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TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... be unable to get into the target cells and this can be detected via loss of luminescence. B.1.351...
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CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m....follows a similar path to base transition editing, we can expect several generations of optimization before...standard tools. Additionally, aspiring genetic editors can now compare the advantages of base editing and prime...processes that would cause DSBs, and its inclusion significantly reduced indels generated by CGBEs. What's next... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....solving a community’s issue without involving them can do more harm than good. Check out this webinar for... -
Reagent Repositories Are Speeding up Science During the Pandemic
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 4, 2020, 1:15 p.m....reagents are all ways in which the scientific community can support repositories. Repositories are essential ...this virus. One such example is cell lines. The American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a private, nonprofit... -
Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m.... that many more experiments are needed before we can consider clinical applications for germline editing...biologists and non-biologists alike. Given the public significance of this research, we have the obligation to ... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m....with postdocs at other institutions to see if we can similarly convince them to go ahead with raises. ...level, in the case of some public institutions) to cancel plans to raise salaries. What are institutions ...expecting a salary increase have had that increase cancelled. Rounding out the remainder, 2% of postdocs who... are continuing with their plans, and 17 have cancelled their plans. 2 of those raising - the University...Illinois and the University of Michigan - initially cancelled their plans, but have since reversed their position...announced that they were reversing their plans to cancel raises). A further 9 institutions, whose plans ... In addition, PIs at some of the institutions cancelling plans are going ahead with raises anyway, including... -
Addgene: The First Twenty Years
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m....been a privilege to find and share what stories we can, and to hear the stories others have to tell. "Also... -
The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m....the Future or Research Symposium Boston 2015 you can register here or live stream the event on October... -
Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... focused group of participants. More information can be found at http://futureofresearch.org/advocating-for-science-boston...and keynote by former congressman and CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Rush...solutions. The event also culminated in a joint American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...keynote address by former congressman and CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Rush... -
Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... on a prokaryotic transcript is non-specific and can be added to any accessible 3' end. The presence of... -
xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m....only scratched the surface of modifications that can be made to Cas9. It is a pleasant surprise that selecting... -
Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m....real value here is seeing them all in one place. Can we address problems in scientific publishing without...posits the way science is being done has changed significantly over the last decade. He describes the detection... -
Beyond the Blood Brain Barrier: PHP.B Enters the Central Nervous System Via the LY6A Receptor
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2019, 12:46 p.m.... from reaching their targets. The AAV9 serotype can breach the BBB following injection into the bloodstream...PHP.B to reach the CNS; yet LY6A is an unlikely candidate. It was discovered as an antigen upregulated on...this stretch of DNA, Ly6a seemed the most likely candidate due to its strong linkage to the PHP.B phenotype...variants could unintentionally limit the utility of candidate capsids. Are you interested in using AAV-PHP.... -
The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... from just one lab, which limits how broadly one can interpret our analysis of COVID-19’s effect on scientific...months, pausing or terminating employment for a significant fraction of the workforce. Wet lab scientists...exponential decay model, with dips during weekends and significant holidays. Figure 4: Plasmid request trajectories...or labs placing orders for paper x on date t. We cannot use individual plasmid orders, because when a PI...Institute and Harvard University. Max Shen is a Ph.D. candidate at MIT. His research uses applied machine learning... -
Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... ITAM phosphorylated. To demonstrate that pYtags can be generalized to other RTKs of interest, they create...targets. Figure 6: A) Schematic of BeadScan platform for screening candidate biosensor variants for performance...tdTomato), they produce a temperature sensor that significantly outperforms previous designs. B-gTEMP is excitable...optimal conditions). While B-gTEMP itself is a significant improvement over previous temperature indicators... -
Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.... cell still can methylate DNA hsdS(rk-,mk-) Unmethylated DNA not degraded, cell cannot methylate DNA... Mutation in galactose metabolism pathway Cells cannot grow on galactose only gyrA, gyrA96 DNA gyrase... lacY Lactose permease inactivated, lactose cannot be taken up by cell mcrA, mcrBC Inactivation ... -
Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m....were less significant than when non-targeting guides are used as controls. Less significant p-values lead...genes involved in the production of a cell surface glycan that’s required for ricin uptake. The ricin screen...guides and may more accurately determine the significance of hits in non-growth screens. Off-target cutting...of on-target activity. However, there was no significant difference in depletion of ricin sensitizer genes... -
5 Science Rap Videos & Their Creator: Tom McFadden
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2017, 3:30 p.m.... about Henrietta Lacks - the African American woman whose cervical cancer cells became a mainstain of ... -
Q&A With Julie Cicalese, the Newest Member of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 17, 2021, 2:40 p.m....an organization that raises money for childhood cancer through the sale of art. About two years ago, I...Northeast Human Resources Association, Association of American Medical Colleges and the Society for Human Resource...501c3 public charity raising funds for childhood cancer through the sale of art. Past volunteer appointments... -
Call for Guest Bloggers
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 2, 2016, 3 p.m....expedite research. We recognize, however, that we can’t do it all ourselves. Therefore, in this blog post... write for the Addgene blog simply email us. We can’t guarantee that all those who sign up will be able...