...contributed by guest blogger Jessica Polka, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Pamela Silver.  Most types...enormous lattice of identical subunits. A brief history of R bodies R bodies have been studied for many...bodies do for you? R bodies are robust linear actuators that could be used in a variety of applications...applications, purified R bodies could also perform as actuators in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices...with their environment.   Jessica Polka is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Pamela Silver in the department... Biology Posts  Suggest Plasmid Tools for the Repository Resources on Addgene.org Read our Hot Plasmids...

...resources at Addgene. His background in history and specifically the history of RNAi left him a bit skeptical...to the Advisory Board. John Doench is Associate Director of the Genetic Perturbation Platform at the Broad...Listen to the interview here! Doench majored in history during his undergraduate work at Hamilton College...targets and what confers specificity in the miRNA regulatory process. This early research is still relevant...function really…. Addgene’s role as a central repository for what is useful and what was used once and...

...this list, that does not necessarily mean the repository does not have it. That said, if you know of a... don’t hesitate to start the process! Addgene depositors who study chromatin The PIs linked below are ...Chromosome Organization. These aren’t the only investigators in the chromatin field who have deposited with...Addgene website. In-exhaustive List of Addgene Depositors Who Study Chromatin Cheryl Arrowsmith James...SNF-like BAF complex to chromatin after T lymphocyte receptor signaling. Zhao K, Wang W, Rando OJ, Xue Y, Swiderek...Bystricky, Ben Martin, and Berkley Gryder. Addgene depositors or not, your time is valuable ...

...cerevisiae expression vectors are available at Addgene. A set of mammalian expression vectors containing various...expression using either TEF1 or GAL1 promoters. These vectors are intended for the high level expression and ...spike protein) cloned into a CMV driven expression vector are also available. These contain no tags and are... genes in E. coli and S. cerevisiae expression vectors in late March. The first set of 383 constructs ...status we call “Archived.” This status allows us to store plasmids and make them available to scientists without...

...define what type of factor you are looking for and what process or outcome that factor functions in. The...there is removal of known factors (such as a genes) and the loss of those factors is assessed. The two most... committed to the daunting task of finding new factors in your biological system of interest, the so-called...selected growth conditions. For screens, there is no obligatory growth advantage – that is, you are not specifically...

...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles... cassette provides increased simplicity for combinatorial genetic screens, and this optimized toolkit ...50 mLs) or through two polycistronic expression vectors (3570 lanes/50 mLs) coexpressing a set of either...by: Rachel Leeson The large size of CRISPR-Cas effectors and fusion proteins, such as Cas9 and Cas12a, ...by the fusion of Cas12f with a transcriptional activator, CasMINI is able to induce high levels of gene...packaged in AAV. A dCasMini-mediated adenine base editor allows for base editing, while gene editing can...

...have perfected processes to curate the data our depositors share and enrich it with sequencing data; as ...categories — catalog, educational resources, and depositors — each with subcategories such as plasmids and...educational resources, and labs and institutions for depositors (see below). Even if the user experience is similar...scoped to plasmids shows filters for expression and vector type, while a search scoped to viral preps shows... match. For example, matches of a name in the depositor field will rank higher than matches of the same...that contains a plasmid with the catalog ID). Depositor suggestions provide shortcuts to matching PI labs...

...textbook, a laboratory kit, and support during the academic year from remote scientist mentors and the BioBuilderClub...effectively contribute as part of a team.” As a seasoned educator, Kuldell also knew that the best days in the classroom...meetings and newsletters, pairs teams with STEM mentors, and provides a nationally recognized platform ...state-of-the-art lab embedded in LabCentral’s community of innovators that opened in August 2017.  This flexible teaching...BioBuilder! Mary Tamer is a Boston-based writer, editor, and consultant whose work is focused on education...

...-introduced breaks are repaired. The following factors are required for NHEJ repair regardless of end ...XRCC4-ligase IV); together with some accessory factors (PAXX, XLF), this complex holds a pair of DNA ends...Accordingly, NHEJ has a vast toolbox of processing factors, including polymerases (Pol μ and Pol λ), nucleases... sequence (“microhomologies”). NHEJ doesn’t obligatorily introduce indels. Given the end structure of...majority of their chromosomes within a day. Another factor expected to impact repair is that the Cas9 protein... loading of Ku and normal NHEJ activity. Other factors can also influence NHEJ activity. For example, ...

...pluripotent stem cells: a transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) kit consisting of 834 ...stem cells. Addgene: Tell me about the history. How had investigators done this kind of work before? Musunuru...Unfortunately, it is time consuming and difficult for investigators without a lot of expertise to create zinc finger...and puts it in the hands of pretty much all investigators. Our kit makes it extremely simple to design...