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  1. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ...understand mechanisms and, eventually, develop treatments, we need tools to specifically edit methylation...original methylated strand is diluted to undetectable amounts: ergo, DNA demethylation! With optimization, this...Genome-wide tracking of dCas9-methyltransferase footprints. Nat Commun 9, 597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
  2. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...result to a reference sequence to confirm backbone elements.   Confirming the gene/insert by aligning to NCBI...origin of replication or other common backbone elements. Since we’ve successfully grown the plasmid in... about our sequencing results in the Depositor Comments section at the bottom of the plasmid page. Viral...
  3. Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus

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    ...Messina et al, 2016). We quickly assembled a team of students, postdocs and professors to move the project forward... member of the team to accomplish so that many elements of the project were able to move forward quickly...of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components." Cell (2016). PubMed PMID: 27160350. Find Plasmids...
  4. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    ...Take the DIY approach and start a blog. Stellar talents like Ed Yong jumpstarted their science writing ...AAAS Mass Media Fellowship, which places science students for 10 busy weeks at media outlets like National...MIT’s OpenCourseware for course materials and assignments.  9) Citizen science projects Lastly, if you'...
  5. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    ...scientists, I have spent hours sifting through comments and papers to find the most reliable (and cost-effective...of animals), and wrong application (different experiments/conditions can change binding ability – i.e.,...produced in large “copies.” This homogeneity circumvents the batch-to-batch variability found in polyclonal...
  6. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ...discussions are becoming a ubiquitous format for events and sessions in scientific conferences. They can...a table. It adds a formality and distance that prevents interaction with each other and the audience. ... inviting interesting friends and colleagues to events for this purpose. If possible, make sure the panelists...
  7. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ... antibodies for aminoacyl tRNA synthetases Nanocompartments for yeast bioproduction pathways The CRISPR...with previous research, which required protein compartments to co-localize multiple enzymes in a reaction...expressing GCaMP6f with this promoter. Image calcium transients in PV interneurons with AAV-S5E2-GCaMP6f are ...
  8. Anatomy of a Plasmid Page at Addgene

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    ...find more detailed information about the plasmid contents? The middle section of our plasmid pages contain...information you'll need to use the plasmid in your experiments: Backbone: The starting vector that the depositing...from Addgene!).  It also contains links to any agreements under which the plasmid is distributed.  All ...
  9. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...difficult to ensure comparable expression of all components of Cascade for maximum efficiency of the process...During DNA repair, there is a chance that the two breakpoints will repair without the section between the two... mentioned issues with expressing all Cascade components can make Cas9 easier to work with than Cas3. ...
  10. The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data

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    ...exception to this effect -- meticulously designed experiments in labs around the world were put on hold indefinitely...the likelihood in our Poisson process into two components: 𝜃x(t) and 𝜓z(t). 𝜃x(t) describes the exponential...corresponding factor 𝜙z if t is during event z. The "events" we considered for our model were weekends, Christmas...
  11. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ...CRISPR affinity purification in situ of regulatory elements (CAPTURE) (Liu et al., 2017). This system utilizes...techniques, this method also has great potential for improvements and adaptations that can provide an increased..."Efficient sequence‐specific isolation of DNA fragments and chromatin by in vitro enCh IP technology using...
  12. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...virus, we will see that they are very central determinants of how AdVs behave, and in fact, of how adenoviral...present in the HEK293T cell line used (which have fragments of the AdV genome in them, including the E1 region...intracellularly-exposed proteins and downstream cellular events, all recruit strong innate and adaptive immune ...
  13. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    ... that introduced an ancestry bias into their experiments instead of a true correlation.   It turned out...five-team response to address this issue, but it still points to a far larger and more complex problem endemic...contributes to false negatives in CRISPR-based experiments with varying burden across ancestries. Sean A...
  14. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    ...copy number of the plasmid increases, increased amounts of these antisense RNAs inhibit plasmid replication...The concentration of negative regulation system elements in the cell is artificially high for both plasmids... uncommon, or perhaps a synthetic biologist who wants to develop a plasmid-based tool that is easy to ...
  15. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...ccdB gene die off and a higher percentage of transformants contain the ccdB-less construct. Other toxin-antitoxin...described, the hok/sok systems consist of three components: Host killing (hok), a long-living toxin that...selective pressure is necessary or for long-term experiments. They’ve also helped researchers design and optimize...
  16. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ...community obtained high-quality data for our DNA-based reagents. Not only do we extract as much information as...system that we chose needed to fulfill certain requirements: Customizable to our specific needs Modern ...-well plate basis, but for rapid testing and refinements, we specified a select small number of input ...
  17. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    ...remember where you read particular studies or experiments. Later, you can easily convert the citation style...much you can get done between office hours and experiments. A comment about citing: I wasn’t sure if I should... be revolutionary, but you could include a few comments on where you think the field is going or what ...
  18. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    ...silencing required addition of chromatic-opening agents to boost expression to appreciable levels. We wanted...expression and robustness without chromatin-opening agents. It ended up being very straightforward to engineer...for improved purity and contrast. For in vivo experiments, simply induce injected engineered cells via ...
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