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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....of drawbacks, especially the increasingly growing time from submission to publication. It takes many months...peers in the field, and updated by the authors over time, providing a public record of changes, critiques...communication. Researchers often post a preprint at the same time as, or before, submitting the manuscript to a journal...your results, share them as best you can! At the time of writing, Mike Lacy was also employed by the American...
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What's New in CRISPR - November 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.... It’s time for another edition of “What’s New in CRISPR” - where we highlight a few of the newest CRISPR...recently shared some exciting plasmid tools to optimize prime editing systems. Engineered pegRNAs improve...upon knowledge of the biology of the system to optimize its outcomes. In their most recent work, the Liu...and improved editing efficiency. The lab also optimized the architecture and amino acid sequence of the... -
Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.... tissue culture dish but can also happen in real-time inside a mouse’s brain. But the brain is a tricky...localization, kinetics, and spectral properties, must be optimized simultaneously in order to generate a channelrhodopsin...reach the VTA. Mice were then allowed to “self-stimulate” their VTA dopaminergic neurons by triggering ...H134R) expressing mice did not have this self-stimulation response. This result showed that ChRger2 stronger... -
CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m....allowed scientists to track multiple genomic loci over time using all the colors of the CRISPRainbow. ...telomere dynamics throughout the cell cycle. To optimize the signal to noise ratio of the system, they ...monitor the spatial relationship of the two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp. Labeling...Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System.” Cell 155 (2013): 1379-1491... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....Benjamin Schwessinger, a postdoc at Berkeley at the time and an eLife ambassador, had previous experience... themselves were assessed and could improve over time. They achieved this by administering pre- and post-workshop...international team assembled the right people at the right time. Be inclusive and seek solutions by working with... industry partners, not the other way around. Sometimes, due to misconceptions and stereotypes, solving... -
Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m....the easiest cloning methods in terms of hands-on time, as digestion and ligation can be done in one 30...Gate cloning into a modular cloning strategy. Sometimes referred to as MoClo, this strategy uses the Type...efficiently assemble up to six DNA fragments at a time. As with all Golden Gate-based methods, this system...Sequential amplification of cloned DNA as tandem multimers using class-IIS restriction enzymes. Lee JH, Skowron... -
Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m....will update information on the plasmid’s page. Sometimes we’re missing a piece of the plasmid There are... in one complete, circular assembly. Most of the time, these plasmids are returned as one or two partial...the correct sample. The PCR is then performed, optimized as needed, and cleaned up using a standard PCR...make available as part of our OpenBio Repository sometime soon. Stay posted! References Guerin K, ... -
A Look at Addgene's QC Process
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... reaching consequences, from wasting time and money on optimizing experiments, to false conclusions. ...errors prevents future experimental issues, saving time and money for scientists. What is a QC issue? At...sequence discrepancies. While Addgene’s QC process adds time to the deposit process, we believe this to be non-negotiable... -
Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2020, 1:15 p.m....devastating. At the same time, she has an entirely new path to discover and gives her time to give back to her...as a biochemistry major and a Spanish minor, it’s time for me to start considering my future path. Talking... months, she left school when she was hired full time as a Lab Technician. “I was so tired of being in... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2017, 1:03 p.m....pairs with improved dynamic range for fluorescence lifetime measurements." PloS one 10.8 (2015): e0134436....orientation of the donor and acceptor proteins is not optimal, FRET may not occur or be detected even if the ...experimental setup as a potential source of error in suboptimal or undetectable FRET, well-characterized FRET...intracellular calcium and published in 1997. Since that time, numerous advances in probe design, fluorescent ... -
CRISPR in the Clinic
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 2, 2023, 1:15 p.m....progress in clinical therapy is more fitting, so it is time to update our post. From Mice to Men When this ...cells can be delivered immediately, saving precious time. CRISPR can aid in editing these cells to avoid ... financially), and others we just don’t have the time to talk about. Other treatments currently in clinical...Development Resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR Antimicrobials Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR CRISPR... -
Rabies and Neuronal Tracing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m....into the brain over time (Deshpande et al., 2013). The study found that at early time points, most of the... TVA-expressing cells (Osakada et al., 2013). Ultimately, this allows RABV to selectively infect a genetically... came from nearby neurons. It wasn’t until later time points that longer-range connections were seen. ... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m....see growth or decline of interest in a field over time. Creating an alert for a search term helps automate...getting a quick summary of papers before investing the time to read them. Organizations: Accounts for nonprofits...used to filter your search to a specific window of time for publication. To help you quickly identify papers...day, week, or month. A measure of the number of times a paper is shared online, or its altmetric score... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m....advice I can suggest, is to give yourself plenty of time when writing a fellowship proposal. Yes, yes, I ...likely been through the process themselves many times and will have useful advice about what reviewers...looking for. Remember though, you need to leave them time to read it, give it back to you, and for you to ...these findings will be worth knowing? This can sometimes be tricky, as most of our research builds on ideas... -
Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Research (FoR) symposia held across the USA during this time have revealed that young scientists are aware of...either be paid more than $47,476 or be eligible for overtime pay. For many postdocs this will lead to a raise...relationship, along with, of course, union dues. Time will tell the extent of the implications of this...at institutions, will be challenging. At the same time, there is much opportunity to make headway on long-term... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m....library and characterized them by ELISA, homogeneous time resolved fluorescence, and suspension bead assay...degradation, this protein compartment was used to optimize D-glucaric acid biosynthesis. This MPyV system...way to use the accumulation of indels to measure time. These plasmids with different promoters driving...constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency intron-optimized SpCas9-coding gene. SlugCas9 is a compact Cas9... -
Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m....crude cell lysate (Benyamini et al., 2023) to save time and cost. Purification To purify your rAAV from...dose (TCID50) (Zen et al., 2004). To choose the optimal titering assay, you’ll need to understand how different...non-genome-containing (empty) capsids, thus leading to an overestimate of transducible units in the virus preparation...Ehrhardt, A., & Baiker, A. (2012). Universal real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of adeno-associated... -
PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m....experiments, thus saving you time, sweat, and money on extensive optimization efforts. This holds true for...score ranking (Kim et al., 2019). PRIDICT saves time and resources by selecting the most promising pegRNA...Koeppel et al., 2023), their predictive power is sometimes limited across different targets due to variations... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m.... 200x coverage, meaning that you need 30 to 200 times as many colonies as individual plasmids in your ...colonies, you’ll likely rely on serial dilutions to estimate transformation efficiency (Figure 2). ... Figure 2: Example of a serial dilution to estimate transformation efficiency. Figure used with permission...temperature (e.g., 30 °C), and limiting your growth time (e.g., 16-18 hours). Finding reference protocols... -
Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m....cloner, you’re likely not intimidated by having to pick the right enzymes, optimize reagent concentration,... cloning is another good option to consider when time is of the essence. This method requires a vector...two to generate templates for the cloning process. Time spent actually doing the experiments are also generally...