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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m....exosomes, small membrane vesicles or microvesicles (approx. 40 - 150 nm diameter) that are secreted from the... This is particularly useful for therapeutic applications in vivo where endogenous anti-AAV antibodies...
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Reagent Repositories Are Speeding up Science During the Pandemic
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 4, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... Another example of reagents that have broad applications but have proven useful to the study of SARS-...et al., 2006). Now that a similar phenomena is appearing with regards to SARS-CoV-2, this mouse strain ... -
The MTA at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2024, 2:17 p.m....years! This has helped us develop a fast, agile approach, which we’ve updated and refined as new technology...and our MTA YouTube video for more information. Happy transferring! Many thanks to our Tech Transfer... -
Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 20, 2018, 8:17 p.m....referred to objects that exist online, but this approach has been adapted for the identification of physical... Addgene plasmid URLs act as unique PIDs, we’re happy to support the RRID and compact identifier formats... -
How to Lead a Great Meeting
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2016, 3:30 p.m....assign each one using group members’ initials. If appropriate, email this around after the meeting. Accountability...Remember, many of the more in-depth discussions can happen “off-line” with just one or two relevant people... -
Components of CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m....gRNA) and their prefered Cas9 variant (with the appropriate PAM sequence) to modify the desired genomic locus... more to be found in the full CRISPR 101 eBook. Happy Reading! ... -
Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2015, 2:30 p.m....; only two plasmids are required per system. Applications of these systems The large dynamic range of ...suitable for various scientific or engineering applications. References Refactoring and optimization ... -
Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2015, 2:30 p.m....wanted to continue doing research, Doench went on to apply to graduate school at MIT. Doench excitedly remembers...Harlow’s group at Harvard Medical School and then applied to work at the Broad Institute: “The model that... -
Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m....should die within 3-5 days and resistant colonies appear in about 10-14 days depending on how quickly your...culture to suppress bacterial growth, and is not appropriate for mammalian selection – do not confuse this... -
Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m....repair, or replication, or any number of CRISPR applications and thought “OK, but how does this work in the...Chromosome Organization Keystone Symposium. As it happens, there are a lot of scientists who not only remember... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m....methods relied solely on Cas9. Overall, these approaches have two main drawbacks: 1) Most rely on transfection... a simple and effective method with multiple applications (in vitro, in vivo, transfection, viral transduction... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m....this need in the community, we approached it in the way Addgene approaches everything; we asked ourselves... -
Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 19, 2019, 1:36 p.m....Juan R. Torruella, U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. She served as in-house counsel at St. Elizabeth...responsible for bringing a systematic and disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness ... -
Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m....TurboID and miniTurbo podcast segment A fundamental approach to studying membranes, organelles, and other subcellular...directed evolution to create APEX2. They have now applied the same directed evolution technique to the biotin... -
Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 19, 2020, 1:15 p.m....reactions by mixing this isolated plasmid DNA with appropriate sequencing primers, and hand deliver them to ...standards are met, we are taking a unique hybrid approach compared to our standard pipeline. For the first... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m.... SpCas9. In order to expand the gene-editing applications and targeting scope of ABEs David Liu’s lab ...faster deamination rate so that deamination can happen before Cas homologs let go. The Liu lab developed... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2024, 1:50 p.m....ll need a few controls specific to flow as an application. These controls will allow you to distinguish...isotype control. Pro tip! Many companies will have appropriate isotype controls linked on their commercial antibody... -
GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 15, 2023, 1:15 p.m....function relationships or, in more practical applications, allow a protein to be more effectively used...the creation of many new tools and potential applications. But this focus on development, along with the... -
Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....not yet understood, one thing is clear: this application opens a lot of doors in neuroscience. The retrograde...retrograde serotype also has promising therapeutic applications; it can enhance therapeutic delivery across ... -
How Addgene Creates Content
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 17, 2022, 2:15 p.m....antibody and content team, we identified what applications should be included and what basic information...we usually make figures in BioRender or use appropriately licensed and cited figures from papers or image... -
Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 29, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... Antibodies: Distinguishing Characteristics, Applications, and Information Resources. ILAR Journal 46:... the Addgene blog Learn more about research applications for antibodies in Intro to Antibodies Read about... -
GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2021, 2:15 p.m.... the appropriate ligand to activate the G proteins. It is estimated that there are approximately 950 different... -
The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2020, 2:15 p.m....researchers (or your own from years ago!) do you really appreciate how few details are provided in most published...important enough to be answered and the methods are appropriate to answer those questions, the article is given... -
REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m....product is then digested and ligated into an appropriate vector. Gibson Assembly, GeneArt Cloning, and...assembly methods are preferred. No such restriction applies to deletions; using REPLACR-mutagenesis, Trehan... -
Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m....over or write to us to get them. Even though we’re happy to provide them, that never works on a large scale..., or words of advice for people who may want to apply this tagging system to their own work? Mendenhall... -
CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2015, 3:45 p.m....Here, we’ll discuss NHEJ, and how it impacts what happens to Cas9-mediated DSBs in the genome. Non-homologous...also be engaged by variants of the canonical Cas9 approach. A pair of CRISPR guides that flank regions of... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m....design,” she said. “Before it was a little like tapping in the dark - a lot of trial and error.” The structural...analyzing the data. It should be straightforward to apply the new library for use in various cell types and... -
Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 10, 2014, 7:17 p.m....to today, Sample6 has changed focus and names, swapped leadership, and grown to 25 members. What is...competitions. After much learning, the focus of the application was changed, but Sample6 still leverages the ... -
Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m....Instead, the size and A-T content of the DNA (apparently independent of a known specific sequence) dictate...non-physiological levels. Scientists have tried varied approaches to combat these issues. One method to reduce ... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m....It’s at Fred Hutch.” And I hadn’t seen it. So I applied and I got it.” Science writing at Fred Hutchinson...internship similar to Susan’s NEI internship. Application information can be found here Find tips for using... -
Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m....spatiotemporal resolution than pharmacological or genetic approaches, but only a few such methods exist and they only...kinases good for? There are a number of potential applications for photoswitchable kinases. Below are a few... -
It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 29, 2019, 2:52 p.m.... for non-neural cells, ion-based communication happens at a slightly slower scale. All living cells ...After attending this meeting I had an increased appreciation for the role of ion channels and pumps in developmental... -
Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2019, 12:55 p.m....sequence has high GC or AT content, increase the overlapping region of the primer to 40-60 bp. It is always...these steps, you might want to reconsider your approach, and try a different cloning strategy. Once you've... -
Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m....MAGIC plasmids here Paper-based synthetic biology approach to analyze gut microbiota and host biomarkers ...standards, the assay is semi-quantitative and can approximate mRNA concentration within a sample. Using this... -
Addgene: The First Twenty Years
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m....Addgene is a totally invaluable resource. I really appreciate the work you do to make sharing reagents and ...electronic signatures to dramatically speed up MTA approvals. In 2013 we were thrilled to receive the Massachusetts... -
To Each HIS Own
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m....Janknecht 1991, Hochuli 1988). In this purification approach, the metal ions are immobilized on a bead or resin...Bannwarth W, Döbeli H, Gentz R and Stüber D. Genetic Approach to Facilitate Purification of Recombinant Proteins... -
All in a Twist: dsRNA
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m....RNA of cellular vs. viral origin and respond appropriately. When these sensing systems fail, diseases and...Fragile X syndrome, etc.). Hopefully now you can appreciate double stranded isn’t just for DNA. Untwisting... -
CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... out large regions of DNA and has anti-viral application potential as a result. Fast facts – PAM requirement... has been proposed to be useful for the same applications (RNA knockdown, RNA editing, etc.). The main... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....physicist, etc., is an immense task (it takes, ooh, approximately the length of your average PhD to achieve!) ...not communicating as clearly as you intended (it happens to us all!) and offer a variety of options to make... -
What's New in CRISPR - November 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m....packaging of cargo sequences in the capsid, in an approach called Selective Endogenous eNcapsidation for ...therapeutically relevant gene targets and expand the application to the possible treatment of genetic disease.... -
Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m....are particularly useful for certain research applications. Many secondary antibodies are polyclonal, as...antibody you’ll want to be sure to choose the appropriate controls to be sure the staining you are seeing... -
Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m....derived from S. aureus. This means you can likely apply similar rational mutations to your Cas9 homolog ...may decrease worries about off target effects in applied and/or therapeutic settings. Will combining the... -
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2015, 3:54 p.m....can end with some sort of model (cartoons are appreciated) to visually sum up all of the conclusions. In... in images etc)? Did they perform all of the appropriate controls? Refer back to the methods section for... -
Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m....proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...more than two are present; intramolecular events happen with greater frequency than intermolecular events... -
Rabies and Neuronal Tracing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m....Wickersham et al., 2007). Summary and RABV applications Use of G deleted RABV in conjunction with restricted...L, Ogawa SK, Vamanrao A, Uchida N. Whole-brain mapping of direct inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons. ... -
Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m....paste, these E. coli are transformed with the appropriate plasmid and dsRNA expression is activated through...phenotypes of RNAi knockdown treatment should be apparent after three dsRNA feedings. Some of the phenotypes... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2017, 1:03 p.m....within 1-10nm of each other and be oriented appropriately for energy transfer via dipole-dipole interaction..., which could monitor physical stresses or even apply forces (Gayrard and Borghi 2016) to a selected protein... -
Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m....potential to be used for other types of CRISPR applications. Let’s take a look at the key components of ...ranging from 11% to 100%, a level similar to other approaches. Nanoblades can also be used to non-invasively... -
Hot Plasmids - October 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... FP genes into C. elegans? By using a split FP approach. Split-wrmScarlet is a new split red FP that is...Hybrid for Multiplexed Editing and screening Applications (CHyMErA) Knockout Libraries express hybrid ... -
CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m....found that at least 50% of on-target Cas9 edits happens within the first six hours. When added to human...B, Bondy-Denomy J (2020) Anti-CRISPR protein applications: natural brakes for CRISPR-Cas technologies....