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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 13, 2014, 8:34 p.m....skills help when it comes to finding a job. Many people in science will work in industry or take on collaborative...and their interest in science more generally to people outside of academia. Here are my recommendations... they start asking you questions. Remember that people like a good story and science involves characters...
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Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m....ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen this episode of Hot Plasmids...APOBEC3A-Cas9n-UGI and APOBEC3B-Cas9n-UGI base editing complexes are more efficient than the BE3 plasmid containing...exhibiting its versatile utility in quantifying multiple gene editing activities. Click here to find the... -
CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m....common lexicon for genome editing studies. These complementary goals are aimed at improving translation of ... loosely paraphrased in the tweet below. The complexity and challenges of homology directed repair (HDR...editing and low off-target editing rates across multiple systems. Read our introductory blog post, then... -
Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 11, 2020, 2:23 p.m....manipulated with mutations in the replicon. For example, the pMB1 ori maintains about 20 copies per cell... any questions? Need something clarified? If so please, post in the comments. References Chatterjee A...Schultz PG. A versatile platform for single- and multiple-unnatural amino acid mutagenesis in Escherichia... -
Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 11, 2020, 1:15 p.m....an ITR during routine plasmid propagation, with complete ITR loss abolishing AAV packaging. To prevent ... like as long as it’s ~4.4 kb or smaller. Some examples include a reporter like GFP, some smaller CRISPR-Cas...also drive different levels of expression. For example, CAG is a strong promoter that drives very high... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m....jGCaMP7 sensors with different properties (for example, overall brightness or on/off kinetics) that makes...quantify targeting of particular cell types. For example, the mDlx enhancer restricts expression to GABAergic... particular catalog item is available for order please email [email protected] with the vector name and... -
Why Add Sucrose? Improved Yields for Adeno-associated Virus Preparation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 13, 2018, 1:14 p.m....incorporate into their own labs. This week we are pleased to announce the submission of the results of our...be examined. Increased yields with sucrose supplementation is serotype specific In our study we observed...preparations for, we wanted to be certain that this supplementation strategy would have no effect on the purity... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m....Balazs. “By combining those with [sera] we got from people that have been given the vaccine, we've been able...used live virus (Cele et al., 2021). “We weren't completely shocked [with these results] because we were ... AG, Iafrate AJ, Naranbhai V, Balazs AB (2021) Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants escape neutralization by vaccine-induced... -
Donations from Addgene to Yield Answers for Rare Disease Researchers
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2015, 2:30 p.m....many different things in parallel.” Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Melodi McSweeney (right), a graduate...responsible for the disease known as Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC). Patients affected by AHC ...from recurrent attacks of unilateral paralysis (hemiplegia) that are often painful and accompanied by migraines... -
Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 6, 2014, 7:12 p.m....discussion. The Forced Choice Analysis is a fun example and you can find it in our Mentoring for Scientists...help the Mentee feel a sense of accountability to complete action items and make progress. To illustrate ...with regular accountability checks. Focus on implementation of your goals and respect the time your Mentor... -
FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 16, 2018, 1 p.m....about FPs than is currently represented at fpvis (complete spectral information, accession numbers, sequences...the goal of encouraging user contributions (using simple web forms) while also maintaining a relatively ...in the early stages of development, and there is plenty of room for improvement and elaboration. Current... -
Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... SARS-CoV-2 interacts with human proteins. For example, we used HEK293T cells in our first study, but ...collaborative science, and making it accessible to all people, not just scientists! *If you are requesting plasmids...plasmids for coronavirus or COVID-19 research, please email Addgene at [email protected] with your order... -
Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2019, 1:58 p.m....ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. A retroviral mouse CRISPR...Thus, the bEFPs bind the UAS via the dCas9-gRNA complex which allows transcription from the promoter. ...should serve as both a powerful tool for generating complex regulatory systems and further the study of natural... -
What Good Citizenship Can Do for Reproducibility in Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2019, 2:18 p.m.... It doesn’t have to be this way. We can never completely eliminate the risk that a minor variation in ...collective priority list. There has been progress—for example, a number of funders (e.g., the NIH) now look for...Press. She trained originally in cell biology, completing her PhD at the MRC LMB in Cambridge UK and then... -
Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m....ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. New toolkit for N or C terminal...binds to TIR1 of the SCF-TIR1 ubiquitin ligase complex, promoting its interaction with the degron sequence...used ChRs in that they cause a rapid and almost complete desensitization when exposed to continuous bright... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - June 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 18, 2019, 1:15 p.m....size 20 µL samples of control AAV that scientists can use for serotype testing. These samples are available... particular catalog item is available for order please email [email protected] with the vector name and... -
Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m....produced? Purifying exo-AAVs is actually a bit simpler than the classical purification protocol involving...have tried to modify it to improve yields. For example, transfecting the producer cell line with an expression...were always normalized to their genomic titers). Examples include the use of exo-AAV1 for transducing sensory... -
The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2018, 1:15 p.m....techniques are continually being refined; it is completely plausible that scientists will eventually have...many things we can navel-gaze over from the last couple of weeks, including whether or not scientists can...history of medical research, there have always been people who unethically experiment on humans, and they ... -
New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m....variants. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 3. Figure 3: pH titration...variants. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 2. Improved trafficking and localization... Multiple Authors... -
Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2018, 1:48 p.m.... enzymes, some of which are also functional in multiple species (read Arbor Biotechnologies' press release...nt direct repeat) mediating potent knockdown. Multiplexing from the CRISPR array yielded >90% knockdown... necessary. Konermann et al. compared CasRx to multiple RNA regulating methods: small hairpin RNA interference...