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  1. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...cloning strategy designed by synthetic biologists to perform large scale, one-tube cloning reactions. In this...used to assemble multigene constructs capable of performing production and subsequent necessary modification... them to these organisms via another optimized platform. Gene Stacking As the name implies, gene stacking...
  2. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    ... containing the active promoters at Addgene. Performance of synthetic promoter AAVs in mice All of these...promoter plasmids! Comparing synthetic promoters performance in mouse, monkey, and human retinas Next, the...in monkey and human retinas. By comparing the performance of promoters across these three species, the ...
  3. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    ...packaging systems were designed to prevent the formation of replication competent lentivirus (RCL). Replication...requires the viral transactivator, Tat. For more information on the different generations of lentiviral packaging...to obtain the best titer possible. While this information provides a great starting point, it may not translate...
  4. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    ...CeNGEN is planned for August 15th, 2019. For more information about the aims and approach of CeNGEN, check ... C. elegans. This database provides detailed information about C. elegans 3’UTRs structures, alternative...PMC3531189. Mangone, Marco, et al. "UTRome. org: a platform for 3′ UTR biology in C. elegans." Nucleic acids...
  5. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    ...the six months of my co-op, I have conducted informational interviews with nine Addgenies. There are a ...interested to learn more when I was introduced to bioinformatics in the previous programs. I thought, ‘Let me...flexibility and be up to date with the current world. Bioinformatics it is.’” Though she misses the bench, the change...
  6. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    ...symposium includes a panel discussion and keynote by former congressman and CEO of the American Association...bootcamp” for a focused group of participants. More information can be found at http://futureofresearch.org/advocating-for-science-boston...symposium will culminate with a keynote address by former congressman and CEO of the American Association...
  7. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ...thousands of designs in parallel. To do this, we performed high-throughput ‘self-targeting’ screens with ...PRIDICT2.0 score. For the best prime editing performance, we suggest that users select some of the best...learning–based model with high generalization performance. Science Advances, 5(11), eaax9249. https://doi.org...
  8. Academic vs. Industry Postdocs

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    ...project will not involve proprietary compounds or information. Where publication is expected, the process is...ensure that it does not divulge any propriety information. Working as a team: Industry is all about teamwork...at once. Many companies will hire a postdoc to perform a specific project, while others will hire a group...
  9. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ...consider Gibson cloning. In this technique, you first perform a round of PCR to generate DNA fragments with 15...your insert, DpnI digest away the templates, and transform the PCR products into E. coli. Ligases within ...available cloning kits that one could choose from to perform these experiments. In most cases, there will be...
  10. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...understanding the differences can help you make an informed decision. Mammalian cells Mammalian cells are ...Ararat, M., & Graham, F. L. (2002). Preferential transformation of human neuronal cells by human adenoviruses... S., & Ng, S. K. (2021). HEK293 cell line as a platform to produce recombinant proteins and viral vectors...
  11. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    ...submitted was hilarious, full of interesting information, and received a lot of attention on social media...Museum and others when I was trying to find local informal science educators, and ever since, the State Museum...the network I built during graduate school is my informal advisory board. Although my goals may not have...
  12. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...discuss how CRISPR libraries are being used to perform genome-wide screens and highlight some of the reagents...What are the steps involved in a CRISPR screen? Performing a forward genetic screen using CRISPR libraries...your phenotype of interest. For more detailed information on CRISPR screens check out Addgene’s 2016 publication...
  13. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    ...resulted in 15% C-to-U editing activity. They then performed sixteen rounds of directed evolution across the... cytidine deaminase activity. While RESCUE can perform C-to-U edits, the authors note that it retains ...whole-transcriptome RNA-sequencing, the authors performed rational mutagenesis and identified that a S375A...
  14. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...protein. Codon optimization could affect protein conformation, folding and stability, change post-translational...  In addition codon optimization could remove information encoded in the primary sequence of a particular...updated resource for codon usage tables. BMC Bioinformatics 18: . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-017-1793...
  15. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    ...of time that doesn’t involve critical thinking. Former Addgenie Jessica Welch says, “[It] seems counter-intuitive... yourself a Scientist. You work in a lab. You formulate hypotheses and conduct experiments. You transfer...work environments outside of academia provide a formal training regime and the right set of tools to help...
  16. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    ...deliver the appropriate isoform(s) of a given gene, as, many times, the isoform(s) common to a particular...Tuttle is a medical student at Tufts University and former researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ... GFP is such a well-validated, all-round good performing probe, it is the first choice when selecting ...Zacharias et al., 2002). GFP needs oxygen Chromophore formation requires a fully folded beta-barrel structure,...C-terminal fusions (Adjobo-Hermans, 2011). Structural information facilitates the choice of the proper site, although...
  18. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ...rely on exogenous enzymes, require multiple transformation and plasmid curing steps, and can generate ... markers for allelic exchange. To do this, we performed the following modifications to pDS132 (Philippe...Hospital where he is now an attending physician. He performs post-doctoral research in the lab of Matthew Waldor...
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