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  1. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...that Mobile-CRISPRi is transferable into multiple bacterial species including several involved in human disease...and is stable and active for greater than 50 generations. Figure 1: Mobile-CRISPRi's modular components...highly conserved glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase (glmS) gene in the recipient bacteria due ...Mobile-CRISPRi to knockdown individual genes in several bacteria associated with human disease (S. aureus... library strains was measured after 6 and 12 generations with or without induction of CRISPRi knockdown...
  2. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    Aug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...incubation at 55 °C - a dangerous, non-physiological temperature for mammalian cells and one which diminishes ...could detect knock-in of tags at a target site. Overall, 64% of researchers were unhappy with the new method...the water. On the bright side, successful indel generation and epitope knockin was achieved by a few respondents...ssDNA leading to inefficient downstream editing. Overall, the real take-home message thus far, based on ...form a complex with a 5’-P-ssDNA guide at room temperature. Until that time, those who have been lucky with...Pooran Dewari is a postdoc at the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM), Edinburgh. His research interests...
  3. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Their focus at the lab is on plant-pathogen interactions, and her aim is to produce constructs and edit...biosensors designed to elucidate the molecular interactions that go on between plants and their pathogens... share and educate and enable plant science in general. We are funded by a charity and since we are making...elements anymore. The kit contains sequences for several different fluorescent proteins. Visualizing fluorescence...piece of DNA. We do a lot of protein-protein interaction work and we’ve gotten some tools back from Addgene...Twitter account recently inspired by an academic in literature who gave a talk to the women’s research network...
  4. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    Oct. 18, 2018, 12:37 p.m.
    ... both vector amplification with low fidelity polymerases and the cost of synthesizing longer oligos, which...using the same three step protocol:  Fragment generation - Any linear DNA fragments can be assembled in... the template binding region, with a melting temperature (Tm) of around 60 °C for all primers. The length...simple cloning procedures. Use high fidelity DNA polymerase This will minimize random errors during PCR: ...aliquots of PCR master-mix, containing buffer, polymerase and dNTPs, can be stored frozen: just defrost...mutagenesis by placing homologous ends on DNA using polymerase chain reaction." Biotechniques 10.1 (1991): 62...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    July 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...infection; however this would not be great for a gene therapy vector! For viral vectors, only the protein for...viral vector particles are made while missing the polymerase gene may seem like a mystery. But it’s simple...transcription and translation. Here, we will discuss several aspects of the viral “life cycle” in order to understand...step 3), but note also that it is worthwhile to generalize the idea of “transduction” to mean any transfer...et al., 1973). Interestingly, retroviruses are generally only “pseudodiploid” in that — while they have... M., & Bishop, J. M. (1973). RNA-directed DNA polymerase of Rous sarcoma virus: Initiation of synthesis...
  6. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...incorporated a discovery-based lab on planarian regeneration into one of my own courses, I was excited to...phosphorylation on the enzyme’s structure, function, and interaction with other proteins.   It is important to...be authentic – students should be attempting to generate new knowledge that will be of genuine interest...and bench work to identify regions of MDH that interact with citrate synthase and presented their findings...increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM disciplines (Bangera & Brownell, 2014; Duboue et al., 2022), as they...classroom.   References and Resources References Bangera, G., Brownell, S. 2014. Course-based undergraduate...
  7. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    Feb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...reporter enzyme. For multicolor staining, careful consideration must be used when selecting which antibodies...meticulously screening, optimizing, and characterizing several anti-mouse and -rabbit nanobodies. If you’re interested...described in Pleiner et al, the key steps for generating nanobodies are outlined below; no alpaca required...due to their N-terminal His14-bdNEDD8 tag. After several washes, this tag can be cleaved by the bdNEDP1 ...nanobodies from the column. bdNEDP1 protease can be generated using plasmid pDG02583. Label the Nanobodies: ...Maleimide-conjugated HRP can be found here and several maleimide-conjugated dyes are also commercially...
  8. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... Major restaurant chains including Chipotle and Panera Bread have pledged to eliminate the use of antibiotics...number of phagemids would be needed for an in vivo therapy. Another strategy for CRISPR antimicrobials combines...replication-competent phages and antibiotics. Phage therapy fell out of fashion with the introduction of antibiotics...Rodolphe Barrangou. “A CRISPR design for next-generation antimicrobials.” Genome Biol. 15(11):516. (2014...Ido, Miriam Manor, Ruth Kiro, and Udi Qimron. “Temperate and lytic bacteriophages programmed to sensitize... phage therapy...
  9. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
    ...ricin toxicity genes. The screen also discovered several genes previously not associated with ricin regulation...known ricin regulation genes compared to results generated using non-targeting guides as controls. While ...sites. Results from the screen also reproduced several previously observed characteristics that influence...activity: 1) mismatches closer to the PAM are less tolerated than mismatches more distal to the PAM, and 2)...off-target activity, Morgens et al drew some generalizable conclusions about off-target activity, demonstrate...Michael C., et al. "A systematic mammalian genetic interaction map reveals pathways underlying ricin susceptibility...
  10. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    Aug. 14, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...circuits and dynamics. FPs are generally bright, stable and well tolerated by cells. They can be used for...neither disturb POI folding nor its ability to interact with protein partners within the cell. However...can affect protein folding and protein-protein interactions. Also, overexpression of FPs can trigger protein...ideal probe should combine the solubility, cell tolerance, and optional fluorescence of FPs with facile ...monster” fluorescent proteins (smFPs). smFPs are literally composed of FPs fused to multiple epitope tags...
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