...technology and its advantages? Fujii: In the last several years, my lab has been working on development of...specific genomic regions while retaining molecular interactions. For this purpose, we developed the insertional... regions. I believe that enChIP will markedly accelerate research of regulation mechanisms of genome functions...some of its potential applications? Fujii: We generated a series of retroviral vectors expressing tagged...biological systems. We are currently developing several additional systems of enChIP to make the technology...to journals. In addition, it is my pleasure to interact with my colleagues in meetings of scientific societies... Rhine River. In the US, I very much enjoyed interactions with many excellent colleagues at NYU and visiting...

...implantation and generation of transgenic mice. Purification: GFP can be used as a general epitope tag for...biosensor or cell marker, studying protein-protein interactions, visualizing promoter activity, and much more...fluorescent activity; very little truncation is tolerated, however, point mutations are acceptable. GFP'...mutations have since been introduced to GFP and new iterations of fluorophores are constantly being engineered...energy transfer (FRET): This is used to study the interactions between two proteins or between two domains ... has also been used to study protein-protein interactions. In this case, two portions of EGFP are fused... their activity and visualize the effects of alterations to this activity. Learn more about optogenetics...

..., the legacy of each government and generation is in the veracity of its work. Alina Chan is a postdoctoral...these mistakes quickly. However, many scientists operate in a hyper-competitive environment where getting...speak out in unprecedented force during the 2015 federal election.   Even as we marched in solidarity with... Washington, DC, USA 38.9072°N 77.0369°W – Mark Lucera I am a passionate scientist.  I care about my ...People asked, and we talked.  That's a win. Mark Lucera is a PhD trained scientist at the University of...Postdoctoral Association.  Follow him on twitter at @Mark_Lucera. Ann Arbor, MI, USA 42.2808°N 83.7430°W – Alexandra...Aurora, CO where she studies the development and regeneration of mammalian taste buds. Erin is also the President...

...processes from development to metabolism to fertility. Several zebrafish-specific gene expression databases that...available, new hypotheses about specific genetic interactions arise and tools to deactivate specific genes...way to deactivate genes without spending months generating mutants. Unexpectedly, phenotypes sometimes differ...of gene regulation (El-Brolosy et al., 2019). Generating zebrafish transgenics Creating transgenic organisms...different experimental conditions. Strategies for generating transgenic zebrafish are well established (Felker...cell RNA sequencing approaches (Harland, 2018). Several different methods have been developed, relying ...i.e., redundant) genome, their long three-month generation time and labor-intensive maintenance compared...

...more stable than the methyltransferase. When a plasmid is lost, the methyltransferase is degraded and/or...stabilized luciferase-expressing plasmids to examine in vivo-induced promoters in the Vibrio cholerae vaccine...ensure that plasmids are passed down through generations (Figure 1). These so called “plasmid addiction...composed of restriction endonucleases and methyltransferases. Restriction endonucleases cleave DNA at ...specific nucleotide sequences. To counter this, methyltransferases add methyl groups to bases at specific nucleotide...stably express antigens in sufficient quantities to generate an immune response. As a proof of concept, they...genes that couple host cell division to plasmid proliferation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

...pEcCas/pEcgRNA is superior in several ways: The pEcCas plasmid can be operated at 37 ℃ for faster growth ...plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive replicon for self-curing, an arabinose..., 2) changed the replicon of pCas into a non-temperature-sensitive replicon, and 3) added the sacB gene...containing BsaI restriction enzyme sites at its ends to generate pEcgRNA. The ccdB serves as a counterselection...genes of interest in BL21(DE3) using the newly generated pEcCas/pEcgRNA system.   Advantages of the pEcCas...directly ligated with the annealed 24 nt oligos to generate new pEcgRNA. pEcCas/pEcgRNA can be applied not... the gene dosage of glucose dehydrogenase and generated a strain that could achieve glucose dehydrogenase...

...preps and our lentiviral preps.   Viruses are generated using standard methods that have been optimized...optimized for each specific virus in order to generate high quality preparations. After production, all virus...the University of Pennsylvania Vector Core. In general, titering is performed by the facility that produced...suggests that titers obtained using ddPCR are generally two to three fold higher than those achieved using... us. Full sequencing of the Viral Genome Next-generation sequencing is performed on viral genomes isolated...items) are produced in 293T cells using the 2nd generation psPAX2 and pMD2.G packaging system developed ...lentiviral preparations (“-LVC” catalog items) are generated from lentiviral preparations (described above)...

... developed, though, researchers at HuidaGene Therapeutics guessed that fusing MPG to an ABE would allow...transversion editor AYBEv3. This tool still retained considerable A → G editing activity at most sites, in addition...they co-expressed Polη, a translesion synthesis polymerase known to preferentially incorporate A bases across... N108Q mutation in the deaminase), produced an average A → C product purity of 48%. Like CGBEs, these ...abasic site before filling the empty space. Over several rounds of rational mutagenesis, the team progressed...allow it to recognize thymine (T) or cytosine (C). Several different teams succeeded with this approach around...recognize T and/or C substrates. The HuidaGene Therapeutics team has deposited their editors, called gTBE...

... replicates how you’d interact with team members in person, and improves overall communication.  Maintain...project and accelerates the pace at which problems can be addressed and new ideas generated. Furthermore...team in Paris, France. While efforts like these accelerate the progress of research, they can also present...different tasks. But these challenges can be exaggerated when communicating across time zones, digitally...the times that work best for them. This also accelerates the pace of research by circumventing the slower...exchange project at the International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference in Frankfurt, Germany When funding...

...Virus Genome Interactions Important for Vector Production and Transduction. Human Gene Therapy 31:499–511...and Rep40) Rep proteins. Alternative splicing generates the different C-terminal regions of the Rep proteins...transfer plasmid, which contain regions of dsDNA. To generate a 3’ hydroxyl group needed for DNA replication...in the ITRs, uses its endonuclease activity to generates a ssDNA substrate which is then nicked by its ...splicing and differing translational start sites generate the three VP proteins. The three VP proteins assemble...Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) as a Vector for Gene Therapy. BioDrugs 31:317–334 . https://doi.org/10.1007/...Improving the Efficacy of AAV Vectors. Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development 12:248–265 . https...