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  1. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    ... tools for familiar applications. But how does one invent a tool for applications that don’t even exist...phenomenon, improve the tool, and develop new applications for magnetoresponsive proteins. Motivated by...organisms) are opaque, which makes most biomedical applications of these tools difficult or impossible. But ...tool with magnets would enable new research and applications that don’t yet exist, but it wasn’t clear that...changes in response to a ~25 mT magnet. Gray regions indicate times when the magnetic field is on. Image reproduced..., in response to a ~10 mT magnet. Gray regions indicate times when the magnetic field is on. Image reproduced... shows a wealth of potential, and while many applications are still yet to be demonstrated (or invented...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...lentivirus, AAV does not possess the ability to replicate itself and depends on helper viruses like adenovirus...herpes simplex virus to facilitate efficient replication. The most common production system, however, ...RNA genes; and the pRepCap plasmid containing replication factors and serotype-specific capsid genes.  ... steps of AAV production, iodixanol gradient purification, and AAV titration by qPCR.   Pro tip! An optional...al., 2010). For certain in vitro and in vivo applications, you can consider using unpurified AAV from ...Benyamini et al., 2023) to save time and cost.  Purification To purify your rAAV from your supernatant, you...recommend using a Tris-based lysis buffer and sonication.  The obtained virions from cells and supernatant...

  3. Multiplexed Capture of Promoter-enhancer 3D Chromatin Structures Using CRISPR

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    ... gene’s transcription. Sometimes enhancers are located thousands of base pairs away from the gene they...created a dCas9-based CAPTURE (CRISPR Affinity Purification in situ of Regulatory Elements) method. The ...could only detect chromatin interactions at one location in the genome at a time (Liu et al., 2017). Recently...at once (Liu et al., 2020). CRISPR Affinity Purification in situ of Regulatory Elements: The original...biotin ligase a gRNA(s) targeting a single genomic location of interest  When these three components are ...together in terms of where they are physically located. DNA is then sheared into pieces small enough to... original CAPTURE and CAPTURE 2.0 methods.   Applications of CAPTURE 2.0 CAPTURE 2.0’s increased rate ...

  4. SciComm with the Experts at Science in the News Part 2

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    ... to be crazy complicated! Listen to the full podcast for more great science communication tips or listen...tons of ways you can get involved in science communication. In this second half of our conversation with...many things you can do start your own science communication student group and get more involved with your...is a graduate student group with the goal of communicating science to the general public and training the... the next generation of science communicators. In this chapter we learn about some of their events - science... peer-to-peer feedback in effective science communication. Chapter 7: The Goal of the SITN Podcast - Vini...Pint" event is the best way to get a Science Communication group started. It's as simple as getting people...

  5. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    ...valuable to scientists, there are some potential complications that must be considered when using this method...alternative approach, which avoids many of these complications, is to directly deliver a ribonucleoprotein ...used for most of the current genome engineering applications of CRISPR including: generating single or multi-gene...pathways. This makes Cas9 RNPs useful for CRISPR applications where limited expression of Cas9 is required...development. David Liu’s Lab has demonstrated the use of cationic lipid-mediated methods to deliver Cas9-gRNA RNPs... of eventually using this method for in vivo applications. This technique utilizes Cas9 proteins harboring...CRISPR experiments can reduce many potential complications, there are additional factors to take into account...

  6. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    ...my opinion, it was more important to communicate the applications of CRISPR over the details of how it...m a father of three, a scientist and science communicator, and I strive to be a volunteer and contribute...recent experiences. STEM in elementary schools - catching them early I’m fortunate to live in a town with...unlike elementary schools, middle schools have dedicated science teachers. I tried contacting our school...simplistic and I would insult the students. Too complicated and I would quickly lose their interest. I won...great feedback from teachers and other science communicators.  What can CRISPR do? I spent more time on...children and you want to make sure their STEM education is supplemented. A 2009 study by the NSF showed...

  7. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    ...If you use a kit for DNA purification or if you use a DIY purification protocol, you might have noticed... mutations in single stranded DNA undergoing replication.   DNase on the other hand can digest and degrade...degradation during plasmid DNA extraction and purification from E. coli is the presence of the protein ...most common E. coli strains used for plasmid amplification are endA negative, meaning the gene has been...chelating agents that can be introduced in the purification protocol to remove endonucleases activity. For...controls the pH, while the EDTA chelates any divalent cations like Mg2+, preventing the activity of DNase. While...do with these samples. This is because divalent cations are essential cofactors for many tools used in ...

  8. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ...logistical barriers, allowing people to access a wide catalog of plasmids from all over the world. This idea,...into the accessible. Physical access Addgene is located in the USA, but our materials are available to ... items to countries with a distributor. Arrows indicate the year we entered into an agreement with a distributor...accessibility to researchers around the globe. Addgene’s educational resources As Addgene built out our scientific...guides, protocols, and collections of 2023. Educational Resource Top Five by Views Guides CRISPR...Systems AAV Plasmids Blogs Origin of Replication What is a Plasmid? How to Design Your gRNA for...countries. In Table 1, you can see our most popular educational resources for each type of resource we offer....

  9. Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences

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    ...advancements. Consultants can help these teams develop communication strategies, or understand, and publish on the...success. Or the client might need help with the intricate task of designing a strategic vision for a portfolio...investments over the next 3, 5, or 10 years. Complicating these challenges is the fact that they occur...chemotherapies, or developing innovative mobile phone applications and services that help diabetic patients manage...knowledge from previous consulting experiences, educational training, and conferences, and synthesizing this...that gives the client a defined path forward. Communication is key as ideas must be relayed quickly both...clients and experts. Hence, active honing of communication skills is a must to be successful in this field...

  10. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    ...the other to guess a category by listing off things that fall into that category? Okay, let’s play. I’...’ll list the examples and you try to guess the category: ELISA...qPCR...Digital droplet PCR...DNA dot ...concentration of viral genomes (by qPCR or other DNA quantification methods - see below), since each viral particle...value, physical titers don’t necessarily give any indication of the infectious titer. The infectious titer...affected by many experimental factors. To list some complicating factors for quantifying AAV: qPCR efficiency...optimized our assay in a few ways:  Absolute quantification by qPCR requires generating a standard curve...plasmid standards. We validate our absolute quantification by using the universal AAV Reference Standard...

  11. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    ...cellular impediments. FRET has been used in many applications, including drug discovery by big pharma (i.e... acceptor doesn’t need to go to the same exact location as the donor. As long as some of the acceptor ...C-terminus of your target protein, but even these modifications can affect the structure or function of certain... close to the donor, faulty delivery to other locations in the cell are not a problem, as long as they...The poly-histidine tag often used for protein purification is a reliable FRET acceptor labeling site when... way as NTA-sepharose beads used for protein purification: the NTA binds to the His tag on your protein... used to fluorescently label antibodies, and purification is a snap using thin layer chromatography (Fessenden...

  12. What Good Citizenship Can Do for Reproducibility in Science

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    ...overall. Communication is the issue Much of the problem can be attributed to communication, and in particular...particular communication about experimental methods and approaches. It’s very easy to think that the methods...that they were doing something differently. Communication comes in many forms—from transparency about ...them troubleshoot and understand. All of this communication and sharing fits together to make for a transparent...for pushing for more transparency in science communication falls on the shoulders of journals and publishers...can feel like yet another hurdle in front of publication when all they really want to do is get the paper...we take our responsibility to push for clear communication of science very seriously. That’s why at Cell...

  13. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    ...plasmids and their potential educational uses. We believe that biology education is something that should ... expensive tiny amounts of reagents are, how complicated (and again, expensive) the different machines...desire to create a set of low-cost, easy-to-use educational biology activities – that any school could afford...proteins without the need to handle a living, replicating organism. Furthermore, cell free systems can ...in adapting your research ideas into hands-on educational activities using the BioBits platform, please...BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit." Science Advances 4.8 (2018): eaat5105. PubMed...BioBits™ Bright: A fluorescent synthetic biology education kit." Science Advances 4.8 (2018): eaat5107. PubMed...

  14. Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors

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    ... a bacterial origin of replication (ORI) will not allow for plasmid replication in mammalian cells, for... their bacterial counterparts, including how replication occurs and whether selection is necessary for...the nuclear genome, in the absence of plasmid replication, the foreign DNA will be degraded or diluted ...always mission critical to make sure the plasmid replicates in the cell, as many of these experiments are...expressed in trans within the cell for effective replication. Cell lines expressing the Epstein–Barr virus...antigen (293E or 293T cells), allow for episomal amplification of plasmids containing the viral EBV or SV40...contain an ORI since the integrated DNA will be replicated as part of the genome. Because the foreign DNA...

  15. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    ...check its subcellular location and solubility. If it’s membrane-bound or located in a subcellular compartment...nuclear- or DNA-binding proteins, you may need to sonicate your lysates in order to release the proteins ...will simply load an extra ladder or technical replicate (ie, leftover sample) to fill the relevant wells...membrane into the psi membrane, that’s a good indication that the p membrane pores are too large.  Transfer...likely technical. White circles, for example, could indicate that you had air trapped between the membrane ...during the transfer, while dark splotches could indicate dirty equipment, degraded or improperly mixed ...using an antibody validated for your protein and application of interest or validating an antibody yourself...

  16. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    ...conflict is not always what was communicated but how it was communicated. The next step is to come up with...of lapsed communication. Making some assumptions about how something should be communicated is necessary...skill in and of itself. Conflict can also be categorized as either “personal” or “substantive”. A personality-based...traced back to one of a few trouble spots:  Communication (or lack thereof): Information sharing gets ...organization gets, and creating new avenues of communication can create as many problems as it can solve....meeting? Different teams frequently prefer to communicate in different ways, so the source of the conflict...with a viable process that will avoid such miscommunications in the future. Assumptions: Making incorrect...

  17. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    ...led to their application for basic and translational research.  Basic research applications of scFvs: ...blood clearance, which is useful for imaging applications; better tissue penetration which is useful for... for therapeutic and imaging applications; and reduced immunogenicity when administered in vivo due to...from blood can be a drawback for therapeutic applications where longer retention times often increase ...since it’s genetically encoded.   Translational applications of scFvs: Just like antibodies, there are many...2019).Many of the scFvs designed for oncology applications are reformatted as bispecific molecules which... autoimmune, and/or inflammatory therapeutic applications. Antibody fragments such as scFvs are also used...

  18. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) using a commercially available amplification kit. In this case,... RNA is extracted and subject to isothermal amplification by primers that target the E and the N2 gene...reverse transcriptase to produce cDNA. Isothermal amplification is done at one constant temperature, eliminating...rapid detection.  Highlights: Cas13a is not catalytically active in the presence of two or more mismatches...that exhibit fluorescence upon cleavage. Upon amplification by the RPA primers, the Cas12a-crRNA binds to... SARS-CoV-2 detection, AIOD-CRISPR without preamplification was able to detect as low as 1.2 copies DNA..., field-deployable nucleobase detection and identification using FnCas9 (FELUDA) Sensitivity: – 110 femtomolar...

  19. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ...resistance cassette, and the R6K origin of replication to allow replication only in hosts carrying the bacteriophage...chromosome. These methods roughly fall into two categories: those that rely on exogenous enzymes and those...Lambda Red recombineering, which uses enzymes domesticated from the Lambda bacteriophage, is arguably the...enzymes can also accomplish the desired genomic modification. This technique is frequently called allelic...recipient of interest. Because pDS132 cannot be replicated in the recipient, the only antibiotic resistant...exchange. To do this, we performed the following modifications to pDS132 (Philippe et al., 2004): Replaced...Lazarus et al., 2019). Additionally, to facilitate modification of strains where conjugation may be difficult...

  20. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...pre-treatment levels due to the viral reservoirs located in latently infected cells. Although ART-treated...toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused apoptosis, indicating a true “shock and kill” response. Cutting HIV...create mutations in genes essential to HIV-1 replication. However, this approach could permit some viral...along with Cas9 in the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of pooled samples showed... HIV-1 could escape from CRISPR/Cas9-induced modification targeting either the LTRs or essential genes...genes. Many of these escape mutations were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude...lessons learned in pursuing one technological application can benefit many others and accelerate the pace...

  21. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...ligation using SpyLigase Building off their SpyTag/SpyCatcher system for protein-peptide locking, Mark Howarth... a critical role in development and are often implicated in disease progression. One of the major challenges...challenges in signaling research is the inability to replicate the spatio-temporal precision with which signaling... of complex biological systems requires both a catalog of molecular players and contextualized knowledge...the most abundant forms of post-translational modifications in cells and research into its many roles in...Alex Schier's lab, designed for expression and purification of Cas9 protein in Rosetta E. coli. New Lentiviral...FokI-dCas9 expresses Fok1 nuclease domain fused to catalytically inactive Cas9 DNA-binding domain in mammalian...

  22. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    ...potential applications. Challenges of existing mutagenesis methods Several continuous diversification methods... challenging for users to achieve targeted diversification of all nucleotides within a defined region ...Chang Lab have created methods that introduce diversification by targeting a site of interest with dCas9 ...level of variation that can be introduced.   Diversification is limited due to the integration of oligonucleotide...increasing the standard mutation rate seen during DNA replication by 120-fold over background. Due to its modular...only ~2-fold over nCas9 levels. Two sets of modifications were also made to PolI3M to increase the mutation...more than one mutation near the target site. Applications of EvolvR The Dueber Lab used EvolvR to discover...

  23. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...the optimal location. It is also important to have good information on the exact location of the TSS. ...appreciable levels of modification. Whole-genome sequencing of cells modified by CRISPR indicates that the consequences...specific base edit, or modulation of gene expression. Location and sequence are important considerations for ... gRNAs. For indels, it's not so important what location in the gene you target, but it is important that...fewer sequences to choose from). Finally, for HDR, location is much more important because you have to target...target site is far more constrained by the desired location of edit; efficiency decreases dramatically when...alternative to HDR for introducing edits. The same locational constraints are even more exquisite for the so-called...

  24. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    ... utilize an array of tools that rely on DNA amplification and manipulation to produce and edit plasmids...Potential points where DNA errors can be introduced, indicated by exclamation marks. Error points include places...places where DNA is being created, such as PCR amplification or bacterial growth. Created with BioRender....through the QC pipeline to resolve any issues.  Catching and addressing QC issues Addgene’s QC team has...has developed a process for identifying, categorizing, and resolving a variety of QC issues. This process...discrepancies can be caught prior to distribution. Catching these errors prevents future experimental issues...during analysis. These include topics such as: locations in a plasmid that are less likely to affect function...

  25. Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype

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    ...your experiment (all well validated for your application, of course!) When the stars are aligned and the...factors that affect isotype choice. Target and application should be considered The first question you may... a strong signal and to work in a variety of applications. The desired specificity of your secondary antibody...affect my experiment?” Well, it depends on the application and target. If you are running a basic western...target is expressed at very low levels or your application requires a high degree of affinity, then species...considered when choosing an antibody. In some applications probing species-on-species, i.e. using a mouse...mouse IgG2a and rat IgG1 antibodies in the same application, using a Goat anti-mouse IgG2a cross-adsorbed...

  26. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    ...species can be indicated in the “Species Other” column. Relevant Mutations Indicate the amino acid...usually very easy — our tech transfer team will communicate with your organization’s technology transfer ...name and match the name as it appears in its publication or as it is commonly known in your lab. Plasmid...descriptive purpose focuses on the practical application of the plasmid and will help a scientist outside...reagent/antibody, unspecified, or other. If other, indicate type in “Vector Type Other” column. For example...or room temperature. Growth Strain Please indicate which growth strain Addgene should propagate your...For plasmids that contain the R6Kγ origin of replication, choose the Pir1 strain. If your plasmid cannot...

  27. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ...able to replicate, and for a virus to cross a synapse from one cell to another, it must replicate. Modified...like how our stem cells are housed in specific locations and give rise to progenitors during growth and...infects one cell (the “starter cell”). It then replicates within that cell, and nascent RABV cross synapses...infection occurs, subsequent cycles of viral replication and retrograde transmission occur, spreading ...limitations. First, these high levels of viral replication are toxic. Second, infecting subsequently higher...spread monosynaptically from these cells. These modifications take advantage of the fact that RABV is an enveloped...G-deleted RABV will infect the starter cell. RABV replication will then occur and the G protein (supplied in...

  28. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    ... series.  “The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.” - Jim Rohn, Author, Entrepreneur...I heard about supervisors in all of the above categories. In addition, I also learned about two other ...Assertiveness? An assertive person is able to communicate their ideas confidently while also considering...of the most frequent sources of conflict is miscommunication. For example, you might misunderstand your...the wrong direction. The best way to avoid miscommunication is to follow up after every meeting with an...workplace, these strategies will help you to communicate with confidence earn respect from your supervisor...in an email, there is a high likelihood of miscommunication, which can lead to even more conflicts. If...

  29. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    ...are, you’ll even have DNA left over for other applications, like PCR, cloning, transfection, or long-term...wash step or use a different strain. For most applications, Addgene uses and recommends DH5𝝰! This strain...cloning Bacterial strains adapted for protein purification use the cell’s resources to produce high levels...retransforming the plasmid into a strain meant for DNA purification. It sounds like extra work, but it will likely...your E. coli to ensure it is suitable for your application. We have previously reviewed many common lab ...partially specified by a plasmid’s origin of replication, but can also be affected by the plasmid size...the material used for inoculation. To further complicate matters, plasmid copy numbers are often ambiguous...

  30. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...and GFP-edited amplification products (BRAF-GFP duplex) and from GFP-edited amplification products (GFP-GFP... wanted to inactivate the gene BRAF (a kinase implicated in several human cancers) in A549 cells (a human...transduced with Cas9 expressing lentivirus at the indicated multiplicity of infection (MOI). Anti-vinculin...need to use FACS (like they did in the original publication). I thought I could see GFP expression with a...expression, but I didn’t. 2. In the original publication they see GFP expression in about 20% of their...an MOI of 0.3, as recommended by the original publication. Pro-Tip: 1. Use multiple gRNAs to target different...the 428 bp Surveyor nuclease cleavage product indicates a gene edit. GFP gRNA-transduced Cas9-A549 cells...

  31. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    ...need? Multiple first or corresponding author publications (published, not in preparation) A history of...The other items will follow. If you get more publications, you will be more competitive for fellowships...to write as well as mentor. Yet, even the most dedicated mentor is not always available for mentees due... project. Furthermore, Group Leader position applications require 3 letters of reference- the graduate...interests, complementary perspectives, a shared communication style. You “get” each other. The other factor...makes time for you, as needed, this is a strong indicator that this person cares about your science and ...spurious yet intriguing findings that fail to replicate. Plan experiments logically and strategically ...

  32. FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution

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    ...and Jinfang Zhu. "Immunologic applications of conditional gene modification technology in the mouse." Current...contributed by Alessia Armezzani, scientific communication manager at genOway. A few decades ago, the brain...École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Her love for educational science led her to pursue a teaching career, ..., and she now is a very happy scientific communication manager at genOway.     Acknowledgement:Through...Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. Purification and properties of the Cre recombinase protein...): 7025-7030. PubMed PMID: 18614669. Belzung, Catherine, Marc Turiault, and Guy Griebel. "Optogenetics...Yizhar, and Karl Deisseroth. "The development and application of optogenetics." Annual review of neuroscience...

  33. Antibodies 101: Validation

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    ...intended application - Remember, just because your antibody performs as expected in one application does ...strategies for antibody validation in different applications. Here, I want to highlight the general suggestions...intentionally generalizable and not specific to certain applications or antibody targets. That said, not every strategy...will be suitable for every antibody or every application. The goal is to show that your antibody has been...strategy to use will depend on your intended application and available resources.     Figure 1...confident in your data. This is a good option for applications like immunohistochemistry on human tissues, ... for validating antibodies for immunocapture applications and is amenable to high-throughput analyses,...

  34. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    ...light has limited applications in vivo. UV and blue light is readily absorbed and scattered by the skin, so...strategies Publication System nickname Photoactivatable moiety Cas9 variatn CRISPR protein application Split...improvements to CRISPR technology since its initial applications for genome engineering in 2012.  Many of these...scientists to use light to externally control the location, timing, and reversibility of the genome editing...enzymatic activity. Photoactivatable genome modifications by NHEJ and HDR using split systems Later in...mutations via NHEJ (frequency of 20.5%) and induced modifications by HDR (frequency of 7.2%). The authors additionally...light (730 nm). This nucleotide triggers the translocation of the protein BldD to the nucleus. To couple...

  35. Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease

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    ...insert will typically contain both a protein modification sequence and a selectable gene product for isolation...tags have been integrated. Simply design your amplification primers with the desired targeting homology—.... cerevisiae, looking at their performance in categories such as brightness, stability, and disruption...optimal FP combinations for use in yeast imaging, categorized by specific filter sets and experimental output...This collection is ideal for tandem affinity purification of protein complexes. John Pringle and Jürg ...deposited a large collection of plasmids for genome modification in yeast developed by Dr. Pringle’s former lab...collection of plasmids for a wide variety of genome modifications in S. Pombe, including full and partial gene...

  36. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ... put it best when he stated, “the value of an education . . . is not the learning of many facts but the...possible to bring the kinds of transformative educational experiences afforded to those fortunate enough...which can lead to greater success in meeting educational goals (Kowalski et al., 2016; Scott, 2021). In...CUREs are beginning to transform undergraduate education in the sciences by making a greater number of ...scientific research more inclusive. CBE Life Sciences Education. 13(4):602-606. Brian, D. 1996, Einstein: A Life...positive STEM attitudes in CUREs. CBE Life Sciences Education. 21(4):ar74. Duboue, E., Kowalko, J., Keene, A...biochemistry laboratory: Part I – guided inquiry – purification and characterization of a fusion protein: Histidine...

  37. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    ...take to achieve a clean NTC: Have a dedicated bench with a dedicated set of pipettes for ddPCR set-up. .... Each droplet contains the ingredients for amplification of the target DNA. This partitioning reduces...detection of the product. As an added benefit, replicates are built into the technology. One well (containing...droplet contains the material required for a mini amplification reaction to take place.  When the PCR is complete...number of cycles. After additional rounds of amplification, your fluorescence amplitude will increase, ... use ddPCR for AAV titration, there are many applications for the technology.  Droplet digital PCR is ...being used in the detection of microbes. Some applications include measuring viable probiotics and detecting...

  38. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    ...caudal NST. (A-C) Low-magnification images showing viral spread. (D-F)  High-magnification images immuno-stained... right AAV for your system or to successfully replicate published works. Of particular importance to these...improve our Addgene Data Hub, 76% of respondents indicated they wanted to see more negative data (Figure ...minimum n = 2, and well labeled high- and low-magnification images demonstrating vector performance) will...performance. Yet, most of the technical data needed to replicate and build on others’ results is available not ...information provided in openly accessible forms like publications. Why not get this data out there?  The Addgene...Sommer, J. M., Pierce, G. F., & Qu, G. (2005). Identification of factors that contribute to recombinant AAV2...

  39. pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering

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    ...for both transient and stable gene expression applications in plants. This smaller, easily customizable...Agrobacterium are termed binary vectors because they must replicate in two species: Agrobacterium and E. coli. Like.... coli. However, they also need to be able to replicate in Agrobacterium to ensure that they are maintained... Thus, binary vectors contain two origins of replication, one each for E. coli and Agrobacterium, along...bases each. By switching the E. coli origin of replication and codon-optimizing the Agrobacterium ORI, they...constitutively active M24 promoter has been modified with duplicated enhancer domains and characterized in studies...these properties of pSiM24 are suitable for many applications, the plasmid can also be customized due to its...

  40. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    ... it passes through and scatters in different directions. The degree of scatter is captured by detectors...Light that scatters sideways to the path that it was initially traveling is called side scatter (SSC) and...granulocytes in a plot of forward scatter (FSC) versus side scatter (SSC). Users can gate around their...protein composition. It is used for a variety of applications such as measuring target protein expression ...expression levels, assessing post-translational modifications, determining cell health, analyzing cell cycle stages...size and complexity, measured using visible light scatter The optical system has both visible and fluorescent...as it was initially traveling is called forward scatter (FSC) and provides information about the relative...
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