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  1. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    Oct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...localizations. Figure 2: Split-wrmScarlet labeling proteins with different subcellular locations. Image from...determine cell cycle length by examining the ratio of blue to red cells. Cells undergoing rapid cell cycles...engineered C. elegans cell lines to express wrmScarlet1-10 unattached to any other cellular protein. They used...’s difficult to observe the cell cycle in vivo, particularly if the cells are migratory or in deep tissues... BaF3 cells were transduced with H2B-FT virus and grown in varying concentrations of IL-3. Cells grown...proportion of blue fluorescence, indicating cell proliferation. BaF3 cells maintained in media without IL-3 show...H2B-FT consistently predicted the cell cycle speed across these different cell types. In one example, H2B-FT...
  2. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    Sept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... already have an end product in mind, steps 1 and 2 will generally be straightforward. Likewise for step...Calcium phosphate Cells Transformed cell lines Transformed cell lines Transformed cell lines Cargo Nucleic...identify and enrich positive cells or a selection marker to generate stable cell lines. Transient or stable...and enrich positive cells. Likely contains a selection marker to generate stable cell lines. Packaging and...wide variety of mammalian cell lines. Useful for difficult to transfect cell types and can be used in ...protein are degraded within the cell.   Delivery methods for mammalian cell lines As mentioned above, the...components into your target cells. Delivery of these components into mammalian cell lines is quite broad and...
  3. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    Nov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... tabular HTML formatted output. Surprisingly only 2 tools provide FASTA output. A few notable tools allow...Nature biotechnology(2014). PubMed PMID: 24880488. 2. Hsu, Patrick D., et al. "DNA targeting specificity...the research community. I’ve likened it to the celebration surrounding the piñata. From the perspective ...
  4. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    Nov. 2, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Cure for HIV/AIDS. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 13;24(2):1563. doi: 10.3390/ijms24021563 Resources on Addgene.org...Cas9 in Intestinal Stem Cell Organoids of Cystic Fibrosis Patients." Cell Stem Cell. 13, 653-658 (2013). ...patient’s own cells that have been modified ex vivo, previously edited healthy donor cells can be delivered...Genetic Disease in Mouse Via Use of CRISPR/Cas9." Cell Stem Cell. 13, 659-662 (2013). Gerald Schwank et al. ...on editing animal models of disease and cultured cells. For example, in 2013, Jinsong Li and colleagues...applied CRISPR to disease correction in adult stem cells isolated from two patients with cystic fibrosis ...delivery directly to the patient. Patient-derived cells can alternatively be harvested, edited ex vivo, ...
  5. Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools

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    May 15, 2018, 12:43 p.m.
    ...C-terminus of human codon-optimized  cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) from Arabidopsis thaliana. When exposed to ...illumination of neighboring cells evokes action potentials (APs) in patched cells expressing wild type CoChR...techniques for live-cell imaging of the dynamic changes in biochemical activity within the cell. Their Fluorescence...distribution of clusters without accumulation in subcellular compartments such as nuclear speckles. Furthermore...OptoSTIM1), caused two-fold faster changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels than the original version containing...CRY2clust should prove a useful tool to further probe cellular function. The CRY2clust Plasmid can be found here...28646204. soCoChR: A novel opsin that enables single-cell optogenetics Article contributed by Meghan Rego ...
  6. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...dimerization-dependent protein interactions. FEBS letters, 591 2, 415-424. PubMed PMID: 28032891. This is a different... expressed in cells via plasmids or by the creation of stable cell lines and these cells are then grown... complex. Not performed in a native cell context. For AP-MS, cells are lysed before the bait protein is...and interacting proteins in mammalian cells. The Journal of cell biology. PubMed PMID: 22412018. PubMed...against PPIs that aren't stable outside the native cell context. The Split-BioID method Enter Split-BioID...tagging of proteins in both BioID or Split-BioID, cells are lysed, protein extracted, and labeled protein...proteins that interact with the bait in a native cell contact. Other PPI methods may require protein interactions...
  7. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    Aug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m.
    ...main decisions to make: 1. Which modification? and 2. Which viral vector should be used? Modifying gene...Different AAV serotypes have preferences for specific cell types. For example, AAV1 and AAV9 serotypes have...most cases with VSV-G that generally mediates broad cell tropism and has a high percentage of neuronal targeting...
  8. Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus

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    Aug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Components." Cell (2016). PubMed PMID: 27160350. Find Plasmids from the publication at Addgene 2. Green, ...circuits to be deployed out of the laboratory in a cell-free and biosafe format that was stable for up to...possible and submitted our manuscript to the journal Cell just six weeks later. The Zika publication timeline...of Toronto. His research is focused on developing cell-free synthetic biology applications for human health...de-novo-designed regulators of gene expression." Cell 159.4 (2014): 925-939. PubMed PMID: 25417166. PubMed...Keith, et al. "Paper-based synthetic gene networks." Cell 159.4 (2014): 940-954. PubMed PMID: 25417167. PubMed...
  9. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    July 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...unc- 119 + selection." MicroPublication 1 (2018): 2–3. Wang, Han, et al. "cGAL, a temperature-robust GAL4...currently doing this using two approaches: single-cell RNA-sequencing to identify neuronal class and deep...WDDD aims to acquire quantitative data on all the cell divisions of the C. elegans embryo when all essential...Wang et al., 2018).” With the split system, only cells that have both halves of cGAL can drive expression...
  10. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    Dec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...systems to defend against both DNA and RNA viruses - 2 cas systems regulate at the DNA level and 1 at the...origin of cellular life. His lab has long hypothesized that life started with RNA and a simple cell membrane... circular RNA they have identified resulted in a cell migration defect. They have created a circRNA website...
  11. Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community

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    Sept. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...: PMC4353587. 2. Stephen, Andrew G., et al. "Dragging ras back in the ring." Cancer cell 25.3 (2014): ...molecular level, at the cellular level there is a universal theme - uncontrolled cellular proliferation. We ...cancerous cells Luckily, there are several safety mechanisms in place to protect us from rogue cells when ...process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, is one such mechanism. When a cell or its genetic material... directly inhibit the ability of a cell to undergo programmed cell death while simultaneously stimulating...eliminate every cancerous cell. Even so, to pose the greatest threat, cancerous cells still need to successfully...universally-dividing behavior of cancer cells, attacking the cellular machinery necessary for division. This...
  12. 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, ...it first infects one cell (the “starter cell”). It then replicates within that cell, and nascent RABV cross...connections to the starter cell, RABV was modified to only infect user-defined starter cell types, as well as ...dictate infection of target cells through their interactions with target cell surface receptors (Callaway...Callaway 2008). Based on this, cell type specificity of the starter cell can be achieved by using EnvA-pseudotyped...studied biological processes, like how our stem cells are housed in specific locations and give rise to...Tracers Due to their ability to efficiently enter cells and deliver a variety of cargoes, genetically engineered...
  13. 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...of interest into cells. Unlike gamma-retroviruses that can only infect dividing cells, lentiviruses can...dividing and non-diving cells while retroviruses can only infect dividing cells. When choosing the appropriate...to ensure that the proper cell line is used; several common laboratory cell lines including 293 were immortalized...can infect dividing and non-dividing cells.  Addgene has an extensive collection of lentiviral plasmids...transfecting four different plasmids into the producer cells (two packaging plasmids, an envelope plasmid, and...appropriate gene delivery system, the specific target cell or tissue needs to be considered. Q2: Can I use...
  14. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
    ...Figure 2: Inner mitochondrial membranes imaged with structured illumination microscopy in HeLa cells expressing...yielded editing of 80–90% in human cell lines and primary cells. Although cell entry of a Cas9 ribonucleoprotein...post: Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells Monomeric StayGold variants AAV.CAP-Mac for systemic...antibodies Peptide-assisted genome editing for primary cells By Susanna Stroik Even with the advances in CRISPR...CRISPR technology over the past decade, primary cells remain difficult to genetically edit due to toxicity...toxicity from electroporation or poor cellular entry with other transfection methods. The Junwei Shi Lab addressed...Genome Editing (PAGE). They fused the Cas enzyme to cell-penetrating peptides and co-incubate it with an ...
  15. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ...PMID: 27151215. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4938170. 2. Zuris, John A., et al. "Cationic lipid-mediated delivery...can often be used in cells that are difficult to transfect, such as primary cells. Using RNPs can also...interest. This is commonly performed by transfecting cells with a plasmid, such as PX459, which encodes Cas9...must be considered when using this method:     Cells must be amenable to transfection or viral transduction...protein in complex with a targeting gRNA, to your cells of interest. Cas9 RNPs are capable of cleaving genomic...single or multi-gene knockouts in a wide variety of cell types, gene editing using homology directed repair...difficulties with protein expression that occur in cells where common eukaryotic promoters (such as CMV or...
  16. 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, ...neuroscience where specific tissues, cell types, or even subcellular regions of a neuron need to be targeted...pathways, giving rise to the same cellular responses. The cellular response set off by a DREADD depends ...disease, neuroscientists need to be able to probe cells and circuits without disrupting normal brain function...it provides a noninvasive method for manipulating cell activity, especially neuronal firing. What is chemogenetics...drugs. Once activated, chemogenetic receptors hijack cell signaling pathways and can lead to such responses...requires successfully introducing receptors to target cells. Targeted and specific delivery becomes especially...
  17. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... that bind to a cell’s DNA, telling the Cas machinery where to cut.      Fig. 2: Heatmap indicating...ancestry and germline sequence variation in cancer cell lines took them down unexpected paths. Though this...researchers do large-scale CRISPR screens in cancer cell lines, looking to uncover genetic dependencies of...to see if they could identify the ancestry of the cell lines (European, East Asian, Indigenous American...or South Asian) used in the screens based on the cells’ germline genetic variations. They then wanted to...with each ancestry group. Since about 90% of the cell lines used in DepMap CRISPR screens are of either...groups for 994 of the Cancer Dependency Map cancer cell lines (left). Heatmap indicating the breakdown of...
  18. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...take care when using this method.      Fig 2:  A, The polyhistidine tag is a string of histidine...This can be pretty complicated given that a single cell has tens of thousands of proteins functioning in...
  19. Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)

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    Aug. 24, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... adapted to a competitive format. Figure 2: Overview of using Competitive ELISA to quantitatively...immunoassays in DNA damage and instability detection. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 76, 4689–4704 (2019). https://doi.org...
  20. Of Myc and Men

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    Jan. 19, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...promising monoclonal antibody with high specificity. (2) Narrow down the specific epitope that your antibody...For about as long as the disciplines have existed, cell and molecular biologists have been continuously ... peer into the mysterious, microscopic world of cells. The development of antibodies as tools allowed ...monoclonals would help the field explore Myc’s role in cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.  Using two different...specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. Mol Cell Biol 5:3610–3616. https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.5.12.3610... and immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein. Cell 46:291–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(86...signal prevents secretion of luminal ER proteins. Cell 48:899–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(87...
  21. Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?

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    May 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m.
    ...system (by measuring the fluorescence intensity); and 2) to visualize the localization of the FP (fused to... localization of that biomolecule inside living cells. FPs classified by the emission color (emission .... Therefore, these can be used as “timers” for cellular processes following their activation. The four...Biosensors: Throwing color lights on molecular and cellular processes” Curr. Protein. Pept. Sci. 9(4):338....proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues”  Physiol. Rev. 90:1103. Wu et. al. ... nuclear localization, and dynamics” Curr. Opin. Cell. Biol. 23:310. ...
  22. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    ...) 12 (>100) xCas9(3.7)-ABE 69 (1.4) 43 (2) 21 (3) Not examined 16 (>100) Average percent... in mammalian cells Hu et al. compared xCas9 activity with wt SpCas9 in mammalian cells, finding xCas9...NG and GAT PAMs. xCas9 3.7 Activity in Mammalian Cells Construct NGG PAM NGA PAM NGC PAM NGT... percent editing efficiencies (edit frequency in cell population measured with NGS) are shown as percentages...
  23. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...integrates into the trnS-leu2 locus.   Figure 2: Introducing Mobile-CRISPRi into bacteria. Top: A ... acid (DAP), a component of the cell wall. Once in the recipient cell, the CRISPRi DNA (purple) flanked... is propagated during normal DNA replication and cell division. Mobile-CRISPRi does not disrupt gene function...mobilize these plasmids for transfer to recipient cells during a tri-parental mating scheme. Mobile-CRISPRi...
  24. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...You’ve probably heard that only 2% of our genome is made of protein-coding genes, and you might be wondering...encode proteins. They play important roles in many cellular and regulatory processes, but much of their functionality...screening for functional long noncoding RNAs in human cells by Cas9 targeting of splice sites. Nat Biotechnol...non-coding RNAs with the CRISPR/Cas9 system in human cell lines. Nucleic Acids Research. 2014;43(3):e17. doi...
  25. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
    ...mazF gene and a gene for Zeocin resistance (Figure 2). This MazF-ZeoR cassette is flanked by two direct...unstable, meaning that the cells must continually produce antitoxin to avoid cell death. In the case of plasmids...addiction systems” require dividing cells to retain plasmids - if a cell does not inherit plasmid due to ...will be degraded leaving the cell to be killed by the more stable toxin. Cells only survive if they retain...10% of cells while plasmids containing the plasmid addiction system were retained in 75% of cells. They...consist of a toxin which can affect a variety of cellular processes and an antitoxin that suppresses the...designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled cell division”). The encoded toxin-antitoxin system consists...
  26. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ... vivo and in vitro applications.   Figure 2: Modular features of DIRECTED particles where the ... between living cells by TransitID. Cell, 186(15), 3307–3324.e30. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.044. PMID... efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983–4002.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039. PMID: 37657419...lentivirus and MMLV gag, to specific cell types. It can also make CAR-T cell therapy more accessible by simplifying...Optogenetic proximity labeling and TransitID Tracking cellular history with protein ticker tape Teaching an old...called DIRECTED (Delivery to Intended REcipient Cells Through Envelope Design). This modular approach ...viral surface, expanding the range of targetable cell types. DIRECTED is compatible with fusogens from...
  27. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...replicate, then purify the DNA.     Figure 2: A pooled library page with protocols boxed in red...transduction of cells, resulting in cell population mutated by the viral pooled library. These cells can then...transduce your cells.  Titering After generating your lentivirus, you’ll want to infect your cells with the ...of a cell being infected by only one viral particle, but it also increases the chances that a cell doesn...adequately represented in the cell population, you’ll need to infect many more cells than the number of plasmids...appropriate packaging and envelope plasmids into HEK cells allows production of lentivirus. Purification of...small aliquot is not enough to transfect producer cells, so your first step will be to amplify the library...
  28. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...CRISPR in human cells) is a CRISPR-Cas13 based antiviral method to degrade RNA from SARS-CoV-2 sequences and...for labeling specific structures within cells. HeLa cells were transfected with plasmids encoding...protein evolution Fluorescent tools for mammalian cells Nanobody purification CRISPRi and CRISPRa system...selection in the cytosol (instead of on the yeast extracellular surface) which enables tracking of protease ...mCitrine gene. mCherry is constitutively expressed. Cells are then cultured and FACS sorted. Image from Mateo...labeling structures and compartments in mammalian cells By Angela Abitua Genetically encoded fluorescent...or specific localization of biomolecules within cells. However, sometimes these fluorescent proteins might...
  29. 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...no detectable effect on cell viability – meaning there was no measurable cell toxicity – using Cas7-11...such as mouse embryonic stem cells and glioblastoma cells. PASTE Development and discovery The first ...observed in non-dividing cells, meaning that this system wasn’t dependent on the cell’s intrinsic machinery...turning potential into impact. In molecular and cellular biology, this happens through the development ...exclusively on this space — developing tools for cellular targeting. Lately, they’ve been working on two... shRNA and Cas13 systems in a range of mammalian cell lines. However, in those same comparisons, the AbuGoot...
  30. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    Aug. 13, 2019, 12:58 p.m.
    ...externally fertilized, transparent progeny (Figure 2). These features give it a leg up (or a fin up?) over...development. Single cell sequencing-based lineage tracing Recently, gene expression in all cells of the developing...proportions of otherwise normal cell types are produced, rather than novel, abnormal cell types. Sequencing-based...understanding how genes control biology (a fact celebrated by the Nobel prize committee). But as the field...applications. For example, specific tissues such as blood cells or neurons can be fluorescently labeled, allowing...divisions, and movements of each of the thousands of cells in the developing zebrafish embryo have been tracked...developing zebrafish embryo has been mapped using single cell RNA sequencing approaches (Harland, 2018). Several...
  31. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
    ...al (Nature. 1988 Jul 28;334(6180):320-5.) PubMed. 2. A segment of the 5' nontranslated region of encephalomyocarditis...them. Why Use multicistronic vectors? Detecting cells that are expressing your gene, especially if you...reporters allow you to easily screen or select for cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high...promoter, multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells that are positive for your marker should also be...anytime you want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression ...promotes translation of the viral genome in eukaryotic cells.1,2 Since then, a variety of IRES sequences have...discovered - many from viruses, but also some from cellular mRNAs. What they all have in common is the ability...
  32. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ... PMID: 25184501. PubMed Central PMCID: MC4262738. 2. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to...when trying to screen a limited number of cells like primary cells or in vivo. Recently, the labs of David... cultured cells as well as more difficult conditions such as model systems and primary cells. References...with both A375 (melanoma) and AT29 (colon cancer) cells and assessed the libraries performance via the depletion...important criterion for probing a limited number of cells. Get the Brunello CRISPRko sgRNA library as pooled...subject to an increase in dsDNA breaks that can cause cell death. Thus, CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi) libraries...study screening for vemurafenib resistance in A375 cells. The SAM system (CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation...
  33. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 3, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...split at 175 Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast TREX-2 mRNA export complex: components and anchoring nucleoporin...measuring protein expression or localization in cells, or even single-particle tracking of the bound complex...) for use with GFP(11) Multiplexed labeling of cellular proteins with split fluorescent protein tags. ...(1-10) and GFP(11) Versatile protein tagging in cells with split fluorescent protein. Kamiyama et al. ...pairs with sfCherry2(11) Multiplexed labeling of cellular proteins with split fluorescent protein tags. ...tracking of protein-protein interactions in living cells. Shao S, Zhang H, Zeng Y, Li Y, Sun C, Sun Y. Commun...
  34. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    Jan. 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...inhibit editing (Anzalone et al., 2019). Figure 2: Starting lengths for optimizing your pegRNA primer...editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes. Cell, 184(22), 5635-5652.e29. https...Guide RNA and Target DNA. Cell, 156(5), 935–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.001 Yan, J., Oyler-Castrillo...type of edit, genomic context, delivery strategy, cell type, and goal of the experiment. Now, onto the ...nicking of the unedited strand and encourage the cell to use the edited strand as a template during DNA...also allows certain unintended edits to escape cellular surveillance. To limit unintended incorporation...https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.018 Nelson, J. W., Randolph, P. B., Shen, S. P., Everette, K. A...
  35. 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...unwinding steps. Molecular Cell, 70(3), 385-394.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.031 Xiao, Y., ...CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, 83(5), 746-758.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2023.01.024 Morisaka, ...there isn’t a template strand left behind that the cell can use to repair. Figure 3: General overview...broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038...CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12), 1471–1477. https:...
  36. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...that numbers are not switched around or misread.  2. Track the container - It is just as important to ... reader and an Excel spreadsheet. Start by scanning the sample barcodes into the cells in the same order...using an electric charge to help the DNA enter the cells. Some samples require a reduced antibiotic concentration...concentration or need to be transformed into different cells than were originally requested. Most of our samples...tubes and use this ID to name the corresponding Excel sheet.3. Be specific  - When assigning a physical...storage process - from deposited DNA to transformed cells and finally to bacterial glycerol stocks that are...
  37. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...more tips on using social media as a scientist here. 2) Public engagement - Participate in science festivals...decide to start your own blog, check out these two excellent articles: On the Origin of Science Writers How...
  38. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    Aug. 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...non-specific binding in our IHC condition.   Fig. 2: Schematic of the goldilocks antibody selection process... Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network, the Wu lab will be screening over...
  39. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    Jan. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
    ...out for help so you can get the support you need. 2) Prepare an agenda for every meeting Supervisors are...person that all employers are eager to hire. An excellent resource to learn more about assertiveness skills...
  40. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    July 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
    ...GUS-staining is a very useful visual reporter (Figure 2). The GUS enzyme cleaves a substrate, which will then...roots, as functional chloroplasts and leaf specific cell types are missing in roots. The development of transgenic...transformation” usual means that neither a stable cell line or plant is regenerated from the transformed...with the gene of interest is transferred into the cells. But for C. roseus, Agrobacterium infiltration into...fused to a protein of interest to elucidate the subcellular localization of your protein of interest. Find...Intrinsic GUS-like activities in seed plants." Plant cell reports 9.1 (1990): 1-5. PubMed PMID: 24226366. ...
  41. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Hoogsten base pairs and wobble pairs.  Figure 2: (A) The codon wheel depicts the 64 codons that encodes...mammalian cells. This was the first codon optimized membrane protein expressed in mammalian cells. In this...sequence. That means there are 61 possible tRNAs. Cells however, may not express all 61 of these tRNAs and... are also optimized for expression in mammalian cells. For example, Henry Lester’s lab optimized the C...Caenorhabditis elegans GluCl ion channel genes for mammalian cells dramatically improves expression levels. Journal...
  42. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...PMID: 18478103. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2364656. 2. Dittmar, Kimberly A., et al. "Selective charging ...reasons include: Metabolic pressures - it takes cellular resources to produce tRNAs that recognize different...mismatched translation rates and potential effects on cell growth, even hosts producing alternative tRNAs may...inclusion bodies that will generally segregate with the cell pellet during purification procedures. Even if you...a means to fine-tune gene expression." Molecular cell 59.2 (2015): 149-161. PubMed PMID: 26186290. PubMed...
  43. 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 ...identifying new genes required for stem and progenitor cell maintenance in planarians in Developmental Biology... his teaching style, with the former offering excellent training in improvisation and the latter making...junction complex is required for stem and progenitor cell maintenance in planarians. Developmental Biology...
  44. Transferable Skills Guide: Career Planning Resources

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    Nov. 14, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ...American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) or the American Chemical Society (ACS) are just 2 examples of organizations...for the position. This post on Business Insider nicely summarizes good job fair practice. Career pages..., there is an etiquette that you should follow, nicely summarized in this post on Forbes.com, and here...
  45. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    Published
    July 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the necessary steps to perform:      Fig. 2: Quick-stepping to a FASTA file   With our outline...mission and our own, as both address the need to accelerate science using different approaches. We were also...evolved into a single, organized pipeline and accelerated the processing of our sequencing data. However...
  46. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    Blog Post
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    July 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of these issues are not particularly new. Chapter 2, “The Professional Scientist,” addresses the challenges... Aliyah Weinstein, Fabienne Furt, and Quintin Marcelino for their helpful discussion of this book....
  47. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    Blog Post
    Published
    April 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...infection of cultured cells.” Nature 339 (1989). 487–488. PubMed PMID: 2725683. 2. Miller, C.J., Kassem...Love your cells and they'll love you back A successful lentiviral infection begins with your cells, both ...both your packaging cells and your target cells. Poor tissue culture practices can lead to low titers and... promote cell growth. Overgrown cultures stimulate quiescence, the resting phase of the cell cycle; quiescent...quiescent cells do not take up nucleic acid or express transgenes as well as actively dividing cells resulting...reaching 108 cells per ml before the media becomes cloudy. Mycoplasma compete with host cells for nutrients... your producer cells with fresh medium. Daily medium exchanges help alleviate cellular stresses associated...
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