... State University. Since its appearance, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to almost every part of the world manifesting...Rapid detection of 2019 novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using a CRISPR based DETECTR assay Sensitivity:10-...primers that target the E and the N2 gene of SARS-CoV-2. If the Cas12a-sgRNA complex binds to the target sequences... method has been optimized to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly using saliva without having to perform...and visual detection of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Sensitivity: 4.6-11 copies/microliter of RNA targets...single-molecule sensitive. In the case of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 detection, AIOD-CRISPR without preamplification was...easy-to-deploy, protocol for Cas13-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (CREST) Sensitivity: 10 copies of...

...cancer. These viruses need to be handled in a BSL-2 (or BSL-2+) lab and require additional safety measures.... BSL-1. In BSL-2 labs, eye protection is required any time you have to work with BSL-2 materials, such...respiratory diseases in humans, earning this virus a BSL-2 classification. Lentivirus (a type of retrovirus) ...recommended or required in BSL-1 and required in BSL-2 labs. When working with lentivirus, many organizations...sprayed into the air. For lentivirus and other BSL-2 materials, you’ll need to use aerosol-tight caps, ...percentage of the decontaminate to be used for BSL-2 waste, and of course, if you are working with a substance...producer cell line, such as HEK-293T, production of viral particles, and transduction of a target cell line...

...muscarinic receptor and has not been used in vivo . Figure 2: DREADDs, their ligands, and signaling properties.... Reference Rq(R165L) Human M3 muscarinic Arrestin-2/-3 CNO* Increase Arrestin translocation Arrestin signalling...hM1Dq hM5Dq Human M3 muscarinic G αq CNO* Increase Ca 2+ Neuronal burst firing Armbruster et al., 2007 rM3D...channels, their effect, and outcome in neurons. Table 2. Descriptions of PSAMs and their activity in neurons...Forbes SL, Liggett SB (2001). Modification of the beta 2-adrenergic receptor to engineer a receptor-effector...targeted to specific tissues, cell types or even subcellular regions of a neuron. Cell-specific expression of...Human Stem Cell-Derived Neurons Repair Circuits and Restore Neural Function. Cell Stem Cell. 28:112-126...

...: 24901218. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4047077. 2. Pagliara, Patrizia, et al. "Ostreopsis cf. ovata induces...times), depending on the cell line so old cells should be retired! Conversely, cells younger than the 3rd ...Make sure cells don't stay out too long While you’re preparing things, make sure your cells don’t stay...contaminants. Set up a routine to split cells Don’t be lazy about splitting cells, instead try to form a routine...’s best to split cells before the plates are more than 80-85% confluent because cells like their space...lactic acid (a by-product of cellular metabolism that is toxic to the cells), and need to be split very...numbers! When starting off with a new cell line, grow the cells, aliquot them into a number of vials, ...

... York: Crown Publishers, 2010. 2. Gold, Michael. "A conspiracy of cells." State University of New York...quality work in cell culture. The problems with cell lines Simply put, the majority of cell line problems...HeLa cells, the first immortalized human cell line. He proved this by examining whether the cell lines...Cancer Cells, Marker-independent identification of glioma-initiating cells. The International Cell Line ...working cell bank has been made by a research institution (an excellent practice), or maybe cells have been...Animal Cell Culture Guide Thermofisher Guidelines for Maintaining Cultured Cells Invitrogen Cell Culture... Outreach Scientist Nick Amiss. Cell culture in the present day Cell culture is a widespread tool used...

...G-protein is delivered to the starter cell. (2) The starter cell now expresses TVA and G-protein. EnvA-pseudotyped...spread from this cell to synaptically connected cells (meaning, it can spread to cells that are projecting...infect a single "starter" cell, but new virus cannot spread to any neighboring cells. To enable monosynaptic...provided to the starter cell in trans , via delivery by an AAV. Since this starter cell now has all the viral...projecting to the starter cell). Once in the secondarily infected cells that lack the G protein, the virus ...connected cells. To further refine the targeting of G-deleted rabies to specific starter cells, the tropism...is delivered to the starter cell, and specifically targets the starter cell via the EnvA receptor. RABV...

...Cas enzymes? CasPEDIA is an encyclopedia of Class 2 CRISPR systems with wiki entries describing enzyme... inosine, which is treated like guanosine by the cell, creating an A to G (or T to C) change. Adenine ...

...dCas9VP64 and sgRNA from separate promoters. Table 2. pmax dCas9 Activator Expression Plasmids ID Plasmid...Rangarajan S, Shivalila CS, Dadon DB, Jaenisch R. Cell Res. 2013 Oct;23(10):1163-71. doi: 10.1038/cr.2013.122...

...   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...). Class 2 CRISPR/Cas: an expanding biotechnology toolbox for and beyond genome editing. Cell & Bioscience...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...

...the addition of Cre recombinase (Figure 2). Figure 2: A knockout targeting vector designed to...construct. For recombination to occur in a cell, a minimum of 2 kb of sequence homology is required, but...Deliver your construct to your target cells. After recombination, exon 2 of the targeted gene will be removed... through an experiment designed to knock out exon 2 of a given gene.   Figure 1: A knockout targeting...the GFP/NeoR cassette is inserted in place of exon 2. Thus, the targeted gene is disrupted (knocked out...recombination event will remove NeoR only and leave exon 2 floxed, as seen in line 4 of Figure 4. Since the loxP...recombined cells. Recombination is a rare event, so you must select as opposed to screen for cells where recombination...

...Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells Carrying a Guide RNA Library. Cell Stem Cell . 17 (2), 221–232. PMID: 26165924...used to transduce your experimental cell population (Figure 8E). In a 2-vector system, you’ll need to either...of CRISPR-Cas9 with Bacteriophage Proteins. Cell , 168 (1–2), 150-158.e10. PMID: 28041849 Sakuma, T., Nishikawa... regulation of transcription in eukaryotes. Cell . 154 (2), 442–451. PMID: 23849981 Gilbert, L. A., Horlbeck...Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds. Cell . 160 (1–2), 339–350. PMID: 25533786 Cas9 alternatives...single RNA-Guided endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-CAS system. Cell , 163 (3), 759–771. PMID: 26422227 Zetsche...left free to interact with the target DNA. Figure 2: Overview of the NHEJ repair mechanism Cas9 will only...

...CRISPR to detect SARS-CoV-2, including many with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without...detection methods, synthetic nanobodies, SARS-CoV-2 protein expression, and more. We also highlighted ...empty backbones, fluorescent protein tags, SARS-CoV-2 plasmids, etc. It is our hope that by providing cloning...RNA and extracting RNA without a kit. 3. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas by ...multiple plasmids in one cell, it might be that you can't stably maintain them in the cell. This blog post features...

...generate 2 possible products: 1) a partially dsDNA duplex with single-stranded 3’ overhangs or 2) if the...but these cells are prone to mutations and will have more unintended changes to their genomes. 2) Designing...recombineering system has three components (Figure 1): 1) Exo, 2) Beta, and 3) Gam. All three are required for recombineering...generic lambda red recombineering experiment (Figure 2). In the following sections, key steps that differ...confirmation of recombinant clones.    Figure 2: Overview of using Lambda Red recombineering system...pairs of homology to the targeted insert site (Figure 2, top).  These primers are typically ~70 nucleotides...bacteria that has key MMR proteins knocked out or 2) specially design ssDNA oligos to avoid MMR: 1) E....

...   Figure 2: Cas9 expression in monoclonal cell lines generated from A549 cells transduced with ... a range of reasonable MOIs. 2. Create a monoclonal Cas9-expression cell line. Especially if you’re doing...(Figure 2) and I was surprised at how variable Cas9-expression was across the different cells (Figure ...Overview: By Western blotting (Figure 2, pool), I knew the cells expressed Cas9, but I didn’t know what...knockouts and knockins in human somatic cells. Nature Protocols 2007; 2(11): 2734-46. PubMed PMID: 18007609...despite having active Cas9 (see tip 2). Pro-Tips 1. To quantify Cas9 activity using this assay, you really...Western blotting against GFP expression, but I didn’t. 2. In the original publication they see GFP expression...

...fragments that retain antigen binding (Figure 2):  F(ab')2 - These fragments are produced by proteolytic... multiplexed super-resolution microscopy. Cell Rep Methods 2(10):100301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth...fragments are produced by mild reduction of F(ab')2 fragments, which reduces the hinge region disulfide...Variable (scFv). Size: ~25 kDa.   Figure 2: Comparison between a full IgG antibody and common...advantages, though with some caveats.  First off, F(ab’)2 fragments are bivalent, so may have higher avidity...or Fab fragments. Higher avidity means that F(ab’)2 fragments may have overall stronger interaction with...Clinical Prospects of Antibody Fragments. Antibodies 8(2):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/antib8020028    Wessel...

...digital PCR. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 25(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2013.131 Lock,... and keep the cells happy. Harvesting virus Once you have transfected your cells, wait 2–5 days and then...quantification of adeno-associated virus serotype 2-derived inverted terminal repeat sequences. Human ..., R., & Kleinschmidt, J. (1999). Titration of AAV-2 particles via a novel capsid ELISA: Packaging of genomes... genomes can limit production of recombinant AAV-2. Gene Therapy, 6(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1038...Characterization of a recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 Reference Standard Material. Human Gene Therapy, 21...however, you’ve collected the producer cells, you’ll need to lyse the cells to let the virions out. We recommend...

...the resulting fraction is reported. Figure 2: Normalization with loading controls. Under each lane...control band is weaker in condition 1 than condition 2, the normalized values for the two conditions are ...opposite change in your loading control. Assumption #2: The loading control can be accurately quantified ...significantly lighter in “condition 1” than “condition 2.” By eye, the loading control appears about the same...) are smaller than the analogous green “condition 2” points by the exact same value. For the two solid...consider a different loading control. Assumption #2: The loading control can be accurately quantified ...factors we’ve covered in our previous blog posts (1, 2) on western blotting. If the abundance of your POI...

...electrocompetent cells is minimal (picogram range). It can be extracted from small bacterial cultures (i.e. 2-3 ml...ratios measured at 260 and 280 nm should fall ~1.8 - 2 and give scientists an indication of purity versus...contaminants. The 260 and 230 nm ratios should fall ~2 - 2.2, and provide an indication of purity versus ...hydrochloride used during plasmid extraction. Figure 2: Use cloning grade DNA for direct cloning of your ...lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall of Gram negative bacteria like E. coli that affects tissue culture cell line viability...introduces transformation grade plasmids into a bacterial cell. Transformation grade DNA  Transformation is ...Figure 3: Need to introduce plasmids into mammalian cells? Use transfection grade DNA. Transfection is ...

...GEVIs (called ASAP 1 and 2), they found an indicator that is optimized for 2-photon imaging of voltages...challenges in 2-photon in-vivo imaging of voltage fluctuations. Image credit: Liu Z, et al. Cell. 2022.  ...suitable for in vivo optogenetic use.   Fig. 2: A) HcKCR1 is highly selective for K+ over other Na...slice of HcKCR1-EYFP and tdTomato expressed layer 2/3 neurons in mouse. C) Action potential frequencies...two-photon microscopy. Cell, 18, 3408 - 3425.e29. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.07.013.   ...specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. Mol Cell Biol. Dec;5(12):3610-6.(1985). doi: 10.1128/mcb.5.12.3610...

...plasmid Bullock and Port 49409 pCFD2-dU6:2gRNA dU6:2 BbsI Injection or in vitro transcription Virmilion...sequence. DSBs are preferentially repaired in the cell by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), a mechanism...PAM site. When a repair template is present, the cell may repair a DSB using homology-directed repair ...Cas protein and a target-specific gRNA in the same cell at the same time. Single plasmids containing both...