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TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m....meaningful changes in the lab could make a big difference in our global impact as scientists. Many scientists... boxes Some vendors take back their expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. Styrofoam or cooler boxes). We get these...receiving temperature-controlled reagents. Expanded polystyrene will likely end up in a landfill, but at least...with CO2 emissions. NEB takes back expanded polystyrene boxes for free (in the U.S.). Their cooler boxes... 1976! Millipore Sigma takes back expanded polystyrene boxes for free (in the U.S.). After you receive...Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Easy Action Items References Geyer, Roland, Jenna R. Jambeck, and Kara Lavender...
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Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 9, 2024, 1:15 p.m....the discoveries yet to come. References and resources References Arbabi-Ghahroudi M (2017) Camelid...Camelids. The declaration is intended to raise awareness of the economic and cultural importance of these...become appealing candidates for the detection of different cancers (Jin, et al. 2023). So where do all these...mouse-derived single-domain antibodies. Image created in BioRender and adapted from Xu, et al., 2021. The single-domain...antibody field has come a long way since the serendipitous discovery of heavy-chain only antibodies in ... -
Cellosaurus: A Cell Line Information Database
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 21, 2023, 2:15 p.m....specific compounds, links to publication references, and cross-references with cell line catalogs and collections...be adjusted based on query, reference, and shared allele search preferences to help you identify proximal...entry.) You can look up the cell lines you are currently or planning to use for helpful information on ...to learn more, check out the Cellosaurus FAQ! References Lorsch JR, Collins FS, Lippincott-Schwartz J.... -
Running for Rare Disease, Running for FOP, Running for AJ
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Swanson a structural biologist and protein engineer currently working at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge... Rare Disorders (NORD). NORD raises money and awareness for rare disease and helps patients find the correct...first met AJ and his family, he did not seem much different than my second son of similar age. When he came...play with my kids like any other youngster. His parents, Kristi and Rico, had to keep him from running ...an organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness of FOP. Please consider running with us or making...is a structural biologist and protein engineer currently working at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge... -
CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m....work demonstrates that different repair template strategies activate different HDR sub-pathways like synthesis-dependent...live updates! My most popular tweet from the conference is shown above. The blog post I mentioned, John...post-CRISPR cleavage When I first looked at the conference agenda, I was surprised to see that it would ...Having had time to digest my notes, since the conference, I think I may have finally grasped just how ...Subscribe to CRISPR updates on our blog to keep current with the latest and greatest! Addgene resources... -
Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 25, 2021, 2:29 p.m....National Institutes of Health. References and Resources References Bradbury A, Plückthun A (2015) Reproducibility...that secrete antibodies in culture and provide renewable reagents with reliable and reproducible production...made available through our usual service (see our current antibody plasmid collection) and we plan to introduce...working with the community to create a fully transparent resource where researchers can easily share, ... Trimmer JS, Görnemann J, Glanville J, Wolf P, Frenzel A, Wong J, Koh XY, Eng H-Y, Lane D, Lefranc M-P... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - December 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2019, 2:40 p.m....sensors offer different levels of apparent dopamine affinity, with 113050 offering high apparent affinity,... various AAV serotypes can be used to achieve different patterns of expression, researchers often need...affinity, and 113049 offering medium apparent affinity. Plasmid Serotype Name 113050 AAV9, AAVrg pAAV-hSyn-GRAB_DA1h...Glutamate sensors iGluSnFR is a useful tool from Loren Looger’s lab at Janelia for neuroscientists to measure... -
Why Add Sucrose? Improved Yields for Adeno-associated Virus Preparation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 13, 2018, 1:14 p.m....redesigning viral packaging plasmids, investigating different viral production strategies or developing novel...silver stain approaches we show that there is no difference in purity or infectivity between the untreated...GFP-expressing AAV particles we did not observe any difference between untreated and sucrose treated cells. ...it will be exciting to test this approach with different capsids. Most importantly, because our AAV yields...spending less time and resources resupplying our current inventory and more time providing new materials...materials to the research community. References 1. Coroadinha, A. S., et al. "Effect of osmotic pressure on... -
Interview: Ed Boyden on Optogenetics, Neuroscience, and the Future of Neuroengineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 4, 2014, 4:49 p.m....specific problem. Every species is so different – an awake monkey is different from a cell in a dish. I always...want to activate two sets of neurons and see how different parts of the brain or the cells within them work...Boyden: I think because neuroscience has so many different goals: to understand how a mouse changes emotions...find ways to make these tools more selective for different ions. Right now, we can modulate electricity. ... click the link in the Addgene Alerts box. References: Independent Optical Excitation of Distinct Neural... -
Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by guest blogger Søren Hough, a Biochemistry PhD candidate at the University...double-stranded breaks (Tsai et al. 2015). Additionally, current algorithms do not take into account other elements...sequencing (Hendel et al. 2015), a significant difference as CRISPR experiments move closer to the clinic...and Joung 2016. Many thanks to our guest blogger Søren Hough. We additionally thank Monica Sentmanat, Victor...Ajetunmobi for their contributions to this work. Søren Hough is a Biochemistry PhD candidate in the laboratory...https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/. References 1. Fu, Yanfang, et al. "High-frequency off-target..."Quantifying on-and off-target genome editing." Trends in biotechnology 33.2 (2015): 132-140. PubMed PMID... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 2: Controlling Gene Expression in Flies with Gal4/UAS
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 21, 2017, 12:48 p.m.... Gal4 lines and study gene expression in many different tissue types! Although putting a gene of interest... overexpressed in several cell types by using different Gal4 drivers. It is much easier to mate flies ...one gene in one cell type and another gene in a different cell type (6–8). Although it’s often very easy...the meantime, be sure to browse the publication references and web links from my first post and start designing...jonchowphd but he still reads “#” as a “pound symbol”. References 1. A. H. Brand, N. Perrimon, Targeted gene expression...systems in Drosophila: A synthesis of time and space, Trends Genet. 20, 384–391 (2004). PubMed PMID: 15262411... -
Science Career Options
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 23, 2017, 1:30 p.m....are normally available (as sectors such as forensics currently have too many applicants compared to the ...Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to Entrepreneur Science careers divided by the most pertinent...types of skills show that you fully explore the different options available and then decide on a course ...full time) and what life is like for someone who currently in the position. Questions you’ll want to find...Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to Entrepreneur Learn to Network and Make the Contacts for Your... -
Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m....gradients. The current purification protocols for isolating exo-AAVs rely on differential centrifugation...saw that these AAV particles come in a slightly different shape. These AAV particles are often found with...able to infect more cells (as demonstrated in different cellular environments such as retina or glioblastoma...Exo-AAVs have improved transduction profiles in different AAV serotypes both in vitro and in vivo when compared...to inactivation through anti-AAV antibodies. References György, Bence, et al. "Naturally enveloped AAV... -
Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m....the liquid. Molecules absorb different wavelengths of light to different degrees and many molecules have...spectrophotometer measures these absorbances using UV-transparent cuvettes. First you measure the absorbance of...the ladder. You then run samples of your DNA at different dilutions and quantify based on band intensities...elute and store your plasmid DNA Learn about the different grades of plasmid DNA preps Resources on Addgene.org...Addgene.org Visit the Molecular Biology Reference Find plasmids for your research Browse protocols for ... -
DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m....either from human or plant sources) in both the strength as a promoter and the activity to release gRNAs...heart disease, and type 2 diabetes, across four different types of human cells, including T cells and hematopoietic... interest with only minimal genetic payloads. Different from existing multiplex array architectures, including...when repetitive tRNA sequences must be avoided, different tRNAs with optimized 5’ leader sequences can be... lab of Xue Sherry Gao at Rice University. References and Resources More resources on the Addgene blog...Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing References Yuan Q, Gao X (2022) Multiplex base- and prime-editing... -
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m.... and current Scientist, DNA Sequencing and QC at Addgene. References and resources References Mosch... T-cells or monocytes. PBMCs can be further differentiated into dentritic cells or macrophages through... 3-D models can be applied to corroborate the occurrence and extent of the adverse drug reaction. This...of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 130, 128–142. https://doi.org/10.1016... -
Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 19, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... interest, and a polyA signal. Created with biorender.com. ITR structure ITRs are symmetrical 145-nucleotide...resolution site (trs) are noted. Created with biorender.com. ITR modifications and types Since ITRs are...expression can be altered by using ITR sequences from different AAV serotypes that vary in their RBE and T-shaped...multiple AAV serotypes (Wilmott et al., 2019), and different combinations of ITR and capsid serotypes vary ...restriction digest methods. Resources and references More resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors...Addgene.org Addgene's AVV guide AAV Viral Preps References Earley, L. F., Conatser, L. M., Lue, V. M., ... -
R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....not exert force by dynamically rearranging into different polymerization states. Instead, R body monomers...natural context or 3) be modified to extend at different pH levels. Domesticating R bodies We have shown...that R bodies can function to break membranes of different organisms. And finally, we demonstrated that R... can be “tuned” with mutagenesis to extend at different pH values. Using a screen that takes advantage...region produced R-bodies that could extend at different pHs. Plasmids expressing expressing both wild ...School. Follow her on Twitter @jessicapolka. References 1. Kanabrocki, J. A., Quackenbush, R. L. & Pond... -
Components of CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m.... labs (see table below) have different PAM requirements. These different PAM requirements allow researchers...discovered all the time and the requirements of these different systems can vary (for example, xCas9 is a variant...neither bind nor cut the target. Cas9 homologs from different organisms or Cas9 mutants developed in a variety...researchers to target many different genomic loci. 3. Cleave target DNA resulting in a double-strand break...sequence. Now that you know about all the different components of CRISPR, It's time to start thinking... -
Resume Writing for Non-academic Science Careers
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 18, 2014, 4:06 p.m.... is it different from a CV? Get familiar with the general format of a resume and the different presentation...If the job posting says “French-speaking is an asset,” mention “speaks French.” Employers usually don'...you volunteer to do science outreach and teach children about science? Or perhaps you have presented in... science outreach and writing was how I got my current job as a Communications Coordinator. Wondering ...