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TypeBlog Post...involves amine-reactive biotin derivatives that generate covalent bonds with positively-charged amino acids...solution was to exploit the best of both worlds. We generated a plasmid that produces biotin ligase and a protein...the biotin ligase BirA backbone (Eric Campeau, Addgene plasmid #26624) was unsuccessful. Nothing more ...pMal-T-Avi-His/BirA plasmid now available through Addgene. We have successfully used this plasmid to biotinylate...cell signaling. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Check out other Hot Plasmids Find Additional...Posts on Plasmid Technologies Resources at Addgene.org Learn about Popular Plasmids in the Repository...
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Scientific Peer-review: Providing Critical and Kind Feedback and Advocating for Open Science
TypeBlog Post...language is ... The general representation of data is... The figures are ... In general, I think that this...language in the first (and clunky) version of my general comments and adjust them if my opinion changed ...can be deposited in the specific repositories (Addgene, WormBase, Arabidopsis.info). These repositories...PMCID: PMC4528400. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Find blog posts on scientific sharing Get...tips on writing a review article Resources on Addgene.org Learn about depositing plasmids pre-publication... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog Post...about pseudotyping Resources on Addgene.org Find plasmids in Addgene's COVID-19 collection Find SARS-COV...coronavirus and SARS-CoV. These two viruses are quite genetically distinct from SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Yet...Balazs lab was quick to deposit their plasmids at Addgene to accelerate ongoing COVID-19 research. “I hope...j.cell.2021.03.013 Additional resources on the Addgene blog Browse all COVID-19 related blog posts Learn...-COV-2 pseudotype virus plasmids from Addgene ... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Science Writing
TypeBlog Post...writing for a general audience. The tool highlights jargon terms or words rarely used in general writing in... defining terms. The phrases in Phrasebank are generic, so they need to be edited to suit your particular...desired formatting style. This tool is great for generating citations for a few papers at a time. Mendeley...method in grad school Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Tips for writing scientific manuscripts:...writing a scientific review article Write for the Addgene Blog ... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls
TypeBlog Post... Cytometry Resources on Addgene.org Addgene's Antibody Guide Browse Addgene's Antibody Collection ...single color controls On a flow cytometer, you generally want your positive cells to read between 104 and...isotype controls, while others don’t. However, the general consensus seems to be that if you are looking for...Harvard Medical School. More resources on the Addgene blog Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry Antibodies... -
Clear and Accessible Writing
TypeBlog Post...Addgene was built on the concept of accessibility: making plasmids more accessible to scientists around...the next twenty years. But learn we did! From Addgene's very beginning, we had to consider digital accessibility... accessibility on our website. As members of Addgene’s content team, we — Jo, Brook, and Angela — most... in a poster compared to an online abstract or Addgene blog post. Here, we are presenting this image ... with the rest of the workshop. For Figure 1, Addgene chose this alt text: "The left panel is a profile...writing! Resources Additional resources on the Addgene blog Five Steps to Writing Grant Proposals to Grad... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog Post...communication and epigenetics. Follow her on twitter @kc_palozola. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog ...keep track of the files that I was continuously generating. I quickly found that there is no one way to...physical lab notebook, along with any figures generated from the analyses: Goal: Before you begin, briefly...control your commonly used scripts: If you edit a general purpose script for a single use, save the script...Software Matchmaker Additional Resources on Addgene.org Find Protocols for Your Next Experiment Find... -
RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...interaction. In as little was one minute BASU generated a strong streptavidin signal (~250-fold enrichment...point, but one minute of labeling with BASU still generated a >30-fold enrichment compared to E. coli’s BirA...host protein critical to Zika replication. Human genetic disease. RaPID can also be used to test how RNA... answer? The RaPID plasmids are available from Addgene! References Ramanathan, M., Majzoub, K., Rao, ...PMCID: PMC4054858. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Study Protein-DNA Interactions with CUT&RUN...resources for studying chromatin Resources on Addgene.org Find Split-BioID plasmids Find CRISPR plasmids... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog Post...workshops and organizational skills. Meanwhile, Addgene was also thinking about ways to address irreproducibility... to Teytelman’s connection with Joanne Kamens, Addgene also had the opportunity to contribute to this ...being adopted by a wider group of researchers. Generating material to empower others to practice and teach...anyone could present the material. For example, Addgene’s contributions by Tyler Ford included reagent sharing...Tsang for editing. Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Check out this guide on Transferable Skills...workshops Levelling Up: Reproducibility for Everyone Addgene: a global resource working to enhance scientific... -
Antibodies 101: Fab Fragments
TypeBlog Post...Mess in IHC Resources on Addgene.org Browse ready-to-use antibodies at Addgene...visualize a Y-shaped protein reminiscent of the Addgene mascot Abi? If so, you are not alone. Full-sized... divide up the different regions, both through genetic and proteolytic approaches. This comes in handy...when that might be later). Find scFv plasmids at Addgene Depending on how an antibody is broken up, there...j.crmeth.2022.100301 Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Introduction to AntibodiesSingle Chain Fragment... -
Antibodies 101: Conjugation
TypeBlog Post... Resources on Addgene.org Unconjugated antibodies at AddgeneAntibody plasmids at Addgene... functionality of the conjugate. For example, Addgene’s antibodies are provided in a buffer with the antimicrobial... Schibli R (2015) Antibody Conjugates: From Heterogeneous Populations to Defined Reagents. Antibodies ...10.1038/nmeth.4380 Additional resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and ConjugatesAntibodies... -
Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
TypeBlog Post... Resources on Addgene.org Find plasmids encoding recombinant antibodies at Addgene ...antibodies work? Secondary antibodies are antibodies generated against antibody isotypes from a specific species...classes, it is possible to get secondary antibodies generated against isotype subclasses, such as mouse IgG2...my goat anti-rabbit?!”* *a secondary antibody generated in goat against rabbit immunoglobulins. References...References and Resources More resources on Addgene’s blog Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence... -
Developing Lab Management Software for Biology
TypeBlog Post...placed on the Addgene website, it sets off a chain reaction of events throughout all of Addgene - within the... of thousands of plasmids a day, like we do at Addgene, pen and paper will fail you. The benefits of lab...fun too. Kris Shamloo is a Software Engineer at Addgene and is interested in writing software tools to ...krisshamloo.com Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about How We Use Barcodes in the Lab...Track Your Experiments Additional Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids for Your Research ... -
Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody
TypeBlog Post...monoclonal antibodies; Addgene collaborates with these companies to create and provide general availability of...recombinant forms (rAbs). mAbs and rAbs have higher homogeneity than polyclonal antibodies because of their immunoglobin...that can be produced in large “copies.” This homogeneity circumvents the batch-to-batch variability found...that the primary antibody is very weak or with general non-specific binding. If the sample differs from...10.1371/journal.pbio.1002165 More resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies 101: ValidationSelecting the Right... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog Post...interesting discoveries. You’ve analyzed the data and generated beautiful figures. And, you can’t wait to tell...need to first make your poster. While a poster generally contains the same sections as a primary research...references and contact information, and it is generally acceptable for the font here to be much smaller...it’s good to let your ingenuity shine, and you generally have free reign over how you put your poster together... as rows. It can be more catchy because it is generally less common and will stand out; however, be careful...make it your own! Additional resources on the Addgene blog Check out this blog post on navigating the... -
Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog Post...skill set Resources on the Addgene website Become of a member of the Addgene depositor community ...a conference, be sure to practice beforehand. Generally, two types of people will visit your poster: those...the tweep up (and for the entire conference, in general). After the conference Review your favorite conference... considered networking, but here are some more general tips. Before the conference Networking is key even...your scientific conference? Resources on the Addgene blog Read other posts on scientific sharing, scientific... -
When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells
TypeBlog Post...GFP/EGFP) for a transcriptional reporter or as a general cytoplasmic label of cells, there's no problem.... of the FP. The FP is confined to a plane and generally only rotates in 360°, increasing the probability...can be monomerized with an A206K mutation [2]. Addgene has many of these constructs and they are designated...PMCID: PMC3324619. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Read Professor Snapp's Post on mOX FPs Find...in Your Experiments Additional Resources on Addgene.org Browse our Fluorescent Protein Resources Find...Plasmids that Glow (Luciferase Plasmids) Find Optogenetics Resources ... -
Antibodies 101 Series on TikTok
TypeBlog Post...animation is becoming a TikTok series! Follow @addgene on TikTok for bite-sized portions of antibody concepts...an antibody?" or "what is an IgE isotype?" @addgene Ready to learn about antibodies? Our new antibodies...molecularbiology #science #scicomm ♬ original sound - Addgene We'll be posting these animations regularly ... all of our videos will also be shared on our @addgene Instagram account, or you can watch the full animation...on our YouTube channel. More resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies... -
Trends in CRISPR and SynBio Technologies
TypeBlog Post...program are here. This was a great opportunity for Addgene to present our own data on plasmid deposits and...and distirbution for these fast moving fields. Addgene is a global nonprofit plasmid repository. Over ...Over 2,000 labs have deposited plasmids to Addgene and we distribute over 130,000 plasmids in 2014. Thus,...combination of open-source distributors such as Addgene, as well as a number of online user forums such...Meeting Eric presented a poster with data comparing Addgene global deposit and distribution trends for Zinc... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog Post...work is done in flow cytometers, and output is generated through measurement of events. An event is something... machine is plotted as a dot on an X,Y axis to generate a dot plot (Figure 1). Clustered events are called... Figure 1: While the plot generated often looks like the graph on the left, it might...intersection of X,Y. For flow plots, however, that is generally not true. Because of the variations in fluorescent...Of course, this is quite easy to do on a plot generated in Biorender! While a helpful visualization tool...10.1371/journal.pone.0137550 More resources on the Addgene blog Conventional vs. Flow Cytometry Plasmid-based...