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  1. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...illustrated in the schematic below.   Figure 2: gRNA target sequences (colored rectangles) are cloned... plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with four being the ideal number. First you...the total number of gRNAs you wish to clone, from 2-7. For example, if you’re expressing 4 gRNAs, you’...gRNAs into spectinomycin-resistant plasmids pX330S-2 to pX330S-(last gRNA number). The 5’ most gRNA is ...Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids allow you to assemble 2-4 gRNAs through Golden Gate or Gibson Assembly. gRNAs...Multiplex Plasmids: These plasmids allow expression of 2-5 gRNAs in zebrafish. Custom destination vectors are...and a subsequent curing protocol that requires only 2-3 hours incubation. Kondo Lab multiplexed base editing...
  2. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...TUs. Level 2: Assembly of multiple Level 1 TUs into multigene constructs. Figure 2: The three ...can be queried by testing any number in the Level 2 assembly. These pathways can require a lot of optimization... of multigene constructs. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 18;6(2):e16765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016765.  Hahn,... (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02388-2 Resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s Modular Cloning...with characterized behaviors are available from Addgene and other sources; second, characterizing a part...specific functions. Most individual parts have characterized activities with predictable behaviors. While...part in different contexts and plug different characterized parts into a TU! What is modular cloning useful...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...that have been developed into retroviral vectors and 2.) a subclass of retroviruses called the lentiviruses...effectively. Retroviral structure   Figure 2: Structure of a retrovirus. Image re-used from Dong...Dong & Kantor, 2021 under CC-BY license. Figure 2 gives a detailed view of the structure of a retroviral...transfer of RT, which would actually occur in step 2 during uncoating. After uncoating, reverse transcription...one of the two strands’ DNA counterparts from step 2 will be integrated by the viral integrase protein ... Air. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2(4), 84. https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.ESTLETT.5B00050.... But it’s simple. The RT protein is made by a separate set of instructions in the same producer cells...
  4. Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel

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    .... To understand why that is, let's look at Figure 2. The blue laser excites at a wavelength of 488 nm ... of PE's excitation spectrum (dotted line, Figure 2). The yellow/green laser, however, excites at 561 ... stronger — or brighter — signal.   Figure 2: Excitation and emission spectra for PE. The excitation...this example, I will describe a basic panel (Table 2, Figure 5) for a hypothetical experiment in the lab...efficiency (eGFP expression).     The first item in Table 2 is a standard and should always be included—the live...from the other fluorophores to avoid bleeding and 2) BV421 is a very bright fluorophore, which makes it...case the CD45 expression turns out to be weak. Table 2: A simple flow panel to detect live, transduced, and...
  5. AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ... and G-protein is delivered to the starter cell. (2) The starter cell now expresses TVA and G-protein.... viral prep format. Please note this does not guarantee viral vector packaging service, but lets us know...
  6. Starter guide to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) part 1:  A renaissance in regenerative medicine

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    ...them in Regenerative Medicine. Acta Naturae, 2010. 2(2): p. 18-28. PubMed PMID: 22649638. PubMed Central...capability to differentiate into specialized cell types [2]. We general speak of 4 levels of stem cell potency...zygote through to the morula stage are totipotent [2-4]. Pluripotency: When a cell has the ability to differentiate...stem cells (ESCs), which I discuss in detail below [2]. Multipotency: When a cell can differentiate into...PMID: 26726264. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4686367. 2. Jaenisch, R. and R. Young, Stem cells, the molecular...promising therapeutic tools. The two unique characteristics that define stem cells are: Their ability...disadvantages. Here is a table listing some of them: Characteristic ESC ASC Self-renewal High Low once isolated...
  7. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...pCRISPRainbow-DONOR1, with dCas9 supplied by a separate vector. Figure 2: CRISPRainbow generates 6 unique colors...two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp. Labeling multiple, intrachromosomal loci Building...successfully resolved loci with physical map distances of 2 and 75 Mbp, with the calculated fluorescent distances...established physical map. In comparing pairs of targets ~2 Mbp apart, they noticed that they could evaluate the... Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Ma, Hanhui, et al. “Multicolor CRISPR labeling of... labeling efficiency was similar to that of a comparable FISH method. Importantly, they did not observe...intrachromosomal loci, a major benchmark in characterizing the 4D nucleome. CRISPRainbow: Scaling up to...
  8. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    ...   Class 1 versus class 2 There are two CRISPR classes: Class 1 and Class 2. Class 1 CRISPR systems use...systems to carry out various functions. Class 2 Class 2 CRISPR systems rely on a single protein Cas effector...explore Class 2 CRISPR in more depth, the Jennifer Doudna lab maintains an encyclopedia of Class 2 CRISPR systems...systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 18(2), 67–83. https://doi.org...complex for antiviral defense) complexes, while Class 2 use single protein Cas effectors, like Cas9. The Cascade...1 remains largely underutilized compared to Class 2. Class 1 Despite their incredible abundance, Class...components present in the Cascade complex. Figure 2: Schematic of a Cascade complex (blue subunits) with...
  9. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    ...Diagnostic restriction digests are comprised of 2 separate steps: 1) incubating your DNA with restriction...which cleave the DNA molecules at specific sites and 2) running the reaction on an agarose gel to determine...including a 1.2 kb insert. The plasmid was digested with 2 unique enzymes (HindIII and BamHI) and run on an agarose...to serve as a reference band. The uncut DNA (lane 2) shows 3 possible plasmid conformations, with relaxed...will allow you to approximate the DNA mass of comparably intense samples of similar size. Run the gel ...gel at 80-150V until you have good separation between your bands. Stopping the gel when the bromophenol ...need to run the gel for longer to achieve good separation of larger DNA fragments. I hope these tips ...
  10. Screening for Successful Genome Editing with Digital PCR

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    ...resulting from non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) (2-5), depending on your desired genome edit. Since exploitation...each sample can be quickly calculated (details in [2]) and can be used to quantify rates of mutation in... have been reported for mismatch nuclease assays (2, 6, 7). Ability to distinguish between mono-allelic...assays, in addition to testing their performance (2). Remember that although digital PCR is a great screening...PMID: 24509632. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4063274. 2. Findlay, S. D., Vincent, K. M., Berman, J. R. & Postovit...96-well plate without prior quantification. Comparatively, mismatch assays require between 200 and 500... in a high background of wild type targets. Comparatively, detection limits of about 5% mutant targets...
  11. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ... C-Y, Guevara H, Wadford DA, Chen JS, Chiu CY (2020) CRISPR–Cas12-based detection of SARS-CoV-2. Nature... (2015) Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems. Molecular Cell... can be used to diagnose the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, but inadequate access to reagents and equipment...named this system SHERLOCKv2 for SHERLOCK version 2. Here are some of the improvements: SHERLOCKv2 uses... a protocol for using SHERLOCK to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The test is started using RNA purified from patient...recently adapted the DETECTR platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 using a lateral flow strip format. They published ...Cpf1 Is a Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell 163:759–771 . https://doi....
  12. Neurodegeneration Plasmid Collection

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    ...8661 p4455 FLAG-hPLIC-2 UBQLN2 Flag CMV ALS Peter Howley 8662 p4456 FLAG-hPLIC-2 NTF UBQLN2 Flag CMV ALS...196208 GB1-A11(2-196)-Strep ANXA11 His, Strep, Tev T7 ALS Lalit Deshmukh 196209 GB1-A11(2-196, G38R)-Strep...196210 GB1-A11(2-196, D40G)-Strep ANXA11 His, Strep, Tev T7 ALS Lalit Deshmukh 196211 GB1-A11(2-196, G175R...196212 GB1-A11(2-196, G189E)-Strep ANXA11 His, Strep, Tev T7 ALS Lalit Deshmukh 196213 GB1-A11(2-52)-Strep ...TLS 1: hTLS.pBSKS(+) FUS T7 ALS David Ron 21828 TLS 2: hTLS.pCDNA1 FUS CMV ALS David Ron 21829 TLS 3: TLS.pRSET.C...ApoE Alzheimer's Sohail Tavazoie 51436 pGL3Basic-ME.2/ApoEpromoter APOE ApoE Alzheimer's Sohail Tavazoie...T7 ALS Nicolas Fawzi 127195 RP1B FUS 1-163 QQ4xSS #2 FUS His T7 ALS Nicolas Fawzi 127196 pJ411 FUS 1-163...
  13. CRISPR Plasmids - Drosophila

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    ...plasmid Bullock and Port 49409 pCFD2-dU6:2gRNA dU6:2 BbsI Injection or in vitro transcription Virmilion...not also express a gRNA, you will need to use a separate gRNA expression plasmid to target the dCas9-activator...
  14. Distribution to Industry

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    ...Information Featured Collections COVID-19 SARS-COV-2, ACE2, and CRISPR tools Fluorescent Proteins from ...industry scientists. Please note this does not guarantee availability but lets us know what plasmids would...
  15. Sleeping Beauty Awakens for Genome Engineering

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    ... of 2 components: 1) an SB transposase, the enzyme required for catalysis of transposition; and 2) a transposon...backbone. A separate plasmid contains the transposase gene (red) for expressing the transposase enzyme.2.) The... 2015 Feb 4. doi: 10.1002/biot.201400821. PubMed. 2. Mates L, et al. Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive...efficiencies of stable gene transfer using SB100x were comparable to stable transduction efficiencies of integrating...
  16. The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data

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    ...month, from 1/22/20–2/23/20, where there were zero plasmid requests. Afterwards, from 2/24/20–3/15/20 (the...Each paper has between 1–32 plasmids and a total of 2–2,590 requests. We received plasmid requests from ...observed between Jan. 1 and Mar. 1, 2020. Figure 2: A simple approximation of the effect of COVID-19 ...However, it is evident that if we believe that 1/22/20–2/23/20 are the more accurate dates of lockdown in China...cases being reported (right, red), likely due to quarantining {% video_player "embed_player" overrideable...modification also eases the interpretation of the parameters we infer, since scientific productivity is better... model to give uncertainty estimates for each parameter, we added log-normal noise to each of the terms...
  17. Biosensor AAV Preps

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    ..., Huebener , Rose 83899 pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell-2 Dlx GCaMP6f none Constitutive 1, 9, rg* Fishell 100833...pAAV.CAG.GCaMP6f.WPRE.SV40 CAG GCaMP6f none Constitutive 1, 2, 9 Kim , GENIE 100837 pAAV.Syn.GCaMP6f.WPRE.SV40 Syn...pAAV-CAG-NIR-GECO2G CAG NIR-GECO2G none Constitutive 1, 2, 9 Campbell Calcium Sensor: HaloCaMP1a 138327 pAAV-synapsin-HaloCaMP1a-EGFP... viral prep format. Please note this does not guarantee viral vector packaging service, but lets us know...
  18. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    ...Table 2 for more details on the effect of pH on the fluorescent properties of Rosella.   Table 2: Effect...in yeast. Autophagy,4(2), 205-213. doi:10.4161/auto.5331. PubMed PMID: 18094608 2. Sargsyan, A., Cai, J...environment like the vacuole or lysosome. See Table 2 for a summary of what color fluorescence Rosella emits...fluorescence accumulates in the vacuole. See Figure 2 for an example of what fluorescence looks like for..., Colosimo, L. K., Graham, T. E. (2015). Rapid parallel measurements of macroautophagy and mitophagy in...
  19. Grad School Advice Part 1: Picking a Lab and a Project

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    ...Introduction from Tyler 1:13 - 2:02 : Niroshi and Ben introduce themselves 2:03 - 3:22 : How did you end ...things get tough in the dreaded third year. Find Part 2 Here! We'd like to thank Niroshi and Ben for taking...senior graduate students, Ben Vincent and Niroshi Senaratne, from the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program...Biology, and he tweets @benjvincent.     Niroshi Senaratne is a graduate of the PhD program in Genetics and...
  20. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...question: C2c1, C2c2 and C2c3 (short for Class 2, candidate 1, 2, or 3). C2c1 and C2c3 are related to Cpf1,...et al. "Discovery and functional characterization of diverse class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems." Molecular cell...however cutting efficiency of Cas13a is reduced when 2 mismatches are present. The protospacer flanking sequence...PMC5127784. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. East-Seletsky, Alexandra, et al. "Two distinct RNase... Leptotrichia shahii (LshCas13a) to begin to characterize this new effector (Abudayyeh et al., 2016). ... plant cells (Abudayyeh et al., 2017). They characterized Cas13a from Leptotrichia wadei (LwaCas13a), ...multiplexing; expressing 5 gRNAs simultaneously produces comparable gene knockdown to single gRNA expression. Although...
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