...made of chemicals, which have an unfortunate tendency to react with other chemicals and biological structures...antibody out on the bench overnight. Do not panic! Typically, antibodies are okay if they’re left out overnight...then I would suggest either testing the antibody efficacy through a standard curve, another quick experiment... fluorophores, which work not by reacting to a chemical, but by emitting a specific wavelength of light...compensation.    Working with antibodies can get a bit complicated, but hopefully this helps you successfully select...

... The previous post in this series described a practical approach to selecting a bright fluorescent protein... localized fusion proteins and do not require dedicated plasmids or constructs. It should be noted that...reached at high power may not translate to real applications in which far less power is used. For example...insight into the photostability in the intended application (Goedhart et al, 2012). The third issue relates...Selecting a photostable protein The issues with quantification of photobleaching rates can be summarized as...Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes. You can follow him...(University of Amsterdam) where she develops genetically encoded FRET based biosensors.     Additional...

...by guest blogger Alan Wong. The complexity of biological systems can hinder our attempts to study and ...combinatorial genetic networks underlying your favorite biological phenotype in a scalable way. This blog post will... genetics that underlie complex regulation in biological systems. The CombiGEM platform provides a means...sequences via oligo synthesis using the format indicated below and pool-clone them into the pAWp28 storage...realization of a variety of perturbations and applications in functional genomics, cell reprogramming, ...currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Hong Kong. He is...technologies to interrogate and understand complex biological systems. He can be contacted at [email protected]. ...

... out large regions of DNA and has anti-viral application potential as a result. Fast facts – PAM requirement...once it is engaged by its target, it will non-specifically cut ssDNA. This feature is shared by other Cas...enzymes outlined below as well. Cas12a also has significant therapeutic promise due to the fact that it is...target sequence Similar to Cas12, it is also significantly smaller in size than traditional Cas9. Another... potential as a viral therapeutic that could specifically degrade target viral RNA. For more information... has been proposed to be useful for the same applications (RNA knockdown, RNA editing, etc.). The main... not display collateral RNA cleavage and is significantly less toxic to mammalian cells than Cas13 (likely...

...As evidenced by all the CRISPR publications, press, and plasmids out there, it’s obvious that CRISPR ... Not only is CRISPR having effects on various biological disciplines, the base technology itself is constantly... the Broad Institute, the Joung lab at Harvard Medical School, and the Doudna Lab at Berkeley set out ...afforded by gRNA binding at non-target sites would theoretically decrease off-target cutting. Figure 1...PubMed PMID: 26628643. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Nishimasu, Hiroshi, et al. "Crystal...PubMed PMID: 26735016. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 5. Chen, JS, et al. "Enhanced proofreading...PubMed PMID: 28931002. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Resources on the Addgene Blog Read...

...spacer "NNNTANNN", where "N" indicates which bases may vary from the canonical sequence. Among these are ...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...sequence gives the loxP site directionality, and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT... the loxP methods described above, a genetic modification can be restricted based on experimental constraints...

...ago. I just recently started working in the pharmaceuticals industry after earning my Master’s in 2016 ...accomplishments and demonstrate your science communication skills. Know your audience. Connect your prior...presentation as an opportunity to demonstrate technical and transferable skills that make you qualified...perfect science talk Be prepared for potential technical difficulties. Have your presentation on a flash...codes for interviews. You can also ask HR for clarification on the dress code for the interview. Greet each... quiet place to take your video call.  Expect technical difficulties. To try and circumvent this, test...from HR carefully. And even if you don’t have technical challenges, your interviewers might.  You’ll probably...

... from E.coli, named TadA7.10 in ABE7.10)  a catalytically impaired Cas protein (dCas or Cas nickase)  ...accidental insertions and deletions (indel) by the catalytically impaired D10A nickase from ABE7.10 can be a ...the authors created ABE8 constructs using a catalytically “dead” S. pyogenes Cas9 (dC9-ABE8.x-m/d). The...even in adult patients. In order to analyze the clinical use of ABE8 for primary human cell editing, the... reduced off-target editing frequencies. For applications that require high DNA editing specificity, for...deamination, an important attribute for therapeutic application. ABE8s demonstrate an overall improved base editing...editors with increased activity and therapeutic application. Nature Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038...

... Roska’s lab at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel recently took a different ...Strategy #2 (ProB): Create promoters using phylogenetically conserved sequences that are upstream of the...expression. Surprisingly, <1% of synthetic promoters replicated the expression specificity of the wild-type promoters...reproducibly labeled retinal cells can be found here.  Applications for synthetic promoter AAVs Besides restricting...synthetic promoters have a few other potential applications: Using promoter combinations for targeted expression... promoters expressed in. The lab tested this application using one promoter to drive expression of Cre-mCherry... rates of labeling are ideal of gene therapy applications, promoters that produce sparse labeling would...

...named according to the number of strands in the canonical beta-barrel structure. Most frequently, the proteins...pairs with N173 derived from Cerulean or Venus Identification of new fluorescent protein fragments for bimolecular...fluorescence complementation analysis under physiological conditions. Shyu YJ, Liu H, Deng X, Hu CD. Biotechniques...fluorescent proteins for protein labeling and signal amplification. Zhou S, Feng S, Brown D, Huang B. PLoS One....Huang Yellow Venus pBiFC-VN173, pBiFC-VC155 Identification of new fluorescent protein fragments for bimolecular...split-FP options. While the BiFC interaction is typically irreversible and requires some time for chromophore...