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  1. 10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture

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    July 12, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ... 37 °C and 5% CO2 and get agitated with sudden changes in temperature (especially if you have air conditioning... to recover after they are passaged. This could change their growth rates and morphology, rendering their...numbers Keep an eye on the passage number. Cells change their growth rate and morphology at high passage...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog The Challenges of Cell Culture Cloning Mammalian Cells with ...
  2. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    Aug. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...mGold2t (Lee & Lai, et al., 2025). The team characterized and deposited a variety of constructs for visualizing...perform neuronal tracing, anterograde tracing poses challenges, from non-selective anterograde transport to ...transsynaptic label based on antibody-like sensors) changes that. Developed by the Arnold Lab, ATLAS is based...or delivered separately). Figure 5: Mechanism of ATLASCre. VAMP2 = synaptobrevin 2; At = ALFA-tag...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...titration by qPCR.   Pro tip! An optional media exchange can be performed 12–18 hours post-transfection...the density gradient material by dialysis/buffer exchange and further concentrate the virions if needed....Lock, M., McGorray, S., Auricchio, A., Ayuso, E., Beecham, E. J., Blouin-Tavel, V., Bosch, F., Bose, M., ...., Francis, J. D., … Snyder, R. O. (2010). Characterization of a recombinant adeno-associated virus type...
  4. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    May 22, 2015, 4:58 p.m.
    ...through wild populations. Whereas most genomic changes impose a fitness cost and are eliminated by natural...previous gene drive and thereby undo the genetic changes driven by the earlier intervention2. While an initial.... PubMed. Gantz, V. M. & Bier, E. The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous to...10.1126/science.aaa5945. PubMed. DiCarlo, J. E., Chavez, A., Dietz, S. L., Esvelt, K. M. & Church, G. M...
  5. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
    ...purify proteins can face any number of technical challenges depending on their protein of interest. After...After several decades of trying to address these challenges, researchers have amassed a considerable molecular...for your protein. If you’re working with an uncharacterized protein, or a protein for which a good antibody...KETAAAKFERQHMDS  1.8 Solubility and Affinity Abundance of charged and polar residues improves solubility; good for...
  6. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    Oct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...incentivize good mentorship: AMA mechanics: Be prepared! The mechanics of doing the AMA were interesting...Getting on a good science career path can be challenging these days, but for many of us, scientist is ...Science through Video with the Addgene Youtube Channel Check Out Vidoes of Gender & Science from LabLinks...
  7. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    April 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Understanding the characteristics of natural plasmids and how they function in nature can inform us on...often have a restriction barrier as a defense mechanism, and they can degrade foreign bacteria through...expressed. For example, scientists can incorporate interchangeable antibiotic resistance cassettes (Prior et al...Schmidhauser, T. J., Ditta, G., & Helinski, D. R. (1988). Chapter 15—Broad-Host-Range Plasmid Cloning Vectors for...
  8. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ...Design). This modular approach combines an interchangeable set of fusogenic and targeting components to...where the fusion and targeting components are interchangeable. Image from Strebinger et al., 2023, reused...local proteome, but some applications have been challenging or inaccessible. The Ting lab recently made two...They demonstrated LOV-Turbo in neurons, in pulse-chase experiments, and more. Find LOV-Turbo plasmids here...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the chances of a cell being infected by only one viral particle, but it also increases the chances that...presentation deceive you; pooled libraries can be quite challenging to use! In this post, I’ll walk you through how...virus. Let’s start there!   Figure 1: Flowchart showing the process for using pooled lentiviral...
  10. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    Dec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m.
    ...of reprogramming (or “Yamanaka”) factors, they changed the landscape of regenerative medicine. Their work...viral vectors are preferred. This is to avoid the chances of insertional mutagenesis, which is the integration...replacing C-MYC with L-MYC [10, 11]. While the mechanisms underlying the enhancement of iPSC generation...Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs): Benefits, Challenges and the Road Ahead." Journal of Alzheimer's disease...
  11. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    Nov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ...expertise with that of the company. To increase your chances at successfully applying for a position, you should... in a technical support role. What general characteristics do jobs in technical support have? There are... less time consuming and/or less technically challenging. Alongside there is a second-line team that takes... ways to communicate with customers. Online live chat is a convenient alternative for asking a quick question...
  12. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
    ...effects. The flaws of RNAi screens are well characterized and strategies exist to control for these faults...also reproduced several previously observed characteristics that influence gRNA off-target activity: 1)...23394947. Pubmed Central PMCID: 4299491. 5. Bassik, Michael C., et al. "A systematic mammalian genetic interaction...available from Addgene Other Resources Watch Dr. Michael Bassik’s lecture on “Multiplexing with CRISPR Screens...
  13. "Hall of Fame" AAV Enhancers from the Allen Institute for Brain Science

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    Sept. 9, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...has no doubt changed drastically over the past few decades. But no matter how much it changes, it will still... in one cell type but not in others. The same mechanism that allows enhancers to regulate gene expression....2021.108754 Panigrahi, A., & O'Malley, B. W. (2021). Mechanisms of enhancer action: the known and the unknown...
  14. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    July 15, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... electrical current recorded by the instrument changes. Base-calling software can then identify the nucleotide...nucleotide that passed through based on these characteristic drops. Figure 3: Overview of Nanopore... up the pace Our QC team constantly faces the challenge of keeping up with the large amount of QC analysis...., & Coulson, A. R. (1977). DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proceedings of the National...
  15. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    Feb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...General Meeting seven other times I had subsequently changed fields and my cohort of friends and colleagues ...evolutionary lineages share genes that can improve chances of survival for an individual, and eventually, ... cells regulate gene expression in response to changes in cell density. At the mixer, they meet other ...Dill-McFarland, Lisa Gorski, Mark O. Martin, Maureen Berg, Michael D. L. Johnson, Tiffany Lowe-Power, Eric Griffis...
  16. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...following changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon...same year. Her research is focused on the escape mechanism of genome editing in microorganisms which could...cells to understand the genetic and biochemical mechanisms behind their distinct phenotypes and to design...
  17. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    May 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...protected by Cas9. This is similar to the proposed mechanism for engineered pegRNAs (epegRNAs), which add a...of mouse monoclonal antibodies generated and characterized by the Geiss Lab in their effort to fill a void...cells. Plus, Voltron2’s fluorescence is tunable by changing the dye that becomes conjugated with its HaloTag...gene expression regulation, enhancing both the mechanisms of delivery and the potential for therapeutic...
  18. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... of reasons to consider using genome editing to change the genetic code of plants, including the development... system in most organisms, some plant-specific changes to CRISPR components are necessary to enable genome...try your hand at CRISPR. References Belhaj K, Chaparro-Garcia A, Kamoun S, Nekrasov V (2013) Plant genome.../mmbr.67.1.16-37.2003 Khatodia S, Bhatotia K, Passricha N, Khurana SMP, Tuteja N (2016) The CRISPR/Cas...
  19. Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook

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    July 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
    ...How are you currently exchanging information with your team? If you need to exchange information regarding...which they are sure that there will be no sharp changes in costs once they establish the system within ...consolidated to one place, easily retrievable, searchable and traceable. However, switching from paper ...
  20. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    May 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for researchers looking to generate long-lasting changes in cells. However, for some applications, integration...numerous variants have been developed with different mechanisms to inactivate the integrase.  The IDLV life cycle...construct has the D64V mutation, a single amino acid change (from aspartic acid to valine at position 64) which...Kempski, H., Brugman, M. H., Pike-Overzet, K., Chatters, S. J., de Ridder, D., Gilmour, K. C., Adams, ...
  21. How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget

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    Sept. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... do you need [for your lab start up]?” A hiring chair or dean will often ask a faculty candidate. Sweaty...focusing on long term investments. For example, purchasing “used” equipment can save you money in the short...their tangible resources. For example, if a dean/chair asks “how much do you need to start your lab”. You..., working with this question is second nature. Channel your inner curiosity and use your research training...
  22. PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field

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    May 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... loci of integration [8].   Figure 1: Mechanism of the piggyBac™  transposase/transposon gene ...CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, and ZFNs). However, several challenges still remain, such as making gene edits completely...nuclease technology with the piggyBac™ system, these challenges can be considerably reduced. The piggyBac™ transposon...researchers to avoid making unnecessary base pair changes as would be the case with ssODNs. One minor drawback...
  23. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    Jan. 10, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...giving greater concentration of cut DNA without changing the size. As a result, a restriction digest of...reducing multimerization and define recA-independent mechanisms. Avoid overgrowing the bacterial culture Another...PMCID: PMC3060453. Bazaral M, Helinski DR. Characterization of multiple circular DNA forms of colicinogenic...Adv. 2009 Jul-Aug;27(4):353-70. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.02.003. Epub 2009 Feb 20. PMID: 19233255...
  24. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... genome editing system you use, there remains a chance that the observed phenotype was caused by an off-target...25566793. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4349094. 3. Bell, Charles C., et al. "A high-throughput screening strategy...: 237-243. PubMed PMID: 25664545. 10. Gabriel, Richard, et al. "An unbiased genome-wide analysis of zinc-finger...Therapy (2015). PubMed PMID: 26502778. 13. Frock, Richard L., et al. "Genome-wide detection of DNA double-stranded...
  25. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    April 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... called SNAPf. eDHFR: The Virginia Cornish and Michael Sheetz labs demonstrated in 2005 that proteins ...and see the results right away. Or perform pulse-chase experiments by sequentially adding different ligands...All this flexibility comes at a price, though. Purchasing lots and lots of organic dyes or specialized ...Johnsson, K. (2021). Kinetic and Structural Characterization of the Self-Labeling Protein Tags HaloTag7...
  26. Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software

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    July 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...in a screen, to ensure that each gRNA has a good chance to contribute to the screen. In the end, this results...that code for surface proteins. One of the first challenges with a custom screen approach is to identify ...Wu (4), Yusa (5), Wang/Lander/Sabatini (6), and Chari/Mali/Church (7). These reference libraries contain... 28162770. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5445660. 7. Chari, Raj, et al. "Unraveling CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering...
  27. The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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    Sept. 14, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... research papers, blogs, free courses, YouTube channels, books, podcasts, and communities to help people...Niko McCarty; adapted from Bruce Wetzel and Harry Schaefer, NCI, NIH | License   I’m updating it regularly...understand the contours of each topic. The video channels are also underrated and I recommend checking them...
  28. Expanded Access to Rabies Plasmids

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    Feb. 1, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...description of the applicable research project when purchasing export-controlled materials. Addgene will then...our normal process.   Due to recent regulation changes, an export control license for rabies materials...processing fee will be removed before your account is charged.  Timelines  We have offered VSV and SARS-COV-1...
  29. Deck the Lab 2022!

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    Jan. 17, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... the 2022 #DeckTheLab contest!  and it's..... Michael Früh submission, which we have entitled "Do You...friend anymore :C pic.twitter.com/rExV3b8Q8u— Michael Früh (@Michelderapfel) December 19, 2022   Congratulations...used tip boxes for a lab supply tree and set a challenge to my lab mates. They did not disappoint. #deckthelab...
  30. Visualizing Your Plasmid Request Data

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    April 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
    ...Number of requests per reagents (as a horizontal bar chart) Number of requests per country (as dot plot) ...) Number of requests per year (as a bar chart) A written summary of the data, including total requests...microscopy (University of Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes, and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes...
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