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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.... plate format yielding anywhere from two to six plates of 96 samples per week. This is where our new process... process only takes about one day, even for six plates (576 individual plasmids)! These libraries are ...takes about two days to complete. After the run completes, we begin our assembly process. Again, thanks ...
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Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... used to integrate the tagged AID* into genomic sites of interests via CRISPR techniques. This tool-kit...activated, Cas9 cleavage can induce DSBs within minutes. New CRISPR plasmids for Borrelia burgdorferi from...are now available. These libraries encode target sites flanked by randomized nucleotides in place of a ... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m.... real challenge is finding relevant papers. The latest installment of the Early Career Researcher Toolbox...around since 1996, but is getting an update! The latest version can be found here. The new PubMed will ...cite the most), and who the author influences (who cites the author the most). Best uses Finding papers frequently... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 22, 2019, 12:20 p.m....identified and interpreted in less than a couple of minutes. How does one accomplish all of that? What follows...The UCLA Library offers some Powerpoint based templates with different column numbers for a good starting...starting point. Adobe also offers free poster templates, although most are vertical. Large central box... -
Hot Plasmids February 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m....co-incubate it with an “assist peptide” that facilitates endosomal escape. Combining Cas9-PAGE with lentiviral... in rodents have not been widely successful in primates. The authors used a multispecies approach to generate...endothelial-specific tropism in rodents and broad tropism in primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3345. https://doi.org... -
Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... based off of p24 quantification tend to be overestimates since they can include free p24 and defective...vectors carrying fluorescent markers are used as it eliminates the need for antibody staining. Check Out Our...multiplicity of infection (MOI) to ensure only one copy integrates, selecting by antibiotic-resistance or single... -
The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m....AAV8 for kidney cells — can help improve infection rates in your experiment. Figure 2: Visual representation...important to note, however, that while AAV rarely integrates into the genome, CRISPR may increase this rate..., nor is it a global occurrence, as integration sites seem to only occur in the target cells or tissues... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... (green or blue) within a population of timer indicates the age of the pool: the higher the ratio, the...differentiation revealed by temporal cell labeling." Diabetes 58.8 (2009): 1863-1868. PubMed PMID: 19478145....programmable synthetic lineage-control network that differentiates human IPSCs into glucose-sensitive insulin-... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m.... learn what motivates them (keep in mind that it can be very different from what motivates you!), know...moment while reviewing the results of my Myers-Briggs test: my undergrads were different people! More specifically... -
Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2019, 12:26 p.m....you’d like to go to. During the conference Take notes during talks. If you have questions during the talk...poster.” Have a notebook handy so you can jot down notes or questions from your poster viewers and trade ...whenever you have a small break), write down some notes on the card so you remember who they are and what... -
Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m....career path long ago. Use your analytical mind to test and discover what career suits you best I began ... make a trophy for the winner. We promoted the contest for about two months, and we got one submission...girl about fossils. After we talked for about ten minutes, she said, “Boy, I love science,” and I realized... -
CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... the expression system you choose in many ways dictates the best method for introducing those CRISPR components...will want to invest some time in optimizing and testing the efficiency of CRISPR delivery. There are a ... at Addgene that have been published as CRISPR testing tools: Traffic Light Reporter System: Can evaluate... -
Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 22, 2015, 4:58 p.m....endonuclease gene within its own cut site1. In heterozygotes, the endonuclease cuts the wild-type chromosome...Both methods are easy to implement and have been tested in yeast5. Ecological confinement involves performing...area where escaped organisms won't be able to find mates2. For example, ongoing experiments attempting to... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Komagataella phaffii (a.k.a Pichia pastoris) because it secretes fewer of its own proteins, making the purification... the efficacy of our antibodies through stress testing. An aliquot of our recombinant antibodies is stored...aliquots frozen immediately post-harvest. Stress-tested antibodies that are not equally effective are shipped... -
Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m....to ~4-10x linearly! This expansion physically separates molecules while maintaining their relative positions...understanding of neuronal synapses, centrosomes, parasites, and more (Bertiaux, et al. 2021; Gambarotto, ...new insights into the cytoskeleton of malaria parasites including the conservation of a conoid. PLoS Biology... -
Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m....dependencies detected. Given this new information, Misek notes that in theory, if the DepMap analysis had an equal...and references References Germline variation contributes to false negatives in CRISPR-based experiments...Appelbaum, Bege Dauda, Anna Di Rienzo, Agustin Fuentes, Stephanie M. Fullerton et al. Getting genetic ... -
Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2020, 2:18 p.m....detection of the product. As an added benefit, replicates are built into the technology. One well (containing...Have a dedicated bench with a dedicated set of pipettes for ddPCR set-up. Prepare the master mix in a ...low as 1C/s. Increasing the elongation time to 2 minutes and the denaturation time to 1 minute has been ... -
Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m....to spend their days microinjecting fluorescent conjugates into cells. Fortunately, over the last 20 years... cognate protein. In some cases this property eliminates the need for removing excess dye from the sample...refinements to these systems—smaller tags, brighter conjugates, higher fluorogenicity, photoactivation etc.—... -
Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... is received in the lab, although this number fluctuates throughout the year (see graph below). Addgene.... Each plate has numbers and letters to give coordinates, from A1 through H12. Each plate is also barcoded...rack that contains five levels that can hold five plates on each level. This rack is located in one of five... -
QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 15, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... the most popular options. Nanopore sequencing deviates from the synthesis-based sequencing methods (Figure...are highly repetitive, such as those containing cassettes of the same gene multiple times. Bioinformatics... Addgene’s de novo assembly pipeline usually generates the correct plasmid sequence. However, if there...