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  1. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    Jan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...multiple active sites. In addition, Casɸ has a minimal PAM requirement. For instance, for Casɸ-2 the PAM...Repair) is a double-strand break repair assay for mammalian cells. It's based on the introduction & resolution...linked SaCas9 ABE variants. It's also one of the smallest AAV-deliverable ABE.  Find the plasmid here ...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... to probe cells and circuits without disrupting normal brain function. Chemogenetics has become a popular...successfully reach target cells while resulting in minimal off target effects. For example, if your receptors...endogenous gene expression, which can lead to changes in normal cell physiology and function (Saloman, JL, et al...

  3. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    March 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
    ...desired edit to still occur if the cut site is sub-optimal? As with everything in biology, the answer is always...possible to "get lucky" and find a great gRNA with a proximal PAM right where you need it, the odds of this ...genome! Want to get your hands on SpRY? Find a mammalian plasmid here and edit on! References and Resources...

  4. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...neuron-specific expression (hSyn promoter) and pan-mammalian cell expression (CAG promoter). An improved version...neuron-specific expression in both zebrafish and mammalian systems. The GCaMP6, jGCaMP7, and jGCaMP8 sensors...neuron-specific, astrocyte-specific (GCaMP6 only) or mammalian cell expression, and compatible with constitutive...

  5. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    Blog Post
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    April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
    ...on each and every isolated plasmid sample and normalize each to fall within a 10 fold range. Plasmids ...Since NGS assembles a larger sequence from many smaller sequences, regions with repeats may not assemble...samples are filled into the same process as our normal Complete Plasmid Sequencing (CPS) workflow and ...

  6. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    Oct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Communication Skills 5. Practice makes perfect, apply for small grants too There are actually quite a lot of different...available for researchers, so look into applying for smaller grants from within your institute or a private ...certainly found that the experience I gained in writing small travel grants to attend conferences and a seed funding...

  7. Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team

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    Jan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m.
    ...found that many researchers feel that they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At...stayed until he graduated. Years later I attended a formal training for new managers and I had a “Eureka” ...was not engaged because I only left him/her with small tasks and s/he was always asking for more work (...

  8. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    Feb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m.
    ...this: Rank = (compressed CFD score) * (gaussian normalized cut-to-insert distance) This gives each guide...insert, the more poorly the guide performs HDR. Optimal mutation in-depth One the most sophisticated features...mind, we implemented the following algorithm for optimal mutation in CrispyCrunch: If the guide PAM resides...

  9. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    Sept. 12, 2017, 1:44 p.m.
    ...serotype of the prep by interrogating the VGS data for small predetermined seed sequences unique to the capsid...to transgene expression in recombinase-negative animals, producing misleading results.  To date, we have...that users titrate their AAV vectors to find the optimal dose that allows for sufficient transgene expression...

  10. Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression

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    Jan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
    ...locus when complexed with an appropriately designed small RNA, or guide RNA (gRNA). The gRNA conventionally... need to generate new cell lines or transgenic animals expressing dCas9 as a means of modulating gene ...: 26344044. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4666719. 4. Mali, Prashant, et al. "RNA-guided human genome engineering...

  11. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ... number of ways, from small edits that change single base pairs, to chromosomal inversions and large deletions... deletion. However, there is the chance of a chromosomal inversion, or just random mutations if the chromosome...

  12. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    Jan. 30, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...and utilize both a genetic component as well as a small molecule which we will describe in more detail below...contain a FRET pair, a genetic component, and a small molecule component. Early versions of these sensors...component is delivered in vivo or in vitro and a small molecule is added exogenously to measure a phenotypic...

  13. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    Oct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.
    ...buffer exchanged virus, remember to make one or two small aliquots to use for qPCR titering. This helps avoid...multiplicity of infections (MOIs), to determine the optimal dose of AAV for my cells of interest. Every batch...makes AAV a versatile tool for gene expression in mammals Use the PEI calculator for planning AAV packaging...

  14. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    Oct. 17, 2017, 12:55 p.m.
    ... presented with a physical model of his large ribosomal subunit, he kept sliding his palm across the surface...student-centered SMART Team modeling program in which small teams of students work closely with local researchers...Center for BioMolecular Modeling, we spun off a small, family-run business – 3D Molecular Designs – to...

  16. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...university with the community. I even spray painted a small erlenmeyer flask with gold glitter spray paint to...Museum and others when I was trying to find local informal science educators, and ever since, the State Museum...the network I built during graduate school is my informal advisory board. Although my goals may not have...

  17. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...can be used with 3DISCO to image non-transgenic animals such as rats (17).  In addition, the use of viruses...over labeling methods as compared to transgenic animals (17).  These viral plasmids are available through...relationship of the central nervous system under normal and diseased conditions.  Thank you to our guest...

  18. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Charter and it has really strengthened the network of female scientists. Twitter has been really good for that.... I’m more in touch with a remarkable number of female scientists whose tweets I find really inspirational...about how much that’s on it are plants, and the animals you eat ate plants too. Think about how many people...

  19. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    May 29, 2014, 1:29 p.m.
    ... or scientific name into the Organism box. This small piece of information can significantly reduce your...Unlike megablast, the regular blastn program uses a smaller word size and lower scoring penalties for mismatches...desired analysis, BLAST may not always be your optimal choice. For difficult sequence alignments that ...

  20. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...more focused format, where all students work on malate dehydrogenase (MDH), a citric acid cycle enzyme...characterization of a fusion protein: Histidine tag, malate dehydrogenase, and green fluorescent protein. Biochemistry...laboratory – a semester-long research approach using malate dehydrogenase as a research model. Biochemistry...
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