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  1. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ...interactions. ChIP works by using antibodies to capture protein:DNA complexes with antibodies specific ...your protein(s) of interest. Once the complex is captured, it is treated so that the protein and DNA are...DNA and then determine concentration.  Protein Capture After crosslinking and sonication or enzymatic ...antibodies, with your samples, and then use an antibody capture method such as Protein A/G beads to collect your...and the Three Steps (Crosslinking, Fragmenting, Capturing), if you ask me.  Each of the three steps need...
  2. CRISPR Pooled gRNA Libraries

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    ...56,762 (Set A) 56,476 (Set B) Broad GPP activation Caprano p65-HSF 92383 (Set A) 92384 (Set B) Activation ...
  3. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    ...the potential hazards of creating “gene drives” capable of spreading through wild populations. Whereas ...organism carrying a synthetic gene drive were to escape the laboratory, the drive could eventually spread...protocols, they can reduce the risk of accidental escape to a negligible level. One major reason we chose...chose to publish the concept and likely capabilities of RNA-guided gene drives in the summer of 2014 (after...performing experiments in a geographic area where escaped organisms won't be able to find mates2. For example...
  4. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    ...polymerase (reviewed in 2, 5). The minigenome is capable of being replicated and transcribed in the cell... Minigenome System). However, minigenomes are incapable of producing infectious virus (similar to lentiviral...VP30, and L (reviewed in 5). The RNA genome is encapsidated by the nucleoprotein, NP. NP associates with...mRNAs are translated) by cellular machinery. NP encapsidates the negative sense, single-stranded RNA minigenome...viral polymerase complex then recognizes the encapsidated minigenome as a template for replication and...
  5. Luciferase Plasmid Collection

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    ...interactions , protein dimerization , endosomal escape of cell-penetrating peptides , and more. nLuc/cLuc...
  6. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ...Transgenes That Exceed the Packaging Capacity of Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids. Human Gene Therapy Methods 27...make it a great viral vector, but its packaging capacity is limited to ~4.7kb, or roughly half the packaging...Lastly, depending on its design, donor A may be capable of expressing a truncated protein. This can be ...Expands Adeno-associated Viral Vector Packaging Capacity in a Transgene-independent Manner. Molecular Therapy...
  7. Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping

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    ...methods termed proximity-based labeling to better capture these interactions in a vast array of biological... of biotin for avidin, proximity labelling can capture weak/transient protein interactions as well as ...exposed lysines on neighboring proteins. Thus to capture protein complexes, scientists can simply express...After a few hours biotinylated proteins can be captured on streptavidin affinity beads or matrices. The...transpeptidase sortase A variant (mgSrtA), which is capable of promiscuously labeling various cell surface ...
  8. New FLIS Plasmid (April Fools 2022)

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    ...of working with fruit flies is their ability to escape their habits and live in the lab itself. Many of...of tiny black dots during our stay there. Yet capturing the flies is nearly impossible, due to their small...everywhere find and re-contain any specimens that escape during routine lab activities.  Here, we demonstrate...plasmid-based system for locating and containing escaped flies. Nature 4:1-22. https://doi.org/4.01.2022...
  9. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ... and migrate within neurons, and that are also capable of spreading across synaptic connections. Most ... like lentivirus, but instead is contained by a capsid which is comprised of the viral proteins VP1, VP2...genetically engineered to have differences in their capsid proteins. For a brief overview see Addgene’s AAV...relatively small (20 nm) in size which makes them capable of diffusing in the extracellular space; they also...include AAV1 – 9, with most of these serotypes capable of entering neurons (see table 1)(Choi et al., ...2017 also provide evidence that AAV1 and AAV9 are capable of synaptic spread. The underlying mechanisms of...
  10. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...editors CRISPR toolkit for epitope tagging Lentiviral capsid-based Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine...protein-truncation strategy with reduced RNA-recognition capabilities.  Read the paper in Nature Biotechnology Find...Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery by lentiviral capsid-based bionanoparticle Transient expression of CRISPR...Recently, Baisong Lu’s lab developed a lentiviral capsid-based bionanoparticle system for packaging Cas9...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector)?

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    ...protein shell known as a capsid, some also have a lipid bilayer surrounding the capsid, called an envelope....particles. As a bonus, this increases the carrying capacity of the viral vector, increasing both safety and..., just to increase the viral vector’s carrying capacity. In order to allow the viral vectors to reproduce...
  12. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ... a system in Streptomyces, a prokaryotic genus capable of producing a variety of natural products. Recently... Schematic representation of cell-free system, capable of producing fluorescent proteins and enzymes. ...Moore et al., 2021.   This TX-TL system is capable of robust expression of high G+C content genes,...relatively simple, controlled “one-pot” reaction capable of reproducing useful natural materials.      ...
  13. Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup

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    ...health science startup requires a great deal more capital to get off the ground, as you will likely need ...your potential contribution to the healthcare landscape.  You will find an extra layer of difficulty launching...projects, but it quickly became apparent that raising capital for such a fund is an impossibility at our early...experts, including Harvard/MIT faculty, venture capital and angel investors, and business development heads...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ... cargo into a cell. These viruses have a cargo capacity of ~ 8 kb, ample room for most experimental needs.... Lentiviruses have slightly larger packaging capacities than gamma-retrovirus, coming in around 9 kb....serotypes (12 naturally occurring and more synthetic capsids are routinely being developed) to choose from, ...direct application of virus. However, the cargo capacity of AAV is ~4.7 kb, almost half that of lenti and...
  15. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...cells and have an ~8kb packaging capacity. With this packaging capacity, reprogramming factors can be delivered...other delivery methods. Retrovirus has a cloning capacity of ~8 kb, so either a single polycistronic vector...and nondividing cells and have a larger cloning capacity (8-10 kb) than other retroviral vectors. This ...a vector and chromosomal DNA. PB has a cloning capacity of ~9-14 kb. This system is transfected into cells...
  16. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    ...proteins are advantageous in today’s genome editing landscape. The need for PAM-less editing   Guides for CRISPR...Walton, et. al, 2020). SpRY uses NRN PAMs and is capable of editing at frequencies comparable to SpCas9....and base editing applications, with high editing capacity in both contexts for NRN PAMs and to a lesser ...other Cas variants described, nearly all genomic landscapes should be editable with CRISPR technology.   ...
  17. Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)

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    ...competitive ELISA use antibodies coating the wells to capture antigen from a sample, whereas antigen is bound...coating the wells of a flat bottomed plate with a capture antibody that is specific to the protein you are...that also recognizes the same target protein. The capture antibody and the detection antibody recognize different...for detecting antigens that are too small to be captured between two antibodies in a sandwich ELISA. While...
  18. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...different packaging capacities depending on the virus. AAV has a packaging capacity of ~4.7 kb, while lentivirus... lentivirus has a capacity of 8–10 kb. Time Viral production in mammalian cells is relatively quick. After...transfer plasmids have a much larger packaging capacity — up to 38 kb! Generally, insect cell production...
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