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  1. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    April 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...within the scientific community, as they allow for simplified transformation processes, and can be used by ... the others are functional in other hosts. For example, the pJD4 plasmid harbors distinct origins (ori1... load (Meyer 2009). Figure 1: Idealized examples of a narrow host range plasmid with only one ori... hosts in which proteins can be expressed. For example, scientists can incorporate interchangeable antibiotic...
  2. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    Feb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
    ...granularity, a proxy for nucleic complexity of the cell.  The sample will have been labeled using a panel...parallel.  Let’s imagine we’re looking for cells in a sample that are negative for marker A and positive for...Anderson, D. (2015). Neutrophil Responses to Sterile Implant Materials. PloS One, 10, e0137550. https://doi....
  3. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...targeting the genomic site of interest. The donor template is supplied separately. To use this system, you.... The optimized plasmid curing method was much simpler and took only ~32 hours instead of ~60 hours. ...strategy for plasmid curing, providing users with a complete editing process. The MUCICAT system While the ... pQCascade) with 4 rounds of transformation to complete the N-acetylglucosamine strain library construction...
  4. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... list of specific structures within cells. For example, to improve nuclear localization of fluorescent...//doi.org/10.1101/160374 Nanobodies- there's a simple method for that! By Michelle Cronin The benefits...Kimiko Hara, and Kazuo Umemura have described a simple method which alleviates the inclusion body problem...problem and makes nanobody production in E.coli as simple as following a DNA miniprep protocol!  First, the...
  5. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    July 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...only occur through editing by a APOBEC-Cas9n-UGI complex. So how exactly does this work? Figure 1:...DNA editing efficiency of APOBEC-Cas9 editisome complexes in real-time (St. Martin et al., 2019). To create...DNA editing efficiency of APOBEC-Cas9 editisome complexes. The eGFP reporters rely on the correction of ... single base editing by APOBEC-Cas9 editosome complexes. Scientific Reports 9: . https://doi.org/10.1038...
  6. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    March 31, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Schumacher, 2012). This concept is a little more complex than simply competing for replication control factors... daughter cell during cell division. They don’t simply rely on chance (or random diffusion) to make this...some types low copy plasmids during cell division simply does not allow for enough time for correct partitioning...
  7. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...become resistant somehow overtime. One fantastic example of intrinsic resistance would be Mycoplasma species...Figure 1): Over-prescription of antibiotics (for example, giving antibiotics for an infection that isn’t...treatment regiment might wipe out bacteria that are completely susceptible to a drug while a full course of ...likely to develop over time. It isn’t feasible to completely eliminate the development of resistance; it’s...
  8. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    May 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...work in cell culture. The problems with cell lines Simply put, the majority of cell line problems come from...when it is important to check their identity. For example, perhaps a working cell bank has been made by a...monitor any changes. Your tracking system could be as simple as a piece of paper on the front of the incubator...passage number, cell line, and date, which you complete each time you passage the cells (as well as recording...
  9. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...often have absolute position requirements. For example, a KDEL ER retrieval sequence only functions at... even disrupt fusion protein localization. For example, the formation of inappropriate inter-chain disulfide...disulfide bonds between FPs blocks Golgi complex-localized fusions from properly exiting the ER and fluorescing... that can be used in various combinations. For example, with standard fluorescent microscope filter sets...
  10. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    Feb. 10, 2015, 3:06 p.m.
    ...proteins. lon protease: Strains where this is completely deleted (designated lon or Δlon) similary reduce...variety of sources, so fear not—there are a few simple troubleshooting measures that can help get you ...will not express in an IPTG induction strain for example, nor will a p15 plasmid be compatible with a pLys...better at 30°C or room-temperature, which is accomplished by growing your culture to the desired density...
  11. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ...protein is cleaved by proteases. Nowadays, with ample structural information available, it’s clear that... better preserves the function of the POI. For example, the APT1-mVenus fusion localizes at the Golgi,... interact with other proteins or biomolecules. Examples of the successful insertion of a fluorescent protein...interactions) can be challenging. If a fusion can complement a knock-down or knock-out of the corresponding...
  12. Hot Plasmids: February 2026

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    Feb. 17, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Bentley That's right: just one! Simple enough to summarize, but far from simple to create. Most organisms have...Chen Lab, relies on the vault ribonucleoprotein complex: a large, barrel-shaped structure of unknown function...encapsulated (Figure 3). In this way, TimeVault samples the cytosolic transcriptome and preserves it for...
  13. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    March 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...are essential cell surface receptors involved in complex signaling pathways and the linkage of intra- and...development. Integrin structure and conformational complexity There are 24 known mammalian integrins, all heterodimers...demonstrated that anti-integrin αVβ5.9 “essentially completely blocks all adhesion,” inhibiting the function...Leucine-Valine-Aspartate-Proline (LVDP) motif. The Ha and Springer teams employed IPI synthetic antigen-binding fragments (Fabs)...
  14. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...scFv sequences have traditionally been cloned by amplifying the VLand VH antibody sequences of hybridomas...applications of scFvs: The SunTag system uses an scFv to amplify the fluorescence intensity of a tagged protein.....0000000000000145  Gąciarz A, Ruddock LW (2017) Complementarity determining regions and frameworks contribute... about the SunTag system which uses an scFv to amplify the fluorescence intensity of a tagged protein....
  15. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    Sept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...important microalgae: intrinsic suicide switch implementation in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803...The Gomis-Ruth lab designed the pCri system to simplify the protein purification process by making it ...directly engages the ribosome for translational complex assembly. PhD student Dejan Gagoski used SITS ...Illumina-M13F bridging primer. These bridging primers are amplified and used to generate Illumina sequencing libraries...
  16. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    Aug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...build suspense. Notice the simplicity of their slides and how the slides complement the spoken message. Learn...get people to remember you). What better way to accomplish all of these things naturally than to give a ...cause and effect. Stories can and should be very simple. The goal is to get the listeners to be thinking...
  17. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    June 1, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Using AAV vectors in complex biological systems can be tricky at best, and downright infuriating at worst...what works great in one system or cell type can completely fail in a different system (Issa et al., 2023...postsynaptic transmission (Oh et al., 2020). For example, AAV1 and AAV9 tend to spread farther from the ...Off-target expression can still occur (Fig. 3) - for example, some neurons can transiently express TH - so you...
  18. FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution

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    Oct. 17, 2019, 12:28 p.m.
    ...Bernstein and Boyden, 2011; Mei and Zhang, 2012). For example, blue light activates channelrhodopsins that, in...photo-stimulated through fiberoptic cannulas directly implanted in the injection site and connected to a laser...Abdallah et al., 2018; Deubner et al., 2019). For example, Taylor and colleagues used rAAV FLEx-based vectors... Han, 2016). Not so long ago, however, it was completely unclear which subpopulation of DA neurons could...
  19. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Gene knockout with CRISPR technology is usually accomplished by Cas9-mediated dsDNA breaks: following a cut... into DNA. This also requires an exogenous DNA template. HDR, however, is a very low-efficiency process... is >30nt from the proximal ends of the repair template (Yang et al., 2013). This means that, for gene...but can often require difficult decisions. For example, would it be better to use a less-active gRNA that...
  20. A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture

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    Feb. 25, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...genetic code of living organisms and its societal implications even before the discovery of genes themselves...repaired by homologous recombination with a repair template.  Each zinc finger recognizes a nucleotide triplet... and reverse transcriptase. Using an elongated template + guide RNA called pegRNA (prime editing RNA),...us to always consider the ethics and broader implications of our research.  Want the Genome Editing Trading...
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