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  1. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    June 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME Article contributed by Aliyah Weinstein  Listen to the CRISPR podcast segment...    Listen to this episode of the Hot Plasmids podcast Light-mediated block of synaptic transmission ...contributed by Klaus Wanisch  Listen to the optogenetics podcast segment An optogenetic tool that allows light-mediated...Lukas Morgan  Listen to the acoustic reporter gene podcast segment In recent years, scientists are beginning... Michael Lemieux  Listen to the miRNA reporter podcast segment Discovered in the early 1990’s, microRNAs...custom nucleases for each gene of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 tools have been used in immunology for in vitro ...Medical School developed a solution: CHIME, a CRISPR-Cas9 system that can edit genes in any immune lineage...
  2. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
    ...optimizing the Cas protein delivery with Peptide-Assisted Genome Editing (PAGE). They fused the Cas enzyme to...). C) Workflow for Cas-RNP-PAGE editing of primary T cells, by co-incubation of Cas-RNP and assist peptide...from Zhang et al. 2023 with permission.   Find Cas-PAGE plasmids here!   Zhang, Z., et al. (2023). ...delivery was much better with Cas12, which uses a much shorter crRNA. Cas12-RNP-PAGE achieved high editing...peptide” that facilitates endosomal escape. Combining Cas9-PAGE with lentiviral sgRNA expression yielded editing...lines and primary cells. Although cell entry of a Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) was limited (likely due ...editing frequency (nearly 100% in some cases) and minimal toxicity, including in clinically-relevant lines...
  3. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...targets in one reaction, Cas enzymes, such as variations of Cas13 and Cas12a, are combined with different... Reporter Cas12a (Cpf1) is a CRISPR Cas variant that can also cleave dsDNA similarly to Cas9 (Zetsche ...Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems. Molecular Cell 60:385–397 . https://doi....Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell 163:759–771 . https://doi.org/10.1016...Joung J, Verdine V, Donghia N, Daringer NM, Freije CA, Myhrvold C, Bhattacharyya RP, Livny J, Regev A, ...doi.org/10.1126/science.aaq0179 Myhrvold C, Freije CA, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Metsky HC, Durbin AF...scientists have utilized CRISPR-Cas9 protein variants, Cas13, and Cas12a, to develop simple, portable, ...
  4. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    Sept. 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ... mouse liver.  Two other smaller Cas proteins include Cas12b and CasX. While there are no papers yet published...toxicity. More AAV-based CRISPR systems Smaller Cas proteins SaCas9 isn't the only CRISPR enzyme that’s small... published that deliver these Cas proteins with AAV, at just 1,108 and 986 amino acids, respectively, ...(2013) Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems. Science 339:819–823 .https://doi.org/10.1126...Horvath P, Magadán AH, Moineau S (2010) The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and...one AAV, Cas9 must be made smaller. Previous attempts to “shrink” Cas9 include the use of St1Cas9 (~3.3 ... aureus Cas9 (SaCas9, 1053 amino acids) displayed cleavage activity in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced...
  5. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...TnsB, and TnsC pQCascade expresses the transposase TniQ, the Cas proteins Cas6, Cas7, Cas8, and the crRNA... her Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences...California. He is also an intern at the Yang Lab of the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences...focuses on the efficiency of transposon-encoded CRISPR/Cas systems in bacteria, specifically on optimizing strains...   Yiwen Zhang entered the Sheng Yang Lab of the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences...DE3)/pCas strain. In response, we modified the pCas/pTargetF system and updated it into a pEcCas/pEcgRNA...these CRISPR systems. The original pCas/pTargetF system Our original pCas/pTargetF system consists of one...
  6. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    Sept. 5, 2017, 1:58 p.m.
    ...accuracy with CRISPR/Cas-blocking mutations After genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9 in human cells was described...strongly encourage any researcher to incorporate CRISPR/Cas-blocking mutations at both targeted alleles when ...another ssODN template that contains the same CRISPR/Cas-blocking mutation but not the intended mutation. ... RNA should be minimized by incorporating CRISPR/Cas-blocking mutations into the HDR repair template. ...et al. "Multiplex genome engineering using CRISPR/Cas systems." Science 339.6121 (2013): 819-823. PubMed...at the Rockefeller University in NYC. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a versatile tool for precise gene editing...organisms and model systems. We have used CRISPR/Cas9 extensively for the purpose of making sequence-specific...
  7. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    Feb. 20, 2014, 4:57 p.m.
    ...CRISPRs: Using CRISPR/Cas to Edit Disease Out of the Genome History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival ... crispr cas...It’s clear that CRISPR-Cas9 technology has really changed the game for anyone looking to quickly and ...Lander library uses sequential infection first of Cas9, then with the sgRNAs, and can result in a higher...that have previously been stably transfected for Cas9 expression. The Yusa lab has used their library ...application offer proof-of-principle that CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to target any sequence in the genome... Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Wang T, Wei JJ, Sabatini DM, Lander ES. ...
  8. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    Nov. 2, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...currently in clinical trials includes Cas3 (the shredder member of the Cas family) as part of a cocktail therapy...CRISPR therapies. Systemic therapies involve CRISPR-Cas delivery directly to the patient. Patient-derived...systemic CRISPR therapy. They engineered a CRISPR-Cas construct targeting the diseased allele specifically...Molina MA, Berkhout B, Herrera-Carrillo E. A CRISPR-Cas Cure for HIV/AIDS. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 13;24(...There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been a breakthrough for the genome-editing field...phenotype could be rescued by zygote co-injection of Cas9 and a single-guide RNA targeting the mutant allele... patient. The first human trial involving CRISPR Cas9 for these diseases was sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals...
  9. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    Dec. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...can be! Cas12a is a Cas family member which generates sticky ends upon cutting. Cas12a may promote HDR by...! Use a Cas that facilitates HR What if promoting HR was as simple as swapping out your Cas9? It can ...prime a Cas break for HR is to fuse an HR protein to the nuclease. Early HR factors fused to Cas9 have been...like to introduce your knock-in. Then choose which Cas enzyme to use and design a gRNA to where you would...editing job to get done. However, this is not the case for knock-ins. Knock-in mutations typically require...Nat Chem Biol). Mutate the PAM or sgRNA sequences Cas9 likely goes through multiple rounds of cleavage ...guarantee there won’t be re-targeting after HDR. If your Cas9 cuts in the coding region of a gene, make sure that...
  10. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...stably express Cas effectors in specific tissues, eliminating the need to deliver the Cas protein altogether...from the comfort of Cas9, and opt for a completely different Cas effector, like Cas12a (Cpf1). Even more...of genes with minimal effort. The versatility of Cas effectors allows for a wide variety of screens, including... to use variants of Cas9, like split Cas9, or a smaller Cas9 ortholog like SaCas9. You could even venture...experiments, particularly in vivo ones. In those cases, AAV vector screens may be AAVantageous!       In...advantage of AAV vectors is how the cargo — in this case, the CRISPR components — are expressed. Unlike lentivirus...at double-stranded break points caused by CRISPR-Cas9 editing. The good news is that this integration ...
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