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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... up on a Saturday at like 7 am to go check your plates and you’re excited to do so, you know that that...Addgene has behind it is something that very much resonates with me.” About Addgene’s role in the future,...
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Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m....enzymes which cleave the DNA molecules at specific sites and 2) running the reaction on an agarose gel to...To do this, you'll use enzymes with restriction sites that flank the insert. You will need to know both... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m....reaction requiring luciferin, ATP and oxygen as substrates. Production of photons by this bioluminescent...of Photon Generation Slower Faster Cofactors/Substrates Required Not Required Signal Strength Lower... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m....site of interest, which nCas9 nicks and then dissociates from. PolI3M then binds the nicked DNA, and extends..., where it nicks its target DNA (left). Cas9 dissociates and PolI binds (middle) and extends from the ... -
Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 12, 2019, 2:22 p.m.... including the recent homepage and search tool updates. Now, let’s take a look at the least visible part...behind Addgene’s new search Like millions of other websites, we built our new search engine atop Elasticsearch... -
Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m....makeover In 2007, LIC received an important update, courtesy of Addgene depositor Stephen Elledge. His new ...fragments without the need for specific restriction sites or DNA ligase! This post was originally written... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m.... Fig. 1: Schematic overview of ChIP. Image courtesy of Shengliu via Wikicommons. Okay, let’s...celebrating a successful ChIP experiment! Image courtesy of https://www.wannapik.com/ Even though... -
Hot Plasmids - February 2022
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m....2: comparison of Cas 9 vs. Cas 12a expression cassettes when encoding multiple guides. While two guides... and fusion proteins, such as Cas9 and Cas12a, creates challenges for in vivo delivery and cell engineering... -
GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2021, 2:15 p.m....parts: the receptor itself and the G-proteins it associates with. Receptor: GPCRs are also known as seven...transducing receptors in the brain they are ideal candidates for use in chemogenetics. To create chemogenetics... -
Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2017, 1:59 p.m....concluded “Aspirin promotes autophagy, inhibits platelet aggregation, and potentiates the effect of PD-... -
Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... and have worked closely with us to functionally test our virus. Ed Boyden’s lab from MIT and Alla Karpova... methods, performs extensive quality control, generates educational materials, and provides viral vector... -
Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2023, 2:15 p.m....security-critical bugs, and contribute to constant updates of the software. In hardware, this process is often...are as follows: Detailed documentation, which facilitates the reproduction of the structure in a similar... -
Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m....small molecule realm is typically not feasible to test in any given screening experiment. Thus, a limited...require there to be a culture condition which eliminates manipulations that do not affect the function... -
Clear and Accessible Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 15, 2024, 2:15 p.m....supernatant through each layer. The right panel illustrates a gradient tube before and after ultracentrifugation...ultracentrifugation. The viral supernatant migrates through increasingly dense layers until the macromolecule density... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m....activate all 20,000 genes, it is not possible to test each one and make sure it’s working. You can only...resistant to treatment with a BRAF inhibitor. (The test was the perfect complement for one conducted earlier... -
Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m....and isolated with antibiotic selection. The team tested this system in vitro and in vivo. They identified...fluorescent proteins into one bright particle that segregates into one cell during cell division. To achieve... -
Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 14, 2019, 2:08 p.m....(Japanese, German, and English) and even on 60 Minutes. We are blessed with a large community of scientists... employee pool and we get a lot of successful candidates from internal referrals. Our long reaching reputation... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m....communication journey started with something unexpected: termites. “I was really interested in the evolution of ... science writing. She decided to start a blog to test it out and discovered she not only loved science... -
Addgene: The First Twenty Years
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m....theaters, the Razr was the hottest phone on the market, and two new websites, Facebook and Gmail, were ... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....load The Wikipedia definition of cognitive load states: “cognitive load refers to the used amount of working...even the most enthusiastic of learners. What contributes to cognitive load? Everything! Here are some...