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  1. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    Oct. 26, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...sequencing is successful, your NGS provider should return results in the form of many, many short DNA sequences...specific libraries, but any analysis script should return the same output: a spreadsheet of read counts. ...

  2. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    March 1, 2018, 2:11 p.m.
    ...therefore higher titer will be required. For example, retrograde AAV gets transported up the cell’s axon. While...even larger area, thus necessitating even higher retrograde AAV titers for successful transduction. In another...

  3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    June 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
    ...Peak emission (nm) Size (kDa) Substrate Cofactors Secreted Luminous shrimp(Oplophorus gracilirostris) 455...cell membrane and deliver the substrate; however, secreted luciferase or the use of alternative substrate...

  4. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    June 29, 2017, 1:06 p.m.
    ... and sequence displays are now much easier to interpret and analyze at a glance. For a quick look at just...“Analyze Sequence” button. The maps hosted here retain all the features shown in the static maps discussed...

  5. How Addgene Creates Content

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    Nov. 17, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...quickly." Final design (right). Immediate and immense regret of the graphic designer not shown.   However... and knowledge changes and require updating or retiring. CRISPR/Cas9, for example, has gone through rapid...

  6. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...envelope protein for producing lentiviral and MuLV retroviral particles. It can be used with packaging plasmids...as pCMV-dR8.2 dvpr (lentiviral) or pUMVC (MuLV retroviral). Fun fact: published in 2003, this plasmid predates...

  8. Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more

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    Dec. 12, 2019, 2:22 p.m.
    ...website resources that best match a user’s query, and return the matching resources in an order that makes sense...expose as filters and designed the search engine to return only the filters that are relevant to a specific...

  10. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...one type of virus to choose from (lentivirus, retrovirus, AAV, etc.). When you’ve decided on an application...attenuated, nef-deleted HIV-1 strains in vivo. Retrovirology. 2007 Sep 23;4:66. doi: 10.1186/1742-4690-4-...

  11. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...integrate your choice cDNA. Both lentivirus and retrovirus can package cDNAs for genomic delivery and have...to permanently induce expression? Check out our Retro expression vector and Lenti expression vector. ...

  12. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    June 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fiction story that doesn’t require any detailed retention of information or formulation of new knowledge...mental bandwidth.  Jargon Learning, using, and retaining new vocabulary takes time and effort (otherwise...

  13. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...for cellular delivery of RNAs By Mike Lacy The retroviral-like protein PEG10 specifically binds its own...demonstrate SEND as a modular system for packaging, secretion, and delivery of specific RNAs, such as Cre mRNA...

  16. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    March 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... and RNA is retained in the top, aqueous layer, while DNA and other proteins are retained in the interphase...

  17. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    July 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...gender analysis and 2) provides case studies with concrete examples of how gender analysis leads to discovery...design. But eyes have been opened—and we cannot return to a world that ignores gender. Many thanks to...

  18. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m.
    ...plan for a career outside academia (that would be pretty much all scientists), a LinkedIn profile is absolutely...rules of good resume writing. Include examples of concrete accomplishments in both the technical and “plus...

  19. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    Jan. 31, 2019, 1:32 p.m.
    ...growth factor-β signaling, possibly inducing the secretion of growth promoting proteins, such as human growth...microenvironments! Take myoepithelial cells for instance. They retard tumor formation by inhibiting cell growth, invasion...

  20. Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression

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    Jan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
    ...activators or repressors. These fusion proteins retain the ability to recognize and bind to DNA; when ...occasions truncated gRNAs (≤15nt) have been found to retain some ability to induce Cas9 to make edits (AC, ...
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