...consuming and difficult. Finding volunteers who had space to shoot was another hurdle. As we slowly started...reopened. But there were still many restrictions in place, most importantly, masks.  Besides the muffled voices...strict safety protocols to keep Addgenies safe. Space was at a premium, so I had to figure out a solution... we were finally refining the process down to a place I could be happy with it. Cycle 5 - The Future! ...

...precision editing of the dystrophin gene would take place, with minimal risk of off-target editing. In order...sites. Each paper characterizes additional, unique facets of CRISPR DMD therapy. Long et al. show that AAV-CRISPR...the desired phenotype. Precision genome editing faces the challenges above and more. One chief challenge...approval. Even with the challenges precision editing faces, it’s encouraging to see such progress in the more...

...finding yourself having issues, you’re in the right place! In this post, we’ll talk about western blot optimization... visible to the naked eye.   If you see a smiley face in your gel, or if you see smeared bands, your voltage...voltage is likely too high. If you’re seeing a smiley face at an appropriate voltage (usually 10–15 V/cm of...bleed!), cut off the upper left-hand corner, or place a double ladder on the lefthand side. Whatever you...dry the membrane, wet it with 20% methanol, and place over a light box to visualize proteins after transfer...

... site and adjacent PAM. Your knock-in design may naturally remove the gRNA sequence or place it far from...100 bp homology on each side. For optimal repair, place the loxP sites precisely at the cut site for each...the oviductal lumen, tweezer-type electrodes are placed to mediate electroporation. Ohtsuka et al. compared...

...members of your field, and present your research. Face to face meetings can make favorable impressions on potential...Medical Institute. Today's postdoctoral fellows (PFs) face a number of challenges ranging from long periods...manuscripts. 4. Balance focus and exploration Researchers face a fundamental conflict. Science is about exploration...

...reaching the detector. The pinhole is specifically placed to only allow light from the focal plane to reach...coverslip at an angle such that when it reaches the interface between the glass coverslip and a sample in aqueous...within a few hundred nanometers of the glass/water interface. Super resolution microscopy Super Resolution ...sample thin (< 15 μm) or thick? These questions will place each sample into one of four categories that are...

...plasmids and your viral packaging service in the same place, making it easier to go from selection to viral ...to order at your convenience. After an order is placed, we’ll facilitate the necessary MTA, then start...your plasmid of interest in your desired serotype, place your order when ready, and we’ll take care of the...

...Can you imagine how much space a million plasmids would fill? Two weeks ago, Addgene edged passed our... hard to picture one million plasmids. How much space would one million bacterial stabs take up? If 81...upcoming months, we will be moving into a bigger space so that we can make an even bigger impact - we are...

...depends on a surface glycoprotein – the only viral protein present on the virion surface – making it critical... system in a novel way, by shielding host cell surface proteins. Researchers at the University of Virginia...

...factors – to specific sequences of DNA has become commonplace. This ability has opened up a world of possibilities...on a version that she hopes will change the intracellular localization of RNA. “You can think of changing...tips: First, she recommends using standard BsaI in place of the high fidelity version (despite what the original...

...transfers. When Addgene entered the plasmid sharing space, we heard over and over again that the legal documents...experiments with confidence. Benefits of the UBMTA: Peace of mind Addgene has adopted the terms of the Uniform... Recipients: Streamlined Processing: When you place an order, Addgene generates the MTA and emails it...

...relatively the same for quite a while and hadn’t kept pace with our growth over the last few years. Some of... professional, and modern. Instead of trying to place all of the content above the fold, we decluttered...elements and allowed our content to dictate the space. We wanted to comfortably tell our story, to get...

...perspectives. Such activities foster a mindset that embraces the unexpected and encourages exploration of tangents...ideas and approaches. Moreover, the ability to embrace serendipity fosters adaptability, a crucial skill...your academic journey, remember to leave a little space for the unexpected — it might just be the key to...

... free online molecular biology tools all in one place. Plasmid mapping These tools are for viewing, editing... looking at plasmid maps and viewing sequencing traces, while the paid version provides more tools for...Removes non-DNA characters, such as numbers and blank spaces, from the text of a DNA sequence, making it ready...

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... a double-strand break, and when used with two adjacent gRNAs, can lower the probability of off-target... of the targeted region, whereas PAM-in designs place the PAMs closer together in the middle of the targeted...sites separated by 51-68 bp Use D10A for HDR Place intended insert in between nick sites Use 40 nt...

...protein engineer currently working at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA. When I joined Sanofi/Genzyme...continue to help bring HOPE to AJ.   PS: The superhero race is the perfect event for supporting AJ, who is a...protein engineer currently working at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA. His work experience is in...

... Many thanks to our guest blogger Sean Stacey! Sean D. Stacey is a Ph.D. student at East Tennessee State...This post was contributed by guest blogger Sean Stacey who recently attended both online and on site courses...

... amazing job shuttling unwanted lab supplies to places that really need them.  When I was in graduate ...indefinitely at room temperature (thus also saving freezer space).  The procedure becomes less attractive when noting...very thin gel on a large glass slide using only surface tension.  It's a bit tricky to pour the right amount...

..."CRISPR", short-hand for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, in Pubmed returned...want to use double nickase, you could express two spacers and use PX335 to express the Cas9n (nickase). The...usually adds it when they order the oligo. If your spacer sequence starts with a 'G', you naturally have ...