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TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 29, 2025, 1:15 p.m....TnpB-mediated genome editing, and two of our top-performing constructs are now available through Addgene ...immediately downstream of the TAM. This RNA-DNA hybrid formation recruits TnpB to the site and activates its nuclease... your reverse complement guide (see Figure 1). Perform standard phosphorylation and annealing of the two... or M13R as the sequencing primer. Step 7: Transformation Your confirmed plasmid is now ready for Agrobacterium-mediated...Agrobacterium-mediated, biolistic, or PEG-mediated transformation into plant cells. Conclusion & Future Directions...
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Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m....which ones aren't? This video shows how to perform a Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test and check bacteria...life-threatening, treatment will often begin before this information becomes available. For routine infections, like...testing for antibiotic resistance isn’t commonly performed because resistance in these infections is so rare...bacteria from one person to the next. For more information and tips on preventing the spread of antibiotic...Wellcome Trust & HM Government (2016). 2. CDC Information Pages on Antibiotics 3. WHO Antimicrobial Resistance... -
Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m....natural plasmids and how they function in nature can inform us on how to create better recombinant vectors....scientific community, as they allow for simplified transformation processes, and can be used by scientists across...species in which they are known to replicate. Information sourced from Lale et al 2011 and Jain and Srivastava...Gram-negative Alcaligenes eutrophus, Bartonella bacilliformis, Bordetella spp., Brucella spp., Caulobacter...Plasmids 101: What is a Plasmid? Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Tranfection... -
CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m....as NYN, but with a slightly lower efficiency. Information on even more alternative PAM Cas9s can be found...deaminase to where the edit is desired, and it performs the programmed edit within the editing window ...with this tool is that the desired edit will be performed on all relevant bases within the editing window...affect gene expression? dCas9 can be used as a platform to deliver various cargo to a specific DNA locus...Browse plasmids by model organism, here). More information on the various delivery systems can be found ... -
Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....FREQ Seq PUF Assembly Kit Below you’ll find information about what these kits contain, how they can be...However, it can be difficult to compare their performance, as most translation initiation sequences are...translation system. The gene set was carefully chosen to perform statistically relevant benchmarking of cell-free...size and expression level can be conveniently performed through the N-terminal eGFP tag carried on all...paired-end read flow cells. FREQ-Seq is an open source platform and the libraries can be generated in a cost-effective... -
CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m....analysis is performed yielding a graph of edits in the input population or clone. How to perform a TIDE... editing. (2019) Bioinformatics 36:2001–2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz867 Haeussler ...homology-directed repair events, or maybe you’re performing a single base pair edit with a prime editor. ... -
We’re Going Viral This Week!
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 14, 2019, 1 p.m...., an open platform for scientists using AAV to find and contribute experimental information, such as titer...our Twitter feed will be full of viral vector information. Each day, we’ll cover a different topic as shown...Follow the hashtag #AddgeneGoesViral to find information on the basics of viral vectors, applications,... -
Export Control Regulations Lifted for Plasmids Containing Rabies and VSV-G Genes
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2025, 2:15 p.m....virus G protein; see depositing paper for more information Miguel Sena-Esteves pcDNA-SADB19L Contains...RNA polymerase; see depositing paper for more information Edward Callaway For researchers in countries...writing (Feb. 6, 2025), and we strive to keep our information updated, export controls and regulations are ...email [email protected] for the most-up-to-date information on shipping plasmids to your country. Curious... -
How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m....ever both to engineer specific DNA edits and to perform functional screens to identify genes involved in...homology directed repair (HDR) to incorporate new information into DNA. This also requires an exogenous DNA... location. It is also important to have good information on the exact location of the TSS. Different databases...models that are to be used for long-term study, the former may be the better choice. For a genome-wide library...the Director of R&D in the Genetic Perturbation Platform at the Broad Institute and has worked with many... -
Plasmids 101: How to Name Your Plasmid in 3 Easy Steps
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2014, 1 p.m....what your plasmid contains and other important information. Tip: A lowercase "p" is often used as the first...name in your plasmid name. This simple piece of information can often convey many important details. Once...Vector Database. Step 2: Insert name Include information about the insert in your plasmid name. This is...can be used just by reading the name. For more information about plasmid features and tips you can use in... -
9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m....Science is about exploration, discovering new information. There are literally infinite questions one could... could pursue and experiments to perform. It is tempting to pursue a new line of inquiry that arises from... will be able to provide letters of reference, informal recommendations, more positive grant application... collaborators and get access to unpublished information and reagents. Part of the reason I got my first... school student. Learn to teach how to design, perform, and interpret experiments. You'll be better prepared... -
pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m....viral vectors’ terminal repeats. It’s a lot of information to fit into a single plasmid, so most first-generation...binary vectors are quite large (>10 kb.) Since transformation efficiency is inversely proportional to size...ORI, they achieved much higher DNA yield and transformation efficiency in both types of bacteria. They ... promoter, and it can be used to select both transformed Agrobacterium and infected plants. Further opportunities... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m....properties. Expasy: Bioinformatics resource portal which includes both bioinformatics tools and knowledge... database of protein sequence and functional information, such as expression patterns, post-translational...calculators can help you with common calculations performed in the lab. Molarity calculator Promega's Biomath... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m....component is usually a protein that undergoes a conformational change in response to the molecule it detects...binding, enzyme or transcriptional activation, conformational changes, translation, and protein translocation... of detection method depends on what type of information you are looking for. Below we have summarized...used for. Table 1. Points to Keep in Mind When Performing Biosensor Experiments Experiment Detection... -
Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 11, 2020, 2:23 p.m....plasmids from the same group should not be co-transformed, so if you need two plasmids for an experiment... same incompatibility group should not be co-transformed. +Actual copy number varies. See below for ...stocks, agar stabs, or liquid cultures. Freshly transformed cells also give a higher plasmid yield that colonies...SB, Furman JL, Xiao H, Schultz PG. A versatile platform for single- and multiple-unnatural amino acid ... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m....structural deformation, these probes are reversible and do not cause structural deformation or photo-induced... gRNA sequences. This allowed tracing of the performance of each gRNA multiple times within the same experiment...calcineurin dynamics and can serve as a drug-screening platform to identify new antifungals that target calcineurin... -
Intro to Our Summer SciComm Series!
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m....scicomm efforts fall under informal learning; however, many others partner with formal learning to engage students...peers can and do consume science communication. Formal education is education that is provided through...fully and freely engage or disengage at will. Informal education is education that is provided, typically... -
A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 17, 2021, 1:17 p.m....arabinose to activate transcription by causing conformation changes in the AraC dimer. In doing so, the ... for some types of experiments. (To get more information on AraC and other promoter systems, head over...your gene of interest, all you have to do is co-transform pBLADEONLY. That way, a previously cloned gene...create these images, the scientists used a strain transformed with pBLADE expressing superfolder GFP instead... -
Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 25, 2021, 2:29 p.m.... focus of the NABOR platform will be neuroscience reagents and data, the platform can be expanded for ... of antibodies are supplied with no sequence information, leading to problems with reproducibility and... plan to introduce affinity reagents in protein format within the next year. NIH grants and Addgene’s ... -
Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m....which causes LOV2 and Zdk1 to dissociate due to conformational changes, and as a consequence, EB1 protein ...Biology 2018 Pubmed PMID 29379139. The “Riboglow” platform for visualizing RNA production and localization...cobalamin binding riboswitches used in the Riboglow platform at Addgene. Braselmann E, et al. Nature Chemical...a new imaging-based bacterial colony screening platform, Oliver Griesbeck’s lab set out to engineer a ...