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...Bacillus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 Jan;103(1):303-313. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9485-4. Epub 2018...and clonal analysis in Drosophila.” Nat Methods 9(1) (2011): 47-55. PubMed PMID: 22205518. PubMed Central...Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1478:53-78. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6371-3_3. PMID: 27730575; PMCID: PMC5270762. ... and lac promoters.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 80(1) (1983): 21-5. PubMed PMID: 6337371. PubMed Central... also been developed which don’t fit in either category, but those are a subject for a future post! ... GAL80 under different promoters and create sophisticated patterns of UAS-driven gene expression. To further... PMCID: PMC2942869. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. del Valle Rodriguez, Alberto, Dominic...

...School Advice Part 1: Picking a Lab and a Project That’s it for now. As I indicated in the opening paragraph... products). I picked this post for a few reasons: 1) I think phage are super cool and have considered ...Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in ...

...initiating cleavage of the transcript.   Figure 1: A predicted conserved secondary structure and sequence...prokaryotic terminators and deposited several with Addgene (1). Prokaryotic polyadenylation Although mostly thought...constitutive RNA transport element lead to enhanced HIV-1 Gag expression in a context-dependent manner. Nucleic...type are generally broken down into two broad categories, prokaryotic or eukaryotic, based on the functional...termination mechanisms fall under two general categories: rho-dependent and rho-independent. Rho factor...

...expression. Brown et al., Genesis 2014 Jan;52(1):39-48. APEX2 for proteomic mapping and electron...engineering cells that lack release factor one (RF-1; Bacterial strain EcAR7) and minimizing the set of... of human mitogen-activated ERK activating kinase 1 (MEK1) with either one or two phosphoserine residues...comprised of three sets of cloning vectors (Level 0, 1, or 2) which can be utilized in three successive assembly... vectors are directionally assembled into a Level 1 vector creating a single transcriptional unit (Ex:...coding region, and terminator). Next, up to six Level 1 modules can be similarly assembled into a Level 2 ...vectors to allow for additional iterations of Level 1 assembly if necessary. Combining multiple Level 2 ...

...” Nat Protoc. 11(1): 118-33. PMID: 26678082. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. ...homologies. Abbreviated protocol for PITCh Step 1: Generate microhomologies in the PITCh vector ~20...editing possibilities MMEJ can enable. References 1. Sakuma, Tatsushi, et al. (2016).  “MMEJ-assisted gene...another method for making targeted modifications. A recent publication by Zhang et al. shows just that -...about a month and a half, without the need for complicated cloning of homology arms. MMEJ: An Introduction...required by MMEJ can easily be added via PCR amplification. Given the inefficiency of HDR for knock-ins... and 3’ junctions, respectively. These results indicate that PITCh is a robust method for genomic insertion...

...some technical obstacles when working with virus: 1. Viral vectors undergo DNA rearrangements. Depending...approximately 20–50% of the packaging cells after 1–3 days of selection. A lower percentage of surviving...up-to-date tips for your virus experiments. References 1. Anthony, Simon J., et al. "A strategy to estimate...experiment and they don't do anything. Viruses are complicated and they perform complex biological tasks, both...vector may undergo genomic rearrangements during replication. To avoid genomic rearrangements, try amplifying...membranes (Davis et al., 2002). Polybrene is one such cationic reagent that is commonly used and has been shown... during transfection, and does not necessarily indicate the production of virus. Alternatively, if the...

...cell with the images from the Allen Cell Explorer (1). When studying the function of a protein or its role...various subcellular structures. Please see Figure 1 for commonly used markers for major mammalian organelles...Subcellular Localization Poster here! References 1. Allen Institute Plasmid Pages 2. Cooper GM. 2000....functionality can be gained by understanding the location and transport of the protein within a living cell...to observe membrane trafficking events in vivo. Locate your protein and see who it is hanging out with...potential overlap, it is possible to determine the location of proteins within complex structures. In order...way it is important to choose the appropriate quantification methods and tools. It is usually not enough...

...active for greater than 50 generations. Figure 1: Mobile-CRISPRi's modular components. Image from Peters...on a non-selective plate. Most bacteria tested had 1 transfer in every ~100 to 1,000 colonies, but some...including E. faecalis and P. mirabilis, had only ~1 transfer per 1,000,000 colonies. Higher transfer rates...The vast majority of bacteria are undomesticated which limits the tools scientists can use to study them...the genome and is propagated during normal DNA replication and cell division. Mobile-CRISPRi does not disrupt...single-gene knockdown experiments. Mobile-CRISPRi applications Mobile-CRISPRi expands CRISPRi to non-model ...Elizabeth A., and Pamela A. Silver. "Harnessing undomesticated life." Nature microbiology 4.2 (2019): 212....

.... pH and DNases affect DNA stability Figure 1: So many choices! What to do? The main factors ...your downstream experiment. TE (10 mM Tris-HCl,1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) buffer is the best buffer for preserving...If you use a kit for DNA purification or if you use a DIY purification protocol, you might have noticed... mutations in single stranded DNA undergoing replication.   DNase on the other hand can digest and degrade...degradation during plasmid DNA extraction and purification from E. coli is the presence of the protein ...most common E. coli strains used for plasmid amplification are endA negative, meaning the gene has been...chelating agents that can be introduced in the purification protocol to remove endonucleases activity. For...

... spread out onto the plate. We test the (capped) 1:1 agarose/DMEM solution against a part of the body ...a 60 mm dish ready for picking is shown in figure 1.   Find Additional Useful Protocols on Addgene's Protocol...to rapidly punch out cell clones with sterile truncated pipet tips. Indeed, an experienced operator can...wiped down with 70% ethanol, and a box of sterile truncated pipet tips (USA Scientific #1011-8410) is also..., and making sure we always maintain a backup replicates of each clone in case of contamination. We do...

...biological questions. The two most common uses are: 1) to test the expression level in a specific system...brightness is compared to that of EGFP which is set as 1. Some proteins are very dim (e.g. TagRFP657, which...Photostability can be as short as 100ms (EBFP) or as long as 1 hour (mAmetrine1.2). However, for most FPs it is a... to be considered when choosing an FP: Unique categories of fluorescent proteins Photoactivatable / Photoconvertible... used are GECIs - genetically encoded calcium indicators (e.g. GCaMP). Others include: pHluorin & pHTomato.... al. (2010) “Fluorescent proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues”  Physiol...

...optimized for expression in E. coli: acoustic gene 1 (arg1) and acoustic gene 2 (arg2). The key difference... plasmids are available from Addgene! References 1 Bourdeau, R.W., Lee-Gosselin, A., Lakshmanan, A., ...Knowing where bacteria are located within their host is often key to understanding their role in both...reporters are not as well suited for imaging organs located deep in the body, like the gastrointestinal tract...lab recently discovered that gas vesicles also scatter sound waves and therefore produce signals in ultrasound... experiment to demonstrate the most exciting application for ARG’s: in vivo imaging. Specifically, arg1...

...mGold2s and mGold2t depending on the application. Figure 1: Super-resolution imaging of actin ...fluorescent proteins for extended imaging. Nature Communications, 16(1), 3241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025... high brightness and fast maturation time (Figure 1). See the paper for more details on small differences...fused to mVenus, mGold2s, or mGold2t. Bottom: Quantification of photostability. Image reused from Lee & ...available for tracking cell lineage, different applications require careful selection or design to ensure...for gene therapy and ex vivo cell engineering applications and is especially well-suited for lung cells...tool for circuit tracing and other neuroscience applications (Figure 4). Check out our blog post on AAV serotypes...

...focuses on the replication machinery of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.       References 1. Snapp, ...experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1). When behaving properly, FPs enable researchers ... disulfide bonds in the secretory pathway (Figure 1) [4,6–8]. Additionally, FPs that encode N-glycosylation...compartments undergo significant post-translational modifications including glycosylation, disulfide bond formation...are equally susceptible to these non-native modifications, which can all potentially affect function [...N-glycans [9]. Both of these posttranslational modifications can disrupt FP folding rendering the protein... non-optimized parental proteins. Our recent publication illustrated the quantitative increase in fluorescent...

...(lenti) Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher...will help you decide which is right for you. Table 1: Mammalian versus insect cells for viral production...so most labs opt to purchase adenoviruses from dedicated adenoviral production labs or companies. Production...something you may have to optimize for your specific application. With mammalian systems, it is standard to do...more cells, while AAV can be titrated following purification using qPCR or digital droplet PCR. Insect cells...to collect your viral supernatant. Baculovirus replicates inside insect cells, and its lifecycle ends in...titer the virus, or go straight into your viral application, like protein production. Titration of baculovirus...

... Posts from Addgene 1) Twitter – Get your voice out there Here’s one thing you can do today: Sign up for...science communication are as varied as the field itself. Among other things, science communication comprises...certain aspects of art and education. If you suspect that science communication might be for you, don’t ... science education Do you aim to reach young people? Try networking with your local education community... Training – Get a formal education Some people get into science communication by taking a media or journalism...project. Science communication opens doors Getting involved in science communication has been the most...career researcher looking to break into science communication? Everybody goes about this in their own way....

.... Follow David on Twitter @driglar.   References: 1. Alberts, Bruce, et al. "Rescuing US biomedical research...Riglar Advocating for Science Symposium and Workshop 2016 – Sept 16-17 MIT, Boston The Advocating for Science...futureofresearch.org/advocating-for-science-boston-2016/. Sign Up For the Advocating for Science Symposium...Director of Media Communications, Harvard University Ray Howell -Founder of Howell Communications Philip Brenner...union dues. Time will tell the extent of the implications of this ruling and whether graduate students...labor laws, rather than as trainees in a special category, as has been the ‘labor-of-love’ philosophy of...tight lab budgets and even simply being able to categorize all postdocs at institutions, will be challenging...

...GpNLuc and OgNLuc are available through Addgene (Cat.# 70185 and 70186, respectively). Antares Chu, J...construct for Antares is available through Addgene (Cat. # 74279). Enhanced Nano-Lanterns  Suzuki, K., et...furimazine by Promega’s Chemistry group is a good story (1). From a deep sea shrimp to a compact powerhouse of...cellular analysis products at Promega.     References 1. Hall, M.P., et al. (2012) Engineered luciferase reporter...et al (2). In this post, I’ll cover two great applications of the NLuc technology. The first couples NLuc...fluorescence. The paper reports a wide variety of applications of the Enhanced Nano-Lanterns including monitoring...2017) Genetically encoded bioluminescent voltage indicator for multi-purpose use in wide range of bioimaging...

...tethered to bring them into close proximity (Figure 1). Formation of the complete FP results in a fluorescent...detected by fluorescence microscopy. Figure 1: How BiFC works. A split FP (e.g., yellow fluorescent... protein interactions in living cells. Nat Protoc 1:1278–1286. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.201 ...PIPs, resulting in a fluorescent readout.   Applications for bimolecular fluorescence complementation...resulting from the assayed PPI. This high-throughput application is much more straightforward to carry out because...protein construction, cellular expression, and quantification (Kerppola, 2006, 2013). These are described... supraphysiological expression levels. BiFC quantification This is where BiFC outshines FRET — BiFC experiments...

...environments such as live cells and tissues (Figure 1). These flexible strategies give you the best of both...majority of in-cell labeling strategies have two parts: (1) a genetically encoded “tag” expressed as a fusion...Follow him on twitter @rhodamine110.   References 1. Liu, Zhe, Luke D. Lavis, and Eric Betzig. "Imaging...Subsequent advances in fluorescent proteins have replicated many of the properties once exclusive to small-molecules...phosphopantetheinyltransferase) – These enzymes catalyze the covalent attachment of a fluorophore ligand...labels for fixed-cell imaging, not for live-cell applications. Thus, these fluorophores are often bulky and...the Addgene Blog Learn About Other Protein Tags Catch Up on Your Fluorescent Protein Background Which ...