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TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m....daily, yet obstacles remain. One of the biggest challenges facing researchers today is the complexity of... of the latest resources? In response to this challenge, Addgene has launched an initiative to curate ...
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PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m....determinants of prime editing efficiency such as the length of the RTT overhang, the GC content of the primer... pridict.it. This approach leverages the strengths of PRIDICT/PRIDICT2.0 while accounting for some... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m....entire time talking to the poster, as opposed to engaging with you? Be sure to use your poster as a visual...they are following along. This will not only re-engage you with those who sought out your poster, but ... -
An Introduction to Adenovirus
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m....viruses, with a linear genome between 26–45 kb in length. Human adenovirus type 5 (hAdV-C5) can be considered... like other viral vectors, though significant challenges remain (Wold & Toth, 2013). While the pre-existing... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....transcriptase (RT) is present in the capsid, as the engineered, recombinant genome is (thankfully) gutted of...2008). Pseudodiploid Genome Organization Aids Full-Length Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 DNA Synthesis... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m.... peripheral nervous system presents a special challenge to scientists. What works well in one cell or ...vectors in neuroscience Let’s consider my first challenge when I started working with AAV vectors. I wanted... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....from very high cell density suspension. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2021 Sep;118(9):3499-3510. doi: 10.1002/bit.27776...Schöneich C, Freund E, Ricci MS, Carpenter JF, Lengsfeld CS. Do not drop: mechanical shock in vials causes... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m....major players in the CRISPR field. Just a year after Feng Zhang’s lab identified Cas13a (C2c2) (Abudayyeh ...) displayed robust editing with various spacer lengths from 30-84 nucleotides, and designated this system... -
A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m....success” of the journal club. This can be a challengingly vague metric but there are a few things you ...scientists of all types to stay up to date and engaged with new advances in published science. They also... -
Tips for arabidopsis transformation
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2018, 1:23 p.m....). Additional resources on the Addgene blog Engineering the plant genome using CRISPR/Cas9 Using pSiM24...pSiM24 for simplifying plant genetic engineering Using arabidopsis in the classroom Resources on Addgene.org... -
New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m....bypassing these issues. CRISPRi libraries utilize an engineered Cas9, which contains multiple point mutations...Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex." Nature517.7536 (2015): ... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m....negative sense RNA strand approximately 19 kb in length. It contains short promoter sequences at its 3’...replication and transcription, as it would for a full-length viral genome (Figure 2). While it is technically... -
Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m....Cpf1-mediated cleavage are 42-44 nucleotides in length, about the same size as Cas9’s, but with the direct...Figure from Kleinstiver et al., 2016. Cpf1’s strength may lie in its low off-target editing rates, determined... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m....from flow cytometry experiments can be a little challenging to understand if you’ve never done any flow. ... showing frequency of events on the Y axis and strength of signal read on the X axis may be presented.... -
Bioinformatics at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m....on-site, but now we were presented with a new challenge: automating the bioinformatics steps needed to... reviewing and testing several platforms for engineering pipelines, we selected Nextflow, a workflow management... -
Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m....repair (HDR) (Glasser et al., 2016). For TREE they engineered a BFP variant that undergoes conversion to GFP...TLDR: TREE from the Wang and Brafman lab uses an engineered BFP variant that converts to GFP after a base... -
Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2020, 1 p.m....distinguish between Zika and a closely-related virus, Dengue from multiple sample sources. SHERLOCK could also...://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5573 Broughton JP, Deng X, Yu G, Fasching CL, Servellita V, Singh J, Miao... -
An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m....Addgene blog Learn about what went into our search engine update Find all Addgene news Resources on Addgene.org... Sophia K. Cheng... -
Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m..... During a transient leaf transformation, the engineered Agrobacterium strain is brought into contact ..., 2006. 225-229. PubMed PMID: 16739580. Li, Jian-Feng, et al. "The FAST technique: a simplified Agrobacterium-based... -
Lab to Office Culture Shock
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m....counter-intuitive, but I find office work more mentally challenging than lab work at times.” Sometimes a desk job...to non-scientists can be a fun and gratifying challenge. You’re also getting the opportunity to learn ...