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  1. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    Dec. 17, 2019, 2:37 p.m.
    ... adenine base editor variants using a protein-truncation strategy with reduced RNA-recognition capabilities...engineered tRNA adenosine deaminase (TadA) to a catalytically impaired Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. They called... toolkit named ORANGE (Open Resource for the Application of Neuronal Genome Editing) mediates targeted...(A-to-I) RNA editor called REPAIR by fusing catalytically inactivated RNA-targeting Cas13 (dCas13) with...
  2. A new platform for fast functional characterization of potentially cancerous mutations

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    May 7, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...Thousands of mutations have been implicated in cancer. Yet, the majority of them remain uncharacterized...Using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a catalog of genetic mutations responsible for cancer from... of mutations they identified included gene amplifications and fusions, missense mutations, and indels...aberration drivers of pancreatic cancer." Nature communications 7 (2016): 10500. PubMed PMID: 26806015. PubMed...
  3. Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes

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    June 19, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...Knowing where bacteria are located within their host is often key to understanding their role in both...reporters are not as well suited for imaging organs located deep in the body, like the gastrointestinal tract...lab recently discovered that gas vesicles also scatter sound waves and therefore produce signals in ultrasound... experiment to demonstrate the most exciting application for ARG’s: in vivo imaging. Specifically, arg1...
  4. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ..., and you should always check the associated publication for the specifics of your chosen plasmid. Types...conformational changes, translation, and protein translocation. Targeting your biosensor Before expressing ...Experiments Experiment  Detection Method Notes Quantification of a process Plate-based assays (plate reader...components of individual cells Separation/identification of fluorescently-labeled components Fluorescence-activated...
  5. The Blue Flame Award: Celebrating Addgene's Most Requested Depositors

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    Nov. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...plasmids are categorized into a 3-level system on our website:   A yellow flame indicates that a plasmid...re proud to honor the creativity, passion, and dedication to sharing epitomized by the creators of these...Since we so sincerely appreciate our depositor’s dedication to scientific sharing, we wanted to celebrate...
  6. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    July 27, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...be used to generate organoid cultures with a modification of interest. While the authors optimized the...mechanisms related to morphogenesis, cell fate specification, and human disease.     Sun, et al. bioRxiv...protoplasts, the enzymatic biosensor retains its catalytic activity.  As SLs are also known to trigger seed...parasitization of cereal crops. As a result, agricultural applications of these novel biosensors could have a major...
  7. Plasmids 101: Gene, enhancer, and promoter trapping

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    May 2, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...genes are truly dispensable or are the current identification methods missing something? Here we will review...review some time-tested gene identification systems that may have a leg up on their modern counterparts...considerable distance away from a gene which can make identification of the gene itself difficult. The best trap...transposon, and many more! Check out Addgene’s catalog to find trapping tools for your next experiment...
  8. Addgene at the ASM Microbe 2016 Conference

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    July 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...symposia on Sunday afternoon were dedicated to science communication through art. Addgene Advisory Board...Waterlilies one!). As we dive more into science education and outreach ourselves, we can a learn a lot from... resource sharing and was also a great place to catch up with former colleagues! I ran into past ASM President...
  9. Networking and Inspiring Young Scientists at Freshers Fairs

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    Nov. 17, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...sessions to help undergraduate students with their applications. The society currently has 1,283 members, who... society organizes numerous recreational and educational events throughout the year, including a Christmas...between biology and synthetic biology by providing education and networking opportunities for society members...and what benefits did they provide during your education? Let us know in the comments section below! Do...
  10. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    March 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
    ...kinetics) that makes them suitable for different applications. We recently released a new variant of jGCaMP7... been developed and are suited for different applications. The iGABASnFR GABA sensor (pAAV.hSyn-FLEX.iGABASnFR...availability date or to be notified when a particular catalog item is available for order please email [email protected] coming in our new 20 ul trial size! Voltage indicators Plasmid Serotype Name 119036  AAV1  pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST...
  11. CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair

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    Feb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m.
    ...the gRNA design process and rules for various applications is necessary going forward. The standardization... I think I may have finally grasped just how complicated DNA repair pathways are. I fully admit to being...Alt-NHEJ), has been harnessed for CRISPR knock-in applications. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2...for CRISPR Genome Editing Other resources and publications CRISPOR gRNA design tool Researchers at the ...
  12. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...markers for plant transformation fall into two main categories: antibiotic/herbicide resistance and fluorescent...culture), which is great for a wide variety of applications. But some techniques require you to select against...these mutant plants. Using RUBY to simplify the identification of these mutants will speed up my work and ...student studying plant development and cell-cell communication in the Nimchuk Lab in the Biology Department...
  13. Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring

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    Nov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
    ...under harsh conditions. One example application from the publication is the removal of unwanted cDNA derived...the van der Oost lab. Phylogenetic comparison indicates that like GeoCas9 and ThermoCas9, IgnaviCas9 is...a thermostable Cas9 be useful? It can enable applications where reagents must be stored at elevated temperatures...
  14. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    Dec. 7, 2015, 6 p.m.
    ...overjoyed to provide you with these fantastic educational resources and will be sure to keep our eyes open...used to generate inversions, deletions, and translocations. It also provides researchers with many different...repository use Cas9 to cut DNA, Addgene Science Communications Intern Mary Gearing explains how Cas9 homolog...make it easier to make gene edits at new genomic locations. 6. CRISPR 101: Non-homologous End Joining So ...
  15. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    April 18, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...The catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) is well known for its ability to bind DNA targets without...has been widely adapted for a wide variety of applications: base editing, CRISPR activation and inhibition... (B) CRISPR-Sirius used to visualize relative locations of the subtelomeric region of the pericentromeric...al. “CRISPR-Sirius: RNA scaffolds for signal amplification in genome imaging.” Nature Methods 15 (2018)...
  16. Addgene Depositors Get More Citations

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    April 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...databases available, Web of Science. For each publication, Web of Science provides basic bibliographic ...Science, PLOS One, and PNAS. We then broke the publications from these journals into two groups: those containing...differences in citations due to the journal of publication. Table 1 provides an example calculation of the...Addgene in them. The adjustment is done within publication years. What do we find once we do this adjustment...
  17. 25 Work From Home Tips for Scientists

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    March 19, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for all ages. Organize your data and prepare publications or your dissertation Organize data that you...these drafts and for a few model organisms, Micropublication will accept negative data or publish brief...brief, novel findings. Most Micropublications contain one figure. If you aren’t there yet, write introductions...introductions to potential publications or prepare a review article. These are both options that can be done...
  18. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    July 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex CRISPR screening.   Using tRNAs...multiplex genome engineering of crops or allow for sophisticated CRISPR screenings that would perturb the unprecedented...and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA sequences must be avoided...construct DAP array for multiplex gene editing applications, we provide detailed manual and online design...
  19. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    Jan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...antibodies may just not perform as well in one application as another, so it is always best to have options...for mEGFP-HRas (from Plasmid 18662). See the Applications section on the Anti-GFP [N86/8R] page for more...fluorescent proteins (FPs) necessary for many of these applications have lagged. Fixation, chemical staining, and...well-suited for the demands of advanced microscopy applications such as super resolution, electron, and expansion...
  20. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ... While ribosome profiling co-opts the physical location of the ribosome, TRICK (Translating RNA Imaging...development, the osk-TRICK reporter was double labeled, indicating translational repression. During later stages...ribosomes after initiation, to calculate a ribosome translocation rate of ~3.5 codons/second. They also explored...Resources the Addgene Blog Learn More about SunTag Catch up on Your GFP Background Choose the Brightest Fluorescent...
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