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  1. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    Blog Post
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    March 10, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...demethylation Optogenetic repressors of gene expression in yeast Megan McClean’s lab generated an optogenetic...2019. Fusing epigenetic modifiers such as TET1 with inactive Cas enzymes can alter gene expression via...optogenetic toolkit that controls repression of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The system consists... enters the nucleus where dCas9-Mxi1 can repress gene expression. In the dark, the NLS is inaccessible...dilutions of CRISPRi in Caulobacter cells for ctrA gene expression using various dCas9. Image adapted from...takes several weeks to delete or deplete individual genes. Michael Laub’s lab developed a CRISPRi system to...downregulate expression of specific Caulobacter genes using a catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) derived ...

  2. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Entrez Gene matches to your insert. Select the appropriate gene if it appears in the Entrez Gene list, ...correct Entrez Gene does not appear in the auto-populated list, try entering the gene's Official Full ...known as" aliases in the Gene/Insert box. Once you have selected the appropriate gene from the list, save ...bacterial strain(s) through Addgene. Description – please indicate the gene cloned into your plasmid, any... for the gene or insert. Step 4: Growth and Distribution Please indicate which strain Addgene should propagate... Encodes insert(s) A plasmid with one or more genes, protein coding sequences, or other elements inserted...Empty backbone A plasmid designed for cloning a gene/insert into it. Empty backbones often contain epitope...

  3. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...you are trying to do: gene knockout, a specific base edit, or modulation of gene expression. Location ...Created with BioRender.com. The hammer: Gene knockout by NHEJ Gene knockout with CRISPR technology is usually...multiple sequences targeting a gene to score in order to call that gene a hit.  This is an exciting time...optimize numerous parameters to generate the desired edit. The wrench: Gene activation and inhibition by ...edits and to perform functional screens to identify genes involved in a phenotype of interest. This blog post...indels, it's not so important what location in the gene you target, but it is important that your gRNA sequence...creating a non-functional allele. For a 1 kilobase gene, since potential target sites occur ~1 in every ...

  4. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    Blog Post
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    July 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...possible to build gene regulatory RSMs (GRSMs, the subset of RSMs that regulate gene expression) that ...large serine recombinase genes downstream of inducible promoters: the BxbI gene downstream of the anhydrotetracycline...the TP901 gene downstream of the arabinose (Ara)-inducible promoter (PBAD), and the A118 gene downstream...register to execute predictable gene regulation programs that specify which genes should be expressed or not... same gene regulation program. We recommend testing multiple register designs for the same gene regulation... paper. The paper also demonstrates that genetic parts (genes, terminators, and promoters) may be interweaved...promising strategy for linking RSM inputs to endogenous gene expression (2). Our paper (1) explains how to arrange...

  5. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Blog Post
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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... so genes. It would be great if we could just go in and quickly manipulate individual mouse genes and ...insertion of a reporter gene, or replacement of the murine sequence with a human gene. Advantages of using...conventional gene targeting. CRISPR tools were recently used to introduce a 25 kb human gene into the mouse...conventional gene targeting. It also costs less. With CRISPR, it may cost about $5,000 to generate founder ...for Tips on CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice Disadvantages of using CRISPR for generating mouse models Although...Jaenisch R (2013) One-Step Generation of Mice Carrying Mutations in Multiple Genes by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated ...Haoyi Wang. CRISPR/Cas9 is revolutionizing the mouse gene-targeting field. Mice have long been extremely useful...

  6. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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    Blog Post
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    May 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...References on Addgene.org Check out Addgene's Chemogenetics Guide Find fluorescent proteins at Addgene ...on the Addgene blog Browse Fluorescent 101 blog posts Read about chemogenetics vs. optogenetics Find more...Emory University School of Medicine. Optogenetics and chemogenetics are powerful tools to modulate the ...neurons and other brain cells. Since the opsins or chemogenetic receptors used in these techniques cannot be...versatile method to identify the expression of transgenes of interest. Furthermore, fluorophore variants... important influence on the expression of the transgene of interest and its localization in the membrane... tag protein can impact the expression of the transgene of interest. In our studies, mCherry interfered...

  7. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    Blog Post
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    July 7, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
    ...is inserted at the 5’ end of a gene, the SEC separates the targeted gene from its promoter, creating a ...the targeted gene. After initial testing, Dickinson et al. tested this system across 7 genes in parallel...animals per gene, they obtained the desired insertions on the first attempt for 6/7 genes. The data are...hands-on time. Creating a modular, selection-based gene tagging approach Multiple features of C. elegans...uses a selection cassette containing genes for hygromycin resistance and the Roller movement phenotype. To...design and clone 500-700 bp homology arms for your gene of interest into the FP-SEC vector using Gibson ...loss-of-function allele as well as a promoter-FP fusion for the gene of interest. L1/L2 larvae from these strains are...

  8. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 3, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
    ...sphaeroides Cas9, dCas9 Gene editing Zhou et al., 2018   pdDronpa Cas9, dCas9 Gene editing, transcription...showing that this genetically encoded, photocaged Cas9 system could silence endogenous gene expression - demonstrating...photocaged-gRNA Gene editing For more details, check out this comprehensive review comparing optogenetic CRISPR...a system that would use light to turn on and off gene expression while imparting spatiotemporal control...and move the activator into position to activate gene transcription. The researchers tested a variety ...researchers showed that expression of the human ASCL1 gene could be spatially controlled in a reversible and... to develop an optimized photoactivatable CRISPR gene activation system, but settled on a different optimal...

  9. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
    ...library that has 10 gRNAs per gene and targets all ~20,500 protein-coding genes. Unique, non-overlapping sites... identified ricin toxicity genes. The screen also discovered several genes previously not associated with...p-values of known ricin regulation genes compared to results generated using non-targeting guides as controls...-throughput systematic approach for identifying genes involved in a biological process. These screens ...toxicity screen since essential and non-essential genes for both pathways had previously been identified...identifying >88% of previously identified essential genes while previous Cas9 and shRNA library screens only...only identified  60% of the essential genes. The ricin toxicity screen had a 10% false discovery rate ...

  10. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...nearby genes and its role in gene expression, though this may still unexpectedly affect nearby genes (Figure...protein-coding genes thanks to systems like CRISPR/Cas9 that allow them to manipulate full genes and observe..., or permanently disable, protein-coding genes by generating insertions or deletions in the DNA sequence...only 2% of our genome is made of protein-coding genes, and you might be wondering what the rest of our...manipulate and study in comparison to protein-coding genes (Rinn and Chang 2012). Scientists have determined...multiple gRNAs poses the risk of disrupting adjacent genes, especially those regulated by or overlapping with...). The interactions between ncRNAs and adjacent genes are complex and not yet fully understood, so it ...
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