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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....expression is sufficient. Lentiviral vector technology has come a long way since the 1990s, both in terms of... popular and useful viral vectors in the lab. Advantages of lentivirus include a large genetic capacity...research is still in the pre-clinical/early clinical stages. Researchers are also working to make lentiviral...
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CRISPR Antimicrobials
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m....caveat that phages are very diverse, and each phage has a narrow bacterial host range. To further potential...antibiotic resistance. Advantages of CRISPR over traditional antibiotics The potential advantages of CRISPR over... -
Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m....experiment check out Addgene’s protocol page, which has both protocols and videos for techniques in basic...transferred is commonly a plasmid and can infer genetic advantages such as antibiotic resistance. Bacterial... -
Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m....repair work. The key is T4 DNA polymerase, which has 3′→5′ exonuclease activity. T4’s polymerase activity...structures at the ends of fragments. The major advantage of SLIC over Gibson assembly is cost, as T4 polymerase... -
RNA Extraction Without A Kit
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m....several reasons why doing something without a kit has advantages: less plastic waste, less expense, and less... -
Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.... the RNA backbone to increase stability. Nature has evolved ways to prevent degradation of important ...less off-target events. While both have similar advantages, bridged nucleic acids with N-methyl substitutions... -
Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m....-optical psMEK1 + ERK KTR-mRuby2 system has several advantages over existing methods. First, it avoids... -
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2015, 3:54 p.m....can’t it’s an easy search. Writing this tutorial has shown me that I’m still in the dark ages with respect... at 1 paper/week will be useful. Check out the hashtag #365papers on Twitter for inspiration and accountability... -
5 Steps to Writing Grant Proposals for Grad Students
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2014, 12:13 p.m....assistance in the grant application process, she has faith in you! Additionally, keep in mind that universities...of current methodologies. This section sets the stage for why your funded proposal will address these ... -
Engaging with science and society at pgEd
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 20, 2018, 12:17 p.m....Department of Genetics of Harvard Medical School, has a mission of raising awareness and starting conversations...who are interested in such careers should take advantage of their academic environment and attend seminars... -
Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m....availability of both wild-type and mutant loxP sites has allowed scientists to leverage this system in new...site-specific recombination. The FLEx switch takes advantage of the orientation specificity of the site-specific... -
Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Addgene have worked hard to ensure that the service has grown steadily, helped by a partnership with the ...available from Addgene as of 2023. A large percentage of viral vector preps contain biosensors, optogenetic...Figure 2). Biosensors, which include calcium and voltage sensors, are the broadest category of viral vector... -
Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m....Product Marketing Manager at sciNote. Today, every lab has its own habits and approaches to record keeping. ...about ELN costs and limited budgets, “a large percentage of survey respondents indicated that cost was...effort and give the lab a serious competitive advantage. Many thanks to our guest blogger, Tea Pavlek... -
Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m....inch wireless monitor. Wireless video technology has gotten very impressive, but due to costs and availability...leisure. For virtual B-Roll (that’s the secondary footage you often see playing over the voice-over in videos...: If you’ve ever watched any behind the scenes footage in the last several years, you can usually see ... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2017, 1:03 p.m....fluorescent molecules, including fluorescent proteins, has led to the alternative acronym Fluorescence Resonance... et al., 2008), and monitor neuronal activity (voltage sensors), to name a few. Find Many FRET-Based... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m....division. Recently Seán got the entrepreneurial bug and has set up an ELISA kit company on whose website you ... Strategize, choose calls that suit your career stage / research area, and focus on producing a good quality... -
3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 17, 2017, 12:55 p.m....know this?” Over the past fifteen years, the CBM has developed a student-centered SMART Team modeling ... of proteins using 3D printing technology. The tagline for our company is “…where molecules become real... -
AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m....well suited for larger transgenes. Unfortunately it has limited tropism in the retina, primarily infecting...Naldini,L., 2015. Gene Therapy returns to centre stage. Nature Vol 526, p.351. PubMed PMID: 26469046. 6... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m....transduced by each serotype. Working at Addgene has shown me this was far from an isolated case. Our ...help each other by sharing their data. So take advantage of it and get your data - negative AND positive... -
An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m....There are many moving parts to our software, which has grown with the company. It would be easy to assign...changing needs of the teams at Addgene. Another advantage of Scrum is that it provides transparency to everyone...