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  1. BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development

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    June 26, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
    ...and enable scientists to discover if known drugs can be used to treat these diseases (drug repositioning... found that low concentrations (≤3 mM) of GdnHCl can functionally rescue multiple Arg-mutant proteins ... developmental delay. Mutations in NFIA and NFIB can also cause developmental delay in patients. We have...physiological and pathological roles of human cell glycans. Accordingly, she joined efforts with the Portuguese...They result from defects in different steps in the glycan biosynthetic pathway and have a wide range of clinical...which leads to nearly 25% child mortality. Since glycans play an essential role in almost every aspect of...NFIX gene and test whether variants of unknown significance (VUSs) that are frequently found in genetic ...
  2. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    Jan. 14, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ... features we can offer online for Addgenies and to serve external customers. I also can’t wait to see ...DNA distribution to ensure scientists everywhere can access plasmids despite the evolving export/import...one of the main reasons I have so few worries and can often focus on the excitement of what we are accomplishing... employee pool and we get a lot of successful candidates from internal referrals. Our long reaching reputation...
  3. Engaging with science and society at pgEd

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    Sept. 20, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...I ended up at pgEd, what I do there, and how you can set yourself on a path towards a similar position...turn crucial if we want to make sure that everyone can be informed and empowered to make their own decisions...ability to talk about science in a language that can be understood by those who are not experts in particular...
  4. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... complicated solution like cell lysate. But they can be a lot of work — and what if you want to detect... stripping is here! Rather than start over, you can remove the detection antibodies from your membrane...brittle, so proceed with caution. Unlike PVDF, they can be returned directly to buffer without a re-wetting...
  5. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... to thymine Since an enzyme that excises inosine can be modified to target guanosine instead, perhaps ...editors, called gTBE and gCBE, with Addgene. gTBE can introduce T → C and T → G edits, though with limited... CGBEs. This distinct approach means researchers can now select the best tool for their application from...options.  Conclusion With these advances, every base can now be directly targeted by a base editor, although... accurate, more efficient, and more diverse. We can’t wait to see what tools the field will come up with...
  6. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    Nov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...training in a globalized world where individuals can exchange ideas, network, collaborate, and innovate...of people hold a PhD, achieving our career goals can be a real challenge. On top of that, in the midst... (s)he feels truly understood and supported, and can more fully identify with and be inspired by the mentor...a mentor who has experienced them before and who can serve as a role model and advisor. For their own ...research at UK in the same field that I do: prostate cancer. She has guided me in my next steps. For example...that their knowledge and skills had improved significantly when compared to their pre-program self-assesment...improvements, not necessarily quantifiable, but always significant. Doubts, fears, insecurities… all shrink when...
  7. Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell

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    Aug. 28, 2018, 12:04 p.m.
    ...microscope is not the only way to visualize them. You can also “hear” them. Addgene depositor Dr. Mikhail Shapiro...amoebasisters.tumblr.com/post/139944465237/lactose-around-we-can-make-some-enzymes-for   The take home message was...listening to talks all day. But nope, not at the American Society for Microbiology 2018 Microbe meeting....
  8. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    March 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...all AAVs that reproducibly labeled retinal cells can be found here.  Applications for synthetic promoter...specific cell types, pairs of synthetic promoter can be used to restrict expression to a single cell type...Cre-mCherry and GFP.   Figure 2: Synthetic promoters can be paired for targeted expression. This same pairing...
  9. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...protein B; but proteins are social biomolecules. They can be part of multiple dynamic and overlapping complexes...is pulled down, typically with an antibody. This can artificially select against PPIs that aren't stable...protein fragmentation complementation assay that can be used to study binary protein interactions. However...generally only tells you if two proteins interact and cannot be used to identify interaction partners other ...protein-protein interactions, SplitBioID provides a candidate list of proteins that are part of the bait proteins...interactome. Further characterization of these candidates is critical to understanding how they interact...
  10. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    Sept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...optimization of the exon-splitting site sequence can enhance the rate of trans-splicing (Lai et al., 2005...sequences and the homologous region of the two vectors can be from one of the transgene’s endogenous introns...2014). Drawbacks: The choice of homology sequence can influence the level of transgene expression, and ... capable of expressing a truncated protein. This can be avoided by excluding a stop codon from donor A..., was 81% of that from a single vector, but significantly greater than the expression from an overlapping... the first HDR event, then the second HDR event can’t occur. Lastly, depending on its design, donor A ...
  11. 2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Jan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...requestors, and supported by our repository. You can enjoy these stories, and other 20th anniversary celebrations... our diverse community, which I truly believe we can only serve through active conversation and collaboration...
  12. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

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    Sept. 10, 2019, 12:56 p.m.
    ...the human, pig, or zebrafish genome, this system can be used in these organisms. Read the paper in bioRxiv... but with the addition of 4-hydroxytamoxifen, it can move to the nucleus for activity. They also developed...for cancer research The Sidi Chen lab recently published two CRISPR knockout libraries for cancer research...inhibition library CRISPR knockout libraries for cancer research Creating knock-ins with GeneWeld vectors...
  13. IDP and your PI: A Roadmap for Career Planning and Personal Development

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    July 21, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...through Science Careers’ myIDP tool. Using myIDP, you can identify suitable careers based on your current interests...and skillset. With this information in hand, you can then formulate a plan to further develop your transferable...
  14. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...screens in cancer cell lines, looking to uncover genetic dependencies of individual tumors, which can lead ...prevent Cas9 from cutting, both of which can introduce significant bias into the results. But the reference...genome – even single mismatches within a CRISPR guide can prevent the guide from binding to the genome or prevent...major ancestry groups for 994 of the Cancer Dependency Map cancer cell lines (left). Heatmap indicating...methodology, they estimate that the African ancestry-associated cancer dependencies are undercounted by ...development, particularly in cancers that are more common in individuals of African descent.Correcting the ...Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Koch Institute, where an exploration...
  15. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    Dec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...genome is majorly composed of three proteins that can be easily modified in order to facilitate its entry...vectors As compared to other viral vectors, AdVs can provide a large transgene packaging capacity. For... DNA Adenoviral CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools can also be used to deliver Cas9 and DNA templates in...used so far) or for cancer gene therapy such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cancer. In deficiencies of...particular cancer. That’s exactly what the lab of Andrea Ventura at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center... 2012). These features make AdV an attractive candidate for in vivo delivery of advanced genome editing...Center did to create a model of Eml4–Alk-driven lung cancer (Maddalo et al., 2014). These tools are available...
  16. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    June 25, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...me pursue this, let me make a slight change so I can have flexibility and be up to date with the current... It is incredibly helpful to me to know that you can make big changes in your career path and still find...done that, my big takeaway has been the impact I can have on an organization beyond my job description...
  17. New CRISPR Web Resources and #12DaysofCRISPR Recap

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    Dec. 12, 2017, 3:13 p.m.
    .... Plasmids with wild-type Cas13a (formerly C2c2) can mediate targeted RNA knockdown, which leads to unique...cells with CRISPR? I certainly didn’t, but now we can with Cas13b/ADAR constructs from the REPAIR (RNA ...
  18. Supporting Rare Disease Research with BeHeard 2017

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    July 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...little-known disease. You can find more information about the disease on the Meothelioma Cancer Alliance Website...lymphoma research or the many different ways you can improve your heart health. These are amazing advances...tumor samples that they have used to identify candidate genes as drivers of peritoneal mesothelioma tumorigenesis... to knockout, knockdown, or overexpress these candidates in a panel of ~30 patient derived peritoneal ...These experiments will serve to validate these candidate genes and allow Nabavi and colleagues to prioritize...
  19. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    Aug. 22, 2019, 12:43 p.m.
    ...interest. Auxotrophy Besides antibiotic selection, you can select for a successful uptake of your DNA of interest...contain constructs that have lost the sacB gene. SacB can be used similarly to CcdB. For example, in the gene...
  20. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    July 2, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...their own CRISPR arrays. On the other hand, viruses can evolve to evade CRISPR by mutating these sequences...target in order to cut DNA, whereas some mismatches can be tolerated outside this region. Conclusion Ready...
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