...Addgene The Antibody Guide Antibodies 101: Isotypes Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Antibody  ...polyclonal antibody is better for your experiment. Monoclonal antibodies contain a single antibody clone and...anti-mouse antibody. Others recognize specific isotopes within that species, like an anti-mouse IgG antibody. Some...subclass specific, like an anti-mouse IgG2a antibody. When using a monoclonal antibody be sure to use a highly...general anti-mouse IgG. In a broadly specific secondary antibody only a fraction of the antibody molecules...example, some goat anti-mouse secondary antibodies recognize some rat primary antibodies (Erickson 1993)....primary antibodies raised in different, and distantly related, species, and secondary antibodies raised...

... validated antibody, we recommend using antibody search engines and antibody data repositories to find... that can help: Antibody data repositories, which share validation data, and antibody search engines, ...many different antibody catalogs at the same time.  If you're looking for an antibody, especially a validated...improving antibody quality throughout research, consider checking out the Only Good Antibodies community...If you’re looking for an antibody that works for your experiment, you may be overwhelmed by options —...find an antibody for your experiment. Search engines let you easily find and compare available antibodies...and experimental data to help you decide if the antibody is a good fit for your experiment. They come in...

...looking to use antibody-based applications in their research.  Like all our eBooks, the Antibodies 101 eBook...101 blog posts on an antibody-specific topic, allowing you to easily access relevant information for planning...re very new to antibodies as research tools, you may find “Chapter 1: What is an Antibody” quite useful...to find an antibody that works, we highly recommend “Chapter 3: Finding the Right Antibody for Your Experiment...Experiment.” Whatever your antibody application question, the Antibody 101 eBook is a great place to start...excited to share the very first edition of our Antibodies 101 eBook! The latest addition to our eBook collection...

...and detection with antisera: a method for studying antibody specificity and antigen structure. Proceedings... repeatedly stripped of an antibody and reprobed with different antibodies allowing multiple targets to...binding to the antibodies during the stain. The ideal blocking buffer depends on the antibodies and labels...your primary antibody Once the membrane has been blocked, it is stained with a primary antibody against your...interest. But which antibody should you use? You will likely find several different antibody options targeting... their antibody binds to protein of the correct size. Many vendors will show that the antibody binds to...that the antibody efficiently binds to endogenously expressed protein at physiologically relevant levels...

...should first note that quantitative PCR (qPCR) has been a powerful tool for quantifying AAV for some time ...producing AAV vector preparations, we have used quantitative PCR to evaluate the physical titer of our preps...digital PCR (ddPCR) comes in. AAV titering using quantitative PCR Before we dive into the details of ddPCR...of a standard - a set of reactions with known quantities of DNA. Additionally, an AAV reference, a virus...by ddPCR begins with diluting the virus. It is important to note that the dynamic range of the ddPCR is...PCR plate. Maintaining a high droplet count is important for calculating the concentration of your sample...separation (Witte et al., 2016). This is particularly important if your amplicon is longer than 150 base pairs...

...differences include the ferrule implants and patch cables. One huge advantage of using rats is their superiority...but, in today’s post, we’ll discuss some of the important considerations you should think about when developing... preference.   Historically, ICSS was done by implanting an electrode and non-specifically electrically...literature to find all the applications of optogenetics relevant to your field. Ultimately, your question should...stimulation could induce seizures or some other unwanted phenomenon or it could reveal something fascinating...could move your project onto the exciting—and unanticipated—road of discovery. Monitoring behavioral output...interested in studying a brain region that may be important in memory, an appropriate behavioral test might...

.... Other relevant blog posts 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology Quick, Versatile Plant Transgenesis...As previous blogs have noted, plants are an important foundation for life on Earth. Selective breeding...shaped the plants that we grow and eat, and genetic engineering will continue to improve plant nutrition...inversely proportional to size, and many plant scientists want to transfer large genes, smaller binary ... is functional in a variety of plant species. The kanamycin antibiotic resistance gene is controlled by...PMCID: 4045853.  Find other plant resources at Addgene Check out Addgene’s plant vectors! Find the plasmids...nutrition, yield, and pest resistance. Much of plant genetic engineering revolves around Agrobacterium tumifaciens...

...Viva la (bacterial) resistance!  What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are generally defined as agents that kill...common antibiotics used in labs today are semi-synthetic or fully synthetic compounds. Antibiotics can be...the antibiotics listed in the table below. Note, in this post we'll focus primarily on antibiotics against...how to prepare antibiotic stocks, see Addgene's Reference Page. How else can antibiotics be used in the...scientist to select bacteria that are only resistant to the antibiotic that remains intact. Tips and tricks ...Resistance to antibiotics is a widely used tool in molecular biology, yet scientists rarely stop to think...Additionally, the presence of a plasmid is disadvantageous from the bacterium's perspective – a plasmid-containing...

...this logic, ω-dCas9 variants recognizing multiple PAMs should have a fitness advantage over proteins with...flat out better than SpCas9. I want everyone to test it because I want to know the answer", says Liu. ...work, there are other options. Commonly used Cpf1 variants, with a  5’ TTTV PAM, improve targeting in AT-...respectively. Researchers also engineered SpCas9 variants with alternative PAMs like NGAG and NGCG and SaCas9...phage-assisted evolution to generate and select for Cas9 mutants with PAM flexibility. In this system, the mutagenesis...promoting survival of only the broadest-targeting variants. For the final round of evolution, they used a... a no-G PAM library to enrich for Cas9 variants with activity on non-NGG PAMs, generating xCas9 3.0-3.13...

...bacteria, it is important to note that the term ‘antibiotic’ can also be used to describe anti-parasitic drugs... is not naturally resistant but has become resistant somehow overtime. One fantastic example of intrinsic... spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, check out this resource on preventing antibiotic resistance ...Addgene's Microbiology Pages What is antibiotic resistance? Antibiotic resistance is defined as microbial... to antibiotics designed to kill them or to impede their growth. When we hear the word ‘antibiotic’, very... drugs and anti-fungal drugs, because ‘antibiotic’ merely means that the drug prevents the growth of a...treat. Learn How Antibiotic Resistance Genes Are Used in the Lab How does antibiotic resistance develop...

...expression of antibodies in plants using syringe agroinfiltration." Recombinant proteins from plants. Humana...transgenic plant can take even longer, a transient plant leaf transformation process could save the plant biologist...Browse our Plant Plasmids and Resources page Find synthetic biology plant plasmids Find CRISPR plant plasmids...vincristine, are regulated in the medicinal plant, the Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of...to enhance their production either in the plant or in plant tissue cultures.   C. roseus is not a model...pathway. Why plant scientists do transient leaf transformations The development of transgenic plants is a common...the plant sciences “transient transformation” usual means that neither a stable cell line or plant is ...

...ahead of time that you want to probe your blot with multiple antibodies. You’ll want to set up your blot ...starting with the least-abundant protein and working toward the most abundant. If the abundance of your...isn’t too different, consider antibody affinity: stronger binding antibodies will require harsher stripping...without a re-wetting step. Important: do not dry your membrane with antibodies on it if you plan to reprobe... avoid retaining residual antibodies. If you have already applied antibodies and need to dry the membrane...stripping solution uses low pH to disrupt antibody binding to antigens. Ingredient Concentration or ...you don’t see any signal, you’ll want to check for the primary antibody by re-blocking your membrane and...

...Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry  Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot Antibodies 101: Conventional...case through conjugated antibodies targeting the cell surface markers CD11 (anti-mouse CD11b-BV510), which...looser gate here. I am not worried about including irrelevant events in my analysis, as these will get excluded...Gating Having gated my single lymphocyte cells, I now want to exclude all dead cells from my analysis. For ... protect themselves from it. So here, I actually want to gate on my negative, unstained population, which...experimentally-specific gates. Two-dimensional staining (quadrant gating) For our last example plot, I will show...present on dendritic cells but not T cells, and CD8 (anti-mouse CD8b-PerCP-Cy5.5), which is present on cytotoxic...

...Reactions Anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) are formed when the body recognizes a drug as a foreign antigen, triggering...replicate the complexity of antigen processing events that take place within an antigen-presenting cell like ...Beijnen, J. H., & Schellens, J. H. (2016). Antidrug Antibody Formation in Oncology: Clinical Relevance .../s12929-019-0592-z  Resources Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies CRISPR in the Clinic   ...Monoclonal antibody drugs are popular therapeutics for a plethora of disease conditions, from cancer ...cancer to autoimmune disorders. Antibodies administered as drugs are still immunogenic, meaning that they elicit...of immunogenicity can help evaluate risk of an antibody.  In silico prediction of adverse reactions In...

...common antibiotic resistance genes and which applications are best (or worst) for each antibiotic. The... as SHuffle cells, are already resistant to this antibiotic due to stable integration of resistance genes...-in-one antibiotic — it is usable in eukaryotic cell culture, yeast, bacteria, and even plants! The zeocin...host DNA damage. Choosing an antibiotic resistance Choosing the best antibiotic resistance ultimately comes...pay attention to antibiotic selection. If you feel like multiple of the above antibiotics would work for... the pros and cons of each antibiotic and happy selecting!   Antibiotic Resistance Stability Time ...Over-Agar Antibiotic Plating Plasmids 101 eBook Resources on the Addgene blog Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance...

... blog Antibodies 101:Selecting the Right AntibodyAntibodies 101: Secondary AntibodiesAntibodies 101: Buffers...Addgene.org Addgene's Antibody GuideAddgene's collection of ready-to-use recombinant antibodies...a given experiment, it is important to consider how many parameters you want to use in a given experiment...detector using a series of mirrors and filters. Importantly, conventional flow cytometry uses one detector...conventional and spectral flow cytometry, it is important to consider the expression levels of the markers...two highly overlapping cellular markers, it is important to pair them with two fluorophores that have distinct...is critical that your controls and your sample antibodies are from the same batch, to avoid unmixing issues...

...improve your grant writing skills. Good luck! Further advice on grant writing Since successful grant writing...with your work, your advisor may want to mentor you during the grant application process. When my PhD ...have no idea how to write a grant!”, “I don’t have time for this if he wants data by next week!”, and “...RFA contains all of the important information required for a successful grant application. It typically... advice on writing a grant proposal. "Murder Most Foul: How Not to Kill a Grant Application" by Vid Mohan-Ram...How to write a research project grant application" by the NIH Still want more information on the application...their advisor alone applies for these competitive grant applications; however, in some cases, your advisor...

...GreenGate – offers all of those same advantages to researchers working in plant model systems. “The cloning is... most frequently used elements in plant expression cassettes: plant promoters, N-terminal tags, coding...C-terminal tags, plant terminators and resistance cassettes for selection of transgenic plants. The complete... in vitro; it’s no different in mouse, human or plants,” explained Jan Lohmann of Heidelberg University...based on the daily needs of an advanced molecular plant science lab.” Introducing GreenGate As Lohmann ...required to generate multi-construct transgenic plants. In the most practical terms, what GreenGate can...Arabidopsis, it should in principle work in any plant species. Tricks of the trade Lohmann does have one...

...third Addgene/Seeding Labs plasmid grant and plans to use the grant to order plasmids she can use as positive...the Addgene/Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant to a third round of applicants at the start of 2017 and would like...in PCR-based cervical cancer screens. This third grant represents the continuation of our efforts to provide...Bengyella and Kwabena Duedu who were awarded similar grants back in June, Gladys will be using plasmids in ...caused by persistent infection of HR HPV types, predominantly HPV 16 and 18.” HPV plasmids as positive controls...Superhero 5k Find New Cancer Resources Learn About Our Grants to Rare Disease Research Resources on Addgene.... seeding labs plasmid grant...

...step where the target antigen binds to antigen-specific antibodies. The antibodies are conjugated with ... then adds an antigen-specific detection antibody.  Importantly, the detection antibody and the capture...Addgene blog Antibodies 101: ELISAsAntibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody Antibodies 101: Polyclonal...Polyclonal Antibodies Resources on addgene.org The Addgene Antibody GuideAddgene's recombinant antibody collection...primary antibody first binds to the antigen and then a reporter enzyme conjugated secondary antibody binds... to the antigen in a sample and then a second detection antibody binds. The detection antibody can be ...The more antigen in the sample, the less antibody available to bind to the competing antigen. In direct...