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  1. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    .... Viral vectors undergo DNA rearrangements. Depending on the composition of the viral vector and the ... researchers prefer to store freshly harvested virus at 4 °C instead of storing it briefly at -80 °C. ...of a recombinant adenoviral vector: optimization of conditions for storage, transport and delivery." Japanese...about Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources on the Addgene.org Check out Our Viral Vector Guide Pages ...perform complex biological tasks, both of which are factors in the technical challenges they can present. Many... one point or another. After amplifying a viral vector, collecting virus, and transducing target cells...the repeat sequences present in the LTR, the vector may undergo genomic rearrangements during replication...
  2. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    ... space is the Victoria Makerspace in Canada, which I belong to. The team at the Victoria Makerspace is..., we intend to focus on motor neuron knockouts so that we can perturb factors related to worm motion. ...student and then instructor at Singularity University at NASA Ames, and an instructor at Biocurious.org...was contributed by Derek Jacoby from Makerspace Victoria, CA Over the decades science has become increasingly... of a bigger movement in a variety of research sectors to provide open source technologies and spaces ... are constantly moving so we need good ways to monitor and track them. We have a number of microscopes...instance, we use a mutant known as CX51 that exhibits motor defects above 25 degrees. Computer scientists and...
  3. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ...counterselection vector is the pDS132 sacB-based allelic exchange vector. This vector contains sacB, an...This post was contributed by Jacob Lazarus, a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. There’s an astounding...selecting for an antibiotic resistance marker from the vector (abR, Figure 1). The resolution step (“double crossover...leads to the desired mutation and excision of the vector backbone. This step requires “counter-selection...colonies isolated are those where the allelic exchange vector has undergone single crossover and integrated into...recombineering (Khetrapal et al., 2015). They created vectors for Lambda Red that contained one of eight bacterial...aeruginosa. These toxins were a mix of Type VI secreted effector toxins, toxin-antitoxin type toxins, and phage...
  4. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    ... to be nice, the mentor fails to effectively mentor the underrepresented - the mentor over praised and...received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced...to your peers and other mentors who can help you. You Can Talk to Your Editors I wish I had been more...well-meaning mentors often fail to judge the work of underrepresented groups under their mentorship with the...research community to develop a plan to make postdoctoral pay/benefits commensurate with work training...image below). Slide of information gathered by Postdoctoral Associations around Boston - From Panel Session... staff scientists. This results in a glut of postdoctoral trainees who, even though they are aware that...
  5. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    ...This also means that between two types, the Cas effector may have the same name but be completely different... understand. Classes are based on the main Cas effector; types are based on main function and composition...Class 2. Class 1 CRISPR systems use multi-Cas effectors, referred to as Cascade (CRISPR-associated complex...complexes, while Class 2 use single protein Cas effectors, like Cas9. The Cascade complex doesn’t usually...specific CRISPR type but often recruits the main effector complex after binding to a target. Class 1 is ...the lab. This can be attributed to the multi-Cas effector, Cascade. Developing tools using a Cascade complex...the CRISPR types and is thought to be the common ancestor of all other CRISPR systems. Type III systems ...
  6. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    ...Interaction with receptors: Understanding how fluorescent dyes interact with specific receptors is key, especially...especially for G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Mutations in receptor sites can affect the fluorescence...Throughout their history, fluorescent dyes have enabled the visualization of both organic tissues and... intensity during exposure to light, is another factor to consider. If your application requires longer...exposure, you’ll want a more photostable fluorophore. Factors such as exciting the fluorophore at peak wavelength...It's important to consider how dyes can influence receptor conformation and signaling activity​​ (Sridharan...varying degrees of β-arrestin-2 recruitment to receptors, indicating their agonistic nature. The potency...
  7. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    ... to all of our generous, sharing depositors. Over 3,000 laboratories are sharing plasmids (with 16 labs...sponsored the capital construction of our new BL2+ laboratory and the infrastructure capabilities to produce...currently sharing viral preps) through the Addgene repository. Without these scientists and the support of ...blessed to have an incredibly supportive Board of Directors at Addgene. Our Board helps keep our focus on ...helping thousands of sharing scientists from laboratories all over the world. With this reach and exposure...new team to push this project forward. The viral vector project team develops methods, performs extensive...generates  educational materials, and provides viral vector technical service (details about virus production...
  8. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    ...different assays, not just transcription factors. The second vector is a homology directed repair donor plasmid...system is so flexible. Other investigators can easily adapt these vectors for use with their favorite ...in Huntsville explains it, a major goal in his laboratory is to understand the function of the non-coding...focused considerable attention on transcription factors, starting with an established method called ChIP-seq...antibodies to recognize and bind transcription factors directly, but that’s a slow-going process and it...effort to track down every last one of those gene regulatory proteins and the places in the genome where they...is to look at all 1,500 or 1,600 transcription factors and figure out where they bind to the genome. We...
  9. Antibody Production

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    ...antibodies (rAb) encoded by mammalian expression vectors, human embryonic kidney cells are transfected with...Neuromab Protocols (Link opens in a new window) page. Storage and Shipping Stability Addgene does not recommend... suggests preparing single-use aliquots before storing at -20 °C. Each antibody catalog item is tested...some of our other resources to help you choose, store, or use your antibody. Antibody Blog Posts Recipient...
  10. Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools

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    ...controlled transcription factor and a ZIF268/progesterone controlled transcription factor as well as reporters...transcription factors in series and independently changes inducer levels. That is, if transcription factor 1 controls...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles... to drug inhibition, with TRIM-away targeting of mTOR producing similar results to rapamycin inhibition... super-resolution microscopy.” Endosomes are historically difficult to study in living cells using conventional...the Hell lab designed their super-resolution pH indicators (SRpHi) biosensors to meet all of them. These...Ford Listen to the Synthetic Yeast Transcription Factors Podcast Segment Researchers from the El-Samad lab...
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