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  1. Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo

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    ...Note: Cpf1 is also called Cas12a. In 2015, Feng Zhang’s lab characterized two Cpf1 nucleases, distant...should remove the PAM sequence. Many research and clinical applications require HDR over NHEJ, so comparing...
  2. Lentivirus Production

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    ...Complete to a 15 mL conical and an appropriate amount of 25 mM chloroquine to the conical so that the final...am): Harvest virus Equipment Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet 0.5–10 µL single channel pipette... Da Heat-inactivated FBS 1x PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium, Corning 21-040-CV (cations can affect...10 cm tissue culture dish, Corning 430167 15 mL conical tubes, VWR 21008-216 Hydrochloric acid Sodium hydroxide... or sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH to 7.0. Typically, the solution will be basic and will need adjustment...optimal mass DNA:mass PEI ratio will need to be empirically determined for each new batch of 1 mg/mL PEI ...Start The health of the packaging cell line is critical for obtaining high viral titer. 293T cells should...
  3. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    ...into the genome, CRISPR may increase this rate. Specifically, portions of the AAV genome can integrate at...AAV episome-sequencing (CrAAVe-seq) is a highly scalable cell type-specificin vivoscreening platform. bioRxiv...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...interest, and the two helper plasmids, commonly called “triple plasmid transfection” (Figure 1).    Figure... ddPCR- and qPCR-based titering assays measure physical titers, meaning the concentration of viral particles...
  5. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...efforts make a precise edit or insertion via a chemical modifier. We used these categories to see what...function from 2012 to 2023; data are smoothed using locally estimated scatterplot smoothing. (C) Number of ...
  6. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    ...sequence (gene). In a clean sample, there are typically fewer than 10 hits to a given sequence, and we...control is recommended but not yet required for clinical-grade materials, and is not commonly performed...
  7. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    ...contracts behind closed doors. Fig. 1: The mythical land of negotiations.    You negotiate everyday...are negotiating for a specific time slot on the confocal microscope. You’re trying to get better images...
  8. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    ...not as quantitative as other methods of PCR. Theoretically scientists should be able to determine the quantity...addition of a probe based fluorescent dye that intercalates with any dsDNA and the use of a fluorometer ...
  9. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ...requires incubation at 55 °C - a dangerous, non-physiological temperature for mammalian cells and one which...results out there include: Google Groups - I've specifically set up a forum where NgAgo users can share protocols...
  10. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    ... to deaminate cytidine and used dRanCas13b (catalytically inactive Cas13) to target the cytosine deaminase... from these off-target edits helped to minimize local off-target editing by RESCUE. To address both C-...
  11. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...quickly along regions calling for abundant, charged tRNAs but will stall at regions calling for low abundance...
  12. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...but essentially we just needed to send a Google calendar invite over to the r/Science team with a description...recommend taking every opportunity you get to speak publically about your work (you can find my tips for a perfect...
  13. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ...guest blogger Samantha Young. Samantha Young is a Medical Writer with a PhD in reproductive biology and genetics...Mashiko, Daisuke, et al. "Feasibility for a large scale mouse mutagenesis by injecting CRISPR/Cas plasmid...
  14. Fluorescence Titering Assay

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    ... of PBS. Calculate the fraction of fluorescent-positive cells in each well. When calculating titer, only...fluorescent cells Equipment Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet 0.5–10 µL single channel pipette...mL), Millipore TR-1003-G 1X PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium, Corning 21-040-CV (cations can affect...tissue culture treated dish, Corning 3516 15 mL conical tubes, VWR 21008-216 Lentivirus preparation Reagent...You Start The health of the target cell line is critical for obtaining accurate titers. Check the cells...remaining well, a cell count is required for calculating the titer. Incubate for 48–72 h. Gently aspirate...leading to underestimation of the true titer. Calculate the transduction units per mL (TU/mL) using either...
  15. AAV Titration by qPCR Using SYBR Green Technology

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    ...Nuclease-free water Microcentrifuge tubes 96-well optical plate Pipette tips General Considerations Always...should also contain an internal passive reference (typically ROX dye), to normalize non-PCR–related fluorescence...Addgene. The values highlighted below in red were calculated using this plasmid, but will change if you use...use a different plasmid. Sample Calculation Size in bp of Addgene plasmid #59462 : 6208 bp Concentration...vortex) Incubate 30 min at 37 °C Transfer to ice ** Critical: do NOT treat your plasmid standard with DNase..., use dilutions 5–8 Note: at Addgene, samples typically range from 1 x 10 12 GC/mL to >2 x 10 13 GC/mL...Pro-Tips The quality of the sample dilution series is critical. Make sure to pipet each dilution up and down ...
  16. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    ...that affect the frequency of multimerization. Theoretically, as long as all the plasmid features remain ...PMCID: PMC225270. Higgins NP, Vologodskii AV. Topological Behavior of Plasmid DNA. Microbiol Spectr. 2015...
  17. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...lines of interest Equipment Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet 0.5–10 µL single channel pipette...CI) Heat-inactivated FBS 1X PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium, Corning 21-040-CV (cations can affect...selective medium is used, it may have additional biological effects on the cell line. In the absence of selective... medium throughout experiments be determined empirically, and that the cell population be monitored regularly...individual cells by passing several times through a serological pipet or by passing through a 40 µm cell strainer...will be used to seed the 96-well plate. Sample Calculation First, use a hemocytometer to quantitate the ...well plate, make 10 mL of a 5 cell/mL solution. Calculate the total cells needed: Total cells needed: 10...
  18. General Transfection

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    ...for short term studies of protein function. We specifically use this protocol with a subclone of HEK293T...perform your experiment Equipment Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet 0.5–10 µL single channel pipette... or sodium hydroxide to adjust the pH to 7.0. Typically, the solution will be basic and will need adjustment...Before You Start The health of the cell line is critical for obtaining high levels of virus. HEK293T cells...optimal mass DNA:mass PEI ratio will need to be empirically determined for each new batch of 1 mg/mL PEI ...batches of PEI depending on the user, quantities of chemical used, volumes, pH adjustment etc. Consequently...Pro-Tip The ratio of µg DNA:µg PEI needs to be empirically determined. Once a batch of PEI is prepared, ...
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