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  1. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    April 28, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
    ...School, he developed the first lentiviral microRNA-based system for polymerase II-regulated RNA interference...virology,” he says. He was working in an HIV lab and based on that experience, soon directed himself to finding...months, the lab began a project to develop an AAV-based COVID-19 vaccine.  Vandenberghe’s work with AAVs...
  2. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    July 30, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
    ...from some labs have developed fluorescent-protein based DA sensors (Figure 2). The dLight1 dopamine sensor... dLight1 sensor is a single fluorescent protein-based sensor. This sensor was engineered from a GFP variant...sensor Yulong Li’s lab has created the GRABDA sensor based on a similar strategy: a GFP variant bound to a ...
  3. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    June 11, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
    ... or other products in the suite. Since it’s web-based, you could access it from anywhere. Its ease of ...Biorender is like clip art for scientists. The web-based collection of over 20,000 icons is designed by professional...stop struggling to make figures in PPT 🔬 Also, the base version is free, forever 💜 https://t.co/KJpyxgxeQt...
  4. Single-cell tracking of lineage and identity with CellTag

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    May 9, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ... level with CellTag CellTagging is a lentiviral based tagging method that labels cells with heritable ...three-fold increase of fully reprogrammed cells based on single-cell gene expression patterns. The lab...Chuner, et al. "CellTag Indexing: genetic barcode-based sample multiplexing for single-cell genomics." bioRxiv...
  5. 8 Great Depositor Research Stories

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    Dec. 15, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...tells us about a new tool for efficient multiplex base editing and multiplex prime editing (requiring minimal...dCas9 (with no modifications!) as a CRISPR/dCas9-based tool for DNA demethylation. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles...
  6. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...short ncRNAs, such as microRNAs that are around 20 base pairs long. Using a single guide RNA (sgRNA) to ...Figure 1: A schematic illustration of CRISPR/Cas9-based approaches to study ncRNAs. (A) Transcription start...your experiments, there are plenty of other CRISPR-based options that can target ncRNAs.  CRISPRi and CRISPRa...10.1126/science.1225829  Hazan J, Bester AC. CRISPR-Based Approaches for the High-Throughput Characterization...
  7. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...American, Africa, or South Asian) used in the screens based on the cells’ germline genetic variations. They ...generating genetic dependency data with an ancestry-based bias.   The correction process does not stop there...genome-wide screens, introducing bias into all work based on these and any other CRISPR screens using the ...variation contributes to false negatives in CRISPR-based experiments with varying burden across ancestries...Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap), a cancer dependency database used to make this information accessible to the...
  8. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    June 14, 2018, 11:44 a.m.
    ...therapeutic potential. Note: constructs discussed are based on Adenovirus type 5. Three generations of adenoviral...delivery: Potential applications for gene and cell-based therapies in the new era of personalized medicine...formation assay on A549 cells . Alternatively, antibody-based assays are commercially available for faster detection...
  9. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
    ...packaging systems have been developed over the years based on HIV-1; however, the 1st-generation vectors are...defines 2nd- or 3rd-generation transfer vectors based on whether or not they have a chimeric 5'LTR. Second-generation...? What percent of the vector components are HIV-based? A7: No single plasmid contains all the components...insertional mutagenesis. These risks are largely based upon the vector system used and the transgene insert...
  10. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    April 19, 2017, 3:25 p.m.
    ...plexWell™ Library Preparation Technology for NGS-based sequencing and confirmation of Addgene’s large and...plexWell™ workflow also offers a highly efficient NGS-based alternative to Sanger sequencing because the sample... To date, this has resulted in high quality NGS-based assemblies for over 3000 plasmids in the Addgene...
  11. Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource

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    May 25, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
    ...community.     Why recombinant antibodies? Animal-based methods for antibody production have several drawbacks..., 2015a, b). Recombinant antibodies are plasmid-based and offer numerous advantages, including more secure...Antibodies 101 blog post Learn more about plasmid-based recombinant monoclonal antibodies Resources on ...
  12. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Science Writing

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    April 28, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...and jargon Hemingway Editor  This is a free web-based tool for detecting the readability of your writing...or dissertations. Phrases are categorized either based on the section of a manuscript they might be found...to work with collaborators. Zotero is a desktop based program that’s compatible with Mac, Windows, and...directly import papers from web pages and academic databases.  Downloading Mendeley Cite lets you cite papers...
  13. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    Aug. 2, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    ...While there are more and more molecular biology-based activities making their way into high school classrooms...BioBits ExplorerTM and BioBits BrightTM, biology kits based on freeze-dried, cell-free (FD-CF) components. Making...and is interested in developing synthetic biology based tools for science outreach and advocacy. You can...
  14. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...potential candidate genes that fell into 3 categories based on the architecture of the CRISPR protein in question...LshCas13a, on the other hand, uses only a short ~24 base crRNA that interacts with the Cas13a molecule through...spacer sequence and consists of a single A, U, or C base pair. In bacteria, once Cas13a has recognized and... the new development of Cas13b as a tool for RNA base editing,, and we are excited to see this group of...
  15. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...This version of the spike protein was developed based on 100 structure-guided spike designs and has improved...already developed nucleic acid detections tools based on Cas12a and Cas13  which could be repurposed for...JA, Finkelstein IJ, McLellan JS (2020) Structure-based design of prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes... CM (2020) Open Sharing During COVID-19: CRISPR-Based Detection Tools. The CRISPR Journal 3:142–145. https...
  16. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...libraries utilize optimized sgRNAs that were designed based on the rules identified in Doench et al., 2014 to...assess library performance in viability screens. Based on these metrics the Brunello library was more effective...selected sgRNAs in this optimal window and ranked them based on their optimized sgRNA rules and potential off-target...Dolcetto library, sgRNAs were selected and ranked based on the previously established sgRNA rules and  potential...
  17. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...developed sequence-specific, antimicrobial, plasmid-based, CRISPR systems (Find the Citorik Plasmids here)...encoded quinolone resistance, mediated by a single base pair change in DNA gyrase, CRISPR phagemids were...crRNAs) targeting either genomic (blue) or plasmid-based sequences (red). Treating a mixed population, represented... al. recently engineered synthetic phages, each based on the well-studied T7 phage, to target various ...
  18. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
    ...Though there are a number of chemical and peptide-based proteosome inhibitors, glutathione S-transferase...DYKDDDK 1 Affinity and Purification Good for antibody-based purification; has inherent enterokinase cleavage...residues improves solubility; good for antibody-based detection SUMO ~100 amino acid protein  12 Stability...1.4 Affinity and Purification Good for antibody-based purification Combo and cleavage tags Frequently...
  19. PEI Calculator for Planning AAV Packaging Transfections

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    Jan. 23, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...names of the plasmids you plan to use Enter the base pair size of those plasmids Enter plasmid concentration...plasmid needed per dish or stack. Calculations are based on using 28 μg of total plasmid (Transfer, helper...
  20. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    Feb. 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...science better when we share? NanoLuc® Luciferase-based tools are fantastic examples of technologies that... Nano-Lanterns to other cellular proteins. BRET-based biosensors utilizing NanoLuc® luciferase Many intracellular...powerful the FRET signal. In well-designed FRET-based biosensors, the intensity of the FRET signal can...Schmid, J.L., et al. (2016) CRISPaint allows modular base-specific gene tagging using a ligase-4-dependent...) Coupling optogenetic stimulation with NanoLuc-based luminescence (BRET) Ca++ sensing. Nature Comm. 7...
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