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TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... E., Nguyen, J., … Chiu, C. Y. (2023). Adeno-associated virus type 2 in US children with acute severe ...three (Servellita et al., 2023). Normally when children have acute viral hepatitis it is caused by the...noting that it is possible to design a vector that achieves persistent transgene expression in certain cell...
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A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m....the term ‘grant writer’, but make no mistake, researching, winning, and effectively managing grants involves...development, certification, degrees, foundations, coaching and even Twitter Chats dedicated to the Grant ..., e.g. education, poverty, environment, early childhood development, or community development? Do you ...consultants who offer grant training, mentoring and coaching services, including Smartegrants, to help those... -
Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m....transfer vectors based on whether or not they have a chimeric 5'LTR. Second-generation transfer plasmids have... while 3rd-generation transfer plasmids have a chimeric 5'LTR that includes a CMV or RSV promoter as well... well as a portion of the 5'LTR. Including a chimeric 5'LTR removes the requirement for the HIV Tat protein...SIN is shorthand for self-inactivating, which is achieved by deleting a large portion of the 3'LTR in the... -
Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m....recombinase have been developed. A common means to achieve ligand control is to fuse a mutant estrogen receptor...be transfected by in utero electroporation. To achieve sparse labeling of individual neurons one could...Central PMCID: PMC41617. 7. Metzger, D, J Clifford, H Chiba, and P Chambon. 1995. “Conditional Site-Specific...Recombination in Mammalian Cells Using a Ligand-Dependent Chimeric Cre Recombinase.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92(... -
Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m....create unmarked genetic modifications in the yeast Pichia pastoris. By combining both positive and counter...first described by studies of EcoRI and Bsp6I in Escherichia coli in 1995 when introduction of restriction-modification..., Hanna Engelberg-Kulka, and Gad Glaser. "An Escherichia coli chromosomal" addiction module" regulated...counter-selectable marker for unmarked genetic modification of Pichia pastoris." FEMS yeast research 9.4 (2009): 600-... -
CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m....genes that fell into 3 categories based on the architecture of the CRISPR protein in question: C2c1, C2c2...single crRNA The Feng Zhang lab used Cas13a from Leptotrichia shahii (LshCas13a) to begin to characterize ...specific RNA sequences from a population (either enriching or depleting specific RNAs out of a pool of RNAs...et al., 2017). They characterized Cas13a from Leptotrichia wadei (LwaCas13a), using a superfolder GFP fusion... -
Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m....general, or anxiety associated with psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. In both ...found that downregulating expression of miR124a achieved a similar improvement in the forced swim test....the BDNF hypothesis of depression?." Molecular psychiatry 12.12 (2007): 1079. PubMed PMID: 17700574. Hare... -
Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... will be recognized by its host’s replication machinery. A shuttle vector designed for unrelated bacteria...requires compatible cell lines that express viral machinery. Alternatively, some slow-growing cells, particularly...nutrient. The vector provides the missing synthesis machinery, and the cells are switched to minimal media, ...transfection into producer cells, which have the machinery to manufacture infectious viral particles. Those... -
Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m....plasmids rely on their host cell's replication machinery in order to replicate—but not always to the same..., as they only require the host's replication machinery for elongation and termination. These types of... folding and blocks RepZ translation (Asano & Mizobuchi, 1998). This system keeps RepZ levels low even...doi.org/10.5772/19313 References Asano, K., & Mizobuchi, K. (1998). Copy number control of IncIalpha plasmid... -
Viral Production at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... generally two to three fold higher than those achieved using the standard qPCR method. Titering by the...preparations is assayed by comparing the relative stoichiometric ratios of the viral capsid proteins VP1, VP2...transfer plasmid Addgene uses a rigorous barcode matching system that follows the sample from the DNA tube... Figure 4: Schematic of the barcode matching system and PCR-based confirmation of transfer ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 20, 2021, 2:30 p.m.... cell lines that do not express these sugars. (Takeuchi et al., 1997). The alphaGal sugars end up in the...withstand ultracentrifugation which helps scientists achieve a high titer (reviewed in Joglekar and Sandoval... can bind and transduce many cell types before reaching the target cells. VSV-G is also toxic at high ...832 . https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2001-11-0042 Takeuchi Y, Liong SH, Bieniasz PD, Jäger U, Porter CD, ... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.... Many thanks to our guest blogger, Joachim Goedhart! Joachim Goedhart is an assistant professor at ...This post was contributed by guest blogger Joachim Goedart, an assistant professor at the Section of ...fluorescent probes. You can follow him on twitter: @joachimgoedhart. References 1. Zacharias, David A., et al... -
Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....1: Indirect detection of target markers can be achieved through two-protein labeling by utilizing(a) biotin-streptavidin...e.g., for cellular activation. In addition, FACS achieves greater purity of your sorted cell sample than...proliferation between cell populations can be visualized, achieved through, for example, a previously induced gene... your marker of interest. Indirect labeling is achieved through protein-tag or protein-protein interactions... -
Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... are part of engineered chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). CARs are a chimera of scFvs and T cell receptors...anti-digoxin single-chain Fv analogue produced in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of ...A, Sivaccumar JP, Ruvo M (2020) Evolution of Escherichia coli Expression System in Producing Antibody ... -
Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m....pseudopregnant female mice. If you obtained the desired chimeric mice, you would breed them many times, hoping ...line with a recombinase. If it turned out your chimeric mice did not contain edited germ cells, your experiment...inject the ES cells into a mouse embryo to create chimeric mice. This laborious process takes ~8-10 months...When delivering the ssDNA template and CRISPR machinery, Quadros et al. recommend ribonucleoprotein (RNP... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2025, 3:42 p.m....have created many engineered serotypes by mixing, matching, and modifying capsid and genomic structures. ...., Brown, K. E., Walters, R. W., Zabner, J., & Chiorini, J. A. (2001). Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype...Kuleshova, E., Ojala, D., Huang, C.-C., Gerfen, C. R., Schiller, J., Dudman, J. T., Hantman, A. W., Looger, L....M., Keshavjee, S., Brown, K. E., Welsh, M. J., Chiorini, J. A., & Zabner, J. (2001). Binding of adeno-... -
Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m....engineered from the cmt and cym bacterial operons. A chimeric transactivator, cTA, was created by fusing CymR...the system, researchers have used split GAL4 architecture or combined the system with Flp/FRT, as reviewed...) to GAL4 or VP16 activation domain results in chimeric GAL80-repressible and GAL80-insensitive activators...lethality in flies. Riabinina et al. also developed chimeric transactivators GALQF and LexAQF, which activate... -
Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m....In an era where millions of people hold a PhD, achieving our career goals can be a real challenge. On top... hinder them from advancing their careers and achieving success.” Pedro Gonzalez Menendez (Mentee IMP ...compared to their pre-program self-assesment. Achievements directly attributable to participation in the...interested in breast cancer and metastasis as well as teaching and mentoring activities. Follow her on twitter... -
A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 2, 2021, 1:15 p.m....optimal/minimal injection titer and volume needed to achieve adequate expression in your cells of interest. ...waiting periods and/or higher injection titers to achieve adequate expression. Conducting a time course experiment...to minimize off-target expression while still achieving adequate expression in your cells of interest....different brain region that the same result will be achieved. The fact is that there are many known and unknown... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m....2. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACs) A machine that sorts cells according to whether or not they... deflect them into appropriate containers. The machine is useful for distinguishing cell populations that...21596592. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3164316. 5. Chieppa, Marcello, et al. "Dynamic imaging of dendritic...165. PubMed PMID: 18193049. 9. Filipe-Santos, Orchidée, et al. "A dynamic map of antigen recognition ...