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Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog Post...thanks to our guest blogger, Harshana S De Silva Feelixge. Harshana S De Silva Feelixge is a researcher whose... post was contributed by guest blogger Harshana S De Silva Feelixge. Gene therapy technologies hold ...AAVs in the clinic Thus far, AAV vectors AAV1, AAV-2, AAV1-AAV2 hybrids, AAV-6, AAV-7, AAV-8, AAV-9 and...neutralizing antibodies against some AAV types, AAV1, 2, 3 and 5 are thought to be as high as 70% among the... 10.24 (2003): 1999-2004. PubMed PMID: 14566358. 2. Hirsch, M. L., et al. "Self-complementary AAV mediates...form, translating gene therapies from conceptual design to clinical trials involve identifying a therapeutic... - 
  
A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research
TypeBlog Post...SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudotyping, visit the SARS-CoV-2 Pseudotyped Virus collection page. SARS-CoV-2 detection...of SARS-CoV-2 entry and become upregulated during viral infection. Expression of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins...McLellan JS (2020) Structure-based design of prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes. Science 369:1501–1505....labs in over 75 countries. Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 proteins and other components. Image from Maya Kostman... protein, variants, and pseudotyping The SARS-CoV-2 virus depends on its spike protein to bind ACE2, the...of infection and how to interfere with it in a BSL-2 lab instead of a BSL-3 lab. Jesse Bloom’s lab published...reagents for pseudotyping lentivirus with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. They deposited the plasmids used for... - 
  
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter
TypeBlog Post...goals when designing and testing your AAV. Figure 2: Comparison of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8,...) your experimental conditions and measurements; (2) the cells you’re targeting; (3) how much expression...as your titer changes, so may your needed volume (de Backer et al., 2010). Second, high efficiency transduction... Tropism and Axonal Transport of AAV Serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the Mouse Brain. PLOS ONE, 8(9),...–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106472 de Backer, M. W. A., Brans, M. A. D., Luijendijk, M.... Comparison of four promoters. Gene Therapy, 28(1–2), 56–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-020-0169-1...analyses of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 in marmoset, mouse and macaque cerebral... - 
  
CRISPR Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines [Video]
TypeBlog Post...nucleases. Genome Res. 2010 Jan;20(1):81-89. PubMed. 2. Bauer DE, Kamran SC, Lessard S, Xu J, Fujiwara Y, Lin ...with TALENs, in collaboration with the Porteus lab [2]. With the advent of CRISPR/Cas9, we began to explore...11;342(6155):253-257. PubMed. 3. Canver MC, Bauer DE, Dass A, Yien YY, Chung J, Masuda T, et al. Characterization...and Bauer lab's related paper describes their methods for CRISPR design, cloning, and delivery, as well... - 
  
Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research
TypeBlog Post...Oligo 2 to screen. A 667-bp product confirms successful insertion. Step 6: Confirmation Pick 2–3 positive...efficiency of guides are currently unavailable, you can use TEEP — a tool based on animal data. Step 2: Prepare...your forward guide sequence (see Figure 1). Oligo 2: Add 'ggcc' to the 5′ end of your reverse complement...Primer 92F (5′-cattacgcaattggacgacaac-3′) and Oligo 2 (specific to your target) to screen colonies via PCR... Voytas, D. F. (2019). Plant gene editing through de novo induction of meristems. Nature Biotechnology...), 84–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0337-2 Molla, K. A., Sretenovic, S., Bansal, K. C., & Qi... Vectors The vectors pK-TnpB1 and pK-TnpB2 are designed for plant genome editing using TnpB. The main ... - 
  
Reagent Repositories Are Speeding up Science During the Pandemic
TypeBlog Post...on opposite sides of the world shows that science is truly a global endeavor. Case study 2: Plasmids Another...repository provides. Repositories around the world facilitate the rapid pace of SARS-CoV-2 research by...fast access to the tools required to study SARS-CoV-2, but with many academic research labs closed during...biobanks, are crucial for the advancement of SARS-CoV-2 research because they provide rapid access to validated...Many of the reagents used to investigate SARS-CoV-2 were developed for broad use and are now important...susceptibility of cells from different organisms to SARS-CoV-2 (Chu et al., 2020). An additional cell line used in...applications but have proven useful to the study of SARS-CoV-2 are the lentiviral production and packaging vectors... - 
  
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Science Writing
TypeBlog Post...suggestions, like alternative word suggestions. De-jargonizer The De-jargonizer can identify jargon in your writing...episode 2 "Organizing Literature" : I found out about Zotero here Dear Grad Student podcast episode 2 "Essential...This paper talks more about the development of the De-jargonizer. Academic Phrasebank The Academic Phrasebank... of the suggestions Hemmngway makes (it wasn’t designed for technical writing), it’s great at flagging... Just enter the DOI of a paper and select your desired formatting style. This tool is great for generating...library in Microsoft Word. Mendeley has a web and desktop version that works with Windows, Mac, and Linux...easier to work with collaborators. Zotero is a desktop based program that’s compatible with Mac, Windows... - 
  
Brain Initiative Collection
TypeCollection...Gordon Fishell 83899-AAV1 pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell-2 GCaMP6f expression in forebrain GABA-ergic interneurons...Gordon Fishell 83899-AAV9 pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell-2 GCaMP6f expression in forebrain GABA-ergic interneurons...Gordon Fishell 83899-AAVrg pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell-2 GCaMP6f expression in forebrain GABA-ergic interneurons...brain cells and circuits during behavior. Long desired by researchers, the revolutionary dynamic picture... with Addgene materials. Plasmids ID Plasmid Description PI Viral Preps Addgene distributes ready-to-use...Learn more about our viral service ID Viral Prep Description PI 65417-AAV8 pAAV-hSyn-dF-HA-KORD-IRES-mCitrine...and proximal dendrites in a viral vector Hillel Adesnik 107708-AAV9 pAAV-hSynapsin- soCoChR-GFP A somatic... - 
  
FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution
TypeBlog Post...upstream of an opsin gene (e.g., channelrhodopsin-2, ChR2) fused to a reporter gene (e.g., mCherry) to...the correct orientation to be transcribed (Figure 2) (Sharma and Zhu, 2014). How does FLEx enable strong... rather than aversive stimuli. In a recent paper, de Jong and colleagues used rAAV FLEx-based vectors ...brain regions associated with motivated behaviors (de Jong et al., 2019). FLEx vectors represent, therefore...developmental biology at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Her love for educational science led her to... Abdallah, Khaled, et al. "Adeno-associated virus 2/9 delivery of Cre recombinase in mouse primary afferents...Deniz, et al. "A FLEX switch targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to multiple cell types for imaging and long-range ... - 
  
Tetracycline Inducible Expression
TypeCollection...hSyn promoter rtTA3 Wei Xu 26803 pEnt L1L3 EF1a-tTA-2 Gateway entry vector to express tTA from EF1α promoter...expression and improved dynamic range . Hum Gene Ther, 22 (2), 166–176. https://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2010.099 (Link...promoters (sometimes generally called Ptet) have been designed by combining tet O sequences with elements like...plasmids use "TetO" or "Tet-O" in their name or description, meaning they contain a TRE or tet O and can ...as much flexibility and control as a dual vector design, but it is easier to implement and ensures that...transduction (transient or stable) may depend on the desired sensitivity, level of induction, or amount of background...expression of your gene of interest. ID Plasmid Description Transactivator Promoter PI 21915 Tet-pLKO-puro... - 
  
AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
TypeBlog Post....9 (parental) 46 +/- 0.7% AAV.PHP.S 82 +/- 2% Table 2: Transduction efficiency of AAV.9 versus AAV.PHP.S...figure 2) to allow for efficient IV delivery of virus to the CNS or PNS (figure32, tables 1 & 2). These...variants for widespread gene transfer to the adult brain. Nature biotechnology. 2016;34(2):204-209. PubMed...because: 1) their genomes are easy to manipulate, 2) they have long-term expression; and 3) they have ... On average, AAV.PHP.eB and AAV.PHP.S had 1.5- to 2-fold higher GFP intensity compared to the strains ...stained for a neuronal marker). Check out tables 1 and 2 below for a summary of the quantified transduction...cells are labeled with their own unique color; and 2) low levels of labeling so that a cell’s projections... - 
  
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?
TypeBlog Post...the image can be acquired more quickly. 2-Photon Microscopy 2-Photon Microscopy attempts to solve two ...Fluorescence microscopy. Nature methods 2, 910-919 (2005). PubMed PMID: 16299476. 2. Conchello JA, Lichtman JW. Optical...enhance spatial contrast (i.e. optical sectioning (2) or super-resolution (3). Fluorescence microscopy...photobleaching and a reduction in signal intensity. 2-Photon microscopes restrict excitation (and bleaching...can be seen exiting through the tissue. Therefore, 2-photon allows for deeper imaging into thick tissues...imaging objective that collects fluorescence. Like 2-photon microscopy, only a single focal plane of the...relying on raster scanning as is done in confocal or 2-photon microscopes. Total Internal Reflection Microscopy... - 
  
Hot Plasmids Spring 2024
TypeBlog Post...repository of tools for SAR-CoV-2 research. Two new antibodies, Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein [mBG17...Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein [mBG86], target distinct epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 nucelocapsid ...Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies here! Terry, J.S., et al. (2021). Development of a SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid ...prime editor PE7 Antibodies to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 research New viral vector preps of Voltron2 voltage... incorporates La’s N-terminal domain, PE7 (Figure 2). PE7 shows enhanced editing efficiencies in a number...editor. Find PE7 plasmids here! Figure 2: PE7 improves prime editing. A) Schematic of PE7 prime...PMID: 38570691. Antibodies to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 research By Ashley Waldron Ready-to-use recombinant... - 
  
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog Post...severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus may acquire mutations to escape ... SARS-CoV-2 infects host cells through binding the human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) cell-surface...target of most anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In the library, each plasmid encodes the mutated spike protein...protein and a barcode, and is designed so that the SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD is displayed on the yeast cell’s surface...Pooled library to study antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 Recombinant antibodies for aminoacyl tRNA synthetases...viral preps Mapping antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 by mutational scanning By Seth Kasowitz As multiple...viral spike protein. Figure 1. (A) SARS-CoV-2 RBD DMS Library generation and sequencing. From Starr... - 
  
Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference
TypeBlog Post...MicroRNAs. Cell, 116(2), 281–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00045-5 De Rie, D., Abugessaisa...downstream genomic sequences (Figure 2B). Figure 2: A comparison of an shRNA plasmid sequence and an ...module_attribute "schema_version" is_json="true" %}{% raw %}2{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...Gebhard, C., Goldowitz, D., Guhl, S., Ha, T. J., . . . De Hoon, M. J. L. (2017). An integrated expression atlas...miRNA-guided gene silencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 50(2), 617–634. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab1256 Lee...using plasmids The design of shRNA plasmids requires three important steps: Designing the shRNA sequence...shRNA plasmids are being designed using RNA polymerase II promoters. The design of these plasmids is meant... - 
  
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog Post... discovery, 2, 952326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2022.952326Joubert, M. K., Deshpande, M., Yang, J...various components of the immune system. Figure 2: In-vitro models for immunogenicity prediction of ...drug reaction. This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations...Terry, F. E., Roberts, B. J., Rosenberg, A. S., & De Groot, A. S. (2022). In silico Immunogenicity Assessment...in vivo animal models. In these cases, they are designed to mimic the human lymphatic system or even the... - 
  
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas
TypeBlog Post... State University. Since its appearance, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to almost every part of the world manifesting...Rapid detection of 2019 novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using a CRISPR based DETECTR assay Sensitivity:10-...primers that target the E and the N2 gene of SARS-CoV-2. If the Cas12a-sgRNA complex binds to the target sequences... method has been optimized to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly using saliva without having to perform...and visual detection of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Sensitivity: 4.6-11 copies/microliter of RNA targets...single-molecule sensitive. In the case of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 detection, AIOD-CRISPR without preamplification was...easy-to-deploy, protocol for Cas13-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (CREST) Sensitivity: 10 copies of... - 
  
An Introduction to Adenovirus
TypeBlog Post...either SARS-CoV-2, Adenovirus type 41 (AdV-41), or Adenovirus-Associated Virus type 2 (AAV2) – or some...either 1) a physiological effect of SARS-CoV-2 toward destabilizing one’s natural immune response to Adenovirus...Adenovirus (and/or to its partner, AAV) or 2) a sociological effect of the COVID-19 lockdowns causing a lack...adenoviral vector infected cells does not require de novo viral gene expression: Implications for gene...… Chiu, C. Y. (2023). Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with acute severe hepatitis. Nature...viruses infecting humans (from seven species, designated as letters A–G) exist. The life cycle of AdVs...short-lived. It is worth noting that it is possible to design a vector that achieves persistent transgene expression... - 
  
Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers
TypeBlog Post...identification. Fig. 2: Gel image of Plasmid 61564: pBAMD1-2 (~4.7 kb) digested with SpeI and... at ~3.6 kb and ~1.1 kb (lane 3). Uncut DNA (lane 2) has a band at <3 kb, which corresponds to the supercoiled...formation of plasmid multimers. Cell. 1976 Dec;9(4 PT 2):707-16. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(76)90134-3. PMID: ...Strausbaugh LD, Gray P, Vartak NB, Brown M, Talbot D, Berg DE. pBR322-derived multicopy plasmids harboring large...dimers in Escherichia coli K-12. Plasmid. 1989 Mar;21(2):138-41. doi: 10.1016/0147-619x(89)90057-7. PMID: ...Plasmids and Chromosomes. Microbiol Spectr. 2014 Oct;2(5). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0025-2014. PMID...Behavior of Plasmid DNA. Microbiol Spectr. 2015 Apr;3(2):10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0036-2014. doi: 10.1128...