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  1. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    July 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ...since other signaling networks can also be non-specifically activated and, like the game of telephone, often...must be transmitted by intermediate messengers. Optical control of kinase activity can provide greater ...greater spatiotemporal resolution than pharmacological or genetic approaches, but only a few such methods exist...Problem:  There is no common method for creating optically controlled kinases. The Solution: In Zhou et al...and MEK1 is active or “on.” Dronpa’s color thus indicates MEK1’s current state (Green when off, dark when...kinases good for? There are a number of potential applications for photoswitchable kinases.  Below are a few...endogenous ERK, and its localization serves as an indicator of MEK1 activity. When MEK1 is active, it phosphorylates...
  2. New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library

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    Sept. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...propagated it, separated it into roughly identical replicate groups, and treated these groups with the...among the separate replicates would have different labels - i.e. they would stochastically arise from different...summarized in a recent Nature Medicine paper. In the publication, Bhang and coworkers used the ClonTracer library...below): 1. Resistant cells among the separate replicates would contain the same labels - i.e. they would... Looking at barcode abundances among multiple replicate populations, they found that similar barcodes ...populations were shared by at least one other replicate; prior to treatment, there are small (previously...such that initial resistant populations can be eradicated up-front quickly. This approach is in contrast...
  3. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... utilize an array of tools that rely on DNA amplification and manipulation to produce and edit plasmids...plasmids. These are prone to error — both human and biological. Even the most high-fidelity polymerases can ...Potential points where DNA errors can be introduced, indicated by exclamation marks. Error points include places...places where DNA is being created, such as PCR amplification or bacterial growth. Created with BioRender....the correct inserts, tags, promoters, and other critical functional components. Fun fact! Some older plasmids...sequences. These sequences can also be confirmed or theoretical. No matter the level of information that is provided...elements, and nucleotide indels or mismatches in significant plasmid elements. Which differences are considered...
  4. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
    ...past decade, primary cells remain difficult to genetically edit due to toxicity from electroporation or ...some cases) and minimal toxicity, including in clinically-relevant lines such as CAR-T cells. Plus, this..., its dimeric nature can interfere with some applications. Several labs have been working to produce monomeric... for molecular fusion and membrane-targeting applications. Nature Methods, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038...library generation and screening that led to identification and characterization of AAV.CAP-Mac. Image ...endothelial cell-specific tropism, with slightly reduced efficacy compared to AA9-X1.1. Importantly, AAV1-X1 is ...rodents and broad tropism in primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
  5. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...such as affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS), lack the ability to specifically identify proteins...the validation of a binary PPI as well as the identification of additional interacting factors. Problems...detect weak and/or transient PPIs. Many PPI identification techniques rely on protein interactors to stay... AP-MS. This requirement often prevents the identification of weak and/or transient interacting proteins...lysed before the bait protein is pulled down, typically with an antibody. This can artificially select...controllable version of the BioID protocol. The critical component for both BioID and Split-BioID is BirA...Further characterization of these candidates is critical to understanding how they interact with the bait...
  6. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    Jan. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
    ... series.  “The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.” - Jim Rohn, Author, Entrepreneur...Assertiveness? An assertive person is able to communicate their ideas confidently while also considering...of the most frequent sources of conflict is miscommunication. For example, you might misunderstand your...the wrong direction. The best way to avoid miscommunication is to follow up after every meeting with an...workplace, these strategies will help you to communicate with confidence earn respect from your supervisor...in an email, there is a high likelihood of miscommunication, which can lead to even more conflicts. If...manager, you can resolve most conflicts if you communicate your ideas assertively, listen to his or her ...
  7. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Sontheimer EJ, Mello CC (2018) 5′ Modifications Improve Potency and Efficacy of DNA Donors for Precision Genome...repair of a temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutation significantly enriches for knock-in of 2x and 3xFLAG epitopes...Mello lab also reported that modifying the 5’ modification of oligos used to generate linear dsDNA repair...melting and rapidly cooling dsDNA repair templates dramatically boosted editing efficiency (Ghanta et al., 2020... more efficient. Pure PCR repair templates are critical for efficient knock-ins (Ghanta et al., 2020)....Farboud et al., 2019). Work from the Mello lab has dramatically improved RNP editing with linear repair templates...Efficient Marker-Free Recovery of Custom Genetic Modifications with CRISPR/Cas9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. ...
  8. Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It

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    Oct. 8, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... difficult to eradicate. You can suppress the growth of mycoplasma but cannot eradicate it completely....Contamination! Tissue culture media often have indicators included in the media that turns yellow from ...contamination Detection of mycoplasma by naked eyes or optical microscope can be very difficult, so how do you...cells detect mycoplasmas, they trigger a series of chemical reactions and this induces a noticeable color ...contamination, before using the cell lines for assay or analytical purposes. Use 0.1-micron filters as are they ...Fumigate the laminar airflow and the lab facility periodically. The CO2 incubators, used for maintaining cell...cleaned regularly and checked for contamination periodically. For more tips, check out Addgene's video Getting...
  9. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    July 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m.
    ...most transposable elements (TEs) results in the duplication of this target site sequence at the site of insertion...This is similar to how retroviruses, like HIV, replicate. Class I TEs do not encode a transposase enzyme...enzyme.  Class I TEs are considered replicative since every time they jump they make a copy of themselves...retroviruses both in their structure and mechanism of replication. They contain two genes: gag and pol. The pol...they move. Most Class II transposons have a non-replicative “cut and paste” mechanism of transposition: they... it integrates, which produces a target site duplication (TSD). Created in BioRender.com.   Autonomous...transposition activity  Tol2 transposon plasmids    Applications of transposons Now that you’ve learned about...
  10. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    Feb. 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...Inagaki, S., et al. (2017) Genetically encoded bioluminescent voltage indicator for multi-purpose use in...et al (2). In this post, I’ll cover two great applications of the NLuc technology. The first couples NLuc... requires long acquisition times that may be impractical or infeasible for certain experimental setups... phototoxicity, autofluorescence, and perturb biological phenomena. The technique of coupling FPs with...fluorescence. The paper reports a wide variety of applications of the Enhanced Nano-Lanterns including monitoring...can be correlated to specific concentrations of biological molecules. FRET sensors face challenges of photobleaching...membrane-inserted voltage sensing domain (LOTUS V; Luminescent Optical Tool for Universal Sensing of Voltage). With this...
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