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  1. Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools

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    June 27, 2018, 1:16 p.m.
    ...approximately 20 nm of a specific DNA sequence in only 1 min. Using these lentiviral plasmids, catalytically...transport from the cell surface. Their toolkit includes a set of plasmids each containing an anti-GFP ...from A. victoria the functionalized nanobodies described here can be used to target any protein fused with...
  2. Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]

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    April 7, 2015, 4:21 p.m.
    ... 160(1), 339-350 (2015). PubMed. Find the Plasmids @Addgene: Plasmids for CRISPRi are described here...stepwise protocol on designing and using RNA scaffolds: Delebecque, C. J. et al. Designing and using RNA scaffolds...regulators allows a greater degree of control of desired expression levels dependent upon the type of transcriptional...transcriptional regulator or the number of designed scaffold binding sites. With hundreds of characterized...tunability of transcription is possible. From a design perspective, this is appealing since the RNA scaffold...pairing, allowing for rational, straightforward design. Since the technique relies on base pairing, it...and multidirectional multiplex control via scRNA design is readily apparent in metabolic engineering. The...
  3. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    June 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Article contributed by Susanna Bachle Figure 1: Initial steps in the CRISPR-pooled screening using...assign four different barcodes to each of the gRNAs and to embed these barcodes within the gRNA sequences...lab designed a calcineurin transcriptional reporter consisting of a quickly-degraded destabilized GFP ...method that makes use of guide RNAs with internal barcodes (iBARs) in their loop region. After infecting ...bioRxiv 2019. https://doi.org/10.1101/788679 A destabilized GFP reporter for calcineurin activity in yeast...intracellular Ca2+ (bottom panels) equipped with destabilized GFP calcineurin reporter (blue) and stained ...
  4. Viral Genome Sequencing - A One Stop Shop for AAV Identity and Serotype Confirmation

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    April 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...and cost for AAV genome sequencing.  Figure 1: The viral genome sequencing workflow. Using this...our AAV preparations. We recently published a description of the VGS process and use cases in Human Gene...ligation and tagmentation preparation approaches described previously require a preliminary double stranding... the expression cassette that we want, it also includes a small amount of spurious DNA from the packaging...plasmids. We decided to use this to our advantage by designing a Python script that looks for pre-defined serotype...signature sequences in the data. Unlike previously described thermodynamics-based methods of serotype confirmation...
  5. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...heterodimerizes with CIBN upon blue light exposure (see Fig 1*). When the group targeted the enhancer region of ...almost complete desensitization when exposed to continuous bright light. Desensitization is mediated by...discovered Marine, Anion-conducting and Intensely Desensitizing ChRs) differ from currently used ChRs in that...regulation of many genes. A number of groups have designed means of studying the effects of endogenous looping... they call the LADL Anchor. Using specifically designed gRNAs, they can then recruit these LADL Anchors...
  6. Antibodies 101: Epitope Tags

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    May 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...net negative charge with 4 negatively charged and 1 positively charged amino acids. Myc tags are frequently... What are epitope tags? Epitope tags are short peptides introduced at the N or C terminus of a protein...purification or detection of the tagged protein. These peptides consist of as little as 8 or as many as several...need monoclonal GFP antibodies or guidance on designing a GFP tag Addgene has you covered!   Potential...Protein folding issues, steric hindrances, and destabilization can be brought about by the tag so it’s important...
  7. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    Aug. 2, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    .... You can email her at [email protected].   References 1. Huang, Ally, et al. "BioBits™ Explorer: A modular...resources to provide them to their students. My desire to create a set of low-cost, easy-to-use educational...protein – you first need the DNA sequence that encodes it. That DNA sequence then needs to be incorporated...one is as cheap as 10 cents, making activities designed with FD-CF reactions affordable to many schools...students. In our BioBits kit for example, we’ve designed FD-CF experiments that result in outputs that ...
  8. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...post about multiplexing with Cpf1.   Figure 1: Multiplexing allows researchers to express multiple...be used in a wide range of bacteria. References 1. Maddalo, Danilo, et al. “In vivo engineering of oncogenic...ligated into Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination vectors. Destination vector options include humanized wt...cell that gets the plasmid contains all of the desired gRNAs. This increases the chance that all the edits...promoters. To use this plasmid, you simply order oligonucleotides for your chosen gRNA target sequences and ...ordered assembly of multiple components into a destination vector. The first step in CRISPR/Cas9 Golden ...Golden Gate multiplexing is to clone the oligonucleotides specifying each gRNA target sequence into distinct...
  9. An Addgene Summer Internship

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    Aug. 8, 2024, 7:22 p.m.
    ...intern to complete and present on.    Figure 1: Addgene's summer interns presenting their capstone...instrument. They are the oldest sibling in a Guatemalan family of Mayan descent.   ...teaching me the basics of physics and sustainable design while allowing me to do my internship in the daytime...
  10. Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript

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    Nov. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...class.   Four ways to improve your next manuscript 1. Be consistent with your figures The figures of a ...should also be easily understood and consistent in design and layout. 2. Be concise in your writing  When...
  11. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    May 13, 2014, 8:34 p.m.
    ...them you can do today! 10 ways to share your science 1)   If you don’t already make it a habit to talk – ...research, SciFund is really motivated more by the desire to help close the widening gap between science ...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    April 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...depending on the virus, cell type, and/or desired event.   Figure 1: Transduction to expression process...retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, or AAV. Then, your desired DNA to be integrated can be cloned into the vector...packaged, when the vector is expressed. Once the design and construction steps are complete, it’s time ...
  13. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    Aug. 2, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...heat-fixed smear with the crystal violet stain for 1 minute. Rinse the slide briefly with tap water. Flood...phrase gram negative or positive being used to describe a species of bacteria, but what does it actually...bacteria. In a gram negative bacteria, the alcohol destroys the outer lipid membrane, and the thin inner peptidoglycan... is also useful in a laboratory setting. When designing a plasmid to be inserted into a specific bacterium...
  14. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    Sept. 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... difficult to modify in the past.   Figure 1: Identification and enrichment use of XMAS-TREE. a...without end-point sequencing assays.  This tool was designed by putting together the coding sequence of a mCherry...MYC-CRISPR library targets E-boxes genome-wide. It was designed based on MYC-ChIP-seq data from several MYC-dependent...
  15. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    March 9, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
    ...occur, but good performers move around easily  Table 1: Taking it a Step Further - Big Company v. Small Company...one list can ever encompass them all. We can’t designate non-academic jobs as “alternative” anymore. ...Develop expertise areas quickly Jack/Jane of all trades More sources of training and resources within...
  16. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    June 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
    ...vesicles. Okada CY, Rechsteiner M. Cell. 1982 May;29(1):33-41. PubMed. Protein transduction: unrestricted...transduced using only protein. Read on for a description of the lab’s iTOP protein-only transduction method...transduction by osmocytosis and propanebetaine) to describe this method of protein transduction. Later studies...
  17. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ... cell types and physiological states. References 1. Ingolia, Nicholas T., et al. “Genome-wide analysis... determine if proteins are targeted to their destination co- or post-translationally. TRICK: Visualizing... usually translated in a specific compartment. Despite these limitations, these techniques represent powerful...
  18. Components of CRISPR/Cas9

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    Feb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m.
    ...components necessary to: 1. Bind to a guide RNA The guide RNA, which will be described in more detail below...express a gRNA designed to direct Cas9 to their target sequence of choice (see tips for designing a gRNA) and... of the major CRISPR lingo and will be able to describe the functions of the various CRISPR/Cas9 components...responsible for processing foreign DNA as well as the RNA guides required for endonuclease function, when used for...DNA damage is a DSB within the target DNA ~3-4 nucleotides upstream of the PAM sequence. Cas9 Species/Variants...with the appropriate PAM sequence) to modify the desired genomic locus.   Some historical notes CRISPR ... combined with its adjacent spacer, ultimately encodes a single crRNA. The direct repeat regions contain...
  19. How Addgene Creates Content

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    Nov. 17, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...to do that than in the Addgene blog?  Fig. 1: One of our favorite content collections is our Help...up walls of text. Since our guides are heavily used, our graphic designer made most of the Antibody Guide... quickly." Final design (right). Immediate and immense regret of the graphic designer not shown.   ...blog, website, social media, videos, newsletters, guides, and e-books – comes into play. Our goal is to ...communication between our content team and our graphic designer to make sure things are clear, accurate, and in...Reference image (left) provided to our graphic designer upon request that the science communicator "just...
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