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  1. Antibody Production

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    ... undergo stringent quality control by Addgene or a trusted quality control partner before distribution...Addgene's antibody production methods and quality control processes for purified recombinant antibodies. ...production protocols, titering methods, and quality control are described below. Information for a specific...samples with >90% purity are distributed. Quality Control Each lot of antibody undergoes testing, either ...fluorescence pattern is compared to an untransfected control. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Tissue sections are...Protein expression is compared to an untransfected control and the protein size is confirmed. Residual Plasmid...testing for loss of potency against a non-treated control in one of its recommended assays. If an antibody...
  2. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...104–105 signal intensity. If your samples and controls were processed the same way, the GFP- population...population should overlap with the negative control population (Figure 1). Based on where the GFP- population... Example of yes-no flow plot of the (negative) control (left) or with the sample (right). Negative and...biorender.com. Pro tip! If your samples and control underwent different treatment processes, you may... population, so it no longer overlaps with the control. In tricky experiments, these populations may overlap...positions to the base expression. When compared to the control — which should be base expression — a peak to the...comparable expression to the baseline/negative control. You can see how it is easier to visualize these...
  3. Export Control Regulations Lifted for Plasmids Containing Rabies and VSV-G Genes

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    ...plasmids. This is because in 2024 certain export control exceptions were made by the US Bureau of Industry...Industry and Security, pursuant to the international controls prescribed by the Australia Group, for these plasmids...researchers in countries with applicable export control exceptions for rabies and VSV-G genes, plasmids...strive to keep our information updated, export controls and regulations are complex and may change suddenly...
  4. Viral Production

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    ...Production Titer Quality Control Resources Lentivirus Production Titer Quality Control Resources Overview of...subunit (RPP30) as a control for normalization purposes are being used. Quality Control Mycoplasma The 293T...Addgene's viral production methods and quality control for lentivirus and AAV. Viral...virus preps are titered and subjected to quality control by Addgene before being distributed to customers...production protocols, titering methods, and quality control are described below. AAV Production AAV distributed...probes targeting the ITR elements and an internal control of known titer (protocol modified from Lock et ...performed by droplet digital PCR (ddPCR). Quality Control Addgene ensures high quality viral vectors by optimizing...
  5. Let There Be LITE Plasmids

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    ...populations. They demonstrated use of the LITEs to control gene expression in mouse neurons and in the brains...both quickly and significantly. Genes under LITE control showed a rise in transcription in as little as ...after light stimulation. Under those optogenetic controls, gene expression levels reliably increased in ...to establish it as “a novel mode of optogenetic control of endogenous cellular processes." The LITE system... Reference: Silvana Konermann et al. "Optical control of mammalian endogenous transcription and epigenetic...
  6. Antibody Guide

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    ...negative control. The negative control may be a no-antibody control in which a sample is processed without ...standard curve can serve as the positive control); and a negative control, a sample known not to contain your...interest. The negative control should be biological (no protein expressed), which controls for your antibody...fragmentation of the DNA. Controls for capture methods Capture methods should use a positive control and a negative...addition to the control used in standard IP, ChIP should additionally use a beads-only control which runs ...the machine. Controls for cell sorting methods Flow cytometry requires a negative control, a small subset...basic steps needed for each application, important controls, and any special considerations to think about...
  7. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    ...negative control, and a weak signal has a longer exposure time closer to the negative control. Reproducibility...specificity and exposure time. We first have a negative control which does not have primary and only contains secondary...background noise. We then compare the negative control to a sample with the primary included to confirm...If the sample images similarly to the negative control, that informs us that the primary antibody is very...binding. If the sample differs from the negative control, such as showing a very bright signal only in the...time of the primary antibody compared to negative control also determines the signal’s strength. Exposure...your sample to. For example, we use our negative control to compare exposure times of our samples. A prominent...
  8. Deep Dive: Statistical Tests (Comparisons)

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    ...high false positives. Control vs. all samples Oftentimes there exists a control group and multiple experimental...significantly greater or lesser than the mean of a control group. If you only care if one group is different... want to measure if a sample is greater than a control), then a one-tailed test is suitable. Of course...subjects or populations (a treatment group vs. a control group), on the other hand, should be analyzed with...group being compared to a standard value (not a control group). This situation is best served by a one-...can test three or more groups (two samples and a control, for example) simultaneously, with up to two independent...these tests from ANOVA/MANOVAs. Quantifying and controlling for any covariance between manipulated independent...
  9. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    ...system along with precisely truncated attP sites to control recombination of the gene construct. A predictable...gene. Effector genes, any gene that you want to control the expression of using the SPARC system. The effector...rest of the SPARC components and expression is controlled by the upstream recombination outcome. Find ...Find SPARC plasmids at Addgene To more precisely control the amount of labeling, you can alter the attP site...effector position, as well as to optogenetically control the depolarization of R2 neurons using CsChrimson...genome engineering in flies Learn more about controlling gene expression in flies Resources on Addgene.org...
  10. Tetracycline Inducible Expression

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    ...and repressible promoters are powerful tools to control gene expression and study biological targets. The...popular choices for rapid, efficient, and reversible control of gene expression in eukaryotes. To avoid secondary... While TetR and tet O could be a basic tool to control gene expression, the system has been engineered... TRE: Tet response element; tTA: tetracycline-controlled transactivator (fusion of TetR with VP16 transcriptional...activation domain); rtTA: reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator (fusion of mutated TetR with VP16...advance was the Tet-Off system. A tetracycline-controlled transactivator (tTA) was created by fusing TetR...presence of tetracycline. A new reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator (rtTA) was created by fusing rTetR...
  11. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    ...highest quality, we undertake a rigorous quality control process. In 2016, we launched our viral service...our scientists perform all the standard quality control assays for AAVs. These steps include measuring ...Addgene is also conducting more rigorous quality control, including next generation sequencing (NGS) of ...VGS). Why should you care about viral quality control? AAV vectors are produced by scientists - not robots...Lecomte et al., 2015). This higher level of quality control is recommended but not yet required for clinical-grade...addgene.org to answer your questions about our quality control process! The images in this blog post were created...2011) Vector Characterization Methods for Quality Control Testing of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses...
  12. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    ...opposed to ordering control mice from a stock center. This serves as a better control since the experimental...knockout lines and Cre-lox lines, and how to properly control for genetically engineered mice in your experiment...not a waste. Best practice is to use littermate controls in your experiment - use mice that were bred in...experimental and control mice will have been raised in the same environment and will harbor similar epigenetic... in a tissue-specific manner (with expression controlled by a tissue-specific promoter). And, Cre may ...result of recombination at the floxed site, your control should be littermates that express Cre but not ...
  13. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    ...Promoters control the binding of RNA polymerase and transcription factors. Since the promoter region ...promoters can be regulated via positive or negative control. Positive Repressible: An activator protein is ...pJKR-H-tetR from the Church lab uses this system to control expression of GFP.)  To turn this inducible system...system, Gossen and Bujard created the tetracycline-controlled transactivator (tTA). They fused TetR with the...interest to be expressed. These permit exquisite control of gene expression and tracing of gene expression...that sometimes it is necessary or desirable to control or look at multiple genes at the same time.  The... genetic analysis in Drosophila or for precise control over multiple genes in synthetic systems. Recent...
  14. Optogenetics Plasmid Collection

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    ...Optogenetics plasmids encode proteins that are controlled by light. Many of these plasmids encode for microbial...the cell. When using these opsins as a tool to control neuronal activity, scientists generally attach ...localization. Many other types of proteins can also be controlled by light, generally by utilizing a light sensitive...fusions can then be used as an optical switch to control protein interactions, dimerization, localization...the table below for plasmids that use light to control a protein or cellular activity. For example, search...
  15. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    ... of a magnetoresponsive fluorescent protein. Controlling an optogenetic or fluorescent tool with magnets... 2016), and some previous attempts at magnetic control of biological systems (Wheeler et al., 2016; Duret...T., York, A. G., Ingaramo, M. (2024). Magnetic control of the brightness of fluorescent proteins. Zenodo...Güler, A. D. (2016). Genetically targeted magnetic control of the nervous system. Nature Neuroscience, 19(...
  16. Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli

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    ... to neuroscience. In fact, precise light-based control of biological processes is highly useful in other... to be optimized by Tabor’s lab, making light-controlled gene expression in E. coli easier and more robust...engineered to deliver precise, consistent, and controllable pulses of light. Complicated patterns of light...new pathways with sophisticated gene expression controls. Most cell types do not respond to low-intensity...two systems can be coexpressed for sophisticated control of gene expression. An E. coli light-sensitive...from this publication at Addgene. Multichromatic control of gene expression in Escherichia coli. Tabor JJ...
  17. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ...video making.   Cycle One: The Ironing Board Control Center With the pandemic in full swing and everyone...Ironing boards. Good as a WFH desk, and as a video control center.   Cycle 2: Zooming Forward Design: ...me to set up a camera in a room, but still have control over focus, zoom, stop/start record, and allow ...focus system. Follow focus systems allow you to control the focus or zoom on a camera lens without having...door (connected via bluetooth to the camera, to control some basic functions, including starting and stopping... complete with wireless video receiver, camera control, and extra hand sanitizer.    Cycle 4: Venturing...mount a battery to it if necessary. I could still control the camera from a distance if I needed to be close...
  18. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    ... APC control, with APC and APC-CY7 plotted against each other. Since it is a single-color control, you...example with single color control. Flow plots showing an APC single-color control sample before (A) and after...recommended to start compensating with single-color controls before moving onto your experimental samples. ...samples without needing to use your single-color controls as a starting point. Applying compensation to ...experimental samples as they did with your single control samples: if the population needs to be shifted ...
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