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  1. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    May 26, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...incubation time can improve the cell density and therefore the plasmid yield. You can optimize your growth... strain Differences between E. coli host strains can impact plasmid yield. Check the bacterial strain ...encodes a thermostable periplasmic endonuclease that can sometimes co-purify with your plasmid DNA and lead...derivatives, release large amounts of carbohydrates that can inhibit the cell lysis process. To ensure that lysis...the volume Starting with a larger culture volume can improve plasmid yield. Our lab often doubles the ...more volume = more cells = more plasmid. Plasmids can vary in copy number, the number of plasmid copies...specified by a plasmid’s origin of replication, but can also be affected by the plasmid size, nature of the...
  2. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    Feb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...consist of various immune cells, and can be used as a whole or can be used to isolate specific subsets ...antigen, triggering a humoral immune response. ADAs can inactivate the drug and increase drug clearance, ...silico and in vitro assessment of immunogenicity can help evaluate risk of an antibody.  In silico prediction...specific antigen, pre-existing conditions, etc. that can vary widely between recipients.   In vitro prediction...subsets like CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells or monocytes. PBMCs can be further differentiated into dentritic cells or ... et.al, 2018). Thus, microscopic in-vitro models can be built that contain various components of the immune...Treating these cells with the therapeutic antibody can help us assess the effects of the drug on the actual...
  3. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    June 6, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
    ...beads are a mixture between synthetic beads that can bind to a conjugated antibody and beads that are ...and they are non-specific. The compensation beads can bind to any primary antibody you add. Single color...controls are used to help you set up your voltages and can also be helpful for compensation. You should have...see all of your positive and negative cells. This can be achieved by adjusting your voltage using your ...otherwise be difficult to separate out. In Figure 2, you can see that, without the FMO, it would be difficult ...Figure 2: An FMO gating example. The FMO sample (A) can be used while setting up your gating schematic to...population will look like for a particular marker, you can use the reference plots provided by the antibody ...
  4. Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly

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    Sept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m.
    ...for CRISPR experiments can be laborious, requiring multiple cloning steps. You can simplify this process...homology at, or close to, their ends. This homology can be contained within the individual fragments themselves...doesn’t necessarily have to be. Regions of homology can be introduced to fragments via PCR using primers ...is freely available online. Its simple interface can guide you through both experimental and primer design...constructs with multiple point mutations NEBuilder HiFi can simplify multi-position site-directed mutagenesis...containing the desired mutations. This same process can be used simultaneously for the generation of one ...Further, there is no limit to where the mutation can be placed. With other techniques, when mutations ...
  5. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    Aug. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for energy between neighboring fluorophores, FRET can be used to detect the inter- and intramolecular interactions...underlie protein function. However, FRET experiments can be difficult to implement in practice because FRET...complete FP results in a fluorescent signal that can be detected by fluorescence microscopy. Figure...the overexpression of fusion proteins it requires can lead to aberrant subcellular localization of the ...genetically tractable organisms lags behind. BiFC can also be used to screen for small-molecule inhibitors...fragments. In the absence of this information, you can fuse each FP fragment to the N- and C-terminal end...case, overexpression should be avoided because it can generate high background fluorescence levels due ...
  6. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    July 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
    ...takes half a year, and generating a transgenic plant can take even longer, a transient plant leaf transformation...methods. Infection with Agrobacterium rhizogenes can be used to develop stable hairy root lines in tissue...investigating gene function, as these experiments can be done in days to weeks instead of months to years...transferred into the plant. In the laboratory we can utilize this natural process by replacing the genes...gene so that the transformation and gene expression can be tracked. During a transient leaf transformation...establishing a new transformation protocol as it can easily show which tissue have been transformed. But... Agrobacterium lacking the GUS gene since plants can have endogenous GUS-like activity (Hu et al., 1990...
  7. What’s in Your Tube?: A Quick Guide to Measuring DNA by Spectrophotometry

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    July 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ratio can be misleading. Some reports suggest that the A260/280 ratio does not drop significantly until...when interpreting purity ratios, as they can vary significantly at low concentrations.  The elution buffer.... Thanks to the Beer–Lambert law, the instrument can calculate a sample’s nucleic acid concentration based...wavelengths (Figure 1B-D). These other molecules can alter the overall 260 nm reading, distorting the ...own characteristic absorbance spectra, which you can detect by examining the A260/280 and A260/230 ratios...tryptophan and tyrosine (Figure 1B). The A260/230 ratio can be a good indicator of protein contamination, but...The reagents used during nucleic acid purification can leave behind a variety of potential contaminants,...
  8. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    Nov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
    ... baculovirus can vary depending on the protocol used. Plaque assays are standard but can take seven to...Introducing the systems There are many ways that viruses can be produced in the lab. The first decision you must...cells that will be used to make the virus. Viruses can be produced in many different cell types, spanning...produced in bacteria cells. However, some viruses can be produced in multiple different cell types, including...your current methods, understanding the differences can help you make an informed decision. Mammalian cells... The viruses Lentiviruses, AAV, and adenoviruses can all be produced in mammalian cells. However, it is...it requires transduction of more cells, while AAV can be titrated following purification using qPCR or ...
  9. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...stain from the background. Dyes that can pass through cell membranes can prove useful for live-cell imaging..., such as proteins, nucleic acids, or glycans. Fluorophores can also be covalently attached to self-labeling...have been developed throughout the past century, it can be overwhelming to select the optimal dye or fluorescent... genetically encoded tag is required. These dyes can also be attached to an antibody to detect various...2022). These variations directly impact the way you can utilize these dyes. The most-used fluorescent dye...organelles like mitochondria, and different dyes can result in varying cytoplasmic background signals ...fluorescence of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) can be stably combined with nanoparticles, maintaining...
  10. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    July 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...is covalent, so free dye can be washed away. In addition, labeling contrast can be improved using disulfide-containing...reagents can bind numerous endogenous biomolecules in cells nonspecifically, and they cannot cross cell...the first fluorophore (the donor) is excited, it can transfer energy directly via resonance to the second...30-100 Å, depending on the probes). In fact, FRET can be used to derive a precise physical distance between... fluorophore labeled and that these fluorophores can undergo FRET when they are near each other. How do...biomolecules each containing multiple binding crevices that can nonspecifically soak up your fluorophore package....delivered to the wrong address in a different city, you can still develop a successful FRET-based assay since...
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