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  1. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    May 22, 2015, 4:58 p.m.
    ...PubMed. More CRISPR-Cas9 Resources: CRISPR 101: a blog series on the basics of CRISPR-Cas technology...populations that already express Cas9 from an unlinked locus, while a Cas9+sgRNA drive targeting a synthetic...School. Scientists making transgenic organisms with Cas9 should be aware of the potential hazards of creating...caution. Why does making transgenic organisms with Cas9 risk creating a gene drive? The simplest way to ...last year2, delivering a DNA cassette encoding the cas9 gene and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) with appropriate...easiest: don't use a DNA vector that encodes both Cas9 and sgRNA. What if I want to work with gene drives...sequence (save for the residual sgRNAs and possibly cas9 gene). An immunizing reversal drive is a variant...
  2. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    Feb. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...is not scalable for every locus...unlike CRISPR. Early CRISPR labeling techniques allowed researchers ...Pederson’s lab used CRISPR to label multiple loci in distinct colors. To create a colorful Cas9 toolbox, Ma et..., 2016. Using dCas9 to visualize genomic loci in vivo The flexibility of CRISPR has improved our ability...locus, and to do so in vivo. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) cannot induce gene editing, but it retains its...fluorescent CRISPR labeling, they took a new approach: labeling the gRNA itself. In their CRISPRainbow paper.... If used with catalytically active Cas9, the short, CRISPRainbow gRNA will permit labeling, but a newly...Colorful CRISPR technologies are helping researchers visualize the genome and its organization within...
  3. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ... high-throughput CRISPR/Cas9 gene modification in Caenorhabditis elegans CRISPR/Cas9 technology has revolutionized...constructed a CRISPR-Cas9-based tool for targeting CpG methylation by fusing catalytically inactive Cas9 (dCas9...variety of CRISPR tools to dicotyledonous plants. The pDGE Dicot Genome Editing Kit contains Cas9, Cas9 nickase...Lourido CRISPR Plasmids. Sidik and Huet, et al. Cell. 2016. PubMed PMID: 27594426 CRISPR-X: dCas9-targeted...PMID: 23328393 Wu lab human lentiviral CRISPR library     CRISPR pooled libraries enable researchers to...blog post entitled “Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9”. Detailed information regarding the Wu Lab library...Drosophila CRISPR library Addgene has had the privilege of distributing several human and murine CRISPR pooled...
  4. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...very fast CRISPR, is a light-inducible CRISPR system developed by Taekjip Ha’s lab where Cas9-gRNA complex...       The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources...light. Once activated, Cas9 cleavage can induce DSBs within minutes. New CRISPR plasmids for Borrelia ...and editing with a single Cas9-VPR in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To control Cas9 activity and influence DNA... levels of dCas9 expression and contain different antibiotic resistance markers. New CRISPR pooled library...auxin inducible degron system for C. elegans New CRISPR plasmids New items from the viral service Epigenetic...
  5. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ...Find more CRISPR Resources at Addgene: Read our CRISPRGuide Get practical help from our CRISPR Protocols...Steensel. Easy quantification of template-directed CRISPR-Cas9 editing. (2018) Nucleic Acids Research Volume...Tools Read other CRISPR blog posts Find CRISPR Plasmids at Addgene  ... eSpCas9(1.1), or HypaCas9. Read more about Cas9 options in our blog post here. Dealing with low editing...version of Cas9 that has been specifically engineered for reduced off target editing, such as SpCas9-HF1, eSpCas9...gRNA and introduced it into your target cells with Cas9. Hooray! Now it’s time to make sure your genome ... product of both an unedited population and your Cas9-targeted cells. Simply upload both trace files to...
  6. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ...Addgene.org Find all CRISPR plasmids and resources at Addgene Find CRISPR base editors Find CRISPR plasmids for...invented CRISPR-base editors by tethering cytosine deaminase with Cas9 nickase (nCas9). nCas9 creates ...base. If you heard about CRISPR, one question probably comes to mind: can CRISPR be applied to fix the defective...Bastian Minkenberg, and Yinong Yang. "Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous...Targeted base editing in rice and tomato using a CRISPR-Cas9 cytidine deaminase fusion." Nature biotechnology..., Y. Multiplex CRISPR-mediated base editing in rice. In Genome Engineering: The CRISPR-Cas Revolution,...Addgene blog Read all of our CRISPR 101 blog posts Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Read our blog posts ...
  7. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2015!

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    Dec. 30, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9. If you need help cloning a gRNA into lentiCRISPR v2, you can take a look...References 1. Shalem, Ophir, et al. "Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in human cells." Science 343.6166...on the Addgene Blog Browse Our CRISPR Posts Learn about Using CRISPR to Generate Knockouts Read Some ...with all of the exciting developments surrounding CRISPR genome engineering in the past year, we're excited...transfer vector used to deliver both Cas9 and your gRNA of interest to mammalian cells. It was designed..."Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening." Nature methods 11.8 (2014): 783-784...Some Common Ways to Deliver CRISPR Plasmids to Mammalian Cells Resources on the Addgene Website Visit our...
  8. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    Dec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Addgene blog CRISPR101: Editing the Epigenome  Mapping the 4D Nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9 Resources at... yet more effective, CRISPR-based epigenetic approach (spoiler alert: it’s dCas9… with no modifications...dioxygenase  When I started to work on building a CRISPR/dCas9-based tool for DNA demethylation in 2015, none...steric blockage of DNA methyltransferase with CRISPR/dCas9. Nat Commun 12, 5711. https://doi.org/10.1038...al. 2018, Kaas et al. 2013). Figure 2: CRISPR TET-based epigenetic editing. In reality, editing...Moshe Szyf at McGill University, working to develop CRISPR-based tools for epigenetic editing.   References...at Addgene.org Read our CRISPR Guide to Epigenetics References Charlton J, Jung EJ, Mattei AL et al....
  9. Trends in CRISPR and SynBio Technologies

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    Feb. 4, 2015, 3:58 p.m.
    ... community. Data on CRISPR and synBio plasmid sharing In a recent review on CRISPR technology, for example...the dramatic spread of the Cas9 technology: "The rapid adoption of the Cas9 technology was also greatly... and distribution trends for Zinc Finger, TALE, CRISPR, and SynBio plasmids over time. You can see these...  crispr...
  10. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...There’s also a CRISPR for that! CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) targets a catalytically dead Cas9 fused to a...little while Yes, there’s a CRISPR for that, too! CRISPR activators (CRISPRa) are transcriptional activators...knock out the gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate...Promoters Plasmid 101: Repressible Promoters CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for my Experiment Additional...approach - read more about them on our CRISPRa blog! Fig. 1 CRISPR activator and repressor mechanisms...activators fused to a dead Cas9. The system is led, via a custom gRNA, to your gene of interest to temporarily...protein levels. Looking for a DD? Check out our DD-Cas9 vector! The price of tunable control These systems...
  11. CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair

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    Feb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m.
    ...how a better understanding of Cas9 biophysics can help enhance HDR. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP)...Alt-NHEJ), has been harnessed for CRISPR knock-in applications. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (...Protocols.io. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 The closer your edit is to the PAM site,...mentioned, John Doench’s How to Design your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing, gets over 4,000 views a month. ...design is still challenging for researchers using CRISPR, and that standardizing and improving the gRNA ...necessary going forward. The standardization of CRISPR methods was a common thread at the meeting. The...we need more standardized methods for evaluating CRISPR technologies, including the ever important on/off-target...
  12. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...on Your CRISPR Basics with Our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Find CRISPR Pooled ...by NHEJ Gene knockout with CRISPR technology is usually accomplished by Cas9-mediated dsDNA breaks: following...2019) Agreement between two large pan-cancer CRISPR-Cas9 gene dependency data sets. Nat Commun 10: . https...Incidence of Off-Target Mutations in Individual CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN Targeted Human Stem Cell Clones Detected...How to Conduct Genome-Wide CRISPR Pooled Library Screens Read other CRISPR Blog Posts Resources on Addgene.org...transcription – CRISPRa (activation) and CRISPRi (inhibition) technologies – a nuclease-dead Cas9 (dCas9) is directed... capacity of a locus. When using S. pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), potential target sites are both [5’-20nt-NGG...
  13. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    Feb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...nicking Cas9. A guide directs Cas9 to a site of interest, where it nicks its target DNA (left). Cas9 dissociates...within a user-defined genomic region. EvolvR, a CRISPR-Cas9 based targeted mutagenesis method developed by...Resources on Addgene.org Browse our CRISPR guide pages Find bacterial CRISPR plasmids ...error prone PolI3M that’s fused to a nicking Cas9 (nCas9). Similar to mutagenesis with error prone PCR... Pablo Perez-Pinera. "The continuously evolving CRISPR barcoding toolbox." Genome biology 19.1 (2018):...PMCID: PMC6154929. Halperin, Shakked O., et al. "CRISPR-guided DNA polymerases enable diversification of...resources on the Addgene blog Learn about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn...
  14. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... Clouse While many CRISPR-based genetic screening methods have primarily used Cas9 to knock out genes,...Leeson The large size of CRISPR-Cas effectors and fusion proteins, such as Cas9 and Cas12a, creates challenges... Penn State Protein Ladder Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system for mammalian genome regulation and ... a single expression cassette is advantageous to Cas9’s larger expression requirements (Figure 1), but... guides. While two guides require two arrays for Cas9, two guides can be streamlined into a single array...-wide library capable of performing similarly to Cas9 screens in a compacted library. Overall, Cas12a’...10.1038/s41598-021-96051-x Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system for mammalian genome regulation and ...
  15. Addgene @ Keystone: Thoughts on Precision Genome Engineering and Synbio

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    Jan. 15, 2015, 1:50 p.m.
    ...improving the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Mehmet Fatih Bolukbasi from Scot Wolfe's lab described a chimeric Cas9 that ...off our new CRISPR page (which describes how to plan your CRISPR experiment for our new CRISPR/Cas users...followed by three of the biggest names in the CRISPR-Cas9 field – Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang, and Keith... blog. Find more CRISPR and Genome Engineering Resources at our website: CRISPR Resources & Plasmids...genome engineering from ZFNs through TALENs and CRISPR-Cas nucleases, provided important context for the...on this field. Advances in genome engineering & CRISPR technology That afternoon's workshop, entitled ...off-target effects. Other young scientists discussed new CRISPR delivery systems, modifications to the RNA components...
  16. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...blog Browse our CRISPR blog posts Download our CRISPR cheat sheet Download our CRISPR eBook Resources...What is CRISPR-based activation? To summarize, CRISPRa uses a nuclease-dead variant of Cas9 (dCas9) and ...out our comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources Find CRISPRa plasmids ...recent papers describe the development of CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) tools for neuroscience, including transgenic...SPH mice CRISPRa has largely been limited to in vitro settings due to the large size of Cas9 activators...with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church...Savell, Katherine E., et al. "A neuron-optimized CRISPR/dCas9 activation system for robust and specific gene...
  17. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...fully functional Cas9 upon dimerization. Splitting wild-type Cas9 into n-terminal (Cas9(N)-2xNLS) and c-terminal...called CRISPR-Display, that may help answer this difficult question. CRISPR-Display uses the dCas9 enzyme... can write a blog post about it! Split Cas9 system The Cas9 protein is composed of an n-terminal DNA... the bi-lobed architecture of Cas9 to engineer a series of "split" cas9 molecules that cannot function...activation, the c-terminal cas9 fragment was fused with FK 506 binding protein 12 (Cas9(C)-FKBP-2xNLS) and the... the n-terminal cas9 fragment with FKBP rapamycin binding domain of mTor (Cas9(N)-FRB-NES) resulting in...rapamycin-inducible Cas9 for genome editing. Without rapamycin treatment, the Cas9(N)-FRB-NES fragment...
  18. dTAG - You're it!

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    June 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m.
    ...Addgene Blog Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models CRISPR 101: Cas9 Nickase Design...selective degradation of FKBP12F36V-BRD4 using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in, and to evaluate in vivo degradation...ENL-FKBP12F36V and endogenous ENL was inactivated using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing. Featured molecules: dTAG-7 and ...FKBP12F36V-MELK and endogenous MELK was inactivated using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing. Featured molecules: dTAG-7, dTAG...were engineered to express YY1-FKBP12F36V using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in. Featured molecule: dTAG-47...cells Resources on Addgene.org Browse all CRISPR plasmids CRISPR plasmids for protein tagging Find validated...
  19. New CRISPR Web Resources and #12DaysofCRISPR Recap

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    Dec. 12, 2017, 3:13 p.m.
    ...reversible CRISPR modification. In addition to these subpages, our updated CRISPR Guide and CRISPR History...Heaven: CRISPR and AAV Day 6: Bacteria: CRISPR Methods for Bacterial Genome Engineering and CRISPR Antimicrobials...Editing with CRISPR and Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9 Day 10:...Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 Day 8: Repair mechanisms: CRISPR 101: Non-homologous End ...Since the start of the CRISPR revolution, Addgene has distributed over 100,000 CRISPR plasmids. But that’...popular CRISPR blogs to keep them current. Here are some of the changes we’ve made: New CRISPR plasmid...tools: How to Design your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing and The CRISPR Software Matchmaker Day 2: Homology...
  20. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...range of CRISPRCas9 by engineering SpCas9 Article contributed by Shreya Vedantam CRISPR/Cas9 is widely...sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease. The Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) requires an NGG PAM to...2016).  The Kanemaki lab previously developed a CRISPR/Cas9 based method to tag endogenous proteins in HCT116...and other tags (Yesbolatova et al., 2019) using CRISPR. This toolkit makes it easy to tag your protein...widely used genome editing tool. However, Cas9’s endonuclease activity can be limited by the need for a specific...recognize the target. Osamu Nureki’s lab engineered SpCas9 (SpCas9-NG) with relaxed preferences for the third ...NGG. In addition to the engineered SpCas9, they also fused the SpCas9-NG with the activation-induced cytidine...
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