... the method is powerful and offers immediate measurements in a live animal that can be correlated to behavior...fluoresces when the receptor is bound by DA. Two variants of the sensor, dLight1.1 and dLight1.2, exhibit...peaks of DA release.  Using dLight1 sensors in experiments The Tian lab used dLight1 both in brain slices...receptors, respectively). Using GRABDA sensors in experiments The Li lab used GRABDA in drosophila, zebrafish...here! Overall these sensors are powerful new developments in the detection and measurement of neurotransmitters...

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...workflow combines thoughtfully designed plasmid components with Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS... known to trigger seed germination of parasitic plants, this approach was also used to build and validate...Qi's lab, allows simultaneous gene activation in plants.  FnCas12a, unlike other Cas12a nucleases identified...in moderate thermophiles.  These evolved SpCas9 variants have improved activity on NAG PAMS and reduced...sensor available in AAV8! Expand your imaging experiments with the Cre-OFF/FLP-ON vector 137128-AAV8: Ef1a-Coff...

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... about Addgene. “The mission to share critical reagents such as plasmids and viral stocks for researchers...otherwise have difficulty making or getting these reagents is profound.” Frank Stegmeier, PhD Frank Stegmeier...targets that have the biggest potential to transform patients' lives. Previously Stegmeier was the Head of Oncology...see Addgene expand the sharing platform to other reagents in biology. Luk H. Vandenberghe, PhD Luk Vandenberghe... either through direct industry collaborations, grants, or setting up commercial and nonprofit companies...

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...able to order ready-to-use antibodies for your experiments directly from Addgene. How Addgene is Reimagining...applications, enabling you to better plan your experiments. To promote reproducibility, Addgene will have...resource may also expand to include other affinity reagents, such as nanobodies and ScFvs, based on community...applications. In addition, basic and advanced affinity reagents topics are discussed on Addgene’s blog and Antibody...recombinant antibodies or other recombinant affinity reagents, share your plasmids via Addgene! Email deposit...

...culture and in live zebrafish. For cell culture experiments, only dL5**-expressing cells treated with MG-...neighboring bystander wild-type cells.   Zebrafish experiments with MG-2I-dL5** were performed with embryos ...Zebrafish are an ideal model organism for these experiments because developing embryos are transparent, so...also show that MG-2I-dL5** only generates small amounts of non-specific ROS when exposed to YFP and RFP...your experiences using photosensitizers in the comments below!   References 1. He, J., Wang, Y., Missinato...

...digested with ribonucleases, ribosomes protect the segments of mRNA to which they are bound. These regions...color switching, TRICK requires the following components: a GFP protein that binds to the coding region...the mRNA to the plasma membrane; this sequence prevents diffusion of the mCherry labeled mRNA and keeps...second. They also explored the effects of 5’ UTR variants in translation of cell cycle protein Emi1, showing...coding sequence and 3’ UTR. Before beginning experiments, it’s important to verify that these changes ...

...Zhou and Fatima Enam. There were many excellent applicants but Xin and Fatima stood out for their creativity...learn more about Xin’s work with photoswitchable components of the ERK signaling pathway in our recent blog...first design is a whole cell biosensor with two components - an enzyme that breaks down the HMO of interest...communication skills throughout her training and wants to make her work understandable to people both inside...Choose the Brightest Fluorescent Protein for Your Experiments Resources on Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein...

... production of viruses used to deliver CRISPR components to cells or organisms under study. In the past...a single cell line and proceed to use it for experiments.” - Alex Chavez, researcher at the Wyss Institute...particularly prominent problem in CRISPR genome editing experiments. We aim to alleviate this frustration by producing...primary goal. Getting these quality-controlled reagents from Addgene can greatly expedite a researcher's...our viral services. Please send any questions or comments to [email protected]. Finally we’d like to thank...

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... inactive dCas9 molecules. We followed these experiments with more detailed investigations into the release...delivery by nucleofection The in vivo editing experiments in this publication were performed using a technique...well as the sequences of our validated editing reagents can be found on our plasmid pages. We encourage...encourage any labs performing genome editing experiments to try nucleofection as (in our hands) this technique...transfection approaches. Moreover, the cost of reagents is relatively modest, requiring expressed Cas9...

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