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  1. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...low expression, and everything in between (Figure 2). These smears tend to occur when you are looking ...based on your experiment. You can see from Figure 2 that determining where to place your gate based on...the dot plot would be complicated.  Figure 2: (A) a smeary dot plot showing a range of antibody...plot in Figure 4 compared to the dot plot in Figure 2. Quantification using MFI makes it easier to identify...positive samples are clearly distinguishable as two separate populations. Created with biorender.com. Pro...with the baseline suggesting this sample has a comparable expression to the baseline/negative control. ...expression, using a histogram plot and MFI values to characterize your samples may allow for better interpretation...

  2. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...gRNA-containing plasmid, or a 2-plasmid system in which Cas9 must be delivered separately.  Mutant cells are enriched...targeting a specific gene within the genome (see Fig. 2). Individual gRNAs are designed in silico using publicly...mouse, human, fly, E. coli, and T. gondii genes.  2) What genetic modification are you trying to make?...CRISPR libraries is a multi-step process (see Fig. 2). In most cases, CRISPR libraries are provided at ...uncontrolled cell growth, such as cancer. Figure 2: The CRISPR library must be amplified (A) to be used...If you've obtained a ready-to-use lentiviral preparation from Addgene, you can skip the steps above! Cells...

  3. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...Currently available from the Kim lab are 2 presynaptic and 2 postsynaptic targeting mGRASP plasmids. Additionally... cells were pulsed with 2µg/ml of Doxycycline for 2 hours, and imaged on the Keyence BZ-9000 fluorescence...work! Robinson et al., Dev Cell 2010 Feb 16;18(2):324-31. Cheeseman et al., J Cell Sci 2013 May 1...promotes the formation of an isopeptide bond between 2 peptide tags, SpyTag and KTag. The group demonstrated... of three sets of cloning vectors (Level 0, 1, or 2) which can be utilized in three successive assembly...1 modules can be similarly assembled into a Level 2 vector, thus forming a functional genetic circuit....circuit. Flexibility has been built into the Level 2 vectors to allow for additional iterations of Level 1 assembly...

  4. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...Baekelandt, V. (2007). Comparative analysis of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 in mouse...Yamamori, T. (2015). Comparative analyses of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 in marmoset...for retrograde transport has been found for AAV1, -2, -5, -7, -8 (Taymans et al., 2007), AAV1 (Hollis et... tropism and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain. PLoS One 8:e76310...reveal novel hippocampal CA2 circuits. Nat Neurosci 17(2), 269–279. PubMed PMID: 24336151. PubMed Central PMCID... Mechanisms of Motility and Regulation. Neuron 84(2), 292–309. PubMed PMID: 25374356. PubMed Central PMCID...transduction efficiency of recombinant AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5 and 8 in the rat nigrostriatal system. J Neurochem...

  5. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ... to the lysosome where they are finally degraded (2, 3). Once you've created your fusion protein, it's...examples include the ImageJ plugins JACoP and Coloc 2, BioImageXD, and customized CellProfiler pipelines...colocalization analysis example is given in Figure 2 (adapted from 4) - Dunn et al. 2011 provides an in-depth...Since colocalization relies upon the detection of 2 independent fluorescent signals and their potential...here! References 1. Allen Institute Plasmid Pages 2. Cooper GM. 2000. The Cell: A Molecular Approach. ...Therefore, it can be beneficial to employ well-characterized marker proteins tagged with FPs to highlight...spectra of the selected FPs need to be sufficiently separated, most commonly FPs with red and green wavelengths...

  6. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ...kinetics which are illustrated in figures 2 and 3.  Figure 2: Glutamate titration curves for the different...signals upon sensing glutamate using both 1-photon and 2-photon imaging.   Figure 1: 1P and 2P excitation...adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 2.   Improved trafficking and localization through...fluorescence intensity from the inserted GFP. After characterizing iGluSnFR in vitro, showing that it is selectively...response than its predecessors. The detailed characterization of the new variants is available here. Upgrades...

  7. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    ...systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 18(2), 67–83. https://doi.org...resource that provides summary information on Class 2 Cas enzymes. The information is organized in wiki ...this content and much, much more.     Fig. 2 – List of resources and properties for a Cas entry...Database: A Functional Classification System for Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Enzymes [Preprint]. Biochemistry, Biophysics... your hits, you can easily sort them by other parameters, such as E-value for protein sequence searches...

  8. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...plasmids are cured from the cell. Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image from Li et al., ...1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon of pCas into a non-temperature-sensitive... pEcCas/pEcgRNA system in 4 E. coli K-12 strains, 2 E. coli B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella...MUCICAT better, it is faster. Using MUCICAT only needs 2 newly constructed plasmids (pDonor and pQCascade) ...rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for multicopy integration. (...temperature-sensitive replicon for self-curing, an arabinose inducible lambda-red gene, and an IPTG-inducible...site of interest. The donor template is supplied separately. To use this system, you’d first introduce your...

  9. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    ...of conventional gene targeting is lowered to about 2-3 months. But certain models remain more difficult...included in the final ssDNA template. Figure 2: Overview of ivTRT to generate an ssDNA repair template... floxed conditional allele requires you to target 2 loxP sites to intronic regions 0.5 - 0.8 kb apart....Typically, Easi-CRISPR works best with insertions of 2 kb or less. Luckily, most of the commonly used cassettes... induction systems (ttA or rtTA) are between 1 to 2 kb in length. There are plenty of Addgene plasmid ...create the ssDNA construct as described in Figure 2.  You can also use Addgene plasmids to purify Cas9...ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes of Cas9 protein and the separated guide RNA components (crRNA and tracrRNA) for ...

  10. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    ...purify IVT sgRNA in the lab. Figure 2: Cas9 RNP complexed with 2-part cr:tracrRNA tags genes more effectively...into stem cells. Cells are allowed to recover for 2-5 days and then analyzed for tagging efficiency using...IVT sgRNA) approach (Dewari et al. 2018 and Figure 2). Not only is the cr:tracrRNA approach highly efficient...cell suspension, transfect and let cells recover for 2-5 days.Note: We use the Nucleofection method for delivery...success was ~%50. If you get low knock-in efficiency (<2% positive by ICC for the tag) or do not see any cells...PMID: 28096221. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5312033. 2. Dewari PS, Southgate B, Mccarten K, Monogarov G, ...assembling csRNPs in a 96-well plate format and tested parallel tag knock-in for 96 different genes in a single...

  11. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ...testing your AAV.  Figure 2: Comparison of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9 in two different ...Yamamori, T. (2015). Comparative analyses of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 in marmoset...) your experimental conditions and measurements; (2) the cells you’re targeting; (3) how much expression... Tropism and Axonal Transport of AAV Serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the Mouse Brain. PLOS ONE, 8(9),... Comparison of four promoters. Gene Therapy, 28(1–2), 56–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-020-0169-1...site  (Kanaan et al., 2017), axonal transport  (Murlidharan et al., 2014), and postsynaptic transmission ... 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Murlidharan, G., Samulski, R. J., & Asokan, A. (2014). Biology...

  12. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...for the 2+ million DHS sites. See below for further details. DNA is a 3D Fractal Figure 2: DNA compaction...: 1. Find Enhancers that have NANOG binding sites 2. Design a CRISPR screen to target and disrupt the ...NANOG enhancers 3. CRISPR out the enhancers from step 2. See which ESCs die or differentiate Step 3 reveals...expression for NANOG enhancers, we’re ready for step 2: design a CRISPR screen to disrupt these enhancers...to CRISPR out the enhancers we identified in step 2. The result is a heterogenous population of stem cells...determination was established with Bowtie2 using the parameters first described in Kearns et al.: bowtie2 -f ...

  13. Visualizing Your Plasmid Request Data

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    ...with request data to the dashboard (Fig. 2).     Figure 2: Insert showing the upload function for... the date of downloading the CSV is shown (figure 2) and the dashboard displays the data in a standardized...microscopy (University of Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes, and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes...

  14. Editor's Choice, October 2016

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    ...Part 2: Building Community  My editor’s choice pick for this month is “Grad School Advice Part 2: Building...Options for CRISPR Genotyping Grad School Advice Part 2: Building Community Engineering the Plant Genome Using...graduate school classmates, Ben Vincent and Niroshi Senaratne. When we recorded, Ben and Niroshi, were finishing...

  15. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...NGG)  Editing window ~2 nt  85175  pBK-EE-BE3  SpCas9 (NGG)  Editing window ~2 nt  85176  pBK-YE2-...quantum yield of 0.54) and mScarlet-H with M164H (2-fold improvement in photostability compared to mScarlet...SpCas9 base editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides! To reduce off-target effects associated...pBK-YE2-BE3  SpCas9 (NGG)  Editing window ~2 nt  85177  pBK-YEE-BE3  SpCas9 (NGG)  Lower on-target activity...activity than BE3; editing window ~1-2 nt  87438  pET42b-HF-BE3  HF-Cas9 (NGG)  Very low off-target activity...Ladders Are Awesome Tools: They are comprised of 2 plasmids, pPSU1 and pPSU2, that can be amplified affordably...libraries The Gross Lab at UCSF recently deposited 2 Bacillus subtilis libraries with Addgene – the B. ...

  16. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...digital PCR. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 25(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2013.131 Wang,...(see maps section for images).     Figure 2: AAV Pro cells were transduced with either pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre...Digital PCR Method. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 29(2), 96–103. https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2017.198   ... lentiviral preparations (“-LVC” catalog items) are generated from lentiviral preparations (described ... to the cleared viral preparation pool. In addition, the final viral preparation undergoes PCR with primers...specific virus in order to generate high quality preparations. After production, all virus preps are titered...plasmid encoding adenoviral helper sequences. AAV preparations are purified by iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation...

  17. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    ...University of Manitoba due to their Biosafety Level-2 or 2+. Please Note: Despite the fact that AAVs themselves...long and stable expression (up to 9 months in mice [2]). Low Immune Response: Compared to other viral vectors... location. Location (1): What tissue? Location (2): Where in the tissue/which cell type? Location (3...may be sufficient to overcome the transport issues. 2. Failure to plan (for storage) Is planning to fail...Find Ready-to-Use Retrograde AAV Preps at Addgene 2) Comparison of genetically engineered receptors (i.e...Therapy 15.10 (2007): 1740-1743. PubMed PMID: 17882145. 2. Zincarelli, Carmela, et al. "Analysis of AAV serotypes... tropism and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain." PloS one 8.9 (...

  18. Deep Dive: Statistical Tests (Comparisons)

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    ...(bell curve) or skewed (see Fig. 2). Assumptions – characteristics of a data set; the ‘rules’ a statistical...    Fig. 2: Examples of data distribution profiles.   Parametric tests  Statistical tests... positive is much higher than if you only look at 2 or 3 pairwise comparisons. Similar to family-wise ...statistical facets of reproducibility. Adv Physiol Educ. 40(2): 248-252 (2016). 0.1152/advan.00042.2016 Finch, W...Simulation Study. Front. Appl. Math. Stat. Volume 2 (2016). doi.org/10.3389/fams.2016.00002  ...categories: parametric and non-parametric. In this blog we will be discussing parametric tests. Parametric tests...requirements that need to be met for a parametric test are as follows:   Parametric test assumptions: Distribution...

  19. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    ...Tris-tricine 30 V, 1 hour or 100 V, 1–2 hours Good separation, quality, and stability Limited protein..., which will allow clear separation of proteins of different sizes.  Table 2: Recommended gel percentages.... The most common options are 4 °C overnight or 1–2 hours at room temperature (RT). Most people choose...overnight at 4 °C and their secondary antibody for 1–2 hrs at room temperature, which allows them to reduce...Tris-glycine 6–400 kDa Tris-glycine 100 V, 1–2 hours Easy and cheap to handcast Short shelf-life...are consistent and stable at room temperature for 1–2 years and are available in formulas specific to your...response over a broad dynamic range that typically spans 2–5 orders of magnitude, which includes a wide dynamic...

  20. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    ...improving editing accuracy by preventing re-editing and (2) optimizing “cut-to-mutation distance”. Furthermore...also takes into account that HDR is rare, usually 2-5% of the edited cells in our hands, these combined...screen a few hundred clones to find the right one Step 2 – Edit the cells a second time using a repair template...Additional CRISPR Resources on Addgene's CRISPR Guide Page 2. Optimizing "cut-to-mutation distance"  Even though... wisely (and let them cut close).   Figure 2: Relationship between cut site to mutation distance...PMID: 23287718. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3795411. 2. Mali, Prashant, et al. "RNA-guided human genome engineering...incorporated during HDR. We decided to systematically characterize this phenomenon and found a general relationship...
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