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... the types of viruses used as biological tools.   Viruses as biological tools In nature, viruses infect... why viruses are such wonderful scientific and medical tools. As scientists, we can manipulate what this...effectively infect a wide range of cell types that are typically ‘difficult to transfect’, such as primary cells...with whole organisms. Finally, viral delivery is typically straightforward across applications, while electroporation... cells. They accomplish this through nuclear localization signals which can traffic their viral particles...Packaging Capacity (~4.5kb From basic science to clinical applications, viruses are true bench to bedside...

...background, which means that each mouse is genetically identical and all mice of the strain are homozygous...create a limited but genetically diverse gene pool. Outbred strains are strategically bred to maintain maximum...using the same nuclease may not result in genetically identical mice. Thus, scientists must genotype each...organism used to understand mammalian traits and genetically engineered mouse models provide researchers with...useful and adaptable tools to perform basic and preclinical research. For scientists new to using mouse models...) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Swiss. Genetically engineered mice Mice can be engineered by inserting...into a blastocyst. There are several types of genetically engineered mice: transgenic mice, knockout mice...

...from University of Calgary. Over the past few decades, genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) ...response to calcium, which is more than just the stuff that makes bones strong; it plays critical roles in...}   Abhi Aggarwal is a medical student at the University of Calgary and a research associate with...Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor A Practical Approach to...and cell signaling throughout the body. Because calcium levels change rapidly during neuronal activity,...our toolbox, our team recently developed a new calcium indicator, OCaMP. The challenge: Expanding the ...from FPbase.org. Scientists have developed calcium indicators spanning nearly the entire visible spectrum...

...Here, we will explain how practical brightness is determined and why practical brightness is a better criterion...criterion than theoretical brightness for selecting the brightest fluorescent protein. Theoretical brightness...quantum yield (QY) respectively. The theoretical brightness is calculated by multiplying EC by QY (EC*QY, ...higher the number, the higher the theoretical brightness. The theoretical brightness often appears in tables...proteins based on their practical brightness in your experimental set up. The practical brightness takes all...same reference protein) under identical conditions, a ranking of the practical brightness can be made (Goedhart...which is a key determinant of the practical brightness. Therefore, practical brightness provides a better ...

...SPARC to image the calcium response in the dendrites of T5 neurons by placing the calcium indicator GCaMP6f...researchers to label just a fraction of a single genetically-defined subset of cells. By labeling fewer cells...While transgenic animals are commonly used to specifically manipulate a cell type of interest in an organism...Drosophila require heat-shocking the system or using chemical inducers of gene expression (del Valle Rodríguez...cells are not labeled. PhiC31, a recombinase. It specifically integrates an attP site into an attB site. In...intermediate (d), and sparse (e) labeling of the calcium indicator, GCaMP6f, in the Drosophila optic lobe...GCaMP6f in the effector position, as well as to optogenetically control the depolarization of R2 neurons using...

...about Julie Cicalese  Ms. Cicalese served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Harvard Medical School ...excited to welcome Julie Cicalese to the Addgene Board of Directors. Cicalese served as the Chief Human...Human Resource Officer for Harvard Medical School. The addition of Cicalese to the Board of Directors brings...When I was working in Human Resources at Harvard Medical School, Joanna was my colleague. She mentioned ... science but my prior HR experience at Harvard Medical School means I understand the needs of scientists...Resources Association, Association of American Medical Colleges and the Society for Human Resource Management...

...expected when we originally sent out the call for applications. Cervical cancer screening in Ghana Gladys is... she can use as positive controls in PCR-based cervical cancer screens. This third grant represents the...is currently working to enhance cervical cancer screening in Ghana. While pap smears and visual tests ...Papillomavirus (HPV). As Gladys wrote in her application, “Cervical Cancer is the leading cause of cancer related ...in other developing countries” and “Almost all cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection of ...controls To start her work, Gladys will improve cervical cancer screening for a limited group of Ghanaian...including PCR screening for HR HPV alongside the cytological tests currently in use. Gladys will use plasmids...

...Addgene can be found on our Contact page. You’ve called. You’ve emailed. And Addgene has been there to ...plasmid questions. But until now, you’ve always had to call the United States - Cambridge, MA to be exact. Today...collaboration with LGC Standards. And now you’ll be able to call us - Benoit Giquel and Emma Markham - the newest...the University of London and the University of California, specialising in Molecular Biology. She has worked...Genetics. Since then she has worked in the the UK, California, Africa, and Australia, viewing science as a ...   Europe, we are all geared up to answer your calls, emails, or maybe even visit your lab! We look forward...

...to mentors, virtual and local professional development, membership to a local hub of educators teaching...Hypotheses in a Malate Dehydrogenase Oriented CURE. Callahan KP et al. CourseSource. 2022 Jan 14. DOI: 10.24918...Learning Gains and Positive STEM Attitudes in CUREs. Callahan KP et al. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2022 Dec;21(4):ar74...

...monoclonal antibodies with high specificity for critical axon guidance signaling proteins and growth cone...high-confidence targeting of proteins that have historically been difficult to identify and interrogate with...formation, neural connectivity, plasticity and neurological disorders. The initial collection includes antibodies...common epitope tags to help purify, detect, or localize particular proteins. Browse or search the table...

...vectors are popular for making stable cell lines or clinical use. Adenoviral Vector Guide | Adenoviral Plasmids...induce a strong immunogenic response, useful for clinical applications as vaccines. Selecting a Viral Vector... research goals. For example, AAV vectors are typically preferred for in vivo studies because of their...viral genome. Therefore, viruses used in research typically do not have the ability to propagate in the same...

...powerful tools to control gene expression and study biological targets. The tetracycline (tet) system is one...improvements. A synthetic Tet Response Element (TRE) typically features seven copies of tet O upstream of a minimal...or dox-dependent promoters (sometimes generally called pTet) have been designed by combining tet O sequences... to a reverse Tet repressor, or rTetR, which specifically binds the TRE in the presence of tetracycline...safe harbor site, for iPSC differentiation into cortical neurons Michael Ward 100798 pAAV-syn-FLEX-splitTVA-EGFP-tTA...

...recent paper from Ed Callaway’s lab (Fischer, KB. 2019) set-out to systematically test the potential causes... was not present (Kuhlman, SK. 2008). While theoretically this strategy should work, these vectors suffered...expression.  As such, researchers developed new tools called FLEx/DIO vectors where the transgene is floxed ...conditions used to minimize recombination that are typically employed during viral plasmid amplification (Fischer... the researcher's system before beginning large scale experiments. This will help to ensure the accuracy...doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02213-17 Fischer KB, Collins HK, Callaway EM (2019) Sources of off-target expression from...IR (2020) Monosynaptic Tracing Success Depends Critically on Helper Virus Concentrations. Front Synaptic...

... you to do customized genetic modification on a scale that was really not possible before,” said the Broad... matter of a few days. Their library, which they call GeCKO, targets 18,080 human genes with 64,751 unique...aimed for 300 cells per construct, but in some biological systems one “might need larger numbers.” Further...Lander ES. Science. 2013 Dec 12. (PubMed). Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells. Shalem...

...opportunity to study it and see what happens when technological change happens really fast,” Thompson says. ... groups have generated robust tools that have practical applications in monitoring the accidental or intentional...essential and complementary tools in a time where biological engineering and synthetic biology is expanding...

...while the wet-lab resources, like constructs or biological material, can be deposited in the specific repositories...

...deposited plasmids include: Joan Brugge , Harvard Medical School Klaus Hahn , UNC Richard Hynes , MIT Rick...University of Virginia Denise Montell , University of California, Santa Barbara Martin Schwartz , Yale University...University of Illinois Ron Vale , University of California, San Francisco Browse Plasmids ID Plasmid Gene...

...bacteria as model systems to answer many interesting biological questions. Escherichia coli is the most widely...enterokinase, thrombin Signal peptides for periplasmic localization: PelB, MalE, OmpA ID Plasmid Promoter Tags PI...purification tag combinations, including PelB tags for localization to the periplasm. The pCri System (Addgene #1000000058...protein of interest fused to FPs and monitor their localization in live cells. ID Plasmid Tags PI Additional...

...epigenetic modifications, researchers have fused catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) to epigenetic modifiers. Common...and H3K9 methylation Epigenetic modification is typically targeted to a specific promoter or enhancer for...interference technologies also indirectly modify local chromatin state. Figure 1: Overview of epigenetic...

...small biomolecules or other physiological intracellular processes with genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors...biosensors. Subcellular Localization Visualize organelles and subcellular structures with well-characterized...