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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m....can be affected by both autofluorescence and photobleaching. Researchers have long been interested in using... cells. As Nano-lanterns are not subject to photobleaching/phototoxicity, they successfully imaged multiple...applications. For long-term imaging, especially where photobleaching and phototoxicity are a concern, these constructs...
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Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m....instead use a preexisting, conserved cellular machinery to process gRNAs. Hijacking tRNA processing to...plants. Yang was intrigued by the tRNA processing machinery present in almost every living organism. Precursor...PTG constructs in rice protoplasts. Compared to matching traditional gRNA-expressing constructs, transcript... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m.... Keown, a staff writer at the non-profit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Susan Keown’s science...position at Fred Hutch because her skill set wasn’t matching up with the local job postings. “There were jobs...applied and I got it.” Science writing at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Work as a Science Writer... -
Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m....GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo and achieved therapeutically relevant editing efficiencies ...heart, and skeletal muscle. The dosing required to achieve these efficiencies was also between 1013 - 1014...Ace absorbance increases and results in higher quenching of mScarlet emission. Figure 2: Ace-mScarlet... -
Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 21, 2021, 2:15 p.m....developing assays. Protocol architecture The basic (very basic!) architecture of the indirect approach is...method relies on multiple secondary antibodies attaching to a single primary antibody, it is sometimes ... -
Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m....what Shoukhrat Mitalipov and his colleagues have achieved, and how the field will move forward from this...circumvent this problem, they co-injected CRISPR machinery with sperm into M phase oocytes, thus allowing...’s important to remember that the study hasn’t achieved any end goal not available with current techniques... -
Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2022, 1:15 p.m...., Jiang F, Xie J, Kamiyama D. Commun Biol. 2021 Daichi Kamiyama Cerulean Cerulean(1-10) for use with..., Jiang F, Xie J, Kamiyama D. Commun Biol. 2021 Daichi Kamiyama ECFP C155 of ECFP pairs with N173 derived..., Jiang F, Xie J, Kamiyama D. Commun Biol. 2021 Daichi Kamiyama sfCherry2 sfCherry2(1-10) and sfCherry2... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2017, 1:03 p.m....Intermolecular FRET can be experimentally difficult to achieve, because the ratio of acceptor to donor fusions... Before constructing your own FRET probe, try searching PubMed for articles describing the FRET tool that...PMC2396198. 4. Sustarsic, Marko, and Kapanidis, Achillefs N. "Taking the ruler to the jungle: Single-molecule... -
A Look at Addgene's QC Process
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m....intended. Sharing unverified plasmids can lead to far reaching consequences, from wasting time and money on optimizing...through the QC pipeline to resolve any issues. Catching and addressing QC issues Addgene’s QC team has...discrepancies can be caught prior to distribution. Catching these errors prevents future experimental issues... -
Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m....multiple genes to achieve a desired effect. This is commonly used in plant biology to achieve traits such as...organization schema MoClo can be broken down into three hierarchical levels: individual DNA parts, transcriptional... -
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m....back into the infants. Almost all patients have achieved persistent immunological reconstitution with a...mutations in the gene RPE65. It is characterized by childhood onset of blindness and was thought to be untreatable...Improvement and decline in vision with gene therapy in childhood blindness." New England Journal of Medicine 372.20... -
Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.... it has been challenging to introduce CRISPRi machinery into diverse bacteria species. Existing protocols...bacteria with a chromosomal copy of the RP4 transfer machinery mobilize these plasmids for transfer to recipient...contain a chromosomal copy of the RP4 transfer machinery, which mobilizes the Tn7 plasmids, and lack the... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m....writing a grant, thinking about the next project, reaching out to other teams, expanding your network…. I...problem, I was able to resolve this issue - with coaching - before it became a major problem. But I also...always the case or you may not feel comfortable reaching out to your manager. This is when having a mentor... -
Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m....Chromoproteins also enhance corals’ resistance to mass bleaching, the loss of their symbiotic algae, during heat...cost and resources are limited or for bioart and teaching applications. Find a chromoprotein for your experiment...doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-0100-0 Murakoshi, H., Horiuchi, H., Kosugi, T., Onda, M., Sato, A., Koga, N.,... -
Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m....partially because they contain some of the necessary machinery to make these viruses. The cells are also easy...they require cloning specific AAV or lentiviral machinery into a baculovirus plasmid. Production of baculovirus... https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-0995fje. Tan, E., Chin, C. S. H., Lim, Z. F. S., & Ng, S. K. (2021). HEK293... -
Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.... functional groups: nucleases, modulators, and chimeric effectors. Nucleases generate a classic double-stranded...break, while modulators regulate transcription and chimeric efforts make a precise edit or insertion via a...distributed CRISPR plasmids. But modulators and chimeric effectors, made available in 2013 and 2016, respectively... -
Of Myc and Men
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 19, 2023, 2:15 p.m.... that this step “...proved to be quite easy to achieve…” - but I think we can all agree that it sounds...c-Myc protein and did not recognize the mouse or chicken homologs. By comparing the homologous sequences...Myc1-9E10 in the late 1990s (Fuchs, et al. 1997; Schiweck, et al. 1997) with the goal of making the antibody... -
3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 17, 2017, 12:55 p.m.... instances of focused attention become magical teaching moments. The models function as thinking tools...that the resulting physical model is an effective teaching tool. You can read about Jacob’s initial reaction...BioMolecular Modeling web site to check out our hands-on teaching tools that are designed to make the molecular ... -
Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 26, 2016, 2:30 p.m....concentration. Add supplements to the media You can achieve higher cell density using a nutrient-rich broth...plasmids may need to be grown for 20 hours or more to achieve maximum plasmid yield. The optimal growth time ...insufficient gas exchange will prevent your cultures from reaching the desired density. The volume of your flask ... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.... is valuable in many experimental settings. To achieve this, scientists use a multitude of techniques ...use the 2A peptides instead of an IRES when stoichiometrically equivalent levels of expression are required...to plasmids, allowing you to spend less time researching plasmid basic features and spend more time developing...