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TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m....library in the appropriate combination and do a restriction enzyme digest to cut out the inserts followed...gene or in multiple genes, all of which seem to contribute to a particular disease state. You could use ...
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RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 10, 2018, 12:56 p.m....antibody and a ≥100-fold increase in signal over intrinsic fluorescence. Increased signal is likely due to...stained with two HRP RANbodies if the sample is stripped. HRP-RANbodies are, however, compatible with most... -
dTAG - You're it!
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Behnam Nabet, a postdoctoral fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer ...of endogenous proteins (notably, BRD2/3/4, CDK9, TRIM24, FLT3, BTK, and ALK) by linking small molecules... -
Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m....This post was contributed by Adriana Galvan, an associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine...fluorescent proteins can be, in some circumstances, detrimental to the expression of the protein of interest.... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest bloggers Joachim Goedhart and Marieke Mastop from the Section of Molecular... depend on fluorescence intensity or protein distribution. Therefore, photostability measurements can ... -
Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m....channels that are responsible for maintaining the nutrient and ionic balance of the cells,” says Dr Sangeetha...keratinocytes, which release inflammatory mediators that trigger the activation of dendritic cells, macrophages,... -
Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m....These modifications result in conformationally restricted RNA which improves mismatch discrimination and... specifically ones which do not contain a 5’ triphosphate in the gRNA, reduce the innate immune response... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m....Differences in sample processing, fixation, antigen-retrieval, and permeabilization will influence how the antibody...support team, is a safer bet than one from a large distributor that may not have direct experience with the ... -
Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m....Greek for “self-eating”) is induced by a lack of nutrients and targets cytosol and organelles to the vacuole... have fused with the vacuole or a lysosome are trickier to identify because their contents can be at various... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger, Gary McDowell, executive director of Future of Research. ...salary raises at institutions will likely have a detrimental effect on the morale of postdocs, and indeed ... -
Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m....approaching it. These include the traditional restriction enzyme/ligase-mediated method, the more recently.../19 vectors and demonstrating the concept of restriction enzyme-mediated disruption of ccdB, leading to... -
Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Alan Wong. The complexity of biological systems can hinder...iterative one-pot reactions with straightforward restriction digestion and ligation steps to build barcoded... -
Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Clare O'Connor an Associate Professor at Boston College. National...plasmids are also used to teach students about restriction mapping and western blotting. Students who participate... -
Lab Automation at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 22, 2018, 1:28 p.m.... to prep large quantities of DNA because some countries just can’t receive bacteria through the mail due..., if you have any great lab automation tips and tricks, be sure to share them in the comments section.... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Daniel M. Sapozhnikov, a graduate student in the laboratory...but if this is not possible due to gRNA design restrictions, anything within 5 base pairs should work well... -
A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m..... These plasmids have reached labs in over 75 countries. Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 proteins and other... after reverse transcription (RT-LAMP) and a colorimetric readout that can be completed in just 45 minutes... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m....laboratory of Karmella Haynes at Emory recently contributed a set of plasmids to the repository that will... function in receiver cells. There are over 40 trillion cells that make up the human body and G-baToN ... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2017, 1:03 p.m....efficiency and any unpaired fluorescent proteins can contribute additional noise to the measurement. If the distance... FRET experiments are expected to continue to contribute to our understanding of diseases and even assist... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m....photostable YFP to date. As such, mGold is expected to contribute to experiments that require high photostability...GFAP.SF-iGluSnFR.A184S-AAV1 here New Dual and Triple feature INTRSECT viral preps from the Deisseroth... -
Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m....although both are of course preferred! When trying to strike that balance, you may wonder: how close is close...significant amount of flexibility compared to a strict single-compatibility sequence like NGG. Nonetheless... -
Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m....green, blue, red, and far-red. There is also a ratiometric GECO sensor (GEX), where one wavelength changes... working with a stably integrated biosensor. Ratiometric measurements with certain single FPs (such as... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2023, 3 p.m....References and resources References Lu, Q. L., & Partridge, T. A. (1998). A New Blocking Method for Application...(08)60255-1 Manning, C. F., Bundros, A. M., & Trimmer, J. S. (2012). Benefits and Pitfalls of Secondary... -
Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m....plays an important role in RNA processing and contributes to variability in RNA half-life, and ultimately... Rho-independent termination is also known as intrinsic termination, and it relies on the formation of... -
Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m....in-situ hybridization, methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme digestion, DNA adenine methyltransferase...Cardiovascular and diabetes mortality determined by nutrition during parents' and grandparents' slow growth ... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m....license. If you’re currently using mVenus or mCitrine, or if existing yellow fluorescent proteins just...anterograde labeling across single synapses, a key attribute for neuronal tracing. Labeling was nontoxic and... -
The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m....genes for drug discovery or to understand the intricacies of molecular pathways. These screens have gotten...solutions have been found to get around this restriction. The most obvious workaround is to use a multi-plasmid... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m....This post was contributed by Brittany L. Uhlorn, a PhD Candidate at the University of Arizona. Perhaps... next poster session! There many other tips and tricks for presenting at scientific conferences, so let... -
Starter guide to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) part 1: A renaissance in regenerative medicine
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 30, 2018, 1:04 p.m....This post was contributed by Kusumika (Kushi) Mukherjee, editor of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences....linkedin.com/in/kmukherjeephd/. References 1. Dittrich, R., M.W. Beckmann, and W. Wurfel, Non-embryo-... -
Cloning Mammalian Cells with the Agarose Method
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 7, 2017, 12:17 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Iris Lindberg, Professor at the University of Maryland School...Cloning cells using an agarose overlay does have one tricky step. It is necessary to pour the agarose onto ... -
PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m....standard curves, and normal controls must be run in triplicate. The nice thing about qPCR is that since it ... of reactions, it does not need to be run in triplicates. ddPCR is an extremely accurate application, ... -
CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m....This post was contributed by Greg Dingle, a software engineer with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. We...McMaster University in Canada. He's happy to be contributing again to science. Acknowledgements Chan Zuckerberg... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 13, 2018, 1:22 p.m....Updated Apr 6, 2021. This post was contributed by Laura Desrochers, a postdoctoral scientist at AstraZeneca... academic lab is closely involved with clinical trials or has ties to industry, the drug discovery process... -
Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m....This post was contributed by guest bloggers Alissa Lance-Byrne and Alex Chavez, researchers at the Wyss...relative nuclease efficiencies as well as to more stringent targeting rules that result in a decrease in available... -
Anatomy of a Plasmid Page at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m....under which the plasmid is distributed. All Addgene plasmids are distributed under the terms of the UBMTA... -
Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 18, 2015, 2:30 p.m....are treated with a drug of interest and gRNA distribution is analyzed in the drug-resistant population...6 gRNAs per target gene, and maintaining the distribution of each gRNA within the population is key. Loss... -
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by Jae Lee and Pantelis Tsoulfas of the Department of Neurological Surgery ...along the illumination path. The shadows appear as stripes in the acquired image (5). A way to get around... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m....multicistronic vectors work? Scientists have "borrowed" some tricks discovered in positive single-stranded RNA viruses...use the 2A peptides instead of an IRES when stoichiometrically equivalent levels of expression are required... -
Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m....This post was contributed by Gal Haimovich of greenfluorescentblog. Be honest. Do you really know how... short as 100ms (EBFP) or as long as 1 hour (mAmetrine1.2). However, for most FPs it is a few seconds ... -
Tips for arabidopsis transformation
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2018, 1:23 p.m....This post was contributed by Laura Lee, a graduate student at Stanford University. Arabidopsis is a fantastic... it pretty much is, but there are some tips and tricks you can use to obtain optimum transformation efficiency... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m....conditions commonly encountered in human gene therapy trials. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 26(2), 71–76. https...Qu, G. (2005). Identification of factors that contribute to recombinant AAV2 particle aggregation and ... -
An Introduction to Adenovirus
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m....noticing unusual cases of acute hepatitis in the pediatric population. Once ~400 cases had amassed in places...removal of certain adenoviral genes that apparently contribute to virulence (Tollefson et al., 1996) – cell ... -
CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m....’ve got you covered in this blog, with tips and tricks for harnessing the homology-directed repair pathway...are overly confluent or don’t have sufficient nutrients in their media, they will not undergo DNA replication... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Tessa Cressey. The highly pathogenic Ebola virus belongs to...Vectors Check out Our Scientist's Guide to Ebola Contribute to the Addgene Blog Resources on Addgene.org... -
Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m....functions differently. Since Cpf1 loci are widely distributed across bacterial species, Zetsche et al. hypothesized...directional gene transfer, analogous to traditional restriction enzyme cloning. Sticky-end mediated gene transfer... -
A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... This post was contributed by Jo Miller, founder and principal of J. Miller & Associates, Inc., a national...professionals is learning to succeed in grants through trial and error, through winning and losing funding, and... -
Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m....them! Note: A. Max Juchheim, Marcy Patrick, and Meghan Rego contributed to the writing of this article. ... -
Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 20, 2014, 3:04 p.m....an elderly family member, want to train for a triathlon, finally buy that charming fixer-upper house you... every school performance, chaperone every field trip or cheer at every soccer game. Tip: take turns going... -
Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m....the host organism being unable to synthesize a nutrient required for growth. Before delivery of the vector...cells are grown in media that supplies the key nutrient. The vector provides the missing synthesis machinery... -
Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 19, 2018, 1:25 p.m.... quick chat can be rather tricky (think people based in different countries). Here social media is a connector... -
Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m....This post was contributed by Samuel Mortensen, a PhD candidate at Northeastern University. Working with... 5.02 (2003): 103-115. Hu, Ching-yeh, et al. "Intrinsic GUS-like activities in seed plants." Plant cell...