...Originally written by Marcy Patrick and Mary Gearing on Mar 12, 2015; updated by Christina Mork, Jul ... Homologous Recombination References: Repair of Strand Breaks by Homologous Recombination. Jasin M and...DNA template used for repair is identical to the original DNA sequence at the DSB, or it can introduce specific... to as the displacement loop (D loop). The recombination intermediates can then resolve to complete the...newly synthesized sequences are retained by the original damaged DNA molecule. Unlike in DSBR, following...The size of the intended edit is the biggest determinant when selecting a type of donor. ssDNA templates...Mutagenesis (2000). PubMed. Multiple Pathways of Recombination Induced by Double-Strand Breaks in Saccharomyces...

....cell.2022.07.013 pYtags illuminate RTK signaling Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are a major class ... size (~1500 bp) makes iGECInano suitable for AAV packaging.    Find iGECInano plasmids here!   Matlashov...opening up new research directions that were inaccessible with earlier tools. They also produce more than...sensitivity, and photostability under two-photon illumination than previous GEVIs. Some constructs are also...the phosphorylated state of an immunoreceptor tyrosinase-based activation motif (ITAM). By fusing ITAM...spatiotemporal measurements of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in living cells. bioRxiv 2022.08.13.503850....503850; doi: 10.1101/2022.08.13.503850.  iGECInano NIR calcium reporter Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent...

...vivo.  Read on to learn more about this killer illumination technique! What is a photosensitizer? First...species (ROS). The ROS produced by photosensitizers inactivate target proteins or cells while having little ...within 30 minutes of exposure. 90 seconds of illumination were sufficient for 100% effective killing of...the dye. Embryos exposed to just 12 minutes of illumination had fewer mCer3-labeled cells in their hearts...photosensitizer protein that generates ROS when illuminated with green light. They found that KillerRed required...allows for precise light-based control of protein inactivation/cell ablation while having limited collateral...comments below!   References 1. He, J., Wang, Y., Missinato, M. A., Onuoha, E., Perkins, L. A., Watkins, S...

...localization through different C-terminal anchoring domains The original iGluSnFR in the pMinDisplay backbone...modified form of the cytosolic C-terminal domain of Stargazin including a terminal PDZ ligand. The researchers...This post was originally written by Tyler Ford in 2018. It was updated by guest blogger Abhi Aggarwal... explore advances that have happened since our original 2018 blog post. The origins of iGluSnFR   iGluSnFR... on the extracellular side. In addition to the original PDGFR TMD, the researchers introduce iGluSnFR3...adapted from Aggarwal et al… Figure 4. PDGFR is a C-terminal fusion to the PDGFR transmembrane domain in the...expression pMinDisplay vector. GPI contains a C-terminal glycosylphostidylinositol anchor. SGZ contains...

... one target is labeled and imaged at a time, inactivating the fluorescent secondary antibodies before ...comes in. After you image the first target, you inactivate the fluorophores in the sample, either by chemical...new primary, wash, add secondary, image again, inactivate, and repeat these cycles for all your targets...from. But by labeling sequentially with one, inactivating the fluorophores, then labeling with the other...brain samples from the James Trimmer Lab, using recombinant antibodies with different isotypes. (A) Neocortex...antibodies are commercially available. Pick whichever combination of host and target species, isotype specificity... 2A above, Andrews et al. used the following combination of antibodies:   Target (Rat) Primary antibody...

...piggyBac™ transposon? The piggyBac™ transposon was originally identified in moths in 1983, but wasn’t successfully...or when the gene is constitutively-active or a dominant-negative mutant. Reducing the copy number can ...host machinery for DNA repair by homologous recombination, which results in the incorporation of your ...containing a negative selection marker such as thymidine kinase, a researcher may subsequently kill off any cells...site-specific nuclease to stimulate homologous recombination and Footprint-Free™ removal of the selection...First, instead of using piggyBac™, you could use recombinase technology (Cre/loxP) to remove the donor cassette...[7], it is generally not as efficient as Cre recombinase. However, the use of negative selection largely...

...another biological workhorse, Cre recombinase, which induces recombination at LoxP sites. Placing a lox-STOP-lox...researchers to activate transcription or Cre recombinase activity only in the presence of GFP. These systems... transcription. Thus, T-DDOGs can be used in combination with green-red Cre-lox systems. T-DDOGs can also...T-DDOGs, GFP, and a reporter construct into the mouse retina. GFP expression robustly activated the reporter...Cre-DOG is both robust and specific. When tested in retinal electroporation studies, DsRed reporter expression...system, including the motor cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord. Cre-DOG is also suitable for optogenetic ...type-specific manipulation with GFP-dependent Cre recombinase.” Nat. Neurosci. 18(9) (2015): 1334-1341. PubMed...

...novel way. Finally, engineering new applications to solve problems will provide originality to your work...on how to submit your work either through seminars or webinars. Sending on your grant application to your... the deadline isn’t going to be much use. 2. Originality is essential for grant success The two most important...be looking for in your research proposal are originality and relevance. When reading through your proposal...our own or other groups, but your work must be original (otherwise why would you be interested in it?)...Frontier Science Program's website. One way to add originality to your work is to collaborate with specialists...your work, or even the successful use of your preliminary data to secure further funding. Make it clear...

... that exterminate entire humanity were the two most popular topics that sparked the imagination of most... CBE but use a ssDNA adenosine deaminase (evolved from a tRNA deaminase enzyme, TadA) to induce a A→G ...hybrids. This book is published 30 years after the seminal work of Gregor Mendel on the genetic inheritance... first ever X-ray diffracted image of the DNA. Finally, in 1953, Franklin along with James Watson and ...Thurman and Jude Law. The movie’s name is itself a combination of the four bases of DNA – A, T, G, and C. In...These breaks can then be repaired by homologous recombination with a repair template.  Each zinc finger recognizes...The cytidine base editors (CBE) use a cytidine deaminase to introduce a C→T change at precise locations...

...communities. Many thanks to our guest blogger Katrina Armstrong. Katrina Armstrong is a Neurophysiology Msc Student...This post was contributed by guest blogger Katrina Armstrong, a Neurophysiology Msc Student at the University...which cell type? Location (3): Traveling from the original location - Axonal Transport in the CNS What tissue... Photoreceptor Cells AAV2, AAV5, AAV8 RPE (Retinal Pigment Epithelium) AAV1, AAV2, AAV4, AAV5, AAV8...your particular experiment! Traveling from the Original Location - Axonal Transport It has been demonstrated...serotonin in movement. Follow her on twitter @katrinaboards.   References 1. Russell, David W. "AAV vectors...and Richard J. Samulski. "Self-complementary recombinant adeno-associated virus (scAAV) vectors promote...

...through the use of protein tags and separated from contaminants using a variety of purification methods. Deciding...expression systems are very powerful for high level recombinant protein expression. These systems enable high...cheap and low-tech means of mass expression of recombinant proteins. Many cells from various types of plants...modifications. Extraction and purification of recombinant proteins from plants however can be expensive...biochemicals and proteins through plant roots. Tagging recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide...expression system to generate large quantities of recombinant eukaryotic proteins. Although many species of...using S. cerevisiae, researchers often place recombinant proteins under the control of the galactose inducible...

...to the final topic, which is that natural AdVs, replication-competent viruses with a recombinant genome... Virus type 2 (AAV2) – or some unprecedented combination of the three (Servellita et al., 2023). Normally...lack of exposure, a lack of immunity, and then finally a synchronized exposure under these conditions ...virus, we will see that they are very central determinants of how AdVs behave, and in fact, of how adenoviral...from the genomic plasmid can be used to house a recombinant sequence (transgene) instead.    Although the...strong innate and adaptive immune responses that inactivate viral genomes or otherwise clear the virus from...been reported when using vectors, and immune inactivation of the vector can still occur even in the case...

...infect. Finally, the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 long terminal repeats... the original system, the possibility of creating a replication-competent virus via recombination between...encoding Gag and Pol, increasing the number of recombination events necessary to create a replication-competent...replication-competent virus. Second, Tat is eliminated through the addition of a chimeric 5’ LTR containing a Tat-independent...oncogenesis by altering local gene expression. Self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vectors contain a deletion ...F, Beuzard Y, Gluckman E, Bushman F, Hacein-Bey-Abina S, Leboulch P. Nature. 2010 Sep 16;467(7313):318...PubMed PMID: 25804479. 9. Development of a self-inactivating lentivirus vector. Miyoshi H, Blömer U, Takahashi...

...contrast, fluorescence imaging has emerged as the dominant light microscopy contrast technique in modern ...molecular or structural specificity to the viewer. Finally, modern microscope designs may further exploit ... light exits the microscope objective evenly illuminating the entire (wide) field of view. Fluorescent...and focused onto a camera for visualization. Illuminating a sample in the opposite direction to fluorescence...fluorescence collection is referred to as “Epi” illumination. Therefore these are sometimes call Epi-fluorescence...sample and raster scanning the point to build up a final image pixel by pixel. The collected fluorescent ...location in the sample. As more than one hole is illuminated at a time, the image can be acquired more quickly...

...activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and an engineered tRNA adenosine deaminase (TadA) to a catalytically...fusing catalytically inactivated RNA-targeting Cas13 (dCas13) with the adenine deaminase domain of ADAR2. ... by evolving the adenine deaminase domain of ADAR2 into a cytidine deaminase. This editor still retains...Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing CRISPRi toolkit for Burkholderia...Find the gRNA and packaging plasmids   Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing Feng Zhang’s lab previously developed...

...homologous recombination efficiency to reduce the number of plants you need to grow to get a recombinant because...solicitation requires funded labs to rapidly disseminate protocols, methods, data, and tools that result...published, but to engage in ongoing, real-time dissemination of information and materials. Many groups publicized...labs all include materials sharing in their dissemination plans and in particular, that they all share...organismal systems described at this meeting were extraordinarily diverse. Plans to develop tools to study their...   Genus Microtus (Zoe Donaldson) Voles have fascinating social behavior. For example, two similar species...because they have only 1,700 genes total). Hydra (Celina Juliano) This is a known stem cell and regeneration...

...AAV particle. Finally, the precision of the assay can vary up to two fold for the final titer value, which... of 1:1 (Zeltner et al., 2010). However, for recombinant AAV2, the same study reported a physical-to-infectious...2010), while another reported that only 20% of recombinant AAV2 particles were full, compared to 50% of ...annealing can be affected by the presence of protein contaminants, which is a factor in AAV titration since the... be as important as the relative titer values. Finally, because physical titer does not give an indication...packaging of genomes can limit production of recombinant AAV-2." Gene therapy 6.7 (1999). PubMed PMID:... Lock, Martin, et al. "Characterization of a recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 Reference Standard...

...multiplexed using tRNAs, within the lentiviral 3’ long terminal repeats (LTR). The 3’ LTR is duplicated during...the lentiviral insert was minimized to reduce recombination and avoid separation of the multiplexed elements...fold improvement in detection efficiency over the original CROPseq. Find CROPseq-multi plasmids here Walton...developed a new prime editor that incorporates La’s N-terminal domain, PE7 (Figure 2).  PE7 shows enhanced editing...-2 research   By Ashley Waldron Ready-to-use recombinant antibodies were recently added to the Addgene...Image from Addgene. These antibodies are recombinant versions of mouse monoclonal antibodies generated...2021). Check out their paper for details on the original antibodies. Find Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies here...

... at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada where he studies protein-serine/threonine kinases implicated...detect possible errors in assumptions, use of inappropriate statistical methods, omission of some data, ...tools and assumptions to reveal findings that the originator was oblivious to, no matter how much time they...productivity”, so this is unlikely. Usually, the originating scientist and colleagues are privileged in viewing...generators. This practice doesn’t appear to harm the originating researchers, even if they are occasionally beaten...data are likely, at least in part, due to our inadequate cataloguing of how results were obtained and ...multiple, complex panels. PLOS, itself, has not finalized its definition of necessary data requirements ...

... its destination plasmids. In the destination plasmid, the ccdB gene is flanked by recombination sites...introduce a gene of interest into the destination plasmid, recombination sites must first be added to flank...compounds needed for growth, or auxotrophy, the inability to synthesize a compound needed to grow. Auxotrophy...usually something toxic. This gene is found on the original plasmid and either the insertion of a DNA fragment...flank the gene. Successful recombination and integration of the gene of interest at these sites in the plasmid...