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TypeBlog Post... by geneticists to study gene function. In this final installment, I’ll provide a brief introduction as...transgenes in different loci allows for genetic recombination so that the transgenes can be inherited on the...Engineering Posts Use FLEx Vectors for Site-Specific Recombination Resources at Addgene.org Browse Drosophila...
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Hot Plasmids - May 2022
TypeBlog Post...method (M-CREATE) by: Brian O'Neill The Viviana Gradinaru Lab has previously developed the multiplexed version...mutations. These plasmids contain catalytically inactive dCas9 and microbial SSAPs (dCas9-SSAP) which insert...specific transcription response element (TRE) or kinase translocation reporters (KTRs). Find visual barcode... -
AAV Q&A with Tim Miles
TypeBlog Post...Did you catch our April AAV webinar with Tim Miles, PhD, Director of the CLOVER Center at CalTech? If...are sold in packages of 10…) If you missed the webinar, you can watch the presentation and Q&A session...recent review. And that's a wrap on our AAV webinar! Special thanks to our panel of experts, Tim Miles... -
Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?
TypeBlog Post...support the community in developing better, more sustainable, easily sharable products. Open-Source Microscopy...makerspace networks and training users via workshops, seminars, or hackathons greatly increases accessibility...brings stronger networking across laboratory and disciplinary boundaries and can allow for innovative organizations... -
A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein
TypeBlog Post...since it is impossible to check all possible combinations of biology and equipment. Because the performance...(Goedhart et al, 2011) allows for a precise determination of brightness in cells, under realistic experimental...fluorescent protein in the host cell, which is a key determinant of the practical brightness. Therefore, practical... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog Post...s ability to process its own pre-crRNA arrays eliminates the need to include multiple promoters to drive...processing, i.e. tRNAs or Csy4 cleavage sites. This eliminates bulk from crRNA expression plasmids resulting...crRNA array (bolded red arrow). This undoes the original reversing of the direct repeats, leading to expression... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog Post... approach, and conclusions (see above). Keep original files in a separate folder: You will often use...for a single use, save the script as originalName_descriptionOfEdit in the same directory where it was ...that was temporarily used. Just be sure that the original code remains in tact! Take notes Comment in ... -
Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs
TypeBlog Post...insert targeted mutations through homologous recombination. To further increase the utility of CRISPR/Cas9...containing the RNA pol III promoter, gRNA and pol III terminator. These relatively large cassettes (considering...Size is also a factor; the pol lll promoter and terminator need be encoded only once, and each <200 bp tRNA-gRNA... -
Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ
TypeBlog Post...ligation assay (PLA). The clever combination of FUNCAT and PLA PLA was originally published by the Söderberg...16590564. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC222790. 6. Buxbaum, Adina R., Bin Wu, and Robert H. Singer. "Single β-actin... -
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards
TypeBlog Post...played enormous roles in the development and dissemination of fluorescent protein tools. This year, we’...creates a painful sensation. The dorsal horn of the spinal cord is the first site of sensory input from our... the dual virus expression in CR neurons of the spinal cord. Created with BioRender.com. Image from Haoyi... -
Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR
TypeBlog Post...questions the conclusion of inter-homologue recombination was released. This blog has not been updated...al. were interested in correcting an autosomal dominant mutation in MYBPC3 that leads to hypertrophic ...embryos to find those that do not carry a given dominant disease-causing gene, or that carry only one copy... -
CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
TypeBlog Post... deletions. Cas12a – The staggered cutter Originally classified as Cpf1, Cas12’s primary difference...Another similarity to Cas12a is that Cas14 also indiscriminately cleaves non-complementary ssDNA when engaged... the genome. Cas13, similar to Cas14, also indiscriminately cleaves ssRNA when engaged at its RNA target... -
Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog Post...or awaiting a final publication in a journal. Preprints can be one tool in a combination of strategies... Addgene ID for their deposited plasmids in the final journal publication or an updated preprint, further... -
The time and cost required to make a plasmid
TypeBlog Post...This post was originally written by Jennifer Tsang and updated by Rachel Leeson. Have you ever wondered...cloning, waiting, and repeating before you can finally dive deep into generating the data you’re excited...cost $155.25 in reagents and consumables today. Finally, this doesn’t account for the most valuable component... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog Post...time). Other illumination strategies, such as 2-photon-excitation, selective plane illumination, TIRF or ...experiments on a single day on a stable system. A final piece of advice is to measure the excitation power... -
CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization
TypeBlog Post...yellow, or magenta, depending on the hairpin combination bringing the total number of individual colors...Adding an additional hairpin/fluorescent protein combination, for example, with a far-red FP, would increase...15! They also envision using CRISPRainbow in combination with gene editing. CRISPRainbow requires very... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog Post...available (below). However, on November 22nd a preliminary injunction against the FLSA updates was granted...inconsistencies across geographical regions When we originally started gathering this information, many assumed...to pursue academic work, and to enhance the sustainability of the scientific enterprise by reducing the... -
New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library
TypeBlog Post...drug discovery process.” The ClonTracer library originally came about as Bhang and co-workers were trying...treatment process. The authors went on to show that combination treatment with multiple drugs reveals even smaller...heterogeneity to drug discovery and the development of combination therapies. References 1. Hyo-eun, C. ... -
Lab Automation at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...is ideal because it eliminates the potential of human error or cross contamination between samples. With... Shannon Rinaldi... -
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog Post...immunogenic profile. AAV was first discovered as a contaminant of adenovirus preparations. It is an icosahedral...untreatable until 2008. Following a single dose of subretinal administration of rAAV2 carrying the human gene... responses to adeno-associated virus and its recombinant vectors." Gene therapy 10.11 (2003): 964-976....