... similar antibodies in llamas and alpacas (Figure 1). At the time, researchers were already on a quest...nanobodies (Arbabi-Ghahroudi, 2017)!      Figure 1: Comparison of a heavy-chain only antibody and single-domain...camelids too, though not just for the reasons the UN describes. In honor of the Camelid family, I wanted to take...of times on this blog over the years and have described how they compare to other antibodies and affinity...

...protein sequence of the predecessor GEVIs (called ASAP 1 and 2), they found an indicator that is optimized ...several other constructs in plasmid form. Fig. 1: Summary of the approach and outcomes of the screen...optimized for 2-photon imaging of voltages. This includes monitoring of fast bursts, as well as slow up/down voltage...KCRs), from a fungus-like protist Hyphochytrium catenoides (Govorunova et al. 2022). The authors show that...

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...Full "Applying for a Faculty Position" eBook Here 1. Have a competitive CV You don't necessarily need ...that people would agree is important to understand. (1-2 sentences). For example: Distinguishing correctly... What will be the focus of your first grant? (1-2 sentences) Simply stated, what are your aims...Applying for a Faculty Position: the View from Both Sides," are summarized below. Check Out Erik Snapp's ...You want people to focus on you and your ideas. Slides will be     distracting. What is the big question...feedback. Many of these documents are too vaguely described in other sources of guidance or the document examples...single malt whiskies, but I remember the days of modest postdoc salaries all too well. If there's a group...

...sequences were initially discovered in E. coli in 1987 (1), the concept that these clustered repeat sequences...neutralize CRISPR/Cas. Earlier this year, expression of 1 of 5 anti-CRISPR genes were found to inactivate the...multiplexibility in various species and describe an assortment of applications. Despite the ubiquity of CRISPR/Cas ... 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...engineering. The diversity of the CRISPR/Cas systems provides powerful lines of defense against invading phages...CRISPR/Cas inspired genome editing was initially described by Cong et al. and Mali et al. in January 2013...

...has error rates that range from roughly 1 per 500bp to roughly 1 per 10 million bp depending on the polymerase...for Gibson assembly. The steps following primer design and the PCR process itself are very similar to ...the downstream steps. For this example, we will describe how to copy a cDNA from one vector into a new ...YGOI) for ligation into a recipient plasmid. Designing primers for PCR based cloning     The basic...: Do not cut within your insert Are in the desired location in your recipient plasmid (usually in ...examine the DNA sequence that we want to amplify and design primers that will bind to and replicate it. The...ends of the ORF and how these are used for primer design: Because we are cloning an ORF, we want to clone...

...centrifugation (lenti) Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher...will help you decide which is right for you. Table 1: Mammalian versus insect cells for viral production... (about three to four days), this second round provides the added benefit of producing a stock P1 virus...

... fusions that retain their individual activities (1). Researchers also discovered the modular format of...systems could be combined effectively (3). In Figure 1 for instance, the DBD of the fusion protein shown ...ubiquitin system has been devised (8). References 1. Casadaban M.J., Martinez-Arias A., Shapira S.K., ...activation. Including a prey-only control also provides a baseline level of reporter activation. Vary ...

...and is recommended for use in western blots (Figure 1). If you prefer to produce your own antibody or want...are also available from Addgene!   Figure 1: Experimental validation for Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5-Pk1]...biophysical studies of protein degraders. Nat Commun., 15(1), 8885. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52871-9...promising tool for future structure-guided drug design and studies of protein ubiquitination and degradation...CRBNmidi plasmid here!   Kroupova, A. et al. (2024). Design of a Cereblon construct for crystallographic and...specifically for C. elegans (Cao et al., 2024). The team designed coding sequences for mScarlet3 and mScarlet-I3...

...animal will repeatedly nose-poke at the active hole [1, 2].    Place preference/place aversion also models... can be explained primarily in two different ways 1) your hypothesis is wrong or 2) there is some problem...follow him on Twitter @derekpsimonphd.    References 1. Stuber, Garret D., et al. "Excitatory transmission...other words, your optogenetic experiment should be designed around a behavioral test in which your circuit...of mouse transgenics. Everything that has been described is intended for the mouse; however, all the steps....Diester, Ilka, et al. "An optogenetic toolbox designed for primates." Nature neuroscience 14.3 (2011)...

... are not required to initiate the reaction. Table 1 compares some general advantages and disadvantages...disadvantages of luminescence versus fluorescence.  Table 1: Properties of Luminescence versus Fluorescence   ...emission at 560nm. Shortly after the initial article describing the cloning of firefly luciferase was published...the plasmid, which is then introduced into the desired mammalian, plant or bacterial cells. Expression...stop codon, which is then transfected into the desired cells. A hybrid mRNA transcript containing luciferase...expression and more complex cell treatments can be designed to further explore the pathway. Which luciferase...

...the tag sequence flanked by homology arms (Figure 1). In the first step of optimization, we started off...form the ribonucleoprotein complex (csRNP, Figure 1). We use in-house purified Cas9 protein, which, in...standard immunocytochemistry (ICC) assays.  Figure 1: Three ingredients of epitope-tagging experiments....daydreaming about sunny days in the UK.   References 1. Bressan RB, Dewari PS, Kalantzaki M, Gangoso E, Matjusaitis...knock-in. Another good design tool can be found at Desktop Genetics .For ssODN design, remember to incorporate... systems, you will have to design your crRNAs using other web-based design tools (for C-terminus tagging... not work in pull-down assays: Epitope tagging provides a solution Proteins - the workhorses of the cell...

...and drawbacks of four split AAV vector approaches. 1. Overlapping  Overview: The overlapping strategy has...Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids. Human Gene Therapy Methods 27:1–12 . https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2015.140 Frischmeyer...doi.org/10.1002/emmm.201302948 Trapani I, Toriello E, de Simone S, Colella P, Iodice C, Polishchuk EV, Sommella...physical size of the genomes is still ~4.7kb. But despite this, larger functional transgene products were...HDR event can’t occur. Lastly, depending on its design, donor A may be capable of expressing a truncated...

...P2A-PuroR for lentiviral expression. Figure 1: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter...lentiviral transduction. Lysine-specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1) Tatjana Sauka-Spengler's lab has deposited ...oncogenic silencing in vivo by programmable and targeted de novo DNA methylation in breast cancer. Oncogene 34...which uses light to regulate transcription, also includes light-regulated histone methyltransferases and...histone modifications. Like the TALE-LSD1 system described above, dCas9-LSD1 inactivates targeted enhancers...certainly not the only CRISPR-based technology designed to alter gene expression. Fusing dCas9 to a transcriptional...epigenetic modifiers? As with any experiment, your desired outcome will determine the tool that you should...

...et al., 2019; McLaughlin, 2019).    Figure 1: Schematic of multiplex immunofluorescence approaches... Brewer, M., McDonough, L., Zhu, Y., Neumann, E., De Caestecker, M., Gutierrez, D., & Spraggins, J. (2022...). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8935-5_26 Jambor, H., Antonietti, A., Alicea,...between the targets. Or, it might be sufficient to describe or classify the labeled structures visually; for...will vary depending on your specific experimental design. Like selecting an antibody, some of the requirements...

...sequences are inserted into the genome. Figure 1: Self-excising cassette schematic from Dickinson et...):1028-34. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2641. Epub 2013 Sep 1. PubMed. Find plasmids from this publication at ... the summer of 2013, a remarkable nine papers describing CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering methods for C....America. To use this SEC-based system, first design and clone 500-700 bp homology arms for your gene...injected 60-80 animals per gene, they obtained the desired insertions on the first attempt for 6/7 genes. ...

... RNAs inhibit plasmid replication.   Figure 1: The replication problem. Iterons are repeated ...actually does, and neither plasmid is maintained (Figure 1).  The partitioning problem Plasmid incompatibility...Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Genes & Genetic Systems 77:1–9 . https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.77.1 Pubmed PMID: ... Environmental Plasmids blog). Scientists have designed small, high copy incompatible plasmids that lead...Pubmed PMID: 25889267 Ebersbach G, Sherratt DJ, Gerdes K (2005) Partition-associated incompatibility caused...

...Check out Addgene's New Viral Service! References 1. Hay, R.J., Macy, M.L. & Chen, T.R. “Mycoplasma infection...contaminations.” Methods in Molecular Biology 946 (2013). 1-13. Pubmed PMID: 23179822. 5. Segura, M.M., Kamen,...Production, concentration and titration of pseudotyped HIV-1-based lentiviral vectors."Nature protocols 4.4 (2009...best to start from scratch. Obtain a vial of the desired cell line from a reputable distributor such as ...extreme changes in osmotic pressure and pH can destabilize the viral envelope. One drawback of the multiple...

...(the Gal4/UAS system), and the third post will describe how you can make your own mutant flies. Find Drosophila...

...nLightR (Kagiampaki et al., 2023).     Figure 1: Properties of nLightG and nLightR. A, Structural ...Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01488-1 More resources on the Addgene blog Fluorescent proteins...will need to be accounted for in your experimental design. Find nLight plasmids here! Next steps While nLightG...