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TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 19, 2017, 1:20 p.m....Wang, Y., Missinato, M. A., Onuoha, E., Perkins, L. A., Watkins, S. C., . . . Bruchez, M. P. (2016). A ...you can do just that. Photosensitizing dyes and proteins have been around for awhile (check out this review...produced by photosensitizers inactivate target proteins or cells while having little effect on neighboring...suggests that it could be used with these fluorescent proteins. He et al also compared MG-2I-dL5** head-to-head...
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Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m....sections, while still creating scarless plasmid inserts. Want to Learn More about DNA Assembly? Check...polymerase used in the amplification. This tool allows instant updates as fragments are added, deleted, or reordered...(sgRNA). Using only one single-stranded oligo, instead of the more typical two oligos, is more cost effective...linearized plasmid with a synthetic oligo that contains a region of homology and any desired edits to ...amplified with overlapping regions of homology and inserted into a linearized cassette, ready for transformation... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2016, 2:35 p.m....differentiated cells simply by expressing four proteins Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and cMyc (the so called OSKM...Yamanaka's work has been profound, and this is a rare instance in which "profound" seems like an understatement...degeneration; Laurenz Studer discussed his work with Parkinson's Disease; Hideyuki Okano presented ground-breaking...clinical trials for ALS. I have an uncle with Parkinson's, a half-brother who is a quadriplegic due to ... Eric J. Perkins... -
5 Great Apps for Lab Life
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 22, 2016, 2:30 p.m....searching the interwebs for lab resources, and instead conveniently provide them on your smart phone. ...holds the Gibco Cell culture manual and basic instructional videos. The search function in the manual just...that require restriction enzymes or PCR. The app contains a double digest tool that is only helpful for ...for NEB restriction enzymes since the instructions use NEB buffers. Nonetheless, if you are setting up a...draw an amino acid or peptide for some reason. It contains all twenty amino acids plus selenocysteine and... -
Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2023, 1 p.m....readouts for levels of different chemicals, hormones, proteins, etc., that you are interested in. The most obvious...could be a microscope, plate reader, or any other instrument which measured GFP levels and converted that ...includes tension monitors associated with specific proteins of interest such as actinin. When tension is high....2019.00474 Resources on Addgene.org Fluorescent Proteins: Biosensors Viral Service: Biosensor AAV Viral...Epigenetics with a FRET Based Biosensor Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors ... -
Clear and Accessible Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 15, 2024, 2:15 p.m.... may feel it’s overwhelming or challenging. So instead, let’s focus on practicing with a short and accessible...information? This can be physical or digital. For instance, you would present information differently in ...image on a protocol page on our website, as an instructive step-by-step guide. Finally, when writing your...after centrifugation and the syringe needle is inserted bevel-up at the interface between the 40% and ...captured at the 40% layer. To collect purified AAV, insert a syringe at the interface of the 40% layer containing... -
Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 19, 2019, 1:36 p.m....certified health insurance executive (CHIE). He is a member of both the Internal Institute of Auditors and... Directors brings complementary experience and insight to the now 10 member board at Addgene. Let’s meet...at both MetLife & Ernst & Young, LLP, auditing insurance, finance and high-tech industries. He has earned...Addgene blog Learn more about about Addgene in our "Inside Addgene" blog series Subscribe to the Addgene blog... -
A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 24, 2020, 2:15 p.m.... thanks to our guest blogger Rachel Rubinstein! Rachel Rubinstein is currently a Field-based Product Manager...post was contributed by guest blogger, Rachel Rubinstein, a field-based software product manager at Oxford...your network to your advantage As the profession gains more traction in the sciences, I believe that more...customer in mind. You can follow her on twitter @rgrubinstein. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Discover... -
AAV Q&A with Tim Miles
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m....AAV? A: One potential strategy is to use split-inteins to mediate trans-protein splicing. Note, however...possible to make an efficient AAV prep for a 4.2 kB insert with the CMV promoter using the AAV-BR1 capsid?...bringing total genome length to ~4.7kB. If your insert alone is 4.2 kB and CMV promoter+enhancer is 0.5...experiments using PHP.eB in the brain give some insight into codelivery efficiency at different doses. ...tropism to other serotypes, but reproducible success remains elusive. There has also been a lot of effort in... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....postdoctoral researcher at the Noble Research Institute, co-instructed the ASPB workshop and authored a three-part...well received, and then when the team started brainstorming ideas for the next workshop, they realized that...in the group was able to make it physically to instruct the workshop at the conference, but because each...of the scientific community. Lessons learned Instead of continuously talking about a problem and potential... -
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 5, 2021, 12:15 p.m....awards to early career scientists using fluorescent proteins in their research. These awards help early career...biosensor fuses MPST to roGFP2. Because roGFP2 contains two cysteines near the chromophore that are susceptible... to better understand the processes that happen inside the cell,” says Pedre Pérez. Figure 2: ...changes following opioid withdrawal, providing insight into new methods for treating patients in recovery...indicator which had improved performance in live mouse brains. Currently, she is using the improved voltage indicator... -
Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m....discussions. Pro tip: Instead of connecting with someone you don’t really know, follow instead of connecting....information available. When I am speaking at a new institution, for example, I will often see a whole bunch ... “a postdoc from this Uni viewed your profile” instead of “Joanne Kamens, PhD viewed your profile.” The...option for sending LinkedIn messages to Click Send instead of Press Enter to Send. That way you can type a... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....resources. There are three types of cognitive load: intrinsic cognitive load is the effort associated with a...show frustration if they're incorrect; take it instead as valuable feedback. Listen. Think about the ...strategy. Don’t assume it’s the audience’s fault; instead look for ways to improve how you're communicating...If something I was communicating didn’t click, instead of blaming the audience, I would think about how... wasn't. Maybe I needed to employ a visual aid instead of describing something verbally. Sometimes a group... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m....for every assay. Antibodies that are generated against a linear antigen tend to work very well for applications...application. Take immunohistochemistry (IHC), for instance. While an antibody may be validated for IHC, not...region highly conserved across species? If the proteins are highly homologous between your target species... each isotype or species to easily discern the proteins in your assay. Narrowing the field After working...compare the staining patterns of multiple antibodies against the same target; tagged protein strategies that... -
Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m....comprised of two tandem fluorescent proteins: a relatively pH-insensitive RFP variant, DsRed.T3 and a pH-sensitive...the degradation rate of radio-labeled long-lived proteins as a proxy for autophagy. Cells are cultured with...washout period removes radio-labeled short-lived proteins primarily via proteasome degradation. Autophagy... to giving more fine-grained detail about what proteins or organelles are being degraded) and it is slow... -
Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m....destination vector + insert may spontaneously religate, this transient construct retains functional Type IIS...in the final construct. The destination vector contains sites with complementary overhangs that direct...complete with helpful tips and tricks, see The Sainsbury Lab website or Engler & Marillonet. Golden Gate...technology has adapted Golden Gate cloning for inserting the appropriate oligonucleotides specifying a ... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2023, 3 p.m....secondary antibodies instead (B). Since a polyclonal primary antibody contains a mix of different...antibodies used for detection bind to non-target immunoglobulins naturally present in the tissue sample. There...antibody fragments to block the endogenous immunoglobulins and reduce the background staining but they...Biological systems tend to be complex with a variety of proteins interacting. Experiments tend to be equally complex... -
A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m....mutation in the evolved TadA domain. Because ABE7.10 contains a heterodimeric fusion of wild-type TadA and TadA7.10... the evolved TadA region. The ABE8.x-m version contains only the evolved TadA and is ~500 base-pair smaller...evaluate further. The creation of accidental insertions and deletions (indel) by the catalytically impaired...more than 90% compared to ABE7.10. Choosing Cas9 proteins to increase the targeting scope of adenine base... Cas9 in the ABE complex with PAM-variant Cas9 proteins: the S. pyogenes NG-Cas9 (PAM: NG) to create NG-ABE8... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m....challenge is finding relevant papers. The latest installment of the Early Career Researcher Toolbox will highlight...search that’s constantly updated. This Twitter list contains >300 Twitter literature bots, including a bot ...AI-backed literature search developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Semantic Scholar ...Initiative. Meta is not a traditional search engine. Instead, you create your own research feed by entering ... papers are published, similar to Facebook or Instagram. Key features Setting up a personalized feed is... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m....distinct proteins and result in unclear transcriptional consequences (Sprujit 2013). Enzymatic domains tethered...are a number of drawbacks to this approach: TET proteins are not demethylases; they are dioxygenases that..., Charlton et al. 2020). Most importantly, TET proteins affect transcription independent of their enzymatic...overlap the CpG of interest. Having the CpG directly inside the gRNA sequence is a great guarantee that DNMT1...