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  1. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...in plants. When expressed, the construct produces 3 enzymes from a single mRNA using 2a sites. These convert...Betacyanin is produced from tyrosine by the activity of 3 enzymes and a spontaneous step. (B) RUBY is a reporter...collect seed for further experiments.     Fig. 3: (Top right) A RUBY-expressing Arabidopsis seed following... is difficult for new members of the lab or collaborators unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY...resistant disease. (RUBY-red: You can’t beet it!) About the Author  Andrew Willoughby is a graduate student...
  2. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...molecular targets under research include TIM-3, LAG-3, STAT-3, EGFR, CD20 and CD73 on specific solid as ...cell-surface antigen production to evade the immune system. 3. Escape - Tumor cells that survive this phase are ... situ before being injected back into the body in 3 doses intravenously. B cells and T cells activated...medicine 10.9 (2004): 942-949. PubMed PMID: 15322536. 3. Dunn, Gavin P., et al. "Cancer immunoediting: from...potential beneficiaries. Collaborative therapy For the most efficient outcomes, collaborative therapies must be... of the tolerance-producing antigens enunciated above. Finally, signals released from the microenvironment...are in their clinical trial phase. In all of the above therapeutics, techniques like genome engineering...
  3. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    Jan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... seconds for 3 hours. Image from Lee et al., 2020. SPOTlight was used to image over 3 million cell...investigated three Casɸ orthologs, Casɸ-1, Casɸ-2, and Casɸ-3. This system is notable for several reasons. Casɸ ...For instance, for Casɸ-2 the PAM sequence is 5’-TBN-3’ (where B is G, T, or C). The authors demonstrate ... plasmids you need. If you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.  Here's...
  4. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    May 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... point for a new generation of ABEs), consists of 3 components:  a deaminase (TadA, originally from E.coli...al., 2020). The generated ABE8s needed to produce 3 concurrent base edits to withstand antibiotic selection...protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) made up of 5′-NGG-3′ (“N” can be any nucleotide base, followed by 2 guanines...ABE8.20-m was the winner. It could simultaneously edit 3 genes (98.1%, 98.3%, or 98.6% efficiency, respectively...more blog posts about base editing Learn about another evolved base editor: ABE8e Read about xCas9, a CRISPR...
  5. Common Injection Routes in Mice

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    Jan. 22, 2025, 9:42 p.m.
    ...Location: peritoneal cavity Gauge: 25–27 Volume: < 2–3 ml Skill required: intermediate Intramuscular Intramuscular...Location: back or hind legs Gauge: 25–27 Volume: < 2–3 ml (~1 ml per site) Skill required: beginner Intradermal...Intraperitoneal Scruffing Peritoneal cavity 25–27 < 2–3 mL Intermediate Intramuscular Mechanical restrainer...Back or hind legs; between skin and muscle 25–27 < 2–3 mL (~1 mL per site) Beginner Intradermal Anesthesia...Routes of administration. In H. Hedrich (Ed.), The Laboratory Mouse. Academic Press. Turner, P. V., Brabb, ...M. A. (2011). Administration of substances to laboratory animals: routes of administration and factors...
  6. Podcast: A Malawian Professor's Path to Biotech Research

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    May 24, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...) 0:00-1:00 : Intro 1:01-3:48 : Kingdom Kwapata's background and education 3:49-4:35 : Kingdom on opportunities...more about Dr. Kwapata’s current work and thoughts on the need for more scientific collaboration across... connecting us with him. Learn more about our recent collaboration with Seeding Labs here. Special thanks...received an award from nonprofit and Addgene collaborator, Seeding Labs, for lab equipment that will help...Addgene Podcast.     Additional Resources Learn about Seeding Lab's Work with Lilongwe Univeristy of Agriculture...How You Can Contribute to the Addgene Blog Learn about Addgene Plasmid Donations for Rare Disease Research...
  7. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...plasmids requested each year by year of deposit (Figure 3), we saw that once CRISPR plasmids become popular,... used and available. If we look closely at Figure 3, which shows requested CRISPR plasmids categorized...requested and shipped out each year.     Figure 3: Percentage of requests per year for CRISPR plasmids...Figure 2, and the longevity of tools seen in Figure 3, indicates that the usefulness of popular CRISPR tools...with Addgene by year. (C) Cumulative number of laboratories that have deposited CRISPR plasmids by year....
  8. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...contains two sets of sgRNAs; A, the top 3 ranked sgRNAs, and B, the next 3 ranked sgRNAs. Dolcetto was able ...dsDNA cutting. A Dolcetto library containing only 3 sgRNAs (setA) also outperformed CRISPRi libraries ...PMID: 26780180. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4744125.  3. Gilbert, Luke A., et al. "Genome-scale CRISPR-mediated...Read this blog post about CRISPR Kinome Libraries available at Addgene Learn about the advantages of pooled...large-scale functional screens Read this blog post about genome-wide screening using CRISPR Resources on...libraries for the mouse genome! Other Resources Read about CRISPRi and CRISPRa from the NIH E-newsletter ...
  9. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    May 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... et al. created the 3rd generation system (Figure 3), which differs from the 2nd generation in two key...SIN) lentiviral vectors contain a deletion in the 3’ LTR that prevents aberrant activation of nearby genes...PubMed PMID: 9765382. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC110254. 3. In-vivo RGB marking and multicolour single-cell tracking...RA, Berinstein EM, Medin JA. Immunotherapy. 2015;7(3):271-84. PubMed PMID: 25804479. 9. Development of ...gene therapy applications. Read on to learn more about the current (and future) applications of lentiviral...do both, Addgene depositor Didier Trono and collaborators turned to the lentivirus HIV-1, well-known to...Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening Read about Genome-Wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 Additional...
  10. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...CRISPR/Cas system makes use of 3 components, a guide RNA (gRNA) of about 125 nt that specifies the target... the human genome, the mouse genome is made up of 3 x 109 nucleotides (nt), and encodes 23,000 or so genes...zygotes, the gRNA will seek out its target among the 3 X 109 nt of genetic content in the mouse genome and...predictable. In our best case, we saw that 2 out of 3 mice carried a 5 kb insertion in the ROSA locus as...lines. Second, the process is much quicker. It takes 3 months to generate founder mice using CRISPR, as compared... Delivery Methods Learn about Mouse Work on Exercise and Depression Read About Brainbow Resources on ...success is not always guaranteed. To learn more about this process check out our Mouse Modeling blog posts...
  11. Plasmids 101: How to Name Your Plasmid in 3 Easy Steps

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    Feb. 13, 2014, 1 p.m.
    ...name  Include information about the insert in your plasmid name. This is often a 3-6 letter representation...rat (rattus rattus or rattus norvegicus), etc. Step 3: Add your tags  Add any tags or fusions that are on... just by reading the name. For more information about plasmid features and tips you can use in the lab...
  12. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    Aug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m.
    ...as a reference band. The uncut DNA (lane 2) shows 3 possible plasmid conformations, with relaxed and nicked...The double digest with both HindIII and BamHI (lane 3) produces bands at 6kb and 1.2kb (red box), matching... and run on an agarose gel, you are likely to see 3 bands. This is due to the fact that the circular DNA...1kb ladder (lane 1) that has bands ranging from about 500bp to 10kb, with the 3.0kb fragment having increased...
  13. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    June 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...genome manipulation. Nature Reviews Genetics, 24(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-022-00541-1 ...locations. This allowed us to train ePRIDICT (Figure 3), a model that predicts how well a genomic site can...influence editing results at your target. Figure 3: High-throughput screening of the effect of chromatin... al., 2023). We trained our models in close collaboration with the Krauthammer lab (University of Zurich...
  14. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    Feb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...then binds the nicked DNA, and extends it from the 3’ end, while its native endonuclease activity degrades...dissociates and PolI binds (middle) and extends from the 3' end of the nick (right), occasionally introducing... which increased EvolvR’s mutagenesis rate to ~10-3 mutations per nucleotide per generation, and (2) the...blog Learn about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn more about lambda red ... genetic variants in bacteria. Read on to learn about the key components of EvolvR and its potential applications...
  15. Alex Chavez on MD PhDs, CRISPR, Gene Drives, & More

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    Nov. 15, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...podcast from producers Tyler Ford and Eddy Page. 2:00 - 3:55 : Alex introduces himself and explains why he decided...decided to do an MD PhD - it's all in the family. 3:56 - 7:04 : Alex describes the MD PhD process and ...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More About Alex's Work with Cas9 Activators Michael Koeris ...Pages Find Ready-to-Use CRISPR Lentivirus Learn about Other Members of the Addgene Leadership Team ...
  16. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    Nov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...abstracts about research: www.WeShareScience.org. WeShareScience is a free platform for sharing short, 3 to ...terms of communicating ideas. In 2012, for example, 3 billion hours of video were watched each month, in...means for communicating research. Short videos of 3 to 5 minutes provide more than enough time for researchers...by the numbers." Nature 525.7569 (2015): 306-307. 3. Spicer, Scott. "Exploring video abstracts in science...learn about how researchers are using “big data” to look at Lyme Disease in new ways. Or learn about the...ot­her disciplines, are even less likely to read about our work. We therefore must discover new ways to.... Only on occasion do we then have time to read about research from other disciplines, or from other countries...
  17. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    June 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-019-01040-3 3. Khatibi et al. 2021.  “CRISPR Genome Editing Technology...derived from iPSCs. From Rohn et al. 2018; see figure 3 for full details.    CRISPR advances in monoallelic...therapeutic.” There are many fundamental questions about CRISPR/Cas biology still left to answer as well,...
  18. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    April 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 3.   Figure 3: pH titration curves and ∆F/F0 for the... kinetics which are illustrated in figures 2 and 3.  Figure 2: Glutamate titration curves for...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about other Fluorescent Biosensors A Practical Approach...
  19. Grad School Advice Part 2: Building Community

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    Oct. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Part 2 here! Time : Topic 0:00 - 0:50 : Intro 0:51 - 3:08 : The importance of developing a strong graduate... need for belonging in the scientific environment 3:09 - 5:58 : Specific Examples where Niroshi and Ben...How did you hear about post grad opportunities and when did you start thinking about them? 18:30 - 19:... top if you leverage your community, think hard about picking a good mentor, and begin considering career...19:54 : How to think about picking a post-doc project 19:55 - 22:40 : Improvements that can be made to ...
  20. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ... a Protospacer Adjacent Motif (PAM sequence). The 3-5 nucleotide PAM sequence serves as a binding signal...sequences for the commonly used S. pyogenes Cas9 (3'-NGG) are abundant throughout the human genome, they... derived from species other than S. pyogenes, and 3) the use of non-Cas9 enzymes. (For more details on...PAM sequence ’) Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp) 3' NGG Staphylococcus aureus (Sa) NGRRT or NGRRN...Resources on the Addgene Blog  Read more about Cpf1 Read more about SaCas9 and AAV Check out our CRISPR Featured... and VRER) recognize novel PAM sequences (shown above). The VQR, EQR, and VRER Cas9 variants are capable...example, Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase smaller than SpCas9, so it can be packaged...
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