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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m....to reuse plasticware or think about conserving reagents and buffers. However, I had very environmentally... using. I started to do little things to save reagents and money. This was the start of my interest ...ethidium bromide, less stop buffer and miniscule amounts of plasmid sample. How satisfying? With practice...
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Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m....RecA and RecBCD in bacteria. When two repeating elements love each other very much undergo recombination...sites, and other plasmids that contain repeating elements. Knowing how to amplify recombination-prone plasmids...save you the headache of troubleshooting failed experiments. Pick the right strain While common E. coli strains... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m....in turn binds to calcineurin-dependent response elements (CDREs) and drives gene expression. Because calcineurin...high throughput screening, calcineurin dynamics measurements, or monitoring in vivo. To overcome these technical...iodine (PI), allowing for calcineurin activity measurements in stressed or aging cell populations. ... -
Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 31, 2023, 1 p.m....hooked up to invasive, cumbersome systems during experiments – neither ideal for the intrepid researcher. ...control – this is important later! Next, additional components are added - the ‘bells and whistles’ – including...on the other hand, was the wild west for fiber implants. Due to the soft nature of the intestines and ... -
Celebrate Open Data Day with Addgene’s AAV Data Hub!
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 5, 2020, 2:15 p.m....find details they need for planning their next experiments using a specific AAV tool. They can search the...tools. This word cloud (using wordart.com) represents contributed data on brain injection site from... a guide for designing your future injection experiments. Have your data or lab notebook handy? Contact... -
A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 17, 2021, 1:17 p.m....reverse, making it unsuitable for some types of experiments. (To get more information on AraC and other promoter... aureochrome1 (VfAu1), led to functional BLADE variants, too. The team tested different linkers between... can do all of these more spatially confined experiments as well as those requiring reversibility that... -
Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 7, 2015, 6 p.m.... Getting a lot of empty vector contaminants in your cloning experiments and tired of having to PCR many...the coming years as we stay on top of the many developments in science and the plasmids, technologies, and... -
Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m....of their luciferase assay, they concluded that components in the buffer used for protein purification must... expression would require multiple transduction events. For these reasons, iTOP is best suited to binary...small molecule NSDB and Na+ hypertonicity are key elements of iTOP. iTOP can be used to transduce Cas9 and... -
Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2019, 1:58 p.m....measured through their triglyceride or cholesterol contents (what is commonly called bad cholesterol). However... and localization in vivo. The LipoGlo system represents a new, intriguing approach to expand our understanding... and offers many advantages over traditional measurements such as patch clamp recordings. However, technical... -
Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2019, 12:47 p.m....relationships between microbes and insects, mammals, and plants, among others. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis... their paths cross with each other and with the events of the times." - Aliyah Weinstein, Marketing...community know what your favorite book is in the comments! Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - September 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 12, 2019, 1 p.m....Recombinases And more! Control AAV For many AAV experiments, we recommend validating the serotype in your...vectors to more serotypes. We currently package four variants of these biosensors, which are optimized for specific... should improve the specificity of influence measurements by reducing photostimulation of the axons and... -
Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m....a degron, a domain that induces degradation. In plants, auxin binds to TIR1 of the SCF-TIR1 ubiquitin ...versatility of the engineered SpCas9-NG and its variants can be used to engineer specific sites that were... factors developed thus far for these latter experiments, such as transcription factors tethered to dCas9... -
Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m....cells (as demonstrated in different cellular environments such as retina or glioblastoma). They also found...classical purification protocol involving iodixanol gradients. The current purification protocols for isolating...decipher the mechanistic aspects behind these improvements. What have exosome AAVs achieved so far? Exo-AAVs... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 2: Controlling Gene Expression in Flies with Gal4/UAS
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 21, 2017, 12:48 p.m....Once you’ve identified some fly stocks and other reagents of interest, the next question to ask is what ...background. In other cases, YFG or one of its mutant variants will need to be overexpressed or knocked down....Although it’s often very easy to get GAL4 UAS experiments up and running with fly lines that are already... -
Hot Plasmids - January 2023
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m....candidate transcript targets analyzed. CRISPR-Csm presents an attractive alternative for nuclear-RNA targeting...hfYFP structure, the group rationally designed GFP variants with similar capabilities. If you’re looking for... temperatures, and in the presence of oxidizing agents. Adapted from Fig. 2 Campbell et al, Nature Methods... -
Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m....high-security facility needed to perform the experiments to demonstrate that this approach was useful ...diverse. Some of them are undergraduates or PhD students who are just starting their journey into science...stops these one-time favors from becoming starting points for long-lasting partnerships Join us! We are a... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2016, 2:35 p.m....Darrell Kotton 2. Stem cell scientists care about patients As any grad student who has spent years studying...: Dr. Yamanaka talked about his clinical trial patients with advanced macular degeneration; Laurenz Studer...focused on translational research is encouraging. Patients are key to the research, but they are also the... -
Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m....) and are ready to dive into your functional experiments! Whether you’ve cloned the plasmid yourself or...determine the relative sizes of the resulting DNA fragments. Restriction digests are commonly used to confirm...longer to achieve good separation of larger DNA fragments. I hope these tips demonstrate that plasmid ... -
Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... and you’ll need to track it throughout your experiments. Now that that’s out of the way, you can put... reaction to understand if any of your buffer components could affect the reaction. For instance, sodium... - antibodies that are a good match for your experiments, and avoid the awkwardness of getting the right... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m....the N and C terminal segments respectively of a GFP dependent Cre. The two segments come together in the...transduction patterns empirically for their own experiments. To this end, we offer control AAV in smaller...