...another optimized platform. Gene Stacking As the name implies, gene stacking is the use of a combination of...engineering complex cellular behaviors requires making complex manipulations to cells. For example: in...reagents and strategies are not available to those working with yeast or plants. Using MoClo, or better yet...

... one place... well, lucky for you one is in the making by Dr. Zhuhao Wu and his colleagues! Dr. Wu and...for low-cost, high-quality antibodies for IHC. Working with collaborators and support from the Brain Research...enable scientists to have an intuitive guide for checking their staining and neuroanatomy without the fear...by submitting data, sending antibodies, and/or working with Dr. Wu please contact us here! Ava Shipman...

...Terskikh et al.) and even displays predictable kinetics over 14 hours of expression in C. elegans embryos...Miyatsuka et al.) Distinguish between models for trafficking to the lysosome by fusing Medium-FT to LAMP-2A...structure and a particular biological event (trafficking to a subcellular location, start of gene expression...change color from blue to red report on cellular trafficking." Nature chemical biology 5.2 (2009): 118-126...

...the development of a simple and scalable means of making targeted genetic edits. Cas9 is a DNA binding protein...Traditional Cas9 regulators In addition to its utility in making targeted modifications to DNA, Cas9 can be reprogrammed...potent Cas9-based transcriptional regulator without making any functional changes to Cas9. For instance, when...PMC4747789. 6. Platt, Randall J., et al. "CRISPR-Cas9 knockin mice for genome editing and cancer modeling." Cell...

...enter industry since I was drawn to the idea of working as a team to develop therapies that could directly... since you can’t afford to spend too much time working on something extremely risky or exploratory. Getting...it does not divulge any propriety information. Working as a team: Industry is all about teamwork. A single...environment, surrounded by lab members who are all working on related topics, scientific discussion is often...

...Hi-C (Han et al., 2018). Think of 3C methods as taking a snapshot of chromatin looping with the photo ...CAPTURE method is similar to other 3C methods: crosslinking captures chromatin interactions, a restriction...together to create loops of DNA. This is key to linking pieces of DNA that are far away from each other...Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Liu, N., Botten, G.A., Cao, H., Orkin, S.H., Zhang, M.Q., & Xu, J. (2020). Multiplexed...

...The ocean is full of striking visuals from fluorescent jellyfish, bioluminescent phytoplankton, and colorful... see if your cloning experiment worked just by looking at the cells on the plate. For example, if your... identification is a good place to start before taking on more time consuming and expensive methods. While...Learn more about FRET Find protocols and tips for making plasmid constructs Resources on Addgene.org Find...

...Whether you’re new to in-house virus production or looking to improve your current methods, understanding ... add an additional viral passage. This involves taking your first round of virus, called P1 (or sometimes... and may need to be optimized for your purpose. Making your decision The final decision of which system...10430340260355347. Vaughn, J. L., Goodwin, R. H., Tompkins, G. J., & McCawley, P. (1977). The establishment...

...editing!  CRISPR functions in use But exactly what kind of editing are people doing with all these CRISPR... modifier. We used these categories to see what kinds of CRISPR tools people were depositing and requesting... share useful tools, and as such, we’re always looking to understand our community better. We therefore...year, or approximately 104 plasmids shipped per working day, including appropriate MTAs and customs forms...

... unknown, it is entirely possible that you are working with a low copy plasmid. When increasing the culture..., or a home-brew optimized for plasmid yields. Spiking your media with supplements such as magnesium salts...can optimize your growth time, temperature, and shaking speed to maximize cell density and plasmid yield...especially those in deep-well plates, require a faster shaking speed for proper aeration (260-300 RPM). 37℃ doesn...

...Institute and Harvard Medical School. Scientists making transgenic organisms with Cas9 should be aware ...should be conducted with extreme caution. Why does making transgenic organisms with Cas9 risk creating a ...and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) with appropriate flanking homology into a germline cell can create an RNA-guided...mosquito species. Reproductive confinement involves working with laboratory organisms that can't reproduce ...

...accurate, as these peptides are thought to function by making the ribosome skip the synthesis of a peptide bond...cleavage efficiency. How do I get started? If you are looking to co-express your gene of interest along with ...with a plasmid that has multiple cloning sites flanking the multicistronic element(s), or you could replace...within the same multicistronic vector, effectively making a construct that expresses multiple unique genes...

...11326284. 4. Bennett J, 2017. Taking Stock of Retinal Gene Therapy: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Molecular...pioneer in the field, Dr. Jean Bennett started working on ways to deliver genes to correct genetic conditions.... Jean Bennett (UPenn) that resulted in the groundbreaking 2001 study showing that AAV-mediated delivery...

..., are right around 250 nm, making it difficult to study the inner workings of the synapse by conventional...caused by loss of protein during digestion, or masking of epitopes during sample anchoring and gel polymerization...et al. 2019). Perhaps it’s the tool you’ve been looking for too!     References and resources References...

...appealing, but also scary. I do a lot of public speaking where I enjoy communicating face to face with ...early and brush up on best practices for LinkedIn networking. I was an early adopter of the LinkedIn blog ...ve said this before, but I also highly recommend taking every opportunity you get to speak publically about...Share Your Science 6 Tools & Tips: Online Social Networking for Scientists Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using...

...each sample by clicking on the sample name or on its corresponding bar graph entry. Clicking to initiate ...engineering has revolutionized the gene editing field by making experimental workflows considerably easier, faster... download the entire analysis as a ZIP file by clicking the Download Analysis Data button on the bottom...

...collecting fibroblasts, which require a more invasive skin biopsy procedure. This becomes a major benefit when...patients, specifically children and patients with skin disorders for research and clinical trials, as it...usually require about 5-10 passages. Furthermore, working with Sendai virus requires stringent biosafety ...Road Ahead." Journal of Alzheimer's disease & Parkinsonism 6.5 (2016). PubMed PMID: 27882265. PubMed Central...

...such as cell movement/motility, development, cytokinesis, and muscle contractions (think skeletal muscle...contexts within the fly including oogenesis and cytokinesis. Why name this protein after a vegetable substitute...encoded by spaghetti-squash, a gene required for cytokinesis in Drosophila." Cell 65.7 (1991): 1177-1189. ...resources on the Addgene blog Read our Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Read our Plasmids 101 blog series...

...replication by binding to the origin of replication and blocking replication machinery (del Solar, 1998). As the... on each plasmid and pair the plasmids together (akin to sister chromatids coming together in eukaryotic...centromere-like region, and the NTPases end up “walking” the same plasmids to one daughter cell, instead...occurs for several reasons, including one plasmid blocking replication of another and one plasmid outcompeting...

...process was working as expected, we moved forward with creating the next process and linking the output...needs of the user. Thus, a key criteria we were looking for was the ability to re-use or borrow existing... end of the script or by opening the files. By working on one process at a time, and testing a small set...