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  1. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ...plasmid: name, description, how the plasmid was generated, validated sequence information, and more. The...persistent identification of research reagents, several journals or organizations now recommend or require...authors to use specific PID formats. For example, several journals like eLife, Nature, and Cell use  Research...copy and paste the text attributing the PI who generated the plasmid, followed by the PID(s) of your choice...
  2. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    ...behind Gram’s crystal violet stain and the ion interactions that cause the stain retention in gram positive...When the negatively charged iodine is added, it interacts with the CV+, creating a complex within the peptidoglycan...trapping the large dye complex created by the interaction of CV+ and I- in the thick multilayered membrane...can be used in medical settings to determine the general type of bacteria present in an infection. This ...
  3. Photosensitizer Induced Cell Ablation with FAP-TAP MG-2I-dL5**

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    ...residues. Compared to MG, MG-2I has increased ROS generation when bound by the dL5** FAP.  The iodine-modifications...cells.  He et al also show that MG-2I-dL5** only generates small amounts of non-specific ROS when exposed... red fluorescent photosensitizer protein that generates ROS when illuminated with green light. They found...inactivation/cell ablation while having limited collateral damage to bystander cells. Are you ready to use...
  4. Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors

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    ...expression, localization, and protein-protein interactions. Beyond these common applications, researchers...when exposed to ultraviolet light. To do so, she generated fusion proteins in which Dronpa domains flanked...Proteins, or FLiPs.  Xin later optimized these first generation FLiPs by mutating Dronpa to lower its aggregation... upon exposure to ultraviolet light. Previous iterations of FLiPs only used N- and C-terminal dronpa fusions...
  5. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    ...of sample preparation for high-throughput next generation (NGS) sequencing have prevented laboratories ...each well of a 96-well plate. Then, samples from several plates are pooled together to create a single library...harder and harder to obtain balanced and sufficient coverage of all samples. The root of the normalization ...important for getting adequate sequencing depth and coverage in order to, for example, assemble hundreds of...
  6. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    ...depending on the primer sequence and the NEB polymerase used. Overall, while much of the information in the ...helpful, but does make it easy to skim the manual. Overall, it’s a great tool for someone starting cell culture... it had a codon list for each amino acid, but, overall AMINO can be beneficial for new researchers or ...
  7. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    ...distances. For instance, how much force can be generated by conformational changes in proteins? How can...can be addressed using R bodies: simple, force-generating protein machines that can extend and retract ... might be able to endow cells with new ways to interact mechanically with their environment.   Jessica...
  8. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    ...to interview, part of the interview process was several short talks by current faculty members and it just...it looks good, that’s a high that can last for several days.” Working with CRISPR Recently Doench has...since” and that he’s “very much in line with the overall mission of making science easier and more transparent...s] outreach scientists do to comb through the literature, to go and talk to the people who actually have...
  9. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...study microbiome interactions with Alzheimer's, I found others using CRISPR to generate new knockout mice...within the biological sciences, there’s plenty of interaction between neuroscience and other fields. For instance...us produce new educational content on the blog. Overall, there are many exciting things going on in the...
  10. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    ...expression requirements (Figure 1), but Cas12a has generally been underutilized in genetic screens because ...technique, researchers identified a synthetic lethal interaction between MARCH5 and WSB2 genes using Cas12a’s ...similarly to Cas9 screens in a compacted library. Overall, Cas12a’s ability to target multiple genes within...possibilities in both cell engineering and gene therapy.  Xiaoshu X, et al. Molecular Cell. 2021. https...
  11. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    ...post, we’ll touch on antibody storage, buffer considerations, and give just the lightest of nods towards...smaller than 10uL. You can leave them at room temperature when you’re working with them, but avoid freeze-thaw...okay, Blugene!    Buffers  You know what temperature to store your antibodies at, but it also matters...commercial kits.  However, antibodies conjugated to horseradish protein (HRP), primarily used in Western blots...
  12. How Addgene Creates Content

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    ...content - the useful information on scientific literature, technical skills, and experiences from thousands... Nearly everything we write entails a primary literature search to collect up to date information on the...review process led to quick dives back into the literature to make sure absolutely everything was correct... typos, and hit publish. Making content is an iterative process. We are constantly reviewing the resources...
  13. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    ...yeast, are temperature sensitive screens. These involve raising or lowering the culture temperature to exacerbate...drug-containing media in which only cells which can tolerate the drug survive and everything else dies off....though. A selection can take the form of varied temperature, nutrient availability, drugs, and much more....
  14. Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes

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    ...interest by PCR generates mutated plasmids with no methylation (there are no methyltransferases in the PCR ...DNA. The other component of these systems, methyltransferases, methylate DNA at particular sequences to...restriction modification systems containing methyltransferases that add methyl groups to specific DNA sequences...
  15. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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    ...to do a massive RNA-seq analysis. I had never interacted with a computer at the command line, and so was...keep track of the files that I was continuously generating.  I quickly found that there is no one way to...physical lab notebook, along with any figures generated from the analyses: Goal: Before you begin, briefly...control your commonly used scripts: If you edit a general purpose script for a single use, save the script...
  16. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    ... in the human genome. The pair has focused considerable attention on transcription factors, starting...Myers: Our labs work really closely together on several projects and this is one related to gene expression...There’s also a question about how specific those interactions are. This is solved in this CRISPR system with...Gene Fragment from Integrated DNA technologies. Generally speaking, anyone using CRISPR/Cas9 in the lab ...
  17. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    ...Broad Institute's Silvana Konermann, the first generation of CRISPR-Cas9 plasmids were not designed with... off,” he said. “Some are strong and some more moderate; there is an allelic series where the degree to... use in various cell types and in live mice. Therapeutic uses in humans are also on the table. “In the...with the libraries will require access to next generation sequencing technology. These libraries are ...
  18. 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology

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    ...technology and giving consumers control over their interaction with it, we hope to inspire and open a new conversation...synthetic biology In addition to public resistance, an overall limited understanding of plant biology is a significant... genetic pieces developed over the years were generated by large agricultural companies and carry associated...biotechnology is full of potential, but there are several hazards to navigate when mapping out a new project...
  19. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute

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    ... would do if she wasn’t at the bench.  “I was literally sitting in my office one day, which I shared with...NEI), where she wrote about NEI research for a general audience. She then got a full time position with..., however, recommend using Twitter as a way to leverage unpaid work for paid work: “If you use it right...helped because there was so much work through the federal government. All the Health and Human Services (...
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