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TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m....define your scope from the onset. Perhaps you, a colleague, or your adviser was invited to write on a particular...to get a sense of the themes in the field and to learn what people cared about. I also used reviews to ...beginning I felt like this was cheating. Eventually I learned that it’s practical because there simply isn’t ...enough time to read every single paper. I also learned to appreciate the discussion sections of the primary... down and get anything done, so unless I had at least a two hour block, I wouldn’t work on the review....free two hour block of time was. Eventually, I learned that I was most productive in short bursts (even... could find the original paper if you wanted to learn more. Another example: we made a schematic of all...
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Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m....the progress of the project. After that rather unpleasant experience I thought: I could do this job so ...and disadvantages of this overall rewarding role. Learn about Other Addgenies and Their Careers in Our Career...Technical Correspondent or similar. While there isn’t a clear distinction between these job titles, they may be...particularly tricky cases, team discussions can often lead to otherwise unobtainable solutions. To some extent...support can add a variety of skills to your CV and lead to other job opportunities (though it is not uncommon...Occasionally it can also be necessary to take the lead and be assertive. You develop an understanding of... Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions Learn about Science Career Options Explore Tips for Technical... -
5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... science trainees still have to lead on their own development. Please see the AMA itself for all sorts... a great way to establish yourself as a thought leader and have real conversations with other scientists...forums and try to keep discussions on-topic and, at least sometimes, civil. r/Science in particular hosts ...answered many questions in the AMA but, as you’ll learn below, even with many resources at her disposal,...potentially hostile posters (this advice included leaving out the term “implicit bias” which is apparently...academic one for the majority of scientists and I am pleased to see graduate and postdoc programs beginning ... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m....target sequence was digested by sgRNA guided Cas9 endonuclease, homology dependent repair (HR, homologous recombination...there has less chance of contamination with RNase leading to degradation that can set you back days. Working...(e.g. face mask, and a dust free and specially cleaned work bench). Once the pups are born It takes roughly... variety of phenomena, it’s possible that we’ll learn much more from our favourite mammalian model organisms...off-target effects of CRISPR/Cas-derived RNA-guided endonucleases and nickases." Genome research 24.1 (2014): ...Daisuke, et al. "Generation of mutant mice by pronuclear injection of circular plasmid expressing Cas9...Engineering with CRISPR Validate Your Genome Edit Learn about Non Homologous End Joining and Homology Directed... -
Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2017, 2:33 p.m....nonimmigrants). The foreign worker must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent and state ...books, journals online and/or in print. Having a lead role or critical role at a prestigious institution...successes in the performing arts- not relevant at all. Please do not include the fact that you are a classically...company you must show that your company employs at least 3 full-time people engaged in researcher activities...from the point of view of experts in your field. Please remember, this is not a job reference letter. This...awards, presentations, in .pdf format. Last but not least, NETWORK! Networking is extremely important for ...business development, finance, and operations. To learn more, visit www.propelcareers.com. Casseus Law: ... -
The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m....perhaps there is a clear winner, is there something that we can invest our time into learning and extract the...timers: You need to learn the language and what the parameters represent. The best learn-by-doing tool is...for improvement and a year later it became quite clear that others thought the same. Since January 2013...microhomology aware”. Trends: Fewer tools are being released with advanced functionality, it seems these kinds...blogger Cameron MacPherson! Cameron R. MacPherson is Lead Data Scientist for the Milieu Intérieur project,..."DNA targeting specificity of RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases." Nature biotechnology 31.9 (2013): 827-832. PubMed... -
Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Easy Action Items
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 22, 2019, 12:26 p.m....You wouldn’t leave your oven on all day to save time making dinner at night, so why leave your lab equipment...Addgene blog Learn about recycling initiatives for the lab Subscribe to the Addgene blog Learn about other...difference? Individual changes to our behavior can lead to cultural shifts that can have bigger impacts....even one less run a week makes a big difference. Clean out freezers so you can make room and don’t have... -
MassBioEd Career Exploration Day at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 13, 2015, 3:30 p.m....High School visited our labs in Cambridge, MA to learn about the wide variety of science careers that Addgenies...that it’s never too early to start networking! Learning about careers at Addgene Afterwards, the students...: “Kory was awesome!”. The students also got to learn about intellectual property from our Tech Transfer...career paths, Michelle Healy said “You are always learning and that means it is possible to switch your field...Additional Resources Visit the MassBioEd Website Learn more about Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School ... Blog Posts Get Career Advice from Our Bloggers Learn How to Improve Your Networking Skills ... -
Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 5, 2019, 1:08 p.m....fluorescence. In Brainbow 2.1, GFP is tagged with a nuclear localization sequence, allowing it to localize ...mouse generates cells that randomly express either nuclear GFP, membrane CFP, cytoplasmic YFP, or cytoplasmic...Cre undergoes exactly one recombination event, leading to each copy of the transgene expressing either... tags instead of XFP to optimize it for tissue clearing, a method that makes tissues, such as the brain...visible. Chemical tags are more resistant to tissue clearing methods and can be labeled by synthetic fluorophores...blog Read an introduction to live cell imaging Learn more about the origin of the Brainbow system Visit...Browse Addgene’s fluorescent protein collection Learn about fluorescent tools for in vivo imaging ... -
Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m....Loren Looger’s lab, Kaspar Podgorski and colleagues have now released iGluSnFR3 (Aggarwal et al. 2022). This... oxytocin, Daisuke Ino and Hiroshi Hibino and colleagues devised a “Modular fluorescence unit fused with...voltage sensor The François St-Pierre lab and colleagues have developed a new genetically-encoded voltage...limited. In a new preprint, Jared Toettcher and colleagues describe pYtags, a modular system for monitoring...dynamic range. With this in mind, Ed Boyden and colleagues set out to engineer a potassium ion biosensor... signal/noise ratio. Here, Takeharu Nagai and colleagues present an improved genetically encoded temperature... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 5, 2017, 1:52 p.m....this gap by both highlighting that researchers do learn MANY transferable skills while working in the lab...have the best time management skills, but I’ve learned a lot since my days as an undergrad working with... variety of projects. I was therefore forced to learn a variety of ways to manage my time. As a busy researcher...distractions: Probably the easiest way to do this is to leave your phone in your bag on “Do Not Disturb” during... recommend the book, “Bored and Brilliant” for learning more fantastic reasons to remove yourself from...you have any other time management suggestions, please be sure to note them in the comments! Additional...Get Advice on Building a Grad Student Community Learn about Careers in Science Communication Resources... -
Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m....effect reprogramming rates and such a number maybe misleading. Integrating iPSC delivery methods Overall, integrating...incomplete silencing of reprogramming transgenes, which leads to incomplete reprogramming. Additionally, lingering...suppressor genes and/or oncogenes, potentially leading to the presentation of a cancer-like phenotype ...regulating transgene expression. Check out Sano et al to learn how microRNAs can be used to regulate Sendai virus... don’t integrate or replicate. Their small size leads to higher transfection efficiencies and they tend...completely removed. Replicating oriP/Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen-1 (EBNA1) based episomes: These plasmids...all applications of iPSCs, but there should be at least one method that can help you with your research ... -
Scientist Networking: What is an Informational Interview?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 1, 2014, 3:42 p.m....Scientists enjoy learning new things. Building new relationships is all about learning new things from ...scientists-in-training rarely get the opportunity to learn about the myriad of diverse, nonacademic careers...worth!) with academic scientists who can’t help us learn about the nonacademic sphere where most of us will...really, always). Informational Interviews are for learning and for expanding your web of connections. A mistake... are always setting up your next opportunity to learn. Additional Reading More "Career Advice for Scientists... -
Six Spooky Science Stories and Halloween at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 31, 2019, 1:06 p.m....team costumes, and spooky science stories. Yes, please! At Addgene, we love finding ways to incorporate...their behavior. These ants become “zombies” and leave their foraging trail. They climb upwards until they... The ants bites down and locks their jaws into a leaf, and dies as its muscles atrophy. After the ant’...ant’s body. The fruiting bodies then rupture and release spores onto the forest below for the next unsuspecting...adult worms develop in the digestive tract and release eggs in the bird feces, which get eaten by another...water. There, the worm emerges to find a mate, leaving the insect dead or dying in the water. It’s thought... -
2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m....targeting integrins, will be released early this year. In September, we released the fourth edition of our...the recent release of the Spanish version of our CRISPR 101 eBook and the upcoming release of the second...services available in South Korea. In addition, we released the MORF collection, a comprehensive transcription... our export license application service, we’re pleased to announce that we are now able to ship rabies... -
Celebrating Outstanding CRISPR/Cas9 Achievements at the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Dinner
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2014, 6:05 p.m....their research leading up to the discovery of the mechanism of dual-RNA-guided DNA cleavage in adaptive ...crRNA could be combined into one RNA to direct cleavage the result was a simpler 1 protein - 1 RNA system...cells but this can’t be used in people until we learn more about safety and more about the how to use ...cool biology can be and how much we have yet to learn. As Dr. Mello said, “Cells have been in the information...sophisticated”. New to CRISPR/Cas9 Technology? Learn More: Addgene's CRISPR/Cas9 Guide History of CRISPR... -
CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2025, 2:15 p.m....2017). Gam binds the free ends of DSBs, which may lead to cell death rather than NHEJ repair, thus removing...they are expressed well. The Liu lab modified the nuclear localization signals and codon usage BE4 to create...also made an adenine base editor with improved nuclear localization and expression. This base editor was... There are also RNA base editors, which you can learn more about in this blog post: CRISPR 101: RNA Editing...al., 2018 BE4max, ArcBe4max, ABEmax Improved nuclear localization and expression Gaudelli et al., ...editing of A•T to G•C in genomic DNA without DNA cleavage. Nature, 551(7681), 464–471. https://doi.org/10.1038...base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage. Nature, 533(7603), 420–424. https://doi.org/10.1038... -
Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m....England Biolabs and Labconscious. I was eager to learn about practices I could bring both to Addgene, and...impact as scientists. Many scientists are already leading the cultural change toward responsibility in our...polystyrene will likely end up in a landfill, but at least we can reduce the rate at which that happens and... it offsets the cost of regular waste services. Learn about how to start a glove recycling program at ...on culture. Encourage your workplace to become a leader in sustainability. Sign up for blog posts and...companies, and universities to be sustainability leaders. Take initiative to bring ideas to your workplace... -
SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... sites in a promoter lead to higher transcriptional activation. Multiple nuclear localization signals ...a higher signal-to-noise ratio with a lower photobleaching rate. Given the power of SunTag, they attempted... ratio Less chance of phototoxicity Reduced photobleaching Simplified, long-term single-molecule tracking...SunTag plasmids have coveted “blue flames,” it’s clear that the system is broadly applicable across many...eBook Avoid Fluorescent Protein Oligomerization Learn about Small Molecule Fluorphores Resources on Addgene.org... -
Embracing Serendipity: A Crucial Element in the PhD Journey
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m....exploration. Here, we delve into the importance of leaving room for serendipity during your PhD studies and...often happen when we allow ourselves moments of release and mental freedom. Practical approaches Engaging...not just a stroke of luck; it's a mindset that can lead to unexpected discoveries and innovative solutions...discoveries. So, on your academic journey, remember to leave a little space for the unexpected — it might just...Academia: Stories and Strategies for PhDs Making the Leap to Industry." He successfully transitioned to industry...Experimenting with New Careers While in Grad School How to Lead a Great Meeting Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group... -
The Blue Flame Award: Celebrating Addgene's Most Requested Depositors
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m....Flame Awards. What's in a flame? We’re always pleased when scientists around the world choose to share... serves to congratulate researchers who have at least one plasmid deposited at Addgene that has been distributed...Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, UK: “We’re very pleased to distribute our plasmids via Addgene. Given the... us hours of work responding to requests from colleagues.” In addition to helping labs save time, we’re... plasmids and have not yet received your award, please contact [email protected] to claim your Blue Flame...deposit. Begin yours here. It has been my genuine pleasure to send these small tokens of thanks for the incredible... -
Addgene at the ASM Microbe 2016 Conference
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m....serve them better. Here’s a little bit of what we learned. Check Out Our Microbiology Page! The start of ...improving lives worldwide and the presentation made it clear how important it is for us to improve our resources...science education and outreach ourselves, we can a learn a lot from these ASM pros and hope to leverage their...was also a great place to catch up with former colleagues! I ran into past ASM President Tim Donohue (see...their materials! Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn How You Can Use Addgene's Microbiology Pages Read...CRISPR Methods for Bacterial Genome Engineering Learn how to Network at Scientific Conferences Resources... -
5 Uncommon Ways to Gain Career Skills During an Uncommon Time
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2020, 1:15 p.m....out-of-the-box ideas that might jump start your learning. 1. Create a peer mentoring group We don’t all...matter why, now is a great time to find a few colleagues to work together on career and life goals. For...scientist for show wrestling, founded a nonprofit, learned to play the ukelele...perhaps you get the idea....hope you all know by now that people get jobs at least 85% of the time because of relationships. It’s much...conversations. If you set yourself a goal of doing at least two informational interviews a month you will make...academia and not in academia is run by grant funding. Learning to write grants quickly, efficiently and effectively... -
Scientific Peer-review: Providing Critical and Kind Feedback and Advocating for Open Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 8, 2019, 1:19 p.m....of your colleagues. The young scientists that are reading your peer-review comments will learn from them...delivering constructive critique can help your colleagues at the receiving end, if not for this specific...repositories will ensure that the results of your colleague’s hard work will be maintained and made available...comment differently if I would be speaking to a colleague in the office next door. So be kind, helpful, ...writing a review article Resources on Addgene.org Learn about depositing plasmids pre-publication Find molecular... -
CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m....on Precision Genome Editing with Programmable Nucleases. Check out #KSgenome on Twitter if you missed ...the CRISPR field forward. To do that, we need to learn much more about cellular DNA repair pathways. An...An emphasis on cellular repair post-CRISPR cleavage When I first looked at the conference agenda, I was...would open not with an introduction to CRISPR nucleases, but with a session on DNA repair. What stuck ...) Delivery The RNP delivery method consistently leads to high on-target editing and low off-target editing... tool supports over 250 genomes, and they just released a brand new CRISPOR manual to kick off 2018! "... -
What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 9, 2017, 3:40 p.m....industry.” In his article On Leaving Academe, Terran Lane is asked by his colleagues and friends why he would...in the Boston area that demonstrate that 85% of leaving postdocs pursue a career outside the traditional... like this without sufficient data? Starting to learn about the diverse options and how to take advantage...there. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Possible Science Careers How to Negotiate ...for Scientists Series Resources at Addgene.org Learn About Careers at Addgene ... -
Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m....of scientists from MIT tapped into this data to learn about trends in synthetic biology and DNA synthesis...database. Through a series of simulations and machine learning, they created a classifier that predicts whether...gene and a synthetic version of that gene was a clear predictor of whether the gene is synthetic or natural...applications in monitoring the accidental or intentional release of engineered organisms. “Is [the organism] engineered...Nielsen, Alec AK, and Christopher A. Voigt. "Deep learning to predict the lab-of-origin of engineered DNA...Addgene blog Read blog posts about synthetic biology Learn more about codon usage biases Resources on Addgene.org... -
Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 6, 2014, 7:12 p.m....start – it is the discussion after that will lead to learning. Listen to our podcast interview with Harvard... take informal minutes on what was covered and learned, especially noting action items that are identified...Harvard Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. Set goals with a mentor.... There are many advantages to being a Mentor: Learn other perspectives Develop coaching skills Encourage...Encourage your creative thinking Enhance leadership skills Support inclusion, diversity, and open communication... -
Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m....back: David Gordon, Jeff Guo, Fengbo Zhou, Paddy O’Leary (UCSF). Our approach is to discover key human...FDA-approved). This is a big job, but under the leadership of Nevan Krogan at UCSF we’ve brought together...preclinical studies already. We are following up on these leads as we speak, with collaborators in Paris and New...affected in various ways by the pandemic, it is clear that we have to stick together (6 feet apart), to...shout out to Margaret Soucheray, Jeff Guo, Paddy O’Leary, Fengbo Zhou, Helene Foussard, and Dave Gordon)... plasmids for coronavirus or COVID-19 research, please email Addgene at [email protected] with your order... -
Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 2, 2022, 1:15 p.m....while the alcohol used in the staining process bleached another, Klebsiella pneumoniae. After realizing...safranin, as a counterstain to help visualize the bleached bacteria. The chemistry behind Gram’s crystal ...drop by drop onto the smear until the alcohol runs clear and immediately rinse. Flood the smear with the ...Rinse the slide in tap water until the runoff is clear, blot gently to dry, and then view under an oil ...peptidoglycan membrane is unable to retain the stain, leading to its decolorization. In contrast, counterstain...visualizing differentiations between bacteria, leading to safer medicine and more successful experiments... -
"Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m....game that would force my students to use concepts learned from previous lectures, articles and books. A game...board with them. My impression was that they had clearer ideas about gene therapy in the following lessons...perhaps the ideas spurred by this “gamification” will lead to new cures for disease someday! Accessing and ...modify BUILD YOUR PLASMID or generate games like it, please freely share your projects with us! This exchange...want to receive our modifiable powerpoint file, please feel free to contact us at: [email protected] tools for teaching developmental biology Learn how BioBuilder can help teach students about Synthetic... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m....drug discovery, and synthetic biology. Read on to learn more about the five awardees and their promising...their use as food, infusions of L. taraxacifolia leaves are widely used to treat several diseases. Her ..., the most common type of stroke and the third leading cause of death and disability worldwide. An ischemic...ischemic stroke occurs when arteries leading to the brain become blocked, resulting in reduced blood flow...awards. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More About the Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant...Expression Systems Synthetic Biology Resources Learn about Global Plasmid Distribution ... -
Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m....Avoid star activity. Some endonucleases (for example BamHI) are capable of cleaving sequences which are similar...cloned the plasmid yourself or obtained it from a colleague down the hall, it is always a good idea to take...incubating your DNA with restriction enzymes which cleave the DNA molecules at specific sites and 2) running...manufacturers make High Fidelity versions of the endonucleases and/or supply custom buffers as means to avoid...is not just necessary but also an easy process. Please vist Addgene's resource for plasmid verification... -
Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m....review see Maday et al., 2014). It is currently unclear which proteins facilitate transport of neuronal...expansion of RABV. This improvement resulted in a clearer picture of neuronal connectivity in the mammalian... mapping of the neuronal circuitry involved in learning and memory (Kohara et al., 2014; plasmids at Addgene...particle is taken up on one side of the cell and released again at another side of the cell after intracellular...transport without actually causing infection or leading to transgene expression within the first cell. ...development of more powerful AAV serotypes, and perhaps lead to controlled trans-synaptic spread of AAV vectors...21782903. McFarland, N.R., Lee, J.S., Hyman, B.T., and McLean, P.J. (2009). Comparison of transduction efficiency... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m....which cleaves the synaptic protein VAMP2, a protein essential for synaptic transmission. Cleavage of VAMP2...ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen to this episode of the... it inactive, thus inhibiting neurotransmitter release. How is this light-mediated? The researchers split...split botulinum neurotoxin halves to enable VAMP2 cleavage, and suppresses neuronal transmission within minutes...differentiation. Furthermore, TALEN and ZFN require custom nucleases for each gene of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 tools have... -
Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 19, 2019, 1:36 p.m.... or profession, you need to make sure you have learned and mastered the fundamentals. What are your ...of the office? Katz: I have a puppy and so I am learning how to train a dog with my daughter. It’s super...with our new dog, Daisy, or out on golf course! Learn more about Karen Katz, Esq Ms. Katz is the Director...Boards of BioBuilder and Brookline Interactive. Learn more about Carl Paratore, MBA, CPA Mr. Paratore ...Auditor at Tufts Health Plan. In that capacity he leads the Internal Audit function and is responsible for... MA. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about about Addgene in our "Inside Addgene"... -
Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.... see by this post’s chromatin illustrations from Leah Bury of Microscopic Art. I started thinking about... we definitely don’t have that you really want, please let us know! And if you study chromatin and want...indicated gene, and you can subscribe to these pages to learn when Addgene receives new plasmids containing these...t see the gene you’re looking for on this list, please consider searching directly on our website. ... 25. 95(5):625-36. An architectural role for a nuclear noncoding RNA: NEAT1 RNA is essential for the structure...Addgene blog post about chromatin--multiple Addgene colleagues and guest bloggers have written posts describing... -
Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m....affected by light. Long-term light exposure can also lead to cellular phototoxicity, and experimental success...can be affected by both autofluorescence and photobleaching. Researchers have long been interested in using...reality, Addgene depositor Takeharu Nagai and colleagues at Osaka University have developed Nano-lantern... cells. As Nano-lanterns are not subject to photobleaching/phototoxicity, they successfully imaged multiple...applications. For long-term imaging, especially where photobleaching and phototoxicity are a concern, these constructs...Addgene. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Check... -
Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m....Blog Learn About our Cancer Colleciton Pages Use the ClonTracer Library for Lineage Tracing Learn About...to well-annotated cellular pathways). It wasn’t clear whether gene-agnostic bioassays could accurately...proud to have worked closely with our Addgene colleagues to make these available to the scientific community...10.1016/j.coisb.2017.02.002. We hope that by releasing these new and exciting plasmid collections (together...clinical sequencing studies. At the Broad, my colleague Cory Johannessen and his team have recently demonstrated... -
Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.... two results for your antibody of interest: two clear populations or a huge smear across your FSH vs reporter...intensity. Signals any higher than this may not be clearly picked up by the sensors. You can adjust this by... positive population between 103.5–104.5 for a cleaner readout. A yes-no plot If you are using an antibody...sample (right). Negative and positive samples are clearly distinguishable as two separate populations. Created... data as a dot plot. To summarize, if you have clear positive and negative populations for your marker...compare between samples. In cases where there is no clear distinction between the presence/absence of your...