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  1. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    March 20, 2014, 3:04 p.m.
    ...on the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood.   Work...worry less about how they will handle an emergency and this will make you much more confident about their ...
  2. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    July 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...all, a delivery method. I would be remiss to talk about them without looking at what they’re delivering .... But in the years since, we’ve learned so much about what it takes to make these viral vectors not only...., 2016), video, educational resources, and collaborations, and will continue to do so, in the hopes that...leave a comment; or take our AAV survey. Learn more about GCaMPs and other tools developed through the GENIE...
  3. Beyond the Blood Brain Barrier: PHP.B Enters the Central Nervous System Via the LY6A Receptor

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    July 23, 2019, 12:46 p.m.
    ... an AAV rookie  Learn about some considerations when using AAVs Learn more about using AAV as a tool for...PubMed PMID: 29175632. If you want to learn more about how PHP.B and PHP.eB were engineered, check out ...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about PHP.eB, and PHP.S, a peripheral nervous system (...
  4. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ... to target individual genes can be relatively laborious because multiple plasmids/viruses are needed to...screening strategies Although the tools described above make CRISPRa more accessible to neuroscientists,...vitro and in vivo applications, the tools described above make CRISPRa in the brain relatively easy and accessible... CNS using CRISPRa as a member of the Gelbard Laboratory at URMC.     References Liu, Yanxia, et al. "...
  5. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Resources on the Addgene Blog  Read more about Cpf1 Read more about SaCas9 and AAV Check out our CRISPR Featured... and VRER) recognize novel PAM sequences (shown above). The VQR, EQR, and VRER Cas9 variants are capable...example, Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase smaller than SpCas9, so it can be packaged...
  6. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...Addgene Blog Learn about using toehold switches to detect Zika virus   Learn more about targeting RNA with...time-consuming, and complex to use outside of standard laboratories. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, qPCR ...with Cas13a (C2c2) Learn more about Cas12a (Cpf1) and its multiplex genome editing abilities Resources...
  7. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...RSpace is integrated with most of the tools noted above, and has a modern API. Integrations with additional...into RSpace. The kind of informal conversations about research that can take place in Slack normally never...RSpace documents to external data sources (described above) further enhances the value the repository integrations...Minisymposium on Reproducibility Read all blog posts about scientific sharing Resources on Addgene.org Find...
  8. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...that lead to these preferences and what can we do about them? Read on to find out!   Why do organisms have...understood, but some possible reasons include: Metabolic pressures - it takes cellular resources to produce...amino acid I’d like to encode,” but, as described above, not every region of a protein should necessarily...Effects on transcription (remember, it’s not all about translation - e.g. codon choice may interrupt transcription...
  9. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...resistant infection or not, because scientists in the laboratory will need to isolate and grow whatever bacteria...method that is frequently used in the clinical laboratory. What can we do to stop the emergence of antibiotic...CDC. Antibiotic resistance can be scary to think about, but we can all do our part to learn all we can,...drug resistance. Additionally, she is passionate about health equity, science communication, and public...
  10. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... organisms (Chavez et al., 2016). To learn more about the different types of Cas9 activators, check out...covering VP64, Suntag, SAM, and VPR. Worry less about off targets Unlike Cas9 cutting activity, off target...of the Addgene Scientific Advisory Board. His laboratory at Columbia University is focused advancing scientific... Variant for Your Next Experiment Find out More about Genome-wide Screens with CRISPR/Cas9 Learn How CRISPR...
  11. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    April 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...lymphocytes in a mouse tumor sample You made it! So much about the theoretical background. Let’s dive into the ...often choose a looser gate here. I am not worried about including irrelevant events in my analysis, as these...population, acquired from the previous gating pipeline, about 53% of my cells are dendritic cells and ~13% are...ve covered in this blog post. First, you learned about the types of scattering that occur when a cell is...
  12. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...screen (Koveal et al. 2022). Lactate is a key metabolite in glycolysis, so this sensor will be a valuable...valuable tool to study cellular physiology and metabolism under various conditions. LiLac has improved response...going viral! In addition to the viral preps noted above for iGluSnFR3 and JEDI-2P, several biosensors already...innovation next year! Did we miss any? Let us know about your favorite new biosensor plasmids in the comments...
  13. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    March 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...roles of individual integrins. The Ha lab — in collaboration with the Springer lab, the Jaumouillé lab, the...recombinant antibodies and plasmids. To encourage collaboration and education in protein science, IPI hosts ...events and training courses on technologies and laboratory techniques related to antibody discovery. You...the Institute for Protein Innovation. She writes about all things IPI, from the scientists and scientific...
  14. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
    ...uses of biotinylation in molecular biology! Learn about in vivo biotinylation of bacterial fusion proteins...covalently attached to the active site of key metabolic enzymes including biotin carboxylase and decarboxylases... organic acids to produce important cellular metabolites. Biotin acts as a carboxyl carrier from one compound...such as gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, amino acid metabolism and energy transduction. Biotinylation is the...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
    ...deleting residues. Only about 10 amino acids can be deleted from the C-terminus and about 5 from the N-terminus...cylinder with a length of 4.2 nm and a diameter of about 2.4 nm (Hink et al., 2000). The complete beta-barrel...based on cofactor binding proteins as described above. The smallest tags are peptides that are engineered...
  16. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    Sept. 5, 2017, 1:58 p.m.
    ...mutations When thinking further about the distance relationship described above, we realized that, in addition...efficiency already drops by half and after only about 30 bp, it is no longer feasible to incorporate mutations...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about High Fidelity Cas9 Variants How to Design Your gRNA...
  17. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... all desired codon changes (step 1 in the image above). A second universal primer is used to synthesize...first followed by the top strand. Both produced about the same number of positive clones. See Supplementary... of DNA degraded in the first digest (step 1 in above diagram). Remember that the BbvCI enzymes nick the...mutagenesis with the same protocol. What do you think about one pot saturation mutagenesis? How would you use...
  18. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... one of the MEK1 phosphomimetic residues in the above study with phosphoserine (to create a pSer/phosphomimetic...non-phospho species on PhosTag gels as described above. Reagents and protocols Sep-OTSλ plasmid - Addgene...interested in the intersection of cell signaling, metabolism, and the mighty mitochondrion. You can follow...Blog Verify Your Constructs with Colony PCR Read about Tags for Protein Purification Resources on Addgene.org...
  19. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    Nov. 25, 2015, 4 p.m.
    ...compile more comprehensive demographic information about the postdoc work force, problems start with the ...by Paula Stephan is $40,000) Increase Knowledge about Postdoc and Graduate Student Career Outcomes University...through many iterations read by your PI, your collaborators, others you know in the field, and even people...important questions that still need to be answered about the makeup and welfare of the many researchers out...
  20. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...integration of multiple copies of the construct (about 8 in Brainbow-1.0 mice.) The combinatorial effect...with the goal of overcoming the limitations listed above. First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins...method has become very useful in lineage tracing; “Zebrabow” was used to trace the development of the corneal...: 10.1038/nmeth.2450. Epub 2013 May 5. PubMed. Zebrabow: multispectral cell labeling for cell tracing ...
  21. Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025

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    June 3, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...insert your genetic cargo of choice. After hearing about researchers' favorite features and limitations of...development and cancer. But there is still much to learn about their myriad functions and therapeutic potential...created a very quick and efficient way to learn more about gene regulation. Find the TurboCas plasmid here!...Initiative Armamentarium Collection, a major collaborative effort to develop molecular tools for studying...
  22. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...is an off-target effect. Should I be concerned about off-target effects? Depending on your experimental...this could be a huge concern, or nothing to worry about all. Let’s consider several scenarios below for ...Predicting off-target events As mentioned in the above section, there are gRNA softwares available which...diligence to ensure they are indeed a non-issue. Above we mentioned how to predict off-target frequency...
  23. Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning

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    Feb. 18, 2016, 3:42 p.m.
    ... (post or pre run in the table above, respectively). Some of the above stains require you to visualize...equivalent to backbone + insert, unsuccessful 2 and 3 above), you can try ligating the recipient plasmid alone...get experimenting!   Additional Resources: Read about Gel Stains on the BitesizeBio Blog  Additional ...
  24. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... “transitivity,” calls into question any claims about specificity of a given RNAi technique. While transitivity...conceptually similar to the microRNA precursor mentioned above and is a popular RNAi trigger in the mammalian research...substantial ways: variable silencing efficiency and labor-intensive processes to isolate RNAi plants. With...resource on the Addgene blog Browse our blog posts about plant biology Check out our CRISPR blog posts Resources...
  25. Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It

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    Oct. 8, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...mycoplasma contamination in your cell culture or you are about to begin a new cell culture project. If mycoplasmas...that are difficult to trace. These include the laboratory personnel, the serum, the cell culture media,...accounts for the largest source among those mentioned above. The contaminants can spread through dirty clothing...proliferating shortly. Once they are present in the laboratory environment, they are difficult to eradicate....
  26. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...et al. 2015). Meanwhile, Sanger sequencing is laborious, time consuming and cannot be applied to heterogenous...viable options for multiplex sequencing in many laboratories. Nevertheless, unbiased detection isn’t as sensitive...unbiased sequencing may not be worth the cost and labor when single clones are selected. Conversely, translational... Hough is a Biochemistry PhD candidate in the laboratory of Prof Steve Jackson at the Gurdon Institute...
  27. A Case Study of Addgene Bioinformatics

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    May 25, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... infrastructure, and secure collaboration.  In that post, we talked about Addgene’s data processing needs...Last summer, we posted about our bioinformatics quest, which led us to Seqera Labs, a company that provides...
  28. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?

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    Oct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m.
    ...call Epi-fluorescence microscopes. (See left image above for an example image). Point Scanning Confocal Microscopy... plane to reach the detector and all light from above or below is excluded. Parallelized Confocal Microscopy...due to limitations in light penetration mentioned above (5). Thick static samples Ex: Fixed tissue sections...sectioning. Point scanning confocal microscopes (see above) often provide the highest quality images for this...
  29. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    Aug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m.
    ...fluorescence microscope where the light source is mounted above (epi) the specimen and the excitation light passes...technique that allows imaging of living tissue up to about one millimeter in depth. Two low-energy photons ...response, but the study of these dynamics was still laborious as epifluorescence microscopy wasn’t able to give...skin. Two-photon intravital microscopy. The video above depicts the infiltration of neutrophils expressing...
  30. Addgene at SfN23!

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    Nov. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...community.  You'll also find tons of information about Addgene's ready-to-use antibodies, viral vectors...and four! So you'll also find Addgenies out and about, attending sessions, visiting posters, and leading...Sunday, from 12 pm - 2 pm. If you want to learn about, and practice, principles of clear, accessible writing...
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