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  1. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...lentiviruses expressing various gRNAs. It’s better to compare the phenotypic effects of expressing various gRNAs...expression between experiments and over time (as compared to separate transductions with a single-vector...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    ...shRNAs are short RNA sequences which target complementary mRNA sequence for degradation. Viral introduction... virus to which immunity is desired. Instead, components of the virus are now delivered in other forms...

  3. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    ... range from a defined pathway or reaction to a complex event such as cancer or even aging. For both a ...CRISPR, drug, etc.), just with an added baseline component. Alternative screening techniques While CRISPR...

  4. Antibodies 101: Isotypes

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    ...portion of different antibody isotypes. Binding to complement system proteins, which can initiate a cascade...antibodies through cells and into different body compartments, such as into mucus, tears, or milk. When using...

  5. 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.    ...gamma subunits of the heterotrimeric G protein complex that can be used to detect G protein activation...

  6. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    ... creates a non-functional 𝛽-galactosidase. Complementing this mutation by expressing this deleted portion...get started, you will first need a primer that complements your plasmid sequence. Start with a backbone-...

  7. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ...increase in the number of endogenous indel edits when compared to unsorted cells (Wen et al., 2018). Thus SRIRACCHA...expression. As a proof of concept the Denham lab compared editing at three different genomic sites in the...

  9. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    ...SSAP system reports an efficiency of up to 20%, comparable to commonly used CRISPR/Cas9 methods for large...error rates overall ranged from 0.3% to 10%, in comparison to the 62-90% error rate seen with Cas9 editors...

  10. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    ... and make a checkmark next to each step as you complete it. Yes, this can be incredibly tedious, but it...several steps into one. Soon you’ll figure out what prompts you need to consistently and accurately run a protocol...

  11. Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes

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    ...protect themselves from foreign DNA. The other component of these systems, methyltransferases, methylate...add methyl groups to specific DNA sequences and companion endonucleases that recognizes and cleave the same...

  13. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    ...Addgene!  Addgene was established as an e-commerce company, which helped it stay ahead of the curve as access...combatting the virus. Our COVID-19 collection, comprised of 1302 plasmids, was shared with researchers ...

  14. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...important in experiments in which viability is being compromised by introduction of foreign RNAs or immunity itself... CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery Components of CRISPR/Cas9 ...

  18. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    ...interest is often one of the most challenging components of any immunoimaging assay. Secondary antibodies... (And while I have it on good authority that a complete Western blot can be run in a single day, I really...

  20. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    ... about how the system operates and functions” “Complete lack of information on number of postdocs” “Postdocs...Harvard’s Therapeutics Graduate Program has a compulsory internship to be taken in an industry, regulatory...
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