current CRISPR Therapies... preliminary results (Dimitri et al). CRISPR engineering of CAR-T cells is particularly promising because...Early-stage trials showed a high success rate in clearing misfolded protein levels as measured in the blood...2013). Dimitri, A., Herbst, F. & Fraietta, J.A. Engineering the next-generation of CAR T-cells with CRISPR-Cas9...
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Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More
TypeBlog Post...and a Spanish minor, it’s time for me to start considering my future path. Talking to Addgenies has helped...it solidified some concepts that are heard often during undergrad. Lauren Flynn is the Addgenie behind... publish their research and are not so keen on sharing their results in fear of getting scooped, she said...her focus is finance, it is just as important to bring love and fun to the office. Main takeaways from ... -
Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them
TypeBlog Post...still have a shelf full of CDs that have been gathering dust since the digital music revolution hit. I...not shared. For instance, through open plasmid sharing, the CRISPR community has created hundreds of useful...Antibodies: a Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition. 2104. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Publications, New York. Helma...Monoclonal Antibodies for Clinical Use. In: Antibody Engineering. InTech Additional resources on the Addgene blog... -
Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning
TypeBlog Post...Most things in biology are not so simple, and engineering complex cellular behaviors requires making complex...output, etc., which can support a larger cellular engineering goal, several of which are described below. Multigene...assembling an array of targeting constructs and delivering them to these organisms via another optimized... an array of distinct goals within metabolic engineering, synthetic product production, and gene editing... -
Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research
TypeBlog Post...Therefore they make excellent tools for genetic engineering. There are several different viral vectors to... and Adeno-associated virus (AAV). If you are wondering which virus fits you experiments best have a look...retroviral vectors can regulate gene expression by delivering shRNA or miRNA. The ever expanding CRISPR field...our CRISPR reagents. Please check www.genome-engineering.org for the most up-to-date information. Check ... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog Post...Quantification of Förster resonance energy transfer by monitoring sensitized emission in living plant cells." (... for studying protein-protein interactions by measuring the change in FRET efficiency, from which conclusions...cascades, quantify mechanical tension (a molecular “spring”) (Meng et al., 2008), and monitor neuronal activity...Sustarsic and Kapanidis 2015), which may lead to monitoring of these processes in live animals (Hirata and... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog Post...risk for the project by initially designing and ordering several dozen versions of the toehold switches...successful sensors to draw on as our assays grew more stringent, and it avoided any days of lost productivity ... virus genome with Addgene to facilitate rapid sharing of these tools with the Zika virus research community...product development, the regulatory process, and manufacturing so that we can get the diagnostics into the ... -
Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
TypeBlog Post...shortcomings. Cpf1’s preferred PAM is 5’-TTN, differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in both distribution...clinical applications require HDR over NHEJ, so comparing HDR efficiency across CRISPR nucleases and NgAgo...insertion mediated by Cpf1-generated overhangs. Exploring the efficiency of these two processes will help... Mary Gearing... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog Post...lab is also exploring the use of cas9 proteins from different species for genome engineering. The final...will lead to advances in human health. It was inspiring to hear how the genome project has already had...complicated conformation “not like DNA which has a boring structure.” That certainly summed up this conference—nucleic... -
Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats
TypeBlog Post...function as centres for peer learning and knowledge sharing, in the form of workshops, presentations, and lectures...looking at how to re-use it as a platform for monitoring homemade microfluidic chips using the fantastic...members and the public cheap access to personal manufacturing tools – a 3D printer, a laser cutter, woodworking... and an instructor at Biocurious.org, Derek is bringing cutting edge technologies to Victoria, BC. Follow... -
Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators
TypeBlog Post... subtypes, thanks to viral serotype specificity during delivery (more on this later). Chemigenetic sensors... at the single neuron level in vitro. In vivo monitoring has also been achieved with these sensors, but...their fluorescence, which ultimately led to the engineering of the second type of these GEVIs: a FP-fused...component, the chemical factor, of a naturally occurring voltage indicator. To give an example, a genetically... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog Post...re a presentation veteran, but have difficulty answering questions. Or perhaps you’re simply attending,...snacks to keep you energized throughout the session, bring extra clips to hold up your poster, and pack a few...seems captivated. Expertly navigate questions Answering questions is arguably the most difficult part ...very interested in his/her work, and would enjoy hearing the highlights so that you can appreciate the impact... -
Of Myc and Men
TypeBlog Post...not recognize the mouse or chicken homologs. By comparing the homologous sequences in these species, they...making the antibody more amenable to protein engineering. As a result, you can now find Myc1-9E10 in a...published a paper showing that the amino acids neighboring the Myc epitope influence 9E10’s affinity for...highly variable epitope recognition dependent on neighboring sequence context. Sci Signal 13. https://doi.... -
Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells
TypeBlog Post... Manuel Gonçalves; made with BioRender. Delivering gRNA and Cas9 using adenoviral vectors As compared...published in Nature Methods the same year that delivering RNA-guided nucleases or TALENs together with ...the lab of Andrea Ventura at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center did to create a model of Eml4–Alk-driven...Stanchina E, Lowe SW, Ventura A (2014) In vivo engineering of oncogenic chromosomal rearrangements with ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog Post...transferable skills while working in the lab and by offering advice on areas where you might need some help...mine you didn’t think much about management skills during your scientific training. I never thought about...encourage questions. Unless you’re delegating a recurring task to a seasoned report, there should be questions...cases reports are not aware of issues until you bring them up. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that your... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog Post...plasmids, or express a gene contained in a plasmid. During the propagation and/or transformation process, ...never receive a copy of the plasmid or will lose it during division. These non-plasmid-containing bacteria...while amp only affects the cell wall synthesis step during cell division. This is nifty because the recovery...it will induce mutations in the host/plasmid DNA during selection if it’s not completely bound up. While... -
CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line
TypeBlog Post...find out! Homology-directed repair and genome engineering The easiest way to make a knock-in cell line ...built-in repair pathway cells already have for repairing DNA double strand breaks – (HR). HR is the dominant..., H., Ren, S., Yu, S., Pan, H., et al. Methods favoring homology-directed repair choice in response to.... A. Enhanced homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery.... -
Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post...steps and outlined the considerations to be made during each step. Now that you know the basic principles...harsh - lipids and soluble proteins can be lost during fixation with these chemicals, which impacts sample...and attention. * There are other methods for recovering epitope availability following cross-linking ...Immunofluorescence Staining. Methods in Molecular Biology. Springer New York, pp 299–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog Post...minigenome system Similar to other RNA viruses, EBOV brings its own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase into the infected...partially control expression levels of each gene by altering the amount transfected (see Technical Tips). Minigenome...changing the minigenome cis-acting sequences and monitoring effects on genome replication and transcription...strand RNA viruses: The power of reverse genetics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. 1-41. PubMed PMID:15298166... -
Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems
TypeBlog Post...eukaryotic transcriptional activation and cell biology. During this period, proteins were successfully expressed... own, but, if the two POI’s interact, this will bring the POI-TA fusion (commonly referred to as the “.... Lowered expression levels will increase the stringency of your binding. And most importantly: Independently...Ptashne, M. A eukaryotic transcriptional activator bearing the DNA specificity of a prokaryotic repressor....