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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m....plasma HIV-1, they are at increased risk for other chronic diseases, including dementia, gut disorders, nerve...disease risk is attributed to latent HIV reservoirs, chronic inflammation, and negative metabolic effects of...in this publication at Addgene. Wang Z, Pan Q, Gendron P, Zhu W, Guo F, Cen S, Wainberg MA, Liang C. CRISPR...
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Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m....are methylation sensitive. dnaJ Mutation in a chaperonin gene Increases the stability of certain expressed... fhuA (formerly tonA) ferric hydroxamate uptake, iron uptake receptor mutation. T1/T5 Phage resistance...not degraded, cell cannot methylate DNA lac Lac operon mutations Blue/white screening of clones lacIq... -
Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... was engineered from the cmt and cym bacterial operons. A chimeric transactivator, cTA, was created by...displays low promoter activity (~20% activity of the strong yeast promoter pTEF). As ethanol accumulates, it...sphingomonads and other Alphaproteobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Nov;79(21):6795-802. doi: 10.1128... -
Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m....confidence that they aren’t simply doing an experiment wrong. However, even simple procedures like pouring a ... easier to learn new experimental techniques. Electronic lab notebooks also play a role here by making...scientists with positive results have done nothing wrong, but the problem is that only these positive results... -
Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m....from Yang et al. requires two gRNAs targeting two intronic regions and two repair templates in order to insert... allele requires you to target 2 loxP sites to intronic regions 0.5 - 0.8 kb apart. In the example below...CRISPR/Cas9-based generation of knockdown mice by intronic insertion of artificial microRNA using longer ... -
Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... E. coli or Salmonella, or any cells that bind strongly to nitrocellulose, over-incubation of plates can...pathways for bacteriophage-based therapeutics."Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (2016). PubMed PMID: 27536293...genomic and metagenomic screening." Applied and environmental microbiology 74.5 (2008): 1649-1652. PubMed ... -
Finding Your Perfect Job After University
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m....very hard to speak with individuals who had very strong beliefs in traditional medicine, especially when... reliant on programming skills which are not my strong point. Working in industry: virology On completing...because it is an English speaking country with a strong economy and plenty of jobs in science at world ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 28, 2017, 2 p.m....co-workers who want to make our organization as environmentally friendly as possible. We worked with Andrew... unless we manage to make Addgene the most environmentally friendly organization on the planet, in which...easier. Trust Ultimately, your team could have a strong sense of purpose, an excellent leader, and perfectly... -
A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2020, 2:15 p.m....carrier of genetic information and led to the coronation of DNA as the molecule of life. This was further...genetic engineering experiment which goes horribly wrong. The plot of the movie involves The Rock and his....111.131433 Doudna JA, Charpentier E (2014) The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9. Science... -
9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m....e.g. an R01 from the NIH, in the United States) Strong letters of reference that attest to your talent...person makes time for you, as needed, this is a strong indicator that this person cares about your science... to finding out you've been doing something all wrong or that a reagent has not been convincingly demonstrated... -
Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....and how do they come off and on in a cellular environment? If these are pressing issues in your laboratory...majority of FRET acceptors are delivered to the wrong address in a different city, you can still develop...list Acceptor labeling: Sometimes it's okay to be wrong In contrast to FRET donors, absolute FRET acceptor... -
Export Control Regulations Lifted for Plasmids Containing Rabies and VSV-G Genes
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2025, 2:15 p.m....pMD2.G VSV-G envelope expressing plasmid Didier Trono pVSV-G Expresses VSV-G envelope protein for...are used in the lab? Check out our “Rabies and Neuronal Tracing” blog post! You can also browse tools ... -
Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m....lentivirus envelope plasmid pMD2.G from Didier Trono’s lab! Lentivirus envelope vector pMD2.G This plasmid...protocols and information, be sure to check out the Trono Lab website. If you have plasmids you’d like to ... -
Addgene’s New Way to Help You Share Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 14, 2013, 4:10 p.m....around the world!) that have kept Addgene at the forefront of life sciences research for the past decade....not just for a better day at the office but for stronger science as well. This blog is our way of continuing... -
Performing In Vivo CRISPR Screens Using the FITS Approach
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 2, 2024, 1:15 p.m....spatial, cellular, metabolic, and cytokine microenvironment that exists in vivo. Over the past five years...cell type, in more complex and physiological microenvironments. These screens have primarily been performed... -
Grad School Advice Part 2: Building Community
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m....developing a strong graduate student community and the need for belonging in the scientific environment 3:09 ... -
What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m....spatially with Cre-recombination. Read the paper in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Find the AAV-based...can be used in diverse bacteria from various environments. It has the advantage of stable genomic integration... -
Scientist Networking: What is an Informational Interview?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 1, 2014, 3:42 p.m....they have a graduate degree in science. I find it ironic that we do all of our training as scientists (5...jobs (that is what networking is about), but be upfront about interest in a job. Ask openly to be connected... -
Six Spooky Science Stories and Halloween at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 31, 2019, 1:06 p.m....activity and geotactic behavior (Biron et al., 2005). References Biron, D. G., et al. "Behavioural manipulation... -
Science as Art
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 2, 2015, 3:13 p.m....liberated to adorn the walls of universities and the front pages of newspapers. Science is now being adapted...while - a tool to expand perception, which is ironically what science is about. For me it is essential... -
Supporting Rare Disease Research with BeHeard 2017
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m....results in the degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons. This disease is estimated to affect anywhere from...for use in the clinic and thereby restore motor neuron function in spinal muscular atrophy patients. Noushin... -
Same Addgene, New Look - Why We Redesigned Our Homepage & Mascot
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 5, 2019, 1:49 p.m....increasingly accessing websites other than through the ‘front door,’ the homepage is still important. It needs...easily. In the redesign, the new search bar is now front and center, with a clear call to action - Search... -
Working 9-5: an Addgene Co-op
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m....important to this function. With the welcoming environment on my team and at Addgene, I felt comfortable...seemed. The transition into a traditional work environment was aided by the efforts being put in by Addgene... -
pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... tobacco, Arabidopsis, and corn. For both β-glucuronidase (GUS) and GFP reporters, as well as multiple...Transgenesis with GreenGate Plasmids Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More Plasmids... -
Cre-ating New Methods for Site-specific Recombination in Drosophila
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 12, 2015, 1:32 p.m....test recombination efficiency. When expressed in neuronal cells, each line showed broad recombinase-dependent...hamster ovary (CHO) cells, as well as in cortical neurons in layer 2/3 of the mouse brain. Rubin’s work shows... -
Future of Research Conference - Remarkable Opening Session
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 7, 2014, 3 p.m....vehemently about the need for change. Dr. Bourne strongly believes this is an amazing time of promise for... Novartis industry postdoctoral program. His strongest comments were about the astounding lack of reproducibility... -
Celebrating Outstanding CRISPR/Cas9 Achievements at the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Dinner
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2014, 6:05 p.m....interested in meeting movie stars, but when I met the astronaut Jim Lovell I was speechless (the club of people...students in their labs and the importance of the strong, cross-disciplinary collaboration they shared to... -
Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m....Structure and Function. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb... -
Plasmids 101: Gene, enhancer, and promoter trapping
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 2, 2023, 1 p.m....Enhancer traps do not need to be integrated within an intron or exon of a gene, and thus they do not disrupt...splice acceptors. They require insertion into an intron of a gene, where they can be spliced into the gene... -
Bricking Science: Portraying Scientific Reality Through LEGO
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 29, 2016, 3:30 p.m....that there are many ways your experiments can go wrong. Whether it be a bad fridge freezing your samples...editing and later looking for songs and sounds to synchronize with the images thereby making the videos more... -
Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2024, 1:15 p.m....CRISPR is a sleek acronym for a real mouthful of a phrase: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic...parts! If you’re still a bit confused by CRISPR acronyms, this post is for you. We’ll cover the common ... -
Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 9, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Antibodies: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook. Front Immunol 8:1589. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01589... Ashley Waldron... -
CUT&RUN: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-DNA Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2018, 2:51 p.m....of input material, cells or tissue, to produce a strong enough signal over background noise. This is not...protocol, the most significant being the usage of a strong detergent to permeabilize cells rather than to ... -
The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m....It is probably good news for our environment that more people are paying attention to living a “green...reagents and buffers. However, I had very environmentally conscious friends who had me thinking about... -
Identifying Sequence Elements with SnapGene's Feature Database
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 21, 2017, 2:06 p.m....possible option, we place the most important controls front and center, and make specialized controls available...plasmids were inconsistent and sometimes clearly wrong. In an effort to be rigorous, we dug into the original... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - December 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2019, 2:40 p.m....with ever more efficient tools for light mediated neuronal control and we are expanding our viral service...photostimulation of axons and dendrites on neighboring neurons. We have also packaged hChR2(H134R) plasmids from... -
Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m....novel organisms and enzymes from these extreme environments. Gearing up for sample collection at the hot...Navigating challenges: collecting and processing environmental samples Since the high temperatures and unstable... -
Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2022, 4:30 p.m....of Experimental Methods. Neuron 90(3):434-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.030 Bradbury ... -
Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 21, 2022, 1:15 p.m....interests and areas of expertise. Perhaps the strongest aspect of science communication, then, is its ...allowed to percolate within a new intellectual environment. Over time, this interest came to incorporate... -
HA Frankenbody, a New Imaging Tool to Visualize Single Molecules and Nascent Peptides
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2019, 12:41 p.m....the widely used HA epitope in diverse cellular environments. They called this probe the HA frankenbody (...is effective in sensitive cells such as living neurons, and can be fused to other fluorescent proteins...