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  1. Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference

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    June 17, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... genes with potentially harmful mutations in therapeutic settings. Silencing of a target gene is achieved...RNA (shRNA) Short interfering RNA (siRNA) Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) miRNA and piRNA can be found endogenously...experiments. shRNA plasmids typically use RNA polymerase III promoters, which transcribe small RNAs. The..., shRNA plasmids are being designed using RNA polymerase II promoters. The design of these plasmids is...plasmids One of the most common uses of shRNAs is to generate stable knockout or knockdown cell lines. In fact...collections/mammalianrnai/","type":"EXTERNAL"},"user_generated_content":false}{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute...(2004). MicroRNA genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II. The EMBO Journal, 23(20), 4051–4060. https...
  2. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    Sept. 28, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of organelles and vesicles, and more. Although several strategies are available to disrupt microtubules...extended to other GTPases. The Chow Lab has also generated a variety of membrane-recruitment optogenetic ...recently developed a full toolbox and workflow for generating new Rho GTPase optogenetic systems (Berlew et...express the other separately, then use blue light to generate CRY2-CIB1 oligomers that trap the fusion protein..., and 100 times the activity of the original, generated using directed evolution (Tei et al., 2023).  ...license.   Just make sure you don’t overdo it! The moderately-enhanced 10x and 30x SuperPLDs avoid dark-state...Krishnan, N., Ononiwu, F., Pal, D., Manikas, J., Taveras, C., Hall, N. A., Silva, J. D., Freshour, J., &...
  3. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...molecule into the cell. The fluorescence that is generated allows for qualitative and quantitative measurement...contact with its RNA aptamer. This increased interaction between Corn and its small molecule makes Corn...developed to quantify RNA transcription by RNA Polymerase III. By expressing Corn under promoters for transcripts... transcripts uniquely transcribed by RNA Polymerase III (5S, tRNA and U6) and measuring Corn fluorescence...effect of mTOR inhibition on the activity of RNA Polymerase III. Red and orange fluorescent aptamers Corn...changes in intracellular viral rna." Journal of General Virology 98.5 (2017): 992-1003. PubMed PMID: 28555544...PMC5602116. Song, Wenjiao, et al. "Imaging RNA polymerase III transcription using a photostable RNA–fluorophore...
  4. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...these techniques are cumbersome, often requiring several rounds of selection to isolate plants with the ...organisms like Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula and several crop species including potato, corn, tomato, wheat... plant cells.   This blog post will present a general overview of plant genome engineering using CRISPR... repress target genes in plants using the same general experimental design principles developed in other...systems, multiple gRNAs can be expressed to modify several genomic loci at once (get more information on multiplexing...sequence to enhance targeting to the nucleus, and several codon optimized Cas9 variants have been created... the plasmids described above, Addgene carries several useful CRISPR toolkits for creating plant expression...
  5. Working 9-5: an Addgene Co-op

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    June 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...to three) working in your chosen field. This cooperative education experience (co-op) is what has brought...find out that the two hours were split up between several Addgene employees, who all made the daunting task...old) employees with information on how Addgene operates as a team and shows how they fit into the system... on projects there. At this point, I have seen several lab processes and am currently working on projects...are scheduled to take place and employees are generally expected to be available. In addition to these...student at Northwestern University. She is one of several students completing their co-op at Addgene. This...
  6. IBEX Knowledge-Base: A Data Resource for Multiplex Tissue Imaging

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    June 8, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...highly multiplexed tissue imaging method that uses iterative staining and chemical bleaching to allow for high-resolution...high-quality antibodies and reagents that you know work…preferably before you start your experiment. (And you’re...the IBEX Knowledge-Base, seeking to create an iterative process that is constantly becoming better, with...Ichise, H., Gola, A., Kabat, J., Lowekamp, B., Speranza, E., Croteau, J., Thakur, N., Jonigk, D., Davis...Hernandez, J. M., & Germain, R. N. (2022). IBEX: An iterative immunolabeling and chemical bleaching method for...00644-9 Radtke, A. J., Kandov, E., Lowekamp, B., Speranza, E., Chu, C. J., Gola, A., Thakur, N., Shih, R...
  7. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    July 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...overlapping or nested on a register, then the operation of one recombinase on the register could affect...affect the way downstream recombinases interact with the register- either by re-orienting their recognition...amplified by a particular primer pair. Then, by leveraging qPCR data from multiple primer pairs, one can...designed to have 20-30 nt length, ~60 oC annealing temperature, and ~50% GC content) so that individual parts...not – the state machine design space is highly degenerate and often times there are multiple register designs...serine recombinases have been described in the literature (5, 6) and may be substituted for one another...predictability of RSMs and recombinase-based circuits in general would benefit from a more comprehensive characterization...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... to the molecule it detects. This change then generates a reporter signal. Reporter signals may be electrochemical...fluoresce; when present, calcium induces CaM/RS20 interaction, thereby changing the FP’s structural organization...M13. When calcium binds, it triggers CaM/M13 interaction that increases FRET transfer between the fluorescent..., and voltage across membranes. These sensors generally follow the same pattern described above - a sensing...withstand a particular solute concentration or temperature? For further advice, see our posts on how to ... Plate-based assays (plate reader) Detect the average amount of fluorescence across a population of cells...
  9. Advice for Choosing a Research Project

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    April 17, 2014, 2:45 p.m.
    ...the relevant literature to understand where the field is today? Have you talked to veterans in the lab ...-to-date with the literature of a couple of well-known journals that discuss general science in the area... timeline? A typical research project can take several years to complete and has multiple benchmarks. ...before even touching a pipetteman. Take the time to generate new ideas and think about them critically before...
  10. Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring

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    Nov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
    ...previously yielded valuable enzymes. Famously, Taq polymerase – from Thermus aquaticus bacterium – was discovered...processing environmental samples Since the high temperatures and unstable ground around these hot springs...collection site, we took GPS coordinates, water temperature readings using a heat gun, and pH measurements... continued profiling samples, and years later, several whole genome sequencing projects were launched ...Parvibaculum lavamentivorans, whose optimal growth temperature is 30°C. Find IgnaviCas9 here! What can you do...applications where reagents must be stored at elevated temperatures for long time periods and workflows where CRISPR...
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