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  1. Fluorescent Biosensors for Measuring Autophagic Flux

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    Jan. 22, 2019, 2:41 p.m.
    ...dimeric Keima is excited at 440 nm and in acidic environments at 586 nm. Regardless of excitation wavelength... emits at 620 nm. The ratio of signal strength excited at 586 nm to 440 nm serves as a measure of autophagy...
  2. Why Add Sucrose? Improved Yields for Adeno-associated Virus Preparation

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    Dec. 13, 2018, 1:14 p.m.
    ...treated with sucrose or other osmolytes to induce hypertonicity display enhanced monoclonal antibody production...to the research community.    So, why are we so excited? For starters, we believe that this approach can... for a host of other AAV serotypes; it will be exciting to test this approach with different capsids. ...
  3. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    March 9, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
    ...on this topic, the authors state, “Both explicit and implicit aspects of today’s postdoctoral training...need to move around every 3-6 years—a short and exciting ride Complicated matrix structures are common...
  4. Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies

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    March 28, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
    ...School of Medicine. This deposit includes frequently cited antibodies for use in brain imaging (Andrews et ...recombinant antibodies are derived were tested for specificity in knock-out lines or animals.  Addgene will ... educational materials to the resource. We are excited to work with all of you to make this the best and...
  5. Antibodies 101: Chimeric Antibodies

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    April 25, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...regions are unique to each antibody and convey specificity to the target while constant regions are identical...resulting chimeric antibody retains the binding specificity to the original target and can be used with secondary...capabilities this process is frequently used to reduce immunogenicity and thereby enhance the therapeutic potential...
  6. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...production to individual labs, but now we’re very excited to provide ready-to-use CRISPR lentiviral preps...lentivirus is not always an easy process. The cloning capacity of lentiviral vectors (~8.5 kb of insert) and ...lentivirus on our blog and protocol pages. We’re excited to provide this new service for researchers wanting...
  7. Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer

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    July 6, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...Receptors) CAR T cells and PD-1 modulators. An exciting development in immunotherapy is the combination...model for this study (Ref 6)). In addition, it was exciting to see that the use of optogenetic tools is expanding...observe the function of immune cells that are not excitable but responsive to calcium. We’d love to expand...
  8. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    Feb. 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...towards conjugates.  Storage   Once you get your exciting new antibody, the second thing you’ll want to ...a specific wavelength of light in response to excitation by a laser, which is then read by a detector ... need to know the wavelength of laser needed to excite them - and it’s a good idea to make sure that laser...
  9. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    June 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m.
    ... will be necessary to improve its multiplexing capacity. Multiplexing is key due to the natural redundancy...As nucleases may have off-target effects and/or toxicity, it would be advantageous to instead use a preexisting...multiplexing in systems with limited packaging capacity. Still confused about the various tRNA expression...
  10. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... delivery mechanism, but their small packaging capacity of 4-5 kb limits the delivery of larger transgenes...spatial precision of gene expression and reduces toxicity as compared to previous Cre/lox or drug-induced...inactivating Cre. This is critical for reducing Cre toxicity in long-term experiments.  Figure 4: The...
  11. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    Nov. 24, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...At Addgene, we love GFP, and we’re always excited when depositors find new ways to make this workhorse...Transcriptional Devices Dependent On GFP). In testing the specificity of their system, Tang et al. found that YFP and... using the rTetR system, but Cre-DOG lacks the toxicity that can be seen with high levels of transcription...
  12. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    July 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
    ... blue light (Bubeck et al., 2018). 3. Reduce cytotoxicity of CRISPR-Cas editing in tissues The small size... systems prevents the off-target effects and cytotoxicity that result from excessive nuclease activity...Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Molecular Therapy...
  13. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    May 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...on the position in the protospacer, the editing capacity of the ABE8s ranged from 1.5x higher for positions...For applications that require high DNA editing specificity, for example for potential therapeutic approaches...ABE8s demonstrate an overall improved base editing capacity, even at sites that used to be difficult to target...
  14. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    Aug. 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...antibody’s specificity. Strength and accuracy The strength is based on binding specificity and exposure...public service to the science community, and I am excited to be a part of it! If you are interested to get...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...rate (Redfern et al., 1999) or altered neuron excitability (Zhu et al., 2014). The system allows you to...important to consider that the same receptor can elicit different responses depending on what cell type... chemogenetic receptors can be used to alter excitability by lowering or raising the threshold for signaling...
  16. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...trials, wild type AAV is not associated with any pathogenicity and has a low immunogenic profile. AAV was first...new and refined forms of capsids with improved specificity. AAV vectors are able to facilitate and enhance...abilities to infect target tissues. Improved specificity through control of gene expression and the selection...
  17. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    Dec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... the Science City The conference was located in the modern, relatively new “Science City” area on the...choose to locate there. I made time to go into the city of Guangzhou and see some of the sites. Most fascinating...
  18. Of Myc and Men

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    Jan. 19, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...this, there are close to 10,000 citations for anti-Myc 9E10 in CiteAb, many of which are from this year...Locate a promising monoclonal antibody with high specificity. (2) Narrow down the specific epitope that your...
  19. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    Aug. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...license. If you’re currently using mVenus or mCitrine, or if existing yellow fluorescent proteins just...binds to AMPA receptor subunit GluA1 found at excitatory synapses (Rivera & Huang, et al., 2025). AF was...determined cells. This version of ATLAS works only at excitatory synapses; however, its modular design allows ...
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