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  1. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    ...questions the conclusion of inter-homologue recombination was released. This blog has not been updated...al. were interested in correcting an autosomal dominant mutation in MYBPC3 that leads to hypertrophic ...embryos to find those that do not carry a given dominant disease-causing gene, or that carry only one copy...
  2. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    ... the protein or structure of interest. For a C-terminal tag, as shown in the example above, we inserted...would be transcribed and translated. For an N-terminally tagged protein, we used the same strategy, inserting...tagging using CRISPR/Cas9 in human stem cells to illuminate cell organization." bioRxiv (2017): 123042. Additional...
  3. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...yellow, or magenta, depending on the hairpin combination bringing the total number of individual colors...Adding an additional hairpin/fluorescent protein combination, for example, with a far-red FP, would increase...15! They also envision using CRISPRainbow in combination with gene editing. CRISPRainbow requires very...
  4. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...available (below). However, on November 22nd a preliminary injunction against the FLSA updates was granted...inconsistencies across geographical regions When we originally started gathering this information, many assumed...to pursue academic work, and to enhance the sustainability of the scientific enterprise by reducing the...
  5. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ...This post was originally published on LinkedIn. Follow Addgene on LinkedIn for repository news and updates...members all say the same thing and one panel member dominates the discussion? Or maybe the one that goes way...front of a crowd. The moderator will then develop a final list of questions for the actual event, based on...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    ...AAV serotypes, and the ever-growing variety of recombinase systems. Picking Ligands Picking the right ligand...ligand co-developed by Bryan Roth's and Takafumi Minamimoto's lab called deschloroclozapine (DCZ) shows promise...our chemogenetics poster! This blog post was originally written by Maya Peters Kostman in May 2020 and...
  7. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    ...researchers to use. Although we haven’t yet made our final target decisions, we intend to focus on motor neuron... a new project at a makerspace is finding the financial resources to pursue it. Since makerspaces are ...equipment for new uses. We’ll probably never use the Illumina GAIIx we recently acquired  for sequencing again...
  8. Engaging with science and society at pgEd

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    ... incident, and the sterilization of women in marginalized communities have created a legacy of distrust...included taking extra coursework and attending seminars in bioethics, public health, science policy, and...advantage of their academic environment and attend seminars, symposia, or courses in social, health or policy-related...
  9. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    ...PCR product that comes from amplification of the original plasmid which can over-inflate results. A packing...vectors carrying fluorescent markers are used as it eliminates the need for antibody staining. Check Out Our...into a target cell’s genome. This approach can discriminate multiple integration events, reducing the possibility...
  10. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...active during M and early S phases, when HDR is inactive, and the balance of NHEJ, HDR, and MMEJ repair...longer the homology, the more efficient the recombination, but with longer homology arms comes more time...which has been difficult to modify due to NHEJ’s dominance over HDR in this species. As CRISPR technology...
  11. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ...dCas9. Within a few rounds of cell division, the original methylated strand is diluted to undetectable amounts...dCas9 so that it may later be excised by Cre recombinase. Addgene has several great options: pLV hUbC-...L, Li C, et al. (2018) OGT binds a conserved C-terminal domain of TET1 to regulate TET1 activity and function...
  12. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ...Originally published Apr 30, 2020 and last updated Jul 12, 2021. What started out as a small collection...used for this study at Addgene which include a C-terminal deletion in the spike protein to improve expression...pseudoviruses to determine how effective sera from vaccinated individuals are at neutralizing the different...
  13. Lab Automation at Addgene

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    ...is ideal because it eliminates the potential of human error or cross contamination between samples. With... Shannon Rinaldi...
  14. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...immunogenic profile. AAV was first discovered as a contaminant of adenovirus preparations. It is an icosahedral...untreatable until 2008. Following a single dose of subretinal administration of rAAV2 carrying the human gene... responses to adeno-associated virus and its recombinant vectors." Gene therapy 10.11 (2003): 964-976....
  15. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    ...majority of our plasmids and pooled libraries were originally described in a peer-reviewed scientific publication... our thousands of depositors. That means their original articles are your best bet to figure out how to...asking to avoid unrealistic expectations. And finally, provide feedback. If you are unsatisfied with ...
  16. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...2014 to 2023. As you can see, nucleases, the original CRISPR tool, remain the most popular deposited...Read our recent publication, “The Expanding Dissemination and Distribution Patterns of Diverse CRISPR ..., R., & Barrangou, R. (2023). The Expanding Dissemination and Distribution Patterns of Diverse CRISPR ...
  17. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ...generated info for your own purposes, or delete the originals if desired. It works as a whole or in part. For...ranging between 0 and 1. The cutting frequency determination (CFD score) is used to measure specificity of...re-binding. Lastly, the sequence inserted by HDR may inadvertently re-create a match for the active guide. With...
  18. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ...Figure 1). Through this method, we found key determinants of prime editing efficiency such as the length....0 while accounting for some of the inherent inaccuracies of computational prediction models. In addition...efficiencies using sequence features and DNA repair determinants. Nature Biotechnology 2023, 1–11. https://doi.org...
  19. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    ...increased sensitivity allows for a more confident determination of copy number, albeit within a range of RQ ...trends? How confident do you need to be in your determination to move forward with your experiment?  Complexity...real-time polymerase chain reaction methods for the determination of amplification of Plasmodium falciparum multidrug...
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