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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 12, 2015, 1:32 p.m.... system is toxic to proliferating cells. A Cre-estrogen receptor ligand binding domain-fusion can prevent... toxicity in proliferating Drosophila cells by estrogen-dependent activity regulation. Heidmann D, Lehner... BAC/PAC recombineering techniques. Semprini S, Troup TJ, Kotelevtseva N, King K, Davis JR, Mullins LJ...
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Future of Research Conference - Remarkable Opening Session
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 7, 2014, 3 p.m.... me like the postdocs are taking some steps to control their own future in science (see my previous blog...vehemently about the need for change. Dr. Bourne strongly believes this is an amazing time of promise for... Novartis industry postdoctoral program. His strongest comments were about the astounding lack of reproducibility... -
Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... sections of a paper, the abstract, figures, introduction, etc. so as to thoroughly explain the do’s and...reader is not in their head. The scientist has to introduce the reader to the manuscript and engage them in...to make the final product with an interesting introduction and concise discussion. Many thanks to our ... -
FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 1, 2016, 2:30 p.m....sequence the plasmid to confirm no mutations were introduced during PCR or any subsequent steps. Using high...DNA polymerases, I have never had any mutations introduced into my inserts. However, with any PCR-based ...PCR-based cloning technique there is a chance of introducing an unwanted mutation. Tips for high efficiency cloning... -
An Addgene Summer Internship
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 8, 2024, 7:22 p.m....Getting into the office for the first time, being introduced to all the members around the office one by one...and undigested samples of the clones on an electrophoresis gel in order to differentiate which clone had...Once we had gotten our results back from the electrophoresis, my manager and I were unsure if there were... -
An Addgene Co-op: The Intersection of Fun, Friendship, and Work
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 29, 2023, 7 p.m....the workforce, but my main concerns were building strong connections with coworkers and doing something ...interested in knowing you as a person, builds a strong sense of trust between coworkers. Since I trusted...about making connections with coworkers seem, in retrospect, nonsensical. I have found the people at Addgene... -
What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2020, 1:22 p.m....and/or the use of chelating agents that can be introduced in the purification protocol to remove endonucleases... your preparation for a long time. Tris buffer controls the pH, while the EDTA chelates any divalent cations...of using a Tris buffer is that it allows better control of the pH preparation stabilizing the plasmid, ... -
Management for Scientists: What Makes a Good Manager Anyway?
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 9, 2014, 2:22 p.m....recognition come from the successes of the team. A strong sense of engagement in the work Behind-the-scenes... This is the first in a 5 part series on Introduction to Managing People for Scientists. Subscribe...follow the entire series as it is published. Good introductory reference books on managing people: Skills ... -
Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 19, 2014, 3:39 p.m....function of Your Gene Of Interest (YGOI) in a controlled environment under various conditions. The first...expression system and go for a lentiviral or a retroviral backbone. This is considered to be a more robust...great for overexpressing YGOI in an isolated, controlled environment. In most cases bacterial expression... -
History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 25, 2013, 10:12 p.m.... store a record of invading phages but to also destroy the phage upon re-exposure (2, 3). More specifically...complex binds to the foreign DNA, a cut is made to destroy the invader. Wikipedia, accessed 25 November...ultimate victor will be the species who has the strongest will to survive. Genome engineering and future... -
Arabidopsis in Education: How the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center Brings Plant Science to Life
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 12, 2018, 1:02 p.m....researchers and educators in 60 countries each year. Introducing Arabidopsis Arabidopsis is an important model...develop a new teaching resource or you want to introduce Arabidopsis to your class for the first time –...Vectors at Addgene Find Simple Protocols for Introductory Lab Work MoClo Plants Parts Kit ... -
Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 11, 2020, 2:23 p.m....the origin of replication (ori) and all of its control elements. The ori is the place where DNA replication...depending on how they are regulated. Generally, control of replication is referred to as "relaxed" or "...Vectors Copy Number+ ori Incompatibility Group Control pUC ~500-700 pMB1 (derivative) A Relaxed pBR322... -
Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 21, 2022, 1:15 p.m....interests and areas of expertise. Perhaps the strongest aspect of science communication, then, is its ...address this obstacle in its many forms. A short stroll from my office to the tearoom would often illustrate...Cognitive LoadSummer SciComm Series: Modes of CommunicationIntro to Our Summer SciComm Series!... -
Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2022, 2 p.m....cases, pay special attention to designing your controls in validation, as you may need to test different...great deal of frustration when designing and troubleshooting immunoimaging assays. It can also elucidate...Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies Resources on Addgene.org ... -
Viral Genome Sequencing - A One Stop Shop for AAV Identity and Serotype Confirmation
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m....One of the main tenets of our quality control (QC) mantra is to do our utmost to ensure that scientists...Gene Therapy. Existing methods for AAV quality control Historically, AAV vector QC has been sparse including...number of AAV preparations this level of quality control is sufficient but for viral vector core facilities... -
Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m....problems. For instance, it’s much more difficult to introduce a gene of interest into primary cells, so most...both purified CPP-tagged protein and an untagged control could enter cultured cells and activate expression...reporters Previous Protein Delivery Techniques: Introduction of macromolecules into cultured mammalian cells... -
Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m....transduction profiles in different AAV serotypes both in vitro and in vivo when compared to the conventional AAVs...target less accessible cells, such as brain tumor stromal cells in a mouse model of glioblastoma (Volak et...vector-mediated genetic modification of brain tumor stromal cells after intravenous delivery." Journal of neuro-oncology... -
The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2018, 1:15 p.m....independently verified, the watching world erupted in controversy. Briefly, there are two overlapping, valid critiques...within their respective mandates, to tackle a controversial and ethically fraught rapidly emerging technology...good research practice: computer simulations, in vitro research, animal models, and several stages of human... -
The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2018, 2:11 p.m....therefore higher titer will be required. For example, retrograde AAV gets transported up the cell’s axon. While...even larger area, thus necessitating even higher retrograde AAV titers for successful transduction. In another...from and what do they mean? AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS AAV: Versatile ... -
What Good Citizenship Can Do for Reproducibility in Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2019, 2:18 p.m....reproduce someone else’s result. Then, they hit trouble. The experiment won’t work. Even if it does, they...to share with other researchers to help them troubleshoot and understand. All of this communication and... of incentives. Right now, researchers are not strongly rewarded for being transparent in their communication... -
Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m....components, it may be useful to describe the means of introducing genetic material (such as plasmids) into mammalian... comparable to bacterial transformation (the introduction of DNA into bacterial cells); however, the techniques...plasmid to be expressed transiently. Since the DNA introduced in the transfection process is not integrated... -
Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 19, 2019, 1:36 p.m....” and making sure we have adequate process and controls in place to manage those scenarios. What is the...the effectiveness of the Plan's risk management, control, and governance processes. Prior to Tufts Health...Auditors and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. Lastly, Carl also serves on the Board... -
Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m....Promoters control the binding of RNA polymerase and transcription factors. Since the promoter region ...promoters can be regulated by positive or negative control. Positive inducible In the OFF state, the promoter...system, the activator rtTA (reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator) is normally inactive and cannot... -
A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 15, 2017, 2:07 p.m.... by stories. In retrospect, I should have expected this given that the brain controls everything we do... at Addgene.org Addgene's Viral Service Find Retrograde AAV Browse Optogenetics Plasmids ... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m....this final installment, I’ll provide a brief introduction as to how you can engineer new transgenic flies...use attP sequence docking sites so that you can control exactly in which locus your transgene ends up (...selection markers include vermillion (another gene controlling eye color) and yellow (a gene affecting the body... -
OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 19, 2025, 1:15 p.m....which is more than just the stuff that makes bones strong; it plays critical roles in nerve and muscle function...fluorescent tools are used simultaneously to monitor or control different cell types or signals in the brain. For...Simultaneous fluorescence (upper trace) and electrophysiological recordings (lower trace) using OCaMP expressed... -
GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 15, 2023, 1:15 p.m....acid in the media and the tRNAs and synthetase introduced to the bacteria using plasmids. Rapid expansion...plasmid. Third, a second plasmid will be needed to introduce the gene of interest containing the chosen codon...researchers, from selective protein ligation through introducing ncAAs with protein modifications of interest ... -
The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2020, 2:15 p.m....growth rates will be higher in treatment versus control, and you think there are four important times to...preregistration, but usually with a fully fleshed out introduction section) to one of 222 participating journals..., they will place special emphasis on positive controls and good sample sizes, concerns that are too easy... -
How to Make Friends and Meet People at a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 7, 2014, 1:58 p.m.... give you theirs! Think about how you want to introduce yourself and what you do. You can probably use... at a conference, but start with a more general intro until you know if the person you are talking to ...people in sessions by sitting next to someone and introducing yourself. Put your phone away! This is a natural... -
dTAG - You're it!
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m.... molecule degraders” recruit the proteasome to destroy targeted proteins. We previously developed small...lines Treat parental cells (or cells expressing a control -- for example, an FKBP12F36V-tagged LACZ) with...: dTAG-7 and dTAG-13 Erb et al. Transcription control by the ENL YEATS domain in acute leukemia. Nature...