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TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m....under a wide range of inducer concentrations (0.1-1% L-arabinose) without signs of toxicity or burden ...bacteria have colonized (Fig. 1c). Fig. 1: Expressing bARGSer in E. coli. (a) Plasmid diagram...ultrasound contrast. In all the cell lines we tested, 1 µg/mL doxycycline was sufficient to saturate expression...engineering a cell line, cotransfect the mARG cassettes 2:1 (A:N-V) with PiggyBac transposase and outgrow the ... tumors and tumor-homing bacteria. Nat Biotechnol 1–13 (2023) doi:10.1038/s41587-022-01581-y ...you enjoy playing with our genes. Have fun! About the authors: Marjorie Buss is a PhD student studying...
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Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m....2021). Table 1: Properties of modern NIR FPs NIR FP Ex, nm Em, nm ECa, M-1cm-1 QYb, % Molecular...brightness (Table 1). NIR reporters and biosensors NIR reporters can tell us about cellular events via...expression level. State-of-the-art FPs (listed in Table 1) were optimized for efficient binding of endogenous...previously reported widely used dimeric iRFPs (Table 1). In general, the monomeric state of a probe leads...in eukaryotic cells as an intermediate of heme metabolism (Shemetov et al, 2017). Modern state-of-the-art...NIR-GECOs were developed based on mIFP6. Learn more about the characteristics, performance, and applications... -
RUBY-Red Siliques
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m....in all other plants, anthocyanins. Figure 1: An adult plant expressing RUBY. Photos by Andrew ... be collected from heterozygous individuals. Only 1/4 of the descendants of the heterozygous plants, therefore... (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00390-1 Additional resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR 101... is difficult for new members of the lab or collaborators unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY...resistant disease. (RUBY-red: You can’t beet it!) About the Author Andrew Willoughby is a graduate student... -
Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.... vectors are: 1) the potential generation of replication competent virus [usually HIV-1]; and 2) the potential...systems have been developed over the years based on HIV-1; however, the 1st-generation vectors are never used...which has been shown to repress expression of HIV-1 LTRs (more information is available here). 2nd vs...Plasmids 101 Learn about genome-wide screening with CRISPR and Lentivirus Read about the ClonTracr Library... the proper cell line is used; several common laboratory cell lines including 293 were immortalized with... -
Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 27, 2025, 1:15 p.m....require large amounts of high quality DNA. Figure 1 illustrates the three grades of DNA you may need based...their relative quality and quantity. Figure 1: Plasmid preps fall into different categories based...specific volume ranges of culture as their input (Table 1). When you feel like you need just a bit higher DNA...kit for example. These kits are designed to handle ~1–5 mL of liquid culture. Using a higher volume can ...beads and a suitable magnet as you scale up. Table 1: Standard Prep Kit Capacities* Prep size Amount...Amount of culture Approximate DNA yield** Miniprep 1–5 mL 5–50 µg Midiprep 25–100 mL 20–200 µg Maxiprep...columns we’ve been talking about!) are a significant source of waste in laboratories. To help combat this, ... -
Antibody Data Repositories and Search Engines
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 31, 2024, 1:15 p.m....shared the ones we're familiar with in Table 1. Table 1: Antibody data repositories and search engines...Program (HuBMAP) Antibody Characterization Laboratory Cancer Any Data repository From the Frederick...And if you're interested in joining discussions about improving antibody quality throughout research, ... -
Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....on-target and off-target editing efficiency Figure 1: Effects of (A) double and (B) single base pair gRNA-target...that Cpf1 can tolerate mismatches at gRNA positions 1, 8, 9, and 19-23. Accordingly, the 3’ end of the gRNA...Most gRNAs directed low-frequency Cpf1 cleavage at 1-12 off-target sites; in contrast, SpCas9 may cleave...fits into the genome editing landscape. References 1. Kim D, Kim J, Hur JK, Been KW, Yoon SH, Kim JS. Genome-wide...a cell culture model. What we still don't know about Cpf1 In their original paper characterizing Cpf1...Addgene Blog Catch Up On Your Cpf1 Background Read About CRISPR Competitor NgAgo Learn How You Can Use piggyBac... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m..... Table 1 provides an overview of pooled library protocols you can use as a reference. Table 1: Examples... be more difficult to transform. Figure 1: Factors to consider when creating a pooled library...etc. The DNA amount can be anywhere from 10 ng to 1 μg of DNA. It often correlates with the size of the...First, you’ll need to collect specific information about your library: the size of your library (How many...with Addgene. If you have any specific questions about designing your library amplification protocol, feel... -
PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m....against the limitations of the assay. Fig. 1: A schematic representation of Sybr Green chemistry...Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1768:143-160. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7778-9_9. PMID: 29717442. Arya M, Shergill IS...amplification of Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance-1 gene (pfmdr1). J Parasitol. 2011 Oct;97(5):939-42....gamma receptor genes FCGR3A and FCGR3B. PloS one, 10(1), e0116791. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116791...controls must be run in triplicate. The nice thing about qPCR is that since it measures relative quantification...number, albeit within a range of RQ values as noted above. In both applications, results can be affected... -
Podcast: A Malawian Professor's Path to Biotech Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 24, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... here! Podcast Breakdown (Time: Topic) 0:00-1:00 : Intro 1:01-3:48 : Kingdom Kwapata's background and ...more about Dr. Kwapata’s current work and thoughts on the need for more scientific collaboration across... connecting us with him. Learn more about our recent collaboration with Seeding Labs here. Special thanks...received an award from nonprofit and Addgene collaborator, Seeding Labs, for lab equipment that will help...Addgene Podcast. Additional Resources Learn about Seeding Lab's Work with Lilongwe Univeristy of Agriculture...How You Can Contribute to the Addgene Blog Learn about Addgene Plasmid Donations for Rare Disease Research... -
Antibodies 101: Affinity Tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 19, 2023, 1 p.m....118). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-301-1:99 Resources on Addgene.org Addgene antibodies...and yes, we have an antibody for that! Fig. 1 - Diagram of His-tagged protein purification work ...isolate a protein, there must be a special feature about that protein that no other protein in the expression... -
Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m....total dose between 1 x 1011 and 5 x 1011 vg per animal (i.e., 10 and 50 µL of vector at 1 x 1013 vg/mL titer... and 1 x 1012 vg*. Most systemic capsids are easy to produce in high titer, but higher doses (>1 x 1012...Systemic Capsids page to learn more about that collection. Table 1: Systemic capsid plasmids available...before using it in an application. Figure 1: AAV toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain...decision tree for selecting a capsid, while Table 1 gives a brief overview of published descriptions of...AAV9. At lower viral titers than AAV-PHP.B (e.g., 1 x 1011 vg/mouse), AAV-PHP.eB can transduce a greater...Diverse Brain Cells. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 45(1), 447–469. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-111020... -
New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m....by mating with Cre-expressing mice. Figure 1: (A) Schematic of the Cre-dependent SPH construct ... alpha (aCaMKII; excitatory neurons) and Synapsin-1 (pan-neuronal) promoters (Figure 1b), and sgRNAs can...ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure...Neuron-specific expression is mediated by the synapsin 1 (SYN) promoter, which was superior in its ability ... to target individual genes can be relatively laborious because multiple plasmids/viruses are needed to...screening strategies Although the tools described above make CRISPRa more accessible to neuroscientists,...vitro and in vivo applications, the tools described above make CRISPRa in the brain relatively easy and accessible... -
Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2020, 12:15 p.m....2 (CRY2) and calcium and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) proteins. The goal of both groups was to create... the Sata lab is composed of two fusion proteins: 1) the genomic anchor - an inactive, dead Cas9 protein...combination. The optimized LACE system consisted of: 1) CIBN-dCas9-CIBN, where CIBN is the N-terminal fragment.... crassa) (Kawano et al., 2015). Nicknamed paCas9-1 and consisting of the fusion proteins N713-pMag and...fold-induction of Cas9 activity (16.4-fold). This paCas9-1 light-inducible system was able to recognize the same...flCas9). When triggered by blue light (470nm), paCas9-1 induced indel mutations via NHEJ (frequency of 20.5%...background activity of the system by modifying paCas9-1 using nMagC714 instead of nMagHigh1-C714, generating... -
Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m....Cancer Center for teaching me about AAV production and purification! References 1. Aurnhammer, C., Haase, M...cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides the AAV replication...plasmid. This whole process takes ~3 hours to complete: 1 hours hands-on time and 2 hours for the qPCR run and... repeat sequences. Human gene therapy methods, 23 1, 18-28. PubMed PMID: 22428977. 2. Choi, V.W., Asokan...a workspace with plasmid, not that I would know about this… A no template control (NTC) should always ... variability. Check out this post to learn more about different ways to titer AAV. Do you have any AAV... -
The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank: Over 25 Years of Antibody Sharing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 10, 2015, 2:25 p.m.... factors such as PAX7, PAX6, AP-2 alpha and ISLET-1. In addition, we distribute monoclonal antibodies ...Monoclonal Antibody Research Institute dedicated to: 1) developing new ways of generating antibodies, for...antibodies to be used as a powerful reagent in the laboratory. The DSHB focuses on monoclonal antibodies,...Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) since 1996. More Blog Posts about Scientific Sharing: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid... -
The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m....NGS) to identify genes of interest. Figure 1: Overview of in vitro AAV CRISPR screens. Created ...certain experiments. AAV can be safely handled at BSL-1, while lentivirus requires a BSL-2 setup. This requires...CRISPR-induced DNA breaks. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12449-2 Pupo,...diseases. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-024-01780-w Additional...Hanlon, K. S., Kleinstiver, B. P., Garcia, S. P., Zaborowski, M. P., Volak, A., Spirig, S. E., Muller, A.,...vivoscreening platform. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.13.544831 Santinha... -
Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m....identification of proteins associated with the IRF-1 locus. Figure 1: Schematic of enCHIP. Image from Fujita...the promoter region of the transcription factor IRF-1. Immunoprecipitation, using an antibody targeting ...References Campbell, Amy E., et al. "NuRD and CAF-1-mediated silencing of the D4Z4 array is modulated ...specific genomic region In 2013, the Hodaka Fujii Laboratory first described a method to purify a specific...additional research conducted in the Hodaka Fujii Laboratory, please also see our interview with Dr. Fujii... -
AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m....and Therapeutic Purposes. Annu Rev Virol. 2014 Nov;1(1):427-51. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-031413-085355...personalized medicine. References and further reading 1. FDA approves gene therapy for blindness 2. Gene Therapy... Med Biol. 2014; 801: 687–693. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3209-8_86. PubMed PMID: 24664759. PubMed Central...famously visited Congress to help increase awareness about the potential of gene therapy!). It would take another...muscular atrophy, neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic diseases are also underway and reported results... -
Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m....attract fish for them to prey upon (Figure 1). Figure 1: The sea anemone's red color can be used ...synthetic biology. Journal of Biological Engineering, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-0100-0 Murakoshi...expression in living cells. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48604-4 Salih... Fluorescent Protein 101 blog series Learn more about FRET Find protocols and tips for making plasmid ...