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  1. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    Nov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...one-size-fits-all approach. You will have to select a tool based on your project and not general opinion. I could... features and enables you to select the tool(s) based on your project needs. There are 8 major categories... is important for users wishing to select tools based on their comfort level with operating a computer...sequence”, “identifier”, and “load”. Trends: Sequence based input is by far the most common with most tools ...for the first time, it is best to choose a tool based on immediate needs and re-evaluate after several...have come across to offer classes of parameters based on the type of CRISPR experiment being pursued. ...implementation to be too slow for practical use. The R based package CRISPRseek offers great utility and coupled...
  2. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    April 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...biarsenical dyes such as FlAsH (green, based on fluorescein) or ReAsH (red, based on resorufin). SNAP-tag: In 2003...Johnsson’s lab developed a self-labeling fusion tag based on the human DNA repair protein AGT that gets covalently...Promega developed HaloTag in 2008 (Los et al., 2008), based on a bacterial haloalkane dehalogenase that binds...in 2008, Kai Johnsson’s lab reported another AGT-based tag named CLIP-tag, which reacts with O2-benzylcytosine...benzylcytosine(BC) ligands (Gautier et al., 2008). Although based on the same original enzyme, SNAP-tag and CLIP-tag...the other. Finding the right tag for you Protein-based tags typically provide better labeling specificity...Cornish, V. W. (2009). An In Vivo Covalent TMP-Tag Based on Proximity-Induced Reactivity. ACS Chemical Biology...
  3. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...CD20 and CD73 on specific solid as well as blood-based tumors. Monoclonal antibodies have been shown to...activated ex vivo are also contestants for cell-based immunotherapy. Using activated DCs ex vivo to generate...Recently, China spearheaded the first ever CRISPR-based clinical trial in 18 lung cancer patients. This ...differ in their genotypic and phenotypic identities based on their level of progression, anatomical location...Participants in clinical trials should be picked based on the immunotherapy target using diagnostic tests...During clinical trials, expansion of participants based on early results can enhance the positive effects...most important: How will cancers evolve and mutate based on the immunotherapeutics we use on them? Answering...
  4. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... you are trying to do: gene knockout, a specific base edit, or modulation of gene expression. Location...with BioRender.com. The jigsaw: Editing by HDR, base editing, and prime editing For a specific edit, ...constraints are even more exquisite for the so-called base editor Cas9, which makes DNA changes in the absence...dsDNA breaks (Rees et al., 2018). For C>T and A>G base editors, the intended edit must be in a 5 - 10 nt...others have examined the ability to use sequence-based and other features to nominate gRNAs that are likely...(2020) Genome editing with CRISPR–Cas nucleases, base editors, transposases and prime editors. Nat Biotechnol...doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw583 Rees HA, Liu DR (2018) Base editing: precision chemistry on the genome and transcriptome...
  5. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...studies of E3 ligase cereblon Optimized mScarlet-based tags for live imaging in C. elegans CRISPR/Cas9 ...proteins) and performs well in many different antibody-based applications.  IPI’s recombinant version is a fusion... O. (2024) Comparative analysis of new mScarlet-based red fluorescent tags in Caenorhabditis elegans. ...high resistance to antibiotics. Several CRISPR/Cas-based systems have been developed for other mycobacteria...and Hung, D. (2024). A dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9-based method for rapid and efficient genetic disruption...STReTCh (11 kDa) are significantly smaller than FRET-based mechanosensors (~60 kDa) and are compatible with...
  6. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    Sept. 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...substantial immune response or toxicity. More AAV-based CRISPR systems Smaller Cas proteins SaCas9 isn't...both is within AAV’s packaging limit. For CRISPR-based RNA editing, the REPAIR (RNA Editing for Programmable...eliminate the need to deliver larger cargo such as base editors and prime editors. While using AAV to deliver...activation. Split inteins have also been used to express base editors. References Chew WL, Tabebordbar M, Cheng...Comander J, Liu Q, Liu DR (2020) Cytosine and adenine base editing of the brain, liver, retina, heart and skeletal.../nbt.3055  Wang D, Zhang F, Gao G (2020) CRISPR-Based Therapeutic Genome Editing: Strategies and In Vivo...
  7. Tips and Tricks for Using Golden Gate Modular Cloning (MoClo)

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    July 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...called modules or parts. Assembly is dictated by four-base overhangs that are paired with different part types...wisely agreed on universally using the same four-base overhangs for the same type of parts to ensure that...MoClo assemblies depend on compatibility of four-base overhangs flanking each genetic part. (A) Example...Level 0 assembly. BpiI recognition sites and four-base overhangs flank a coding sequence of interest (CDS1...between different Level 0 vectors depends on the four-base overhangs flanking each part, as they need to match...undesired mutations, and that you have the correct four-base overhangs for future assemblies in the right locations...
  8. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    Oct. 17, 2017, 12:55 p.m.
    ...steel wire into a backbone structure of a protein, based on its atomic coordinates. These wire models were...momentarily forgetting that the physical model is based on their own modeling of the protein’s structure...in 2014 to ask if we could make a model of Cas9 based on the structure published by Martin Jinek’s group...recognize a PAM sequence, allow the complementary base pairing between the guide RNA and the target DNA...conformational shifts. This backbone model of Cas9 is based on Fuguo Jiang’s structure of Cas9 – primed for ...
  9. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Kanemaki lab previously developed a CRISPR/Cas9 based method to tag endogenous proteins in HCT116 cells...sites for editing. PAM sequences can be from 2-6 base pairs in length and follow the DNA sequence targeted...SpCas9-NG) with relaxed preferences for the third base of the PAM so that it now recognizes NG rather than...of seven ChRs derived from marine microorganisms based on metagenomic data. MerMAIDs (Metagenomically discovered...
  10. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    Aug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m.
    ... expected sequence. Here at Addgene, we use NGS-based quality control to confirm the sequence of all the...used to confirm the rough structure of the plasmid based on the predicted sizes and organization of different...estimate how far down the gel your bands have traveled based on the dye! Always run a ladder. Ladders allow you...you get in your sample lanes. Choose your ladder based on the expected band sizes. Always run control uncut...
  11. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    June 26, 2014, 2:23 p.m.
    ...spaced peaks …like these…. 3. Expect to get 500-700 bases of clean reliable DNA sequence Anything less and...uncertain terrain. 4. Never trust the first 20-30 bases of a DNA sequencing read The peaks here are usually...unfortunate side effect of messing up the reaction around base 70-75 of the read (see image below), so I would ...
  12. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...modify, whether it be editing CRISPRi, CRISPRa, or base editing. Multiplexing gRNAs: the basics One common...Gibson Assembly or SLIC cloning methods. A BsaI-based E. coli multiplexing plasmid is available from the... efficiently cleaves gRNAs sandwiched between 28 base Csy4 recognition sites. If Csy4 is not expressed...inserted into a Cas9-containing destination vector based on pCAMBIA. Cas9 is plant-optimized, and plasmids...you to assemble type II-A CRISPR arrays for dCas9-based transcriptional repression. The CRISPathBrick plasmid... method that combines CRISPR and recombineering-based MAGE (Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering) technology...only 2-3 hours incubation. Kondo Lab multiplexed base editing in E. coli The Kondo lab expressed a cytidine...
  13. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ... with similar efficiency as compared to plasmid-based expression of Cas9/gRNA and can be used for most...experimental systems that may not be amenable to plasmid based methods. One of the most common techniques for delivery...gRNA RNPs to plants, as an alternative to plasmid based techniques, has been an area of intense study. Two...alleviate many issues that may arise when using plasmid based systems, most notably the ability to perform CRISPR... delivery of proteins enables efficient protein-based genome editing in vitro and in vivo." Nature biotechnology...
  14. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    April 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...different parameters that your gating strategy will be based upon. We’ll try to keep it short though, promise...SSC: scattering To digitally extract your cells based on their size, the cytometer provides you with two...lymphocyte population (10.7% of all recorded events) based on their expected size. The strong signals close...not of interest can still be gated out later. Based on personal preference, some people like to make...staining signals. For this, you’ll need to gate based on the proportion between H and A (or W and A) within...When you’re interested in measuring a population based on a fluorescent stain, you might be wondering which...
  15. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...has been started based on DETECTR technology with the mission to “provide a CRISPR-based platform on which...SHERLOCK and DETECTR demonstrate the power of CRISPR-based diagnostics. SHERLOCK- Specific High Sensitivity... DNA or RNA with atomolar sensitivity and single base pair mismatch specificity.  SHERLOCKv2 SHERLOCK ...isothermal amplification by RPA. When Cas12a-cRNA base pairs with the dsDNA of interest, the DNase activity...Wadford DA, Chen JS, Chiu CY (2020) CRISPR–Cas12-based detection of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Biotechnology. https...
  16. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    Oct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...optogenetics, such as channelrhodopsins and tools based on light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domain. They can also...interactions, we recommend using NIR split reporters based on miRFPs (Shcherbakova et al., 2016), since they...Filonov et al., 2013). FRET biosensors were developed based on miRFP760-miRFP720 FRET pair, including Rac1 biosensor...intensiometric calcium indicators NIR-GECOs were developed based on mIFP6. Learn more about the characteristics, ...Brightness in HeLa cells vs. iRFP713, % d Ref BphP-based FPs miRFP670 https://www.addgene.org/79987/ 642...720 98,000 6.1 97 Monomer 510 4.5 117 12 CBCR-based FPs miRFP670nano https://www.addgene.org/127443...
  17. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...system. Biosensors based on Nano-lantern technology are also very robust, with an eNL-based calcium sensor...RLuc8) with Venus. This luminescent technology is based on the principle of bioluminescence resonance energy...They also developed calcium, cAMP, and ATP sensors based on Nano-lantern, showing the technique’s versatility...
  18. Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to Entrepreneur: The Story of Sample 6

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    Jan. 21, 2016, 4:52 p.m.
    ...time was not right for the development of phage-based therapeutics. After a brief stint at the venture...from developing therapeutics to developing phage-based tools for detecting pathogens in food products. ...biotechstart.org Read Sample 6's Paper on Bacteriophage-based Diagnostics Additional Resources on the Addgene...
  19. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... let the virions out. We recommend using a Tris-based lysis buffer and sonication.  The obtained virions...particles that can transduce cells, which can vary based on target cells and can be altered by freeze/thaw...experimental outcome and planning.  Both ddPCR- and qPCR-based titering assays measure physical titers, meaning...post.  We generally do not recommend using ELISA-based titering assays, since those will quantify both ...Inactivation of Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors by Oxidant-Based Disinfectants. Human Gene Therapy, 32(13–14), Article...
  20. DNA Purification Without a Kit

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    Feb. 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...gravity-based column plasmid maxiprep kit takes 1-1.5 hours to complete, while this syringe-based method...Compared to a commercial magnetic bead-based kit, this cellulose-based method was faster, cheaper, and had... Addgene follows a similar workflow as a column-based plasmid extraction kit. First, you lyse the bacteria...
  21. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
    ...are many protein-based toxin-antitoxin systems. One of the most well known protein-based toxin-antitoxin...counter this, methyltransferases add methyl groups to bases at specific nucleotide sequences, preventing the...system that is regulated by antisense RNA, which base pairs to cognate mRNA to inhibit its translation...Crystal structure of the MazE/MazF complex: molecular bases of antidote-toxin recognition." Molecular cell 11.4...
  22. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...for studying colloidal gold (1).  The method was based on using a thin plane (sheet) of light generated...microscopes, optical sectioning of a specimen is based on discriminating the out-of-focus reflected light... combining Ultramicroscopy with tetrahydrofuran-based tissue clearing (13,14). A few years later, Karl...Deisseroth’s lab developed CLARITY, which is a hydrogel-based method that also allows antibody penetration for...recently developed AAV (adeno-associated virus)-based fluorescent labeling methods that can be used with...
  23. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    June 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
    ...microbiome studies.  Find the MAGIC plasmids here Paper-based synthetic biology approach to analyze gut microbiota...microbiome, James Collins’s lab developed a paper-based method that can be used to detect microbes and biomarkers...As mRNA expression cannot be identified with DNA-based qPCR methods, the ability to detect mRNA transcripts...Takahashi, Melissa K., et al. "A low-cost paper-based synthetic biology platform for analyzing gut microbiota...
  24. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    June 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m.
    ...slightly with either a 1-7 base poly(U)tail in tRNA-gRNA constructs or a 1-4 base tail from the second tRNA... cassettes (considering the gRNA itself is ~100 bases) limit the number of gRNAs that can be packaged ...Pseudomonas aeruginosa to cleave 4 gRNAs separated by 28 base Csy4 recognition sites from a polycistronic transcript...
  25. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
    ...LoxP (locus of X(cross)-over in P1) sites are 34-base-pair long recognition sequences consisting of two...event. This event can have three general outcomes based on the location and orientation of the loxP sites...above, a genetic modification can be restricted based on experimental constraints. This has been used ...asymmetric spacer "NNNTANNN", where "N" indicates which bases may vary from the canonical sequence. Among these...
  26. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...options come in two categories: protein-based and chemical-based. Before selecting one, check your antibody...concentration. That makes the choice easy! Protein-based blockers include dry non-fat milk or serums like... of blocker, you can also use gelatin.  Protein-based blockers are inexpensive and easily made in the ... tip! If you get a speckled image, your protein-based blocker is either degraded or not completely mixed...mixed together.   Commercially available chemical-based blockers, while much more expensive, are consistent...to another. Since antibody binding varies wildly based on proteins, and their differing amounts of available...Smaller dynamic range; no multiplexing Protein-based blocker Degrades quickly Wet transfer Increased...
  27. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...years, deaminase-mediated base editing (cytosine base editor or adenine base editor) and reverse transcriptase-mediated...in Zhu et al., 2019). Both cytosine base editors and adenine base editors have been developed for plants...Belhaj et al., 2013). Nuclease dead Cas9 (dCas9) based activators (such as dCas9-VP64) or repressors (dCas9...
  28. Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook

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    July 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
    ...scientific field-based solutions or open source solutions. In comparison to paper-based record keeping,...notebooks and researcher's needs The familiar paper-based lab notebook is still a standard approach to record-keeping... or brainstorm, but we have to admit that paper-based record keeping barely copes with the growing amounts...future? As most payable software solutions have user-based pricing, it is good to know how many of your lab...
  29. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... modifications (~1-50 base pairs). Small edits require as little as 30-50 bases for each homology arm,...arm, but keep in mind these numbers may vary based on your locus of interest and experimental system.  Synthesizing...  Synthesizing ssODNs longer than 200 bases can be difficult, thus dsDNA plasmids are generally preferred...Learn about Non-Homologous End Joining Learn about Base Editing Read 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency ...
  30. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...process. Each variant is assigned a functional score based on its library frequency before selection compared...libraries of DNA fragments that contain variable bases (NNN) at any given codon site of interest can be... technique described in Wrenbeck et al is a PCR-based approach for generating a customizable comprehensive...primer set contains three consecutive randomized bases (NNN) at a given codon site and multiple primer ...Keith E J Tyo, and Timothy A. Whitehead. "Plasmid-based one-pot saturation mutagenesis." Nature Methods ...contain random synthesis errors, especially single basepair deletions. Therefore, Gibson assembly is better...codons that can be mutated? 88 codons, or 264 basepairs, was the maximum length tested by Wrenbeck et ...
  31. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...day, you should be happy to learn that many DNA-based reagents are named for soup ingredients! From pSOUP... intracellular RNA dynamics. Aptamers are 10-100 base nucleic acid oligos that bind with high affinity...that control the expression of coding RNA. Spinach-based riboswitches can be used as stable metabolite sensors...mimic of green fluorescent protein by fluorescence-based selection and directed evolution." Journal of the...PMC4244833. Kellenberger, Colleen A., et al. "RNA-based fluorescent biosensors for live cell imaging of ...
  32. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...latency (Bialek et al., 2016). Additionally, CRISPR-based activation can be made inducible upon environmental...through all the troubleshooting required for Cas9-based activation. CRISPRa for genome-wide studies One ...larger scale of activation allows for exploratory-based research as well. For example, CRISPRa can be used... interactions. Additionally, large scale CRISPR-based screens can be used to gain insight into protein...date his group has develop several popular CRISPR-based tools for altering DNA sequence or regulating gene...
  33. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...will focus on one of the most common, purification based on the polyhistidine tag. What is the polyhistidine...tag was developed as a means to purify a protein based on the affinity of the imidazole ring of histidine...Bornhorst 2000).  One downside of polyhistidine tag-based purification, however, is the propensity for nonspecific... tags can also be used as a target for antibody based assays. Antibodies are useful tools for studying...
  34. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    April 6, 2017, 1:02 p.m.
    ...amino acid linker to use. These decisions were made based on known functional aspects of the protein gleaned...sequence into which it is being inserted: one thousand base pairs on each side, in fact. Later, when we transfect...precautionary measure, it’s also good to make a few single base pair mutations in crRNA target sites found within...endogenous gene tagging systems. Addgene’s CRISPR-based Protein Tagging collection includes systems for ...
  35. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Reporter signals may be electrochemical or light-based, with luminescent and fluorescent reporters being... domain induces changes in a fluorescent signal based on ligand presence or changing cellular conditions...Method Notes Quantification of a process Plate-based assays (plate reader) Detect the average amount...
  36. Twenty Years of Sharing Science!

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    Jan. 8, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
    ...repository for DNA-based materials, including our popular kits and libraries. This DNA-based materials repository...
  37. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    Nov. 2, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...initiating a base editor-based clinical trial for SCD in 2022 and Editas Medicine starting a Cas12-based clinical... today. Below we will review some of the CRISPR-based editing therapies that are currently approved or...
  38. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...called GMAP (Gibson assembly-based modular assembly platform). GMAP is based on the Gibson Assembly method... Cas9-based AID tagging Seven years ago, Masato Kanemaki's lab successfully used the plant-based auxin-inducible...University, we are now providing a powerful CRISPR-based screening source for the Drosophila community as... it is composed of two sub-pools. The first is a base “90k library” that contains ~90,000 gRNAs that target... biosensor A pH-sensitive fluorescent biosensor-based assay system was recently deposited with Addgene...University of Zagreb, constructed a CRISPR-Cas9-based tool for targeting CpG methylation by fusing catalytically...proteins in a target cell. In addition to nucleotide-based linking strategies, post translational protein fusion...
  39. CUT&RUN: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-DNA Interactions

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    Feb. 13, 2018, 2:51 p.m.
    ...robust protocol it does have limitations. The enzyme-based CUT&RUN method overcomes many of these limitations...interacting. The CUT&RUN method Enter CUT&RUN, an enzyme-based protocol for identifying DNA binding patterns that...sets, of which there are many readily available. Based on the success that our lab and others have had ...
  40. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...desktop-based software for plasmid design and mapping. ApE (A plasmid Editor): A free, donation-based plasmid...knowledge resource for cell lines IBEX Knowledge Base: A data repository for validation data on IBEX reagents...antibodies: A database of validated antibodies for mouse, human, and marmoset brain IHC.  FPbase: A data repository... Flame plasmid pET21a-BirA.   DNA / protein database search and analysis tools Addgene's analyze sequence...sites Open reading frame finder  Addgene vector database: Find sequences for plasmids assembled from publications...nucleotide or protein sequences to sequences in a database ExPASy translation tool: Translates a DNA sequence...sequence using all six open reading frames UniProt: A database of protein sequence and functional information...
  41. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    April 28, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
    ...School, he developed the first lentiviral microRNA-based system for polymerase II-regulated RNA interference...virology,” he says. He was working in an HIV lab and based on that experience, soon directed himself to finding...months, the lab began a project to develop an AAV-based COVID-19 vaccine.  Vandenberghe’s work with AAVs...
  42. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    July 30, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
    ...from some labs have developed fluorescent-protein based DA sensors (Figure 2). The dLight1 dopamine sensor... dLight1 sensor is a single fluorescent protein-based sensor. This sensor was engineered from a GFP variant...sensor Yulong Li’s lab has created the GRABDA sensor based on a similar strategy: a GFP variant bound to a ...
  43. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    June 11, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
    ... or other products in the suite. Since it’s web-based, you could access it from anywhere. Its ease of ...Biorender is like clip art for scientists. The web-based collection of over 20,000 icons is designed by professional...stop struggling to make figures in PPT 🔬 Also, the base version is free, forever 💜 https://t.co/KJpyxgxeQt...
  44. Single-cell tracking of lineage and identity with CellTag

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    May 9, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ... level with CellTag CellTagging is a lentiviral based tagging method that labels cells with heritable ...three-fold increase of fully reprogrammed cells based on single-cell gene expression patterns. The lab...Chuner, et al. "CellTag Indexing: genetic barcode-based sample multiplexing for single-cell genomics." bioRxiv...
  45. FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique

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    Nov. 1, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...polymerase, the construction of specific sequences for base pair overhangs, insert and vector purification, ...specific to the insert with an additional 15-17 bases that are complementary to the overlapping vector...introduced into my inserts. However, with any PCR-based cloning technique there is a chance of introducing...
  46. 8 Great Depositor Research Stories

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    Dec. 15, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...tells us about a new tool for efficient multiplex base editing and multiplex prime editing (requiring minimal...dCas9 (with no modifications!) as a CRISPR/dCas9-based tool for DNA demethylation. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles...
  47. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    June 14, 2018, 11:44 a.m.
    ...therapeutic potential. Note: constructs discussed are based on Adenovirus type 5. Three generations of adenoviral...delivery: Potential applications for gene and cell-based therapies in the new era of personalized medicine...formation assay on A549 cells . Alternatively, antibody-based assays are commercially available for faster detection...
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