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TypeBlog Post...2 trophies over the years, which is either an indication of the stiff competition or says something about...building activity that is easy to organize. We’ll dedicate a post to these competitions in the future, and...establish, with the goal of fostering better communication between labs. Scientists are often willing to...
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CRISPR Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines [Video]
TypeBlog Post... of Visualized Experiments (JOVE). The video publication by Stuart Orkin and Daniel Bauer's labs details... size and frequency [3]. There are several applications in which the production of deletions by paired...useful to study haploinsufficiency. Subsequent modifications at the remaining allele within the deletion ... -
Three Key Considerations for Precise Neuronal Targeting Using AAV Technologies
TypeBlog Post...experiments! Late last year, we hosted our first AAV Education and Development workshop aimed at brainstorming...even further. For example, injecting AAVs at one location can result in expression of an optogenetic payload...shown in Figure 1, injected retrograde AAVs at one location result in opsin expression in their cell bodies... -
London Calling - Addgene’s New Europe Office in London
TypeBlog Post...Today, Addgene launches a brand new Europe office located in London and operated in collaboration with LGC... their materials. The new office in London is dedicated to helping them find their way to new scientific...newest Addgene Outreach Scientist - the first to be located in London and focused on supporting European scientists... -
Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening
TypeBlog Post... “This enables you to do customized genetic modification on a scale that was really not possible before...genome engineering with CRISPRs was limited to modification of a few loci at a time,” Wang said. “It was... lentiviral libraries and their demonstrated application offer proof-of-principle that CRISPR-Cas9 can... -
Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program
TypeBlog Post...technical know-how, and helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to...technical or product support specialist,” “field application scientist,” or “scientific or technical writer...for PhD applicants since many will also accept applications from master’s candidates with experience. Use... -
SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging
TypeBlog Post...aggregation, it’s recommended for most imaging applications. What can you do with SunTag? Tanenbaum et al...activation of target genes, but we’ll save that application for another day! References 1. Tanenbaum, Marvin...et al. “A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence imaging.... -
The Strength of Story Telling
TypeBlog Post...Storytelling is a crucial part of interpersonal communication, which makes honing your ability to tell stories...Addgene Blog Check out our blog posts on science communication Find interviews scientists in SciComm careers... science communication... -
Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain
TypeBlog Post...channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2), a blue light sensitive cation channel, fused to mCherry to the brain tissue. ... several months after implantation of fibers, indicating the system was indeed stable for continuous monitoring...interfaces with the entire body, so the obvious next applications are to expand the tool to different brain-organ... -
Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability
TypeBlog Post...Conformation changes usually fall into one of two categories: ones induced by the researcher and ones that...naturally, by binding to other proteins, changing locations, or even just as part of performing a specific...it a transmembrane protein, or is it know to translocate or fold in certain conditions? It can help to... -
Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools
TypeBlog Post...makes them more adaptable to a broad range of applications. Recently, the Spiess lab developed a set of... with specific genomic loci. He made use of catalytically inactive dCas9 by fusing it to an engineered...only 1 min. Using these lentiviral plasmids, catalytically inactive Cas9 (dSpyCas9) fused to APEX2 is expressed... -
Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning
TypeBlog Post...insert comes from using Taq polymerase for the amplification step since Taq polymerase leaves a single deoxyadenosine...rejoining supercoiled DNA ends to facilitate replication. The TOPO technique specifically uses Vaccinia...Addgene.org Find More Plasmid Cloning Protocols Catch Up On Your Basic Molecular Biology Techniques Watch... -
Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!
TypeBlog Post...clarify the classification of these cytoplasmic inheritance factors. He proposed the catch-all term “plasmid... as bacterial conjugation and recombination, replication and topology, and cloning and gene expression... -
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog Post...silico approach The in silico approach cannot replicate the complexity of antigen processing events that...This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations. ... together can inform decisions about in vivo application and clinical testing. This would pave the way... -
FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database
TypeBlog Post...non-trivial, however, as FPs are tremendously complicated entities with a large range of characteristics...decision remains spread across literature in publications that introduce these tools. Years ago, Kurt...incorporate FPbase data in their own projects and applications, a REST API allows programmatic retrieval of... -
K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog Post...2017). Beyond human relevance, yeast have many applications in food science and biotech due to its fermentation... ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells. Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number of different...is exceptionally good for post-translational modification of recombinant protein products, specifically... -
Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - Protein Variants, a Serotonin Sensor, and an Artificial Leaf Replica System
TypeBlog Post...research. This year, we put out another call for applications. We had an overwhelming response and were excited...sensor with proof-of-principle experiments that replicate current knowledge, but the sensor can also kinetically...fluorescent proteins are made. As the bacterial replicate, fluorescent proteins will be diluted out and ... -
New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor
TypeBlog Post...Glutamate plays a variety of roles in synaptic communication and can trigger other forms of neuronal signaling...SF-Venus-iGluSnFR). iGluSnFR3: Improved Glutamate Indicators for Synaptic Imaging However, the first two generations... 30377363 Aggarwal, Abhi, et al. . “Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localiation... -
A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017
TypeBlog Post...the things that popped out to me as a novice and indicate why other neuroscience newbies might want to get... reinforce our goals of making more AAVs and educational content to help researchers use these great tools...start making the AAV, or help us produce new educational content on the blog. Overall, there are many ... -
Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?
TypeBlog Post...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...