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  1. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...Colorful CRISPR technologies are helping researchers visualize the genome and its organization within...low resolution and can’t be used in vivo. Some researchers have used fluorescently tagged DNA-binding proteins...CRISPR. Early CRISPR labeling techniques allowed researchers to visualize nearly any single genomic locus,...
  2. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    ...recently identified Cas12f systems from uncultivated archaea are much smaller and would be ideal for such AAV...system (CasMINI) engineered from the uncultivated archaea Cas12f (Un1Cas12f1, or Cas14a1) system. The CasMINI...editing efficiency. The lab also optimized the architecture and amino acid sequence of the prime editor,...
  3. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    ...of the different steps in RNA extraction. Researchers at the NIH in the mid 1980’s set out to develop...with chloroform as in the above no-kit method.  Researchers have also developed ways to “stabilize” RNA within...gene expression. There are several things that researchers can do to combat this issue. First and foremost...
  4. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    ... long tenure at Addgene. I would work with our research team and software engineers to update our Lab ...engineer that you want the LIMS software to create a barcode for your plate, you will get in trouble if you ...given container Whether or not the container was barcoded (this is pretty Addgene specific) The types or...
  5. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    ...out plenty of roles just the way they are, the research antibodies in your refrigerator often need a little...are kind of hard to see. To solve this issue, researchers conjugate various labels to antibodies that produce...conjugation, which is commonly used for labeling research antibodies. Lysine residues are found throughout...
  6. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    ...as part of its natural viral life-cycle, and researchers have adapted the components for use in genome...-lox? The Cre/lox system is a well-established research tool, especially in the field of mouse transgenics...parallel. Have you used the Cre-lox system in your research? Do you have any tips or tricks, or clever cre-dependent...
  7. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    ... the reagents available at Addgene come from researchers, and the vast majority of our plasmids and pooled...it, there’s a reason nearly 70% of all internet searches are done via Google. The “Let me Google that for...questions, consider using Google Scholar, which searches scientific articles, patents, and even some doctoral...
  8. Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo

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    ...CRISPR toolbox. When Cpf1 was first discovered, researchers wondered if it could overcome some of Cas9’s ...templates should remove the PAM sequence. Many research and clinical applications require HDR over NHEJ...possibility has not been experimentally confirmed. Researchers have also not yet characterized the potential...
  9. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ..., Doxzen KW, Ma E, Liu J-J, Knott GJ, Edraki A, Garcia B, Amrani N, Chen JS, Cofsky JC, Kranzusch PJ, .../10.3390/v10120695 Pawluk A, Amrani N, Zhang Y, Garcia B, Hidalgo-Reyes Y, Lee J, Edraki A, Shah M, Sontheimer... on Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Interested in light-inducible Cas9 activity? Check...
  10. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    ... doesn’t mean you’ve failed. “I got a job as a research assistant in a lab at the university that I went...choice, but by circumstance. She was working as a research and technical assistant, when her life changed...often under a lot of pressure to publish their research and are not so keen on sharing their results in...
  11. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    ...provide researchers with useful and adaptable tools to perform basic and preclinical research. For scientists...Inbred and outbred strains Mouse strains used in research can fall under one of two broad classifications...
  12. Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)

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    ... pretty good. We started doing extracurricular research on some of them to see how feasible they were,... for us? After about a month of discussion and research and lots of conversation, we hit upon the idea... They invested in us this summer – $30,000 for research and another $30,000 in mentorship and business...
  13. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    ...d like to modify. To tackle the PAM problem, researchers have engineered alternative Cas9s binding distinct...this case, NNGRRT and NNNNGATT, respectively. Researchers also engineered SpCas9 variants with alternative...fused to third generation cytidine base editor architecture (BE3) slightly improves NGG PAM editing efficiency...
  14. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ...Jesse Bloom’s lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed a pooled plasmid library encompassing...plasmid encodes the mutated spike protein and a barcode, and is designed so that the SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD...encapsulating a single enzyme. Compared with previous research, which required protein compartments to co-localize...
  15. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    ...approach for treatment or prophylaxis of COVID-19. Researchers identified nanobodies that bind to coronavirus...sybody libraries in the form of mRNA for academic research. The template plasmids for generating your own...days. While the lab used this method for COVID-19 research, this protocol holds promise for developing treatments...
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