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  1. Sleeping Beauty Awakens for Genome Engineering

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    June 30, 2015, 2 p.m.
    ... of 2 components: 1) an SB transposase, the enzyme required for catalysis of transposition; and 2) a transposon...backbone. A separate plasmid contains the transposase gene (red) for expressing the transposase enzyme.2.) The... 2015 Feb 4. doi: 10.1002/biot.201400821. PubMed. 2. Mates L, et al. Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive...efficiencies of stable gene transfer using SB100x were comparable to stable transduction efficiencies of integrating...
  2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data

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    July 16, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...month, from 1/22/20–2/23/20, where there were zero plasmid requests. Afterwards, from 2/24/20–3/15/20 (the...Each paper has between 1–32 plasmids and a total of 2–2,590 requests. We received plasmid requests from ...observed between Jan. 1 and Mar. 1, 2020. Figure 2: A simple approximation of the effect of COVID-19 ...However, it is evident that if we believe that 1/22/20–2/23/20 are the more accurate dates of lockdown in China...cases being reported (right, red), likely due to quarantining {% video_player "embed_player" overrideable...modification also eases the interpretation of the parameters we infer, since scientific productivity is better... model to give uncertainty estimates for each parameter, we added log-normal noise to each of the terms...
  3. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    April 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Table 2 for more details on the effect of pH on the fluorescent properties of Rosella.   Table 2: Effect...in yeast. Autophagy,4(2), 205-213. doi:10.4161/auto.5331. PubMed PMID: 18094608 2. Sargsyan, A., Cai, J...environment like the vacuole or lysosome. See Table 2 for a summary of what color fluorescence Rosella emits...fluorescence accumulates in the vacuole. See Figure 2 for an example of what fluorescence looks like for..., Colosimo, L. K., Graham, T. E. (2015). Rapid parallel measurements of macroautophagy and mitophagy in...
  4. Grad School Advice Part 1: Picking a Lab and a Project

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    Sept. 1, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Introduction from Tyler 1:13 - 2:02 : Niroshi and Ben introduce themselves 2:03 - 3:22 : How did you end ...things get tough in the dreaded third year. Find Part 2 Here! We'd like to thank Niroshi and Ben for taking...senior graduate students, Ben Vincent and Niroshi Senaratne, from the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program...Biology, and he tweets @benjvincent.     Niroshi Senaratne is a graduate of the PhD program in Genetics and...
  5. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...question: C2c1, C2c2 and C2c3 (short for Class 2, candidate 1, 2, or 3). C2c1 and C2c3 are related to Cpf1,...et al. "Discovery and functional characterization of diverse class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems." Molecular cell...however cutting efficiency of Cas13a is reduced when 2 mismatches are present. The protospacer flanking sequence...PMC5127784. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. East-Seletsky, Alexandra, et al. "Two distinct RNase... Leptotrichia shahii (LshCas13a) to begin to characterize this new effector (Abudayyeh et al., 2016). ... plant cells (Abudayyeh et al., 2017). They characterized Cas13a from Leptotrichia wadei (LwaCas13a), ...multiplexing; expressing 5 gRNAs simultaneously produces comparable gene knockdown to single gRNA expression. Although...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    June 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins. Nature Methods, 9(2), 159–172. https://doi.org...for controlling neuronal activity, channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), a blue light-activated cation channel, from...used in tandem with the opsin.      Figure 2: Diagram of excitatory (ChR2) activation by light ...) domains, phytochrome B (PhyB), and cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) (Zhang & Cui, 2015). When stimulated with light...Hegemann, P., & Bamberg, E. (2003). Channelrhodopsin-2, a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane ...intracellular signaling pathways. Trends in Biotechnology, 33(2), 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.11.007...
  7. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    Jan. 10, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...identification.   Fig. 2: Gel image of Plasmid 61564: pBAMD1-2 (~4.7 kb) digested with SpeI and... at ~3.6 kb and ~1.1 kb (lane 3). Uncut DNA (lane 2) has a band at <3 kb, which corresponds to the supercoiled...formation of plasmid multimers. Cell. 1976 Dec;9(4 PT 2):707-16. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(76)90134-3. PMID: ...dimers in Escherichia coli K-12. Plasmid. 1989 Mar;21(2):138-41. doi: 10.1016/0147-619x(89)90057-7. PMID: ...Plasmids and Chromosomes. Microbiol Spectr. 2014 Oct;2(5). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0025-2014. PMID...Behavior of Plasmid DNA. Microbiol Spectr. 2015 Apr;3(2):10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0036-2014. doi: 10.1128...: 21285356; PMCID: PMC3060453. Bazaral M, Helinski DR. Characterization of multiple circular DNA forms...
  8. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...transductions and use a range of reasonable MOIs. 2. Create a monoclonal Cas9-expression cell line. Especially...doing a screen. I made a few monoclonal lines (Figure 2) and I was surprised at how variable Cas9-expression...across the different cells (Figure 3).   Figure 2: Cas9 expression in monoclonal cell lines generated... expression Overview: By Western blotting (Figure 2, pool), I knew the cells expressed Cas9, but I didn... appear green despite having active Cas9 (see tip 2). Pro-Tips 1. To quantify Cas9 activity using this...Western blotting against GFP expression, but I didn’t. 2. In the original publication they see GFP expression...and I got clear bands using the conditions above. 2. Design your primers so that the digestion site isn...
  9. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    Aug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...low expression, and everything in between (Figure 2). These smears tend to occur when you are looking ...based on your experiment. You can see from Figure 2 that determining where to place your gate based on...the dot plot would be complicated.  Figure 2: (A) a smeary dot plot showing a range of antibody...plot in Figure 4 compared to the dot plot in Figure 2. Quantification using MFI makes it easier to identify...positive samples are clearly distinguishable as two separate populations. Created with biorender.com. Pro...with the baseline suggesting this sample has a comparable expression to the baseline/negative control. ...expression, using a histogram plot and MFI values to characterize your samples may allow for better interpretation...
  10. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    Aug. 18, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...gRNA-containing plasmid, or a 2-plasmid system in which Cas9 must be delivered separately.  Mutant cells are enriched...targeting a specific gene within the genome (see Fig. 2). Individual gRNAs are designed in silico using publicly...mouse, human, fly, E. coli, and T. gondii genes.  2) What genetic modification are you trying to make?...CRISPR libraries is a multi-step process (see Fig. 2). In most cases, CRISPR libraries are provided at ...uncontrolled cell growth, such as cancer. Figure 2: The CRISPR library must be amplified (A) to be used...If you've obtained a ready-to-use lentiviral preparation from Addgene, you can skip the steps above! Cells...
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