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  1. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ...PMID: 25357182. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4289409. 3. Rouet, Romain, et al. "Receptor-Mediated Delivery...valuable to scientists, there are some potential complications that must be considered when using this method...alternative approach, which avoids many of these complications, is to directly deliver a ribonucleoprotein ...used for most of the current genome engineering applications of CRISPR including: generating single or multi-gene...pathways. This makes Cas9 RNPs useful for CRISPR applications where limited expression of Cas9 is required...development. David Liu’s Lab has demonstrated the use of cationic lipid-mediated methods to deliver Cas9-gRNA RNPs... of eventually using this method for in vivo applications. This technique utilizes Cas9 proteins harboring...

  2. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ...2013 Mar 19;110(12):E1152-61 Pubmed PMID 23487772. 3. Etessami R, Conzelmann KK, Fadai-Ghotbi B, Natelson...able to replicate, and for a virus to cross a synapse from one cell to another, it must replicate. Modified...like how our stem cells are housed in specific locations and give rise to progenitors during growth and...infects one cell (the “starter cell”). It then replicates within that cell, and nascent RABV cross synapses...infection occurs, subsequent cycles of viral replication and retrograde transmission occur, spreading ...limitations. First, these high levels of viral replication are toxic. Second, infecting subsequently higher...spread monosynaptically from these cells. These modifications take advantage of the fact that RABV is an enveloped...

  3. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    Blog Post
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    July 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... of “Do-It-Yourself Science” described in Chapter 3, and of course the rapidly changing world of genome...drives and their ramifications. Readers unfamiliar with academia’s challenges with publication and funding ...Connecticut College who has been teaching and communicating science for over two decades, attempts to answer... primarily on fluorescent proteins and their applications, tackles much broader issues in this brief volume...sexism in science, problems with peer-reviewed publications and funding, bioethics in the age of CRISPR,... and her essential-but-unlauded role in the identification of DNA’s double helix. Perhaps to the dismay...dismay of middle-aged scientists, the identification of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and its development...

  4. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 12, 2013, 3:35 p.m.
    ...Amplifying genetic logic gates." Science. 340, 599-603 (3 May 2013). Vivek Mutalik et al. "Precise and reliable...Initiative. Endy's team made news in March with a publication in Science describing the development of “transcriptors...work, and it begins with the central dogma - replication of DNA, transcription of DNA to make RNA, translation..., humans have two types of languages: one to communicate amongst each other, like this conversation we... in English, and then there are languages to communicate with other things. These are programming languages...successful in the long term, if it's going to communicate between humans (i.e., our dreams and intentions...

  5. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...  Understanding the impact Fig. 3: Histograms indicating the frequency (x-axis) which SNPs map ...Dependency Map cancer cell lines (left). Heatmap indicating the breakdown of ancestry associated dependencies...machinery where to cut.      Fig. 2: Heatmap indicating loci where SNPs reside on sgRNA target sequences...same reference genomes and libraries. Further complicating the issue is the long and ugly history of reporting...

  6. A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m.
    ...important is letting people know it’s happening. Aim for 3-4 weeks advance notice for the first meeting so that...emerging work by collaboratively discussing recent publications in a specific field(s). Most anyone who has ...the company at large, by polling and informal communications we made a decision to try out a Bioinformatics...major findings and then focusing more on broader implications rather than diving deep into the individual ....  These variations are suited for different applications and should be carefully chosen for each group...

  7. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...human cell lines. Nucleic Acids Research. 2014;43(3):e17. doi:10.1093/nar/gku1198...it is important to carefully select the target locations of knock-in studies to avoid off-target effects...it comes to targeting precision and practical application. If the CRISPR/Cas9 system is not effective for...lncRNAs with high specificity, particularly in applications requiring smaller delivery systems (Zibitt et...

  8. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Combining a PSAM with the IPD of a cation channel, such as the serotonin 3 receptor, will promote depolarization...chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications. Science 6436: eaav5282. https://science.sciencemag.org...

  9. Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish

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    Nov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m.
    ...fields and geographical locations. In addition to providing reagents and educational resources for scientists...formation. The quest for plant compounds to treat complications of diabetes Gloria Otito Izu, PhD Candidate...nephropathy, one of the major pathophysiological complications of diabetes mellitus. Recombinant human proteins... employing synthetic biology resources and microfabrication technologies to generate a self renewable ... in the river, take water samples at specific locations, measure fluorescent signals from the sensor, ...

  11. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
    ...tag than protein), 2-3 tags is increasingly common. Tandem affinity purification (TAP) once referred specifically...or DYKDDDK 1 Affinity and Purification Good for antibody-based purification; has inherent enterokinase...site GST Large Protein 26 Purification and Stability Good for purification with glutathione; protects...used for purification as elution requires low pH poly His HHHHHH  0.8 Affinity and Purification Very small...GKPIPNPLLGLDST   1.4 Affinity and Purification Good for antibody-based purification Combo and cleavage tags...multitude of uses including (but not limited to) purification, detection, solubilization, localization, or...fusion proteins to aid in the expression and purification of recombinant proteins. Tags for stability...

  12. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    May 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
    ...immunoprecipitation (enChIP)." Scientific reports 3 (2013): 3171. PubMed PMID: 24201379. PubMed Central...affinity purification with an anti-Cas9 antibody. These different tag systems and affinity purification schemes...genomic alterations. These studies utilize a catalytically inactive form of Cas9 known as dCas9 (Jinek ...interest targeted by a gRNA. CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic region In 2013, the Hodaka...Subsequent mass spectroscopy studies allowed for the identification of proteins associated with the IRF-1 locus...steps (Fujita et al., 2013). CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic region alleviates these...the initial report describing CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic region, numerous adaptations...

  13. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...corresponding Excel sheet.3. Be specific  - When assigning a physical location to your samples, include.... Tracking samples - it's all about location, location, location There are many different types of samples...but we also have a dedicated and detail-oriented lab team that works carefully to catch mistakes. Each sample...sample a unique location in a specific freezer will help ensure that samples are easy to locate in freezers...also help us keep track of the tubes’ physical location in the lab. These barcodes additionally allow ...Addgene. Each sample at Addgene has four layers of location which can all be extrapolated from the 2D barcode...Plate Freezer Rack Freezer Tubes are assigned a location within a plate that can hold up to 96 tubes (see...

  14. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
    ...addiction module" regulated by guanosine [corrected] 3', 5'-bispyrophosphate: a model for programmed bacterial...activity of CcdB. Applications of ccdB in plasmid cloning Perhaps the most widely used application of CcdB is...selection markers. Restriction modification systems Because restriction modification systems consist of two enzymes...used as biological tools for a wide range of applications in molecular biology or in vivo studies. Let...types of plasmid addiction systems and their applications. The discovery of toxin-antitoxin systems Toxin-antitoxin...CcdA (antitoxin) where CcdB inferes with DNA replication by binding the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and...construct. Other toxin-antitoxin systems and their applications MazE/MazF Aside from CcdB/CcdA, there are many...

  15. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Magnetogenetic Ion Channels. Biophysical Journal, 116(3), 454–468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.003... tools for familiar applications. But how does one invent a tool for applications that don’t even exist...phenomenon, improve the tool, and develop new applications for magnetoresponsive proteins. Motivated by...organisms) are opaque, which makes most biomedical applications of these tools difficult or impossible. But ...tool with magnets would enable new research and applications that don’t yet exist, but it wasn’t clear that...changes in response to a ~25 mT magnet. Gray regions indicate times when the magnetic field is on. Image reproduced..., in response to a ~10 mT magnet. Gray regions indicate times when the magnetic field is on. Image reproduced...

  16. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    Jan. 16, 2020, 2:18 p.m.
    ...sample to a mastermix. At Addgene, we typically load 3 dilutions onto our ddPCR plate. As the titer is unknown...take to achieve a clean NTC: Have a dedicated bench with a dedicated set of pipettes for ddPCR set-up. .... Each droplet contains the ingredients for amplification of the target DNA. This partitioning reduces...detection of the product. As an added benefit, replicates are built into the technology. One well (containing...droplet contains the material required for a mini amplification reaction to take place.  When the PCR is complete...number of cycles. After additional rounds of amplification, your fluorescence amplitude will increase, ... use ddPCR for AAV titration, there are many applications for the technology.  Droplet digital PCR is ...

  17. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...darker than full vector particles.     Figure 3: Electron micrograph of AAV vector preparation shows...Addgene has a growing catalogue of viral preps available to request. In this post, we’ll walk you through...minimized by using an endotoxin-free plasmid purification protocol. To minimize the immunogenic properties...posted on the material page for the corresponding catalog item (see maps section for images).     ...Lentivirus Production Lentiviral preparations ("-LV” catalog items) are produced in 293T cells using the 2nd.... Concentrated lentiviral preparations (“-LVC” catalog items) are generated from lentiviral preparations...typically prepared using endotoxin-free plasmid purification kits.     Figure 4: Schematic of the...

  18. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    July 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
    ...Orthogonal Type VI-A CRISPR-Cas Enzymes." Mol Cell. 66(3) (2017):373-83. PubMed PMID: 28475872. Find plasmids...RESCUE in therapeutic applications, the authors tested various dRanCas13b truncations that would allow packaging...longer stretches of duplexed RNA. Using an ADAR2DD catalytic mutant, they showed that editing is mediated by...into adeno-associated viral vectors, they tested truncated ADARDDs to see if they could shrink the construct... to deaminate cytidine and used dRanCas13b (catalytically inactive Cas13) to target the cytosine deaminase...construct for viral delivery. They found C-terminal truncations allowed the same or improved editing ability ...

  19. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    Dec. 7, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...specifically to the blue triangle protein but not the other. 3) The beads are collected by centrifugation or a magnet...a protein’s stability or post-translational modifications, or study how a target protein interacts with...Protein A and Protein G are not suitable for all applications, such as protein isolation from serum. In this...capture antibody interaction and/or the downstream application. Typically, if the target protein will be detected...and an isotype control antibody. Alternative applications Oftentimes, an IP-appropriate antibody simply...identify DNA binding proteins involved in histone modification. Similarly, RNA IP (RIP) can be used to isolate...resources References:  Björck L, Kronvall G (1984) Purification and some properties of streptococcal protein...

  20. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    Aug. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...–798. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00496-3 Kerppola TK (2006) Design and implementation of bimolecular...PIPs, resulting in a fluorescent readout.   Applications for bimolecular fluorescence complementation...resulting from the assayed PPI. This high-throughput application is much more straightforward to carry out because...protein construction, cellular expression, and quantification (Kerppola, 2006, 2013). These are described... supraphysiological expression levels. BiFC quantification This is where BiFC outshines FRET — BiFC experiments...
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