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...experiment. Nucleic acid based machines Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in... cell. These so-called recombinase-based state machines could potentially be used to report upon and/or...post to learn more about recombinase-based state machines and how they function. Adapting Toehold Switches...replication and transcription as well as reporter genes. To learn how you can use minigenomes in your research... describes R-bodies, “force generating protein machines that can extend and retract over many microns ...also showed that R-bodies can rupture E. coli membranes. Read the full post for potential applications...Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are commonly used to deliver a genes of interest to a variety of cell types in-vivo. ...

...consider effective brightness of NIR FPs in cells, in addition to their molecular brightness (a product of ...Molecular brightness vs. iRFP713, % Oligomeric state Photo-stabilityc, t1/2, s pKa Brightness in HeLa ...coefficient) (Shcherbakova et al., 2015). The effective brightness reflects the concentration of BV-containing molecules... photoreceptors have higher apparent cellular brightness than previously reported widely used dimeric ...not yield to (m)iRFPs in cellular and molecular brightness (Table 1).  NIR reporters and biosensors NIR ...-the-art NIR FPs, which combine high cellular brightness and monomeric state, are highlighted in blue....Oliinyk, O.S. & Verkhusha, V.V. How to Increase Brightness of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins in Mammalian...

...unstructured peptide and therefore consisted of glycines, serines and other small, non-aliphatic amino acids...fluorescent proteins to oligomerize is known as “stickiness.” Since the fluorescent tag should operate as... per unit.  There are several ways to measure stickiness. In vitro, ultracentrifugation or gel filtration...oligomerization in cells. In addition to measuring stickiness, several researchers have also collected data...fluorescent protein characteristics such as the brightness, photostability, maturation time, and acid sensitivity...characteristics are important, but have less priority than stickiness. In my experience, fluorescent proteins that ...mediated HDR) enables the tagging of endogenous genes close to native expression levels. However, it is...

...the secretory pathway. Those can include cytokines and chemokines; enzymes like kinases, phosphatases, and...interchangeably to refer to any technique that combines a marker with a signal. For clarity, Addgene uses...of such targets include transcription factors, histones, and DNA repair enzymes. Note that when using ...label cytosolic proteins alongside the intranuclear ones. You do not need to use a separate fix/perm cytosolic...non-antibody-based stains that bind DNA or free amines of proteins. Depending on the application, they...membrane-impermeant, and the cells of interest can be the ones that are positive or negative for the dye. The main... can only enter cells with compromised plasma membranes — i.e., dead cells — while live cells are protected...

...between MARCH5 and WSB2 genes using Cas12a’s ability to knock out multiple genes in parallel. Lastly, this...individually (~20,000 lanes/50 mLs) or through two polycistronic expression vectors (3570 lanes/50 mLs) coexpressing...frankenbodies to amplify the signal.  Liu et al. Genes Cells. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12893, ...screening methods have primarily used Cas9 to knock out genes, researchers at the Genetic Pertubation Platform...library. Overall, Cas12a’s ability to target multiple genes within a single cassette provides increased simplicity...individually expressed proteins run in separate lanes. B: individually expressed and coexpressed proteins...gene activation for both reporter and endogenous genes. It is highly specific in mammalian cells without...

...Research the brightness of your fluorophores before buying and try to inversely pair brightness with abundance...sensitive moment.   Fig 1: Blugene fading into darkness because they accidentally left their antibodies...Type Westerns and ELISAs mostly use HRP, a chemiluminescent conjugate that can be activated to emit light...we'll keep it simple. If you follow the two basic guidelines below, you’ll likely be able to create a small...small, usable panel.  First, fluorophores vary in brightness. You don’t want a super-bright fluorophore, like...good match for your experiments, and avoid the awkwardness of getting the right antibody with the wrong ... Boston University Flow Core. Fluorochromes Brightness Chart. Boston University Flow Core. Retrieved...

...lab that expresses the HIV gag, pol, rev, and tet genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd generation lentiviral...the Zhang lab expresses Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA scaffold and cloning sites...Addgene!) pX330-U6-Chimeric_BB-CBh-hSpCas9 - The S. pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) has been widely popular in genome...genome engineering. For use in human cell lines, the Zhang lab codon-optimized SpCas9. Using the BbsI restriction...cassette that makes it less efficient in some cell lines. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0 was made available...from the Trono lab that contains the gag and pol genes. It also requires pRSV-Rev and the envelope expressing...lentiGuide-Puro - This plasmid expresses the S. pyogenes CRISPR chimeric RNA element with customizable ...

...achieve success in this business. A good presentation can help win a business plan competition and advance...LabSpaces Blog Find a Buisness Plan Competition Good Relations - PR for the Biotech Business - Posted on Nature.com... Dr. Mike Koeris, co-founder and current VP of Business Development & Operations of Sample6, for advice...2009 and tested in the “market” by competing in business plan competitions. After much learning, the focus... investors to the next stage of diligence." In business competitions everything is conceptual, and the...focusing on concept development and participating in business competitions. When the team was unable to secure...became first COO, then moved on to become VP of Business Development & Operations. Starting a biotech...

... and release IL-36 cytokines. Keratinocytes are the main source of IL-36 cytokines in the skin making ...surrounding IL-36 biology. “Little is known how IL-36 cytokines actually get out of keratinocytes and induce their...researcher at University Hospital Zurich. IL-36 cytokines are a potent inducer of an autoinflammatory loop...Congratulations Mark Mellett! Siddharth Prakash: X chromosome genes involved in Turner syndrome Turner syndrome (TS)...can lead to cardiac developmental defects. Eight genes from the X chromosome are expressed at significantly...from Addgene, the lab will express these candidate genes in TS iPSCs to identify whether any rescue cell ...CRISPR plasmids to generate deletions of candidate genes in euploid iPSCs. “The BeHEARD Addgene reagents ...

...variety of genes with GFP. These plasmids are available through Addgene, and the stem cell lines we’ve made...is still inefficient, particularly in human cell lines. Furthermore, the quality control necessary to ensure...information and images generated from these cell lines can be found in the Cell Catalog on our data portal...different human cell types, and while most of the genes we’ve tagged are widely recognized markers of cellular...initial set of 10 plasmids representing 10 human genes and will add more to the collection later this year...everywhere To find out more about gene edited hiPS cell lines generated using the Allen Institute for Cell Science...collection includes systems for tagging mammalian cell lines, Drosophila cells, and C. elegans. In addition to...

...fluorescent proteins, and luminescent proteins. While fluorescent proteins and luminescence have been widely used...maturation times, and fitness cost of expression. They found that the cellular fitness cost varied greatly...plasmid that combines the most desirable features: intense color, fast maturation, and low fitness cost yet...striking visuals from fluorescent jellyfish, bioluminescent phytoplankton, and colorful corals, to name...instrument-free detection. Unlike fluorescence or luminescence, which require UV lamps, fluorometers, or luminometers...3: pTOX plasmids expressing amilCP and tsPurple genes. Image: Lazarus et al., 2019. One such lab is...

...the plant hormones strigolactones By Fabienne Furt Current methods used to detect strigolactones (SLs) are...editing in organoid Biosensors for detecting strigolactones The CRISPR Corner New ready-to-use viral preps...et al. 2021. The Organoid EasyTag workflow combines thoughtfully designed plasmid components with ...investigating genetic mechanisms related to morphogenesis, cell fate specification, and human disease....library from Alec Kimmelman targets mouse metabolic genes with ~6 gRNAs per gene.  CRISPR-Act3.0, developed...from Xiaole Shirley Liu's lab targets all mouse genes with 10 gRNAs per gene. The guides are optimized...

...neurotransmission. But with approximately 950 different human genes encoding GPCRs (Takeda S et al., 2002) and many ...can be measured using a technique known as Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET). BRET is similar...BRET is that the energy transfer is between a luminescent donor and a fluorescent acceptor. TRUPATH uses...measures heterotrimeric G protein dissociation by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer 2, or BRET2. With... constructs. Cells are then treated with the luminescent enzyme substrate coelenterazine, followed by ...endogenous ligand or drug. In the inactive state, the luminescent chimeric protein Gα-Rluc8 and Gγ-GFP2 will be...transducerome on a single GPCR, showing the effectiveness of using TRUPATH as a screening technique. Lastly...

...inhibit, activate, or knockout many genes at a time to identify ‘hits’ - genes that affect disease progression...progression or onset. These hits can reveal individual genes or sometimes even genetic pathways that are worth...exist a drug which targets some of the candidate genes! Disease model generation CRISPR has made the generation...both individual and combinatorial drugs on for effectiveness prior to patient treatment. Target validation... revolutionized the generation of knockout cell lines which has made this control step extremely accessible...your drug(s). If a drug is equally toxic to both lines, it probably has either high toxicity or high off...and Resources References Fellmann, C., et al., Cornerstones of CRISPR-Cas in drug development and therapy...

...during and after embryogenesis. Addgene has over 600 plasmids that contain Xenopus genes and a tool-kit ... concluded that nearly all disease-linked human genes have counterparts in the rat (Gibbs, et al., 2004...collection of plasmids containing Rattus norvegicus genes! Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) Ambystoma...entire axolotl genome, revealing an abundance of genes related to limb regeneration (Vieira et al., 2019...for use in CRISPR and Tol2 transposase induced transgenesis.  Xenopus Xenopus, or frogs, are one of the ... for scientists to study human disease-relevant genes in such a controlled environment displays how essential...molecular tools, such as gene manipulation and mutagenesis techniques, are available to the scientific community...

...deletion of one or several of these genes permits the expression of genes farther downstream in the construct...Brainbow uses a Cre/lox system to label neurons. Genes encoding the fluorescent proteins are organized ...developed, which differ in the number, stability, and brightness of the fluorescent proteins used in the system... which uses Cre to trigger the inversion of two genes aligned head-to-head. Another variation, Brainbow... to trigger the inversion of two tandem sets of genes aligned head-to-head and the deletion of one of ...located directly upstream of the fluorescent protein genes, Cre recombination is required before fluorescence...brainbow,” is a collection of transgenic zebrafish lines that allow for multicolor labeling of an entire ...

...to investigate the roles of specific genes or to knock down genes with potentially harmful mutations in...retroviral backbones. On some occasions, shRNAs are transiently expressed using either AAV backbones or species-specific...is to generate stable knockout or knockdown cell lines. In fact, it was the go-to choice for many years...are a quick way to create stable knockdown cells lines, and you can usually find validated shRNA sequences... S., Baek, S. H., & Kim, V. N. (2004). MicroRNA genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II. The EMBO Journal..., Y., & Peng, C. (2018). Overview of MicroRNA biogenesis, mechanisms of actions, and circulation. Frontiers...Ørom, U. a. V. (2023). Recent progress in miRNA biogenesis and decay. RNA Biology, 21(1), 36–43. https:/...

...the location of genes. With this knowledge, researchers were able to target specific genes for deletion ... at Harvard University. Just as computers, cell phones, and cars become more technologically advanced ...fluorescently labeled probes. Colorimetric and luminescence based detection methods are also commonly used...ddNTP, and then run these reactions out in separate lanes of a gel. Since the sequencing gel will separate...nucleotides were replaced with fluorescently labeled ones allowing for fluorometric-based detection. This ...generally considered first generation DNA sequencing machines (9). Today, similar technologies, sometimes referred...make techniques used to generate transgenic mouse lines, such as BAC transgenic or traditional knockins/...

... our purposes? In search of simple biological machines R bodies can repeatedly extend and contract...using R bodies: simple, force-generating protein machines that can extend and retract over many microns ...with proteins and remain functional, 2) break membranes outside of their natural context or 3) be modified...demonstrates that R bodies can function to break membranes of different organisms. And finally, we demonstrated...demonstrated that R bodies can be “tuned” with mutagenesis to extend at different pH values. Using a screen...in a particular region of the R-body. Further mutatgenesis of this region produced R-bodies that could ...could use them to lyse cells (and surrounding membranes) in keeping with their natural function (see below...

... to RCaMP3 and jRGECO1a, PinkyCaMP had better brightness, signal-to-noise ratio, photostability, and signal...blue-light photoswitching issue). Although similar in brightness to jRGECO1a and FRCaMP, FRCaMPi had better dynamic...mScarlet-based calcium sensor with exceptional brightness, photostability, and multiplexing capabilities...cellular functions. Along with collaborators, the Denes Hnisz Lab previously discovered that disruption ...CRISPRa components to adipose cells to activate genes involved in converting white adipose tissue (WAT... metabolizing glucose to dissipate heat. Of the genes they tested, activating UCP1 had the most potent...increasing oxygen consumption and upregulating other genes normally expressed in BAT. When donor-derived CRISPRa-AAV-treated...