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TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m....CRISPR screens symposia outlined the fantastic work this Broad Institute lab is doing creating well-optimized...well-optimized CRISPR screening technology. Addgene got several shout-outs for making popular screening libraries ...presence in the microbiology community. For our first concrete steps into this field, we’ve curated microbiology...
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New Viral Vectors - Winter 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 28, 2025, noon...pENN.AAV.hSyn.HI.eGFP-Cre.WPRE.SV40 AAV2 Recombinase James M. Wilson New serotype pENN.AAV.hSyn.Cre.WPRE.hGH AAV2 Recombinase....GFP-Cre.WPRE.SV40 AAVrg Recombinase James M. Wilson New serotype pENN.AAV.CamKII 0.4.Cre.SV40 AAVrg... viral prep AiP14825: pAAV-AiE0441h_3xC2-minBG-iCre(R297T)-BGHpA (Alias: CN4825) AAV-PHPeB Recombinase... -
Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m....cobalamin fusion to the riboswitch results in increased fluorescent signal. Prior to the development of...developing a new imaging-based bacterial colony screening platform, Oliver Griesbeck’s lab set out to engineer...the red end of the spectrum (above 600 nm) and increasing the brightness. Arne Fabritius and colleagues...Listen to the base editing podcast segment The increasing popularity of single base-editors has resulted...cytidine deaminases like APOBEC. To achieve this they created a lentiviral vector system that monitors both APOBEC... -
Hot Plasmids: FRET-Based Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 6, 2014, 1:07 p.m....large-scale functional screen in bacteria. Sensor variants were then refined by a secondary screen in rat hippocampal...protein (CREB) in living cells. “Now we are making this really good,” Griesbeck said. “We know CREB is really...10.1038/nmeth.2773. (PubMed) Friedrich et al. Imaging CREB activation in living cells. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jul... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m....photoconverts predominantly to the anionic form, causing increased fluorescence when excited with 488nm blue light...which allows PA-GFP to exhibit up to a 100-fold increase in fluorescence when illuminated with blue light...performing several rounds of random mutagenesis screening for enhanced RFP variants. PA-mCherry (E26V / ...photoswitching. In 2008, scientists used mutagenesis screens to find a version of Dronpa that doesn't become...the absence of photoactivation resulting in an increased signal to noise ratio. PA-FPs with higher contrast...super resolution microscopy, PA-FPs have helped create several new imaging methods, including photoactivation-localization... -
Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 18, 2019, 12:53 p.m....addition to increased brightness, they also found that the signal to noise ratio can be increased from 2-fold...previous CRISPR-based loci visualization tools by increasing gRNA stability. First, they began with the Broccoli...and went through subsequent design iterations to increase stability and minimize misfolding and recombination...label two loci simultaneously, Ma and Pederson created another sgRNA containing the PP7 hairpin sequence... -
Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... lack of credit for small contributions. We strive to eliminate these two barriers, creating a community...with others than by oneself that prompted us to create Crowdfight. Figure 1: Crowdfight is a ...collaboration between researcher and expert; 4) Credit all contributions. Our volunteers are extremely...collaborations can be easily started and easily credited. And nothing stops these one-time favors from ... -
Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 26, 2017, 1:59 p.m....primers to create 200-300 bp sequencing products using PCR. A diagram of the product we created for the ...plasmid. However, lots of library DNA is needed for screening experiments, so the scale of the DNA prep is larger...rank the plasmids by abundance, scaled to 1, to create a “cumulative wealth distribution” curve, or Lorenz...wishes you luck in your future library use and screening, and if you have any tips, input, or stories of... -
Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 2, 2022, 1:15 p.m....purple) and Gram negative (red/pink) staining. Image credit: Mark Perkins https://www.flickr.com/photos/occbio...charged iodine is added, it interacts with the CV+, creating a complex within the peptidoglycan layer, staining...peptidoglycan layer, trapping the large dye complex created by the interaction of CV+ and I- in the thick multilayered...positive and negative classification system is incredibly helpful in visualizing differentiations between...What is a plasmid? Plasmids 101: Blue-white screeningPlasmids 101: Common lab E. Coli strains ... -
K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2023, 1 p.m....protein secretion, making harvesting recombinant proteins a cinch. This is because it doesn’t secrete its ...of producing high protein animal feed. Due to increasing prices of methanol and advancements in other ...proteins, making the recombinant protein its major secretion. Beyond sheer protein production, K. phaffii is...Organisms Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors Tips for Screening with the Yeast Two Hybrid System Additional...