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  1. The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data

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    July 16, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...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... 5: Inferred effects. Values are the inferred percentage of normal activity (the average rate of unique...
  2. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...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 ...and prepare fresh media with antibiotics at each stage. The barcodes and LIMS help us track each sample...
  3. PhD Applications After COVID

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    Jan. 5, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... long is the average PhD in this department? How has the department worked with students to maintain these... for everyone involved in the process. COVID-19 has changed many aspects of academia, and the PhD application...traveling for campus visits. This is definitely an advantage of surviving in a virtual world over the course...and the in-person portion got canceled, taking advantage of virtual meetings can still be a great opportunity...exception. However, using the virtual world to your advantage can strengthen your application and help you decide...
  4. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling

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    Feb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m.
    ...product packaging) for free! It has to be from their company and it has to be packaging (no coated tissue...box, flip the flaps of the box so the pre-paid postage stamp is on the outside of the container, and drop...
  5. Running for Rare Disease, Running for FOP, Running for AJ

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    Sept. 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...include early stage drug discovery and pre-clinical development for First-In-Man studies. Kurt has been running...Avengers This year Addgene, where my wife Lianna has made her career as Senior Director of Biology, is...
  6. Sleeping Beauty Awakens for Genome Engineering

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    June 30, 2015, 2 p.m.
    ... (SB) transposon system is one such system which has been designed to perform gene transfer in vertebrates...defective transposase found in fish. This transposase has been discovered in the genomes of many different ... both of these cases, transposons combine the advantages of viruses and naked DNA while eliminating some...
  7. Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

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    Jan. 21, 2014, 3:08 p.m.
    ...trend in funding and space in academic research labs has more students looking for other options. While graduate... skills for alternative careers. Science Careers has developed a web-based, career-planning platform called...your project may not advance beyond its initial stages. Help you build a network outside of the academic...
  8. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    Sept. 29, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... a single step. Scorpion chemistry in particular has been reported to work well in the Lightcycler while...for all amplicons; if your amplicon is AT-rich or has a secondary structure, you may see a double peak ...being a common choice - the frequently used GAPDH has noted issues as a reference gene (Higgins, 2000; ...assumptions that match your data set, that is.) Yuan, 2006 has a good overview of different statistical analysis...reaction or on a rapid cycle machine. Melt Curves An advantage of Sybr chemistry is the ability to run a melt...prevent your reaction from reaching the plateau stage after exponential amplification, making it difficult...
  9. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    Nov. 28, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ...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 ...the first place? Let’s think about some of the advantages of team-based work: Nobody knows everything anymore...
  10. A Guide to Getting Started in Undergrad Research

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    June 8, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... 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...position taken to transition to the next career stage (ex: grad school, med school, industry) Other...
  11. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...your data to Zooniverse. The Natural History Museum has downloadable resources to enable you to set up your... doors Getting involved in science communication has been the most rewarding step I have taken in my career...: Sign up for a Twitter account. Check out the hashtag #scicomm and start following science communication...local pub at a Pint of Science event. Or get on stage for a Science Slam – a sort of competitive TED talk...
  12. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    May 4, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...to host proteins. After the antibody of interest has been cloned into an expression plasmid, the plasmid...through open plasmid sharing, the CRISPR community has created hundreds of useful variants of Cas9. By providing...Antibodies Recombinant antibodies offer numerous advantages over polyclonal antibodies and traditional hybridomas...AK, Anderson S, Bladen CL, Jones B, Aldred SF, Bestagno M, Burrone O, Maynard J, Ferrara F, Trimmer JS...
  13. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...invention in the late 1990s, Gateway cloning technology has become very popular as a rapid and highly efficient...attL-containing entry vector.   Pro Tip: Addgene also has ready-made entry clones available for many popular...more about the Gateway cloning method and its advantages. An introduction to Gateway technology The Gateway...and verify that your construct is functional. Advantages of the Gateway cloning method Compatibility and...JY, Chin CF (2015) Gateway Cloning Technology: Advantages and Drawbacks. Clon Transgen 4:138. doi:10.4172...
  14. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    Oct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...TOPO-TA) cloning; however, the TOPO cloning technique has also be adapted for blunt end cloning. So how does...PCR products. Keep in mind that Taq polymerase has an error rate of about 1 in 3,500 bases. Typically...Resources on the Addgene Blog Perform Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR Use REPLACR Mutatgenesis to Easily Generate...
  15. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    Sept. 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...requiring a double-stranded break. The Xiao Wang Lab has recently deposited a set of plasmids that helps identify...in human pluripotent stem cells, a cell type that has been difficult to modify in the past.   Figure...Cas13Y, two compact Cas13 proteins found in the metagenome datasets from hypersaline samples, were engineered...
  16. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    Sept. 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...depositing lab. If your vector is large (>10 kb) or has a low copy number, try following protocols for low...easiest and clearest ways to determine if your sample has recombined. Choose a restriction enzyme that will...contains a mixture of the full plasmid and a smaller percentage of the recombined vector backbone.   Ready...
  17. Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene

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    Oct. 3, 2019, 12:47 p.m.
    ...emotions, and even what therapeutic properties it has. As with other works of Dr. Sacks, Musicophilia includes... pretty biased as the founder, but our book club has become one of my favorite parts of Addgene’s culture...love a book series that features a young female protagonist, some clever magic, and a satisfying conclusion...
  18. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...effective than both AAV9 and AAV5, which has tropism for lung cells, and has increased overall transduction throughout...this definition: A systemic capsid is a capsid that has been engineered to have enhanced function after intravenous...both). Therefore, a high-efficiency systemic capsid has better efficacy than AAV9 and/or its intermediate...used in LY6A-nonpermissive mouse strains. **AAV1-X1 has not been tested in rats. For more information on ...neurons in the CNS (Chan et al., 2017). AAV-PHP.eB has frequently been used for screening candidate regulatory...depositing manuscript) across the brain. AAV-BI-28 has been tested in C57BL/6J mice and effectively transduces.... 4c, Jang et al., 2023; Brown et al., 2021.) It has a similar transduction rate to AAV-PHP.eB in the ...
  19. Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing

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    Jan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m.
    ... 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...ones in Addgene’s repository later in the post. Advantages of prime editing Less constrained by PAM sequence...
  20. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    Sept. 17, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the post) has a number of helpful suggestions.  Gels Gel issues usually come down to voltage and time....ladder. Unstained ladders contain either ‌a protein tag or an IgG binding site, allowing you to visualize...bands, your voltage is likely too high. If you’re seeing a smiley face at an appropriate voltage (usually...can happen with large proteins, try lowering the voltage and using a longer run time.   Samples can run ...packs can help keep the system cool, as can lower voltages.  If your small protein is over-transferring, ...transfer Increase transfer time Increase voltage Increase SDS/decrease alcohol in transfer buffer...Psi membrane Semi-dry transfer Decrease voltage Decrease transfer time Decrease SDS/increase...
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