...like cross-linking immunoprecipitation (CLIP) identify RNA-protein interactions by cross-linking RNAs and...enrichment compared to E. coli’s BirA*. Faster labeling kinetics also means that BASU could potentially be used...RaPID RaPID sounds like a nifty technique, but what kinds of questions can it help answer? Ramanathan et al...

...with a heterozygous 4 bp deletion in MYBPC3 donated skin, blood and semen samples. Ma et al. designed plasmids...of only 27.9% and homology-directed repair (HDR) taking place in 41.2% of edited cells. The results were...CRISPR editing. Conclusions & implications One striking feature of this paper is the failure of the embryos...comprised of individuals with varied backgrounds. Talking about this study with non-biologist friends Like...

...autophagosomal membranes, so tagging it with GFP allows for tracking the localization or accumulation of pre-autophagosomal...an autophagy-independent manner. Additionally, tracking Atg8p or LC3 doesn’t provide information about...easier to study the mechanisms behind autophagy by tracking what’s being transported to the yeast vacuole ...vacuole (i.e. cytosol, mitochondria), rather than tracking generic autophagy markers. It’s particularly useful...

...the design of flanking overhangs. Although there are theoretically 256 distinct flanking sequences, sequences...their recognition sequence, creating four base flanking overhangs. Since these overhangs are not part ...clone up to 7 gRNAs into one destination vector, making multiplexing easy.  Disadvantages of Golden Gate...

...by starting with the least-abundant protein and working toward the most abundant. If the abundance of your...precipitates that permanently stain the membrane, making that section of the blot unusable for reprobing...ll want to check for the primary antibody by re-blocking your membrane and re-incubating with your secondary...is the one time in western blotting that you’re looking for a “blank” result! If some signal remains, you...

...another optimized platform. Gene Stacking As the name implies, gene stacking is the use of a combination of...engineering complex cellular behaviors requires making complex manipulations to cells. For example: in...reagents and strategies are not available to those working with yeast or plants. Using MoClo, or better yet...

...This disease is caused by mutations in the common cytokine receptor gamma chain (c) and is characterized ...deficiency, Cystic fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, and HIV. A notable landmark study showed...AAV-based gene therapies are promising, scientists are working to overcome key challenges to their efficacy:  ...AAV vectors used to treat them. Scientists are working to overcome this issue by developing new capsids...

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...  Second, plasmids are easy to store and share, making recombinant antibodies the most practical choice... and producing antibodies from plasmids is much kinder to our animal friends! Finally, if we want better...improve genetically-encoded research tools, it is shocking that the plasmids and sequences for antibodies...10.1038/520295b Bradbury ARM, Trinklein ND, Thie H, Wilkinson IC, Tandon AK, Anderson S, Bladen CL, Jones B,...

...Epigenetic engineering with single-pot assembly Tracking cell-cell interactions New auxin inducible degron...Epigenetic engineering with single-pot assembly By Eric Perkins Though it’s easy enough to contemplate DNA in terms... own engineering plasmid tools in about a week. Taking advantage of Golden Gate cloning, the Haynes lab...human body and G-baToN provides versibility in tracking and modulating the interactions between cells....