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  1. Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit

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    May 27, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...quantity and quality of your plasmid prep is by spectrophotometry. Achieving the highest-quality DNA requires...plasmid copy number   Pro tip! If you are having trouble getting sufficient plasmid DNA, you may need to...factor label Non-silica based, avoids use of chaotropic salts   What are all these other kit types...manufacturers provide specs, protocols, and quality control information, but the level of detail can vary. ...the rationale behind each step and provide troubleshooting advice. In these cases, it can be helpful to... instructions and extensive references for troubleshooting. If you need a high level of consistency between...

  2. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...you multiplex - we’ll use mammalian plasmids to introduce you to some of your potential options and cloning...transcript You can also multiplex gRNAs via a polycistronic transcript. Rather than being transcribed from...option described below, plasmids for making polycistronic gRNAs are also available from the Yang lab for...cannot be released, adding temporal and/or spatial control to the system. pSQT1313 from the Joung lab allows...Plasmids: These plasmids are similar to the Csy4 polycistronic system described above, except that they use...gRNAs are flanked by glycine tRNAs to create polycistronic glycine tRNA-gRNA (PTG) constructs. Eukaryotic...

  3. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    Blog Post
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    March 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
    ...go of the DNA. ABEs are somewhat slow and need a strong Cas9 domain to “hold on” long enough to the DNA...that expresses gene III. Gene III is under the control of a T7 RNA polymerase and cannot be expressed ...the deaminase TadA-7.10 A mutagenesis plasmid controlling the phage mutation rate Phage infection results...editing speed. Created with BioRender.com. Introducing ABE8e - a fast and flexible adenine base editor... activity. To mitigate this drawback, the lab introduced an additional mutation (V106W) into TadA-8e and...

  4. A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 24, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...skills in strong relationship-building and influence. You’ll need a large deal of influence and strong relationship-building...software product management was either. Coming from a strong background of undergraduate research straight to...energized from interacting with others, and have strong communication skills to tailor your message to ... the details, but the developers have it under control. 9:30 AM--Back-to-back meetings. Meet with my boss...

  5. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    Blog Post
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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... use amplicons in ITR as we have found this to strongly bias titer. We are also adopting ddPCR, which ...the AAV.PHP.eb for neuron, oligodendrocyte, and astrocyte specificity and would like to get it working in...transfection efficiency when delivering these viruses via retro-orbital vs. tail vein systemic injections? A: We...difference in AAV transduction efficiency between retro-orbital versus tail vein injections.   Q10: Have...labs have tried to transfer PHP.eB's enhanced CNS tropism to other serotypes, but reproducible success remains...

  6. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    Blog Post
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    June 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m.
    ...study the effect of gene knockout in vivo and in vitro, as well as to insert targeted mutations through...separated by 28 base Csy4 recognition sites from a polycistronic transcript. Although this method shortens construct...requires coexpression of Csy4 with Cas9 and the polycistronic transcript. As nucleases may have off-target... of gRNA cleavage.   Xie et. al constructed polycistronic glycine tRNA-gRNA genes (PTGs) in the forms ...Bacteria and viruses have illustrated the power of polycistronic gene organization, and its translation to CRISPR...

  7. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m.
    ...after the plasmids have been introduced by transfection or electroporation. All you do to create a protein...type of genome editing tool with which one can introduce changes into the genomes of mammalian or other... create a pair of designer proteins that will introduce a double-strand break in the genome anywhere you...double-strand breaks, there is a possibility of introducing a mutation somewhere else in the genome. It remains...

  8. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    Blog Post
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    March 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, or spectrophotometry. The range of fluorophores available for antibody...capable of producing a visible signal, but it has a strong affinity for avidin and streptavidin, both of which...modifying the antibody sequence or that rely on strong protein-protein interactions with other peptides...of non-canonical amino acids or peptide tags. 5) Strong protein-protein interactions with other peptides...of antibody conjugation. But hopefully, this introduction provides a good base from which to dive deeper...

  9. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...If you know the sequence of a virus, you could introduce some of its dsRNA intermediates into a healthy...the inflammatory response associated with the introduction of dsRNA. Synthetic dsRNA Researchers have...time, even before we knew about all the diverse in vitro production mechanisms. siRNA, also known as RNAi...and repetitive regions, such as telomeres and centromeres. These genomic regions are prone to persistent...  Susanna Stroik...

  10. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    Blog Post
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    April 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...autophagy. Morphological assays Electron microscopy: Electron microscopy is a traditional method for...this is indicative of protein degradation). To control for protein degradation due to other pathways, ...at various stages of degradation. Additionally, electron microscopy analysis is time consuming. GFP-tagged...emit red and green fluorescence. After 4 hours of nitrogen starvation to induce autophagy, red but not green...

  11. Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics

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    Nov. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...low-throughput methods such as patch-clamp electrophysiology, a technique that’s used to measure electric...selected for characterization with patch clamp electrophysiology. All thirty were functional and their measured...experiments, neurons expressing ChRgers produced stronger photocurrents at low light intensity than existing...the mice to increase their nose-poking behavior. Strong nose-poking behavior is exactly what was seen with...self-stimulation response. This result showed that ChRger2 stronger photocurrent properties make it better suited ...

  12. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 16, 2018, 12:40 p.m.
    ...native regulatory elements. Controls for RaPID experiments RaPID negative controls include both scrambled ...occurring complexes present in the cell, it can also introduce non-physiological RNA-protein interactions due....  In as little was one minute BASU generated a strong streptavidin signal (~250-fold enrichment) when...when compared to a scrambled RNA motif control). BioID2 had no detectable signal at the same time point....

  13. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    Blog Post
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    April 22, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
    ...biology - even a piece of wood - there’s a lot of control spatially as to what’s happening at different points...cellulose fibers, pattern, shape. All of that is controlled by regulatory networks in the plant. If we want... hundreds of genes and regulation and resource control - everything that’s necessary on that scale.  If... terminators. That gives us enough hardware to control hundreds of genes. We’ve created enough regulatory...transcriptional and translational activity a cell has and control how much it taxes the resources of a cell. The ...

  14. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    Blog Post
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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...reproduction. Both physiological processes are controlled by deliberate and compulsory actions instigated...corticosteroids, progesterone, androgens, and estrogens), fat-soluble vitamins A and D, thyroid hormone...complex can serve as a rate-limiting conduit to control the actions of the whole complex.  For example,...adipogenesis and macrophage activation. Our mass spectrometry-affinity purification proteomic profiling of...N. J.and O'Malley, B. W. (2002). Combinatorial control of gene expression by nuclear receptors and coregulators...

  15. Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing

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    Jan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m.
    ...derived from the E. coli Ec48 retron RT and the S. pombe Tf1 retrotransposon RT, respectively. Their small...less than 10%. In contrast, the original paper introducing prime editing demonstrated ~20-50% efficiency...fold (Anzalone et al., 2019). PE3, as originally introduced, relies on the PE2 enzyme. PE4 and PE5: Engineering...ligases to act first. PE4 and PE5, as originally introduced, rely on the PE2 enzyme. PEmax: Optimizing prime...found that the mutations that emerged depended strongly on the target edit (Doman et al., 2023). Therefore...

  16. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...better than a nitrocellulose membrane. If you have already run your blot using nitrocellulose, you may decide...isn’t too different, consider antibody affinity: stronger binding antibodies will require harsher stripping...instructions for the membrane you are using. Dry nitrocellulose membranes are brittle, so proceed with caution...depend on your blot — antibodies that bind more strongly or that have saturated the blot may need longer...

  17. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
    ...systemic AAVs with endothelial-specific tropism in rodents and broad tropism in primates. Nature Communications...Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells By Susanna Stroik Even with the advances in CRISPR technology over...difficult to genetically edit due to toxicity from electroporation or poor cellular entry with other transfection...viral vector has brain endothelial cell-specific tropism, with slightly reduced efficacy compared to AA9...

  18. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...could provide the basis for student projects in introductory labs. Genome projects use computational methods... of MET/Met genes from the pYES2.1 plasmid is controlled by the GAL1 promoter. The cloning procedure adds...absence of methionine. Since the GAL1 promoter controls MET/Met gene expression, complementation should...PMC232622. 6. Winzeler, D.A., Shoemaker, D.D., Astromoff, A., Liang, H., Anderson, K., Andre, B., Bnangham...over time: Functional genomics research in an introductory laboratory course. CBE-Life Sci. Educ. 17, ar1...

  19. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ... disease. To do so, their T-cells were grown in vitro, their mutations corrected, and the T-cells were... body and thereby correct the mutations using retroviral vectors. However, many diseases require techniques... B, LPL deficiency, Cystic fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, and HIV. A notable landmark...infect target tissues. Improved specificity through control of gene expression and the selection of specific...CRISPR-AAV vectors Learn about Addgene AAV Quality Control Process Resources on Addgene.org Find ready-to-use...

  20. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Tsang Fluorescent proteins (FPs) traditionally introduced in Caenorhabditis elegans on extrachromosomal...gene into the target gene’s native locus, but introducing large genetic changes in C. elegans with CRISPR... donors (ssODN). So how can you use CRISPR to introduce large FP genes into C. elegans? By using a split...protein. They used CRISPR with a ssODN template to introduce the small wrmScarlet11 which is less than 60 nt...exclusively in huge bacteriophage genomes. It’s active in vitro and in human and plant cells. Its small size offers...
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