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  1. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ... colonies are an issue. Pros: Very stable, interchangeable with Amp, timesaving for transformations. Con...similar relationship as amp and carb (they are interchangeable). Like carb, spectinomycin is the more stable..." %}   References and Resources References Hwang, J. M., Piccinini, T. E., Lammel, C. J., Hadley,...
  2. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    May 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... VSV-G envelope have high infectivity in a wide range of cell types, so they’re ideal for work with primary...libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem O, Zhang F. Nat Methods. 2014 Aug;11(8):783-4. PubMed PMID...β-thalassaemia. Cavazzana-Calvo M, Payen E, Negre O, Wang G, Hehir K, Fusil F, Down J, Denaro M, Brady T, ...
  3. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    May 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...for later culture: At this point, you will want to hang onto your clones for later use. There are a few ...directionality. Verifying the insert sequence with Sanger Sequencing After identifying a few positive clones...mini-prep these clones and submit the plasmids for Sanger sequencing. Sequencing allows you to confirm the...
  4. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...quinolone resistance, mediated by a single base pair change in DNA gyrase, CRISPR phagemids were cytotoxic ...diverse, and each phage has a narrow bacterial host range. To further potential clinical applications, Ando...Beisel, Chase L., Ahmed A. Gomaa, and Rodolphe Barrangou. “A CRISPR design for next-generation antimicrobials...
  5. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    Sept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...dressing in costume, and holding competitions (ranging from cook-offs, to corn toss to trivia, and everything...participation numbers for an event you are planning, dangle the carrot (or more popularly- cookies). 3. Do...quiet guy from the lab was such a master drywall hanger?  4. Utilize your office space too Balance point...
  6. Interview: Hodaka Fujii on enChIP, New CRISPR Tools, and More

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    Dec. 2, 2014, 7:23 p.m.
    ...Addgene realizes the One-Stop shopping for a wide range of plasmids. The merit of depositing plasmids to... which is very disappointing. I hope I can help change the situation in the future. Addgene: What advice... they may be able to achieve something that may change the rules of the game. In this regard, I believe...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    May 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.
    ...physiological processes. Re-engineering GFP to increase its range of color and application Almost as soon as its...domains of a protein that undergoes conformational change. Typically, two fluorescent proteins with overlapping...ion (such as Ca2+) concentrations and pH, using a range of strategies such as FRET, calmodulin, and others...
  8. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
    ...lentiviral and retroviral packaging vectors are not interchangeable. While these differences may seem subtle they...the generation used to package the virus does not change the generation of the transfer vector. Q5: What...virus.  VSV-G is very common due to its broad host range, and increased particle stability; however, the ...
  9. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    Feb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...popular papers, but looked for papers from a wide range of authors. Just start writing When I first started... and forth with. That being said, we probably exchanged dozens of drafts of the manuscript. This is the...transform the document into something cohesive-- change the sentences, make it flow, and start telling ...
  10. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
    ...temperature parameters. For example, we found that changing the annealing temperature of the PCR from 60° ...primers can have different annealing efficiencies (Wang et al., 2013). Although you can optimize your primers...: 28546538. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5445070. 6. Wang, Feng, et al. "A reliable and feasible qPCR strategy...
  11. Beyond the Blood Brain Barrier: PHP.B Enters the Central Nervous System Via the LY6A Receptor

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    July 23, 2019, 12:46 p.m.
    ... PHP.B. The Deverman lab started by seeing how changes in LY6A’s expression affected PHP.B’s transduction...AAV-PHP.B vectors? See Supplementary Table 3 in Huang et al. for a list of PHP.B permissive and non-permissive...PMID: 29428298 PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5911151. Huang, Qin, et al. "Delivering genes across the blood-...
  12. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...that emerged from intensive engagement with a wide range of people at the University of Wisconsin in 2011...chat apps like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Hangouts Chat, resources like Github and Gitlab, and science-specific...reproducibility an ELN should have integrations with a broad range of relevant generic and science-specific tools. ...
  13. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...gene engineering to improve gene expression by changing synonymous codons based on an organism's codon...protein production in certain systems, synonymous changes to a gene sequence can cause unexpected detrimental...affect protein conformation, folding and stability, change post-translational modification sites and even ...
  14. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...structures and compartments in mammalian cells By Angela Abitua Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins...system for human pluripotent stem cells By Jennifer Tsang CRISPR gene interference (CRISPRi) and gene activation...s41598-020-57500-1 The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids...
  15. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    May 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cells. Plus, Voltron2’s fluorescence is tunable by changing the dye that becomes conjugated with its HaloTag...Through in vivo screening of human promoters, the Zhang Lab found a short fragment of human IBA1 promoter...functionally reconstituting coding sequences for a range of applications, including CRISPR activation by ...
  16. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    Feb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
    ...Jhunjhunwala, S., Aresta-Dasilva, S., Tang, K., Alvarez, D., Webber, M., Tang, B., Lavin, D., Veiseh, O., Doloff...Vegas, A., Ma, M., Sahay, G., Chiu, A., Bader, A., Langan, E., Siebert, S., Li, J., Greiner, D., & Anderson...
  17. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...here! Zhong, B. L., Elliot, J. M., Wang, P., Li, H., Hall, R. N., Wang, B., Prakash, M., & Dunn, A. R. (...functional properties, and is amenable to a wide range of biophysical assays (Kroupova et al., 2024). They...
  18. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...depositors David Liu, PhD, Keith Joung, PhD, and Feng Zhang, PhD, is pursuing CRISPR/Cas9 technology for precise...Rinaldi F, Wein N, Meyer KC, Solano S, Nguyen K , Lang E, Kaspar AA, Foust KD, Thomsen G, Fugere M, Kaspar... Angela M. Holmes...
  19. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...now using this system in ever more creative ways, (Wang et al., 2013, Cho et al., 2014). There are several...option is the CRISPR Design tool supplied by the Zhang lab. This simple website invites you to input the... 56.1 (2014): 122-129. PubMed PMID: 24372541. 4. Wang, Haoyi, et al. "One-step generation of mice carrying...
  20. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ...exceptional brightness, photostability and dynamic range: characterization of dedicated sensors for FLIM,...PMC5837189. Nagai, Takeharu, et al. "Expanded dynamic range of fluorescent indicators for Ca2+ by circularly...Improving the photostability of bright monomeric orange and red fluorescent proteins." Nature methods 5.6...
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