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TypeBlog Post...understanding of the topic will give you some advantage over other candidates. Write about your transferable...research. For example, did you help put together a grant application? Are you familiar with the publishing...whether to stay in academia or not, it is even more important to start early. Think about your plan for the ...
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Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog Post...cloning: A SLIC makeover In 2007, LIC received an important update, courtesy of Addgene depositor Stephen ...structures at the ends of fragments. The major advantage of SLIC over Gibson assembly is cost, as T4 polymerase...homologous recombination in vitro to generate recombinant DNA via SLIC. Li MZ, Elledge SJ. Nat Methods.... -
Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
TypeBlog Post... virus is produced in just a few days. Another variant, Phoenix-gp, contains only Gag-Pol and enables ...γ-retroviruses differ from lentiviruses? There are a few important differences between engineered γ-retroviruses ...names? The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to be descriptive of the components found within... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements
TypeBlog Post...polymerase. E4/E1A activate transcription of other relevant viral genes (including the ones listed previously... it to evade detection by the host. Of note, recombinant adenovirus is missing the endogenous E1 gene,...services for some of the plasmids in our collection. Want to make a vector construct on your own? No problem... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools
TypeBlog Post...allows you to infect cells and deliver cargo, it’s important to understand their differences to choose the ...used to achieve transient, high expression of the relevant cargo without the fear of random genomic integration...non-integrating and infect non-dividing cells. AAVs primary advantage over adenovirus is their low immunogenicity, which... -
Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene
TypeBlog Post... a variety of common plasmid features such as antibiotic resistance genes, selectable markers, promoters... files Once you’ve identified a plasmid that you want to learn more about, updates to our sequence analyzer...used to indicate them on the map, direction (if relevant), and types. Types listed are standard GenBank... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog Post... Multiplexing Method Delivery Method Advantages Disadvantages References Yamamoto Lab Golden Gate ...Multiplexing crRNA expression with Cpf1 The key advantage of multiplexing crRNA expression with Cpf1 is ... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog Post...self-supporting service so that Addgene is not dependent on grants. Aiming to operate under a similar model for our...word out about this new resource and providing fantastically useful educational content on viral vectors.... Addgene’s Legal Team acquired permission from relevant plasmid depositors and their institutions to distribute... -
Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering
TypeBlog Post...immunogenicity. But these studies also identified other advantages, including Cas13d-specific regulatory proteins... makes WYL proteins an intriguing counterpart to anti-CRISPR proteins that negatively modulate the activity...efficiency; where shRNA treatment produced 500-900 significant off-targets, CasRx displayed zero. Unlike Cas9... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
TypeBlog Post... 1990’s, microRNAs (miRNAs) are recognized as important regulators of post-transcriptional gene expression...in vivo, the non-immunogenic violet-excited GFP variant Vex. To understand the impact of this gene editing...immune response other than what would be the anticipated effect of the targeted gene. CHIME can also be... -
Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems
TypeBlog Post...updated Jul 20, 2021. By Will Arnold and Shreya Vedantam Accelerating research by improving the availability...expression vectors containing various spike protein variants are also available. Plasmids are continually added...these plasmids available for scientists speedily meant that we had to revamp some of our quality control... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists
TypeBlog Post...handle, but I wasn’t using them to my professional advantage. It wasn’t until I wrote a blog post about a research...start using social media to their professional advantage, I’ve selected five resources that have tips for...can fit into a researcher’s work day. It’s also important to remember that it’s not the amount of time you... -
Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
TypeBlog Post...The lab additionally recommends using an anti-mCherry antibody rather than endogenous mCherry fluorescence...transduction with this virus. While various Cas9 mutants have been engineered to perform unique editing ... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog Post...may seem tedious at first, especially since you’ll want to dig in to the computation, but they will serve...specific goal for each analysis will help you locate relevant information in the future. Approach: Outline...can store any power point, excel, or other files relevant to the project. README: The README.txt document... -
RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post... and that’s just to name a few. But what if you want to study RNA-protein interactions? The characterization...RNAs and proteins with UV light, followed by an antibody pulldown of a protein of interest, much like using...disease. RaPID can also be used to test how RNA variants associated with human disease affect protein binding... -
Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
TypeBlog Post...riboprobe binding (via hybridization) specific antibodies that detect the mRNA-riboprobe complex are added...stain the cells that contain this mRNA-riboprobe-antibody complex and, as a result, these cells turn blue...Addgene. If you use these published protocols and want to share pictures, feedback etc. please write to... -
Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
TypeBlog Post... deliver Cas9 variants, such as a transcriptional activator dCas9-VPR, if these variants are fused to ...Mature Nanoblades then bud into the cell culture supernatant and can be purified by centrifugation. Gag-Cas9... -
Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans
TypeBlog Post...publication. 3’UTRome The 3’UTRs of mRNA are important for post-transcriptional regulation in C. elegans...Dynamics Database (WDDD) The WDDD aims to acquire quantitative data on all the cell divisions of the C. elegans...lab in 2015 adapted the AID system discovered in plants to conditionally deplete proteins of interest in... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog Post...scientific conference or a karaoke bar), you probably want to sigh. The problem is that many of these studies...Sapozhnikov and Szyf 2021, Charlton et al. 2020). Most importantly, TET proteins affect transcription independent... directly inside the gRNA sequence is a great guarantee that DNMT1 will be blocked (within PAM works, ... -
Hot Plasmids - October 2020
TypeBlog Post...active in vitro and in human and plant cells. Its small size offers advantages for cellular delivery. Get ...integration and connectivity without the constraints of antibody labeling. This opens the door to in vivo experiments...