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  1. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...acceptable. Aims should be mechanistic, doable by 1-3 people in 1-5 years, and contribute to resolving the overarching...possible, do at least two full length practices (~1 h) and get feedback. It’s also helpful to practice...aims do not need to be grant aims. Each aim could be the basis of a single grant. Either way, think realistically...talk could be your plans for your first NIH R01 grant proposal or a 10-year research plan. I suggest preparing...is a significant need for healthy livers for transplants. Growth of new livers in culture could resolve..., neither of these can substitute for a liver transplant. My lab will combine bioengineered scaffolds ... for presenting a science talk Check out our transferable skills guide Read all of our career blog posts...
  2. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1). When behaving properly, FPs enable researchers ... disulfide bonds in the secretory pathway (Figure 1) [4,6–8]. Additionally, FPs that encode N-glycosylation... sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.       References 1. Snapp, Erik. "Design and use of fluorescent fusion...excellent choice for fusions with integral membrane proteins and membrane associated proteins (i.e. GPI-anchored...these compartments undergo significant post-translational modifications including glycosylation, disulfide... addition of N-glycans [9]. Both of these posttranslational modifications can disrupt FP folding rendering...including the secretory pathway (Figure 2), the inner membrane space of mitochondria and chloroplasts, the extracellular...
  3. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...environments such as live cells and tissues (Figure 1). These flexible strategies give you the best of both...majority of in-cell labeling strategies have two parts: (1) a genetically encoded “tag” expressed as a fusion...Follow him on twitter @rhodamine110.   References 1. Liu, Zhe, Luke D. Lavis, and Eric Betzig. "Imaging...requires more photons. For example, moving from transient overexpression of protein fusions to gene-edited... lipoic acid ligase, biotin ligase, phosphopantetheinyltransferase) – These enzymes catalyze the covalent... tag (Figure 1c). Click chemistry (e.g., transcyclooctene–tetrazine)– Nonnatural amino acids can be ...improved brightness, photostability, and spectral range. Nevertheless, these fluorophores were designed ...
  4. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ...Recently I learned that Addgene’s pLKO.1 cloning protocol is viewed around 3,000 times each month. I ...on the Addgene website in December 2006, the pLKO.1-TRC cloning vector (deposited by David Root of the...would the thousands of other scientists using pLKO.1 variants learn about those updates? This is a problem...restriction digest of plasmid DNA, and bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources...
  5. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...a rate of up to 1 per 500-1000 bp. In comparison, the DNA replication error rate is 1 per 109 bp. Unlike... and Screening via Transcriptional Output-TANGO (PRESTO-TANGO) to screen the NCC-1 library of approved...(MAGE) (1). MAGE uses recombineering (2) to simultaneously incorporate multiple single-strand DNA (ssDNA...generated 5 common 30bp overlap sequences (Sites #1-5). Each overlap site encodes a unique restriction...First, GMAP-compatible backbones for lentivirus LV 1-5 and retrovirus RV 2-5 were constructed. The authors...of GFP (SEP) by a 9 amino-acid linker (see Figure 1). The key to the biosensor lies in pH: DsRed is relatively...inactivate SEP and leave only DsRed to fluoresce (1). With variants that can be targeted to specific cellular...
  6. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    June 4, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
    .... pH and DNases affect DNA stability Figure 1: So many choices! What to do? The main factors ...your downstream experiment. TE (10 mM Tris-HCl,1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) buffer is the best buffer for preserving...from the DNA. These apurinic sites if in double stranded DNA are repaired by base excision repair, but ...but can lead to mutations in single stranded DNA undergoing replication.   DNase on the other hand can digest...
  7. A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light

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    June 17, 2021, 1:17 p.m.
    ... Figure 1: With blue light, the VVD domains of the BLADE dimerize and activates transcription. The ... that dimerizes upon exposure to blue light (Fig. 1). Another blue light-inducible dimerization domain...from one that represses transcription to one that activates transcription.However, this system lacks spatio-temporal...barbara_synbio) May 13, 2021 The original AraC transcriptional regulator Their system is based on the AraC...AraC protein that controls transcription from the PBAD promoter. “AraC is widely used in synthetic biology...It relies on the sugar arabinose to activate transcription by causing conformation changes in the AraC ...your gene of interest, all you have to do is co-transform pBLADEONLY. That way, a previously cloned gene...
  8. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    May 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... genetic tools in Drosophila (Fig. 1):  GAL4-UAS, a transcription factor binding site. GAL4 expressed...Rodríguez et al., 2011).  Genetics of SPARC Figure 1: SPARC and SPARC2 use the GAL4-UAS system along with...visualize individual/non-overlapping cells. While transgenic animals are commonly used to specifically manipulate... to trigger recombination and expression of a transgene (Lin et al., 2018). However, this system requires...site to cleave and inactivate any read-through transcripts of the effector gene. Effector genes, any gene...across cell types and organisms by replacing the transcription factor binding site and effector in the construct... the SPARC system to use other experimental transcription activation systems, such as LexA/p65 or mCD8...
  9. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    Jan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.
    ...our lives. Plasmid transformation into E. coli is a fairly inefficient process– just 1 out of 10,000 cells...down especially fast and plates should be used witin 1 month for optimal efficiency. Beware of satellite ...aminoglycoside Binds 30S ribosomal subunit; causes mis-translation Bactericidal 50-100 ug/mL Spectinomycin aminoglycoside...Blocks 50S ribosomal subunit; inhibits aminoacyl translocation Bacteriostatic 50-100 ug/mL in EtOH Polymyxin...Polymyxin B polypeptide Alters outer membrane permeability Bactericidal 10-100 ug/mL Tetracycline tetracyclin...Binds 50S ribosomal subunit; inhibits peptidyl translocation Bacteriostatic 5-25 ug/mL in EtOH *In prokaryotes...
  10. CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair

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    Feb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m.
    ...B. Gurumurthy, and Masato Ohtsuka. Nat Protoc. 13(1) (2018):195-215. PubMed PMID: 29266098 Creating knock-in..., with protocols using dsDNA templates achieving ~1-10% efficiency. Easi-CRISPR uses a long ssDNA template...sub-pathways like synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA) and single-strand DNA incorporation (ssDI). "Easi-CRISPR...These complementary goals are aimed at improving translation of CRISPR technology, but they would also bring...a DNA repair newbie - diagrams of resection and strand invasion are like a foreign language to me. But...supports over 250 genomes, and they just released a brand new CRISPOR manual to kick off 2018! "Mechanisms...
  11. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    July 27, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...organoid model (Sun, et al. 2021).  Figure 1: Example schematic from the Organoid EasyTag system...without altering that of the internal control (Fig 1). Because this method relies on the fluorescence ratio...B) Strategy for leak-free transcriptional control. C) Iterative transduction workflow overview. Image ... by integrating a SL-insensitive fluorophore (LSSmOrange) as an internal control and a SL-sensitive fluorophore...fluorescent biosensor has a high sensitivity (50 nM-500nM range) and a high specificity for SLs in vitro, and they...
  12. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...more tools for plasmid mapping and design (Figure 1). Benchling: While you might think of Benchling as...Davis from the University of Utah.   Figure 1: A plasmid map created in SnapGene of Blue Flame plasmid...sequences to sequences in a database ExPASy translation tool: Translates a DNA sequence using all six open reading...Annotates features, BLASTs, aligns, digests, and translates a sequence.   NEBCutter2: For finding restriction...information, such as expression patterns, post-translational modifications and polymorphisms Codon optimization...
  13. Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style

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    May 9, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... 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... tools for diverse applications. For example, RANbodies can be used as an alternative to conventional ...sdAbs were used to create GFP scaffolds for transcriptional activation.  sdAbs in the clinic sdAbs have...also been some interesting work done developing transgenic mice that express camelid variable domains (aka...Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins More resources from addgene.org  Plasmids...
  14. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...cleavage. NgAgo takes a different approach, randomly removing 1-20 nucleotides from the cleavage site specified...About NgAgo User's First Impressions Here References 1. Gao, Feng, Xiao Z. Shen, Feng Jiang, Yongqiang Wu...in the cell. gDNA guides will also need to be transfected into the cells of interest. In contrast, RNA ...must be expressed from a plasmid or in vitro transcribed, and changes in gRNA secondary structure can ...removal RNA-guided CRISPR enzymes cause double-stranded breaks, with either blunt (Cas9) or staggered ...
  15. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    Sept. 16, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...  References and Resources References Cong, L., Ran, F. A., Cox, D., Lin, S., Barretto, R., Habib, N.... Cell, 164(1), 18–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.041  Musunuru, K., Grandinette, S. A., Wang...may contribute to more in the future. Figure 1: A timeline of CRISPR base editing advances that led...the safety of their intervention, the team led by Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas administered...disorder survive long enough to receive a liver transplant — creating intense time pressure for the research...al., 2017). These editors did not create double-stranded breaks in the DNA backbone, making them significantly... repaired with an A→G edit on the complementary strand. But the invention of base editing doesn’t necessarily...
  16. Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation

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    Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
    ...from distantly related organisms. In 2006, less than 1% of the genes deposited at Addgene were synthetic....synthetic biology is expanding rapidly.  References 1. Kunjapur, Aditya M., Philipp Pfingstag, and Neil ... synthesis companies often work within a narrow range for GC content. Rare codons also are not good predictors...sequences is Proteobacteria - the most frequent transfer of genes is from Proteobacteria to mammalian expression...natural gene sequence is, the less likely it is transferred into another organism in the lab. Predicting ...
  17. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...receptors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1838(1), 15–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem...principles of fluorescent dyes/ligands Figure 1: Example structures of fluorophores, fluorescent dyes... dopamine D2/D3 receptors. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 21842. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78827-...for bacterial imaging . Microbiology Spectrum, 12(1), e0369023. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03690... of fluorescence: For applications that involve ranges of pH, and significant lengths of time, the stability...receptor conformation and signaling activity​​ (Sridharan et al., 2014). It's also crucial to evaluate how...the background. Dyes that can pass through cell membranes can prove useful for live-cell imaging. Experimental...
  18. Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes

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    June 19, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...optimized for expression in E. coli: acoustic gene 1 (arg1) and acoustic gene 2 (arg2). The key difference... plasmids are available from Addgene! References 1 Bourdeau, R.W., Lee-Gosselin, A., Lakshmanan, A., ...expressing ECN is 109 cells/ml, which is within the range of  the ~1011 commensal bacteria per gram of stool...
  19. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...this system.  Fig. 1: Cytidine deamination takes place on the free strand of DNA and converts a C...guide RNA (sgRNA), provided it meets two conditions:  1) The sequence is unique compared to the rest of the...temperature-controlled genome editing. Nat. Commun. 2017 81 8, 1–9 (2017).Walton, R. T., Christie, K. A., Whittaker...changing its double-strand cut to a single-stranded nick. In order to produce a double stranded break, two sgRNAs... target DNA. The reverse transcriptase polymerizes DNA onto the target strand based on the sequence of...targeting dCas9 to transcriptional start sites was sufficient to repress transcription by blocking its initiation...approach is that two sgRNAs targeting opposite strands must be available in moderate proximity to each...
  20. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...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... the P and V proteins of Simian virus 5 (SV5) (Randall et al., 1987). The epitope (GKPIPNPLLGLDST) has...10.57733/addgene.l0ulu4. Hanke, T., Szawlowski, P., & Randall, R. E. (1992). Construction of solid matrix-antibody-antigen....org/10.1099/0022-1317-73-3-653. PMID 1372038. Randall, R. E., Young, D. F., Goswami, K. K., & Russell...functional properties, and is amenable to a wide range of biophysical assays (Kroupova et al., 2024). They...
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