...Networking 101-Building Relationships for Success”. Choose 1-2 tactics to try. One of my favorites is making the...mentoring questions I set out to answer. First, I will describe some of the many ways you can approach finding...Watch for my upcoming mentoring post in which I describe how to organize a successful peer mentoring circle...

...and CasPEDIA have got you covered!     Fig. 1 – CasPEDIA Cas ID display information for a given ... is also documented. Experimental design When you are in the design phase of your experimental planning...CasPEDIA is an online, searchable resource that provides summary information on Class 2 Cas enzymes. The...The information is organized in wiki format and includes biochemical properties, previously established...relevant resources The homepage displays a graphic describing CasIDs and relevant properties of Cas enzymes...What other RNA components are required? CasPEDIA provides information on crRNA and tracrRNA requirements... also show you how multiplexed arrays would be designed, if that’s your end goal. CasPEDIA also features...

...into the genome of mammalian cells.  Figure 1: The SRIRACCHA reporter construct. Image from Wen ...created SRIRACCHA in 2017 to enrich and identify desired CRISPR mutants (Wen et al., 2018). SRIRACCHA uses...constructs for the reporter to work and to make the desired genome edit:  A donor plasmid that contains a ...OH-T and doxycycline. A gRNA that targets your desired gene (whose sequence is also found in the reporter...well. The ratio of RFP to GFP expressing cells provides a real-time read out of Cas9 activity.  By using...integrated GFP reporter leaving you with just your desired genomic edit.  Find SRIRACCHA plasmids at Addgene...DSB is repaired by NHEJ which depending on the nucleotides inserted or deleted, can result in an in-frame...

...accessible to practically everyone.     Fig. 1: Open source hardware builds   Since I started...provide the construction plans or CAD (computer aided design) drawings of their devices, which makes it very...has allowed the community to regularly replicate designs worldwide. Distributing hardware via globally established...similar way to the biological protocol, and assembly designs based around the use of commercially available ...users outside the project to modify the raw and design files, allowing the device to take on a community-driven...of work from universities and research centers provides a potential conflict between traditional IP-based...

...sites that were previously unavailable. Figure 1: The PAM sequence that the Cas nuclease recognizes...Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 described the PAM specificity of Cas9s isolated from different..., and NGCG). Since then, the Osamu Nureki Lab described a rationally engineered Cas9, SpCas9-NG, which...Nishimasu et al., 2018). The David Liu Lab similarly described xCas9, which displayed the ability to target multiple... also high off-target activity, which may be undesirable in many applications. At the time of our first...post on choosing a Cas9, the Feng Zhang Lab had described eSpCas9, while the Keith Joung Lab had developed...

...the output of the analysis performed in experiment 1. Use camelCase: In camelCase, each subsequent word...instance, your Desktop directory contains the folders and files that you see on your desktop. The location...immediately write a text document with a brief description of the directory contents, at a minimum. This...for a single use, save the script as originalName_descriptionOfEdit in the same directory where it was ...Your Next Experiment Find Our List of CRISPR gRNA Design Tools ...

...endogenous genes and it consists of three components: 1. A nucleolytically inactive Cas9-VP64 fusion; 2. A...first generation of CRISPR-Cas9 plasmids were not designed with gene activation in mind. “We had not managed...Konermann and her colleagues in Feng Zhang’s lab describe just such a system, which they call CRISPR/Cas9...from the structure to guide and improve activator design,” she said. “Before it was a little like tapping...instead of at the protein’s C terminus. With that new design in place, Konermann immediately saw an order of...consistency and validation with >80% effectively enriched guides per gene hit, and 100% validation of the top 10...

...medRxiv.org) in the past few years.   Fig. 1: Stand aside, CERN - it's a new age of accelerating...been common in fields like math and physics for decades (see: arXiv.org), but have been only adopted by...course, preprints don’t replace journals and other modes of scientific communication. Researchers often post...to receive deposits of plasmids that have been described in a preprint. In fact, over 1,500 plasmids in...Depositing plasmids that were used in a preprint provides all the same benefits as sharing those plasmids...resources on the Addgene blog Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication Intro to Our Summer SciComm Series...

... Effectors.” Cell (2018) pii: S0092-8674(18)30207-1. PubMed PMID: 29551272 Plasmids from this paper ...New work from Konermann et al. and Yan et al. describes new Cas13d enzymes that average only 2.8 kb in...Like other Cas13 enzymes, the Cas13d orthologs described in these papers can independently process their... high targeting efficiency, both of which are described below. Yan et al.: WYL-domain-containing accessory...produced very similar cleavage products even when guides were tiled across a target RNA, indicating that...

...Streptomyces (Cobb et al., 2015). pCRISPomyces-1 includes Cas9, a tracrRNA, and a CRISPR array, while pCRISPomyces...INTEGRATE consists of four major components including (1) a CRISPR RNA, (2) four proteins forming the QCascade...Marraffini’s lab took advantage of this lethality to design the first synthetic bacterial CRISPR system in ...gRNA cassette for plasmid curing through "self-destruction" after induction with L-rhamnose and aTet. CRMAGE...citrea scarless editing plasmids Sheng Yang’s lab describes a two-plasmid system that combines recombineering...editing efficiency, perhaps due to its condensed design. For both systems, custom spacers/gRNAs are easily...et al., 2013), the Qi lab employed a gRNA-based design more familiar to those using CRISPR in eukaryotes...

...vector-exosomes), exosome AAVs, or exo-AAVs (Figure 1). The researchers discovered that these particles ...producer cells and purification protocols often describe a process that begins with cell lysis to release...

...instead conveniently provide them on your smart phone. 1. Lab Archives by LabArchives The single, most important...with NEB enzymes, the app is quite helpful and provides a list of directions including which buffers to...

...through the use of nanoparticles. [6].    References 1. Zhang B. 2021. “CRISPR/Cas gene therapy.” Journal...ability to influence editing efficiency. In 2022, despite the increasing effectiveness of CRISPR/Cas9, scientists...

...pitfalls? Here's what you need to know.   Figure 1: Management can seem a mystery at first! Image used...focusing on molecular biology and metabolism. He now guides fellow PhDs in their careers with actionable steps...

...challenges involved in plant synthetic biology. Challenge #1: Public perception of synthetic biology One of the...have been a model organism for plant research for decades, and the biochemical pathways involved in central...

...region: IgM, IgD, IgG, IgE, and IgA.    Figure 1: Diagram of an antibody labeled with Fc, Fab, heavy...molecules are recruited by the antibody to help destroy and remove a pathogen. Different isotypes also ...well as the genes that encode those proteins are designated by the lower-case Greek letters μ, δ, γ, ε, and...

...guide outlines these components.     Fig. 1 - Viral vector components of retrovirus  Adeno-associated...promoter should flank this component as well. On both sides of this promoter-gene combo are two long terminal...Laboratory Press; 1997. Principles of Retroviral Vector Design. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books...

...non-canonical amino acid at the site of interest (figure 1). While the codon used is often one of the three stop...through a seminal paper from Peter Schultz’s lab describing a technique that allowed for intentional incorporation...reagents accessible to your lab. The solution GCE provides almost endless possibilities for researchers, ...

...advantage this cycle, consider the advice below:  1. Eligibility check Scrutinize every opportunity prior... such as citizenship status, academic year, and grades that serve as automated filters of consideration...and cover letter revised by your network, which includes your friends, family members, and professional...

...native peptide bond at the split site. Figure 1: The base editor is split into two plasmids and co-transfected...showing the potential for broad use. This kit is designed for use with acceptor vectors from the MoClo Toolkit...tracing Article contributed by Erin Sanders CreLite, designed by the Eisenhoffer lab, is a new tool that increases...