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  1. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    June 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...collection of reporter plasmids is amenable to Golden Gate assembly for turning the single-input reporters into...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to ...you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.      Listen to this episode...regulate botulinum neurotoxin were also created. The depositors demonstrated the utility of light-mediated suppression...Neuron. 2019. PubMed PMID: 30704911. Acoustic reporter genes for noninvasive imaging of microbes in mammalian...contributed by Lukas Morgan  Listen to the acoustic reporter gene podcast segment In recent years, scientists...
  2. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    June 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to ...you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.  Human whole genome sgRNA...remove a stop cassette upstream of an effector/reporter gene. In cells where the stop cassette is removed...https://doi.org/10.1101/788679 A destabilized GFP reporter for calcineurin activity in yeast Article contributed... it is an attractive drug target. Calcineurin reporters allow scientists to measure calcineurin dynamics... target calcineurin. Current calcineurin gene reporters are based on the bacterial βgal assay, and are...
  3. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the community. They did this by depositing them in Addgene’s repository. Other researchers, eager to try... Addgene’s repository has grown to include many CRISPR tools.  Distributing and depositing In Figure 1...distribution and deposits (Figures 1A and 1B); the cumulative number of labs who have deposited CRISPR plasmids...new CRISPR depositors each year.    Figure 1: Addgene CRISPR distribution and deposits. (A) Cumulative...plasmids deposited with Addgene by year. (C) Cumulative number of laboratories that have deposited CRISPR...CRISPR deposit and distribution by function and expression type. (A) Cumulative number of deposited CRISPR...available through the repository. And the number of plasmids and libraries deposited and requested grows...
  4. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...with the deposit, and a DOI is added to the deposit by the repository. The ability to deposit data that... in the repository after the deposit has been made. It’s possible to associate the depositor’s ORCID ID...value the repository integrations, because when RSpace documents are deposited into the repositories, links...source data repositories Over the past decade or so a number of general purpose repositories have been ...select and deposit individual documents or more complex datasets into the desired repository. They also...having to add at the time of deposit, makes it far more likely that deposits will be made. The Dataverse... reproduce research relating to data deposited into a repository access to that part of the ELN from which...
  5. Anatomy of a Plasmid Page at Addgene

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    Feb. 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...our depositors. Many depositors also upload their own detailed plasmid maps as part of the deposit process...plasmid pages come from our depositors. The more info you provide in the deposit process, the more useful...Addgene Community Learn the Benefits of Depositing Browse the Repository  ...starts in the browse page, continues through the depositing lab page, then onto the publication page, and...finally on down to the individual plasmid page. The depositing lab page contains all the plasmids from the same...the publication page contains all the plasmids deposited from the same publication. Next up, we have the...This is the name given to the construct by the depositing lab. There may be other plasmids with similar...
  6. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... our community of depositors. With over 40,000 plasmids avaliable in the repository, we can't give all... the 3’ UTR of the reporter mRNA via an MS2 coat protein (NLS-MS2-RFP) the reporter mRNA, which contains...their reporter mRNAs. Using the TRICK plasmids, Halstead et al demonstrated that 91% of reporter mRNAs...customized fluorescent reporters can be challenging enough, but incorporating multiple reporters into a single ...pyralis) reporter plasmids for use in high-throughput screening of pre-mRNA splicing. This reporter system...widely used luciferase reporter gene plasmid pGL3 pGL3 luciferase reporter gene plasmids have been...protein function, thereby creating a single-molecule reporter of intracellular processes. Multimerization via...
  7. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ... the 3’ UTR of the reporter mRNA via an MS2 coat protein (NLS-MS2-RFP) the reporter mRNA, which contains... elusive. Two techniques developed by Addgene depositors have made it easier to track translation in two...proteins to allow translation to occur. For a TRICK reporter mRNA this displacement leads to a change in the...GFP protein that binds to the coding region of a reporter mRNA via a PP7 coat protein (NLS-PCP-GFP) an RFP...translation, both GFP and RFP are bound to the reporter, causing it to appear yellow. The act of translation...of the mRNA, leaving only a red FP bound to the reporter. Because it contains a nuclear localization signal...copies of the FP-coat protein fusions to their reporter mRNAs. Using translation inhibitors cycloheximide...
  8. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    Feb. 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...has dubbed these fusions LumiFluor Reporters. The LumiFluor reporter constructs were designed to be packaged...optogenetic accuators to depolarize or hyperpolarize membranes. Traditional FRET reporters could not be used ... The researchers took a FRET reporter and adapted it into a BRET reporter by using NanoLuc® Luciferase...and NanoLuc® Luciferase are available from the repository. We encourage people to go to Addgene to get ...couples NLuc to fluorescent proteins to make better reporters and the second couples NLuc to fluorescent proteins...host cells. The fluorescent moiety of the BRET reporter was used to sort successfully infected/expressing...NanoLuc luciferase. Both GpNLuc and OgNLuc BRET reporters produced bright signals without exogenous excitation...
  9. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...compared to the information provided by the depositor. If a depositor provides a sequence for the plasmid, QC...NGS results and deposited sequences and plasmid information.  For each plasmid deposited at Addgene, QC...collection do not have a full sequence, as they were deposited before 2017 when Addgene started sequencing all...plasmids we distribute to scientists worldwide. Depositing scientists provide different types of data for...the level of information that is provided, each deposit goes through the same QC process to ensure all ...with BioRender.com. Once Addgene receives deposited plasmids, they undergo complete plasmid sequencing...will first align the de novo NGS result to the deposited sequence(s) in SnapGene. SnapGene annotates the...
  10. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    Oct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...the promoter of the reporter gene to activate expression (Figure 2c). The reporter gene then allows detection...genes as reporters and some that repress instead of activate transcription. The HIS3 reporter system (...sequence (UAS) of its target gene, in this case a reporter gene (e.g. luciferase or GFP), regardless of whether...co-expressed in a yeast strain that also contains a reporter gene cloned downstream of a promoter containing...referred to as the “bait”, Figure 2b) cannot activate reporter gene expression on its own, but, if the two POI...Gal4 activator, bacterial LexA DBD and the lacZ reporter gene (3, 4), there are now many variations, including...to have Y2H systems that avoid transcriptional reporters altogether; In the split-luciferase system, intein-mediated...
  11. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ... to cleave and activate a reporter. The detectable signal from this reporter can be measured and quantified...and a Csm6 specific reporter (in the same fluorescent channel as the Cas13 reporter), they could significantly...method termed Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKING (SHERLOCK and SHERLOCKv2) (Gootenberg... termed DNA Endonuclease Targeted CRISPR Trans Reporter (DETECTR) (Chen et al., 2018). Both SHERLOCK and... SHERLOCK- Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKING Cas13 (C2c2) was first identified in...molecules. In SHERLOCK a quenched fluorescent ssRNA reporter is added to the reaction. Cleavage of the quenchable...amplification step in combination with the ssRNA reporter enables SHERLOCK to detect DNA or RNA with atomolar...
  12. Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools

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    April 23, 2018, 2 p.m.
    ...factors, the El-Samad lab has deposited plasmids encoding fluorescent reporters and other proteins controlled...random variation, or noise, in reporter expression. To do so, one places reporter expression under the control...expression of a reporter protein, it is possible to change the amount of noise in reporter gene expression...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to ...you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. No time to read? Listen to...deliver the target antibody. TRIM-Away reagents and reporters are available from Addgene - we hope they will...
  13. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    Dec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...years to reach our first major repository milestone — 10,000 plasmids deposited and available — and nearly...service would allow people to add a gene to a repository others could request from — Addgene!  Addgene...meant we could grow accessibility alongside our repository.  “I’m sure you hear it all the time, but Addgene...nearly seven before we had 1,000 depositing scientists. Ensuring that people knew how to access Addgene, and...were making it possible for scientists to both deposit and request plasmids, was a major focus of our ...conferences. And when CRISPR arrived in 2012, our repository was rapidly able to support sharing of CRISPR...Agreement process, which was a major barrier for depositors and requestors alike. We transformed this process...
  14. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    July 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...conjugated with a reporter or tag that can then be detected.  Typically, the reporter is an enzyme such...dish and incubate it with a reporter conjugated primary antibody. The reporter reacts with a provided substrate...simplicity we will discuss the more common enzyme-based reporter methods. For enzymatic signal detection, users... sandwich and competitive. In a direct ELISA a reporter enzyme conjugated antibody binds to antigen coated...antibody first binds to the antigen and then a reporter enzyme conjugated secondary antibody binds to ...detection antibody can be directly conjugated with a reporter enzyme or a conjugated secondary antibody can ...).  The sample (purple) is preincubated with a reporter enzyme labeled antibody and then added to the ...
  15. Addgene's Website Update

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    April 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...two options: “Search Repository” and “Deposit Materials”. The “Search Repository” function is our same...easy-to-use depositing guide, with links to our most helpful depositing articles. If you’re depositing data,...paper. If you’re ready to start a deposit, simply click on “Deposit Materials” and the search bar will...Data Hub” link in the Deposit bar. Note that if you’re not logged in, the “Deposit Materials” bar will ...log in or create an account.  Figure 2: The new deposit materials bar New menu Most common activities can...information about Addgene, our mission, links to our deposit, request, and educational resources page, and previews...
  16. 2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Jan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ... countries, into our repository, while expanding global access to our repository through our distributor...plasmids, this represents the largest single deposit in our repository and was a three–year project that touched...libraries, created from 14 deposits, that became available through our repository in 2023.  In June, we announced...developed by our depositors, used by our requestors, and supported by our repository. You can enjoy these...166,247 plasmids. We welcomed 18,899 plasmids, deposited from 1,106 labs in 504 organizations from 37 different... launch our Antibody Data Hub, an open-access repository for antibody validation data. We’ll continue ...expanding international access to the Addgene repository, partially through work with our distributors...
  17. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    Sept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
    ...editing tools, the Reuben Harris lab has deposited a reporter plasmid that allows for rapid fluorescence-based...ACE) in real-time. The reporter constitutively expresses eGFP to indicate reporter abundance, and mCherry...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to ...you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.   Listen this episode of Hot...and N177F mutations). Its excitation maximum is reported as 603 nm, while the emission maximum is 675 nm... ACE system: A versatile in vivo fluorescent reporter for rapid quantification of base-editing and Cas9...
  18. The MTA at Addgene

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    July 23, 2024, 2:17 p.m.
    ...keep up with the number of requests and deposits in our repository. From 2004 to 2023, we facilitated 784,795...When you deposit a plasmid with Addgene, your organization’s tech transfer office is sent a deposit agreement...If you’ve deposited or requested plasmids from Addgene, then you’ve been involved in the material transfer...MTAs per year.  The MTA Process at Addgene As a repository, Addgene doesn’t actually own the majority of...party (signatory) to the MTAs for plasmids in our repository. Instead, we facilitate the signing of MTAs by...Provider and Recipient (in Addgene parlance, the depositor and requestor) organizations. Over the last twenty...agreement. The One-Time Plasmid Deposit and Distribution Agreement establishes the terms under which your...
  19. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    June 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
    ...Fluorecent Proteins in Nano Lanterns Reporter gene assays A reporter gene, such as luciferase, usually serves... is also the most commonly used bioluminescent reporter. This beetle emits a yellow-green light with a...several studies utilized luciferase as a genetic reporter in plant and mammalian cells. Luciferase assays...available to choose from) is now a common feature in reporter plasmids.  Learn How Luciferase Can Be Used In...transcription within cells, where detection of the reporter protein or its enzymatic activity is measured....expression can be determined by detection of the reporter in a specific assay, which ideally would have .... Production of photons by this bioluminescent reporter occurs slower than fluorescent-based methods, ...
  20. The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It

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    Jan. 30, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... registered reports, the gold standard for testing hypotheses Finally, Registered Reports combine all ...Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, where reported methods may not include how many tests were conducted...attention on the results instead of the methods. Unreported flexibility and questionable research practices...analysis code, and other materials. The use of reporting guidelines can also help remind us to include ...creating a time-stamped research plan in a public repository before conducting the experiment (note: registrations...important times to measure that growth rate, you report the results of all four of those tests and not ...fifth time has unpredictably high rates, should be reported as a new discovery that deserves confirmation ...
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