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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 24, 2015, 3:30 p.m....another biological workhorse, Cre recombinase, which induces recombination at LoxP sites. Placing a lox-STOP-lox...researchers to activate transcription or Cre recombinase activity only in the presence of GFP. These systems... transcription. Thus, T-DDOGs can be used in combination with green-red Cre-lox systems. T-DDOGs can also...T-DDOGs, GFP, and a reporter construct into the mouse retina. GFP expression robustly activated the reporter...Cre-DOG is both robust and specific. When tested in retinal electroporation studies, DsRed reporter expression...system, including the motor cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord. Cre-DOG is also suitable for optogenetic ...type-specific manipulation with GFP-dependent Cre recombinase.” Nat. Neurosci. 18(9) (2015): 1334-1341. PubMed...
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6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m....novel way. Finally, engineering new applications to solve problems will provide originality to your work...on how to submit your work either through seminars or webinars. Sending on your grant application to your... the deadline isn’t going to be much use. 2. Originality is essential for grant success The two most important...be looking for in your research proposal are originality and relevance. When reading through your proposal...our own or other groups, but your work must be original (otherwise why would you be interested in it?)...Frontier Science Program's website. One way to add originality to your work is to collaborate with specialists...your work, or even the successful use of your preliminary data to secure further funding. Make it clear... -
Important Considerations When Using AAVs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m....communities. Many thanks to our guest blogger Katrina Armstrong. Katrina Armstrong is a Neurophysiology Msc Student...This post was contributed by guest blogger Katrina Armstrong, a Neurophysiology Msc Student at the University...which cell type? Location (3): Traveling from the original location - Axonal Transport in the CNS What tissue... Photoreceptor Cells AAV2, AAV5, AAV8 RPE (Retinal Pigment Epithelium) AAV1, AAV2, AAV4, AAV5, AAV8...your particular experiment! Traveling from the Original Location - Axonal Transport It has been demonstrated...serotonin in movement. Follow her on twitter @katrinaboards. References 1. Russell, David W. "AAV vectors...and Richard J. Samulski. "Self-complementary recombinant adeno-associated virus (scAAV) vectors promote... -
A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2020, 2:15 p.m.... that exterminate entire humanity were the two most popular topics that sparked the imagination of most... CBE but use a ssDNA adenosine deaminase (evolved from a tRNA deaminase enzyme, TadA) to induce a A→G ...hybrids. This book is published 30 years after the seminal work of Gregor Mendel on the genetic inheritance... first ever X-ray diffracted image of the DNA. Finally, in 1953, Franklin along with James Watson and ...Thurman and Jude Law. The movie’s name is itself a combination of the four bases of DNA – A, T, G, and C. In...These breaks can then be repaired by homologous recombination with a repair template. Each zinc finger recognizes...The cytidine base editors (CBE) use a cytidine deaminase to introduce a C→T change at precise locations... -
Plasmids 101: Protein Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m....through the use of protein tags and separated from contaminants using a variety of purification methods. Deciding...expression systems are very powerful for high level recombinant protein expression. These systems enable high...cheap and low-tech means of mass expression of recombinant proteins. Many cells from various types of plants...modifications. Extraction and purification of recombinant proteins from plants however can be expensive...biochemicals and proteins through plant roots. Tagging recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide...expression system to generate large quantities of recombinant eukaryotic proteins. Although many species of...using S. cerevisiae, researchers often place recombinant proteins under the control of the galactose inducible... -
An Introduction to Adenovirus
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m....to the final topic, which is that natural AdVs, replication-competent viruses with a recombinant genome... Virus type 2 (AAV2) – or some unprecedented combination of the three (Servellita et al., 2023). Normally...lack of exposure, a lack of immunity, and then finally a synchronized exposure under these conditions ...virus, we will see that they are very central determinants of how AdVs behave, and in fact, of how adenoviral...from the genomic plasmid can be used to house a recombinant sequence (transgene) instead. Although the...strong innate and adaptive immune responses that inactivate viral genomes or otherwise clear the virus from...been reported when using vectors, and immune inactivation of the vector can still occur even in the case... -
Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....infect. Finally, the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 long terminal repeats... the original system, the possibility of creating a replication-competent virus via recombination between...encoding Gag and Pol, increasing the number of recombination events necessary to create a replication-competent...replication-competent virus. Second, Tat is eliminated through the addition of a chimeric 5’ LTR containing a Tat-independent...oncogenesis by altering local gene expression. Self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vectors contain a deletion ...F, Beuzard Y, Gluckman E, Bushman F, Hacein-Bey-Abina S, Leboulch P. Nature. 2010 Sep 16;467(7313):318...PubMed PMID: 25804479. 9. Development of a self-inactivating lentivirus vector. Miyoshi H, Blömer U, Takahashi... -
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m....contrast, fluorescence imaging has emerged as the dominant light microscopy contrast technique in modern ...molecular or structural specificity to the viewer. Finally, modern microscope designs may further exploit ... light exits the microscope objective evenly illuminating the entire (wide) field of view. Fluorescent...and focused onto a camera for visualization. Illuminating a sample in the opposite direction to fluorescence...fluorescence collection is referred to as “Epi” illumination. Therefore these are sometimes call Epi-fluorescence...sample and raster scanning the point to build up a final image pixel by pixel. The collected fluorescent ...location in the sample. As more than one hole is illuminated at a time, the image can be acquired more quickly... -
What's New in CRISPR - December 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 17, 2019, 2:37 p.m....activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and an engineered tRNA adenosine deaminase (TadA) to a catalytically...fusing catalytically inactivated RNA-targeting Cas13 (dCas13) with the adenine deaminase domain of ADAR2. ... by evolving the adenine deaminase domain of ADAR2 into a cytidine deaminase. This editor still retains...Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing CRISPRi toolkit for Burkholderia...Find the gRNA and packaging plasmids Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing Feng Zhang’s lab previously developed... -
Hot Plasmids Spring 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m....multiplexed using tRNAs, within the lentiviral 3’ long terminal repeats (LTR). The 3’ LTR is duplicated during...the lentiviral insert was minimized to reduce recombination and avoid separation of the multiplexed elements...fold improvement in detection efficiency over the original CROPseq. Find CROPseq-multi plasmids here Walton...developed a new prime editor that incorporates La’s N-terminal domain, PE7 (Figure 2). PE7 shows enhanced editing...-2 research By Ashley Waldron Ready-to-use recombinant antibodies were recently added to the Addgene...Image from Addgene. These antibodies are recombinant versions of mouse monoclonal antibodies generated...2021). Check out their paper for details on the original antibodies. Find Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies here...