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  1. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...improve the brightness of previous Nano-lanterns by 2-4 fold and permit five-color fluorescent imaging! ...resulting in a fluorescent signal. Since their first publication in 2012, the Nagai laboratory has assembled a...multicolored nano-lanterns for use in various applications, including optogenetics, biosensors, and fusion...sensitivity and faster imaging compared to previous publications. They also developed calcium, cAMP, and ATP ...furimazine. In addition to the previously described applications, the enhanced signal of eNL allows their use...characterizing Nano-lanterns and eNL for many different applications. For long-term imaging, especially where photobleaching...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    April 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...axon terminals to the soma (retrograde tracer) (Fig. 2). Viruses as neuronal scalpels Viruses can be injected...Tracers are typically delivered to a particular location and they either trace downstream from the soma...Others have noted a lack of transduction in catecholamine pathways from the spinal cord (Wang, 2018, Metcalfe...not yet understood, one thing is clear: this application opens a lot of doors in neuroscience. The retrograde...retrograde serotype also has promising therapeutic applications; it can enhance therapeutic delivery across ...
  3. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    April 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...work with Grows extremely fast (doubling time of ~ 2 hours) Amenable to genetic manipulation The first...2017). Beyond human relevance, yeast have many applications in food science and biotech due to its fermentation... ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells.   Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number of different...is exceptionally good for post-translational modification of recombinant protein products, specifically...
  4. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    April 5, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
    ...to visualize multiprotein complexes.  Fig. 2. Multiplex immunolabeling with subclass-switched recombinant...cDNA, which  was used as a template for PCR amplification with a degenerate primer set to amplify IgG ...  While screening by IF-ICC worked well for identification of the correct clones, it was determined that...through functional assays. Following functional verification, the R-mAb expression plasmids were DNA sequenced...
  5. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    June 29, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...create a recombinant antibody.     Figure 2: Changes to the heavy chain or light chain genes within...cells and antibody-producing B cells that cannot replicate, meaning that only hybridomas will survive this... Antibodies: Distinguishing Characteristics, Applications, and Information Resources. ILAR Journal 46:... the Addgene blog Learn more about research applications for antibodies in Intro to Antibodies Read about...
  6. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    Nov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... tabular HTML formatted output. Surprisingly only 2 tools provide FASTA output. A few notable tools allow...Nature biotechnology(2014). PubMed PMID: 24880488. 2. Hsu, Patrick D., et al. "DNA targeting specificity...into this category describe how the user is expected to interact with the software. This category is important... CRISPR software submissions. With few prior publications to go on, a submitted manuscript could only ... solutions that facilitate most experimental applications in CRISPR engineering. When compared to that...easy to fault the lack of features in a single application. The question is then, should we use all tools...1 Jan 2013, no longer available), is a simple catalogue of reported sgRNA designs. The second database...
  7. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    Sept. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...types within a sample to expected labeling (Figure 2). The panel of antibodies used in this approach should...the antibody in the same tube.     Figure 2: Schematic showing the use of an orthogonal approach...procedure enables quantification of antibody performance in major research applications. eLife, 12, RP91645...that the antibody being published doesn’t always indicate the presence of supportive data. To be supportive...that the antigen being detected in the intended application — here, flow cytometry — is the desired target...fixation-permeabilization protocol. Although the expected location of the target is an important factor in deciding... saponin. 400,000 cells were stained with the indicated Synaptotagmin-1 antibodies and corresponding Multi-rAb...
  8. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    Aug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...productivity. Part of an open scientific communication ecosystem Figure 2: The scientific ecosystem, enriched...their CV or grant applications. A number of organizations (such as ASAPbio) advocate for preprints, and...the most important part of your research is communicating the results of the work. Yes, those control ...any impact! There are lots of ways scientists communicate with each other: from formal mechanisms like ...poster or talk, or submitting patent or grant applications; to informal settings like lab meetings, social...of the most significant shifts in scientific communication is the rising use of preprints, or scientific...publishing in a journal.  Accelerating scientific communication Preprints have been common in fields like math...
  9. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
    ..., N. and Hamilton, D. 1981. PubMed PMID: 6276558. 2. Site-specific DNA recombination in mammalian cells...recombinase catalyzes the site specific recombination event between two loxP sites, which can be located either...maintained).  Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a translocation event is generated...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur...
  10. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    Jan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
    ...PMID: 20543841. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2920597. 2. Nathans, Daniel. "Puromycin inhibition of protein...This application of AHA labeling is known as fluorescence noncanonical amino acid tagging (FUNCAT, Dieterich...experiments. Visualizing newly synthesized proteins with FUNCAT Professor Schuman’s technique applies metabolic...the whole de novo synthesized proteome. However, FUNCAT alone cannot be used to determine the turnover ...specific protein. Professor Schuman’s lab showed that FUNCAT’s usefulness can be extended to determine the turnover...ligation assay (PLA). The clever combination of FUNCAT and PLA PLA was originally published by the Söderberg...DNA strands take part in rolling circle DNA amplification. The amplified DNA segment is labeled with fluorescent...
  11. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    Feb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m.
    ...and are considered “high copy”. A fragment from the 2 micron circle (a natural yeast plasmid) allows for... post on mammalian vectors, will catch you up on the core replication and resistance features of yeast...recombination. Yeast Replicating plasmids (YRp):  These vectors contain an Autonomously Replicating Sequence (ARS...vectors must contain a yeast-specific origin of replication (ORI) and a means of selection in yeast cells...antibiotic selection markers.  The yeast origin of replication (Please note: This first section primarily pertains...ve also noted some features required for the replication of fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, ...within a yeast vector determine how the plasmid is replicated and maintained within the yeast cell. These elements...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Era of Personalized Medicine. Genes Dis. 2017 Jun;4(2):43-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2017.04.001 Maetzig...injections, or the location of a specific cell type doesn’t always lend itself to direct application of virus. ...addition of a helper virus or plasmid allows it to replicate episomally, essentially remaining an extrachromosomal...extrachromosomal part of the host genome that can replicate and divide along with the endogenous DNA. AAV also...gamma-retro viruses. This is large enough for many applications, but in some cases multiple AAVs (co-infection...and AAV. If you’re wondering more about what applications these viruses are good for, we have plenty of...Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery: Potential Applications for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies in the New...
  13. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    June 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m.
    ....1420294112. Epub 2015 Mar 2. PubMed. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene Other Techniques...biological pathways;  to observe a phenotype, the modification of multiple genes is often necessary. Guide ...recognition and cleavage. This sequence flexibility indicates that gRNAs could be incorporated into these constructs...the 5’ end. PTG construct schematics. Scissors indicate cleavage sites. After confirming gRNA cleavage...) How many loci can Cas9 modify? To test the application of this system to gRNA multiplexing, Xie et al...deletion with 4-20% frequency at the four loci, indicating that Cas9 can be guided to at least 8 distinct...multiplexing further illustrates the potential of PTGs. Applications of PTGs The major advantage of the PTG system...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    July 25, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...available in the adenovirus section below!   Fig. 2 - Viral vector components of AAV Adenovirus Adenoviruses...ITRs serve as a type of origin of replication to initiate replication of the dsDNA virus. Viral packaging...plasmid while the other plasmids with packaging or replication components are called helper plasmids. Below,... production, they can be helpful for certain applications and aid in ease of use. Our lentiviral guide...AAV are rep and cap. Rep is required for viral replication and also aids in infrequent genome integration...a helper plasmid and mediate efficient viral replication. More information on these viral genes is available...particles. E2A/E2B are responsible for viral replication, with E2B being the primary viral polymerase....
  15. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...acceptable variations in DR sequences. Figure 2: comparison of Cas 9 vs. Cas 12a expression cassettes...editing applications.  Figure 4: Overview of CasMINI for genome engineering applications. Image ...stability in cells, and use it in a variety of applications. This set of new anti-FLAG frankebodies includes...to FLAG-tag H2B for nuclear localization. (c) Applications of anti-FLAG-FB-GFP labeling various targets... and anti-HA frankenbodies have a variety of applications, including live-cell imaging, single-molecule...members or students new to protein expression and purification. Figure 3: The Penn State Ladder run ...challenges for in vivo delivery and cell engineering applications. CasMINI, a new miniature CRISPR-Cas system ...
  16. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    June 1, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... a system closely mimicking the future application. In figure 2 we provide an example of the comparison...protein for your application. Selecting the best fluorescent protein for a specific application can seem like...under conditions that best mimic the intended application. The three key properties for live cell imaging...are converted into emitted photons. These are indicated by the extinction coefficient (EC) and quantum...experimental set up. The practical brightness takes all application specific parameters into account, including the... picture of what can be expected in a 'real' application than the theoretical brightness. Consequently...
  17. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...PubMed PMID: 8491198. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC413431. 2. Bukrinsky MI, et al. “Active nuclear import of human...enough to ensure the virus can replicate and spread. Instead, viruses replicate by hijacking the host’s system...low immunogenicity which makes them ideal for applications with whole organisms. Finally, viral delivery...delivery is typically straightforward across applications, while electroporation of a human, for example, isn...people in nature, extra safety measures, like replication incompetent viral particles, are required. We... (~4.5kb From basic science to clinical applications, viruses are true bench to bedside tools. Keep...our upcoming blogs on virus safety and viral applications to help you start (safely!) thinking about the...
  18. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...higher quenching of mScarlet emission. Figure 2: Ace-mScarlet is a fusion between the voltage-sensitive...voltage indicator Article contributed by Shreya Vedantam Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs)...fluorescent optics. Existing red fluorescent voltage indicators, however, fall short compared to GFP-based sensors...linker between them. The Ace-mScarlet voltage indicator works like many FRET-opsin GEVIs. With an increase...channelrhodopsins. Find the Ace-mScarlet voltage indicator plasmids at Addgene! Beck et al., Sci Report 2019...increasingly been recognized for its biotechnological applications including conversion of CO2 into water and electrical...the N-terminus of Cre (CreN) are fused to the truncated Phytochrome B (PhyBΔ) and the active protein binding...
  19. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... and transfer 100 µl of glycerol stock to each of 2 96-well microplates (identical copies, see image above...digital notebook and make sure you note the freezer location of every plasmid in your collection. Use one of...access and use the materials they need, and avoid duplicating your effort. In addition, if you should choose... important step in ensuring quality, as it will catch any errors made during the cloning, sample handling... for more tips on sequence analysis, plasmid verification, and using NCBI BLAST. Tips for high-throughput...result against the expected sequence for quick verification, which can be done through the align tab of ... plasmid verification...
  20. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    June 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
    ...JS, Legube G, Miller KM Genes Dev. 2015 Jan 15;29(2):197-211. DNA Cross-Bridging Shapes a Single Nucleus...transcription, or DNA repair, or replication, or any number of CRISPR applications and thought “OK, but how does...pages containing lists of plasmids from the indicated publications. You can request all of these plasmids ...below pull up lists of plasmids containing the indicated gene, and you can subscribe to these pages to ...
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