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  1. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    ...Preps at Addgene 2) Comparison of genetically engineered receptors (i.e. chemogenetics vs. optogenetics...transduction efficiency, and safety profiles should strengthen its appeal for the scientific and medical communities...techniques: exploiting the offspring of genetic engineering." Journal of neuroscience methods 235 (2014):...
  2. Optogenetics Guide

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    ...of optogenetics integrates optics and genetic engineering to measure and manipulate cells (frequently neurons...red dots). When exposed to light of the correct wavelength, the pore opens, cations flow into the cell (...channels or pumps that absorb light at specific wavelengths. Upon activation by light, these channels and...occurring microbial opsins that respond to different wavelengths of light, like blue or yellow light. These various...proton efflux. Researchers have used genetic engineering to improve these natural opsins - by inducing...the neuron. NpHR Variants. Variants have been engineered with enhancements such as: Human codon optimization...blue-green light. Mac Variants. Mac variants have been engineered to include enhancements such as: Improved photocurrent...
  3. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    ...then flow cytometry can help you overcome these challenges and make these types of experiments easier and...fluorescent signal that is captured by detectors. The strength of the emitted photons varies from cell to cell...fluorophores Fluorescent antibodies get around the challenges of fluorescent protein fusions by binding to ...
  4. Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software

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    ...that code for surface proteins. One of the first challenges with a custom screen approach is to identify ...PMC4744125. 3. Sanjana, Neville E., Ophir Shalem, and Feng Zhang. "Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries..., Raj, et al. "Unraveling CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering parameters via a library-on-library approach....
  5. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    ...enabling a broad spectrum of donor fluorescence wavelengths for FRET experiments. However, remember that,...amino acid at a stop codon (often amber i.e. UAG) engineered into a desired site. During translation, the ...molecules to each Cy dye, as well as by extending the length of the histidine tag from 6 to 10 residues. While...
  6. Chemogenetics Guide

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    ...tools are unresponsive to native ligands and are engineered to respond to small molecules that do not affect...Designer Drugs (DREADDs), like RASSLs, are based on engineered G-protein coupled receptors, but unlike RASSLs...Ligands Muscarinic-receptor based DREADDs were engineered to respond to nM concentrations of clozapine ...Actuator Modules (PSAMs, pronounced SAMs). PSAMs are engineered α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) domains...clinically approved drug, the PSAM domain was engineered to respond specifically to the anti-smoking drug...through viral injection or use of genetically engineered mouse models. For viral injection, Adeno-associated...plasmids are available. Additionally, genetically engineered animal models expressing hM3Dq, hM4Di, and rM3D...
  7. The 12 Days of CRISPR: 2021

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    ...the second day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: engineered pegRNAs to improve prime editing efficiency. ...CRISPR editing with a hypercompact Cas12f1 and engineered guide RNAs. On the sixth day of CRISPR, Addgene...
  8. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    ...temperature reduces background noise but increases the length of your assay. The most common options are 4 °C...background noise as well, and multiplexing is challenging and limited. Direct westerns typically rely on...waste. However, they also add time to an already lengthy protocol, require the use of hazardous chemicals...
  9. The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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    ...-defined contours. (Many of them are software engineers, surprisingly, who have deep technical knowledge...editor of Asimov Press and is designing a genetic engineering curriculum at MIT. He also writes Codon, a blog...
  10. SciComm with the Experts at Science in the News Part 1

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    ...twitter @aigilson.   Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...
  11. Introducing Addgene's Microbiology Pages

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    ...Bacterial Expression Systems. Check out our Genome Engineering Overview and our CRISPR guide to find out how...how CRISPR is being used for bacterial genome engineering. To make it easier for you to find plasmids ...
  12. 5 Science Rap Videos & Their Creator: Tom McFadden

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    ...sciencewithtom.com.   Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...
  13. New Podcast Segment: Hot Plasmids

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    ...Yeast Prototrophy Kit Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...
  14. Grad School Advice Part 1: Picking a Lab and a Project

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    ...Vincent's tweets.      Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...
  15. Grad School Advice Part 2: Building Community

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    ...Vincent's tweets.     Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...
  16. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    ...You can try a few different lysing buffers and strengths. If that’s not working, consider using a subcellular...incubation (10–20 minutes) at 70 °C, or a truly lengthy incubation (30–60 minutes) at 37 °C, if you suspect... Different lysing buffer/adjust lysing buffer strength Sonication based lysing protocol Subcellular...
  17. Keeping Up With CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...details. "Understanding this structure may help us engineer around the current limitations of the Cas9 complex...said study author F. Ann Ran, a graduate student in Feng Zhang's lab, in a press release. "In the future,...
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