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  1. Cutting Once Is Harder Than It Sounds: Your Guide to Minimizing Off-Target Effects

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    March 31, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
    ...strategy on how to minimize off-target activity, based on a deeper understanding of the underlying molecular...likewise, target sites themselves form a spectrum based on how easily they can be cleaved (cleavability ...off-target-free editing. (Note: this conclusion was reached based on deductive reasoning rooted in the nature of IFNs...remember that transcription typically requires a purine base (A or G) at the 5′ end. If your spacer does not ...
  2. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
    ...diffusion rates. Smaller genetically encoded probes are based on cofactor binding proteins as described above....the His tag and several others. Another peptide-based strategy uses an enzyme to covalently label the ...: 9759496.  3. Buckley, Anthony M., et al. "LOV-based reporters for fluorescence imaging." Current opinion...PMC3129320.  18. Mastop, Marieke, et al. "A FRET-based biosensor for measuring Gα13 activation in single...protein are available (Cranfill et al., 2016 and FPbase.org). A number of variants remain fluorescent under...
  3. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    Sept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...expression of many different genes was predictable based solely on the promoters and Shine-Delgarno sequences...Illumina sequencing libraries using a 2-step PCR-based protocol and are compatible with single-end or paired-end...segments that can be engineered to bind specific RNA bases. By swapping out these different modular repeat ... the variant PUF segments required to bind any 8 base RNA sequence. The segments are provided in Gateway...
  4. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    Nov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Based on her experience co-directing Mentor Circle Programs...-Europe professional collaborations, setting up bases and contacts with Spanish laboratories to start ...key to the success of this program. As we build a base of former mentees, we encourage them to get involved...consulting firm focused on new health care models based on integrative and eco-social health strategy, and...their degree. Students filled in a pre-program, baseline self-assessment survey to determine their expectations...expectations of the program and their baseline skills. Mentors were Spanish scientists (MD, PhD and MD/...defining expectations of the program and their baseline skills and a post-program self-assessment, participants...
  5. Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell

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    Aug. 28, 2018, 12:04 p.m.
    ... after I arrived, I was looking through a paper-based, affordable, and portable microscope called the ... known as gas vesicles) as acoustic biomolecule-based dyes. This technology is widely applicable as bacterial...
  6. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...in SnapGene. SnapGene annotates the plasmid maps based on SnapGene’s “Common Feature” library — with some... the deposited scientist  The backbone elements based on the information provided and vector type  Any...assembly issues that arise due to the short 200–250 base pair reads sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq.  Resolving...
  7. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    Oct. 8, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...have proposed developing new cloning techniques based on these vectors (Shareck et al., 2004). Plasmid...al., 2023). In this post, we’ve grouped plasmids based on the phenotype they offer their host cell, but...Lee, B., & Miguez, C. B. (2004). Cloning Vectors Based on Cryptic Plasmids Isolated from Lactic Acid Bacteria...
  8. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    Jan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Francois St-Pierre’s lab developed a new form of FACS-based cell screening, Single-cell Phenotypic Observation...Plasmids and Resources page.  CDDR (CRISPR–Cas9-based Dual-fluorescent DSB Repair) is a double-strand ...double-strand break repair assay for mammalian cells. It's based on the introduction & resolution of two DSBs in a...eliminate competing mobile genetic elements. Image by Basem Al-Shayeb in the Doudna Lab. Scientists looking...
  9. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    March 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Cas9  NG  - SpRY nuclease  C to T Base Editor SpRY A to G Base Editor SpRY   NYN/NRN NYN is less ...SpRY was validated in double stranded cleavage and base editing applications, with high editing capacity...
  10. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    Aug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ... you. Traditional restriction enzyme and ligase based cloning is a relatively inexpensive way to get the...a try. This method, developed by Invitrogen and based on lambda phage integration sequences, relies on...inserts a breeze. Among them are some of the homology based methods, like Gibson or SLIC, since one can pool...
  11. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ... that need them. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) – based delivery techniques may hold the key. In the simplest...effective. Challenges for AAV gene therapy Although AAV-based gene therapies are promising, scientists are working...should be taken into account when developing AAV-based therapies. Furthermore, deeper understanding of ...
  12. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    May 26, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...viewed more as a guideline, since they are typically based on the copy number of the empty plasmid backbone...matrix could clog the matrix when performing filter based plasmid prepping. Be sure to stay within the recommended...for each plasmid/strain combination individually, based on determining the cell density or by harvesting...
  13. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...two broad categories, prokaryotic or eukaryotic, based on the functional elements they contain. Plasmid...polyadenylation? The role of the terminator, a sequence-based element, is to define the end of a transcriptional...terminators are not usually employed in plasmid-based expression systems, so these will not be detailed...
  14. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    Dec. 31, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
    ...introduce insertions, deletions, and all possible base-to-base changes.   1. Plasmids 101: Transformation,...
  15. Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It

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    Oct. 8, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...know it’s there? For this task, you can use PCR based detection, DNA staining, fluorescent tagging, agar...and cost-effective (Sung, 2006). The sensor cell-based method uses specialized cells that can detect the...from different biotech companies which are enzyme-based mycoplasma detection kits. These kits detect mycoplasma...YJ, Hong JT, Chung YB, Lee CK, Song S (2006) PCR-based detection of mycoplasma species. J Microbiol .44...
  16. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... in this blog post, we're going to focus on PCR-based applications (qPCR and ddPCR.) qPCR Quantitative.... Quantitative analysis of copy number variants based on real-time LightCycler PCR. Curr Protoc Hum Genet...genetic elements can be determined by SYBR-Green-based quantitative real-time PCR. J Microbiol Methods....sample with known copy number set as the expression baseline. Copy number is then determined by comparing results...
  17. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    Oct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m.
    ...lab developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based system that allows users to generate a plasmid containing...Masato Kanemaki's lab has developed a CRISPR/Cas-based system for tagging endogenous proteins with an auxin-inducible...Schmid-Burgk, Jonathan L., et al. “CRISPaint allows modular base-specific gene tagging using a ligase-4-dependent...
  18. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    Aug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...experiences with the new method and look for advice/tips. Based on the discussions in the forums, it appeared that...majority of the respondents (70%) used a lipofectamine-based method to deliver NgAgo ingredients into the cell.... Overall, the real take-home message thus far, based on survey respondents "Final Verdict", is that more...
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