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  1. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...address all your unanswered questions via text! (well, maybe not all of them. We still haven’t gotten ...and would like to get it working in microglia as well. A:  We are not aware of any available AAV for efficiently...co-delivering different AAV particles into the same cells in vivo? A: This will be highly dependent on vector...particularly one that can target the epithelial cells in the blood-brain barrier?   A: For liver, we recommend...worth investigating for both Q6 & Q7.For epithelial cells of the blood brain barrier we would currently recommend...and to all our participants for their time and excellent questions.    Additional Resources on the Addgene...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    April 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... into the cell. This means that not all neurons and pathways will be transduced equally well by AAV-retrograde...they either trace downstream from the soma (neuron cell body) toward the axon (anterograde tracer) or upstream...them useful tracers, but finding a virus that works well for retrograde tracing can be difficult. The in ... Data Hub!) The cortical pathways to the IC were well transduced by AAVrg while other pathways such as...chemogenetic vector directly into the region where the cell bodies of the projection neurons reside.   Impact...
  3. Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones

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    Jan. 28, 2020, 2:35 p.m.
    ...government agencies, active researchers, as well as fellow iGEM teams. We were the proud hosts for the...industrial or research purposes requires stable host cells (the simplest example would be a transformed mesophilic...successful) as host systems since their biology is well studied, and they are convenient to maintain under..., since mesophilic chaperones would not function well under suboptimal conditions. This means recombinant...CRISPR-Cas mediated editing for psychrophilic systems as well as engineering and regulating psychrophilic recombinant...
  4. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    Feb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...electrocompetent cells in which the phage recombination machinery is induced using L-arabinose. These cells can be...function of certain regions in a promoter or gene, as well as to study the effects of inactivating/activating...coli to undergo nick repair. This method can work well, but poor template digestion can result in a high...required in recombineering. REPLACR-mutagenesis is also well suited for insertions and deletions. The figure ...Enzymes Required No No Yes Yes Lab Made Competent Cells Required Yes No No No Comparison of REPLACR-mutagenesis...
  5. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    July 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...also gives cells antibiotic resistance to neomycin so that you can select the population of cells with the...transcription factor. The FLAG antibody has been well characterized and the system allows you to add this...Only a small percentage of the proteins inside a cell have a commercial antibody against them. There’s...antibody. It’s an epitope not found in human or other cells. It was made artificially. That means you aren’t...lab already should be able to run this protocol as well. We would also like to put some social pressure ...
  6. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    Sept. 24, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...product, the transformation may not result in any cells, or all the colonies screened might not contain ...i.e. primer3) or provided by the major companies selling PCR reagents. Nowadays commercial polymerases are...verify the strain and the efficacy of your competent cells (when they get old, they lose competency). If all... look at your experimental design. Full lawn of cells. The antibiotic in your plate might not work. Check... the incubator. The small colonies are called satellite colonies and they form when all the antibiotic...acknowledged in hundreds of publications including Cell, Nature, and other journals.   Paolo Colombi is ...
  7. The time and cost required to make a plasmid

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    March 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...we virtually always use every single well in a 96-well (or 384-well) plate! How much do repositories help...in this post is a mathematical story well beyond my ability to tell. But even from these rough estimates...depositors have helped us save the scientific community well over $80 million on plasmids alone. (And we expect...
  8. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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    May 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... be expressed in the same cell, but not necessarily at the same subcellular compartment as the opsin or...modulate the activity of neurons and other brain cells. Since the opsins or chemogenetic receptors used...neuropil conceals identification of opsin-expressing cells). For other things to keep in mind when making fluorescent...cerevisiae by use of an epitope addition method. Mol Cell Biol 8:2159–2165 . https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.8.5.2159...Paré J, Bonaventura J, Richie CT, Michaelides M, Mueller SAL, Roseboom PH, Oler JA, Kalin NH, Hall RA, Smith...
  9. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...-HF1, & HypaCas9. The off-target problem It is well known that CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing can result... the EMX1 locus in human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells, 11 of these initial mutants retained the on-target...off-target activity at multiple genomic locations in HEK cells. Further testing of two of the mutants, SpCas9(K855A... showed that these mutants are not toxic to HEK cells and that similar mutations can improve the specificity... researchers to make precise edits in mammalian cells and may decrease worries about off target effects... Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA." Cell 156.5 (2014): 935-949. PubMed PMID: 24529477. PubMed...
  10. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
    ...process will begin. Partnering with seqWell, we are using the plexWell technology to easily and quickly ...ever worked to sequence DNA on NGS platforms will tell you, while the process has become much more refined...assembly process. Again, thanks to our partners at seqWell we make use of a pipeline that takes the raw data...necessary adapter sequences for Illumina sequencing as well as unique barcodes per sample so we can assign sequencing...Tasissa M, Kostman M, Tillgren M, Makana Hanley L, Mueller I, Mitsopoulos A, Fan M (2020) A Novel Next-Generation...
  11. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    Sept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Communications, Harvard University Ray Howell -Founder of Howell Communications Philip Brenner, PhD - Assistant...scientific enterprise and the way it is funded have been well documented over the past 2 years (Alberts et al,... to shape the sector throughout their careers (McDowell et al, F1000Research, 2014; Dolan, F100Research...relationship, along with, of course, union dues. Time will tell the extent of the implications of this ruling and...27175853. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC4866822. 3. McDowell, Gary S., et al. "Shaping the Future of Research...
  12. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ... acid (DAP), a component of the cell wall. Once in the recipient cell, the CRISPRi DNA (purple) flanked... is propagated during normal DNA replication and cell division. Mobile-CRISPRi does not disrupt gene function...mobilize these plasmids for transfer to recipient cells during a tri-parental mating scheme. Mobile-CRISPRi...bacteria associated with human disease (S. aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa) in addition to...antibiotic trimethoprim. When Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa (all opportunistic...
  13. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...there isn’t a template strand left behind that the cell can use to repair. Figure 3: General overview...Occasional cleaving of the target strand is not as well understood but likely occurs in similar regions....complex in nucleotide unwinding steps. Molecular Cell, 70(3), 385-394.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel...formation by a type I-C CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, 83(5), 746-758.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel...broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038...CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12), 1471–1477. https:...
  14. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    May 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... make it difficult to properly gate your desired cell population. By compensating between fluorescent ...online manual for your cytometer should be able to tell you the laser configuration. In general, if two ...Figure 1A). Applying compensation means you are telling your cytometer to adjust the fluorescent signals... your fluorescent markers are staining for. If a cell is positive for both markers, it will show up as...Figure 3: Flow plot for a double positive sample. The cell population in the top right corner of the plot is...learning! Ashlyn has a research background in CD8+ T cells and cancer immunotherapies. She is currently a research...
  15. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    Feb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m.
    ...AmpliCan We chose to adapt Crispresso by Luca Pinello and Kendell Clement for batch analysis because of its...Leonetti Ryan Leenay Jason Li Max Haeussler Luca Pinello Kendell Clement Andy May Additional resources on the...members have taken up to a month to design a single 96-well plate for HDR that satisfy all requirements. To ...all the standard information that goes into a 96-well plate and comes out of it. Biotech companies are...
  16. Anatomy of a Plasmid Page at Addgene

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    Feb. 4, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...different kinds of information on our plasmid pages? Well, to help make the most of these pages, we've written...Addgene’s plasmids is an indication of popularity. A yellow flame indicates that a plasmid has been ordered...process and these can be found in this location as well. These maps make it easy for scientists to see if...analyzed using Addgene’s Analyze Sequence tool. Excellent, how can I check if the plasmid will be within...resistance, and optimal growth temperature are listed, as well as the name of the strain.  Most Addgene plasmids...such as some of our viral vectors, in NEB Stable cells. Resource information: This section contains information...
  17. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ...favorite parts for plant synthetic biology Addgene: Tell me about the Golden Gate Modular Cloning (MoClo)...really easy to clone genes for expression in plant cells. Sylvester and I chose the 96 most useful things...used as we have tested them to show that they work well in plants and give similar stability to transcripts... parts available in your lab - if you get the 96-well kit - everything is so easy. We have undergrads ...a real person, so that students see academics as well-rounded human beings. It’s also a great communication... that want to have a big impact on the world and tell them to work in plant science. I think their chances...
  18. Interview: Hodaka Fujii on enChIP, New CRISPR Tools, and More

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    Dec. 2, 2014, 7:23 p.m.
    ...CRISPR complex much easier in various cells, including primary mouse cells. We believe that this system will...In 2014, you joined Addgene's Advisory Board, as well as the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports and...US, I very much enjoyed interactions with many excellent colleagues at NYU and visiting scientists, such...In addition, I've been very lucky to work with excellent colleagues in my lab. On the other hand, I feel...good for Japanese science. I really miss the intellectual environment in the US in this regard. In addition...
  19. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    July 29, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...editing reagents into cells. Viral vectors, because of their natural ability to infect cells, have emerged as...biologist, academic, and researcher. Among the most well-known CRISPR-associated nucleases are Cas9 and Cas12a...which poses a challenge for efficient delivery into cells, particularly via viral vectors. While viral delivery...for gene editing and allows targeting of specific cell types, it has a limited capacity to carry large ...biolistic, or PEG-mediated transformation into plant cells. Conclusion & Future Directions TnpB represents...
  20. Tips and Tricks for Using Golden Gate Modular Cloning (MoClo)

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    July 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...recommend transforming into chemically competent cells in a 96-well PCR plate. Always confirm your results Congratulations... sequences of the parts and acceptor vectors, as well as the restriction enzymes, and it will create the...transfer and the restriction–ligation reactions in a 96-well (or higher!) format. Liquid handling robots are ...Dr. Rob Hurt for high-throughput minipreps in 96-well plates. Plate wisely You will likely see fewer numbers... this, you can increase the volume of competent cells you plate after each transformation and/or use different...
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