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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 22, 2023, 1 p.m....new institute and mentor that they may want to consider for future work placements. The chance to learn... expectations are reasonable, your reagents are onsite before you need them, and you are set up for success...
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K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2023, 1 p.m....model yeast strain and discuss why you may want to consider a yeast off the beaten path. Yeast as a model...for your media buck - it grows at higher cell densities than most of its counterparts, yielding higher... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2016, 2:35 p.m....site of that. 3. Stem cell science is hard, and expensive Dr. Yamanaka explained that it took 50 people ...technologies, stem cell techniques are neither fast nor inexpensive. After talking to numerous poster presenters... -
R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....fluorescent protein fusions allowed us to image R bodies inside cells, and these constructs may be useful to future... S., Schleifer, K.-H., Verni, F. & Rosati, G. Defensive extrusive ectosymbionts of Euplotidium (Ciliophora... -
Components of CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m....CRISPR/Cas systems have a variety of enzymes responsible for processing foreign DNA as well as the RNA...historical notes CRISPR arrays in bacterial genomes consist of repeated elements separated by unique sequences... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m.... ultrasound contrast. At a very low volumetric density and with a resolution of less than 100 µm, the ...probable mature human miRNAs. Weiss’s collection consists of a library of reporter plasmids, each containing... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m....the displaced strand. Figure 1: EvolvR consists of an error-prone polymerase (PolI) that is fused...provide a better understanding of the key residues responsible for this protein-drug interaction. The Dueber... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 11, 2018, 12:46 p.m....selected to participate on this panel, but my consistent writing for the Addgene blog (~1-2 blog posts...social media, but how you use social media to consistently engage with others about your topic(s) of interest... -
Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 26, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... effects. However, these methods can be labor intensive and quite time consuming. As Cas9/gRNA activity...several systems to do this but most are labor-intensive, require multiple fluorescent proteins, and aren... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m....Base editors make specific DNA base changes and consist of a catalytically impaired Cas protein (dCas or... to base editor activity and editing speed and consists of the following components: A plasmid in the... -
Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 28, 2020, 2:35 p.m....inefficiently that no industrial operation would ever consider them worth the trouble. Enter ELSA: E. coli Learning...for research. We’ve also involved ourselves in extensive outreach programs to encourage and embolden the... -
Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m....a nanobody. AsLOV2 is a light-oxygen-voltage sensing domain from the oat plant (Avena sativa). In darkness... of more OptoNBs would allow for more uses both inside and outside cells. References Gil, Agnieszka ... -
Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m....; or by incomplete PCR, which skips the final extension step to retain products with single-stranded overhangs...assembly is cost, as T4 polymerase is much less expensive than the enzymes required for Gibson assembly.... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m....Addgene also has a number of insect vectors to consider. An easy way to see what is available is to browse...transgenic fly There are a few important points to consider when choosing the vector you’d like to use to ... -
Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m....described in this publication We also wrote an extensive review on the exciting new field we call “precision...approach: Phenotypic Characterization of a Comprehensive Set of MAPK1/ERK2 Missense Mutants. Brenan L... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m....And there are the usual transfection drawbacks: transient expression and needing to work with a transfectable...For cloning, Zetsche et al used four oligos that consist of direct repeats and crRNA. Similar to a jigsaw... -
Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m....monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between experiments...pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry Our current AAV inventory consists almost entirely of viruses expressing DREADDs ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m....integrated into the genome of the target cell or transiently expressed. It’s important to note that for all...vector can express your construct in target cells transiently or constitutively depending on the virus used... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m....is an extremely useful technique that provides insight into protein:DNA interactions. ChIP works by using...exploring these interactions, and can give valuable insight into DNA expression and protein interactions, including... -
CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 25, 2024, 2:15 p.m....Cas enzymes and variants available. Without a comprehensive resource, it can be overwhelming to choose a...resources throughout the site. In the Experimental Considerations section on each enzyme page, you'll find a ...