...months, COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on our world -- as of June 4, 2020, COVID-19 has caused an estimated...contains requests from 5/22/14 to 5/19/20). Each paper has between 1–32 plasmids and a total of 2–2,590 requests...

...Synthego’s blog. CRISPR-based genome engineering has revolutionized the gene editing field by making experimental...often under-appreciated or over-looked.  Synthego has developed a new tool called ICE (Inference of CRISPR...increased flexibility and scalability, the ICE software has two analysis formats: sample by sample analysis, ...

... a primary antibody. B) Each arm of the antibody has an antigen binding site for a total of 2 binding ...  Express the Nanobody In Bacteria: Table 2 also has a link to the plasmid you’ll need to express your...refers to the number of cysteine sites the nanobody has available for conjugation to a specific label (see...

...agents. Directly conjugating the primary antibody has the additional benefit of permanent linkage. This...steps following the incubation step. The wash buffer has an optimal pH and ionic strength that breaks weak... the scope of this post.  We hope that this blog has provided you with a useful overview of the IP method...

...Addgene has a growing catalogue of viral preps available to request. In this post, we’ll walk you through...below. AAV Production AAV distributed by Addgene has been produced either in-house by Addgene scientists...tested for mycoplasma contamination. To date, Addgene has never had a case of mycoplasma contamination. In ...

... its introduction in 2015 by the Boyden Lab, ExM has been steadily growing in popularity with an abundance...target concentration during expansion. One group has found that using Fab fragment secondaries, rather...experimental approaches. Since it arrived on the scene, ExM has helped researchers gain a deeper understanding of...

...studying mEPSPs has been possible with conventional electrophysiological methods, it has remained difficult...editing (PE), initially developed in human cells, has been uniquely challenging to apply in dicotyledonous...

...depending on the virus. AAV has a packaging capacity of ~4.7 kb, while lentivirus has a capacity of 8–10 kb...., or reagents and equipment. Hopefully this post has provided some insight on these differences in viral...

...et al., 2016; Duret et al., 2019). But the field has sometimes seen controversy, and the interactions ...yet to be demonstrated (or invented), its behavior has already been successfully reproduced by several other...tools. And, since MagLOV’s parent protein AsLOV2 has already been adapted into a variety of optogenetic...

...properties of modified histones, a genomic region that has mono-methylated and acetylated histones, but not ...magic and Poisson statistics, each sub-population has, on average, one distinct enhancer disrupted. As ...unhealthy cells. Until recently, the human genome has been full of dark matter: enhancers, lncRNAs, repetitive...

...the State Museum has been the best supporter and most productive partnership CINSO has had. Volunteer! ...provide online. Twitter is an excellent resource that has gained a lot of traction with researchers. It is ...

...cells where binding between the proteins of interest has occurred. Although the original Y2H systems utilized... number of different bait and prey vectors. This has been shown to be as effective as using five independent...transmembrane proteins, a split ubiquitin system has been devised (8). References 1. Casadaban M.J.,...

...but the introduction of type V Cpf1-driven systems has added another option to the CRISPR toolbox. Cpf1’...frequency of desired HDR edits, but the possibility has not yet been experimentally confirmed. To prevent...adaptation of Cas13 to RNA targeting and RNA editing, has further shown the diversity of CRISPR-based systems...

...plasmid we have at Addgene. Each sample at Addgene has four layers of location which can all be extrapolated...hold up to 96 tubes (see image below). Each plate has numbers and letters to give coordinates, from A1 ...replicate sample. The transformation After the DNA has been received and stored, it is put into E. coli ...

...cleavage with some of these peptides, no consensus has been reached on which peptide works best. Likely ... is easiest to start with a plasmid that already has the multicistronic element and reporter cloned in... unique genes, you can start with a plasmid that has multiple cloning sites flanking the multicistronic...

...extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the ... not an excuse. Every psych test I’ve ever taken has declared me an introvert, and I identify as one.  ... on a leaderless team. Sometimes the leader just has to be the person to say “OK, guys, we need to have...anything out the discussion themselves, then one has to question whether that person should be on the ...

... Lab technician / Research assistant Typically has a Master's or Bachelor's degree Generally a short-term...talking to people, though, try to be conscious of who has your best interests at heart. A great piece of advice...vulnerable about my struggles and what I don’t know yet has helped me cultivate stronger relationships with my...academia or industry, so feel free to explore! Addgene has an entire page dedicated to different career options...

... technique developed in David Liu’s lab in 2019, has added considerably more precision and flexibility... the canonical base editing window, base editing has higher efficiency and fewer indels than prime editing... repair (HDR) stimulated by double strand breaks has been widely used to generate precise changes. However...nicking of the unedited strand only after editing has occurred and reduces indels by 13-fold (Anzalone ... al., 2024; Yarnall et al., 2023) Prime editing has a lot of promise for treating genetic diseases. In...

...techniques and troubleshooting tips. The fourth edition has been fully updated with twelve new sections, including...

...information that's out there, Addgenie Leila Haery has summed up some of the most important characteristics...