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  1. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    ...the ωRNA (TnpB) or a gRNA (Cas9). Drawings not to scale. Created with BioRender.com. Steven Jacobsen...Rodriguez-Fraticelli recently developed an approach called Simultaneous Tracking of Recombinase Activation...recombinase payload activates a floxed reporter gene (genetically encoded or delivered separately). Figure...Cre-dependently to allow tracing exclusively from genetically determined cells. This version of ATLAS works...
  2. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    ...therapeutic strategies to target it, than you typically would at a microbiology meeting. Create an outline...lab mates, and PI can provide feedback on your technical presentation, but those outside of your field ... through the list at the session so you can strategically use your time. Don’t have access to a list of...titles to find the ones you’d like to revisit. Strategically traverse the sea of posters If you come prepared...
  3. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    ...your gene of interest is difficult to target specifically with a gRNA). Be sure to keep these techniques...sequences are exchanged between two similar or identical molecules of DNA. Gene targeting takes advantage...homology is required, but 6 to 14 kb of homology is typical for targeting constructs. In the example shown ...cells participating in development or other physiopathological events to which the chosen promoter responds...
  4. Academic vs. Industry Postdocs

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    ...can be long—5 years or more, especially in the biological sciences—whereas industry postdocs have a set...course, you might have less time to explore scientifically since you can’t afford to spend too much time...Unless your academic lab is closely involved with clinical trials or has ties to industry, the drug discovery...industry postdoc, you might find yourself feeling scientifically isolated if no other postdocs are in your department...
  5. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...margins of my protocol. While these tips weren’t critical to the experiment, they definitely made my life...qPCR Protocol for more details. Pro Tips When calculating the titer for your AAV, remember to account for...control (NTC) should always be included. While the physical titer generated by qPCR is useful, I test a few...tool for gene expression in mammals Use the PEI calculator for planning AAV packaging transfections Find...
  6. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ... Liu, 2023). This method uses a prime editor (typically a Cas9 H840A nickase fused to a reverse transcriptase... design of the pegRNA has been shown to play a critical role in the editing efficiency of prime editing...experimentalist, and especially shines once large-scale prime editing experiments come into play. Nicolas...s41587-023-01678-y Li, X., Chen, W., Martin, B. K., Calderon, D., Lee, C., Choi, J., Chardon, F. M., McDiarmid...
  7. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ... 2017. At Addgene, we continually use the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) provided by NCBI. ...BLAST sequence databases from the dropdown menu. Typically, we use the default nucleotide database “Nucleotide...” program for blastn so that you can extract practically every single reliable base pair from your results... the “Align two or more sequences” option to drastically reduce waiting time for search results. Optimizing...
  8. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    ...-length viral genome (Figure 2). While it is technically possible to encode all four viral genes in the... (see Uses of Minigenome System). From a more technical standpoint, a plasmid with all four genes and ... gene by altering the amount transfected (see Technical Tips). Minigenome replication and transcription...compounds which often target the viral polymerase. Technical tips It is important that all of these plasmids...
  9. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    ...lab tool. In the classic two hybrid system (also called the interaction trap), genes encoding proteins ...experiments. False positives can occur even in small scale experiments, although these can often be accounted...that the configuration of your fusion proteins physically blocks the binding sites for the protein partner...Tachihara, K., Umezawa, Y.l. Split luciferase as an optical probe for detecting protein-protein interactions...
  10. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    ...that, they also help us keep track of the tubes’ physical location in the lab. These barcodes additionally...  freezers depending on the sample type. It is critical for us to know which plate, rack, and freezer ...performs an average of 140 transformations. The lab typically transforms newly deposited samples from Monday...Excel sheet.3. Be specific  - When assigning a physical location to your samples, include as much detail...
  11. Interview: Hodaka Fujii on enChIP, New CRISPR Tools, and More

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    ...been working on development of technologies for biochemical analysis of genome functions such as transcription...researchers to use enChIP in a wide variety of biological systems. We are currently developing several ...Therefore, my lab is dedicated to development of new biological technologies. The locus-specific ChIP technologies... effort to interact with each other, which is critically important, especially for young researchers. ...
  12. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    ... ligands (Figure 2). Biosensors, which include calcium and voltage sensors, are the broadest category ...catalog If you’ve been following our blog, you may recall our first 20th anniversary story on CRISPR, where... vectors available in the repository. GCaMP, a calcium indicator (biosensor, by Addgene’s categorization...Waxmonsky, N. C., Swanson, L. E., & Fan, M. (2016). Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR...
  13. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    ...gives Snapgene great exposure to the community of biological scientists who use Addgene everyday. To get this...from other institutions personally on conference calls and make sure to maintain these relationships by...speakers for a meetup or recruit volunteers for your local animal shelter. There are many opportunities so ...Universities themselves can help you do this through practical tools like alumni networks. I find it useful to...
  14. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    ...studying parenting strategies and make important ecological indicators since species live in water and on... as the only Monarch butterfly food. They have chemical pathways generating interesting drug-like compounds...Lab (@EvoEmbryo) September 24, 2018   Xenopus tropicalis (Gary Gorbsky) This is not a new experimental...plants and are unusual enough to be interesting biologically. They have economic importance as harmful weeds...
  15. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ... defective gene, Xm, the sequence of which is identical to the correct gene, Xw, except for a single base...precisely changes a single base with an efficiency typically ranging from 25-75%, while the success of precise... in the DNA by cutting only a single strand, dramatically reducing the likelihood of detrimental indel...known 'DNA adenosine deaminases' which would theoretically give rise to an adenine base editor. A massive...
  16. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...possess cell walls. As a result, Mycoplasma are intrinsically resistant to this class of antibiotic. Acquired...When antibiotic resistance testing is requested clinically, this involves growing a standardized amount ...certain antibiotic were chosen for treatment. This is called a Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test or Kirby-Bauer...-trusted method that is frequently used in the clinical laboratory. What can we do to stop the emergence...
  17. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...passed down through generations (Figure 1). These so called “plasmid addiction systems” require dividing cells..., plasmid addiction systems have been used as biological tools for a wide range of applications in molecular...become a powerful tool to address a diverse set of biological inquiries. References Ogura, Teru, and Sota...vaccine strain CVD 103-HgR." FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 57.1 (2009): 69-79. PubMed PMID: 19678844...
  18. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    ...contamination. For those labs that prefer a more economical mode of detection, Uphoff et. al. outline a do...engineered with non-native envelopes, a process called pseudotyping. Lentiviruses pseudotyped with the...virus. To circumvent this problem, transductions typically employ the positively charged polycation, polybrene...lentiviral and retroviral vectors.” Human Gene Therapy Clinical Development 25.3 (2014). 175-85. Pubmed PMID: ...
  19. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    ...on DNA, or are enzymatically active. For this reason, recombinant proteins are typically expressed in E...medium. Induction timing is important, as you typically want to make sure your cells have first reached...your expression conditions by setting up a small-scale expression experiment to test variables such as ...
  20. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    ...regulators. But the speed is impressive on a larger scale, too. The first paper reporting genome editing by..., 2016). Advancing from this invention to KJ’s clinical application in under a decade is an astounding... safety of KJ’s experimental treatment, it was critical to reduce off-target editing as much as possible...P. (2025). Custom CRISPR-Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning. Nature, 643(...
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