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  1. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    Sept. 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...that other technologies need to be discarded but clearly we are in an era of neuroscience research where...where optogenetics will be a standard tool used in nearly any neuroscience project or topic of interest. ...elsewhere (here and here for instance) [2], [3]. Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University , one of the key...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...brain along with high off-target expression, particularly in the liver, when administered intravenously...different efficacy and tropism between NHP species, particularly between New World and Old World monkeys. Selecting...but its neuron transduction encompasses more molecularly-defined neuronal subtypes and with less bias ... to AAV9 in the pigtail macaque brain slices. Similarly, AAV9-X1.1 outperformed the other capsids in the...
  3. Hot Plasmids Podcast Episode 2: New RFPs, AAVs, & More

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    Sept. 8, 2017, 7:52 p.m.
    ...Listen to Our Segment on mCyRFP1 Hot Plasmid 4: mScarlet - a new, bright, and monmeric red fluorescent ...fluorescent protein.  Listen to Our Segment on mScarlet Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page...
  4. New FLIS Plasmid (April Fools 2022)

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    April 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...been an important animal model for research, particularly genetics research, for decades. Its short life...during our stay there. Yet capturing the flies is nearly impossible, due to their small size and inconspicuous...
  5. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...brain tissue is injected with compounds that intracellularly spread away from the site of application and...transport has been observed for AAV1, -5, -8 (McFarland et al., 2009), and bidirectional transport for...Neuroscience 193, 249–258. PubMed PMID: 21782903. McFarland, N.R., Lee, J.S., Hyman, B.T., and McLean, P.J...
  6. Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G

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    Jan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m.
    ...envelope vector pMD2.G This plasmid has been requested nearly 6,000 times (over 800 orders in 2017) and expresses...variety of cells and study their effects. To date, nearly 900 articles cite the use of pMD2.G obtained from...
  7. Bringing Renewable Energy to Addgene

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    Aug. 27, 2019, 1:08 p.m.
    ...electricity! A (not so) shocking transition  In early July the Town of Watertown announced the creation... electricity will allow us to maintain these particularly energy-intensive systems in a more environmentally...
  8. Interview with Bart Newland, Addgene’s Newest Board Member

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    Aug. 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Newland. Newland is General Counsel at Atalanta, an early-stage biotech company that is developing RNAi therapeutics...up going straight to law school. This was in the early 80s, and biotech was really just taking off. I found...
  9. New Viral Vectors - Spring 2025

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    April 29, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Jordane Dimidschstein New serotype pAAV_hSyn-PdCO-mScarlet-WPRE AAV1 Optogenetics Ofer Yizhar New viral ...pAAV-Ef1a-fDIO hChR2(H134R)-EYFP AAVrg Optogenetics Karl Deisseroth New viral tool AiP13987: pAAV-AiE0452h...
  10. New Viral Vectors - Summer 2024

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    July 9, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...service with multiple serotypes pAAV_EF1a-DIO-PdCO-mScarlet-ER-miniWPRE AAV1, AAV5 Optogenetics Yizhar New...with multiple serotypes pAAV-CaMKIIa(0.4)-eOPN3-mScarlet-WPRE AAV1, AAV5 Optogenetics Yizhar New viral ...
  11. Newly Updated AAV Data Hub!

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    Feb. 7, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...more. A great submission includes: Images that clearly show viral spread and cellular tropism* (min. 300...serotype An abstract that summarizes your experiment clearly and concisely* *required for a DOI. Reports that...
  12. Performing In Vivo CRISPR Screens Using the FITS Approach

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    May 2, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...., 2024), developed and deposited at Addgene by Arlene Sharpe’s lab, enables in vivo screens in naïve ...here! Marty LaFleur is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Arlene Sharpe’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School and...
  13. Science Communication for Everyone

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    April 16, 2019, 1:05 p.m.
    ... of Toronto. The Addictive Brain was founded in early 2018 with the goal of communicating science to non-scientists... eLife ambassador, SfN community leader, and an early research career panelist at BioTechniques.     Additional...
  14. Addgene's Top Blog Posts from 2020

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    Dec. 29, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Scientists by Jennifer Tsang These tips were written early on in the pandemic. Later in the year, Joanne Kamens...methods for extracting DNA without a kit too. 1. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular...
  15. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    Dec. 31, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
    ...mouse, fruit fly, yeast, zebrafish, and worm. 4. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making...from the community. Are there any topics you particularly like or maybe something you’d like to see more...
  16. From our Table to Yours: An Inside Look at Lunch at Addgene

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    Nov. 27, 2013, 2:54 p.m.
    ...Right from the start, when we founded Addgene nearly 10 years ago, lunch felt like a family meal. My ...food on special occasions. However, employees regularly bring in baked goods and we have a few unique ...
  17. X-CHIME: Context Dependent Germline Knockout in Immune Cells

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    Jan. 16, 2024, 6:13 p.m.
    ... systems, developed and deposited at Addgene by Arlene Sharpe’s lab, allow for wide deployment of in vivo...here!   Marty LaFleur is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Arlene Sharpe’s laboratory at Harvard Medical School and...
  18. "What Makes a Good Mentor?" and 6 More FAQs About Science Mentoring

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    Dec. 17, 2013, 2:47 p.m.
    ...researchers who joined a recent Twitter chat for Early Career Researchers.  Many of the participants had...reach your goals Listens well and communicates clearly and openly Gives honest feedback without ever being...
  19. New Norepinephrine Indicators: nLightG and nLightR

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    Dec. 12, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...alpha-1a adrenergic receptor; nLightG contains circularly permuted green fluorescent protein (GFP), and...green fluorescent proteins. nLightR did perform similarly to GRABNE, and having both colors allows for increased...
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