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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ...efficiently with adenovirus and AAV.   Table 1: Types of viruses and their features Choosing ...injections, or the location of a specific cell type doesn’t always lend itself to direct application of virus. ...addition of a helper virus or plasmid allows it to replicate episomally, essentially remaining an extrachromosomal...extrachromosomal part of the host genome that can replicate and divide along with the endogenous DNA. AAV also...gamma-retro viruses. This is large enough for many applications, but in some cases multiple AAVs (co-infection...and AAV. If you’re wondering more about what applications these viruses are good for, we have plenty of...Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery: Potential Applications for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies in the New...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    ...guide outlines these components.     Fig. 1 - Viral vector components of retrovirus  Adeno-associated...ITRs serve as a type of origin of replication to initiate replication of the dsDNA virus. Viral packaging...plasmid while the other plasmids with packaging or replication components are called helper plasmids. Below,... production, they can be helpful for certain applications and aid in ease of use. Our lentiviral guide...AAV are rep and cap. Rep is required for viral replication and also aids in infrequent genome integration...a helper plasmid and mediate efficient viral replication. More information on these viral genes is available...particles. E2A/E2B are responsible for viral replication, with E2B being the primary viral polymerase....
  3. GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible

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    ...non-canonical amino acid at the site of interest (figure 1). While the codon used is often one of the three stop... its function, mimic a biologically relevant modification, or add in fluorescent or chemically reactive...function relationships or, in more practical applications, allow a protein to be more effectively used... you do to any number of experiments with. The catch The rapid expansion of GCE led to the creation of... of many new tools and potential applications. But this focus on development, along with the inherent ...’t give it a try. Optimization Why is GCE so complicated? Well, while the techniques are straightforward...ligation through introducing ncAAs with protein modifications of interest or any of a huge variety of ncAAs...
  4. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...advice below:  1. Eligibility check Scrutinize every opportunity prior to starting an application to assess...your application a whole week before the deadline. The day of submission, review your application with... their dream.  To help students focus on the application process, and simplify access to academic resources... detailed. Beyond the resume, a cover letter communicates your interest in a specific program, and institution...February represent peak season for internship applications. Thus these noble individuals are inundated ... with a stellar letter of support.        5. Application submission  Set a calendar reminder for every...about outreach among low-income communities to educate parents about resources that can help their children...
  5. A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management

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    ...PM--Catch up. Finish any communications with my UK team members before they log off for the day. 1:45 ...getting to talk to so many different people! I communicate with customers, software developers, as well ...from interacting with others, and have strong communication skills to tailor your message to any type of... to solve is clear, but the solution is more complicated. You’ll need to be creative to be able to work...team in the UK is five hours ahead, so I’m always catching up in the morning! 9:00 AM--Technical implementation...out. 4:00 PM--Respond to customer help tickets. Catch up on customer help tickets, and respond when I ...technology, software, and science. She loves to advocate for the customer and help build software and technology...
  6. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    ...with each protein of interest.    Figure 1: The direct approach (left) versus the indirect approach... antibodies may be indicated on occasion, usually after other signal amplification techniques have been...IgG2 or IgG4. This can be important for some applications. Assay use While secondary antibodies are useful..., the flexibility of their use varies across applications. Western blots, for instance, almost always ...For the latter three, secondary antibodies are indicated when the protein of interest is found in low amounts...been ruled out.  Ease of access Signal amplification isn’t the only benefit of secondary antibodies. Finding...quantitative analysis of a sample. Instead, relative quantification can be done using either the direct or the ...
  7. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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    ...prove the technology. This transition takes around 1 – 2 years. The product is the measure of success...competitions. After much learning, the focus of the application was changed, but Sample6 still leverages the ...fit for this set of technologies, effectively communicating the advantages embodied, and driving the enterprise...He explained that entrepreneurs must clearly communicate their idea at various levels of complexity and...backgrounds how amazing their idea is. While communication styles in academia and industry vary drastically...biggest challenge during this time was learning to communicate effectively to non-scientific audiences. "There...for the company; this will help avoid future complications and potential conflicts that waste money and...
  8. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...native peptide bond at the split site. Figure 1: The base editor is split into two plasmids and co-transfected...voltage indicator Article contributed by Shreya Vedantam Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs)...fluorescent optics. Existing red fluorescent voltage indicators, however, fall short compared to GFP-based sensors...linker between them. The Ace-mScarlet voltage indicator works like many FRET-opsin GEVIs. With an increase...channelrhodopsins. Find the Ace-mScarlet voltage indicator plasmids at Addgene! Beck et al., Sci Report 2019...increasingly been recognized for its biotechnological applications including conversion of CO2 into water and electrical...the N-terminus of Cre (CreN) are fused to the truncated Phytochrome B (PhyBΔ) and the active protein binding...
  9. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...give these stabilized promoters a try. References 1. Segall-Shapiro, Thomas H., Eduardo D. Sontag, and...rounds of replication are initiated before the cell has divided. This means that genes located near the...problems. Rapidly dividing cells initiate genome replication more than once per cell division and thus, genes...genes closer to the origin of replication will be overrepresented compared to those further away. As a...maximal gene expression near genomic origins of replication, the stabilized promoters created by Segall-Shapiro...the control of IPTG. Because RepA is a plasmid replication initiator protein, they could alter copy number...
  10. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    ...methods to improve AAV production.     References 1.Clark, K. Reed. "Recent advances in recombinant adeno-associated... Protocols for Work with Virus Watch Our AAV Purification Video ...
  11. Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field

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    ...regarding what makes this group of researchers special: 1. Stem cell scientists care deeply about ethics Ethics... have profound impacts on the development of applications with the potential to save lives. While most...
  12. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    ... Effectors.” Cell (2018) pii: S0092-8674(18)30207-1. PubMed PMID: 29551272 Plasmids from this paper ...for pre-clinical and clinical applications of dCasRx. The identification of Type VI Cas13d enzymes is ...RspCas13d. RspWYL1 also increased EsCas13d activity, indicating that WYL domain-containing proteins may be broader...even when guides were tiled across a target RNA, indicating that this enzyme does not cleave at a predictable...target essentially any RNA in a cell. Since catalytically dead dCasRx maintains its RNA-binding properties...
  13. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    ...sites that were previously unavailable. Figure 1: The PAM sequence that the Cas nuclease recognizes...to generate a genomic alteration at a specific location, it must be accessible by Cas9. Our previous blog...off-target activity, which may be undesirable in many applications. At the time of our first blog post on choosing...CRISPR-Cas9 to increase its specificity." Nature communications 9.1 (2018): 3048. PubMed PMID: 30082838. PubMed...CRISPR-Cas12b for human genome editing." Nature communications 10.1 (2019): 212. PubMed PMID: 30670702. PubMed...
  14. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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    ...the output of the analysis performed in experiment 1. Use camelCase: In camelCase, each subsequent word..., specific goal for each analysis will help you locate relevant information in the future. Approach:...folders and files that you see on your desktop. The location of your master directory or folder for all of ...simple .txt document. Record the name, date, and location of all analyses (see above). Give every experiment.... She is particularly interested in science communication and epigenetics. Follow her on twitter @kc_palozola...
  15. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    ...accessible to practically everyone.     Fig. 1: Open source hardware builds   Since I started...convinced that most microscopy techniques can be replicated with commercially available consumer-grade components... tools has allowed the community to regularly replicate designs worldwide. Distributing hardware via globally...Hohlbein, et. al., 2022). A more open way of communicating in science brings stronger networking across...
  16. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    ...speed: base editing before Cas lets go Figure 1: David Liu gives a talk at the Cell Symposia: Gene... specific DNA base changes and consist of a catalytically impaired Cas protein (dCas or Cas nickase) fused... SpCas9. In order to expand the gene-editing applications and targeting scope of ABEs David Liu’s lab ...through many rounds of mutations, selection, and replications per day.  The PACE and PANCE systems use M13...
  17. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ...in Streptomyces (Cobb et al., 2015). pCRISPomyces-1 includes Cas9, a tracrRNA, and a CRISPR array, while...INTEGRATE consists of four major components including (1) a CRISPR RNA, (2) four proteins forming the QCascade...for successful modifications, efficiency can be low, especially for larger modifications. What’s the solution...several potential CRISPR applications. First, CRISPR can be used to target locations in the genomes of pathogenic...tools available for bacteria and some of the applications for which they’ve been used. The beginnings ... of Enterobacteriaceae, without the need for modification. This finding suggests that the system may be...eukaryotes (Qi et al., 2013). As in other systems, catalytically dead (dCas9) targeted to a promoter or gene ...
  18. Antibodies 101: Isotypes

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    ...region: IgM, IgD, IgG, IgE, and IgA.    Figure 1: Diagram of an antibody labeled with Fc, Fab, heavy... Isotype controls are used in antibody-based applications including flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry...of these five isotypes, such as the number and location of disulfide bonds, the number of constant domains...
  19. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...usually 1-3 of the first 3 bps are modified) for optimal stability and efficacy.  Base modifications What...switches. Stabilizing gRNA modifications  Sugar phosphate backbone modifications The recognition sequence...phosphorothioates with 2’-O-methyl modifications, proved more stability than just one modification alone (Hendel, et al...ordered as synthesis modifications when purchasing your gRNA. Pro tip: modifications are typically incorporated...stabilizing modifications listed above were developed before CRISPR-Cas9, for use in applications like siRNA...worrying about the status of your RNA. gRNAs modifications are even going beyond stability, adding color...cellular RNA molecules with post translational modifications. One of the most common of these is 2’-O-methylation...
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