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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 19, 2017, 3:25 p.m....plexWell™ libraries is well suited to large-scale de novo assemblies of short constructs like plasmids...all over the world. The rest of this piece will describe plexWell™ in more detail, and how we are using... containing fragments carrying sample-specific barcodes. Rather than continuing to process 100s to 1000s...
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Revamp Your Lab Meetings With Creative Virtual Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2021, 2:15 p.m....salmon_phd References Frassl MA, Hamilton DP, Denfeld BA, de Eyto E, Hampton SE, Keller PS, Sharma S, Lewis ASL...in scientific research and in any workspace. Re-design lab meetings with a focus on discussion and brainstorming...pivotal in writing publications/grants too. As described by several works (Wuchty et al., 2007, Vicens ...Meetings can get very long sometimes, and interaction fades away the longer we are on it – so it is important...important to take breaks. After 1 hour (or another designated time) of meeting, someone could raise their hands...prepares a coffee, or simply moves away from the desk to switch off a few minutes. The host could also... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m...., Gosnell BI, Hanekom W, Moosa M-YS, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, Sigal A (2021) Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2... -
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m....Terry, F. E., Roberts, B. J., Rosenberg, A. S., & De Groot, A. S. (2022). In silico Immunogenicity Assessment...in vivo animal models. In these cases, they are designed to mimic the human lymphatic system or even the....org/10.3389/fddsv.2022.952326Joubert, M. K., Deshpande, M., Yang, J., Reynolds, H., Bryson, C., Fogg,... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m....pollution Dr. Julio Ernesto Valdivia Silva, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC), Peru Julio Ernesto... -
The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.... this blog post. I separate sgRNA design tools into database and de novo solutions. Database tools allow...community in order to succeed. With respect to de novo sgRNA design, I again separate it into two categories...single-target design”, “multi-target design”, “off-target aware”, “high mismatch limit”, “approximate design”, “... “empirical design”, “single-PAM design”, and “multi-PAM design”. Trends: By the end of 2014, tools began...with the post-design process such as primer and plasmid design. Examples: “multiplex design”, “multi-method...determines good sgRNA design. Incidentally, the first software for sgRNA design (by Hsu et al., 2013) ...multi-method design”, and “single-method design”. Trends: The most common utility functions are batch design... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m...., Thuronyi BW, Wilson C, Koblan LW, Zeng J, Bauer DE, Doudna JA, Liu DR (2020) Phage-assisted evolution... -
To Each HIS Own
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.... Bio/Technology. 1988; 6: 1321–1325. Janknecht R, de Martynoff G, Lou J, Hipskind RA, Nordheim A, Stunnenberg... for nonspecific binding of untagged proteins. Despite being a relatively low frequency amino acid, proteins... I place the tag and how many do I need? When designing a plasmid containing a polyhistidine tag, you’... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 29, 2015, 1:25 p.m....never been in contact with Aida Baida Gil of Coach De La Professional but the website looks interesting...new job skill? Finish your thesis? Knowing your desired outcomes will help you assess if the coach you ...relationship has been successful – what are the desired outcomes? Ask openly for clear information on... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m....doi.org/10.7554/eLife.34870. Kaas GA, Zhong C, Eason DE, Ross DL, Vachhani RV, Ming G-L, King JR, Song H,...Recently, however, a particular tool has gained widespread popularity – and notoriety – as a tool of choice...leave you with a few practical considerations: Design your gRNA to overlap the CpG of interest. Having..., too), but if this is not possible due to gRNA design restrictions, anything within 5 base pairs should... -
Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 8, 2024, 1:15 p.m.....2024.01.039 Garcillán-Barcia, M. P., Redondo-Salvo, S., & de la Cruz, F. (2023). Plasmid classifications. Plasmid...difference is virulence plasmids! This category includes genes that help bacteria invade hosts, including...resistance to toxic substances like heavy metals or pesticides, enabling their hosts to survive where others...found on an E. coli fertility plasmid that also encodes a toxin, CcdB, and the resistance to that toxin... -
Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 4, 2021, 1:15 p.m....Rahman MZ, He L, Xin L, Shan B, Li M (2016) Complete De Novo Assembly of Monoclonal Antibody Sequences. Sci...antibody function, improve antibody stability, and design tools that we haven’t even imagined yet. References... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Green, Alexander A., et al. "Toehold switches: de-novo-designed regulators of gene expression." Cell 159.4...Specifically this includes primer directed isothermal RNA amplification, new toehold switch designs, CRISPR/Cas9...is an Assistant professor at the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the School of...development of diagnostics. Mostly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (aegypti and albopictus) and, aided by... toehold switches, which allow for the rational design of RNA sensors that can detect virtually any RNA...areas conducive to the spread of the virus by the Aedes mosquito (Messina et al, 2016). We quickly assembled...spread out the risk for the project by initially designing and ordering several dozen versions of the toehold... -
Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.... JA, Han Y-C, Ogrodowski P, Crippa A, Rekhtman N, de Stanchina E, Lowe SW, Ventura A (2014) In vivo engineering...targeted organs or tissues with Cas9 and a gRNA designed to target a mutated gene. In a Scientific Reports...Center are now available at Addgene along with a description of their experimental protocol. The three plasmids...plasmid tools, find more plasmids, CRISPR technology guides, FAQs, and CRISPR resources on Addgene's CRISPR...Additional resources on the Addgene blog How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing by John Doench... -
No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m....https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.16.045419. Wrapp D, De Vlieger D, Corbett KS, Torres GM, Wang N, Van Breedam...Zimmermann et al., 2020). This selection platform was designed so that any standard lab can quickly select for...strongly to your target protein. The Seeger lab designed 3 different mRNA sybody libraries for use in the... randomized with a defined set of different trinucleotides (corresponding to different amino acids) in...for binding to the target protein. The protocol describes going through two rounds of phage display to increase...interest. The Seeger lab used the ELISA technique described in their protocol because it is less susceptible... -
AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 12, 2017, 1:44 p.m..... When contamination is suspected, we proceed to de novo assembly of the unmapped reads, employing our...transduced cells whenever possible. This post will describe our workflow for viral genome sequencing (VGS)... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m....392–400. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-018-0028-5 de Backer, M. W. A., Brans, M. A. D., Luijendijk, M....of negative data. Negative AAV data is highly desirable In a survey we conducted to improve our Addgene...every researcher experiences and that it often provides incredibly valuable insight into one’s work. As... Hub is here to help! The Addgene Data Hub is designed to help scientists understand how our vectors ...standards (clear and detailed methods and image descriptions, a minimum n = 2, and well labeled high- and...the Data Hub. These minimum data standards are designed specifically to allow scientists to evaluate how... -
Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.... Special thanks for Dr. Dan Stone and Harshana de Silva Feelixge at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for...plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides the AAV replication (rep) and capsid (cap) genes...replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged into the... -
What’s in Your Tube?: A Quick Guide to Measuring DNA by Spectrophotometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m..... Issue 15/10. March 2010. https://www.qiagen.com/de/~/media/1ea8aec3bfa24543a28fcaea25986514.ashx. Koetsier... -
Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....to sickle cell disease. Hoban MD, Orkin SH, Bauer DE. Blood. 2016 Feb 18;127(7):839-48. PubMed PMID: 26758916... but without sustained transgene expression. To design a viral vector system that could do both, Addgene...infect. Finally, the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 long terminal repeats... knockout cell lines. Many CRISPR plasmids are designed for lentiviral use, including Addgene’s top requested... check out our lentiviral plasmid and biosafety guides before beginning your experiment. Let us know how...