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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m....of the selection reagent). Cells should die within 3-5 days and resistant colonies appear in about 10-14... a bacterial origin of replication (ORI) will not allow for plasmid replication in mammalian cells, for... their bacterial counterparts, including how replication occurs and whether selection is necessary for...the nuclear genome, in the absence of plasmid replication, the foreign DNA will be degraded or diluted ...always mission critical to make sure the plasmid replicates in the cell, as many of these experiments are...expressed in trans within the cell for effective replication. Cell lines expressing the Epstein–Barr virus...antigen (293E or 293T cells), allow for episomal amplification of plasmids containing the viral EBV or SV40...
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5 Great Apps for Lab Life
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 22, 2016, 2:30 p.m....great tool for someone starting cell culture work. 3. NEB Tools by New England BioLabs In my lab we do ...Gibco organizes its app into four categories: tools, analytics, education and data manager. The tools are...are five FREE science lab apps that have been educational and great for lab life. These apps prevent you...lab notebook. Lab Archives is a multipurpose application that allows you to share your data with colleagues...other nice features. This app also has a great educational section. This section holds the Gibco Cell culture...directions including which buffers to use and that indicates if a sequential digest is needed. The enzyme finder... to this app; the user can search by sequence, category of enzyme, or name to discover all the information... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... produce and distribute virus. Addgene is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and our plasmid service was started based...Addgene started distributing a small but growing catalog of ready-made AAV and Lentiviral preps. This new...directions. I would like to thank them for their time, dedication, advice and encouragement. Why virus? Why did...performs extensive quality control, generates educational materials, and provides viral vector technical...answering questions on virus and helping provide educational resources on this collection. With their expertise... resource and providing fantastically useful educational content on viral vectors. How Addgene’s Viral...about the new initiative and serving all the new educational content via the Addgene Blog and our expanding... -
Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... lab E. coli K12 strains such as DH5alpha contain 3 methylases that recognize and methylate different ... one half of naturally occurring restriction modification systems that prokaryotes use to protect themselves... has genes encoding one or a few restriction modification systems containing methyltransferases that add... phage for instance). Aside from restriction modification systems, DNA methylation also plays an integral...integral role in regulating genome replication, repairing mismatched basepairs or small indels that occur...methylases) are independent from the restriction modification systems, yet can still affect whether certain...specifically associated with any restriction modification systems, their sequences may overlap with restriction... -
Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2018, 2:30 p.m.... minutes of my hands on time and a total of about 3 hours. It was robust, capable of generating a wide...processing, these small DNA strands can form concatemers in later steps. This new NEB kit includes a step...fragments the DNA and prevents it from forming concatemers later. The "FS" stands for Fragmentation System...repair Adapter Ligation Clean up/Size selection Amplification Clean up I found this kit easy to use because...DNA we started the process with, we got great amplification of our sample libraries. NEB also gave us a ...mostly used to make new libraries as opposed to replicating them like we do at Addgene), going to the workshop... -
Hot Plasmids - January 2023
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m....cytoplasmic (CKB1) RNA target. Adapted from Figure 3 Colognori et al 2022. Find CRISPR Csm plasmids...antibodies may just not perform as well in one application as another, so it is always best to have options...for mEGFP-HRas (from Plasmid 18662). See the Applications section on the Anti-GFP [N86/8R] page for more...fluorescent proteins (FPs) necessary for many of these applications have lagged. Fixation, chemical staining, and...well-suited for the demands of advanced microscopy applications such as super resolution, electron, and expansion... -
DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m....engineered a DAP array for prime editing, achieving up to 3-loci MPE with similar high efficiencies, which is ...packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex CRISPR screening. Using tRNAs...multiplex genome engineering of crops or allow for sophisticated CRISPR screenings that would perturb the unprecedented...and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA sequences must be avoided...construct DAP array for multiplex gene editing applications, we provide detailed manual and online design... -
Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....specifically expressing Cre in the hippocampus (Fig. 3). The Cre-dependent AAV would access the neurons (...Tracers are typically delivered to a particular location and they either trace downstream from the soma...Others have noted a lack of transduction in catecholamine pathways from the spinal cord (Wang, 2018, Metcalfe...not yet understood, one thing is clear: this application opens a lot of doors in neuroscience. The retrograde...retrograde serotype also has promising therapeutic applications; it can enhance therapeutic delivery across ... -
REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... genetic modification by homologous recombination. In most recombineering strategies, only 3-4 phage proteins... the steps of gel purification and in vitro recombination. Across all modifications described in Trehan...mutations, large deletions/insertions require complicated, often costly in vitro assembly methods. A new... -
K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2023, 1 p.m.... Obligate aerobe Number of chromosomes 16 3 4 Preferred carbon source Glucose Glucose...2017). Beyond human relevance, yeast have many applications in food science and biotech due to its fermentation... ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells. Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number of different...is exceptionally good for post-translational modification of recombinant protein products, specifically... -
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m....will likely bring about unwanted immunogenicity. The 3-D models can be applied to corroborate the occurrence...silico approach The in silico approach cannot replicate the complexity of antigen processing events that...This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations. ... together can inform decisions about in vivo application and clinical testing. This would pave the way... -
How to Lead a Great Meeting
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2016, 3:30 p.m....an updated protocol), send an email instead. The 3 A's - Agendas, Action items, and Accountability Agendas... dialogue and community among participants, clarification - new and useful information, and invigoration...be the representative in the meeting and then communicate outcomes to the rest of their team. Here's a ... -
The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m....development since its inaugural year in 2012. That’s just 3 to 4 years ago. It is a bubble of innovation (a piñata...PMID: 23873081. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3969858. 3. Doench, John G., et al. "Rational design of highly...into this category describe how the user is expected to interact with the software. This category is important... CRISPR software submissions. With few prior publications to go on, a submitted manuscript could only ... solutions that facilitate most experimental applications in CRISPR engineering. When compared to that...easy to fault the lack of features in a single application. The question is then, should we use all tools...1 Jan 2013, no longer available), is a simple catalogue of reported sgRNA designs. The second database... -
CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m....edits. Figure 3: Mechanism of cytosine transversion editors. Red arrows indicate a conversion directly...guide RNA, (2) a complementary DNA sequence, and (3) a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) on the opposite...directly catalyzed by the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular processes. Created with BioRender.com...editing works in general. Base editors use either catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) or a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) ...excision repair (BER), the cellular process that catches mutated U’s in DNA and ideally converts them back...terms gRNA/sgRNA Guide RNA RNA used by Cas9 to locate a matching DNA sequence. Target strand The ...directed base excision repair proteins. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1384. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2016, 2:35 p.m.... scientists have certainly not lost site of that. 3. Stem cell science is hard, and expensive Dr. Yamanaka... have profound impacts on the development of applications with the potential to save lives. While most... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m....Cepko 83898 AAVrg pAAV-mDlx-ChR2-mCherry-Fishell-3 Gordon Fishell Chemogenetics Chemogenetics offers...availability date or to be notified when a particular catalog item is available for order please email [email protected]... -
Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m....PubMed PMID: 2839833. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC281709. 3. Tissue– and site–specific recombination in transgenic...recombinase catalyzes the site specific recombination event between two loxP sites, which can be located either...maintained). Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a translocation event is generated...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur... -
Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.... PMID: 14166766. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC300121. 3. Söderberg, Ola, et al. "Direct observation of individual...This application of AHA labeling is known as fluorescence noncanonical amino acid tagging (FUNCAT, Dieterich...experiments. Visualizing newly synthesized proteins with FUNCAT Professor Schuman’s technique applies metabolic...the whole de novo synthesized proteome. However, FUNCAT alone cannot be used to determine the turnover ...specific protein. Professor Schuman’s lab showed that FUNCAT’s usefulness can be extended to determine the turnover...ligation assay (PLA). The clever combination of FUNCAT and PLA PLA was originally published by the Söderberg...DNA strands take part in rolling circle DNA amplification. The amplified DNA segment is labeled with fluorescent... -
Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m....Gammaretroviral vectors: biology, technology and application. Viruses. 2011 Jun;3(6):677-713. DOI: 10.3390/v3060677 ...injections, or the location of a specific cell type doesn’t always lend itself to direct application of virus. ...addition of a helper virus or plasmid allows it to replicate episomally, essentially remaining an extrachromosomal...extrachromosomal part of the host genome that can replicate and divide along with the endogenous DNA. AAV also...gamma-retro viruses. This is large enough for many applications, but in some cases multiple AAVs (co-infection...and AAV. If you’re wondering more about what applications these viruses are good for, we have plenty of...Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery: Potential Applications for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies in the New... -
Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m....is given additional booster immunizations every 2-3 weeks to increase the antibody titer. The titer is...from the serum. Protein A/G purification Protein A or Protein G purification is one common method. These...reagent that works for your species. Affinity purification Only up to 5% of the IgG antibodies produced...specific for the immunogen. A different type of purification can be performed to isolate antibodies only ...inexpensive. Their short production time and the bulk purification steps keep the cost low compared to other antibody...are particularly useful for certain research applications. Many secondary antibodies are polyclonal, as...target protein thereby greatly increasing signal amplification. When to stay away from polyclonal antibodies...