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  1. Who Gives a Tweet? 9 Facts About Scientists on Twitter

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    June 26, 2017, 1:31 p.m.
    ...Occupational Classification System  and Wikipedia. 2. Social and computer scientists are overrepresented...international Twitter users were included in the dataset; 2) users not part of a scientific Twitter list were ...scientists on Twitter are male and 40% are female Figure 2. Gender Ratio of Scientists on Twitter. 60% of scientist...tweeted by biologists were: Nature, Sciencemag, Wiley, Cell and Scientific American Figure 4: Top Scientific...
  2. IBEX Knowledge-Base: A Data Resource for Multiplex Tissue Imaging

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    June 8, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...imaging of diverse tissues. Nature Protocols, 17(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00644-9 ...directly from the Zenodo dataset.     Figure 2: Screenshot showing reagent entries with associated...approach for deep phenotyping and spatial analysis of cells in complex tissues. Proceedings of the National ...
  3. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...is excised from the donor vector.   Figure 2: The Gateway system adopts phage integration into ...our website to search for your favorite gene! STEP 2: Generate an Expression Clone When making the expression...expression construct in only 1 day, as opposed to 2+ days with traditional restriction and ligation cloning...Clon Transgen 4:138. doi:10.4172/2168-9849.1000138 2. Hartley JL. Use of the Gateway System for Protein...the next step is to transform competent E. coli cells and select the positive clones. The entry clone ... expression of the human KRAS gene in mammalian cells. STEP 1: Generate an Entry Clone There are a few...ccdB gene. Since the ccdB product is toxic to the cell, Gateway cloning efficiency can reach >99%. ...
  4. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    March 1, 2018, 2:11 p.m.
    ...drastically with lower titers. As you can see in figure 2, the expression from the 5x1011 titer was essentially...roughly 6-fold increase in expression [3, Figure 2]. Note how expression increases exponentially with an increase...international 61.1 (2002): S9-S15. PubMed PMID: 11841606. 2. Schultz BR, Chamberlain JS. Recombinant Adeno-associated...Making contact with a cell Although an individual AAV particle’s ability to infect a cell is dependent on its...construction and the cell it’s infecting, getting these particles to infect cells is also very titer-dependent... particle to infect a cell, it has to come into physical contact with that cell. Since there is a limited...of surface area on each cell, the way to get more AAV in contact with the cell is to increase the AAV ...
  5. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    Oct. 18, 2018, 12:37 p.m.
    ...ultracompetent (109 CFU/μg) cells. Primer design Using specific primer design (Figure 2), IVA cloning can be...procedure to be performed using a simple two-step, 2 hr protocol prior to transformation (Figure 1). As... for each type of modification is shown in Figure 2, and is discussed in more detail below. The main requirement...Biotechniques 10.1 (1991): 62-66. PubMed PMID: 2003926. 2. Bubeck, Peter, Monica Winkler, and Wilfried Bautsch...transformation efficiency of the strain: when asking the cell to perform multiple recombination events, all linear...linear fragments need to get into the same cell. For simple cloning requiring just one or two recombination...recombination events, homemade competent cells of 107 CFU/μg are perfectly fine, yet performing multiple modifications...
  6. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    Feb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...various components of the immune system. Figure 2: In-vitro models for immunogenicity prediction of ...drug reaction. This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations...Future Enhancements. Frontiers in drug discovery, 2, 952326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2022.952326Joubert...epitopes likely to be presented by T cells to elicit an immune response. T cell epitopes are found in either ...that take place within an antigen-presenting cell like a T cell. It is also not yet possible for these algorithms...traditional 2D assays with immune cell lines or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in 3D models of the...CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells or monocytes. PBMCs can be further differentiated into dentritic cells or macrophages...
  7. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... were depositing and requesting each year (Figure 2). We did a similar analysis with CRISPR pooled libraries...different categories (Figure 2C). Note that in Figure 2, the numbers on the X axis refer to distribution and...rather than a cumulative total.    Figure 2: Addgene CRISPR deposit and distribution by function...rapid adoption of new tools, illustrated in Figure 2, and the longevity of tools seen in Figure 3, indicates...As we celebrate twenty years at Addgene, we are sharing stories of our repository’s positive impact on... Sharing this story is a truly special way to celebrate our twentieth anniversary in 2024, and it’s all...
  8. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    March 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...translocation. Nature Cell Biology, 26(2), 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-023-01342-2 Koblan, L. W.,...order to bind DNA, Cas9 requires (1) a guide RNA, (2) a complementary DNA sequence, and (3) a protospacer-adjacent...region of separate strands called an R-loop (Figure 2). This allows the guide RNA to base pair with the ...accessible on the outside of the enzyme. Figure 2: CRISPR R-loop. Created with BioRender.com. Base...), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0592-2 Additional Resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR 101...By taking advantage of repair pathways within the cell — in some cases, the same repair pathways that were...adenosine (A) to inosine (I, treated as G by the cell). Surprisingly, the team noticed that this editor...
  9. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    March 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m.
    ...everything just right!  Fig. 2: Goldilocks is actually celebrating a successful ChIP experiment! Image...to (1) run a DNA gel to confirm fragment size and (2)  incubate with RNAse and Proteinase K to purify the...proteins of interest to any DNA they were bound to (2) fragmented the DNA (3) used antibodies to specifically... Process ChIP can be done for either tissues or cells. The process is very similar for both, though tissue...fragmenting the DNA, spin down the samples to remove cell debris, which will collect in a pellet. The supernatant..., these are mostly fairly standard molecular and cell biology techniques. What’s all the fuss? Well, ChIP...will also have to be optimized for both tissue or cell type, amount of protein, and desired fragment length...
  10. A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression

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    Nov. 2, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Capsids from Serotypes 1, 2, and 5 Display Differential Efficiency and Cell Tropism after Delivery to ...one of lox2272 sites will now be sandwiched between 2 loxp sites and is excised by Cre (Figure 1). This ...flank the transgenes (non-homologous pairs) (Figure 2.). They found that almost all off-target expression...exercise caution when using them.    Figure 2. Schematic diagram showing the mechanism of spontaneous... Tropism and Axonal Transport of AAV Serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the Mouse Brain. PLoS ONE 8:e76310...specific cell type rely on transgenic models that express recombinases like Cre or Flp in their cells of interest...entry into the cell (Dudek, AM. 2018).  If the serotype you are using transduces cells that you are not...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    Jan. 16, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
    ...proteoglycan (HSPG)3 AAV receptor (not strictly required)2 Human fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1... AAV2, so they are formally called rAAV2/1, rAAV2/2, and so on, although we often use abbreviated nomenclature...suggest these serotypes as a good place to start. Table 2: AAV tissue tropism for mice in vivo. To target... tropism and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain. PloS One, 8(9),...Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons. Neuron, 92(2), 372–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.09.021...particle sneaks its way into cells. Generally, AAV serotypes have a primary cellular receptor and sometimes ...transduction efficiency, and is an excellent choice for targeting cardiac cells (Bish et al., 2008). It can ...
  12. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    Oct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    .... “A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit ...FLP and Cre for additional control   Figure 2: Expression of a morphological marker (eYFP) and synaptic...PMID: 18614669. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2593125. 2. Buchholz, F, P O Angrand, and A. Francis Stewart....The FLP Recombinase of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 2 Micron Plasmid Attaches Covalently to DNA via a Phosphotyrosyl...specific cell types (populations) within neuronal networks in living animals. To accomplish such cell specific...individual cells. With this technique, a Neuroscientist can see the full dendritic arbor of a single cell with...Cre-mediated possibilities for site specific (and often cell type specific) control of DNA recombination and ...
  13. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... analogs such as 2-fluoroadenine (2-FA), organisms with functional APT will convert 2-FA to cytotoxic ...selection of plants undergoing RNAi, and LIIbeta F 1-2 RNAi, which allows assembly of intron-spliced hpRNAs...nucleotides, resulting in death. In the presence of 2-FA, potent gene silencing of APT is required for survival...genes known to be essential for cell growth. Together, this excellent work highlights the importance of...fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). This is not possible in plants outside of limited, single cell protoplast...exquisitely and robustly self-organize at the cellular and multicellular scale.     References Bezanilla M, Perroud...can be found at Addgene that could serve as an excellent start (#22988, #137884). Both vectors allow the...
  14. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Carballosa, et al, (2015) eNeuro, March/April 2015, 2(2) e0001-15.2015. Pubmed. Resources: http://openspim.org...orthogonal-plane fluorescence optical sectioning (OPFOS) (2). Arne Voie, David Burns and Francis Spelman focused...in LSFM. In LSFM the laser light sheet, typically 2-6  microns, illuminates only one thin plane of the...transparent are enabling microscopes to visualize the cellular architecture of whole tissues in 3D with unprecedented... Weber, M. Mickoleit, J. Huisken. (2014) Methods Cell Biol.123, 193-215. Pubmed. W. Spalteholz. (1914)...
  15. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    May 26, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Madison lab found that H2B-GFP expressing cells exhibited a 2-4 fold increase in the number of endogenous...Denham lab made several other small changes creating 2 other versions but these did not surpass GEmCherry2...fluorescence and in-frame fluorescence.  Figure 2: The GEmCherry reporter. Image from Højland Knudsen...introduced the reporter into the cells, you’re ready to edit. These cells are then transfected with several... up, all successfully transfected cells will express RFP while cells containing the reporter gene that...using the RFP:GFP ratio, edited cells can be sorted from unedited cells. In an experiment that targeted...Activity. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 6: . https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2018.00054 Sander...
  16. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    Oct. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... will repeatedly nose-poke at the active hole [1, 2].    Place preference/place aversion also models reinforcement...spend most of its times in the opposite chamber) [2]. Laser activation is usually controlled automatically...two different ways 1) your hypothesis is wrong or 2) there is some problem with the technical implementation...PMID: 21716290. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3775282. 2. McDevitt, Ross A., et al. "Serotonergic versus nonserotonergic...optogenetics, ICSS can now be done with neuronal cell-type and temporal precision. In ICSS, a test chamber... remote contextual memories. This study is an excellent example in which the authors started with a brain... research. Derek P. Simon received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan...
  17. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies

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    July 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
    ...are many docking sites available for integration. 2. How soon would you like your flies ready for use?...beautiful immunofluorescent images like in this paper (2). Metabolic assays such as Seahorse can be employed...PMID: 16547094. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1526508. 2. H. Jiang,  et al. Cytokine/Jak/Stat signaling mediates...Drosophila cell line, I’ve studied a transcription factor important for T cell differentiation (a cell type ...regeneration and homeostasis in the Drosophila midgut. Cell. 137, 1343–55 (2009). PubMed PMID: 19563763. PubMed...et al. Digoxin and its derivatives suppress TH17 cell differentiation by antagonizing RORγt activity. ...
  18. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    July 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...termed fluorescence activated cell sorting or FACS (2). By analyzing single cells instead of the population...populations (Figure 2). An immunologist who studies B cells, might then gate the B cell population and create..., these cell types will separate into distinct populations on a FSC versus SSC plot (Figure 2).  A user... Figure 2: Due to differences in their size and complexity, cells from a whole blood sample will...expression. A routine flow cytometry experiment uses 2 or 3 different fluorescent colors each measuring a...plot of CD3 (T cell marker) versus CD19 (B cell marker) to separate the B cell and T cell into distinct...separate the B cell population into progenitor B cells, immature B cells, plasma cells or others.   ...
  19. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    Sept. 24, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ... working with is correct. It's also best to use 1-2 ug of the vector for digestion. PCR Design primers...plasmid; a starting point could be a molar ratio of 1:2 (plasmid:insert), but this parameter has to be optimized...colonies (5-10) and grow them in a small culture volume (2 or 3 ml) containing the corresponding antibiotic, ...product, the transformation may not result in any cells, or all the colonies screened might not contain ...verify the strain and the efficacy of your competent cells (when they get old, they lose competency). If all... look at your experimental design. Full lawn of cells. The antibiotic in your plate might not work. Check...acknowledged in hundreds of publications including Cell, Nature, and other journals.   Paolo Colombi is ...
  20. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    April 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for Multiprotein Labeling in Living Cells. Chemistry & Biology, 15(2), 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1016...super-resolution or single-molecule techniques.   Figure 2: Two-color super-resolution imaging of ER and mitochondria...stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy. Scale bar, 2 μm. Inset shows comparison with standard confocal ...enables applications like multi-color imaging (Figure 2). If you’re working with purified proteins in vitro...conjugates: A flexible chemical tag. Nature Methods, 2(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth749 Strebinger...Bewersdorf, J. (2016). Two-colour live-cell nanoscale imaging of intracellular targets. Nature Communications,...opening up new applications.   Figure 1: Live-cell labeling strategies. The green structure represents...
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