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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m....last decade, the use of degron tags has become increasingly popular for the modulation of endogenously and...have a kit!). Choosing a degron tag Are all tags created equal? No! Choosing the ‘right’ tag does depend...
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Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m....Pre-made viruses have become increasingly accessible and are useful for saving time and avoiding potentially... collected over the course of a couple days to increase yield. The collection process is a cycle of collecting... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m....your team you will have a much better chance of creating a high-performing team - which is every manager...! Remember that delegating is not just a way to create more time for yourself, but it will help develop... -
Starter guide to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) part 1: A renaissance in regenerative medicine
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 30, 2018, 1:04 p.m....of both while limiting disadvantages led to the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells or iPSCs. Induced...research. With all these benefits, iPSCs have increasingly become the ideal experimental system for research... -
Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m....a lot of attention on social media. I gained a concrete example to use to promote future attempts and ...learning from the careers of others were key to creating my career path. Luckily, in grad school much of... -
SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 9, 2019, 12:52 p.m.... itself in terms of what they do with their discretionary money. They also usually have a good event-planning...students, postdocs, and other working scientists, creating a presentation for 8th graders was a little intimidating... -
CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m....gRNA. While this methodology has proven to be incredibly valuable to scientists, there are some potential...Harrington, Lucas B., et al. "A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma." Nature Communications8.1... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m....researcher experiences and that it often provides incredibly valuable insight into one’s work. As a community...information can be cited, tracked, and appropriately credited, broadening the knowledge base of AAV vector performance... -
Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m....epitopes previously hidden within the protein. Created with BioRender. Permeabilization What is ...better at permeabilizing organellar membranes. Created with BioRender. How do I choose?! Ok, so ... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.... plates due to the fact that beta-lactamase is excreted. Satellite colonies are small colonies of bacteria...Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids 101: Blue-White Screening Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone ... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Tessa Cressey. The highly pathogenic Ebola virus belongs to the...various viral components play in disease. Tessa Cressey is a PhD Student in the labs of Dr. Elke Mühlberger... -
Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m....PAM site, Cpf1 cleaves in a staggered fashion, creating a 5 nucleotide 5’ overhang 18-23 bases away from...mediated editing, as Kleinstiver et al. saw no decrease in Cpf1 activity with 4-6 base deletions at the... -
The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m....EVER confirmed this with me). While things were incredibly busy in those early years, the founders knew ...aspect of Addgene. As our size has drastically increased, it would have been a tight squeeze for all of... -
Lab to Office Culture Shock
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m.... you when you need it. The opportunity to be creative and think critically. One of the very first times...defined as sitting down at a computer and just creating, which for many scientists is the most enjoyable... -
Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2020, 1 p.m....the presence of your targeted nucleic acid. To increase the sensitivity of the assay, targeted DNA or ...non-specific (trans) ssDNA and harnessed this ability to create a DNA detection platform called DETECTR. How does... -
Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m....released Viral Vectors 101 2nd edition — I was incredibly excited when we picked our viral vector service...GCaMP6. It could be a matter of the size of the incremental improvements between generations: jGCaMP8 allows... -
Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m....gene disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus, an increasingly common human pathogen notorious for its high...adhesion to a PILATeS-functionalized coverslip creates mechanical tension, and the luminescence colocalizes... -
Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m....microbes would be affected (possibly killed), thus increasing the initial microbe’s chances of survival. This...antibiotic-free, farmed meats. We can focus on creating new antibiotic therapies, and investigate more... -
5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m....trolling: The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, ...excellent. Finally, as I said in the AMA, it’s incredibly important to find good mentors and incentivize... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m....line you will need to grow this initial stock and create a set of vials of ‘Master’ stock, which can be ...thawed, it is time to reorder this cell line to create new Master and Working stocks to work from. The... -
Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m....subtle and may include reduced saturation density, decreased rates of growth, or clumping. To ensure the best...Viral Vector Elements Learn How to Do Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources... -
Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m....Plasmid A is the decreased expression of Gene X. Ergo the positive control(s) should decrease the expression... -
Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m....interest is toxic. To combat this, scientists have created synthetic promoters, which typically include some...with somewhat weak expression. lacIq mutation increases expression of the repressor 10x, thus tightening... -
Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m....plus one additional split vector strategy for increasing the size of the AAV donor template for CRISPR-mediated... AAV vector approaches Split vector approaches increase the size of the gene delivered by splitting the... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.... S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness...fluorescent probes, recent engineering efforts have increased the brightness of these genetically encoded light... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m....immunofluorescence and indirect immunofluorescence work. Image created with BioRender.com Indirect IF is a much ...with key considerations about each step. Image created with BioRender.com The first couple of steps... -
Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m....fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) and biosensors have been created recently. As developers of many of these probes..., A.A., Oliinyk, O.S. & Verkhusha, V.V. How to Increase Brightness of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....A., Tao, Y. A., Duby, J. E., Steinbeck, B. J., McCreary, J., Pierce, S. E., … & Liu, D. R. (2024). Efficient...variety of DNA-targeting proteins, so the team created versions using dCas9, zinc finger proteins, and... -
Tips for Getting a Faculty Position
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m....completing the research will advance the field, create a new field, impact disease treatment, etc., again... His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, optimization... -
Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... (Jambor et al., 2021) for more guidelines for creating clear and informative figures. Pro-tip! If you..., Wissink, E. M., & Weissgerber, T. L. (2021). Creating clear and informative image-based figures for ... -
Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 8, 2021, 2:41 p.m....proteins, use a higher percentage of acrylamide to increase migration resistance and improve separation. For...enhance resolution. In this setup, gels have an increasing range of acrylamide content from top to bottom... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m....antibody” can be used for downstream IP/ChIP assays. Creating epitope-tagged clonal cell lines remains a challenge...crRNA complementary to the template strand could increase knock-in efficiency.Note: Our TAG-IN tool can ... -
A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m...., while REC includes most of the bridge helix. Created with BioRender.com. Cas9 has two major lobes...guide RNA, dark blue; DNA, gray; PAM site, yellow. Created with BioRender.com. The exact conformational... -
How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m....process. To deposit plasmids online, you will need to create an account with Addgene before starting the process...plasmids, and adding all the plasmids at once increases the likelihood that the plasmids are given sequential... -
Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2017, 2:33 p.m.... cancer and your continued work is necessary to create therapeutics to cure the cancer. Authorship: Publishing...translations of documents that are not in English. Create a Google Scholar account Sanitize your LinkedIn... -
'Tis the Season to #DeckTheLab
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 2, 2016, 3:30 p.m....impressive entries, but we have faith our community of creative scientists will deliver some fabulous photos again... -
CRISPR Guide Update
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m....added new sections to share and describe some incredible new CRISPR technologies developed and widely ... -
Addgene's 20th Anniversary Party
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m....can't celebrate Addgene without recognizing our incredible depositors and requestors. Thank you all so much... -
The 12 Days of CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 3, 2023, 2:15 p.m....gave to me: CRISPR activation and interference screens for primary human T cells🎵 On the 3rd day of CRISPR... -
We’re Going Viral This Week!
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 14, 2019, 1 p.m....came out last year on sucrose supplementation to increase AAV2 yields and we’re eager to share more! Lastly... -
New FLIS Plasmid (April Fools 2022)
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m....interrogate many scientific questions. But these tiny creatures do tend to come with a rather astonishing ability... -
Overwhelmed? Take a Break With Our 5 Favorite Science Comics
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 5, 2013, 3:27 p.m.... showed that a laughter program significantly decreased immunological markers of stress in adolescents... -
New Videos: Addgene Lab Tips
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 15, 2018, 2:41 p.m....Addgene Videos Page 5 Science Rap Videos and Their Creator: Tom McFadden Using Video to Share Your Science... -
Twenty Years of Sharing Science!
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 8, 2024, 3:25 p.m...., Korea, Japan, India, and Brazil. We've also created a robust support system for scientists using materials... -
Addgene’s GIPHY Page is Here to Help You Express Yourself (and Your Gene of Interest)
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 17, 2021, 1:15 p.m....answers! via GIPHY We’ve been working hard to create the most informative and entertaining protocol ... -
DIY DNA Ladders from Penn State University
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m....kb ladder. Using a commercial plasmid prep kit increases the costs to $20-30 per ladder: still significantly... -
Twelve Amazing Guest Blog Contributors!
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 26, 2024, 2:15 p.m....’s lab. X-Chime and Performing In Vivo CRISPR Screens Using the FITS Approach Caitlin Faulds, who introduced... -
Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m.... This plasmid has been used in studies of the secretome, ubiquitin ligase, cellular senescence, autophagy... -
Bringing Renewable Energy to Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2019, 1:08 p.m....early July the Town of Watertown announced the creation of an “electricity aggregation program” for all... -
Our New Antibody Mascot is....
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2022, 2:15 p.m....a plethora of options, ranging from Affie to Yncredibody. After an agonizing week spent in cloistered ...