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  1. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...particular protein DNA must first be transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA). mRNA can then be translated at the... however, are expensive and very technically challenging to use. Alyssa D. Cecchetelli is a Scientist... expression in Escherichia coli: advances and challenges Production of recombinant proteins in plant root...
  2. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ...Collection. You can also use the library of full-length zebrafish rab proteins from Rob Parton's Lab (University...separated, most commonly FPs with red and green wavelengths, respectively, are selected (6). These previous...resolution of light microscopy is limited by the wavelength of light and, practically speaking, for common...
  3. Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team

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    ...motivates you!), know their unique skills and strengths (you will likely have reports with different levels.... Personally I found this to be particularly challenging. As PhD students and postdocs we are used to ...was a manager! Second, my direct report was not engaged because I only left him/her with small tasks and...
  4. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    ... to lab-adapted bacteria because it has been challenging to introduce CRISPRi machinery into diverse bacteria...antibiotics are often essential genes which creates a challenge when studying them since their complete knockdown...about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn about human CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa...
  5. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    ...generating the standard curve for qPCR can be challenging to get right. Here at Addgene, we use a linearized...24328707. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3991984. Song, Neng, et al. "Detection of circulating Mycobacterium ...droplet digital PCR for vaccine evaluation in challenged monkeys and TB diagnosis." Emerging microbes ...
  6. Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!

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    ...best plasmid for your research can be a daunting challenge. With over 80,000 deposited plasmids from around...That’s why we’ve built a new and improved search engine to help make this task a faster, easier, and frustration-free...sure you’ll find Addgene’s newly launched search engine results much better. Here, I wanted to find a specific...
  7. Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing

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    ... DNA templates. How does this work? First, an engineered prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA) that both specifies...the target site and contains the desired edit(s) engages the prime editor protein. This primer editor protein...M-MuLV reverse transcriptase variants." Protein Engineering, Design & Selection 25.10 (2012): 657-668. PubMed...
  8. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    ...alterations, bringing about a revolution in genome engineering, with new techniques rapidly being developed....and can be used for most of the current genome engineering applications of CRISPR including: generating ... Addgene.  Andrew's interests include genome engineering and microbiology.     References 1. Chen, Sean...
  9. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...find out! Homology-directed repair and genome engineering The easiest way to make a knock-in cell line ...the right and/or left of the knock-in site. The length of that sequence and the makeup (single vs. double.... A. Enhanced homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery....
  10. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    ...purify proteins can face any number of technical challenges depending on their protein of interest. After...After several decades of trying to address these challenges, researchers have amassed a considerable molecular...tripled increase the tag size quickly – modifying the length a polyhistidine tract does not greatly alter the...
  11. Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages

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    ...of 340 institutions with postdocs in science, engineering and health from the NSF’s 2014 Graduate Student...what they are doing, however, may face greater challenges. Current salary information that we have been...current postdoctoral appointments may shorten in length; that postdoc salaries will have to double at some...
  12. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...ICE on Synthego’s blog. CRISPR-based genome engineering has revolutionized the gene editing field by ...tool is part of Synthego’s full stack Genome Engineering Solutions, which also includes our CRISPR knockout...Browse our CRISPR featured topic page xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with Pam Flexibility RNA Editing...
  13. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...genetic knockout  Knock-out cells or animals are engineered by introducing Cas9-mediated frameshift mutations...for PAM flexibility. Fig. 2: Prime editor engaging target DNA. The reverse transcriptase polymerizes...Unconstrained genome targeting with near-PAMless engineered CRISPR-Cas9 variants. Science (80-. ). 368, 290...
  14. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ...blog post). Optimizing FLP FRT through smart engineering Different FLP versions – making FLP efficient...prevented. The loxP and FRT target sites have been engineered to avoid this re-inversion issue. It became possible...of the asymmetric target site core but its 8 bp length that is critical for Cre and FLP function. Because...
  15. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...pyogenes (SpCas9), is truly an exceptional genome engineering tool. It is easy to use, functional in most species...bacteria) Cas13a targeting with a single crRNA The Feng Zhang lab used Cas13a from Leptotrichia shahii (...cleavage with spacers from 20-28 nucleotides in length and does not require a specific PFS, making it ...
  16. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...infection (CRISPR-READI) enables genome engineering using HDR donors lengths up to 4.9 kb. Find the plasmids...indicator jGCaMP7, that are optimized for excitation wavelengths above 1,000 nm and enable two-color imaging with...
  17. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    ...share all of these new organisms continues to be challenging. Organism specific viral vector systems would...thus making progress on the NSF “G to P grand challenge.” Creating a productive, new scientific community...not just wait for papers to be published, but to engage in ongoing, real-time dissemination of information...
  18. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ... This test can be performed in two steps for challenging samples as in Two-Step-SHERLOCK or in a fast,...Highlights: To detect non-PAM regions, PAM can be engineered into the primers. This method does not depend.../doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.07.028167 Broughton JP, Deng X, Yu G, Fasching CL, Servellita V, Singh J, Miao...
  19. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ...and significance, these receptors have proved challenging to study. Cells often express multiple integrins...affinity. This extended-open state is key to strengthening ligand binding, mediating cell adhesion and ...adhesion. The results surprised the investigators, challenging the long-held belief that αVβ3 would be the most...
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