...University, and did postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School and the University of Toronto. He is an author...quick turn-around time of Sanger sequencing have historically matched the needs of most molecular biology ...next generation (NGS) sequencing have prevented laboratories from using these methods for routine processes...

...imaged together, you will need to consider the same factors as when choosing an individual fluorescent protein...previous blog post for more discussion of these factors). In addition, you will also need to choose fluorescent...infrared fluorescent proteins require biliverdin as a cofactor and so you may need to supplement your cells with...received his PhD in biophysics from UCSF in the laboratory of Ronald Vale, after which he was a fellow at...

...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...comparison to the 62-90% error rate seen with Cas9 editors. The lab believes that this system could potentially...Development of a cleavage-free dCas9-based gene editor using microbial SSAPs. Image from Wang, et al, ...live cells remains a challenge due to multiple factors, including limitations of number of flourescent...

...creating a time-stamped research plan in a public repository before conducting the experiment (note: registrations...participating journals before a study is conducted. Editors and reviewers recommend changes, and if everyone...position of having robust, null findings that are notoriously difficult to publish.  With Registered Reports...implement authentic scientific research and as the Director of Advising in the Division of Life Sciences at...

...nanobody. As a proof-of-principle the Toettcher Lab monitored how AsLOV2 insertion into mCherry or GFP nanobodies... Sevenless (SOS), a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates Ras. They expressed this OptoNB-...purified. More OptoNBs that bind cell signaling receptors would offer more levers to pull to control signaling... example, if the OptoNB could bind and block a receptor or a ligand’s activity, then a flip of a light...

...shared the paper with my lab since one of the AAV vectors in the paper seemed like it could help one of my...conference, whether you are attending in person or monitoring that conference via social media. The podcast...BLACKandSTEM Twitter community. Dr. Page shares her story of how one seemingly innocuous tweet would not only...you advance your research or career? Share your story in the comments below!   Additional resources ...

...light activation, you can’t use fluorescence to monitor processes directly affected by light. Long-term...To make luminescent imaging a reality, Addgene depositor Takeharu Nagai and colleagues at Osaka University...Since their first publication in 2012, the Nagai laboratory has assembled a collection of multicolored nano-lanterns... Nano-lanterns and your experiments The Nagai laboratory has a done a wonderful job characterizing Nano-lanterns...

... a novel TAL effector nuclease (TALEN) facilitates efficient knockout of HIV co-receptor CCR5. Nucleic...This post was contributed by Scott Findlay, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta. If you’... out of frame! Scott Findlay is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta. He is interested...

...screening overview blog post.) *Note: Two Popular Vectors for Blue White Screening Available at Addgene Are... plasmid, creating an α-complementation cloning vector. When a cloning reaction goes to plan and your ...pUC18 and pUC19, and pBluescript are a few common vectors. Blue-white screening is just that – a screening...insert, there are other methods. Positive selection vectors encode a gene which, when expressed, is lethal ...

..., one that is not food, not medicine, and not mandatory – people can decide for themselves if they want...comprehensive plant cloning kits available in the repository, MoClo and GreenGate, and we are excited to see...how you were able to overcome them. Share your stories in the comments below! And if you have developed...duty to pursue a degree in a synthetic biology laboratory and received her M.S. from CSU in 2014. Outside...

...help win a business plan competition and advance investors to the next stage of diligence." In business competitions...non-scientific audiences. "There are 100 ways to tell a story - convince your audience you are doing amazing things...crowd funding, federal funding, foundations, and investors are examples of various sources of funding. Always... Biology & the Importance of Assembly Standards Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack ...

...Addgene.org Browse all viral vectors available at Addgene Visit our viral vectors guide Find our chemogenetics...makes them light-responsive. When light shines on excitatory channelrhodopsin-expressing neurons, the channelrhodopsins...non-invasive methods to the neurons in the right secondary motor cortex (M2). Since M2 is located on the surface ...

...Engineering gut microbes in situ While the ability to monitor the microbiome with sequencing is vast, the ability...upon the Yeast Toolkit by replacing the backbone vector’s high-copy number bacterial ColE1 origin with the...origin with broad host-range (Meyer, 2009). The vector retains the oriT for delivery into recipients by... Counting cell division in the gut microbiota Monitoring microbial population dynamics in the gut can ...

...support team, is a safer bet than one from a large distributor that may not have direct experience with the ...decision by price point, shipping time, or other factors. Just remember that these are secondary considerations...specificity, and experimental considerations - no other factors can make up for an antibody that doesn't work for...that application validation is the most important factor in antibody selection, but what does that mean?...

...into mammalian cells, especially when fused to effector proteins for gene activation or gene editing. ... efficient Cas system with very compact genome editors and a gRNA down-sized by almost 40%. The activity...architecture and amino acid sequence of the prime editor, yielding PEmax, to work synergistically with epegRNAs... within the FAH gene was precisely corrected, restoring expression in the liver.  Read the paper in Nature...

...New Under The Sun Blog and is part of her larger tutorial series, A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Scientific...when I can’t it’s an easy search. Writing this tutorial has shown me that I’m still in the dark ages with...guest blogger! Johnna Roose is a biochemistry instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana...Manuscript by Maaike Pols, PhD, a Developmental Editor at F1000Research  ...

...student and I truly enjoyed learning.” Addgene’s Director of Product Management Eric Perkins, who has been...you’re set up for failure. Listening to Kenkel’s story has helped me realize that is not true at all. Racheal...Komuhendo, a Lab Technician, dreamed of becoming a doctor. After taking a year break in between undergraduate...interviewees. Fabienne Furt, Addgene’s Associate Director of Business Development, got her PhD in Plant ...

...neural network, and Sibernetic, a fluid mechanics simulator that can be used to simulate muscle tissue as ...depleted via RNA interference (RNAi). Scientists monitor the effects of RNAi using four-dimensional contrast...assembly line for the creation of CRISPR targeting vectors that each contains a guide RNA and repair template...  Schwartz, M. L., & Jorgensen, E. M. "SapTrap vectors for introducing point mutations with unc- 119 +...

... infections along with a mild or exacerbated inflammatory response which leads to nearly 25% child mortality...understood.  In line with this, Prof. Videira and collaborators will use Addgene plasmids to immortalize CDG...discovery led them to investigate the use of a common laboratory chemical, guanidine hydrochloride, as a potential...plasmids from Addgene to construct NFIX expression vectors as well as reporters of NFIX function. They will...

...potential for treatment is no longer an accurate descriptor; progress in clinical therapy is more fitting...suite, with Beam Therapeutics initiating a base editor-based clinical trial for SCD in 2022 and Editas... muscular dystrophy, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory diseases, blindness, and diabetes. Directions...Plasmids and Resources CRISPR 101 eBook CRISPR History and Development Resources on the Addgene blog...