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TypeBlog Post...Varmus H. Retroviruses. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA: 1997. PubMed...them attractive and tractable tools for genome engineering. Scientists have engineered viruses to target...incompetent viral particles, are required. We will be covering these safety measures in a separate, upcoming ...breakdown of the nuclear envelope, which occurs during mitosis. The most well-known retrovirus is HIV....PubMed PMID: 21433340. 4. Cronin J, et al. “Altering the tropism of lentiviral vectors through pseudotyping...
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How Addgene Creates Content
TypeBlog Post...educational content Addgene truly believes that sharing speeds science, and our entire mission is to enable...informative content to help researchers in creating and sharing knowledge, related to the types of materials we...help.addgene.org, where you can easily search articles answering all of our frequently asked questions! ...published alongside our new antibody services in the spring of 2022. The first step was to understand information...licensed and cited figures from papers or image sharing repositories. Then we format, do a final review... and knowledge changes and require updating or retiring. CRISPR/Cas9, for example, has gone through rapid... -
AAV Q&A with Tim Miles
TypeBlog Post...to keep their cargo below 4.4kB (with the ITRs bringing total genome length to ~4.7kB. If your insert... kB, then you would be oversized even before considering the need for some manner of polyA. In this scenario...intein approach. Q3: What’s the best method for titering AAV? Is there a difference in titer results between...equal animal dosing, we advise that users keep titering method consistent across samples within a project...microglia in vivo. Q5: What is the efficiency of co-delivering different AAV particles into the same cells in...any difference in transfection efficiency when delivering these viruses via retro-orbital vs. tail vein... -
3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology
TypeBlog Post...and Keira Havens, co-founders of Revolution Bioengineering. Read their previous blog post about how they...directed at GM crops has burdened this emerging engineering technology. Monoculture and chemical spraying... you have developed a genetic tool for plant engineering, please share it with Addgene to both build the...biology community and to support more efficient engineering of a better tomorrow. Thank you to our guest...outside of Washington D.C. and has always enjoyed exploring the outdoors and experiencing nature first-hand...SynBio Reading: Learn more about Revolution Bioengineering Follow RevBio on Twitter Like RevBio on Facebook... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog Post...or little deterioration or change of the signal during the course of the experiment. The best fluorescent...photobleaching rates (Shaner et al, 2008). This brings us to the key question: what is the best way to...photostability of different fluorescent proteins? Measuring photostability Since it is clear that a photostable...measurements for different fluorescent proteins and by comparing how the fluorescence intensity changes over time...than predicted by these high power experiments. Measuring photostability at realistic powers will provide... but they do not mimic the natural situation. Measuring photostability in living cells provides a much... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication
TypeBlog Post..., too. And remember, if you discover during grad school or during your postdoc that you enjoy and have...engineers were attending the same meetings and hearing the same words, they were leaving these meetings...know what kind of plate they were talking about during the meetings. And “plate” certainly wasn’t the ...experimental protocols. Clarify: Asking for clarification during a meeting can help get everyone on the same page...have come upon any other effective approaches for clearing up communications lines in your professional life... -
Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics
TypeBlog Post...Challenges of engineering channelrhodopsins There are three main challenges to engineering channelrhodopsins...channelrhodopsins with high-throughput proteins engineering methods, like directed evolution, because channelrhodopsins...-stimulate” their VTA dopaminergic neurons by triggering a burst of light that could activate ChRger2 ... require fiber-optic cannula implantation, but altering ChRgers so they can be activated with tissue-penetrating...2019) Machine learning-guided channelrhodopsin engineering enables minimally invasive optogenetics. Nat ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
TypeBlog Post...replication of virus and its infectivity in check. Engineering controls, safety systems that are built into ... you can receive appropriate treatment and/or monitoring. Virus-specific concerns In nature, some viruses...protection! When centrifuging viruses (a necessary step during production), there is a significant risk for aerosol...of following your lab’s biohazard policies. Administering Virus Many virus experiments involve needles...accidents is not following safety protocols.) If administering virus to mice, part of your preparation should...let you work with these valuable tools without endangering yourself or others. Happy transducing! Resources... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog Post...Here's what you'll find in this post: Epigenetic engineering with single-pot assembly Tracking cell-cell interactions...New items from the viral service Epigenetic engineering with single-pot assembly By Eric Perkins Though...epigenetic researchers custom design their own engineering plasmid tools in about a week. Taking advantage...receiver cells. What’s more, G-baToN can be used to bring cargo, such as protein or DNA, to manipulate function...CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page. Plasmids for delivering CRISPRi components by a single AAV vector are...Choudhary's lab developed a chemogenetic system that brings Cas9 to ubiquitin ligase for degradation. ... -
Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit
TypeBlog Post...There are a few different issues that can arise during the plasmid purification process. One is the possibility...broken into a few broad stages: lyse the bacteria harboring your plasmid; separate plasmid DNA from unwanted...environmental impact, check out Addgene’s blog post on bringing sustainable practices for the lab. Plastic consumables...from bottles and the overall weight of the package during shipping. Of the kits reviewed here, NEB’s Monarch..., so be sure to check with your lab manager or ordering department for these. While budget is an important...Different Uses Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Easy Action ...resources on addgene.org DNA Quantification Protocol Recovering Plasmid DNA from Bacterial Culture Protocol ...