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  1. Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs

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    ...produced? Purifying exo-AAVs is actually a bit simpler than the classical purification protocol involving...have tried to modify it to improve yields. For example, transfecting the producer cell line with an expression...were always normalized to their genomic titers). Examples include the use of exo-AAV1 for transducing sensory...
  2. The MTA at Addgene

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    ...agreement, read on!  What is the MTA?  An MTA is simply a contract or agreement that states the terms of...has placed a request for your plasmid, they must complete a Recipient Scientist Acknowledgment (RSA), which...use for the requested material. Once the RSA is completed, the recipient organization is sent the MTA to...
  3. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    ...lentivirus production frustrating - a researcher can complete an entire lentiviral production protocol only ...and we’ll be adding more as the need arises. For example, we’ve teamed up with the Broad Institute to provide...gRNA library in plasmid format, a researcher must amplify the library, use next-generation sequencing to ...
  4. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    ...Sharp. After a few rotations, Doench decided to complete his PhD work in Sharp’s lab.  Doench says, “what...what I loved about [RNAi], ... it was just this complete black box. The RNAi process had just been discovered...he says, “In the case of CRISPR, the hype was completely justified… it has been just an incredibly useful...
  5. Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab

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    ... and interested in science. “Postdoc hires are simpler because of their documented history in science....you might enjoy working closely with others to accomplish your goals. You must understand your own style...Finding your dream lab While none of us will feel completely happy at work all of the time, the goal is to...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    ...recommended for all systemic capsid applications. For example, AAV-PHP.eB is typically administered at a total... we are calling “strain-specific tropism.” For example, AAV-PHP.B doesn’t lead to enhanced transgene expression...they can display species-specific tropism. For example, AAV9-X1.1 specifically transduces brain endothelial..."Mouse Strain-Specific Tropism?" column. For a complete list of mice strains with LY6A-dependent tropism...capsids were deposited by the Gradinaru lab. For simplicity, in each section we’ll list the Gradinaru capsids...
  7. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...comprised of 2 plasmids, pPSU1 and pPSU2, that can be amplified affordably in bacteria. They are compatible with...was also independent of another TTAGGG binding complex, shelterin. Swapping the DNA binding domain of ...that can be combined with your gRNA and repair templates of choice though modular cloning steps. The Voytas...that are sure to be enabled by this toolkit. For examples of the toolkit in action, see Cermak T, et al....
  8. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...binding of a new inactive heterotrimeric G protein complex and subsequently another round of signaling.    ...finally, to a response? Let’s take a look at a few examples with plasmids deposited at Addgene.  PRESTO-TANGO...gamma subunits of the heterotrimeric G protein complex that can be used to detect G protein activation...
  9. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...students focus on the application process, and simplify access to academic resources, we created STEAMid...worried about any eligibility provision, don’t guess. Simply reach out to the program coordinator with your ...Chemical Biology Program at Harvard. Roo wants to simplify access to academic resources among economically...
  10. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies

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    ...chromosome your transgene has integrated. This can be accomplished with a few matings to balancer chromosome lines...throughout the lifespan of the fly to determine the implications of your genetic manipulations. You can produce... (2). Metabolic assays such as Seahorse can be employed to look at oxygen consumption. Drosophila are ...
  11. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    ...that are related to the imaging strategy and the sample. Practical brightness A protein with a high intrinsic... future application. In figure 2 we provide an example of the comparison of the practical brightness of...to this data. The practical brightness assay (employing co-expressing fluorescent proteins or using endogenous...
  12. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    ...2004. We’ve already distributed over 500 viral samples to scientists all over the world. Now that the ...donations. That seed money was used to build a completely self-supporting service so that Addgene is not..., tracked production and distribution of viral samples. The Office Team made sure we could ship internationally...
  13. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    ...reliable and reproducible. However, we do not use amplicons in ITR as we have found this to strongly bias ...somewhat more reliable quantitation. Differences in sample treatment across methods can affect reported titer...that users keep titering method consistent across samples within a project. Targeting Your AAV Q4: Are there...
  14. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    ...specific region of your protein of interest. For example, if you are studying a protein that may bind a ...recognize the protein even though it is present in your sample. Additionally, there is a lower likelihood that...higher than that of polyclonal antibodies. For example, it takes longer to develop a hybridoma than it...
  15. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists

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    ...help my research and my career. Here are three examples of how using social media has helped me or my ... can start using Twitter and provide real-life examples of how they and others have used Twitter professionally... to use LinkedIn to research potential future employers and to arrange informational interviews. 4. “Tips...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    ...cool because they can transmit information, for example, from one of the 180 regions to another or from...the brain to the rest of the body. Therefore, by simply looking at how neurons are physically connected...even further defined population of neurons. For example, say I wanted to access all the neurons that signaled...
  17. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    ...transfection step of the viral packaging cell line. For example, Phoenix, a second generation γ-retrovirus packaging... to enter the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex. This feature may be useful for the transduction... the components found within the backbone. For example: pLXSN has the wild type LTR, an MCS for cloning...
  18. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    ...applications, while electroporation of a human, for example, isn’t a reasonable option. Since viruses used...infect both non-dividing and dividing cells. They accomplish this through nuclear localization signals which... immunodeficiency virus type 1 preintegration complexes.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 (1992) 6580...
  19. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    ... practice to compare degradation rates between samples treated with or without an autophagy inhibitor....accumulates in the vacuole. See Figure 2 for an example of what fluorescence looks like for cytoplasmic...Fluorescent Protein Oligomerization Seeing Red: Simple GFP Photoconversion Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy...
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