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Seeding Labs and Addgene collaborate to provide scientific resources, equipment, and plasmids to researchers in resource-limited settings. Read more to learn about the recipients of the Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant this year.

Nov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m.

The purpose of this article is to explain what Unique Persistent Identifiers are, why they’re important, and to announce that Addgene now supports two different formats of plasmid identifiers and how they should be used.

Nov. 20, 2018, 8:17 p.m.

Learn how biotin is used in a variety of molecular biology experiments and makes it easier for researchers to label and purify macromolecules of interest.

Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.

If you're a grad student looking to do a postdoc, you may be considering an academic or an industry postdoc. This article describes the pros and cons of both settings for your postdoc experience.

Nov. 13, 2018, 1:22 p.m.

Scientists are now using Addgene's plasmid repository as a source of sequence data sets. Researchers from MIT built a classifier that predicts whether a gene sequence is natural or synthetic and found that more and more genes are being sourced from farther away in the tree of life.

Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.

Learn how stem cell researchers use reprogramming and transdifferentiation techniques to convert cells from one type into another.

Nov. 6, 2018, 1:12 p.m.

Plasmid addiction systems, used by bacteria to maintain plasmids in dividing cells, have been developed by scientists as molecular biology tools.

Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.

Learn about the different types of stem cells in this guide. In particular, we discuss the pros and cons of using embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells and using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a model for regenerative medicine.

Oct. 30, 2018, 1:04 p.m.

Find tips for transforming arabidopsis with your plasmid construct of interest.

Oct. 25, 2018, 1:23 p.m.

Get tips for producing, purifying, and tittering AAV, a tick but useful viral vector of choice for many people working to express genes in mammalian cells.

Oct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.