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TypeBlog Post...have begun to use more precise genetic tools: activators, inhibitors, sensors, recombinases, and more....which was recently published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. Here are the three main takeaways from the...achieved in nontransgenic animals by using cis regulatory elements such as promoters and enhancers, multicistronic...multicistronic vectors, and post-translational regulatory elements. Examples of these approaches are given...specificity of the targeted cell population. Combinatorial strategies can also be used for retrograde tracing...
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Important Considerations When Using AAVs
TypeBlog Post...cause the least amount of immune response. Any investigator who is using an in vivo animal model should ...identified with AAV2 (5), AAV6 (6) and AAV5 at excitatory connections (3). These facts beg the question...by the use of AAVs? 1) Combined functional and anatomical mapping of circuits In our lab, we use AAV-DREADD...these complexes are so robustly expressed that anatomical assessments can be easily performed too. While...identified this feature of AAVs as a new tool for neuroanatomical tracing (11). With the ability to produce neuron... Floris G., et al. "A fourth generation of neuroanatomical tracing techniques: exploiting the offspring... -
Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping
TypeBlog Post...Hendel et al. 2015). Low detection rates mean the investigator can be relatively certain that their samples...off-target mutations are essential data points for investigators looking to definitively link genotype and phenotype...viable options for multiplex sequencing in many laboratories. Nevertheless, unbiased detection isn’t as sensitive...genome-wide unbiased methods. However, most investigators use single cell clones for in vitro CRISPR experiments... Hough is a Biochemistry PhD candidate in the laboratory of Prof Steve Jackson at the Gurdon Institute...Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn to Use Cas9 Activators Perform Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Generate... -
Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation
TypeBlog Post...CsChrimson::tdTomato, an optogenetic tool (CsChrimson) attached to a fluorescent indicator (tdTomato), as the...intermediate (d), and sparse (e) labeling of the calcium indicator, GCaMP6f, in the Drosophila optic lobe. Image ...dendrites of T5 neurons by placing the calcium indicator GCaMP6f in the effector position, as well as to... -
Fostering communication in remote collaborations
TypeBlog Post...same page. Ideally, these meetings include all collaborators, from the lab members who are conducting the...interesting results or ask questions to your collaborators. This helps everyone feel included in the project...frequently the entire group will meet. You and your collaborators should then hold each other accountable to these...and circumstances permit, think about having collaborators spend time with each other in person. One possibility...workshops are another great place to meet up with collaborators. Being able to present data from multiple aspects... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics
TypeBlog Post...professional-grade design software, like Adobe Illustrator, and I didn’t want to pay for these programs ... Vectr is like a pared down version of Adobe Illustrator. There’s both a web and a desktop version of ...Inkscape Inkscape is the most similar to Adobe Illustrator out of the three options for drawing your own...20,000 icons is designed by professional medical illustrators with input from life scientists. It’s easy to...medical images organized into four main categories: anatomy and the human body, cellular biology, medical specialities... -
Cell Migration Consortium Plasmids
TypeCollection...Cell Migration Consortium and Addgene. Member laboratories of the Cell Migration Consortium have deposited...for cell migration research at Addgene. CMC investigators who have deposited plasmids include: Joan Brugge... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019
TypeBlog Post...pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2] pAAV-FLEX-tdTomato pAAV-GFAP104-mCherry pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2 CAG-... also be used in conjunction with optogenetic activators and inhibitors that respond to blue light. We...fluorescent-tagged molecular tool. Find pAAV-FLEX-tdTomato, pAAV-GFAP104-mCherry, pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2, CAG-NLS-GFP... pAAV-hSyn-DIO-mCherry 59462 AAV2 pAAV-CAG-tdTomato (codon diversified) 37825 AAV8*, AAV9* pAAV-CAG-GFP...Also coming in our new 20 ul trial size! Voltage indicators Plasmid Serotype Name 119036 AAV1 pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST... -
Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium Collection
TypeCollection... plasmid tools generated by IGVF Consortium investigators to examine how genomic variation affects genome...collaborative program that brings together teams of investigators who will use state-of-the-art experimental and... -
Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond
TypeBlog Post..., the researchers did not have access to a P3 laboratory (BSL-3), a high-security facility needed to perform... Figure 2: When a researcher needs a collaborator for a specific task, Crowdfight will: 1) Find...researchers, such as postdocs and principal investigators. They also come from many different scientific...website. Once curated by our in-house team of collaborators, the requests were forwarded to our volunteer...Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL) and one of the coordinators at Crowdfight. She is currently based in Spain... -
Depositor Collections
TypeCollection...Collection Screening Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) Collection Synthetic Biology Voigt... Repressor Plasmids Sigma (σ) Factor Plasmids Terminator Plasmids Viral Vectors pLEG/pREG Modular Viral... -
Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2: Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation
TypeBlog Post...generation of human hepatocyte-like cells from induced pluripotent stem cells. Hepatology, 2010. 51(1): p....of these cell types [13]: Germ cells [14] Hepatocytes [15] Pancreatic β-cells [16] Intestinal tissue... intermediate pluripotent state is not always obligatory in cell conversion processes [35]. Rather than...transdifferentiation. Multiple cell types such as fibroblasts, hepatocytes, and pancreatic exocrine cells have been successfully..., A.E., et al., Directed differentiation of hematopoietic precursors and functional osteoclasts from human... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog Post...her then was this: Can you engineer CRISPR-Cas9 activators that work well enough on any gene that they could...which they call CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator or SAM. SAM is an engineered protein complex for...information from the structure to guide and improve activator design,” she said. “Before it was a little like...Konermann recognized as an ideal spot to fuse the activators instead of at the protein’s C terminus. With ...repressing or inducing individual transcripts. The activator (CRISPRa) sgRNA library uses the sunCas9 system... -
Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System
TypeBlog Post...human pluripotent stem cells: a transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) kit consisting ...Cell Stem Cell paper, for example, we generated hepatocytes to examine the effect of a gene on cholesterol...Addgene: Tell me about the history. How had investigators done this kind of work before? Musunuru: In ...Unfortunately, it is time consuming and difficult for investigators without a lot of expertise to create zinc finger...and puts it in the hands of pretty much all investigators. Our kit makes it extremely simple to design... -
Cancer Research Plasmids and Resources
TypeCollection...and Libraries for Cancer Research Broad Target Accelerator Plasmids: Collection of vectors from the Boehm...mutant alleles described in the initial Target Accelerator publications, focused on somatic variants found... -
Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door
TypeBlog Post...Schmidt, a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Are you a science student or early career researcher...in education advocacy non-profits like Phipps Conservatory or the Brilliant Club and share your knowledge... photo competition. Or nominate yourself as an educator for a short, animated TED-Ed lesson. 6) Network... pros Where do you meet like-minded science communicators? Attend the annual flagship meetings of AAAS...bananas as a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. She is passionate about science communications... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog Post.... The first was a new class of programmable riboregulators, called toehold switches, which allow for the...allowed gene circuits to be deployed out of the laboratory in a cell-free and biosafe format that was stable...circuit-based sensors to be used outside of the laboratory. The detection threshold for these RNA sequences...the technology through product development, the regulatory process, and manufacturing so that we can get...., et al. "Toehold switches: de-novo-designed regulators of gene expression." Cell 159.4 (2014): 925-939... -
Brzezinski Lab CRISPR Collection
TypeCollection...Find CRISPR plasmids to study the regulatory networks involved in retinal development....mouse retina. To aide in their studies of the regulatory networks involved in retinal development the ... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog Post...targeted tdTomato and pre-synaptic targeted synaptophysin tagged eGFP. AAV phSyn1(S)-FLEX-tdTomato-T2A-SypEGFP-WPRE...deployed around the world to combat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus...ready-to-use viral preps with more on the way. S5E2 regulatory element containing vectors developed in the Jordane...Flp-dependent DREADDs viral vectors. Both inhibitory and excitatory DREADDS from the Gether lab are now available... -
Cloning Mammalian Cells with the Agarose Method
TypeBlog Post...specific genes. Many years ago, people in the laboratory became frustrated with using glass cloning rings...sterile truncated pipet tips. Indeed, an experienced operator can pick 48 clones from a 10 cm dish in 15- 20...YouTube video. Before returning the plate to the incubator, additional growth medium is added to about halfway...two 48-well plates of clones) which enables investigators to identify specific clones with desirable properties...Iris Lindberg is a professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Maryland Medical School in...