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  1. Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus

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    Aug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    .... Find Plasmids from the publication at Addgene 2. Green, Alexander A., et al. "Toehold switches: de-novo-designed...the project were able to move forward quickly in parallel. More broadly, we drew on the combined creativity...
  2. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...of 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene-imidazolinone-2-oxime (DFHO), a fluorophore modified from DsRed. DFHO...intracellular viral DNA dynamics in neuronal cells (Nilaratanakul et al., 2017) and levels of the second messenger... a “Top” and “Bottom” portion, each fused to a separate piece of RNA. Fluorescence is observed when these...23488798. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3775879. Nilaratanakul, Voraphoj, Debra A. Hauer, and Diane E. Griffin...Griffin. "Development and characterization of sindbis virus with encoded fluorescent rna aptamer spinach2...et al. "Ribonucleoprotein purification and characterization using RNA Mango." RNA23.10 (2017): 1592-1599...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...start selecting and testing systemic capsids! Figure 2 contains a decision tree for selecting a capsid, while... highlighted below the table.     Figure 2: This decision tree can help guide your choice on ...transfer to the adult brain. Nature Biotechnology, 34(2), 204–209. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3440 Goertsen...Thomson, M., & Gradinaru, V. (2021). Deep Parallel Characterization of AAV Tropism and AAV-Mediated Transcriptional..., with significant contributions from Cynthia Arokiaraj. Addgene would also like to thank Viviana Gradinaru.../doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.730825 Campos LJ, Arokiaraj CM, Chuapoco MR, Chen X, Goeden N, Gradinaru V...Adams, C. D., Yang, D., Wang, T., Wolfe, D. A., Arokiaraj, C. M., Ngo, V., Campos, L. J., Griffiths, J. ...
  4. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ... 2008 Dec; 18(6): 617–623. Pubmed PMID 19349161.  2. Deshpande A, Bergami M, Ghanem A, Conzelmann KK, ...Tsiang H, Ceccaldi PE. Spread and pathogenic characteristics of a G-deficient rabies virus recombinant: ...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Reports 9: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41088-2 Magnus C, Lee P, Bonaventura J, Zemla R, Gomez J, ...to one receptor, so it is important to fully characterize the compound, or compounds, you choose to ensure...
  6. 10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture

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    July 12, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ... 24901218. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4047077. 2Pagliara, Patrizia, et al. "Ostreopsis cf. ovata induces...
  7. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... the Cas machinery where to cut.      Fig. 2: Heatmap indicating loci where SNPs reside on sgRNA...from work being done today, is a nearly entirely separate effort from acknowledging its existence. Studying...
  8. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
    ... replication competent virus [usually HIV-1]; and 2) the potential for oncogenesis through insertional... are technically gamma-retroviruses - another, separate member of the retroviral family. While both lentiviruses...
  9. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... more from the authors in this blog post. Figure 2: iGluSnFR3 displays enhanced brightness, expression...adapted from Farahani et al. 2022, under CC-BY license.   Find pYtags plasmids here!   Farahani PE, et al...for monitoring specific RTK activation in vivo (Farahani et al. 2022). The authors take advantage of the...better response kinetics and photochemical characteristics than previous NIR calcium reporters iGECI and...   Matlashov ME, et al. Design and Initial Characterization of a Small Near-Infrared Fluorescent Calcium...for lactate developed using a high-throughput multiparameter screen (Koveal et al. 2022). Lactate is a key... here!   Koveal D, et al. A high-throughput multiparameter screen for accelerated development and optimization...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ..., whereas the mVenus-APT1 fusion does not (figure 2). In the mVenus-APT1, a lipidation motif, which is...targeted to the endoplasmid reticulum based on the appearance of OSER whorls. This assay is quantitative and...also collected data on fluorescent protein characteristics such as the brightness, photostability, maturation...Cranfill et al, 2016; Lambert, 2019). These characteristics are important, but have less priority than ...microscopy (University of Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes, and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes...PMC4383620. Botman, Dennis, et al. "In vivo characterisation of fluorescent proteins in budding yeast."...brightness, photostability and dynamic range: characterization of dedicated sensors for FLIM, for ratiometry...
  11. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    April 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Nature 339 (1989). 487–488. PubMed PMID: 2725683. 2. Miller, C.J., Kassem H.S., Pepper S.D., Hey Y., Ward... storage buffers used, and other experimental parameters. For example, while freeze thaw is generally ...25073060. 8. Finkelshtein, D., Werman, A., Novick, D., Barak, S., Rubinstein, M. “LDL receptor and its family...
  12. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ... PMID: 9537413. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3010411. 2. Kohli, Manu, et al. "Facile methods for generating...and virtually never exceeds 40%. While this is comparable or better than the efficiency of most current...ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) that can be supplied separately from the viral vector. This delivery method frees...
  13. High Complexity Golden Gate Assembly with NEB’s DAD

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    Aug. 1, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...rules are: (1) don’t use the same overhang twice; (2) avoid palindromes; (3) no overhangs with the same...highest-fidelity overhang set it can find for those parameters. For even more specificity, you can exclude specific...
  14. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...systems utilize with type I-F Cascades. Figure 2: Cascade complex from CRISPR type I-E. Created with...been challenging. It can be difficult to ensure comparable expression of all components of Cascade for maximum...
  15. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...that view (Callahan et al., 2022).     Fig. 2: Students in an MDH CURE replaced select residues ...Part I – guided inquiry – purification and characterization of a fusion protein: Histidine tag, malate...
  16. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    Sept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...interesting things to do, feel free to crowdsource! 2. Free food generally gets people to show up If you... company culture here at Addgene has remained paramount. Candidates who interview at Addgene frequently...
  17. A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional

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    Aug. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...experience and to build upon your existing skills.  2. Find your niche Identify and develop an area of expertise...seekers to use online applications with significant character limits for the written portion of the grant application...
  18. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...based antiviral method to degrade RNA from SARS-CoV-2 sequences and live influenza A virus. It was demonstrated...stuck in inclusion bodies. Takayuki Iwaki, Kimiko Hara, and Kazuo Umemura have described a simple method...
  19. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    Feb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ...rate of 10-55% - the PASTE system.     Fig. 2: Schematic of programmable gene insertion with PASTE...and Discovery As part of their quest to find, characterize, and develop new CRISPR systems and technologies...
  20. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ...two visible blue or magenta chromoproteins (Figure 2) (Liljeruhm et al., 2018). This system is a nice confirmation...tested their expression under both rhamnose- and arabinose-inducible promoters. Tight control of toxin expression...escape). The rhamnose induction system is well-characterized and quite tight (Giacalone et al., 2006). The...though Khetrapal et al. also demonstrated that the arabinose promoter worked too. Rhamnose induction relies...References Espah Borujeni, Amin, Anirudh S. Channarasappa, and Howard M. Salis. "Translation rate is controlled...
  21. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    Oct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... iRFP713, % Oligomeric state Photo-stabilityc, t1/2, s pKa Brightness in HeLa cells vs. iRFP713, % d ...and multicolor NIR imaging.  Small miRFPnano A separate class of NIR FPs, named miRFPnanos, were derived...developed based on mIFP6. Learn more about the characteristics, performance, and applications of near-infrared... found to be a dimer3,15. ND-not determined in parallel assays with other FPs.   We hope that this post...
  22. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    May 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...can still record the signal separately for each target.   Figure 2: Examples of simultaneous multiplex...or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, methanol- or paraformaldehyde-fixed cell samples...samples, or other preparations. Sequential IF For a sequential IF experiment (Figure 1A), you’ll block, add...different color fluorophore that you can image separately on your microscope. Abcam's sample protocol is...different antibodies, blocking, washing, and sample preparation steps, in order to ensure your antibodies are...Ilangovan, V., Lo, H., Olson, M., Mohamed, S. Y., Sarabipour, S., Varma, A., Walavalkar, K., Wissink, E. M...
  23. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...variety of environmental conditions, and double every 2 hours. Yeast are also the first eukaryotic genome ...as Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD is primarily characterized by protein misfolding that leads to a build-...23594743. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3703927. Jennings, Barbara H. "Drosophila–a versatile model in biology & medicine...
  24. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...become a valuable asset yourself.     Fig 2: A diagram of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model, courtesy...favorite books, Michael Ende’s Momo, the title character endears herself to the nearby village (and to ...or how completely different teams are tackling comparable conflicts. Is this level of domain knowledge ...
  25. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    Aug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... Watch Joanne give her "Not" Networking 101 Talk 2. Tailor every talk to the occasion Don’t just plan...come up with clear and concise answers. This preparation will help you avoid giving only yes or no answers...
  26. Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR

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    Aug. 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...PubMed PMID: 3459152. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC323600. 2. Chester, Nicholas, and Daniel R. Marshak. "Dimethyl...small difference in size, the fragments should be separated on a high percentage agarose gel (~3%). Note that...
  27. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... from damage (Abe & Lim, 2024).    Figure 2: A) When proteins (blue) interact with the air-water...RvLEAMshort (1:6 molar ratio) with 10 minutes of glutaraldehyde crosslinking: representative micrograph (C)...allowed the authors to determine structures at comparable or higher resolution than using more complex ...buffer additive MgCl2 and the crosslinking agent glutaraldehyde. Adding RvLEAMshort to the sample before plunge...
  28. When Fidelity Matters: A frank discussion about ligase fidelity

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    March 6, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
    ...biology 14.6 (2004): 757-764. PubMed PMID: 15582400. 2. Tomkinson, Alan E., et al. "DNA ligases: structure...the ligation junction were represented. Sixteen separate pools were prepared, each with a different complement...applications such as routine cloning or DNA library preparation. However, when a method relies on accurate ligation... 19329793. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2719376. 5. Barany, Francis. "Genetic disease detection and DNA amplification...PMID: 1986365. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC50775. 6. Barany, Francis, and David H. Gelfand. "Cloning, overexpression...PMCID: PMC208194. 8. Luo, Jianying, and Francis Barany. "Identification of essential residues in Thermus...76.2 (1989): 245-254. PubMed PMID: 2753355. 12. Barany, Francis. "The ligase chain reaction in a PCR world...
  29. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    Jan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...experience in cancer research After graduating with a 2:1 BSc in Molecular Biology (roughly a B average in...really passionate about during my degree. I loved parasitology. However, when I enquired about roles in this...end of my three months, I fully understood why parasitology roles in the field require experience. Working...beginning of 2010, I explored options for going into parasitology but another major factor held me back; I do ...
  30. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
    ...Nutr, 129 (2009a): 477–484. PubMed PMID: 10064313. 2. Chapman-Smith, A., & Cronan, J. E. “The enzymatic...Forster, A. C., Skingle, D. C., & Symons, R. H. “Preparation and uses of photobiotin.” Methods in Enzymology...
  31. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
    ...effective recovery of knock-ins, but did result in 1-2 kilobases of additional sequence being introduced....brilliantly and irreverently illustrated in the parable of the Geneticist vs the Biochemist, we geneticists...selection allowed me to optimize a range of editing parameters: oligo repair templates with homology arms of... template design The Meyer lab meticulously characterized several aspects of editing. First, they devised...doi.org/10.17912/DDVH-BG64 Tzur YB, Friedland AE, Nadarajan S, Church GM, Calarco JA, Colaiácovo MP (2013)...
  32. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    Jan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Single-chain variable fragment (ScFv) Figure 2: Comparison between the IgG antibody and scFv. ...the surface of extracellular pathogens such as parasites or microbes, or to proteins expressed on the surface...containing a mixture of proteins. The proteins are separated based on molecular weight by SDS-PAGE, and are...
  33. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    Oct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m.
    ...ask new and interesting questions in your own lab. 2. Seek multiple mentors during your postdoc At the ...corresponding author publications (published, not in preparation) A history of successful funding (fellowship ...
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