...corresponding sequencing quality. Generally, you want to have 100x-1000x coverage of your library: in other words...transformation and amplification protocol, but the overall workflow is similar for most libraries. Here are...of the final recovered DNA. This bias can be counteracted by growing the cells on solid plates, where ... extraction. Prepare library product for next-generation sequencing Once the DNA has been extracted, the...of the library should be confirmed using next-generation sequencing (NGS). For gRNA libraries, you’ll ...using both pre- and post-amplification DNA and generates PCR sequencing products from both. These products...post has helped clarify some of the important considerations when using, amplifying, and verifying pooled...

... is the Arabidopsis thaliana - Pantoea agglomerans interaction. But the shape and metabolism of leaves...anticoagulant drug warfarin. In past research, several VKOR variants have been found that affect the body...postdoctoral work in Lin Tian’s lab at UC Davis is to generate a genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for serotonin...but these drugs are often ineffective or require several rounds of dose and drug adjustments. Unger ultimately...to study plant-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions  Michal Bernach is a graduate student in Mitja...University of Canterbury where he studies how bacteria interact with each other and plant surfaces. His system...leaves can be changed by light and temperature and leaf autofluorescence can interfere with microscopy. Thus...

...Cas9 in an attempt to create gene-edited babies. Several hours later, the scientist, Jiankiu He, confirmed...such edited babies were born in a twin live birth several weeks previously. While this claim has yet to be...public consensus on genome editing, there was a generally agreed-upon international moratorium on utilizing...with healthy mitochondria, with the intent to eradicate mitochondrial diseases. The key success of the...issues raised around mitochondrial replacement therapies. In other words, rather than having a meeting...bedside is, in addition to thorough ethical considerations, in making sure that the research has been ...simulations, in vitro research, animal models, and several stages of human clinical trials. This model also...

... to have its genome fully sequenced There are several human disease models established in yeast, including... new at all, but it’s not as well-known in the general research community. Phillips Petroleum Company...release the K. phaffii expression system to the general research community in the 1990s when they abandoned...short, K. phaffii is a non-pathogenic yeast that operates as an obligate aerobe. It’s also a methylotropic...Thus, the production of glycoproteins for human therapies, such as antibodies, is possible in K. phaffii...peroxisome studies since their peroxisomes will proliferate upon a media change into methanol and peroxisomal...peroxisomal studies on biogenesis, degradation, and proliferation. Genome manipulation K. phaffii’s genome has...

...scientific community. Recently, the Zhang lab generated a TF library (aka the MORF Collection) and an ...isoforms transcribed from these sites. The Zhang lab generated a comprehensive library of each unique TF open... representing 92% of the MORF library, with an average of 206 cells per TF ORF. From this large sequencing...map of possible TF-induced cellular states was generated (Joung et al., 2023). Fig. 1: Barcoded ...then compared to that of reference cell types generated by the human fetal expression atlas. Computational... Good disease models can often be difficult to generate, in part because of difficulty with replicating...and a program that any researcher could use to generate the relevant disease model. Accurate modeling ...

...requested from Addgene psPAX2  - psPAX2 is a 2nd generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Didier ...and tet genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd generation lentiviral vectors and an envelope expressing...BB)-2A-GFP (PX458). lentiCRISPR v2 - This 3rd generation lentiviral transfer vector also from the Zhang...founding. Find pCMV-VSV-G. pRSV-Rev - This 3rd generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Trono lab...lab. Find pRSV-Rev. pMDLg/pRRE - This is a 3rd generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Trono lab...This plasmid from David Sabatini’s lab is a 3rd generation lentiviral vector that contains a scrambled shRNA... This vector from the David Root lab is a 3rd generation lentiviral transfer plasmid for cloning and expressing...

...enhanced site accessibility In order to generate a genomic alteration at a specific location, it must be accessible...appropriate for your specific research question. Considerations when choosing your Cas nuclease When choosing... off-target cleavage should be an important consideration during any experiment. Sensitivity Cas9 sensitivity...Comic by Maya Kostman. Another important consideration when choosing a Cas9 is balancing specificity...Jennifer Doudna Labs used targeted mutagenesis to generate hyper accurate Cas9 (HypaCas9). This nuclease ...the Jungjoon Lee Lab used directed evolution to generate Sniper-Cas9 resulting in a Cas9 with improved ...accessibility, specificity, and sensitivity are key considerations in choosing a Cas protein for your experiment...

...contributed by Jennifer Tsang AAVs are a great gene therapy delivery mechanism, but their small packaging capacity...splitting removes any exogenous sequences and regenerates a native peptide bond at the split site. ...tested the base editors in vivo and achieved therapeutically relevant editing efficiencies in the mouse ...comparable to those currently used in human gene therapy trials. They further tested the base editors by...Niemann-Pick disease type C, directly demonstrating the therapeutic potential for the split base editors. Find the...conversion of CO2 into water and electrical energy generation. Alistair McCormick’s lab recently developed ... Using parts from this kit, the McCormick lab generated knock-out and knock-in mutants, determined protein...

...enter postdoctoral training. Similarly, there are several factors to consider when selecting a postdoc mentor...system more, you will have a better idea of how to leverage it to ask new and interesting questions in your...confidence in the reagents and outcomes. This is preferable to finding out you've been doing something all...exploration, discovering new information. There are literally infinite questions one could pursue and experiments...the data and any recent relevant studies in the literature. Plus, presentations benefit from practice. If...better slides that more effectively tell a story? Generally, the answer to the second question is yes. As ...and how your research fits in with the current literature. Finally, if you give your talk or poster to ...

...assumption into question. Specifically, CRISPR-generated mutants believed to be knockouts can maintain ...Morgens et al., 2016). Only upon combining the data generated from both methods did a more comprehensive gene...Consequently, I will focus on different approaches and considerations present at the first stage of an RNAi-based... of the RNAi trigger requires a few initial considerations, such as the starting material (DNA-based vector...prevalent method due to ease of use and capacity to generate a long-term RNAi phenotype. Long hairpin RNA The...Importantly, instead of the assortment of siRNAs generated from a long hpRNA trigger, only a single ~21-nt...amiRNA). Although downstream work is required, several vectors can be found at Addgene that could serve...