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TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.... area on the outskirts of Guangzhouon west of beautiful Mao Fengshan Forest Park. As a national science... “we underestimate living things.” He further cautioned the distinction of “higher” and “lower” life forms...of years of common ancestry with worms before evolutionary divergence. Nikolaus Rajewsky from the Max Delbruck...
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Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2015, 2:30 p.m....and to become involved in developing tools and solutions to research problems. This movement calls itself...Minnesota has declared our makerspace an educational institution meaning that we can obtain known mutants at $7.00... school to merge his interests in biology and computing. In 2009, he founded a team at UVic to compete... -
Plasmids 101: Protein Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m....DNA constructs designed for mammalian expression utilize viral promoters (SV40, CMV, and RSV) for robust...when a protein is expressed through the use of constitutive and inducible promoters. Inducible promoters...range of proteins including antibodies and pharmaceuticals, specifically interleukins. Yeast expression... -
Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m....Inspired Engineering. CRISPR/Cas9 technology has revolutionized the fields of molecular biology and bioengineering...Traditional Cas9 regulators In addition to its utility in making targeted modifications to DNA, Cas9 can...Furthermore, among those Cas9 orthologs that have been scrutinized, the majority have been shown to exhibit more... -
Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m....polyethylene glycol (PEG). We add 25 mL of 40% PEG solution to each 100 mL of supernatant (final concentration...need to determine the titer of your viral vector solution. A variety of titering methods have been developed...Boye, S. E., Levites, Y., … Golde, T. E. (2020). Utilizing minimally purified secreted rAAV for rapid and... -
PhD Applications After COVID
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 5, 2023, 2:15 p.m....department during the application process. Many institutions recommend that you reach out to potential advisors...you can’t visit. By talking with people at the institution, you can get a better sense of the environment...answer process can also help you to see if the institution is right for you outside of just the program ... -
Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m....the use of AdV for in vivo CRISPR-Cas delivery utilized the Non Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) DNA repair..., 2014). An alternative approach to NHEJ is to utilize the Homology Directed Repair (HDR) to knock in ...and very efficient introduction of DNA into therapeutically relevant, non-transformed mammalian cells. ... -
Multiplexed Capture of Promoter-enhancer 3D Chromatin Structures Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2020, 12:40 p.m....hard to make out the details. To increase the resolution, the Xu lab created a dCas9-based CAPTURE (CRISPR...enhancers. CAPTURE 2.0’s multiplexing and high resolution allowed the Xu Lab to simultaneously characterize...chromatin's dynamic role in gene regulation The high resolution and multiplexed chromatin ‘photos’ generated ... -
Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 18, 2015, 2:30 p.m....are treated with a drug of interest and gRNA distribution is analyzed in the drug-resistant population... resistance to drugs and can identify future therapeutic targets for diseases causing uncontrolled cell...6 gRNAs per target gene, and maintaining the distribution of each gRNA within the population is key. Loss... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m....their problem and piecing together a really great solution that covered all the bases. You may have also ...skills to convey your empathy and your awesome solution to the person over email. Examine your current...Speaking Time management Managing a team Conflict resolution Organization Leadership Problem Solving Creativity... -
AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m.... challenge. Find the PHP Plasmids Here! Their Solution: Use the CREATE method to engineer two new IV ...stands for Cre Recombinase-based AAV Targeted Evolution. In this technique, a pool of mutant AAV capsid...labeling is to inject a mix of AAV vectors that constitutively express a red, green, or blue (RGB) fluorescent... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....unlimited production, reliable expression, and easy distribution as DNA (Trimmer, 2020), you may be interested...The beads are then washed, followed by antibody elution. Whatever method you choose, you may not be able...any temperature shifts. Of course, we are also cautious during the aliquoting and storage process to prevent... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m....They then performed sixteen rounds of directed evolution across the full ADAR2DD to further optimize cytidine... Addressing the potential use of RESCUE in therapeutic applications, the authors tested various dRanCas13b...of RNA editing in research and its potential therapeutic uses We are also curious if REPAIR and RESCUE... -
Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 3, 2019, 11:38 a.m.... GCaMP containing plasmids are available for distribution. If your experiment involves delivering a calcium...types of searches including depositing labs and institutions. For example, search for “Melina Fan” and you...Lab published in eLife. Addgene is currently distributing 94 plasmids expressing validated antibodies ... -
Plasmids 101: Protein tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.... be to fuse an affinity tag to it. The FLAG, hemaglutinin antigen (HA), and c-myc tags have been the workhorses...KRRWKKNFIAVSAANRFKKISSSGAL 4 Affinity and Purification Binding and elution steps use very moderate buffer conditions FLAG...cytometry, but rarely used for purification as elution requires low pH poly His HHHHHH 0.8 Affinity... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m....; multiple codons encode single amino acids. Evolutionary constraints have molded which codons are used...express well in any organism. So what are the evolutionary constraints that lead to these preferences and...6. Pechmann, Sebastian, and Judith Frydman. "Evolutionary conservation of codon optimality reveals hidden... -
Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m.... Variation in ori structure allows plasmids to utilize diverse host replication machinery. For instance...Paracoccous denitrificans, Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. putida, Rhizobium meliloti, R. leguminosarum by. viciae... P. C., & Wong, H. L. (2023). Development of constitutive and IPTG-inducible integron promoter-based expression... -
To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m....in vivo experiments and in biotechnology and therapeutics (Mauro and Chappell 2014). Ultimately, it is...critical analysis of codon optimization in human therapeutics. Trends in Molecular Medicine 20:604–613 https...ZE, Kimchi-Sarfaty C (2011) Understanding the contribution of synonymous mutations to human disease. Nat... -
New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m....The hardest part of any revolutionary discovery, including CRISPR, is turning potential into impact. ...collaborators of Omar and Jonathan and experts in CRISPR evolution, were also working on the project. Using computational...possibilities at the bench and potentially in therapeutic applications. The potential of CRISPR has yet... -
Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 20, 2021, 2:30 p.m....specific purposes as described previously (Table 1, Gutierrez-Guerrero, et al, 2020). Because retrovirus is ...disadvantages: Table 1 (Joglekar et al., 2017) Table 1 (Gutierrez-Guerrero et al., 2020) Table 1 (Cronin et al.,...–222 . https://doi.org/10.1006/mthe.2000.0116 Gutierrez-Guerrero A, Cosset F-L, Verhoeyen E (2020) Lentiviral...