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  1. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...editing performance at therapeutically relevant gene targets and expand the application to the possible treatment...AsCas12f1. They found that this system, without any modifications, is effective in genome editing in both bacteria...ribonucleoprotein, and AAV.  Read the paper in Nature Chemical Biology Find the AsCas12f1 plasmids   Selective... Mike Lacy The retroviral-like protein PEG10 specifically binds its own mRNA to facilitate its packaging... the prime editor, yielding PEmax, to work synergistically with epegRNAs and PE4 and PE5. These enhanced...
  2. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    Sept. 4, 2018, 12:53 p.m.
    ...problems. Rapidly dividing cells initiate genome replication more than once per cell division and thus, genes...genes closer to the origin of replication will be overrepresented compared to those further away. As a...cells are dividing rapidly, multiple rounds of replication are initiated before the cell has divided. This...maximal gene expression near genomic origins of replication, the stabilized promoters created by Segall-Shapiro...the control of IPTG. Because RepA is a plasmid replication initiator protein, they could alter copy number...dosage in E. coli using DIAL strains." Journal of biological engineering 5.1 (2011): 10. PubMed PMID: 21787416...
  3. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...and on self-propagation by reproduction. Both physiological processes are controlled by deliberate and compulsory...receptors (NRs), their coregulators, and their physiological endocrine ligands. Nuclear receptors and their...murine members. NRs permit the integration and communication of such signals between central and peripheral...circadian regulation, as well as in important physiological states such as adipogenesis and macrophage activation... activation. Our mass spectrometry-affinity purification proteomic profiling of coregulators in HeLa cells...widely used today.  The sheer abundance of these critical research tools is a double-edged sword, however...
  4. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    March 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
    ... for PAM-less editing   Guides for CRISPR are typically selected by the ‘quality’ of the gRNA sequence...location of the cut and subsequent edit. In these applications, location takes priority over cutting efficiency...the Liu lab through phage-assisted evolution, specifically with the goal of generating Cas enzymes with...compatibility. This alternative PAM requirement adds a significant amount of flexibility compared to a strict single-compatibility...in double stranded cleavage and base editing applications, with high editing capacity in both contexts...increases the flexibility of gRNA placement significantly over SpCas9 and more so than Cas9s with an NG...
  5. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    Aug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...prevent the formation of replication competent lentivirus (RCL). Replication competence can arise from...end-users, size of the transgene, and downstream applications should all be considered when choosing the correct...unconcentrated prep. For example, at Addgene we typically concentrate 100-fold meaning that a 10 cm2 dish... as resources available, cost and downstream applications. For example, while the PEG precipitation method...lentivirus is the cell line that is used for titering. Typically researchers will choose a relatively permissive...
  6. Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)

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    Aug. 24, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    .... When an ELISA kit is ordered, the wells are typically already coated with the antibody. Then, you add...process is the addition of a detection antibody (typically a monoclonal antibody) that also recognizes the...the most common type of competitive ELISA is a modification of the sandwich ELISA as described here, the...ELISA, the only difference being the additional amplification step, which helps to visualize low-abundance...concentrations of your protein of interest. The optical density (OD) - the measure of light absorbed by...concentration of any experimental wells in that range of optical densities. If your standard curve does not have...
  7. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    ...targeting anywhere in an exon. But things get more complicated if you’d like to use homology directed repair...edits or knock-ins. Editing efficiency decreases drastically once your cut site is more than 10 bp away from...They created a selection phage (SP) to carry catalytically dead SpCas9 (dCas9) fused to the bacterial polymerase...loci displayed a broad range of PAM sequences, indicating they may be less predictable than SpCas9 off-... that we have only scratched the surface of modifications that can be made to Cas9. It is a pleasant surprise...editing rates. This PAM flexibility should expand applications that require very specific targeting, like homology...
  8. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    Dec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...Gonçalves and his colleagues at Leiden University Medical Center are now available at Addgene along with ...and very efficient introduction of DNA into therapeutically relevant, non-transformed mammalian cells. ...and quiescent, post-mitotic mammalian cells. Applications of CRISPR delivery by adenoviral vectors Since...and used AdV vectors to edit genes in several biological systems. It has been used for instance in inherited...Strategies for Tissue-Specific Targeting. In: Applications of viruses for cancer therapy. Elsevier, pp ...Viral vectors for gene therapy: Current state and clinical perspectives. Biochemistry Moscow 81:700–708 ....
  9. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...experts in science communication in real time! I follow great online science communicators like Phil Plait...nontraditional” career path long ago. Use your analytical mind to test and discover what career suits you...about any topic I like and gain experience in communication, editing, marketing, and website organization.... She is particularly interested in science communication and fundamental molecular biology.      Additional...  science communication...
  10. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    Sept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... familial aspect of Addgene. As our size has drastically increased, it would have been a tight squeeze...event! Addgene company culture At Addgene we organically developed the philosophy of  “work hard, play...department) right in your breakroom. 5. Throw some physical activity into the mix It’s easy to sit around ...be an obvious one, but don’t make things too complicated for yourself (especially if you are the sole ...sole event planner)! If you have a very intricate itinerary, there is a higher likelihood that something ...Delegate- it will save you time and sanity!    10. Communicate Make sure people know that there is something...
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