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  1. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    Aug. 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...differently – happens when the antibody is produced from a new set of animals), and wrong application (different...the best, or even which one will work for your application? Like many scientists, I have spent hours sifting...differently over time), compatible with the desired applications (such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) or western...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... the end goal, it is best to work with FDA/EMA approved drugs so that your results are viable for translation... be mitigated by using low doses and running appropriate controls (Jendryka et al., 2019), they have resulted...brain and some, such as varenicline, are already approved for clinical use. Varenicline has been further...chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications. Science 6436: eaav5282. https://science.sciencemag.org...

  3. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...mutated; elements that are difficult to sequence; approaches to confirm plasmid sequences without a reference...program called Geneious. Here, the raw reads are mapped against a reference sequence, if one was provided... determine if there are any notable QC issues. Mapping the raw NGS reads to a reference sequence can also...confirm their presence with confidence. If this approach does not resolve the identified differences, the...

  4. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...Additional red sensors based on mRuby (jRCaMP1) and mApple (jRGECO1a) are also available. Detection methods...to increased intracellular calcium. It has been applied to mark active populations of neurons in vivo to...expression and downstream monitoring. This targeted approach allows scientists to focus on specific cell populations...Vectors 101: Biosensors Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV ...

  5. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
    ...organizers and moderator should have a well-planned approach to making the event interesting and engaging. ...information and remind them about the event as it approaches. Room set-up and logistics To make a really...and forth within the panel. Go with it when this happens, but get things back on track if the direction ...talk and the speaker goes over 1 hour, watch what happens to the attention of the audience – phones come ...

  6. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    June 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m.
    ... experimental, biotechnological, and medical applications. Researches can visualize proteins in vivo by...protein you need   Your plans for downstream applications In this blog post we will summarize some of...proteins as bacterial cells are not equipped to add appropriate post-translational modifications. In addition...acids that are useful in different downstream applications. Cell-free expression systems however, are expensive...

  7. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    June 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...have gotten a lot of press for being a promising approach for treatment or prophylaxis of COVID-19. Researchers...nanobodies that bind to coronavirus spike proteins (Wrapp et al., 2020), which sit on the surface of coronaviruses...BioRxiv.  https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.16.045419.  Wrapp D, De Vlieger D, Corbett KS, Torres GM, Wang N, ...single domain antibodies for the conformational trapping of membrane proteins. eLife 7: . https://doi.org...

  8. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... per year, or approximately 104 plasmids shipped per working day, including appropriate MTAs and customs...of CRISPR tools has grown steadily, gaining approximately 2,000 plasmids/year from 2017 to 2023. This ... joining the Addgene CRISPR community, with approximately 100 new CRISPR depositors each year.    ...

  9. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...working with mice and slightly less red tape for approval processes. Additionally, while both AAV and lentivirus...have capacities of 8–12 kb, while AAV only has approximately 4.7 kb — which means that when using Cas9, you... Platforming AAV Interest in interrogating and mapping the genetic landscape of tissue-specific diseases...Performing In Vivo CRISPR Screens Using the FITS Approach Additional resources at addgene.org CRISPR pooled...

  10. Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry

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    Aug. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...order to correct for this, compensation has to be applied to “subtract” this spillover and correctly distinguish...designing your panel. If you have two highly overlapping cellular markers, it is important to pair them...have a similarity index of 0.87; therefore, two overlapping cellular markers should not be paired with these...index of 0, which would be a better choice for overlapping markers. Compensation/reference control(s) Compensation...

  11. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...months, and we got one submission. I was a bit disappointed in the lack of participation, but I decided ... passed these dinosaurs every day. They made me happy. Grad school can provide plenty of negativity, so... so I volunteered at a place that made me happy. I started volunteering in the “Dinosphere” almost every...was worried about becoming one of those angry, disappointed graduate students because I wasn’t sure what...

  12. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...activity. In this study scientists examined approximately 1,900 sgRNAs and identified sequence features...substantially identified more hits than the SAM library approach in a comparison study screening for vemurafenib...ORF overexpression library identified several overlapping genes, most genes were unique to the individual...Calabrese pooled library and lentiviral prep here! Applications for the Root and Doench CRISPR libraries Overall...

  13. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ... and have been adapted for a wide variety of applications - as mutagenesis tools for genetic studies (...Recently, the lab introduced a streamlined expression approach (Fig. 2A), involving two-plasmid or single-plasmid...at one or multiple desired genomic loci. Many applications of these systems have already been demonstrated...C , Xu M, Zhou Z, Smock DC, Tang K, Owens TK, Krishnappa N, Sachdeva R, Deutschbauer AM, Banfield JF, ...

  14. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    Aug. 15, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... critical for a number of popular scientific applications, and the quality of a standard curve can make... then generate a trendline for the data. The appropriate trendline varies between assays and may be linear...for an acceptable R2 but for many scientific applications users aim for an R2 above 0.95.    Additional... from decreased specificity, especially as it approaches the minimum and maximum thresholds. If the measurements...

  15. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    Dec. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cells stay in an HDR-promoted cycle longer. This approach may have some negative outcomes on viability if... as 10 hours, so read up on the timing of this approach carefully (Lin et al., eLife)! Use a Cas that...facilitates HR What if promoting HR was as simple as swapping out your Cas9? It can be! Cas12a is a Cas family...knock your knock-in experiment out of the park. Happy editing!   Resources and References References...

  16. Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!

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    Dec. 3, 2019, 11:38 a.m.
    ...down to the exact plasmid you need. The ability to apply a wide range of filters isn’t new to Addgene’s plasmid... it’s also a convenient most requested filter. Applying a second filter, this one from the ‘Requests’ ...consider. If you get this far and realize you need to apply different filters you do not need to start a new...” plasmids returns more than 1300 results, and applying a filter for “CRISPR” plasmids keeps more than...

  17. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...is a nonsegmented, negative sense RNA strand approximately 19 kb in length. It contains short promoter ...replicated and transcribed in the cell when the appropriate viral proteins are provided in trans (see Other..., there are a few reasons arguing against this approach. First, this would prevent the study of the proteins...activity (4). To ensure that you end up with appropriate plasmid ratios, we suggest: 500 ng NP, 500 ng...

  18. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
    ...lentiviral plasmids created for a variety of applications including cDNA expression, shRNA-mediated knockdown...only infect dividing cells. When choosing the appropriate gene delivery system, the specific target cell...type or tissues; this is useful in gene therapy applications where a distinct subset of the cellular population...free to post them in the comments and we would be happy to answer them! Note: A. Max Juchheim, Marcy Patrick...

  19. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...it includes validation data relevant to your application — and double-check that lot number while you’...unstained set of standards that covers a size range appropriate for the target(s) and transfer method. Membranes..., make sure to choose a chemilumescence kit appropriately sensitive for the amount of protein you are ...reference table to help you quickly decide what approaches best suit your experimental needs. Table 3: Optimizing...Increased time; increased reagents Good luck and happy blotting! Many thanks to Addgenies Ashley Waldron...

  20. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...tRNAs correctly, and charge the tRNAs with the appropriate amino acids. If an organism uses only a subset...codons, the ribosome may therefore stall at inappropriate locations or fail to make it through the entire...genes in such a way that their codons are more appropriate for the desired expression host. This is known...ways to encode them and what constitutes the “appropriate” codon is not necessarily obvious. You might ...
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