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TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m....This post was contributed by Kusumika (Kushi) Mukherjee, a Postdoc at Massachussetts General Hospital...patients with skin disorders for research and clinical trials, as it allows access to a larger number of willing...phenomenon has been recorded in past gene therapy trials and remains a safety concern in the clinical field...Furthermore, working with Sendai virus requires stringent biosafety measures, thereby increasing the costs...Using Serial Plating of Reprogrammed Cells by Centrifugation. Stem Cells Int, 2016. 2016: p. 1329459. PubMed...
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Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2019, 12:58 p.m....This post was contributed by Katherine Rogers, a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrich Miescher Lab...processes—not just development—are available from strain distribution centers in the US, Europe, and China. In addition...pathways—such as those regulated by one-eyed pinhead—contribute to the “sculpting” of tissues and organs during...Katherine W. Rogers is a postdoctoral researcher in Patrick Müller’s group at the FriedrichMiescher Laboratory...El-Brolosy, Mohamed A., et al. "Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation." Nature 568.7751 (... -
What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.... Weakly electric fish are excellent systems to study for convergent evolution because electric organs ...leave them to their own devices. Chytrid fungi (Lillian Fritz-Laylin) Chytrid fungi are useful for the study...but there are few genetic tools currently for terrestrial frogs. Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate symbionts (Virginia... -
Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 31, 2020, 1:15 p.m....It is also worth noting that plasmids can be symmetrically incompatible, meaning that both plasmids are... from the cell with the same probability, or asymmetrical, where one plasmid lost from the cell at a higher... higher rate than the coresident plasmid. Asymmetric plasmid loss occurs for several reasons, including...high copy incompatible plasmids that lead to asymmetrical plasmid loss of the usually large, low copy ...: 15916596 Kamruzzaman M, Shoma S, Thomas CM, Partridge SR, Iredell JR (2017) Plasmid interference for... -
Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... This post was contributed by Ryan Watkins, Professor at George Washington University and developer of...may also benefit, such as researchers in other countries or other disciplines, are even less likely to...research from other disciplines, or from other countries, to explore new connections to our research. So...hours of video were watched each month, in 39 countries, and in over 54 languages. While most scientific...citation rates to measure the impact of their contribution. It offers a 5-step process and several examples... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by ATCC Outreach Scientist Nick Amiss. Cell culture in the present day Cell...major cell lines on public databases. Image attributions (from top to bottom) Database Center for Life...culture outlined in this article. Now many journals strictly require evidence of cell line provenance and identity...Nature Publishing Group recently reiterated its strict stance on the matter. Funding bodies such as the... at LGC Group, London, which is the European distributor for ATCC. He studied biochemistry at Warwick ... -
March for Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger, Stephanie Hays, a scientist with a passion for photosynthetic...States government? Politics and science are intrinsically linked: governments exist in reality and science...said, government must have the same fundamental attribute that enables science: “humility in the face of...supporting many different positions. It would be detrimental for them to be homogenized or thought of as just...Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not 'primary contributor' to global warming The New York Times: With Trump... -
Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m....DNA, important when trying to cut with certain restriction enzymes (ex: ClaI or XbaI) dcm DNA cytosine...DNA, important when trying to cut with certain restriction enzymes that are methylation sensitive. dnaJ...relA1 Relaxed phenotype, mutation eliminating stringent factor Allows RNA synthesis in absence of protein...plasmid maintenance, blue/white screening, partly restriction-deficient; good strain for cloning repetitive...methylated, allows for methylation sensitive restriction enzymes to cut the plasmid after preparation.... -
Trends in CRISPR and SynBio Technologies
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2015, 3:58 p.m....labs have deposited plasmids to Addgene and we distribute over 130,000 plasmids in 2014. Thus, we are in...on CRISPR technology, for example, the authors Patrick Hsu, Eric Lander, and Feng Zhang acknowledge the...accelerated through a combination of open-source distributors such as Addgene, as well as a number of online...with data comparing Addgene global deposit and distribution trends for Zinc Finger, TALE, CRISPR, and SynBio... -
PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m....announce that we recently acquired the ability to distribute plasmids with the piggyBac™ transposon. These...piggyBac™ transposase (available from a licensed distributor) allow you to quickly transfer a DNA sequence...transposon vector to one of many TTAA sequences distributed throughout the genome. We encourage you to deposit...expand this useful resource. While Addgene cannot distribute plasmids with the piggyBac™ transposase itself...from the folks at Transposagen. This post was contributed by Amar Singh and Mathew Goodwin from Transposagen... -
Our New Antibody Mascot is....
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2022, 2:15 p.m....preparation for our upcoming affinity reagent distribution launch - and we're excited to say our long naming...to help us with our upcoming affinity reagent distribution launch! There was only one problem - we didn't... biggest discovery yet: Addgene will soon be distributing affinity reagents. Name Our New Antibody Friend...luck and happy naming! Fig. 2: The mascot trio! ... -
A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2020, 2:15 p.m....This post was contributed by Kartik Lakshmi Rallapalli, a graduate student at the University of California...manipulate it. The term genetic engineering itself is attributed to SciFi writer Jack Williamson who used it in... Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are artificial restriction enzymes generated by fusing a zinc finger DNA-binding...template. Each zinc finger recognizes a nucleotide triplet and when several ZFNs are strung together, it can...the ZFNs, but instead of recognizing nucleotide triplets, the components recognize individual nucleotides... -
A Guide to Getting Started in Undergrad Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2021, 1:15 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Eleanor Wang, a Research Specialist in Patrick Hsu's lab at ...problems. Biomedical research, for instance, contributes heavily to medical practice, and understanding... and applied. The current pandemic serves as a striking example of the applicability and importance of...Eleanor Wang is currently a Research Specialist in Patrick Hsu’s lab at UC Berkeley. She will be starting ... -
Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Søren Hough, a Biochemistry PhD candidate at the University...mismatch along the length of the gRNA given the stricter sequence requirement at the terminal 3’ PAM site... Dillard, and Ayokunmi Ajetunmobi for their contributions to this work. Søren Hough is a Biochemistry ... mismatch cleavage assays to detect mutations triggered by engineered nucleases." G3: Genes| Genomes| ...PMID: 27087594. 16. Tycko, Josh, Vic E. Myer, and Patrick D. Hsu. "Methods for Optimizing CRISPR-Cas9 Genome... -
500,000 Plasmids Shipped and Counting!
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 26, 2015, 3:24 p.m....scientists at 5,200 institutions in 82 different countries. We continue to ship out more plasmids each year...beginnings in 2004 to today, you can see how plasmid distribution has grown. Additionally, more and more scientists...research. *2015 total reflects the number of distributed plasmids as of March 26, 2015. How does Addgene... our depositors to allow us to help store and distribute their plasmids. The partnerships and collaborations... -
What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m....SaCas9 genome editing plasmids String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR) String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR)...studied Cas12b nuclease from Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (AacCas12b) exhibits optimal DNA cleavage at...STAgR), developed by Stefan Stricker’s lab, is a single step gRNA multiplexing system that generates vectors... -
Quick, Versatile Plant Transgenesis with GreenGate Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2014, 3:23 p.m....component of Golden Gate and GreenGate are type IIS restriction endonucleases. They are like other endonucleases... should in principle work in any plant species. Tricks of the trade Lohmann does have one special tip ...their own lab: be very careful with the type IIS restriction endonuclease of choice, BsaI, which can be very... will get busy with GreenGate, producing and contributing more modules into the public domain in the process... -
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m....This post was contributed by Doug Richardson, Director of the Harvard Center for Biological Imaging and...focus fluorescence from reaching a detector or restricting fluorescence to specific excitation volumes to...reduction in signal intensity. 2-Photon microscopes restrict excitation (and bleaching) to a single focal point...microscopy uses a number of optical and chemical ‘tricks’ to turn subsets of fluorescent molecules on and... a large axial range. 2-photon imaging, which restricts excitation and photobleaching to the focal plane... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m....detergents such as triton-x, saponin, or tween. Take care when using strong detergents like triton-x and tween...fluidics system they pass through a flow cell which restricts the size of the stream and forces the cells to...cell expressing low levels of the protein. The electrical system converts the fluorescence intensity to...you would need a way to determine the relative contribution of yellow and orange from FITC and that from... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m....cells that have been infected with a microbe, to trigger immune cascades that clear these infections. Anything...letters and be able to guess whether or not that string of letters is a part of the word you’re searching... that you want the antibody to recognize. This triggers an immune response within the animal, and its ...antibodies (i.e., immunofluorescence), or by a colorimetric reaction facilitated by an enzymatic reaction... antibodies for neuroscience research from the Trimmer lab ...