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  1. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ...doi.org/10.1186/s13059-018-1591-1 Cox DBT, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Franklin B, Kellner MJ, Joung J, Zhang... 556:57–63 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26155 Ran FA, Cong L, Yan WX, Scott DA, Gootenberg JS, Kriz... modify any desired genomic target provided that (1) the sequence is unique compared to the rest of the...will cover three ways to circumvent this limitation: 1) the use of novel S. pyogenes Cas9 variants with varying...Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase smaller than SpCas9, so it can be packaged...SpCas9 variants effectively double the targeting range of CRISPR/Cas9 within the human genome. Another ...known to produce off-target editing with SpCas9 (Amrani et al., 2018). When choosing a Cas9, remember to...
  2. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    Nov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...loops 1 and 6 resulted in light controlled binding, but with opposite effects: insertion into loop 1 caused...experiments.  AsLOV2 Inertion Site mCherry #1 mCherry #2 GFP Loop 1 dark-induced dark-induced dark-induced...favorite protein (YFP). You have two options:  Option #1: Affinity tag purification You tag YFP and use an ...and one against GFP. Insertion of AsLOV2 into loop 1 always generated OptoNBs with dark-induced binding... induced dark-induced blue-light induced Table 1: Summary of the effect of AsLOV2 insertion site on...let the team detect its co-localization with a membrane-localized mCherry or GFP protein. With this system...bind, it co-localizes with its target at the cell membrane and when the OptoNB can’t bind, it localizes to...
  3. X-CHIME: Context Dependent Germline Knockout in Immune Cells

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    Jan. 16, 2024, 6:13 p.m.
    ...in the immune system. Nature Immunology, 25(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01689-6 ...expression vectors (Table 1). The four systems Name Function Plasmid Transduction Marker Mouse Strain... GFP (vex) Rosa26-FlpO-ERT2; H11-Cas9 Table 1: X-CHIME systems Proof of Concept These systems were...was lethal (LaFleur et al., 2024).   Figure 1: Schematic showing the X-CHIME approach. Figure from...genes in the immune system. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09656-2... LaFleur et al., 2019b). CHIME works through transduction of Cas9-expressing (Rosa26-Cas9) hematopoietic... a lentiviral vector containing a gRNA. These transduced stem cells can be implanted in irradiated recipients...
  4. Who Gives a Tweet? 9 Facts About Scientists on Twitter

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    June 26, 2017, 1:31 p.m.
    ...2017. 1. Among scientists, historians have the most Twitter users. Biologists rank #8. Figure 1: Highly...that these results could be biased for two reasons: 1) they are based on the US Occupational Employment ...female to male = 0.629 (the closer this ratio is to 1, the closer males and females are to parity - the ... authorship in the United States (0.428). 4. The #1 (re)tweeted domain by scientists was Instagram Social...links to research that isn’t behind paywalls. 5. The #1 (re)tweeted science domain by scientists was Nature...Discipline. Biologists, neuroscientists, and ecologists (orange box) post tweets containing scientific domains ...network of life (green), physical (blue) and social (orange)  scientists largely cluster by discipline, suggesting...
  5. The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data

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    July 16, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...was around 33% of that observed between Jan. 1 and Mar. 1, 2020. Figure 2: A simple approximation...paper. Green and red lines depict the sum of mean +1 and -1 std for each paper, respectively. The fitted...complication in the China data – there is a period of 1 month, from 1/22/20–2/23/20, where there were zero plasmid... from 5/22/14 to 5/19/20). Each paper has between 1–32 plasmids and a total of 2–2,590 requests. We received...correspond to publications of popular papers. Figure 1: Plasmid requests by date. Parentheses depict the ...China. However, it is evident that if we believe that 1/22/20–2/23/20 are the more accurate dates of lockdown...cases being reported (right, red), likely due to quarantining {% video_player "embed_player" overrideable...
  6. MXS Chaining

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    Feb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...assembly. Journal of biological engineering. 2010;4(1):1. Pubmed PMID: 20205762. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2822740...with minimal spectral overlap between them (Table 1). In each construct, 3 copies of the fluorescent protein... enabled labeling of particular structures (Table 1). Each construct was flanked with a CMV promoter (...construct was then introduced to HeLa cells (Figure 1). The resulting HeLa cells show robust labeling, with...fluorophore at the respective subcellular structure (Figure 1). Here, MXS Chaining gave researchers the ability ... all four constructs into one 15 kb insert. Table 1: MXS Constructs for Labeling Cellular Structures ...maxima Tethering partner Subcellular localization 1 TagBFP 399nm/ 456nm histone 2B (H2B) Chromatin 2...
  7. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    July 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...endogenous gene expression (2). Our paper (1) explains how to arrange attB-attP pairs on a register to record...recombinase-based state machines in living cells” (1), into a more straight-forward, concise explanation...an RSM is to sequence the register. In our paper (1), we allowed individual bacterial cells to form colonies...in the Materials and Methods section of our paper (1). Lastly, it is possible to build gene regulatory ... not. How might one implement RSMs? In our study (1), we implement RSMs in E. coli with two plasmids (...performance data from the indicated figures in our paper (1)) Input Plasmid Output Plasmid Fig. 3A pNR64 pNR160...in the Material and methods section of our paper (1). How might one troubleshoot GSRMs that don't work...
  8. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...used in step 1. Then this strand is degraded with ExoIII and ExoI. Synthesize 2nd mutant strand: The second...are the same sense as the strand of DNA degraded in the first digest (step 1 in above diagram). Remember...making some or all of the following modifications: 1) increased concentration of Taq polymerase, 2) increased...introduced, and scalability (see Supplementary Table 1 of Wrenbeck et al). It uses a uracil labeled wild-...primers to introduce all desired codon changes (step 1 in the image above). A second universal primer is ...number of positive clones. See Supplementary Note 1 in Wrenbeck et al for details on how nicking was optimized...time no, but there are 2 instances where it does. 1) When the backbone vector has multiple BbvCI sites...
  9. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    June 14, 2018, 11:44 a.m.
    ...references 1, 2.*Pro-Tip*: once the correct recombinant pAdV plasmid is identified, re-transform into a bacterial...rAdV-S). HEK293 cells are transfected with the AdV plasmid construct from step #1 and allowed to stay in ... (ITR) present at both ends.   Figure 1: A) The structure of an adenovirus: the virion is ~ 100nm... 5 key steps: Construction of the rAdV plasmid (~1 week): The AdEasyTM system is the most popular method... it will result in very low titer. Amplification (1-2 weeks) - The rAdV-S is used to infect more HEK293...-4 rounds) at increasing scale over the course of 1-2 weeks. Each round of amplification should result...CsCl are commercially available. Titer calculation (1 or 10 days) Physical titer (particle count, rAdV ...
  10. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    July 29, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Oligos Oligo 1: Add 'tcaa' to the 5′ end of your forward guide sequence (see Figure 1). Oligo 2: Add... Figure 1). Perform standard phosphorylation and annealing of the two oligos. Figure 1: Components... promoter for ωRNA (reRNA) expression (see Figure 1). Both plasmids contain a hygromycin resistance gene...provide a step-by-step guide for using a Dra2TnpB. Step 1: Design the 20-nt Guide Sequence Identify a TAM site...protocols (pp. 245–260). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4358-7_20  Karmakar, S., Panda, D., Panda, S... induction of meristems. Nature Biotechnology, 38(1), 84–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0337-2...1166–1187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00991-1  Qiao, J., Zang, Y., Gao, Q., Liu, S., Zhang, X.,...
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