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  1. 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. (...candidate in the Yang Lab, Qi Li, a lecturer at Sichuan Normal University, Jieze Zhang, an intern in the Yang ...recently, we’ve developed a new system “Multicopy chromosomal integration using CRISPR-associated transposases...
  2. 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...generations of iGluSnFR had limitations: they were not optimal for experiments requiring high signal to noise ...fusion to the PDGFR transmembrane domain in the mammalian expression pMinDisplay vector. GPI contains a ...
  3. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ... needing to work with a transfectable cell line. 2) They require larger expression vectors which are ...are also larger than their Cpf1 counterparts. Table 2. Cas9 Multiplexing Options  Multiplexing Method... Cpf1 expression vector.  See the graph in figure 2 for a comparison of editing frequency resulting from...Biotechnology 35.1 (2016): 31-34. Pubmed PMID: 27918548. 2. Zetsche, B., Gootenberg, J., Abudayyeh, O., Slaymaker...Cpf1 Is a Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell,163(3), 759-771. PubMed PMID...bulk from crRNA expression plasmids resulting in smaller, more streamlined vectors which are easier to use...
  4. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    ...//doi.org/10.1002/1096-8628(200022)97:2<147::aid-ajmg6>3.0.co;2-o Baker SA, Chen L, Wilkins AD, Yu P, ...Caused by a mutation in the methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene, Rett Syndrome is a rare, progressive...X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2. Nat Genet 23:185–188 . https://doi.org/10.1038/13810... (2000) Rett syndrome: Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 mutations and phenotype-genotype correlations. Am ...affects primarily girls. After a period of seemingly normal development through ages 6 to 18 months, individuals...gene activation, and more. Loss of MECP2 in adult animal models results in rapid symptom onset, suggesting...influence Rett Syndrome. Zoghbi’s lab found that a small DNA binding motif in MECP2 interacts with the minor...
  5. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...TUs. Level 2: Assembly of multiple Level 1 TUs into multigene constructs. Figure 2: The three ...can be queried by testing any number in the Level 2 assembly. These pathways can require a lot of optimization... of multigene constructs. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 18;6(2):e16765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016765.  Hahn,... (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02388-2 Resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s Modular Cloning...parts delivered) in certain model organisms. In mammals, most CRISPR libraries are assembled and delivered...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ..., AAV2/8 has a type 2 ITR and a type 8 serotype. Almost all vectors contain type 2 ITRs, which comes from...differentiated, non-dividing cells.   Figure 2: DNA rescue and transduction of a conventional single-stranded...quantitative PCR-based method for the titration of AAV-2 vector stocks."Molecular Therapy 6.2 (2002): 272. ...be used to express genes of interest in cell and animal models. AAVs are non-pathogenic, do not integrate...hand, if you’re interested in expressing multiple small genes, you can design single rAAV vectors with multiple...viral cargo is usually quite stable and in some mammalian tissues has shown expression for several years...host genome and therefore the transduced gene is episomal and does not divide and replicate in the same ...
  7. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...guide expression and dsDNA breaks. Figure 2: Non-targeting vs. safe-targeting guides. The genome-wide...target all protein-coding genes present in the genome; 2) non-targeting guides (red), which target no sequence...guides that had zero mismatch off-targets. Guides with 2-bp mismatch off-targets were only toxic if they had...tolerated than mismatches more distal to the PAM, and 2) guides with high GC content have greater off-target...PMID: 28474669. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC5424143. 2. Tsai, Shengdar Q., et al. "GUIDE-seq enables genome-wide...off-target cutting than full-length guides (19-20bp)?  Small-scale studies (Tsai et al., Fu et al.) suggest 17...libraries Overview of Library To better define the optimal conditions for CRISPR knockout screens, the Bassik...
  8. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    ...Citorik Plasmids here). In both cases, they used 1-2 CRISPR crRNAs targeting sequences found only in certain...resensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria (Figure 2). The first phage introduced is lysogenic, integrating...machinery targeting 1) the given resistance gene and 2) a second lytic phage. Bacteria that receive this ...bacteria have previously flourished.   Figure 2: Two-phage strategies to resensitize bacteria to antibiotics...237163. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. Bikard, David, et al. “Exploiting CRISPR-Cas nucleases...antimicrobial must reach essentially every cell or else small pools of antibiotic resistant cells could repopulate... systems used in both papers are analogous to mammalian viral vectors in that the vectors are replication-deficient...
  9. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    ...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3640491. 2. Grimm, D., et al. "Titration of AAV-2 particles via a novel capsid ELISA...report the physical titer of a viral solution (Figure 2). Because physical titers are used for dosing purposes...mean and how they can be compared.   Figure 2: Label that comes on Addgene’s AAV aliquots. Our titer...of genomes can limit production of recombinant AAV-2." Gene therapy 6.7 (1999). PubMed PMID: 10455443. ...Characterization of a recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 Reference Standard Material." Human gene therapy 21.10...titrating each lot of AAV in vivo to determine the optimal dosage. At Addgene, we don’t reserve lots, but ...
  10. Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel

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    .... To understand why that is, let's look at Figure 2. The blue laser excites at a wavelength of 488 nm ... of PE's excitation spectrum (dotted line, Figure 2). The yellow/green laser, however, excites at 561 ... stronger — or brighter — signal.   Figure 2: Excitation and emission spectra for PE. The excitation...this example, I will describe a basic panel (Table 2, Figure 5) for a hypothetical experiment in the lab...efficiency (eGFP expression).     The first item in Table 2 is a standard and should always be included—the live...from the other fluorophores to avoid bleeding and 2) BV421 is a very bright fluorophore, which makes it...case the CD45 expression turns out to be weak. Table 2: A simple flow panel to detect live, transduced, and...
  11. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    .... 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...–40 kDa Tris-tricine 30 V, 1 hour or 100 V, 1–2 hours Good separation, quality, and stability ...separation of proteins of different sizes.  Table 2: Recommended gel percentages for various protein sizes...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...
  12. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...either SARS-CoV-2, Adenovirus type 41 (AdV-41), or Adenovirus-Associated Virus type 2 (AAV2) – or some... was either 1) a physiological effect of SARS-CoV-2 toward destabilizing one’s natural immune response...response to Adenovirus (and/or to its partner, AAV) or 2) a sociological effect of the COVID-19 lockdowns causing...… Chiu, C. Y. (2023). Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with acute severe hepatitis. Nature...combination of the three (Servellita et al., 2023). Normally when children have acute viral hepatitis it is...commonly derived from the mastadenovirus members (mammalian-infecting members) of the Adenoviridae family,... adenoviral vectors in Addgene’s repository is smaller than for other vector types, we hope that this ...
  13. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...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...analysis of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 in mouse brain. Hum Gene Ther 18, 195–...retrograde access to projection neurons. Neuron 92(2), 372–382. PubMed PMID: 27720486. PubMed Central PMCID...
  14. 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-... SpCas9 base editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides! To reduce off-target effects associated...quantum yield of 0.54) and mScarlet-H with M164H (2-fold improvement in photostability compared to mScarlet...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. ...
  15. Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style

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    ...and a source of sdAbs (Figure 2) (Xu, et al., 2021).      Figure 2: Genetically modified mice offer... from camelid mice and llamas neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nature 595:278–282. https://doi.org/10.1038... the economic and cultural importance of these animals to human populations around the world. Here at ...take a moment to revisit some of the ways these animals have impacted humans through biomedical research... time, researchers were already on a quest for smaller forms of antibodies and had begun developing Fab...fragments and scFvs. But the potential for an even smaller, single-domain antibody fragment was exciting, ...  Excellent tissue penetration, thanks to their small size of 12–15 kDa Ease of cloning and expression...
  16. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...plasmid-based expression requires serial transfection of 1 or 2 plasmids that express the reprogramming factors of...for generating iPSCs by plasmid transfection where 2 of 11 clones tested had plasmid integration. Another...understanding the mechanisms of reprogramming, and 2) studies with clinical endpoints. In the first scenario...PubMed PMID: 27764162. PubMed Central PMCID: 5072705. 2. Sommer, Cesar A., and Gustavo Mostoslavsky. "The ...challenges." Journal of Cellular Physiology 228, no. 2 (2012): 267-75. PubMed PMID: 22767332.  3. Kim, Dohoon...PubMed PMID: 23546745. PubMed Central PMCID: 4176696. 2. Yusa, Kosuke, Roland Rad, Junji Takeda, and Allan...generation. Expert opinion on biological therapy, 10 2, 231-42. PubMed PMID: 20088717. PubMed Central PMCID...
  17. 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...still continue gating populations of interest with normal gates, just based on a histogram plot instead of...
  18. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    ...through 3 major steps to select for optimal sybody candidates. Figure 2: Outline of the process for selection...identify and isolate sybodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain found on the membrane-bound...Generation Toolbox kit. Find the Seeger lab's SARS-CoV-2 sybodies! References Geertsma ER (2013) FX Cloning...2020) Synthetic nanobodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain. BioRxiv.  https://doi.org...immunization has its drawbacks: it requires a camelid animal facility which can be expensive to gain access ...advantages of synthetic nanobodies Nanobodies are small (12-15 kDa) single-domain proteins that can bind...because it contains two large heavy chains and two small light chains that stick out to form the “arms” holding...
  19. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    .... In addition, Casɸ has a minimal PAM requirement. For instance, for Casɸ-2 the PAM sequence is 5’-TBN... Opto-Cre-Vvd is fast and can cut in as little as 2 hours.  Sheets, MB, et al., ACS Synth Biol. 2020....they investigated three Casɸ orthologs, Casɸ-1, Casɸ-2, and Casɸ-3. This system is notable for several reasons...deposited by Leopold Parts. This library delivers 2 randomly paired guides per construct and allows a ...Repair) is a double-strand break repair assay for mammalian cells. It's based on the introduction & resolution...linked SaCas9 ABE variants. It's also one of the smallest AAV-deliverable ABE.  Find the plasmid here ...
  20. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    ... this problem? (2-3 sentences) What will be the focus of your first grant? (1-2 sentences) ...of scientific success is publications and grants. 2. Write succinct and easy to understand documents A...consideration. 3. Present an easy to follow seminar See item 2. Attendees will include grad students (that are solicited...people would agree is important to understand. (1-2 sentences). For example: Distinguishing correctly ... my expensive habits of running shoes and single malt whiskies, but I remember the days of modest postdoc... very hoppy pint of IPA or a few drams of single malt (preferably from Islay or Skye). Good luck with ...
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