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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...ER lumen reaches the sub-millimolar range, much higher than in the cytosol. Thus, for the ER you would...subsequent change in fluorescence only occurs at high calcium concentrations. This will reduce noise and...simultaneous (1) user-controlled illumination with violet light and (2) exposure to increased intracellular calcium...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...recombinase systems. Picking Ligands Picking the right ligand is also important for building a chemogenetic...pharmacologically selective effector molecules (PSEMs). Higher potency means lower drug doses, which decreases... CH, Coward P, Degtyarev MY, Lee EK, Kwa AT, Hennighausen L, Bujard H, Fishman GI, Conklin BR (1999) Conditional...
  3. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    .... In the first blog post in this series, I’ll highlight terminology you should be familiar with before...the use of long single-stranded DNA have led to a higher efficiency of homologous recombination for precise...
  4. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...undergraduate research questions. The idea is straightforward. Instructors first select a multi-gene pathway...O'Connor (left with Lab Director Doug Warner on the right) has taught courses in biochemistry, molecular cell...Addgene Videos to Learn about Basic Lab Techniques High School Students Explore Careers at Addgene Resources...
  5. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
    ...endogenous retrovirus Rless glycoprotein (BaEVRless) had high rates of transduction for most cell types they tested...existing CRISPR delivery technologies, Nanoblades had higher rates for editing efficiency and lower rates of...zygotes, which results in albinism in mice. Of the eight mice born from Tyr Nanoblade treated zygotes, five...
  6. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    April 6, 2017, 1:02 p.m.
    ...understanding of cell biology. We hope that these high-quality, highly specific plasmids, as well as the instructions...flooding the cell with a plasmid containing regions of high homology to the gene with the cut, we trick the ...
  7. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    Aug. 10, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...primers.  Extension- The temperature is then raised slightly to Taq polymerase’s ideal temperature (70-75oC...which can be time consuming and challenging to get right. ddPCR uses a water-oil emulsion droplet technology...those stated above. Multiplex PCR is also used in high throughput SNP genotyping, gene deletion analysis...
  8. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    Oct. 17, 2017, 12:55 p.m.
    ...something silly like “See there, arginine 53 really is right there, at the end of helix 3…just like we said it...are useful. While a physical model of a protein might represent one aspect of the protein very well, it...while and you will wake up in the middle of the night dreaming about the conformational gymnastics that...
  9. Cloning Mammalian Cells with the Agarose Method

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    Sept. 7, 2017, 12:17 p.m.
    ...colonies by (carefully) holding plates up to the light, where they appear as opaque dots (colonies should...the agarose onto the recipient plate at just the right temperature. If the agarose solution is too hot,...depending on the level of endogenous expression. We highly recommend the use of an electronic pipettor with...
  10. Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression

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    Jan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
    ... of interest thus represents a straightforward means of exerting tight control over Cas9 nuclease activity...different genetic loci within a single cell. One might imagine transfecting cells with both the nuclease-positive...
  11. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Sometimes people don’t know how to start. They might want to use our promoters and terminators, but then...coding sequence to the MoClo system. It’s quite straightforward really and we’ll be producing an instructional...chances of doing something amazing will be equally high as for those who go to work in cancer biology. ...
  12. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    May 29, 2014, 1:29 p.m.
    ...to make the most of your time and sequence! You might also enjoy seeing how our quality control process...alignment results. The default setting is “Optimize for Highly similar sequences (megablast)”, which is very fast...nucleotide sequences, proteins often have repeated or highly homologous regions, which by default are ignored...
  13. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    Dec. 12, 2013, 3:35 p.m.
    ...a collection of promises to not assert property rights for particular engineered genetic sequences; but...metabolite in a cell. The only way to do that at scale right now is to grow up a bunch of cells, sacrifice them...chemicals, to make more medicine. The parts we have right now are well adapted to work in prokaryotic bacteria...
  14. Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence

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    Aug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... know the basic principles of IF, we’ll take a slightly deeper dive into those steps and provide you with...commonly used cross-linker for IF. However, you might come across a couple other terms that can cause ...especially if left on for too long or used at too high a concentration.      Figure 2: Examples...
  15. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ...A) Streamlined VchINT expression constructs. (B) High integration efficiencies achieved with VchINT, at...mini-transposon Transform plasmid(s) into cells and plate overnight Screen colonies phenotypically or by PCR/sequencing...Sternberg SH (2020) CRISPR RNA-guided integrases for high-efficiency, multiplexed bacterial genome engineering...
  16. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ... off-target effects. Cas9 RNPs are detectable at high levels shortly after transfection, and are quickly...efficiency, while biolistic bombardment, which can have high efficiency, requires specialized equipment, such...microbiology.     References 1. Chen, Sean, et al. "Highly efficient mouse genome editing by CRISPR ribonucleoprotein...
  17. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    Feb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...available Not commercially available Small but Mighty: Advantages of Nanobodies Although antibodies have...target antigen to about 2 nm, which can lead to higher resolution for super-resolution microscopy. Nanobodies... two questions, refer to this table to find the right nanobody for your work. Species Antibody Subclass...
  18. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...trainees’ very way of thinking too. Albert Einstein might have put it best when he stated, “the value of an...pathways (precisely the type of exercise Einstein might have resented!). In 1997, Joseph Provost, then a...like an exciting opportunity for your classroom, I highly recommend you try implementing one. It's likely...
  19. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    Jan. 16, 2020, 2:18 p.m.
    ...standard curve for qPCR can be challenging to get right. Here at Addgene, we use a linearized plasmid standard...very few positive droplets. In the image to the right, there is approximately 1 positive copy per microliter...droplet generator to the PCR plate. Maintaining a high droplet count is important for calculating the concentration...
  20. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ...particular gene. Furthermore, a target sequence may have high homology elsewhere in the genome. These off-target...Sontheimer EJ (2018) NmeCas9 is an intrinsically high-fidelity genome-editing platform. Genome Biol 19...Evolved Cas9 variants with broad PAM compatibility and high DNA specificity. Nature 556:57–63 . https://doi....
  21. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    Nov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...interested audiences quickly and concisely – video might be part of the answer. Problems with written publications...TedTalks are very popular, though they focus mostly on highly innovative ideas rather than on the day-to-day ...that provides links to the videos, keeping the copyright and control over the videos with the researcher...
  22. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...depositing lab. (For our more popular libraries, you might receive a similarly-sized aliquot from an amplification...ll want to infect your cells with the virus–the right amount of virus, that is. Ideally, each cell will...Gootenberg, J. S., Abudayyeh, O. O., Platt, R. J., Brigham, M. D., Sanjana, N. E., & Zhang, F. (2017). Genome-scale...
  23. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ... #MolluscMonday: #Crepidula atrasolea juvenile, light microscope with polarizing filter. Development is...an extreme number of nerve cells and an unusually high level of RNA recoding in the brain. RNA editing ...DNA in the eggs to get transgenic animals. They might be immortal. Manihot esculenta (Blake Meyers) Cassava...
  24. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...million dollar sales pitch. Given this large sum, one might expect that applicants would work for months to ...research? This is the central idea. It should be at a high level, broadly understandable to scientists outside...engaged by your presentation, then you’re on the right track. Furthermore, practice getting back to your...
  25. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...data inside the ELN is reproducible, and only the highly restricted number of people who can access the ...practical to move all this data in bulk into a lightweight tool like an ELN. It is nevertheless critically...
  26. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ...recombination at a frequency three orders of magnitude higher than identical targeting vectors delivered through...Other investigators who had been working to develop high efficiency gene targeting approaches improved on...repair, it has proven more challenging to develop high efficiency CRISPR-based approaches for the generation...
  27. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ... LITE system, which uses light to regulate transcription, also includes light-regulated histone methyltransferases... CA (2017) CRISPR–Cas9 epigenome editing enables high-throughput screening for functional regulatory elements...
  28. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...using them. Indeed, the future of mouse work is bright as it is now easier than ever to manipulate the...technology, CRISPR, that is simple in concept, straightforward to use, and robust in performance. In its natural...BL, Xavier RJ, Root DE (2014) Rational design of highly active sgRNAs for CRISPR-Cas9–mediated gene inactivation...
  29. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    Jan. 16, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...may be a good choice for targeting neurons, with high transduction frequencies in the central nervous ...been reported (Muraine et al., 2020). AAV8 AAV8 has high transduction efficiency in multiple tissues, rapid...AAV9 AAV9 has relatively broad tissue tropism and high transduction efficiency and is an excellent choice...
  30. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    May 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m.
    .... This over-reliance on the perfect story for a “high impact” publication can lead to the publication ...reproducibility issues in the biological sciences. I’d highly recommend listening to the panel discussion to ...Scientific Figures into Dashboards and Share Your Insights Who gives a tweet? 9 facts about scientists on...
  31. CRISPR Guide Update

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    Oct. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...existing content. Access the CRISPR Guide here! Highlights include a much-anticipated prime editing section...
  32. The 12 Days of CRISPR

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    Jan. 3, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...resources! Ready to sing along with this year's lineup? Right! We're ready to, so let's get started!  On the...sequences🎵On the 2nd day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: High-fidelity Cas13 variants for targeted RNA degradation...
  33. It’s CRISPR Week at Addgene!

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    May 13, 2019, 12:01 p.m.
    ...generating knockouts using CRISPR and Wednesday will highlight some Cas9 variants. Next, we’ll look at various...
  34. The Twelve Days of CRISPR

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    Dec. 22, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...from the first generation of base editors to the eighth generation (and dual base editors, too!).  On the...gave to me: CRISPR methods for bacteria.  On the eighth day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: anti-CRISPR ...
  35. Congrats to the 2019 Deck The Lab Winners

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    Jan. 17, 2020, 3 p.m.
    ...adorned with a bioluminescent tree topper, tube “lights,” and autoclave tape garland. Thanks @ribosholmes... bit of everything: frog snowflakes, ornaments, lights, and took a group photo wearing holiday sweaters...
  36. New Videos: Addgene Lab Tips

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    Feb. 15, 2018, 2:41 p.m.
    ... In each short episode of this series, we’ll highlight one tip that we’ve learned in the lab that will...
  37. DIY DNA Ladders from Penn State University

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    July 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...to make inexpensive 100 bp or 1 kb DNA molecular weight ladders were recently deposited with Addgene. A... The pPSU Plasmids for Generating DNA Molecular Weight Markers. Scientific Reports,7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598...
  38. Addgene’s New Way to Help You Share Science

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    Nov. 14, 2013, 4:10 p.m.
    ... world making breakthrough discoveries!” I knew right then I had found my dream job, because one thing...latest technologies and breakthrough research. Insights about how to navigate through all stages of your...
  39. 5 Science Rap Videos & Their Creator: Tom McFadden

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    Feb. 9, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...rap mastermind, Tom McFadden, recently worked with high school students in the bay area to create a plasmid...rap video for us (If you’re new to plasmids, we highly recommend checking out the video). Tom has made...
  40. Call for Guest Bloggers

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    March 2, 2016, 3 p.m.
    ...every new lab mate? Do you have a trick to get the highest yield out of your minipreps? If so, we’d love to...Addgene Blog Possible guest topics Some topics you might consider are: An overview of software tools useful...
  41. New Podcast Segment: Hot Plasmids

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    May 17, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
    ...each of the Hot Plasmids segments into its own (highly Tweetable!) audio clip. In the future, you’ll be...Domain Constructs Kit from John Chodera's Lab - Get high expression of His-tagged human kinases in bactera...
  42. Activate Addgene's "Find Plasmids" Badge on Pubmed Abstracts

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    May 12, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
    ...account, simply click on your account name in the top right corner of PubMed to navigate to your account settings...on the “Filters & Icons” link (see image to the right). Once on the “Filters” page, select the category...
  43. Newly Updated AAV Data Hub!

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    Feb. 7, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Data Hub If you're trying to decide which AAV is right for your experiment, searching the Data Hub's curated...experiments, let us know ([email protected]) and we might just send you a new Addgene Data Hub t-shirt!    ...
  44. AAV Packaged on Request is Here!

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    Jan. 10, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
    ... 2016, with the goal of providing easy access to high quality, commonly used viral vectors. Of course,...course, many scientists also need easy access to high quality, not so commonly used viral vectors. That’s where...
  45. 2018 #DeckTheLab Contest Winners

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    Jan. 15, 2019, 2:19 p.m.
    ...science-themed submissions: string lights hung up in the shape of RNA, light-up neurons on the lab door, and...
  46. Visualizing Your Plasmid Request Data

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    April 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
    ...aggregation of this information can provide valuable insight to the most requested plasmid, the number of requested... repository (you can find the link in the upper right hand corner of the dashboard). Therefore, users ...
  47. Grad School Advice Part 2: Building Community

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    Oct. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... we mention graphs such as the one shown to the right that illustrate a grad student's happiness v time...year dip (see graph). Niroshi and Ben give their insights as to what causes this dip. 11:11 - 15:37 : How...
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