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  1. Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors

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    Blog Post
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    May 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...different kingdoms of life. That’s convenient for researchers who want to do experiments in complex eukaryotic...course, that includes you. Besides the risk to the researcher, Zeocin has been shown to cause mutations even...experiments. Reporters Finally, in some cases a researcher may choose not impose selection on cells and ...
  2. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of the transfer plasmid Addgene uses a rigorous barcode matching system that follows the sample from the...purification kits.     Figure 4: Schematic of the barcode matching system and PCR-based confirmation of transfer... plasmids used in Addgene’s viral production. Barcoding allows our DNA and virus to be monitored throughout...
  3. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...useful for organisms, they can be problematic for researchers trying to express proteins in heterologous hosts... cost DNA synthesis, one of the primary ways researchers solve the problem of codon choice is to resynthesize...of these factors on their own. Luckily, many researchers have created codon optimization algorithms and...
  4. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...amino acid across an entire polypeptide. Many researchers have created codon-optimization algorithms/resources...they can effectively inhibit translation. Genome Research 23:604–615 . https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.139758.112...databases: status for the year 2000. Nucleic Acids Research 28:292–292 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/28.1.292...
  5. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...yet sometimes overlooked, aspect of scientific research is that the field benefits from collaboration ...neuroscience field is a great example of this; research benefits when the advances of some are shared ...help illuminate (is that pun worn out yet?) your research. Derek P. Simon received his PhD in Cellular ...
  6. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ...not a big issue for cells, but it may confound research results or even kill your cells if your gene of...right tissue-specific promoters as described by researchers at the NIH here.  Note: A. Max Juchheim contributed...Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids for Your Research     ...
  7. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    April 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...would be directly reported by band intensity. Researchers use later steps in this chain (blue) to infer...controls (green). Created with BioRender.com. Researchers often rely on assumptions that their loading ...your particular setup. We recommend starting by searching the literature to see what is already known about...
  8. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...application for basic and translational research.  Basic research applications of scFvs: The SunTag system...Plasmid Collection Find antibodies for neuroscience research from the Trimmer lab Check out Addgene's latest...
  9. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    Blog Post
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    May 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic Pivot Back in March 2020, just four months after I started with Addgene...completely out of reach for Addgene.  So, onto research! I needed to design a system that would allow ...  Quintin Marcelino...
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