...Because each cell can have multiple copies of the transgene that will recombine independently, cells may acquire...expressed. Each cell remains the same color for its entire lifetime and daughter cells retain the same... the fate mapping of cell populations over time. The ability to track single cell dynamics at the organism...expressed in a single cell maintains its color over the entire length of the cell, even axons of up to ... specific cell type. The Confetti mouse was first used to describe the self-renewal of cells in the intestinal...for tracking the fate of Langerhans cells. In the Ubow mouse, cells expressing YFP, CFP, and RFP are not... of CFP++ cells permitted researchers to longitudinally map the turnover of Langerhans cells in the dermis...

...purification as well as reversibly regulation of endogenous signaling activity in cells.  Let’s shed some...OptoNBs to control cell signaling The second application for OptoNBs takes us into cells: light-based control...their use for protein purification and controlling cell signaling. Key components of OptoNBs OptoNBs have...can bind, it co-localizes with its target at the cell membrane and when the OptoNB can’t bind, it localizes... over-activated in cancer due to its involved in cell proliferation and differentiation.  Since Ras is...They expressed this OptoNB-SOS fusion protein in cells that expressed membrane-localized mCherry. With ...With darkness, SOS binds Ras and initiates the extracellular signaling-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling cascade...

... life that remained unexplored. Using new single-cell sequencing approaches, the lab was able to eliminate... and so the lab organized a sampling trip to Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Extremophiles - phylogenetically...sample was separated into smaller samples of 5-10 cells each for sequencing, allowing for lower complexity...

...transfected cells, we count the number of tag-positive cells (tag ICC) as a percentage of total cells in the...pre-assembled in a 96-well plate. Glioma stem cells were transfected in 96-well format using an Amaxa ...Deliver csRNP into cells: Prepare cells for transfection, add csRNP and ssODN to the cell suspension, transfect...Proteins - the workhorses of the cell – never work alone in the cellular milieu. It is, therefore, critical...epitope tagging in mammalian stem cells. For easy scalability to the 96-well format, we developed a “TAG-IN...csRNP plus ssODN, is then transfected into stem cells. Cells are allowed to recover for 2-5 days and then...efficiently these components are delivered into cells; for each cell type, the transfection/delivery step needs...

...researcher at Imperial College London, Dr. Tom Ellis. Dr. Ellis does research in synthetic biology and bioengineering...and Addgene  Many thanks to our guest, Tom Ellis! Dr. Ellis is a lead researcher at the Centre for Synthetic...yeast chromosome. Listen to learn more about Dr. Ellis, synthetic biology, synthetic chromosomes, and obstacles...academic researcher. Listen to the interview with Tom Ellis Podcast breakdown Intro: How Tom ended up in academia...techniques. Chapter 4: Research projects underway in the Ellis lab including yeast and E. coli engineering, microbial...specialising in engineering gene regulation in yeast. Dr. Ellis is now one of the world's leading yeast researchers...Resources at Addgene.org Find Plasmids from the Ellis Lab Find Synthetic Biology Kits Browse Our Synthetic...

...where GFP labelled B cells were in mounted slices of these organs. These GFP labelled cells could also...labeling T cells, B cells, and antigen presenting cells, scientists have been able to decypher cellular dynamics...tracked by cell sorter giving immunologists the ability to count cells and statistically analyze cell movements...fast T cells could jump from one antigen presenting cell to another. Indeed, we now know that T cells are...2016)? How do dendritic cells migrate to lymph nodes to activate T cells (Celli et al 2008, Kitano et al...degradation within labelled cells limits the timespan available for tracking certain cell types. Another ...or off in cells expressing Cre. The result of a system like this is a mosaic of cells labelled with different...

...Induction of Human Germ Cell Fate from Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell, 2015. 17(2): p. 178-94....differentiation of human ES cells and iPS cells into mature pancreatic insulin-producing cells. Cell Res, 2009. 19(...blood cells, and renal epithelial cells from urine are some of the easily isolated somatic cells that ...some of these cell types [13]:  Germ cells [14] Hepatocytes [15] Pancreatic β-cells [16] Intestinal...differentiated cell to a different cell type. While transdifferentiation is suited for switching cell types between... differentiation of human cells with synthetic modified mRNA. Cell Stem Cell, 2010. 7(5): p. 618-30. PubMed...et al., Reprogramming of T cells from human peripheral blood. Cell Stem Cell, 2010. 7(1): p. 15-9. PubMed...

...primary human cells  Cell therapy approaches can use base editors to correct mutations in stem cells and return... a way to improve editing in primary human cells (Gaudelli et al., 2020). One of the widely used base ...base editors with improved editing in cell lines Nicole Gaudelli, the Associate Director and Head of Gene...primary human cell editing, the researchers tested ABE8 in CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells. ABE8 efficiently... In addition to stem cells the authors targeted 6 genes in primary human T cells using 8 selected ABE8s...to edit primary human T cells efficiently makes it a promising tool for T cell therapy development.  Reducing...base changes in cellular DNA and RNA dependent or independent of the gRNA used (Gaudelli et al., 2017)....

... the single-cell level can aid in drawing connections between signaling activity and cell phenotype. One...Covert, M.W. (2018). Live-cell measurements of kinase activity in single cells using translocation reporters... One method for monitoring live single-cell kinase activity is FRET, but FRET reporters are challenging...their Kinase Translocation Reporters (KTRs) whose cellular localization serves as a proxy measurement of ... used to measure kinase activity in specific subcellular compartments. Second, because KTRs shuttle between...when designing KTR experiments. Third, KTRs are not well suited for monitoring kinase activity that occurs...

...vectors (right) are transduced to target cells. Within target cells, Cas9 machinery is transiently expressed...-transformed mammalian cells. These viral vector systems also work equally well in dividing and quiescent...in order to facilitate its entry into the target cells (Beatty et al., 2012). These features make AdV an... complexes into transformed and non-transformed cells yielded rates of targeted mutagenesis similar to...nuclease-induced gene disruption frequencies in the various cell types ranged from 18% to 65% (Maggio et al., 2014... leads to a vast majority of AdV-modified human cells being subjected to scarless homology-directed genome...quiescent, post-mitotic mammalian cells. Applications of CRISPR delivery by adenoviral vectors Since then...

...Pharmacological Sciences, a Cell Press reviews journal. Stem cells are special types of cells that can develop ...specialized cell types [2]. We general speak of 4 levels of stem cell potency: Totipotency: When a cell has ...pluripotent cells can be thought of as descendants of totipotent cells. An example of pluripotent cells is embryonic...differentiate into only one cell type. Muscle satellite cells found in the adult muscle are unipotent. They can differentiate... into myogenic precursor cells [5]. Classification of stem cells Stem cells are classified into two broad...Embryonic stem cells ESCs are pluripotent stem cells that are able to form all adult cell types and are... Adult stem cells (ASCs) Also known as somatic stem cells, these multipotent stem cells are located ...

...Pluripotent Stem Cells from Blood Cells: An Efficient Protocol Using Serial Plating of Reprogrammed Cells by Centrifugation...human-induced pluripotent stem cells from cord blood and peripheral blood cells. Stem Cells, 2013. 31(3): p. 458...possible to reprogram differentiated cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by the addition of reprogramming... somatic cells that are otherwise difficult to obtain. These can then be used to perform cell therapy ...in vitro. Find stem cell plasmids at Addgene Many sources of adult somatic cells have been probed for...Efficient human iPS cell derivation by a non-integrating plasmid from blood cells with unique epigenetic...stem cells from a small amount of human peripheral blood using a combination of activated T cells and ...

... of the cell and/or they cannot tumble in 720°, i.e. they are on a membrane or in an organelle, then their...transcriptional reporter or as a general cytoplasmic label of cells, there's no problem. You're OK. However, if you ...(POI) to GFP to study the protein's behavior in cells, in solution or something in between, you are using...fluorescent protein (FP) could be forming dimers in cells. Why should you care? Three simple ways a dimeric...nanomolar Kd will exist primarily as a dimer in cells while a protein with a high micromolar or low millimolar...millimolar Kd is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. The Kd of EGFP is 0.11 mM [2]. Following the simple...might think EGFP is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. Unfortunately, things are not quite so simple. ...

... rising intracellular calcium levels within the cell. When levels of Ca2+ are high in the cell, calcineurin...infection (MOI) during cell library construction to ensure that the majority of cells receive one gRNA. The... of a genetically-defined subset of cells. By labeling fewer cells in a population, it’s easier to visualize...lengths, the density of cells that are labeled can be altered to dense (45% of cells labeled), intermediate...or aging cell populations. Figure 3: Micrographs of wild type (top panels) and cells with high...barcodes (iBARs) in their loop region. After infecting cells with sgRNAiBAR library containing lentiviral vectors...high MOI, which is beneficial for a low number of cells and in vivo settings. Find the sgRNAiBAR library...

...foreign antigens to adaptive immune cells, such as T cells and B cells. About a week following the initial...presenting cells. B cells in secondary lymphoid organs recognize specific antigens through the B cell receptor...have been described. NK Cell Signaling Natural killer (NK) cells can kill cells that have been infected... within an infected cell membrane, triggering cell death. TCR Signaling The T cell receptor (TCR) engages...through effects on numerous immune cell types including T cells and B cells. It also impacts the development...function of innate immune cells including NK cells, macrophages, dendritic cells, and granulocytes. TLR ...

...ATP (extracellular) ecAT3.10 extracellular ATP sensor (cell surface targeted) Imaging extracellular ATP... pH Imaging intracellular pH in live cells (pHRed) Imaging Intracellular pH in Live Cells with a Genetically...indicators FR-GECO1 Robert Campbell Lab (unpublished) Robert Campbell Calcium Yellow protein calcium sensor...SponGee: A Genetic Tool for Subcellular and Cell-Specific cGMP Manipulation. Cell Rep. 2019 Jun 25;27(13):...designed to specifically localize to cellular compartments or organelles. Addgene’s database includes many... vitro vs. in vivo , cytoplasmic vs. extracellular vs. organelle-localized). Browse or search the tables...STIM1 signalling system regulates directed cell migration. Nat Cell Biol. 2014 Feb;16(2):133-44. Tobias Meyer...

... enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83894-AAV2 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 Cre recombinase-dependent... enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83894-AAV5 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 Cre recombinase-dependent... enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83894-AAV9 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 Cre recombinase-dependent... enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83894-AAVrg pAAV-hDlx-Flex-dTomato-Fishell_7 Cre recombinase-dependent...hDlx enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83895-AAV1 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-GFP-Fishell_6 Cre recombinase-dependent GFP...hDlx enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83895-AAV2 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-GFP-Fishell_6 Cre recombinase-dependent GFP...hDlx enhancer element Gordon Fishell 83895-AAV8 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-GFP-Fishell_6 Cre recombinase-dependent GFP...

...with Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells Carrying a Guide RNA Library. Cell Stem Cell . 17 (2), 221–232. PMID: ...in the same cell. This is called multiplexing , and increases the likelihood that any cell containing ... the cell along with the gRNA(s) and Cas enzyme. The donor DNA contains the desired edit as well as additional...can increase efficiency. Synchronizing cells or modulating the cell cycle can help as HDR takes place during...expressing stable cell line. After applying your screening conditions to your transduced cell population, you...tracking of RNA in live cells, including orthogonal RNA/DNA labeling in the same cell. Figure 11: Overview...promiscuity is unique to bacterial cells and does not occur in mammalian cells. SHERLOCK , developed by the ...

... produced. Cells - Antibodies can also be produced in cell cultures using hybridomas, cell cultures created...created by fusing B cells with myeloma cells (immortalized B cells). The genetic reorganization that creates...identify and sort cells from a mixed population. Overview of application Collect cells from cell culture or ...specificity occurs in the B cell itself prior to antibody production; therefore, each B cell only produces one ... specific hybridoma cells into plasmids. Plasmids are then transfected into cells and induced to express...determines the isotype of the antibody. B cells, the immune cell responsible for producing antibodies, can...mature B cell can clone itself to enable higher production of a single antibody, but each B cell can only...

...expressed in your target cells. For easy-to-transfect cell types (e.g. HEK293 cells), transfection with standard... CRISPR machinery. For more difficult cells (e.g. primary cells), viral delivery of CRISPR reagents may...identify and enrich positive cells, or selection marker to generate stable cell lines (for details, see Plasmids...wide variety of mammalian cell lines Useful for difficult to transfect cell types, can also be used in...possible genotypes within the resulting cell population. Some cells may be wild type due to either (1) a ...efficient target cleavage in cells expressing both Cas9 and gRNA. Edited cells may be homozygous or heterozygous...will use the example of CRISPR/Cas9 in mammalian cells, many of these principles apply to using CRISPR ...