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  1. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    ...wall synthesis Bactericidal 100-200 ug/mL Carbenicillin beta-lactam Inhibits cell wall synthesis Bactericidal...optimal efficiency. Beware of satellite colonies! Carbenicillin is more stable than Ampicillin and can be used...
  2. History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

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    ...Author: James Atmos (2). Many CRISPR/Cas moieties carry out these functions using slightly different Cas... Mali P, Yang L, Esvelt KM, Aach J, Guell M, DiCarlo JE, Norville JE, Church GM. Science. 2013 Jan;  ...
  3. New Viral Vectors - Winter 2025

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    ...Ofer Yizhar New serotype pAAV-CaMKIIa-ChRmine-oScarlet-KV 2.1-WPRE AAV8 Optogenetics Karl Deisseroth ...Deisseroth New viral prep pAAV-CaMKIIa(0.4)-eOPN3-mScarlet-WPRE AAVrg Optogenetics Ofer Yizhar New serotype ...
  4. In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins

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    ... MBP tag can be removed using Xa protease. The carboxyl-terminus of the fusion protein includes an AviTag...for affinity purification (see plasmid map and cartoon below). Including biotin in your culture and inducing...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector)?

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    ... new particles. As a bonus, this increases the carrying capacity of the viral vector, increasing both ... possible, just to increase the viral vector’s carrying capacity. In order to allow the viral vectors ...
  6. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    ...pigments primarily found in plants in the order Caryophyllales, such as cacti and beets. Betanin belongs to... Biology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has a passion for microscopy...
  7. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    ...Number of chromosomes 16 3 4 Preferred carbon source Glucose Glucose Glucose, methanol,...meaning it can utilize methanol as its sole source of carbon and energy (as well as glucose or glycerol). K....
  8. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    ...decolorized as gram negative. A German scientist, Carl Weigert, later expanded on Gram’s discovery, adding...resources.   Bruckner, M. Gram Staining. https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/research_methods/microscopy/gramstain.html...
  9. Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene

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    ...compromising on the relevant science."     - Randall Carter, Contracts Administrator Inferior: How Science ...Story by Angela Saini "This book is a smart and carefully presented case for better more diverse science...
  10. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    ...cell on their way to the nucleus where their gene cargoes can be expressed. The bottom line is that a lot...particles do not remain adhered to the membrane. Be careful when diluting - if you end up concentrating your...
  11. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    ...larger. And since the library contains many plasmids, care must be taken to ensure that all of these plasmids...powerful research tool, but their proper use requires careful amplification and maintenance of good representation...
  12. Trading Spaces - Visiting Scientist Edition

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    ...institute where their typical workdays will be carried out until the end of the appointment. The visiting...don’t forget to have fun! Visiting is an amazing career opportunity, but also a really good time! If it...
  13. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    ...encapsulated proteins. Video by ACS. For a more cartoony explanation of R-bodies, check out this video....Piston That Breaks Membranes to Release Encapsulated Cargo. ACS Synth. Biol. (2016). doi:10.1021/acssynbio.5b00237...
  14. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...intensity and/or duration. Both of these strategies carry the risk of off-target effects. Harald Janovjak ...of both DsRed fluorescence and GFP shRNA. Mice carrying the R26DsRedR; CRUSH-GFP; and Nestin-Cre alleles...lack release factor one (RF-1; Bacterial strain EcAR7) and minimizing the set of plasmids required to ...
  15. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    ... be assembled in a unique order with no cloning scars. The Elledge Lab showed that a five-piece assembly...researchers doing large amounts of cloning. Assembly is scarless, unlike Gateway cloning, and the method’s flexibility...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    ...regions of the brain. However, the Cre-dependent AAV cargo would only become activated in the presence of Cre...design and interpretation of results. Take extra care when evaluating how this serotype works in your ...
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