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  1. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...AAVs in the clinic Thus far, AAV vectors AAV1, AAV-2, AAV1-AAV2 hybrids, AAV-6, AAV-7, AAV-8, AAV-9 and...neutralizing antibodies against some AAV types, AAV1, 2, 3 and 5 are thought to be as high as 70% among the... 10.24 (2003): 1999-2004. PubMed PMID: 14566358.  2. Hirsch, M. L., et al. "Self-complementary AAV mediates...persistent immunological reconstitution with a normally functioning T cell repertoire (1). In this example...icosahedral, non-enveloped virus that carries a small, approximately 4.7 kb single stranded genome. AAV...
  2. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
    ...(you generally don’t want more tag than protein), 2-3 tags is increasingly common. Tandem affinity purification...TEV cleavage site (more on that in a moment), and 2 ProtA IgG-binding domains. TAP has since come to encompass...found in this paper (available at Addgene).   Table 2: Protease recognition sites commonly used with tags... Protein tags are usually smallish peptides incorporated into a translated protein. As depicted in the...point in crystallizing it or testing its function. Small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) can help with ...with folding and stabilization, as can maltose-binding protein (MBP). Overexpression can also lead to insolubility... issues, but scientists may also choose to add smaller proteins, such as Thioredoxin A (TrxA) that improve...
  3. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    Sept. 12, 2017, 1:44 p.m.
    ...the mixed sample in our pipeline (see Figure 2, sample 2). When we blindly analyzed AAV-68544, we were...look for potential contaminants. The analysis is a 2-step process using Geneious software: First, the individual...serotype of the prep by interrogating the VGS data for small predetermined seed sequences unique to the capsid...to transgene expression in recombinase-negative animals, producing misleading results.  To date, we have...that users titrate their AAV vectors to find the optimal dose that allows for sufficient transgene expression...
  4. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    May 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...design primers to detect the presence of your insert; 2) set up a standard PCR reaction (primers, dNTPs, polymerase...strategies for primer design: 1) insert-specific primers, 2) backbone-specific primers, and 3) orientation-specific...negative clone (-) will not. Backbone-specific primers (2) give larger sized products for positive clones (+...sterile flat toothpick or pipette tip and swirl in a small amount of sterile water.  Pick 3-10 colonies in ...to start liquid cultures. Lastly, you can start small overnight liquid cultures with the clones you pick...boiling the sample before use or by directly adding a small volume of the sample to the PCR reaction. The bacteria...
  5. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    Sept. 29, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...indicating primer dimers. (c) A double peak indicating 2 amplicons. Image credits (respectively): Zuzanna K...details for reproducibility’s sake!   Fig. 2: Setting up triplicates in multiple configurations...used method is the Standard Curve method. See Table 2, (adapted from Wong, 2018) for a comparison of different...Statistically defined log-linear phase   Table 2: A comparison of different qPCR analysis methods. ... for RNA quantitation. Biotechniques. 2000 Aug;29(2):332-7. doi: 10.2144/00292rv02. PMID: 10948434.Taylor...’ll want to run gradients for optimal annealing temperature and optimal primer concentration; check for...parameters, some people find it can detect even smaller differences, and it can even be used to detect ...
  6. Spurred by COVID-19, Addgene Bridges Plasmid Sharing Between Academia and Industry

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    June 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...untagged expression of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in bacteria, yeast, and mammalian cells. We teamed up with Ginkgo...approximately 3,000 constructs to support SARS-CoV-2 research.  Browse the entire Ginkgo Bioworks COVID...with children playing in the background became a normal occurrence as Addgene and our university partners...assessed how to more readily enable research. Often “normal” timelines that could be weeks to months were reduced...
  7. FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution

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    Oct. 17, 2019, 12:28 p.m.
    ...upstream of an opsin gene (e.g., channelrhodopsin-2, ChR2) fused to a reporter gene (e.g., mCherry) to...the correct orientation to be transcribed (Figure 2) (Sharma and Zhu, 2014). How does FLEx enable strong... Abdallah, Khaled, et al. "Adeno-associated virus 2/9 delivery of Cre recombinase in mouse primary afferents...Deniz, et al. "A FLEX switch targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to multiple cell types for imaging and long-range ...optical and genetic methods to photo-stimulate mammalian neurons and alter synaptic events: a new technology...system due to their relatively stable extra-chromosomally long-term expression and low ability to induce...optogenetic FLEx vectors in combination with transgenic animals or rAAVs expressing Cre under a specific cell-type...
  8. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    Aug. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...known as an omega RNA, or ωRNA) (Figure 2), but TnpB is small enough to be carried by viral vectors (~...than a third of the size of Cas9). Figure 2: Comparison of TnpB (A) and Cas9 (B) genome editors...Figure 5: Mechanism of ATLASCre. VAMP2 = synaptobrevin 2; At = ALFA-tag; BACE = β-secretase; AF = AMPA.FingR...time (Figure 1). See the paper for more details on small differences between mGold2s and mGold2t depending...CRISPR has become a household name, the search for smaller genome editors is heating up and TnpB has found...introduced heritable genome edits in a single step with minimal off-target effects. With this proof-of-concept,...
  9. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...handled at BSL-1, while lentivirus requires a BSL-2 setup. This requires a less involved setup when working...infection rates in your experiment. Figure 2: Visual representation of common AAV serotypes used..., 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12449-2 Pupo, A., Fernández, A., Low, S. H., François, A.,...of hundreds to tens of thousands of genes with minimal effort. The versatility of Cas effectors allows... the host genome. AAV instead relies mainly on episomal expression. Episomes are circular pieces of DNA... pool for downstream NGS and means you can use smaller volumes of your library for each experiment. Additional...to use variants of Cas9, like split Cas9, or a smaller Cas9 ortholog like SaCas9. You could even venture...
  10. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    Nov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m.
    ...discussed them in meetings and 2) creating a pictorial guide for our engineers (Fig. 2). Creating this guide was...communication has helped Addgene move from completing 2-3 large projects a year, on average, to completing...” “material,” “item,” and “format” all received formal definitions in our lexicon. We created documents...
  11. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... (2,3). Stable strand separation is maintained by 2 sets of interactions : 1. Interactions between the...formed by the Cas9 HNH and RuvC nuclease domains 2. Interactions between the target strand and the gRNA... Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Nishimasu, Hiroshi, et al. "Crystal structure of ...should enable researchers to make precise edits in mammalian cells and may decrease worries about off target...
  12. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    April 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m.
    ...the result in Figure 1 could look like this: Figure 2: Expression of Plasmid B (as internal control) This...down expression of Gene X but, as shown in Figure 2, this was likely due to the original transfection ...PMID: 20074371. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2817684. 2. Replicates and repeats—what is the difference and...reagents and process. It is important to note that optimal experimental conditions, including how much plasmid...backbone as Plasmid A—that does not target any mammalian gene. This non-targeting control is critical to...a gene, you should design a control that shows maximal activation. Likewise if you are trying to repress...
  13. Cellosaurus: A Cell Line Information Database

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    Feb. 21, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...groups, such as their vaccine production, SARS-CoV-2 research, or adenovirus packaging cell lines dataset...-Line Knowledge Resource. J Biomol Tech. 2018; 29(2): 25-38.... of interest. You can filter CLASTR results by minimal number of markers and similarity score match. This...allele search preferences to help you identify proximal lines you care about. If you have cell lines without...
  14. ReFigure: Save Scientific Figures into Dashboards and Share Your Insights

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    Dec. 13, 2017, 3:20 p.m.
    ...literature? Very often the data of interest are in 1 or 2 figures from one paper and then another figure in ...ReFigure by creating ReFigures and answering this 2 minute survey! You can also find ReFigure on Twitter...occurs infrequently and rarely makes it into the small selection of data found in full-length publications...experimental results but, obviously, this is not optimal. What if you could save the figures of interest...
  15. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Epub 2016 May 2. PubMed PMID: 27136078. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Swarts, Daan...were unable to show TtAgo-mediated cleavage in mammalian cells, likely due to high temperature requirements...cleave plasmid and genomic DNA in a variety of mammalian cell lines, with an efficiency similar to that...sequence can greatly affect editing efficiency. Smaller size At only 887 amino acids in length, NgAgo is... feature is advantageous if you’re working with small capacity viral vectors such as AAV. Base removal...guides. While this fidelity would prevent other small nuclear DNAs from binding NgAgo, it might make it...
  16. Summer SciComm: Science Storytelling

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    Sept. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... (1) the struggle between two opposing forces or (2) the result of competing desires or (3) the presence... an introduction, and a resolution.   Fig. 2: The structure of a story - not just for fiction! ...or other affected people, man/animal vs nature, anthropomorphized animals, or even seemingly unrelated ...Summer SciComm Series! We hope you've enjoyed this small glimpse into the world of science communication ...these pieces aren't always appropriate for your formal scientific communications, they are fantastic fodder...
  17. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...presented in a series of quick (10 minute) or very quick (2 minute) talks so we got to hear from everyone. Addgene...evolutionary tree at least 6-7 times and on at least 2 separate continents. Mimulus (Andrea Sweigart) Monkeyflowers...Organisms, Part 1 Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2 ...manipulate the organism they study (unless if you count normal human interaction for all of us studying human ...gene function and phenotypes in diverse plants, animals, microbes, viruses, and fungi for which these methods...Creating a productive, new scientific community is no small task. The EDGE program solicitation requires funded...materials. Many groups publicized workshops on their organismal systems for scientists and educational programs...
  18. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    Jan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...under phase contrast starting day 2 after transfection.     Fig: 2: Expressing mARGAna in MDA-MB-231...engineering a cell line, cotransfect the mARG cassettes 2:1 (A:N-V) with PiggyBac transposase and outgrow the...greyscale.   ARG expression in mammalian cells The first-generation mammalian ARGs (mARGs) enabled ultrasound... focused on bacterial ARGs and Tom focused on mammalian ARGs. ARG expression in bacteria The first-generation...ultrasound visualization of in situ mammalian gene expression in deep tissue. However, not unlike the first-generation...second-generation mARGs with higher expression, a smaller genetic footprint, and nonlinear acoustic scattering...flos-aquae gas vesicle gene cluster because of its small size and its ability to produce gas vesicles with...
  19. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...research experiences to undergraduate students (1, 2), but educators face significant challenges in designing... by western blotting in other experiments (Figure 2).   Complementation reveals conservation of function...Biology Education: A Call to Action, Washington, DC. 2. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...of the plasmid corrects any known phenotypic abnormalities due to the deletion (i.e. the plasmid complements...
  20. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    March 8, 2017, 3:15 p.m.
    ...our deposit spreadsheet to complete Step 1. Steps 2 and 3 are usually very easy — our tech transfer team...columns are shown in red in the spreadsheet (Figure 2) and are described in Table 1. Some cells have drop-down...Filling out and sending the deposit spreadsheet Figure 2: Example of the deposit spreadsheet showing the first... plasmid is intended to be used. Choose from: mammalian expression, bacterial expression, lentiviral, ...
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