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TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 5, 2017, 3:19 p.m....under the United States Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). That means we were formed to benefit the public...do. From all of us to all of you. Thanks for supporting nonprofit, open science and Addgene in our mission...Collaboration with Fellow Nonprofit Seeding Labs Addgene Supports Rare Disease Research Listen to Our Interview ...
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Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m....) antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) c) antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP). ...starting a cascade of events that results in the pores being opened in the pathogen’s cell membrane (Dunkelberger... when holes are punched in their membranes, the pore'd pathogens quickly lyse and die. Antibody dependent... -
Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m....receptors. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78827-9 Breen, C. J., Raverdeau, M...Muthusamy, A. K., Liang, Y., Brown, T. A., Lemon, W. C., Patel, R., Lu, R., Macklin, J. J., Keller, P. J....protein function and cellular components: It's important to assess how dye-conjugation affects protein ... interpretation of experimental results. It's important to consider how dyes can influence receptor conformation...efficacy of these ligands can be affected by the incorporation of fluorophores, as seen in studies involving...wavelengths for green, red, and far-red dyes is important for intracellular fluorescence live imaging (...from cells under certain conditions, which is an important consideration for assay design (Breen et al., ... -
Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m....T-regs) into their microenvironment by producing C-C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22) and TGFβ. T-regs are suppressive...still many important questions in this exciting field of research. One of the most important: How will ...commute to and invade multiple organs, and most importantly escape the immune mechanisms of the host. The...against cancer. Sipuleucel-T by the Dendreon Corporation is currently the only FDA-approved DC therapy...therapies themselves can be made more effective. Some important factors researchers are beginning to focus on ... of cell types. This cell heterogeneity is an important element of successful tumor progression. A tumor...), and ability to metastasize. There have been reports of clinical trials going amiss and patient deaths... -
Zebrafish as a Model for Behavior: Swimming into the Optogenetic Spotlight
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2019, 12:59 p.m...., larval zebrafish react by performing a distinct C-bend to escape possible danger (see figure). Larvae...: 19805086. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2764931. Portugues, Ruben, et al. "Optogenetics in a transparent ... -
FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 1, 2016, 2:30 p.m....allow the digestion to take place for an hour at 37°C. This should be enough time to completely digest the...overhangs, insert and vector purification, and, most importantly, excessive time requirements. FastCloning is ... -
Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.... Kunjapur, Aditya M., Philipp Pfingstag, and Neil C. Thompson. "Gene synthesis allows biologists to source...is evolving so fast that it is a really nice opportunity to study it and see what happens when technological... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.... new scientific observations. References 1. Rago C, Vogelstein B, Bunz F. Genetic knockouts and knockins...Vaimberg EW, Donovan KF, Smith I, Tothova Z, Wilen C, Orchard R, Virgin HW, Listgarten J, Root DE. Nat ...of the gene with multiple gRNAs, but the most important is that you could avoid potential off target artifacts...you could run another gel that highlights the important results (for example, if you needed to make a ... Despite the shifting landscape of research opportunities, it’s an exciting time to be in the lab. Based... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m....protein of interest with a fluorescent reporter on the N- or C-terminus of the protein. One downside of...doi.org/10.1002/cpim.40 Picot J, Guerin CL, Le Van Kim C, Boulanger CM (2012) Flow cytometry: retrospective...a pressurized buffer called sheath fluid and transported through tubes or capillaries to a laser. As the... -
An Addgene Summer Internship
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 8, 2024, 7:22 p.m....biochemistry. There, I had exchanged contact with Amy C., Addgene’s intern coordinator shortly after hearing...capstone project report and presentation, during the final week at Addgene. This report shared my work ...Coming from an environment with limited opportunities and support, puts into perspective just how much one...hearing her talk about Addgene’s internship opportunity taking place next summer. I applied to Addgene ...to differentiate which clone had successfully incorporated Syntaxin3 into its backbone. Once we had gotten... -
Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2017, 1:11 p.m....light. Previous iterations of FLiPs only used N- and C-terminal dronpa fusions. With these various designs...back in with the Addgene blog for future award opportunities. Xin Zhou: Fluorescent Light-inducible Proteins...particularly notes their ability to be precisely spatio-temporally controlled as a key advantage over other inducible...Oligosaccharides (HMOs). HMOs are thought to play an important role in nuturing the development of beneficial...consisting of sfGFP fused to a His-tagged ABC transporter known to bind to the HMO of interest. Fatima ... -
Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 31, 2023, 1 p.m....Antonini, M.-J., Rosenfeld, D., Park, J., Garwood, I. C., Yan, W., Niroui, F., Fink, Y., Chandrakasan, A.,...included in them for downstream control – this is important later! Next, additional components are added -...times more flexible than the brain fibers and importantly distortion of the fibers didn’t affect their ...temperature proximal to the implanted fibers. As important as its capabilities are the practical considerations... -
Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... I as this enzyme recognizes the DNA sequence 5´-(C/T)CCTT-3' and digests double stranded DNA at this ...salt causes arcing during electroporation which would cause the electroporation to fail). When incubating...limit (lower transformation efficiencies have been reported with longer incubation); however, you may need... -
CASTing Off for New Shores in Human Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 10, 2025, 1:15 p.m....Gelsinger, D. R., Vo, P. L. H., Klompe, S. E., Ronda, C., Wang, H. H., & Sternberg, S. H. (2024). Bacterial...bacterial genome engineering tools, with early reports of 40%–60% efficient integration (Klompe et al....streamlined, one-size-fits-most approach. evoCAST is an important step toward that kind of gene treatment. The researchers... -
Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 2, 2018, 12:56 p.m....PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6070312. 2. Stark, Jessica C., et al. "BioBits™ Bright: A fluorescent synthetic...encodes it. That DNA sequence then needs to be incorporated into a host cell (through a process called transformation...FD-CF reactions affordable to many schools. Most importantly, experiments for FD-CF reactions can be fun and... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... system is capable of robust expression of high G+C content genes, as validated through monitoring the...plasmids use “Cas9-mediated adenosine transient reporter for editing enrichment”, or XMAS-TREE, to identify... -
Viral Genome Sequencing - A One Stop Shop for AAV Identity and Serotype Confirmation
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m....Lindenbaum P, Martin-Fontaine M, Broucque F, Robin C, Hebben M, Merten O-W, Blouin V, François A, Redon...sequencing and analysis approach can be easily incorporated into standard QC regimens and will provide scientists... -
Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2015, 4:21 p.m....on designing and using RNA scaffolds: Delebecque, C. J. et al. Designing and using RNA scaffolds to assemble... source library of characterized aptamers and supporting publication: http://www.freebase.com/base/aptamer... -
CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m....arrays (e.g. for spacers A, B, and C, you could obtain arrays A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, and ABC). Nielsen Lab...expressed, the gRNAs cannot be released, adding temporal and/or spatial control to the system. pSQT1313...plasmids, which contain various promoters and reporters, and subsequently inserted into a Cas9-containing...-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector system.” Scientific Reports 4 (2014): 5400. PubMed PMID: 24954249. PubMed Central... Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 10. Port, Fillip, et al. “Optimized CRISPR/Cas tools for ... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m....to produce and distribute virus. Addgene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and our plasmid service was started based...milestone. Viral service supporters We would like to thank the companies who supported this project with funding...and be ready to provide extensive logistics support for export and shipping on dry ice. The Business and...seed money was used to build a completely self-supporting service so that Addgene is not dependent on grants... in accelerating the Viral Service. With their support we are able to provide faster access to a larger...number of viral preps. Visit our Sponsors and Supporters Page Thank you to all of our generous, sharing...Addgene repository. Without these scientists and the support of their technology transfer offices, Addgene would...