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  1. Making CRISPR Plasmids Using Fragmid

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    ... components, such as your CRISPR enzyme or Pol 2 promoter. The options available in each class, or module...overhang specific to the type of module it is (Pol 2 protomer, Cas protein, ect...). Whatever individual... (KO, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, editing)   Figure 2: Selecting module fragments on the Fragmid website...Fragmid. Fragmid is a modular vector assembly process designed for a quick, plug-and-play approach to...of the design work out of the plasmid creation process. Each module of Fragmid represents a class of components..., the Fragmid website, which breaks the design process down into four easy steps, provides the real value...
  2. Tips for arabidopsis transformation

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    ... Plant Methods. BioMed Central, 2(1), p. 19. doi: 10.1186/1746-4811-2-19. PubMed PMID: 17087829. PubMed...PMID: 24032037. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3759027. 2 Harrison, S. J. et al. (2006) ‘A rapid and robust ...from later. The Arabidopsis transformation process The process itself is straightforward. When your agrobacterial...growth on antibiotic-containing media) A similar process occurs in nature; Agrobacterium tDNA insertion ...in hand, so it is pretty important to get this process right the first time. I’ll lay out some guidelines...Agrobacterium strain. Additionally, the transformation process can get a bit messy, so you want to make sure you...begin working in the T2 generation. The selection process itself can affect the growth of resistant plants...
  3. Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning

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    ...CcdB.” Biotechniques. 1996 Aug;21(2):320-3. PubMed PMID: 8862819. 2. Bahassi, EM., et al. “F plasmid CcdB... desired insert should not grow.   Figure 2: Image from http://teachline.ls.huji.ac.il/72682/tutorials...still express ccdB and therefore would die. This procedure dramatically reduces the number of clones that...recombinant plasmid and therefore makes the cloning process much more efficient, as one does not have to thoroughly...
  4. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    ...CombiGEM lentiviral vector backbone pAWp12 (Figure 2). Cloning from the pAWp28 storage vector to the pAWp12... before beginning your experiments. Figure 2: Strategy for assembling barcoded combinatorial gRNA...PMID: 25114216. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4151723. 2. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to... massively parallel combinatorial genetics." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111.34 (2014... CRISPR-Cas9 screening enabled by CombiGEM." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences113.9 (2016...
  5. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    ...incubation at 37 °C. Wash the membrane for 5–10 minutes 2–3x in fresh wash buffer such as PBS or TBST. Stringent...Purpose Tris HCl 62.5 mM Buffer SDS 2% (w/v) Detergent Β-mercaptoethanol (βME) 100...minutes at 50 °C. Wash the membrane for 5–10 minutes 2–6x in fresh wash buffer such as PBS or TBST. Note .... Dry nitrocellulose membranes are brittle, so proceed with caution. Unlike PVDF, they can be returned...remains, you may want to repeat your stripping procedure, perhaps using longer incubation times, or try...
  6. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    ...indicated they wanted to see more negative data (Figure 2.) At the same time, when scientists who support open...is not only housed, but encouraged.    Fig. 2: Results from a survey conducted by Addgene in 2021...detailed methods and image descriptions, a minimum n = 2, and well labeled high- and low-magnification images...gene therapy trials. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 26(2), 71–76. https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2015.040 Initiative...expression can take months (or longer), yet the process is often not detailed in the primary literature...
  7. 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-...quantum yield of 0.54) and mScarlet-H with M164H (2-fold improvement in photostability compared to mScarlet...SpCas9 base editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides! To reduce off-target effects associated...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. ...
  8. 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...
  9. CRISPR Guide

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    ...left free to interact with the target DNA. Figure 2: Overview of the NHEJ repair mechanism Cas9 will only...systems enable researchers to target anywhere from 2–7 genetic loci by cloning multiple gRNAs into a single...Cas9 is included in the gRNA-containing plasmid, or 2-vector systems, in which Cas9 must be delivered separately...your experimental cell population (Figure 8E). In a 2-vector system, you’ll need to either co-infect with...the presence of infectious organisms (like SARS-CoV-2 ) and genetic mutations. Similar to Cas9 and Cas12...Cas enzymes? CasPEDIA is an encyclopedia of Class 2 CRISPR systems with wiki entries describing enzyme...off-target effects by using a single Cas9 nickase and 2 different gRNAs, which bind in close proximity on ...
  10. FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique

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    ...vector:insert ratio is used in the DpnI digestion and 2 µL of digest product are used in the transformation...Biology 38 (2016): 145-154. PubMed PMID: 27391134. 2. Li, Chaokun, et al. "FastCloning: a highly simplified...in vivo. Detailed FastCloning procedure To start the FastCloning process, the insert and vector are first...oldest of these techniques and is a multi-step process consisting of digestion, purification, ligation...techniques with higher efficiency and simpler procedures have been developed. Some of these include, TA...specific sequences. Read on to learn how easy this process is and to get tips for applying it in your own ...Ligation + - Transformation + + The FastCloning process in brief In FastCloning, you PCR both the vector...
  11. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...) 38 kb Cells HEK-293T Sf9 Time to collection 2–4 days 5–10 days Purification Ultracentrifugation...Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher Lower Resources... a factory to produce adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors. Human Gene Therapy, 13(16), 1935–43. https...takes a little bit longer in insect cells. Processing Processing of your baculovirus is straightforward —...cell preparations, which we talk about below. Processing The viral supernatant is typically collected ... couple days to increase yield. The collection process is a cycle of collecting the media and adding fresh... fresh media every 12 to 24 hours. Processing the virus-containing supernatant will depend on the virus...
  12. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    ...the light-inducible heterodimerizing cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) and calcium and integrin-binding protein 1 ...inactive, dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) fused to CIB1; and 2) the activator - the CRY2 photolyase homology region... fused to both the N- and C-termini of dCas9; and 2) CRY2FL-VP64, a fusion of full-length CRY2 and the...researchers saw an 11-fold increase in mRNA levels after 2 hr and a 400-fold increase after 30 hr. The system...authors fragmented Cas9 into N-terminal (residues 2-713, N713) and C-terminal (residues 714-1368, C714...nMagC714 instead of nMagHigh1-C714, generating paCas9-2. This change did not significantly alter the system...prior work, the Sato lab also showed that the paCas9-2 system could be spatially controlled and reversibly...
  13. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    ...drastically with lower titers. As you can see in figure 2, the expression from the 5x1011 titer was essentially... roughly 6-fold increase in expression [3, Figure 2]. Note how expression increases exponentially with...international 61.1 (2002): S9-S15. PubMed PMID: 11841606. 2. Schultz BR, Chamberlain JS. Recombinant Adeno-associated...healthy as can be to prepare them for the arduous process of generating viral particles. Limit tube transfer...
  14. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    ...various components of the immune system. Figure 2: In-vitro models for immunogenicity prediction of ...drug reaction. This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations...Future Enhancements. Frontiers in drug discovery, 2, 952326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2022.952326Joubert...approach cannot replicate the complexity of antigen processing events that take place within an antigen-presenting...
  15. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    ...non-specific proteins, and then elute YFP.  Option #2: Opto-Nanobodies (OptoNBs) purification You skip adding...blue lights. Which option do you choose?  Option #2 may sound like fiction, but light-controlled protein...experiments.  AsLOV2 Inertion Site mCherry #1 mCherry #2 GFP Loop 1 dark-induced dark-induced dark-induced...with a flip of a light switch would improve this process. The team used nickel-coated agarose beads coated...
  16. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    ...research experiences to undergraduate students (1, 2), but educators face significant challenges in designing... by western blotting in other experiments (Figure 2).   Complementation reveals conservation of function...Biology Education: A Call to Action, Washington, DC. 2. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology... controlled by the GAL1 promoter. The cloning procedure adds both V5 and His6 epitope tags to the C-termini...successfully analyze Met protein complementation. In the procedure diagrammed in Figure 3, students first transform...
  17. Deep Dive: Statistical Tests (Comparisons)

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    ...typically, normal (bell curve) or skewed (see Fig. 2). Assumptions – characteristics of a data set; ...levels of variance among data.     Fig. 2: Examples of data distribution profiles.   Parametric... positive is much higher than if you only look at 2 or 3 pairwise comparisons. Similar to family-wise ...statistical facets of reproducibility. Adv Physiol Educ. 40(2): 248-252 (2016). 0.1152/advan.00042.2016 Finch, W...Simulation Study. Front. Appl. Math. Stat. Volume 2 (2016). doi.org/10.3389/fams.2016.00002  ...Bonferroni Correction and the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure are designed to reduce false positive rates and...
  18. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    ...handled at BSL-1, while lentivirus requires a BSL-2 setup. This requires a less involved setup when working...infection rates in your experiment. Figure 2: Visual representation of common AAV serotypes used..., 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12449-2 Pupo, A., Fernández, A., Low, S. H., François, A.,... — in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo. The general process of these screens is the same: Deliver CRISPR library... mice and slightly less red tape for approval processes. Additionally, while both AAV and lentivirus have... AAV also has psuedotypes. Psuedotyping is the process of making a hybrid AAV, with the genome from one...
  19. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...the result in Figure 1 could look like this: Figure 2: Expression of Plasmid B (as internal control) This...down expression of Gene X but, as shown in Figure 2, this was likely due to the original transfection ...PMID: 20074371. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2817684. 2. Replicates and repeats—what is the difference and...transfection, transfection reagent, or transfection process) may have on the target cells. One transfection... the transfection reagents or the transfection process itself has any cytotoxic effects on the target ... optimization of the transfection reagents and process. It is important to note that optimal experimental...
  20. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    ...pH visible at the sample interface upon thaw (Fig. 2). Before thawing, all the samples were at the control...showed that AAV infectivity was not altered by a short 2-hour exposure to pH as low as 2.5 (Potter et al., ...Methods. 2013 Apr;10(4):278-9. PubMed PMID: 23538862. 2. Potter M, Lins B, Mietzsch M, Heilbronn R, Van Vliet...always looking for ways to improve our shipment processes. After reading a publication describing how short...
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