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TypeBlog Post...transcriptase (RT) variants, PE6a and PE6b are 500–800 bp smaller than previous editors, but just as effective and...
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How to Be an Excellent Trainee
TypeBlog Post...demonstrating it. Requests like this are both very normal and very helpful; don’t be afraid to ask! Especially... -
Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter
TypeBlog Post... preparation for updating this post, I took an informal poll of Addgene hiring managers. All of them stated... -
Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
TypeBlog Post...-Kulka, and Gad Glaser. "An Escherichia coli chromosomal" addiction module" regulated by guanosine [corrected... -
Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist
TypeBlog Post...also the proposed salary range) should help. In smaller companies, technical support is often covered by... -
Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences
TypeBlog Post...complex challenges, quickly breaking them up into smaller achievable tasks, and then executing on them in... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution
TypeBlog Post...Substantive conflict occurs when people or teams who normally get along well with each other disagree about ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
TypeBlog Post...Schematic representation of integration process and episomal forms of non-integrating transgenes. Created with... -
Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning
TypeBlog Post...fragments of linearized DNA migrate slower than smaller linearized fragments. You can separate your backbone... -
Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE
TypeBlog Post...nominations for government fellowships. The closing and formal evaluation of the pilot program IMP 2014/2015, ... -
A Guide to Getting Started in Undergrad Research
TypeBlog Post...yourself and the world around you, it’s perfectly normal to realize that you have new interests and that... -
Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping
TypeBlog Post...Cell-based (in vitro) Can be used on tissue from whole animal models, no exogenous component required (e.g. dsODN... -
Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel
TypeBlog Post...show efficient absorption at 650 nm, APC-Cy7's optimal excitation happens at higher wavelengths of about... -
Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs
TypeBlog Post...management consulting firms), sponsor more H-1Bs than small startups and firms with a non-international focus... -
CRISPR Guide
TypeGuide...Browse Plasmids: Anti-CRISPR Small Precision Edits CRISPR can be used to make small, very precise edits of ...double-stranded DNA plasmid. Small ssDNA oligos often work well for small edits like a single-point mutation...Guide Jump To: CRISPR Guide Overview CRISPR Basics Small Edits Large Edits Genome-Wide Screening Cas9 Fusion...missing sequence, and is more commonly used for small precision edits. NHEJ directly ligates the break...efficient in repairing DSB, it frequently causes small nucleotide insertions or deletions (indels) at the...modification ). In most cases, NHEJ gives rise to small indels in the target DNA that result in amino acid... handful of bases, or even a single base. These small precision edits can be done via HDR, base editing... -
Antibody Guide
TypeGuide...methods: in animals, in cultured immune cells, or through the use of recombinant plasmids. Animals - Antibodies...Antibodies produced in animals make use of the animal’s immune system. The antigen of interest is introduced...introduced to the animal, which then mounts an immune response to it. Once the immune response has developed...antibody. Monocultures of B cells isolated from animals immunized as described above are used to create... protein chains: two large heavy chains and two small light chains. These four domains come together to...only produce one variable region. Isotypes The mammalian immune system produces five classes of antibodies...antibodies are typically collected directly from animals and contain antibodies targeting various epitopes... -
Promoters
TypeGuide... TATAAT. Proximal Promoter Further upstream from the core promoter you will find the proximal promoter...Constitutive Strong mammalian promoter from human cytomegalovirus EF1a Constituitve Strong mammalian promoter from... Constitutive Strong hybrid mammalian promoter PGK Constitutive Mammalian promoter from phospholycerate...portions that make up a promoter: core promoter, proximal promoter, and distal promoter. Below describes...Promoter The core promoter region is located most proximal to the start codon and contains the RNA polymerase...contains many primary regulatory elements. The proximal promoter is found approximately 250 base pairs...called the distal promoter which is upstream of the proximal promoter. The distal promoter also contains transcription... -
Molecular Biology Reference
TypeGuide...order to isolate a particular gene from human chromosomal DNA, it would be necessary to isolate a sequence...enables the preparation of more managable (i.e., smaller) DNA fragments. In 1952, Joshua Lederberg coined...coined the term plasmid, in reference to any extrachromosomal heritable determinant. Plasmids are fragments...carry genes and can replicate independently from chromosomal DNA. Although they can be found in archaea and...relationship with the host cell. Like the bacterial chromosomal DNA, plasmid DNA is replicated upon cell division...plasmids are replicated in E. coli and are relatively small (∼3000 - 6000 basepairs) to enable easy manipulation...fragments can be inserted. When a plasmid exists extrachromosomally in E. coli , it is replicated independently... -
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide
TypeGuide...Adeno-Associated Viruses (AAV) are small, non-enveloped viruses containing a small, linear single-stranded DNA... indicating the optimal serotype(s) for transduction of a given organ. Tissue Optimal Serotype Central...genome. Adeno-associated viruses (AAV), however, are small single-stranded DNA viruses that belong to the Parvoviridae...limited by the physical space available inside of the small AAV capsid and directly correlates to the size of...molecular weight structures that are maintained extrachromosomally. Random integration of rAAV genomes in non-homologous...period of years without damaging the host cell. Episomal stability allows for long-term transgene expression... deliver genes to a wide range of tissues with minimal immune response, and the low risk of insertional... -
Plan Your Experiment
TypeGuide...Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors ) Transient or stable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a mammalian cell line...Although we will use the example of CRISPR/Cas9 in mammalian cells, many of these principles apply to using...dCas9-KRAB is more effective than dCas9 alone for mammalian cell lines. Activate (CRISPRa) Increase expression...expression systems and variables for using CRISPR in mammalian cells. Some of the variables include: Species ...Expression System Components of System Application Mammalian expression vector Cas enzyme promoter can be constitutive...expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a wide variety of mammalian cell lines Useful for difficult to transfect cell... ∼4.5 kb packaging limit (only compatible with smaller Cas enzymes) Transient or stable expression of ...