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  1. AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient Ultracentrifugation

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    ...distinguishable thanks to the use of phenol red. Image adapted from Zolotukhin, S., et al. "Recombinant adeno-...indicates the location of the purified AAV. Left image adapted from Zolotukhin, S., et al. "Recombinant adeno-... the purified AAV using option #1. Right image adapted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature...proteins VP1, VP2, VP3; M protein marker. Image adapted from Strobel Benjamin, Miller Felix D., Rist Wolfgang...
  2. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    ... all CRISPR types; the fast evolution of these adaptive bacterial and archaeal immune systems has led ...suspected that they don’t carry out the same types of adaptive immune functions that other CRISPR types do, due...resembles cas10. All type IV subtypes are missing adaptation genes, Cas1 and Cas2, which are critical for ...pyogenes) belonging in II-A. Cas9 was the first to be adapted for use in mammalian systems, with the landmark... become the most engineered Cas enzyme, with adaptations for increased fidelity, activation/repression...
  3. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ...SF-Venus-iGluSnFR.A184V, iGluSnFR3 v82, and iGluSnFR3 v857. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al., Figure 1   Increased...curves for the different iGluSnFR variants. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 3. .../F0 for the different iGluSnFR variants. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al…, Supplementary Figure 2. ... PDGFR, GPI, and SGZ display constructs. Image adapted from Aggarwal et al… Figure 4. PDGFR is a C-terminal...
  4. Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025

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    ...weeks after herbicide was applied to both plants. Adapted from Vu et al., 2024 bioRxiv, under CC-BY-NC-ND... B) Protein expression and labeling procedure. Adapted from Smith et al. 2024 under a CC-BY 4.0 license...(C) is indicated; red line is exponential fit. Adapted with permission from Hao and Lee et al., 2024. ...non-neurodegenerative diseases (Diabetes & cancer). Image adapted from Wu and Wang 2024 under a CC-BY 4.0 license...
  5. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ...purification of a specific genomic region, numerous adaptations of this system have been made in different fields...specific genomic region has also recently been adapted to isolate genomic loci in bacteria (Fujita et ...also has great potential for improvements and adaptations that can provide an increased understanding of...programmable dual-RNA–guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity." Science337.6096 (2012): 816...
  6. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    ...Schematic of Opto-katanin’s use in cells. Images adapted from Meiring et al., 2022, under CC-BY 4.0 license...blue light illumination. Scale bar 25 µm. Images adapted from Mahlandt et al., 2023, under CC-BY 4.0 license...vesicle trafficking via CRY2-CIB1 clustering. Image adapted from Aljiboury et al., 2023, under CC-BY 4.0 license...colocalizing with SuperPLDx30. Scale bar 10 µm. Images adapted from Tei et al. 2022, bioRxiv, under a CC-BY-NC-ND...
  7. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    ... Miller, Corwin, et al. "Adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis to daptomycin reveals an ordered progression...populations. This kit consists of a 48 plasmid adapter library, with each plasmid carrying a unique barcoded...lead to surprisingly large fitness effects during adaptive evolution of antibiotic resistance." Proceedings...
  8. History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

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    ...originally utilized CRISPR/Cas as a powerful and adaptive defense strategy against life-threatening viruses...scientists to hypothesize that prokaryotes developed an adaptive immune system that utilized various cas genes ... of anti-CRISPR genes in phages The CRISPR/Cas adaptive immune system seems like the winning ticket to...
  9. From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD

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    ...structure. I quickly learned that my approach needed to adapt based on individual needs. For instance, I had one...projects autonomously. Failing to recognize and adapt to these differences could have led to frustration...experienced this firsthand when it took me some time to adapt to the communication style of a new, junior team...
  10. Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization

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    ...Executive Director changed twice. I had to learn how to adapt to different situations and, in particular, to different...predecessors. Changes were implemented and I had to adapt accordingly. For example, the quarterly and annual... would come necessary changes. I also learnt to adapt my leadership style according to the needs of my...
  11. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...method for genomic insertion. PITCh can also be adapted for whole-plasmid integration if you’d like to ...from a given promoter, and the technique can be adapted to other transgenes. It’s important to note that...increased versatility, it would be advantageous to adapt PITCh to insert genes into AAVS1, the “safe harbor...
  12. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...represent a functional CRISPR nuclease that could be adapted for genome editing. The use of a different nuclease... the simplest CRISPR systems and the easiest to adapt to genome editing, but the introduction of type ...learn about CRISPR biology. Later work, like the adaptation of Cas13 to RNA targeting and RNA editing, has...
  13. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...acids at the atomolar level. The Zhang lab has adapted natural RNase activity of the Cas13 protein to ...detection signal for a single target. SHERLOCKv2 was adapted so that a cleaved reporter could be detected on...built upon. Mammoth Biosciences and UCSF recently adapted the DETECTR platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 using...
  14. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ... of different basic BE technologies and their adaptation for plant genome editing. Cytosine base editors... at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is adapting and improving base editing platforms for plant...editing using hybrid prokaryotic and vertebrate adaptive immune systems." Science 353.6305 (2016): aaf8729...
  15. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    .../Cas9 for gene editing has expanded since its adaptation for use in mammalian cells in 2012-2013. Researchers... gene (although it has been quite successfully adapted for use in screening experiments as well). Therefore...fluorescence indicates a more successful gRNA design. Adapted from Mashiko et al., 2014. Not all gRNA’s are...
  16. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ... Figure 1: The Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle adapted for video making.   Cycle One: The Ironing ...on-camera presentations and interviews. But how can I adapt this setup for the lab, so we can get back to producing...shoot. I also added a teleprompter to the mix, adapting the setup to run some remote interviews, so the...
  17. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ... of various G-protein-coupled receptors. Image adapted from Ino et al. 2022, under CC-BY license.   Find...activation by shift in cellular localization. Image adapted from Farahani et al. 2022, under CC-BY license....responses are highly resistant to pH changes. Image adapted from Koveal et al. 2022, under CC-BY license.   ...
  18. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    ...straight-forward, concise explanation of how to adapt our engineered devices, recombinase-based state ...A118 gene downstream of the diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG)-inducible promoter (PPhlF).  Output Plasmid: ...not expressed in each state. To help researchers adapt GRSMs for their research, we provide MATLAB-based...
  19. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...University of Wellington, Victoria, has developed an adaptable bacterial expression vector which gives close ...and C-terminal tags. Additionally, by using an adapted destination vector with a heterologous promoter...activation plasmids have great potential and have been adapted for use in mammalian cells, yeast, and Drosophila...during their transport. Finally, the system can be adapted to cellular screening to identify molecules that...a tool for monitoring multi-gene expression and adapt it for multi-color calcium sensing (plasmids coming...
  20. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    ... absorbed over the photons emitted. For example, DAPI is much dimmer than Alexa Fluor 488, and thus it...without causing undue toxicity. A prominent example is DAPI, a dye that binds specifically to the AT-rich regions...Lavis Lab (Grimm et al., 2017). These dyes were adapted into ligands for HaloTag® and are currently offered...
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