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  1. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ...-Integrin alpha 5 beta 1 [IPI-ITGA5/ITGB1.2] Integrin alpha-5,Integrin beta-1 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...-Integrin alpha 5 beta 1 [IPI-ITGA5/ITGB1.4] Integrin alpha-5,Integrin beta-1 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...specific integrins in cellular processes.   Figure 1: Integrins can shape into three conformations: (A)... 26 recombinant antibodies (rAbs) either produced de novo using yeast display technology or produced from...immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry. Table 1: IPI antibodies  Antibody Target Proteins Reactivity...Human IgG1 Rabbit Anti-Integrin alpha M [IPI-LM2/1] Integrin alpha-M Human IgG1 Rabbit Anti-Integrin...Human IgG2a Mouse Anti-Integrin alpha M [IPI-LM2/1] Integrin alpha-M Human IgG2a Mouse Anti-Integrin...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...and no viral progeny are produced (Figure 1).  Figure 1: Comparison of the life cycle of a lentiviral...2004). HIV-1 gene expression: lessons from provirus and non-integrated DNA. Retrovirology, 1, 13. https... cannot integrate it into the host genome (Figure 1). IDLVs were first discovered by researchers investigating...you might choose an IDLV over a lentiviral vector: 1. No risk of insertional mutagenesis Lentiviral vectors...Brugman, M. H., Pike-Overzet, K., Chatters, S. J., de Ridder, D., Gilmour, K. C., Adams, S., Thornhill,..., H. E. (1996). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase mutants retain in vitro integrase activity...Berry, C., Ecker, J. R., & Bushman, F. (2002). HIV-1 integration in the human genome favors active genes...
  3. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Plasmids

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    ...available serotypes. ID Plasmid Capsid Description PI 112862 pAAV2/1 AAV1 AAV packaging plasmid, expressing...required for AAV viral replication. This collection provides a curated selection of transfer, packaging, and... packaging eligibility, and more. ID Plasmid Description PI Return to top AAV Packaging Plasmids Packaging...repository for AAV vector production. ID Plasmid Description PI Return to top Other Resources Addgene's Viral...
  4. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    ...across scientific disciplines. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00981-0 Wright...excellent at infecting our target neurons (Figure 1). However, this one set of experiments didn’t provide...yet none of that data was published.    Fig. 1: Testing of three different AAV serotypes (AAV1, 8...392–400. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-018-0028-5 de Backer, M. W. A., Brans, M. A. D., Luijendijk, M....purification and formulation. Molecular Therapy, 12(1), 171–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.02.021...Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14(December), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.578687 Additional...of negative data.  Negative AAV data is highly desirable  In a survey we conducted to improve our Addgene...
  5. Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant: Accelerating Science Globally - 5 Scientists, 4 Countries & 3 Continents!

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    ... compounds with various antimicrobial activities (1). She has developed a fast endophyte screening system...Rodrigo Arturo Rivera Solís, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico Dr. Rodrigo Arturo Rivera Solí...us coordinate and promote the awards. References 1. Martinez-Klimova, Elena et al. “Endophytes as sources...antibiotic” Biochemical Pharmacology 2017 Jun 15;134:1-17. PubMed PMID: 27984002. 2. Bilan, Dmitry S. et ...renewable biotechnology products and biosensors for herbicides as well as developing yeast as source for dietary...technology to engineer plants that are able to destroy DNA viruses, similar to the anti-phage CRISPR effect...cloning kit) she intends to make yeast capable of desaturating fatty acids. Identification of Insecticidal ...
  6. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...plasma HIV-1, improving life expectancy and quality for HIV-1 patients. However, ART is not an HIV-1 cure. ...activated HIV-1, measured via HIV-1 promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic...with HIV-1. For two HIV-1 strains, Cas9/gRNA lentiviral expression significantly reduced the HIV-1 copy number...HIV-1 transcription and destroy infected cells, the other using wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome...currently infected with the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be controlled with antiviral therapies ...take on HIV-1 in vitro, and what obstacles must be overcome for clinical success. ART and HIV-1 reservoirs...Cutting HIV-1 out of the genome with CRISPR/Cas9 Before the introduction of CRISPR, HIV-1 genome editing...
  7. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    ...postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL) and one of the coordinators...prompted us to create Crowdfight.   Figure 1: Crowdfight is a community of scientists who believe...collaborator for a specific task, Crowdfight will: 1) Find an expert with the right skill; 2) Confirm the... illustrates the power of collaboration, which despite the competitiveness of cutting-edge research, is...physics. Even non-scientists, such as lawyers, designers and other professionals, joined the platform; ...
  8. Designer PUF Proteins for Any RNA Target

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    ...regulation of endogenous RNA. J Biol Eng. 2014 Mar 1;8(1):7. doi: 10.1186/1754-1611-8-7. PubMed.  Related Resources...targeting specific sequences of RNA is highly desirable for extending the complexity of genetic circuits...Zhao and colleagues, we now have just the tool…designer PUF proteins! A newly available PUF Assembly Kit...In a single step, researchers can now assemble designer PUF domains for RNA specificity engineering. “...proteins The tool she and her colleagues led by Zhao described and demonstrated in a report published in The ...translational repressor. In principle, however, designer PUF proteins can be fused to other components ...standard BsaI in place of the high fidelity version (despite what the original paper says). In their hands, ...
  9. Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants

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    ...for the wild-type. However, variants such as the P.1 (Gamma variant) and the B.1.351 (Beta variant) were... tested at the time of this study. Figure 1: Neutralization levels against spike pseudovirus decreases...lowest levels of cross-neutralization occurs in the P.1 and B.1.351 variants tested. Image from Garcia-Beltran..., Gosnell BI, Hanekom W, Moosa M-YS, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, Sigal A (2021) Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2...
  10. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...unusual cases was either 1) a physiological effect of SARS-CoV-2 toward destabilizing one’s natural immune...an AdV transfer plasmid with the E1 and E3 (Early 1 and Early 3) genes deleted. These genes’ functions...certain contexts (Bauzon et al., 2003).        Figure 1: The adenovirus life cycle. Image reused from Kremer... review of the evidence. Emerg Microbes Infect, 8(1), 1679–1687. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1690953...adenoviral vector infected cells does not require de novo viral gene expression: Implications for gene...574–580. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05949-1. PMID: 36996871. Tatsis, N., Fitzgerald, J. C., Reyes-Sandoval...viruses infecting humans (from seven species, designated as letters A–G) exist. The life cycle of AdVs...
  11. Viral Production

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    ...to determine purity of the AAV preparation. Figure 1: Silver staining of purified and non-purified AAV ...protocols, titering methods, and quality control are described below. AAV Production AAV distributed by Addgene...
  12. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ... help!  General Design Figure 1: Two proteins are fused to the FP(11) and FP(1–10) fragments. When... Base FP Description Article (Link to Plasmids) PI Blue EBFP2 EBFP2(1–10) and Capri(1–10) for ...and 11 to yield large (1–10) and small (11) fragments. In several cases an FP(1–10) fragment may be compatible...Commun. 2017 Bo Huang mNeonGreen3 mNG3K(1–10) and mNG3A(1–10) for use with mNG2(11) Improved yellow-...sfCherry2 sfCherry2(1–10) and sfCherry2(11), also photo-activatable variant PAsfCherry2(1–10) Improved split...brings the pieces of the FP back together (Figure 1). This method is generally known as Bimolecular Fluorescence...even from a different base FP (for example, EBFP2(1–10) can be used with GFP(11)). Some of the articles...
  13. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides the AAV replication (rep) and capsid...plasmid. This whole process takes ~3 hours to complete: 1 hours hands-on time and 2 hours for the qPCR run and... Special thanks for Dr. Dan Stone and Harshana de Silva Feelixge at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for...about AAV production and purification! References 1. Aurnhammer, C., Haase, M., Muether, N., Hausl, M.... repeat sequences. Human gene therapy methods, 23 1, 18-28. PubMed PMID: 22428977. 2. Choi, V.W., Asokan...replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged into the...
  14. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    ...replication, OriP and the EBNA-1 sequence that encodes for the DNA binding protein EBNA-1 [7]. These two sequences...are based on the Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen-1 (oriP-EBNA-1) system where each vector contains a viral ...extra plasmid, pCXWB-EBNA-1 is used in the reprogramming cocktail. pCXWB-EBNA-1 lacks oriP and is unable...expressing additional EBNA-1 transiently. The transiently expressed EBNA-1 increases protein expression...pCXLE vectors listed below in Table 1 are available at Addgene. Table 1: List of pCXLE episomal plasmids,...obtained and the subsequent reprogramming success [1]. Fibroblasts need to be cultured and expanded in ...reprogramming factor cocktail, and viral protein EBNA-1. Methods for reprogramming hiPSCs from PBMCs While...
  15. Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2:  Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation

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    ...type of choice in vitro is known as reprogramming [1]. The process can be divided into two stages: Dedifferentiation...//www.linkedin.com/in/kmukherjeephd/.  References 1. Hochedlinger, K. and R. Jaenisch, Nuclear reprogramming...from human peripheral blood. Cell Stem Cell, 2010. 7(1): p. 15-9. PubMed PMID: 20621044. PubMed Central PMCID...induced pluripotent stem cells. Hepatology, 2010. 51(1): p. 297-305. PubMed PMID: 19998274. PubMed Central... pluripotent stem cells. Nat Biotechnol, 2014. 32(1): p. 84-91. PubMed PMID: 24291815. PubMed Central ...keratinocyte lineage. Methods Mol Biol, 2014. 1195: p. 1-12. PubMed PMID: 24510784. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4096605...induced pluripotent stem cells. PLoS One, 2010. 5(1): p. e8763. PubMed PMID: 20098701. 31. Tang, Z.H.,...
  16. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...Table 1 below outlines a few of the more common genetic changes found in E. coli strains. Table 1: Common...amber (UAG) stop codon by tyrosine insertion λ-thi-1 or thi1 Mutation in thiamine metabolism Requires exogenous... all based on E. coli K-12 and are considered BSL-1. Table 2: Lab strains of E. coli Strain Natural...plasmids, blue/white screening. F- endA1 glnV44 thi-1 recA1 relA1 gyrA96 deoR nupG Φ80dlacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF...) recA13 leuB6 ara-14 proA2 lacY1 galK2 xyl-5 mtl-1 rpsL20(SmR) glnV44 λ- JM109   General cloning and...strain for cloning repetitive DNA. endA1 glnV44 thi-1 relA1 gyrA96 recA1 mcrB+ Δ(lac-proAB) e14- [F' traD36...of an E. coli K-12 strain. F- λ- ilvG- rfb-50 rph-1 NEB Stable   For cloning into and storage of lentiviral...
  17. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    ...    Figure 1: A 1 mg/mL control is diluted in a series ranging from 1:2 to 1:32. Each individual...example, Figure 1 depicts a 2-fold dilution series. Each step of the series dilutes by 1:2 for a series...series that ranges from 1:2–1:32. The specific dilution series used will depend on the expected concentration... points fit the trendline. R2 ranges from 0 to 1 with 1 being a perfect fit and 0 indicating that there...individual step of the series is consistent at 1:2. When preparing a dilution series, use a new pipette tip for... the data points generated by replicate values provides useful information about the accuracy of the curve...If the unknown sample’s measurement is too low, redesign the standard curve dilution series with lower ...
  18. Celebrating the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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    ...protein design goals, both from the Baker Lab and others. The introduction of de novo designed proteins...protein structures, called Top7. Figure 1: Top7 receives the Nobel Prize. Created with BioRender.com...concept that this kind of protein design is possible. Although Top7 was designed simply to be stable and novel...Hassabis and John Jumper! The Baker Lab focuses on designing entirely new proteins, improving our understanding...team was the first to develop and publish a human-designed protein that was not based on any existing protein...least that we’ve seen so far!). They started by designing a novel topology, then iteratively generated 3D...got closer and closer to achieving it. Once they designed the protein computationally, the researchers expressed...
  19. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...three-step approach for designing an experiment to identify the critical NANOG binding sites: 1. Find Enhancers...in combination with the techniques from Table 1, provides us with powerful GPS-like techniques to explore... chromosome, start, and stop. For instance (chr3, 1, 10) indicates a stretch of DNA at the very beginning...genetic elements like protein, RNA, and DNA (Table 1). As with GPS in the real world, coordinates alone...genomic coordinates into meaningful experiments. Table 1: An emerging family of "GPS for the genome" techniques...enhancers with the help of genome math. Figure 1: Genome math illustrated. Intersect (left) and set...histones with “GPS for proteins,” ChIP-seq from Table 1. Because of DNA’s 3D geometry and the chemical properties...
  20. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    ...recombineering system has three components (Figure 1): 1) Exo, 2) Beta, and 3) Gam. All three are required...frequency between 0.1% to 1%, and can be increased to as high as 25-50% by designing oligos that avoid activating...activating MMR: 1) use a strain of bacteria that has key MMR proteins knocked out or 2) specially design ssDNA ...  These changes can be 5’ or 3’ of the desired change.   Table 1: Overview of ds- and ss-DNA Uses in Recombineering...Considerations dsDNA Insertion or deletion of >20 nucleotides 1 out of 104 to 105 Use a high fidelity Taq polymerase... ssDNA Point mutations or changing a few nucleotides 0.1-1% or 25-50% when activation of MMR is avoided...from the 5’ end and generate 2 possible products: 1) a partially dsDNA duplex with single-stranded 3’ ...
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