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  1. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...this complex, developing Cas3 tools has been challenging. It can be difficult to ensure comparable expression..., though consistent expression can still be a challenge. A multitasking Cas Most Cas effectors have one...Harnessing type I CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12),...CRISPR-Cas Systems INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons Additional resources...
  2. DNA Purification Without a Kit

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    Feb. 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...., Zhang, Y., He, W., Wang, J., Peng, F., Huang, L., Zhao, S., & Deng, W. (2018). Rapid Regeneration and... reduce your lab’s waste footprint. The Zhao and Deng labs developed a simple method for regenerating ... this many uses of the columns, but the Zhao and Deng labs found they could just make their own buffers...
  3. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    July 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m.
    ...Nowadays a toolbox of naturally occurring and engineered AAV serotypes that further expands the range ...currently used in clinical trials, a variety of engineered ones have shown great promise in preclinical ... AAV safety profile is excellent and further strengthens its position as the vector of choice for in vivo...being done to further improve the technology: engineering of new capsid variants, designing expression ...
  4. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    Feb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...immunodetection tools is their strong signal strength. This signal strength is due in large part to their larger...requires animal sacrifice and precludes genetic engineering of a tag or fusion with a reporter enzyme. For...labeled with up to 3 dyes, yielding similar signal strength to a standard IgG secondary antibody (Pleiner ...
  5. What’s in Your Tube?: A Quick Guide to Measuring DNA by Spectrophotometry

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    July 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...this case, the absorbance of light at three key wavelengths: 230 nm, 260 nm, and 280 nm. Nucleic acids exhibit...characteristic absorption spectra across this range of wavelengths with maximal absorption at 260 nm (Figure 1A)...the sample also absorb light in this range of wavelengths (Figure 1B-D). These other molecules can alter...A260/230 ratio of a DNA sample, its absorbance strength is low compared to other reagents, making it more...
  6. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... Biology (Kimball et al., 2020). Benefits and Challenges CUREs inspire students to take ownership of their...experience on their resumes). CUREs are not without challenges. Real research is messy, and it can be difficult... value of this approach and encouraging them to engage in the problem-solving process. His previous experiences...research experiences are a “CURE” that increases engagement by students and teachers. FEMS Microbiology Letters...
  7. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...may provide a method for doing just that. While challenges remain in the delivery of these agents, CRISPR...potential clinical applications, Ando et al. recently engineered synthetic phages, each based on the well-studied... Lemire, Diana P. Pires, and Timothy K. Lu. “Engineering Modular Viral Scaffolds for Targeted Bacterial...Addgene Blog CRISPR Methods for Bacterial Genome Engineering Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene ...
  8. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... Rett Syndrome, respectively. One of the main challenges facing Rett researchers is how to deliver the...depositors David Liu, PhD, Keith Joung, PhD, and Feng Zhang, PhD, is pursuing CRISPR/Cas9 technology for... by Gail Mandel. There are numerous technical challenges to overcome for both of these approaches, such...abstract Sinnamon JR, Kim SY, Fisk JR, Song Z, Nakai H, Jeng S, McWeeney SK, Mandel G (2020) In Vivo Repair of...
  9. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    Dec. 7, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...amounts of target proteins or antibody bonding strengths.    . Steps of an IP: 1) Protein extracts...Protein G have an affinity for immunoglobulins, the strength of the interaction varies between antibody host...many factors, including salt concentration, ionic strength and pH, affect binding the lysis buffer may need...step. The wash buffer has an optimal pH and ionic strength that breaks weak interactions from residual non-specific...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...libraries. The Genome Engineering using CRISPR/Cas Systems Forum: Moderated by the Feng Zhang lab, this is...presentation deceive you; pooled libraries can be quite challenging to use! In this post, I’ll walk you through how...PMID 28333914. An excellent protocol paper by the Feng Zhang lab describing construction, lentiviral production...
  11. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...for a liver transplant. My lab will combine bioengineered scaffolds with patient stem cells to generate... in your chalk talk, there's the vital task of engaging your audience. You need to make your audience ...search committees. If possible, do at least two full length practices (~1 h) and get feedback. It’s also helpful...outside your field. If they can understand and are engaged by your presentation, then you’re on the right ...
  12. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ...to an adenine base editor. A massive protein engineering effort by Gaudelli et al. resulted in the successful...colonies and subsequent rounds of evolution and engineering gave rise to a mutant TadA (TadA*) that satisfactorily.... Kang, Beum-Chang, et al. "Precision genome engineering through adenine base editing in plants." Nature...CRISPR-mediated base editing in rice. In Genome Engineering: The CRISPR-Cas Revolution, Cold Spring Harbor...
  13. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    July 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the level of target antigen in a sample. While Engvall et al. originally developed the ELISA assay to ...small molecules from a variety of sample types (Engvall 1971). Scientists value ELISAs for their accuracy...antibodies. Assay development, however, can be challenging since scientists must first identify two independent...Longer protocolIncreased chance of cross-reactivityChallenging to develop assay Competitive Appropriate...
  14. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ...double strand break repair, it has proven more challenging to develop high efficiency CRISPR-based approaches...Howes, Rob, and Christine Schofield. "Genome engineering using adeno-associated virus (AAV)." Chromosomal...Benjamin E., and David V. Schaffer. "Combining engineered nucleases with adeno-associated viral vectors...editing." Precision Medicine, CRISPR, and Genome Engineering. Springer, Cham, 2017. 29-42. PubMed PMID: 29130152...
  15. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...for investigating neuronal signaling and for engineering improved sensors for these and other targets....this in mind, Ed Boyden and colleagues set out to engineer a potassium ion biosensor with a binding affinity...sensors. Using genome mining and structure-guided engineering of potassium binding proteins, they developed...and are a promising starting point for further engineering. Figure 5: Structure-guided design and genome...
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...natural inclination for this skill that you could strengthen. The right set of transferable skills, coupled...lack thereof): Information sharing gets more challenging the bigger an organization gets, and creating...conflict resolution is likely not one of your strengths. Empathizing with people, especially people with...recognize that conflict resolution may never be a strength for you. But if you are a problem solver, and ...
  17. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ...16568824. Hmelo, Laura R., et al. "Precision-engineering the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome with two-step...PMID: 31201277. Liljeruhm, Josefine, et al. "Engineering a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial...bacterial synthetic biology." Journal of biological engineering 12.1 (2018): 8. PubMed PMID: 29760772. PubMed...Thomason, Lynn C., et al. "Recombineering: genetic engineering in bacteria using homologous recombination." ...
  18. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ...sequence in the way that they like, the design and engineering of fusion proteins is relatively straightforward...properties of the protein of interest can be challenging. In this blog I discuss strategies to generate...before generating a fusion protein, e.g. linker length, the specific fluorescent protein variant, and ... (catalytic activity or interactions) can be challenging. If a fusion can complement a knock-down or knock-out...
  19. 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.
    ...increased-fidelity SpCas9 nuclease variants (IFNs) have been engineered. These variants are designed to maintain on-target...virtually any target (Kulcsár et al., 2023). The challenge? There is no prediction tool that can reliably...assumptions were validated on some critically selected challenging targets by GUIDE-seq assessment  (Kulcsár et ...about sharing science and enjoys troubleshooting challenging plasmid cloning problems.  References and...
  20. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... validated first through the production of full-length protein (the TAG codon should encode phosphoserine... instead of a stop codon, which will allow full length GFP to be translated), and second, through a gel...for parameters such as induction temperature and length of induction, which will vary between different...phosphorserine has actually been incorporated into the full-length protein. Up to 80% p-Ser incorporation into E17TAG...
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