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TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m....end joining (alt-EJ). Inhibitors to essential components of both pathways have been shown to be efficacious... al., Nat Com). Fig. 3: HDR events compete with NHEJ-mediated edits of small insertions and...
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Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m...., but it still points to a far larger and more complex problem endemic to biomedical research: pervasive...same reference genomes and libraries. Further complicating the issue is the long and ugly history of reporting... -
CRISPR Antimicrobials
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m....replication that can be packaged into replication-incompetent phage particles using a helper system. These ...antimicrobials combines them with both replication-competent phages and antibiotics. Phage therapy fell out... -
Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m....transcription. The HIS3 reporter system (e.g. the Gateway-compatible bait Y2H plasmid pEZY202 from Yu-Zhu Zhang’s...particular cell type, or a subset based on a cellular compartment or growth stage). A prey library can either be... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m....varied codon preferences among organisms aren’t completely understood, but some possible reasons include...codon optimization algorithms and DNA synthesis companies such as IDT and GenScript host online codon optimization... -
pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m....persistence of residual viral material [6]. The complete removal of the residual viral particles and establishment... in the presence of these two factors are not completely understood, the addition of an shRNA for P53 ... -
Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 13, 2016, 3:30 p.m....is a terrible disease that is, unfortunately, completely preventable. Mainly caused by exposure to asbestos...non-resectable mesothelioma by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a coalition of the top 27 cancer... -
Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m....in mice is possible (Guy et al., 2007). They accomplished this using Cre-Lox mouse models in which the...Cre not only halted the neurological damage but completely reversed it, regardless of age or symptom severity... -
Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m....these people at the time, but I met some very accomplished scientists and some rising stars in the world...timetable for the Singletons in their bins. The next component of Binning Singletons is when we bring all the... -
CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... Note: hypoxanthine (shown) is the nucleobase component of the nucleoside inosine. Created with BioRender.com...relied on deaminase enzymes, either to directly accomplish the base edit or to create the substrate for ... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m....roughly measures granularity, a proxy for nucleic complexity of the cell. The sample will have been labeled...labeled using a panel of markers, which is comprised of antibodies conjugated to fluorescent markers and/... -
Viral Production at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m....Purity Purity of AAV preparations is assayed by comparing the relative stoichiometric ratios of the viral...Absolute determination of single-stranded and self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector genome titers ... -
Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m....institutions doing? Institutions are now preparing to comply with the changes to the law on Dec 1st, according...centrally administered, which leads to many complications, including the inability of some institutions... -
Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m....ml before the media becomes cloudy. Mycoplasma compete with host cells for nutrients and can alter expression...al. outline a do it yourself PCR-based approach complete with freely available positive controls. Routinely... -
3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 5, 2017, 1:58 p.m....HDR), a distinct cellular DNA repair pathway. Accomplishing this usually involves simultaneously introducing...mutation. Here, the blocking-only templates will compete with the blocking/intended mutation templates resulting... -
Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....membrane-impermeant and can only enter cells with compromised plasma membranes — i.e., dead cells — while live...which yields a much weaker signal on live cells compared to dead cells. As a result, the largely negative... -
Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m....enhanced brightness, expression, and sensitivity compared with earlier SF-iGluSnFR. Image from Aggarwal ...size and reduced sensitivity to pH and calcium compared to previous lactate biosensors, and its affinity... -
Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m....undetectable in the blood. But the virus doesn’t completely disappear; it just hides in latently infected...viral reservoirs, and CRISPR may be the way to accomplish this tough job! Kamel Khalili’s lab at Temple... -
CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m....enhancer regions (Mendenhall et al., 2013). By comparing gene activation when enhancers were active or ...increased gene activation at the targeted site compared to other Tet1 delivery systems. Transcriptional... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 3, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... domain structure. Glypicans are proteoglycans composed of a protein core, 2–4 glycosaminoglycans (GAG...). Figure 5: TurboCas protein labeling compared to immunoprecipitation. The top panel depicts ...