... assembly reaction** 1 5 min., 37 ºC (2.5 μl) 687 100% 274,200 2,742,000 1 60 min., 37 ºC (2.5 μl)...expected complete sequence for the lacI/lacZ genes (1), while sequencing of white colonies showed a mixture...representative transformation plates obtained from 1-, 12- and 24-fragment assemblies of the lacI/lacZ ...lacZ cassette, and illustrates how the volume of the 1 ml outgrowth spread on each transformation plate can...fidelity studies conducted by Potapov et al. at NEB (1, 2). While T4 DNA Ligase, the mainstay of most biotechnological...over 90% for 24-fragment assemblies (Figure 3, Table 1). These improvements (5- to 12-fold increases in the... 16 ºC) x 30 (100 μl) 78 90.7% 783 9,792 Table 1. Yields and fidelities for Golden Gate Assemblies ...

..., the toxicity of guides with off-target sites was profiled. Guides with exact or 1-bp mismatch off-targets...) or short (17-18 bp) guides. When comparing the toxicity of guides that have 1-bp mismatch off-target... in both screens, with the growth screen having a 1% false discovery rate and identifying >88% of previously...characteristics that influence gRNA off-target activity: 1) mismatches closer to the PAM are less tolerated than...Knockout Library are available from Addgene! References 1. Morgens, David W., et al. "Genome-scale measurement...safe-targeting guides vs. non-targeting guides on screen analysis and hit calling. 5,644 non-targeting guides and...safe-targeting guides were included in the library. Safe-targeting guides were designed to target genomic...

...vectors. PLoS ONE, 9(8), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106472 de Backer, M. W. A., Brans,...promoters. Gene Therapy, 28(1–2), 56–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-020-0169-1 Oh, J. Y., Han, J. H., ...goals when designing and testing your AAV.  Figure 2: Comparison of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, ...the selection process. Factors to think about are (1) your experimental conditions and measurements; (2...serotype, promoter, and titer.     Figure 1: Flow chart depicting a) steps for selecting serotypes...injection site than AAV2 (Watakabe et al., 2015) (Figure 1). You’ll need to consider if such properties could...Image modified from Aschauer et al., 2013, Figure 1. Used under Creative Commons Attribution License. ...

...~50% Table 1: Nanoblades editing efficiencies of primary cells. Comparing Nanoblades to Existing CRISPR...loaded with 1-4 different gRNAs. Viral envelope proteins To alter the cell tropism of Nanoblades, different... ~50-70% for these four cell types (Table 1). Additionally, hiPSCs and mouse BM cells still behaved like...mouse-model generation. Key components of Nanoblades Nanoblades are a Cas9 RNP delivery vehicle that’s based...) are expressed to pseudotype Nanoblades. The team found that Nanoblades pseudotyped with a mix of VSV-G...using Nanoblades? Plasmids are available from Addgene. Genome editing primary cells with Nanoblades Primary...in vivo gene editing. The bottom line on Nanoblades Nanoblades are tiny DNA-cutting ninjas which can stealthily...

...cells will still appear green despite having active Cas9 (see tip 2). Pro-Tips 1. To quantify Cas9 activity...gRNA-transduced samples (data not shown). Pro-Tips: 1.Designing primers against genomic DNA to amplify the gRNA...cancer cell line in about 1 month, which I’d say is pretty amazing. Despite the shifting landscape of ...Materials Used 1. lentiCas9-Blast (Plasmid #52962) was a gift from Feng Zhang and is described in Improved...lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV, Figure 1). Some cells were then used to generate a monoclonal...rest of the cells were frozen down.     Pro-Tips: 1. It’s all about the MOI. In retrospect I used a way... pool had wildly variable Cas9 expression (Figure 1). This is a problem because Cas9 expression affects...

... nucleases. Genome Res. 2010 Jan;20(1):81-89. PubMed. 2. Bauer DE, Kamran SC, Lessard S, Xu J, Fujiwara...harness non-homologous end joining repair (NHEJ) [1]. Our initial work was with TALENs, in collaboration...from the University of Pennsylvania.     References: 1. Lee HJ, Kim E, Kim JS. Targeted chromosomal deletions...11;342(6155):253-257. PubMed. 3. Canver MC, Bauer DE, Dass A, Yien YY, Chung J, Masuda T, et al. Characterization...and Bauer lab's related paper describes their methods for CRISPR design, cloning, and delivery, as well...

...This gives each guide a score ranging between 0 and 1. The cutting frequency determination (CFD score) is...converted to a weight (which ranges between 0 and 1) so that they can be used in the rank equation above...converted to a weight (which ranges between 0 and 1) (shown in the graph below) so that it can be used...experiment in the program Design gRNAs by inputting the target regions Design donor RNA Design primers Review and...time for this project was spent selecting guides, designing primers, and running analyses. New team members...originals if desired. It works as a whole or in part. For example, you can analyze experiments designed outside...CrispyCrunch, or you can input pre-existing guides for primer design. The ecosystem of CRISPR tools Before...

...acceptable. Aims should be mechanistic, doable by 1-3 people in 1-5 years, and contribute to resolving the overarching...possible, do at least two full length practices (~1 h) and get feedback. It’s also helpful to practice...the knowledge gap? This includes the overview and the individual aims. Describe the question, the bare ...often hear, "I have an interview next week and it includes a chalk talk. What should I include in my chalk...may not actually help. Ultimately, if you cannot describe the likely outcome with some specifics, the search...cannot either. Therefore, you need to be able to describe experimental approaches in terms of the question...approach, anticipated outcomes, and preferably a description of the payoff if the aim is successful. Note ...

...HIV-1 were transduced with a lentiviral vector containing an antisense sequence against the HIV-1 envelope... the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 long terminal repeats (LTRs) that...Trono and collaborators turned to the lentivirus HIV-1, well-known to infect non-dividing cells. The first...plasmids. The packaging plasmid carried a mutated HIV-1 provirus that couldn’t package itself due to a few... targeting and tracing cells in the brain (Figure 1). 2nd generation lentiviral packaging system The graphic...infectivity, is often used as a substitute for HIV-1 Env, which can only infect CD4+ cells. 3rd generation...lentivirus in the comments section below! References 1. In vivo gene delivery and stable transduction of ...

...thanks to our guest blogger, Harshana S De Silva Feelixge. Harshana S De Silva Feelixge is a researcher whose... post was contributed by guest blogger Harshana S De Silva Feelixge. Gene therapy technologies hold ...reconstitution with a normally functioning T cell repertoire (1). In this example, it was possible to transduce the...significant improvements in vision over a period of 1 to 3 years – the treatment appears to be both safe...research and science communication.     References 1. Gaspar, H. B., S. Howe, and A. J. Thrasher. "Gene...form, translating gene therapies from conceptual design to clinical trials involve identifying a therapeutic...

...using a metric that we describe in the Materials and Methods section of our paper (1). Lastly, it is possible...Green, Alexander A., et al. "Toehold switches: de-novo-designed regulators of gene expression." Cell 159.4...recombinase-based state machines in living cells” (1), into a more straight-forward, concise explanation...an RSM is to sequence the register. In our paper (1), we allowed individual bacterial cells to form colonies... not. How might one implement RSMs? In our study (1), we implement RSMs in E. coli with two plasmids (...inputs to endogenous gene expression (2). Our paper (1) explains how to arrange attB-attP pairs on a register...performance data from the indicated figures in our paper (1)) Input Plasmid Output Plasmid Fig. 3A pNR64 pNR160...

...allele. For a 1 kilobase gene, since potential target sites occur ~1 in every 8 nucleotides, restricting...Vazquez F, Parts L, Boehm JS, Golub TR, Hahn WC, Root DE, Garnett MJ, Tsherniak A, Iorio F (2019) Agreement...770–788 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-018-0059-1 Veres A, Gosis BS, Ding Q, Collins R, Ragavendran ...j.stem.2014.04.020 Yang L, Guell M, Byrne S, Yang JL, De Los Angeles A, Mali P, Aach J, Kim-Kiselak C, Briggs... approaches, and provide updates on how best to design gRNAs. You can also find validated gRNAs for your...important to remember that the same is true when designing gRNAs for using CRISPR technology – the “best”...and sequence are important considerations for designing your gRNAs. For indels, it's not so important ...

...-Integrin alpha 5 beta 1 [IPI-ITGA5/ITGB1.2] Integrin alpha-5,Integrin beta-1 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...-Integrin alpha 5 beta 1 [IPI-ITGA5/ITGB1.4] Integrin alpha-5,Integrin beta-1 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...specific integrins in cellular processes.   Figure 1: Integrins can shape into three conformations: (A)... 26 recombinant antibodies (rAbs) either produced de novo using yeast display technology or produced from...immunoprecipitation and immunohistochemistry. Table 1: IPI antibodies  Antibody Target Proteins Reactivity...Human IgG1 Rabbit Anti-Integrin alpha M [IPI-LM2/1] Integrin alpha-M Human IgG1 Rabbit Anti-Integrin...Human IgG2a Mouse Anti-Integrin alpha M [IPI-LM2/1] Integrin alpha-M Human IgG2a Mouse Anti-Integrin...

...across scientific disciplines. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00981-0 Wright...excellent at infecting our target neurons (Figure 1). However, this one set of experiments didn’t provide...yet none of that data was published.    Fig. 1: Testing of three different AAV serotypes (AAV1, 8...392–400. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-018-0028-5 de Backer, M. W. A., Brans, M. A. D., Luijendijk, M....purification and formulation. Molecular Therapy, 12(1), 171–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.02.021...Stimulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14(December), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.578687 Additional...of negative data.  Negative AAV data is highly desirable  In a survey we conducted to improve our Addgene...

...plasma HIV-1, improving life expectancy and quality for HIV-1 patients. However, ART is not an HIV-1 cure. ...activated HIV-1, measured via HIV-1 promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic...with HIV-1. For two HIV-1 strains, Cas9/gRNA lentiviral expression significantly reduced the HIV-1 copy number...HIV-1 transcription and destroy infected cells, the other using wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome...currently infected with the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be controlled with antiviral therapies ...take on HIV-1 in vitro, and what obstacles must be overcome for clinical success. ART and HIV-1 reservoirs...Cutting HIV-1 out of the genome with CRISPR/Cas9 Before the introduction of CRISPR, HIV-1 genome editing...

... compounds with various antimicrobial activities (1). She has developed a fast endophyte screening system...Rodrigo Arturo Rivera Solís, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico Dr. Rodrigo Arturo Rivera Solí...us coordinate and promote the awards. References 1. Martinez-Klimova, Elena et al. “Endophytes as sources...antibiotic” Biochemical Pharmacology 2017 Jun 15;134:1-17. PubMed PMID: 27984002. 2. Bilan, Dmitry S. et ...renewable biotechnology products and biosensors for herbicides as well as developing yeast as source for dietary...technology to engineer plants that are able to destroy DNA viruses, similar to the anti-phage CRISPR effect...cloning kit) she intends to make yeast capable of desaturating fatty acids. Identification of Insecticidal ...

...for the wild-type. However, variants such as the P.1 (Gamma variant) and the B.1.351 (Beta variant) were... tested at the time of this study. Figure 1: Neutralization levels against spike pseudovirus decreases...lowest levels of cross-neutralization occurs in the P.1 and B.1.351 variants tested. Image from Garcia-Beltran..., Gosnell BI, Hanekom W, Moosa M-YS, Lessells RJ, de Oliveira T, Sigal A (2021) Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2...

... help!  General Design Figure 1: Two proteins are fused to the FP(11) and FP(1-10) fragments. When...  Color Base FP Description Article PI Blue EBFP2 EBFP2(1-10) and Capri(1-10) for use with GFP...and 11 to yield large (1-10) and small (11) fragments. In several cases an FP(1-10) fragment may be compatible...Commun. 2017 Bo Huang mNeonGreen3 mNG3K(1-10) and mNG3A(1-10) for use with mNG2(11) Improved yellow-...sfCherry2 sfCherry2(1-10) and sfCherry2(11), also photo-activatable variant PAsfCherry2(1-10) Improved split...brings the pieces of the FP back together (Figure 1). This method is generally known as Bimolecular Fluorescence...even from a different base FP (for example, EBFP2(1-10) can be used with GFP(11)). Some of the articles...

...postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL) and one of the coordinators...prompted us to create Crowdfight.   Figure 1: Crowdfight is a community of scientists who believe...collaborator for a specific task, Crowdfight will: 1) Find an expert with the right skill; 2) Confirm the... illustrates the power of collaboration, which despite the competitiveness of cutting-edge research, is...physics. Even non-scientists, such as lawyers, designers and other professionals, joined the platform; ...

...replication, OriP and the EBNA-1 sequence that encodes for the DNA binding protein EBNA-1 [7]. These two sequences...are based on the Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen-1 (oriP-EBNA-1) system where each vector contains a viral ...extra plasmid, pCXWB-EBNA-1 is used in the reprogramming cocktail. pCXWB-EBNA-1 lacks oriP and is unable...expressing additional EBNA-1 transiently. The transiently expressed EBNA-1 increases protein expression...pCXLE vectors listed below in Table 1 are available at Addgene. Table 1: List of pCXLE episomal plasmids,...obtained and the subsequent reprogramming success [1]. Fibroblasts need to be cultured and expanded in ...reprogramming factor cocktail, and viral protein EBNA-1. Methods for reprogramming hiPSCs from PBMCs While...