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TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....of DNA synthesis (cell divisions). Figure 4: Proliferation dyes can visualize proliferative capacity..., you may want to look at other methods. In the above cases, a good alternative is using a two-protein... region of the primary antibody (Figure 1b). As above, the advantage of this system is increased flexibility...
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Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....The proteins encoded in this set range in size from 4 to 156 kDa, enabling the user to characterise the ...PUF Assembly Kit Below you’ll find information about what these kits contain, how they can be used, and...encoded sensors enable real-time observation of metabolite production." Proceedings of the National Academy... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m....protein fusions, our experience is that a linker of 4 amino acids (PVAT, when we use the AgeI site in the...limitations is the size of GFP: ~240 amino acids or about 28 kDa. GFP and its homologues have a beta-barrel... -
Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Southern blot. From the efficiency discussed above extends 4 major advantages of CRISPR mouse editing when... Delivery Methods Learn about Mouse Work on Exercise and Depression Read About Brainbow Resources on ...success is not always guaranteed. To learn more about this process check out our Mouse Modeling blog posts...by CRISPR. The sequence started clean and then, about 100 bps into the run, it got “dirty”, with multiple...makes use of 3 components, a guide RNA (gRNA) of about 125 nt that specifies the target, the Cas9 endonuclease...targeting. It also costs less. With CRISPR, it may cost about $5,000 to generate founder mice, while with conventional... -
Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m....overlapping (34%) or trans-splicing (62%) vector. 4. Sequential homology directed repairs Overview: The...first time AAV user Learn about how AAV is used in retinal gene therapy Learn about the parts of an AAV transfer... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....potentially with multiplexed targets. Figure 4: CHARM uses a fusion of the DNMT3L cofactor (D3L) ...transcriptional silencing (Nuñez et al., 2021). Now, in a collaboration with the Vallabh/Minikel Lab, the Weissman Lab... -
CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m....447–455 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0375-4 Lowder LG, Zhang D, Baltes NJ, Paul JW III, Tang X... Addgene. In addition to the plasmids described above, Addgene carries several useful CRISPR toolkits ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 28, 2017, 2 p.m....adviser almost never had lab meetings. In my nearly 4 years in the lab, we probably didn’t have more than...could know a little bit about everything or in Jefferson’s case, even a lot about everything. Fast forward...famous discoveries and experiments I’d been learning about for years were usually the products of teams: Watson...very broad term since a project goal could be just about anything. Is the goal of your project to launch ...launch a product? Make an informed decision about something? Fix a problem? Test a hypothesis? Whether you ...it a “project team” or not, most scientific collaborations fall within this category. Unlike a process...to build a team in the first place? Let’s think about some of the advantages of team-based work: Nobody... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m....article The Basics of Western Blotting. Figure 4: Western blot showing GFP expression in cells that...is referred to as an antigen. You can learn more about antibodies in our Antibodies 101 animation, What... expressing this protein. Read on to learn more about antibodies and how to use them in the lab! Parts...lots is a big concern. You can find more details about polyclonal antibodies on our Antibodies 101: Polyclonal...not necessarily what you are getting. Learn more about monoclonal antibodies here. Recombinant antibodies... as well as compare between samples. Learn more about flow cytometry. Cell and tissue labeling Antibodies...Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Read about another reagent sharing platform for antibodies,... -
Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m....three transposase proteins (TnsA, TnsB, TnsC), and 4) the donor DNA or mini-transposon that contains the...Addgene blog Learn about the INTEGRATE system for bacterial genome engineering Read about the Sleeping Beauty...DNA transposons are most commonly used in the laboratory for genome manipulation. When transposons are...Applications of transposons Now that you’ve learned about some of the popular transposon systems, let’s take...2020) Jump around: transposons in and out of the laboratory. F1000Res 9:135. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research...Beauty DNA transposon Learn about the piggyBac DNA transposon ... -
A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2020, 2:15 p.m....149–157 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1711-4 Avery OT, MacLeod CM, McCarty M (1944) STUDIES ON ...Find more blog posts about CRISPR Learn more about the history of CRISPR Read about other genome editing...Science Fiction (SciFi) writers have been curious about the capability of transforming the genetic code ... of California San Diego. She is working in collaboration with Prof. Alexis Komor and together they are... -
Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....may go awry in a disease state. Figure 4: Example of an intracellular signaling pathway activated...which tools to use, and what do you need to know about them to be successful in your experiments? In this... -
Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....biology 370.3 (2007): 530-540. PubMed PMID: 17512008. 4. Fessenden, James D. "Förster resonance energy transfer...environment? If these are pressing issues in your laboratory, then FRET experiments are a viable biophysical...to consider these cases separately when talking about the tools that are available. Let’s consider the...that, if you make an FP fusion, you are inserting about 20-25 kDa of protein mass into your protein and ...together The FRET donors and acceptors described above can be paired together to measure a wide range of...of your protein that can lead to novel insights about its biology and its behavior. See the table below... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m....PMID: 18261937. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2390753. 4. Egen, Jackson G., et al. "Intravital imaging reveals...fluorescence microscope where the light source is mounted above (epi) the specimen and the excitation light passes...technique that allows imaging of living tissue up to about one millimeter in depth. Two low-energy photons ...response, but the study of these dynamics was still laborious as epifluorescence microscopy wasn’t able to give...skin. Two-photon intravital microscopy. The video above depicts the infiltration of neutrophils expressing... -
Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m....dynamics in mammalian cells. Biophysics Reports, 3(4–6), 64–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41048-017-0037... A., Purkayastha, N., Flad, K., Schmidt, M. F., Tabor, A., Gmeiner, P., Hübner, H., & Weikert, D. (2020... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m....Annu Rev Genet 32: 601-618. PubMed PMID: 9928493. 4. Liang X, Potter J, Kumar S, Ravinder N, Chesnut JD...ChIP-seq methods provide a wealth of information about how protein networks work in cells. A major bottleneck...two-part cr/tracrRNAs for CRISPR experiments (in collaboration with Integrated DNA Technologies, USA). These...commercial suppliers without investing time and labour on reagent preparation in the lab. Figure 3: csRNP-assisted...first crRNA we designed for ~250 genes, we have had about 30% tagging success, although many of these genes... When not pipetting, he can be seen daydreaming about sunny days in the UK. References 1. Bressan RB... -
The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m....since its inaugural year in 2012. That’s just 3 to 4 years ago. It is a bubble of innovation (a piñata)...databases mentioned above or, even better, first-hand knowledge from laboratories employing CRISPR on ... CRISPR system was involved. Today, that same laboratory enjoys a successful edit rate of over 90% in ...targetable NGG PAM sites whereas the human genome has about 300 million. With such a sparsely targetable genome...worse by an ever increasing marketplace. Since 2013 about 11 tools have been added every year. Breaking ...databases are still young and will require a collaborative effort from the community in order to succeed...screen shot and overview of the table can be found above). These categories are further discussed below (... -
CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m....core ring structure intact, allowing them to make 4 out of the possible 12 base-to-base conversions. The...still isn’t over! Keep an eye out for our next post about base editing, where we’ll tackle transversion editors...CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors Read about four base editor reporters CRISPR 101: Prime Editing... -
27 Hot Plasmids from 2016
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m....Moffat laboratory members conducted multiple screens in different human cell models and identified ~4-5-fold... the MAGE method in unmodified bacterial species (4). This set of plasmids (dubbed pORTMAGE) expresses...but be sure to let us know if you'd like to write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to ...pooled libraries, but thanks to a deposit from the laboratory of Dr. Ji-Long Liu at Oxford University, we are...you plan to use GMAP for your experiments, think about depositing your new plasmids with Addgene to help...and context-dependent human fitness genes, the laboratory of Jason Moffat at the University of Toronto ...This work has been published in Cell. The Moffat laboratory maintains a website for the TKO library that ... -
15 Hot Plasmids from 2017
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m....through the expression of transcription factors OCT3/4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC is the established model for...but be sure to let us know if you'd like to write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to ...repository. These variants can be used as tools to learn about the influence of structure on an FP’s properties...100bp or 1kb fragments are produced (see figure above). 3 Reasons The PSU Ladders Are Awesome Tools: ...