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  1. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...expressed as a fusion with your favorite protein and (2) a synthetic fluorophore-contianing “ligand” that ...cell 58.4 (2015): 644-659. PubMed PMID: 26000849. 2. Grimm, Jonathan B., et al. "A general method to improve...removing excess dye from the sample, which is particularly important for samples where washing is difficult...reason is something called “the photon budget”: each sample has a limited number of fluorophores and each fluorophore...of information one can extract from a biological sample is wholly dependent on the photon budget and pushing... desperate to extract a few more photons from a sample. Chemical fluorophores can be substantially brighter...
  2. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ...Table 2: Lab strains of E. coli Strain Natural resistance Primary Use Genotype ccdB Survival 2 T1R ...resistance to tetracycline Additionally, Table 2 provides a quick reference for some of the popular...convoluted due to researchers sharing and renaming samples throughout history. It was likely isolated in 1918...
  3. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ..., and the desired gene (transfer vector plasmid), 2) the HIV-1 genome containing all viral genes with ...protocols that have been described (protocol 1, protocol 2, protocol 3) to find the one that will give you the...PubMed PMID: 3785217. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC367857. 2. Naldini, Luigi, et al. "In vivo gene delivery and...are working with proto-oncogenes or with human samples that have not been tested for HIV.  If not using...ribosome entry site (IRES) and expressed under the same promoter. Alternatively, your gene and the marker...
  4. Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution

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    Aug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...methods is that they all follow the same general cyclical process (Figure 2). The differences typically come...starting point for the next cycle. Figure 2: General process of antibody directed evolution. Created...module_attribute "schema_version" is_json="true" %}{% raw %}2{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...codons (different codon sequences that code for the same amino acid) for various amino acids. Essentially...
  5. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...sites would confound your experimental results and 2) perform targeted off-target measurements at those...experiments where only localization of the Cas occurs. 2 gRNA approach Off-targets that come from mutations...perform downstream characterization of, isolating 2 or 3 distinct clones to perform key experiments on...If you are performing CRISPR library screens, the same principle holds true - the higher the number of ...
  6. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    Sept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of ~75% in response to the magnetic field (Figure 2); they named this variant MagLOV. Andrew was thrilled...didn’t need any added cofactors.      Figure 2: Fluorescence intensity and ΔF/F of MagLOV, a variant...fluorescence when a small magnet was passed over the sample (Frank Hayward et al., 2024). The fluorescence ...intensity decreased whenever the magnet approached the sample (by less than 1%) and recovered after the magnet...expressing MagLOV while a magnet is waved under the sample. The imaged area measures approximately 82 mm across...Matsuoka, R., Kimura, S., Miura, T., Ikoma, T., & Kusamoto, T. (2023) Single-Molecule Magnetoluminescence...
  7. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ... tropism and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain. PLoS One. 2013 ...PMID: 24086725. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3785459. 2. Krashes MJ, Koda S, Ye C, Rogan SC, Adams AC, Cusher...systems typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate...
  8. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    Sept. 4, 2018, 12:53 p.m.
    ...per cell increases 4-5 fold (for pUC plasmids) or ~2 fold (for p15a, R6K, and ColE2 plasmids) as cell division...biotechnology 36.4 (2018): 352. PubMed PMID: 29553576. 2. Kittleson, Joshua T., Sherine Cheung, and JChristopher...other hand, using a constitutive promoter in the same background resulted in a 20-fold variation of gene...
  9. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    July 15, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...short-read sequencing are highlighted in Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of short-read sequencing technology...process at Addgene. All plasmids go through this same initial QC process using an Illumina MiSeq, but ...However, Sanger sequencing remains useful for small sample sizes and shorter regions due in part to its low...high accuracy. Conversely, you can only run one sample at a time, which can become costly and impractical...the bases (and, if necessary, separate different samples), the resulting data, or reads, are essentially...control. NGS is generally cheaper if you have many samples and can output more data, and it typically results...However, NGS might not be the best choice for small sample sizes, small regions of interest, or complex sequences...
  10. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...connectivity to other data sources used in research; (2) connectivity to other tools used in research; and...by making it easy to get data out of the ELN; and (2) facilitate inter-operability with other research ...Github and Gitlab, and science-specific tools, e.g. sample management apps, colony management software, and..., not all of them support reproducibility in the same way. When choosing an ELN for your research, be ...commercialization community in greater Boston, while at the same time keeping one foot on the other side of the pond...
  11. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    May 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...estimate transformation efficiency (Figure 2).    Figure 2: Example of a serial dilution to estimate...library from Addgene, they’ll need to amplify the sample for further downstream applications. As individual... all of the bacteria can grow and compete in the same container, making it easier for a smaller, recombined...
  12. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...nonsense-mediated decay. Although Nelson et al. observed only 2% genome editing in one experiment, they found the ... cells throughout the body, especially stem cells 2. Remove any immunogenicity of the AAV vector Once ...Science. 2015 Dec 31. doi:10.1126/science.aae0169 2. Long C, Amoasii L, Mireault AA, McAnally JR, Li H...slightly different methods, they each observed the same positive phenotypes in cardiac and skeletal muscle...
  13. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...form or as ready-to-use lentivirus. Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines at promoters and...pX330a dCas9-LSD1 for targeted removal of H3K4me1/2 and H3K9me2 histone modifications. Like the TALE-LSD1...approach for targeted DNA demethylation. Cell Discovery 2: . https://doi.org/10.1038/celldisc.2016.9 Find plasmids...activate transcription. A lentiviral vector with the same modifier, Fuw-dCas9-Tet1CD, is available from Rudolf...
  14. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    March 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...residues, which can be found throughout the antibody. 2) Endogenous cysteines, such as those that make up ...Detecting antigens by quantitative immuno-PCR. Nat Protoc 2:1918–1930. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2007.267 ... antibody will have been verified to perform the same as its unconjugated version, but if you find yourself...
  15. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ...et al., 2020). Genomic targets require an upstream 2-bp PAM sequence for recognition by QCascade; although...cells of the plasmid after integration. Figure 2: (A) Streamlined VchINT expression constructs. (B)...seven required genes and the CRISPR RNA under the same promoter, and a donor plasmid (pDonor) encodes the...immunity, whereby multiple proximal insertions with the same transposon exhibit reduced efficiencies (Vo et al...
  16. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    Oct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...retain their individual activities when separated (2), and that DBD and TAs from different systems could... Enzymol. 1983;100:293-308. PubMed PMID: 6312261. 2. Keegan, L., Gill, G., and Ptashne, M. Separation ...libraries of bait and prey against each other at the same time in order to try and access the entire interactome...the protein partner or the UAS/reporter gene, the same bait and prey libraries can be screened using both...
  17. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church...ubiquitous ones such as EF-1α and CAG. Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression... Gene isoforms refer to mRNAs generated from the same gene but with different untranslated or coding regions...transcriptional start sites, all of which yield the same BDNF protein. To demonstrate the specificity that...
  18. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    Sept. 28, 2020, noon
    ... pCRISPomyces-2 contains Cas9 and a gRNA cassette. The simpler system of pCRISPomyces-2 displays a higher...and a subsequent curing protocol that requires only 2-3 hours incubation. E. coli and T. citrea scarless...four major components including (1) a CRISPR RNA, (2) four proteins forming the QCascade DNA-targeting ...https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3043 Bikard D, Jiang W, Samai P, Hochschild A, Zhang F, Marraffini LA (2013) Programmable...
  19. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    Dec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m.
    ...blood are reprogrammed immediately after collection [2]. PBMCs display unique epigenetic signatures that ...PMID: 27882265. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5118044. 2. Kim, Y., et al., The Generation of Human Induced ...blood sample, in the best-case scenario [7]. In the clinical setting where patient blood samples are limited...grade hiPSCs from easily accessible patient blood samples. All pCXLE vectors listed below in Table 1 are ...
  20. Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs

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    Dec. 20, 2017, 2:33 p.m.
    ... both substantial merit and national importance; (2) The foreign national must be well positioned to advance...outstanding achievements in your specific academic field, (2) that you have three 3 years of research experience..., Casseus Law suggests a mix of experts including 2 dependents –people who have worked with you i.e. your...working in October of the same year. The Industry H-1B visa is not the same as an academic H-1B visa and...individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field Evidence of original scientific...
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