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TypeBlog Post... Neurogenetic alchemy: CAP-Mac unleashes the secrets of primate brains with brilliance By Hridaya Patel...authors used a multispecies approach to generate and screen a library of AAV9 variants (Chuapoco et al., 2023... Figure 3: Overview of library generation and screening that led to identification and characterization...
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Engaging with science and society at pgEd
TypeBlog Post...this through a variety of activities, including creating educational materials and lesson plans that are...sterilization of women in marginalized communities have created a legacy of distrust between these communities ...communities, including those by researchers hoping to increase community participation in new precision medicine... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog Post...tips to improve your grant writing and hopefully increase your success rate. 1. Submit your grant early...are unlikely to get past the initial round of screening. I STRONGLY recommend that you ask a PI or mentor...taxes or charitable donations) so there is an increasing realization that, if we want people to keep contributing... -
Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals
TypeBlog Post...Mammalian expression plasmids are primarily used to create mRNA and the commonly used mammalian terminators...below) releases the mRNA from the polymerase and creates a free 3' end which is now available for polyadenylation...Internal Polyadenylation Signal Substantially Increases Expression Levels of Lentivirus-Delivered Transgenes... -
Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats
TypeBlog Post...Victoria, CA Over the decades science has become increasingly restricted to academic and industrial labs, ...research. This interest manifested itself in the creation of Hackerspaces and Makerspaces back in 2007, ... make accounts with Addgene. We now have the incredible CRISPR/cas9 tools at our disposal to to modify... -
AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS
TypeBlog Post...parallel because the risk of accidental errors increases. In addition to human error, fragments of DNA ...to the reference sequence of the plasmid used to create the viral prep. In a clean viral prep, like AAV...control process! The images in this blog post were created using Snapgene and Geneious software. References... -
Plasmids 101: Protein Expression
TypeBlog Post...disulfide bridges, glycosylation and acetylation to create functional, stable proteins. Protein expression...scientists have taken advantage of the natural secretion of biochemicals and proteins through plant roots... Tagging recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide allows for easier access and purification... -
Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community
TypeBlog Post...as 30% of all cancers, especially those of the pancreas and colon. Despite the prevalence of Ras mutations...he or she can use to study it (as seen in the screenshot below). Currently, the page includes interactive... Tackling Cancers' Drug Resistance with a New Screening Kit Learn How the Clon Tracer Library Can Be Used... -
Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids
TypeBlog Post.... At Addgene, we use blastn to identify any discrepancies in Sanger sequences, such as mismatches, deletions...determine the potential effect of any nucleotide discrepancies. The blastp and blastx programs are optimized...plasmids instead! All BLAST images are modified screen shots from the NCBI BLAST website. Additional Resources... -
Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox
TypeBlog Post...a double-edged sword. An antibody’s large size creates more distance between the target antigen and the...also allows for better tissue penetration and decreases the distance between a fluorescent tag and the...HCab antibodies from its serum, and meticulously screening, optimizing, and characterizing several anti-mouse... -
DNA Purification Without a Kit
TypeBlog Post...expense and requirement for lab equipment. Plus they create plastic waste. Kits can also have the annoying ...and filters can be stacked together in series to increase binding capacity. Figure 1: Purify DNA using...Additionally, while commercial plasmid prep kits come in discreet sizes (mini, midi, maxi, giga) which requires ... -
Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
TypeBlog Post...overexpression of protein fusions to gene-edited cells can decrease the number of fluorophores, compromising the photon...improved fluorophores are making chemical dyes increasingly attractive and accessible to cell biologists—and...fluorogenicity, photoactivation etc.—can further increase the photon budget and allow us to push further... -
How to Write a Scientific Review Article
TypeBlog Post...researchers in the field. Finally, you can sound credible and cool when you casually mention “Haery et al... al., showed that MYC expression was increased…” when discussing the review topic with your peers. Start...will also paraphrase what I have heard many other creative people say about writing: you don’t know what ... -
Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TypeBlog Post...prognoses. Survival rates for mesothelioma are creeping upwards, and while most people still die within...world. New mesothelioma cases could be greatly decreased through a ban on asbestos. Nonprofits like the...Resistance Plasmid Grant to Aid Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana Additional Resources on Addgene.org ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Career Planning Resources
TypeBlog Post...just might personally hand your credentials to HR, greatly increasing your chances of getting a phone ...can use to better prepare for your career, and increase your chances of landing that next coveted job!... -
Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
TypeBlog Post...that can function in more than one host species. Created with BioRender.com. How are shuttle vectors...viral oris to drive amplification, which helps increase cellular uptake, but this approach requires compatible...eukaryotes. Conclusion I still think it’s pretty incredible that my cells “speak” the same molecular language... -
Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
TypeBlog Post...proteins cooperatively can separate the DNA strands. Created with BioRender.com. Once DnaA breaks the local...helicases to continue unwinding the strands. This creates two replication forks that move in opposite directions...pseudoknot from folding, blocking replication. Created with BioRender.com. Plasmids under stringent... -
Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
TypeBlog Post...and multiple gRNAs into separate AAV vectors, increasing overall packaging capacity but necessitating ...efficiency of AAV-SaCas9 in vivo, the Zhang lab created an all-in-one SaCas9 and sgRNA construct using ...histologically normal and liver injury markers were not increased compared to a control AAV-GFP. Not only did the... -
Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
TypeBlog Post...1998). As the copy number of the plasmid increases, increased amounts of these antisense RNAs inhibit ...inhibit its own transcription. As copy number increases, RepA transcription is repressed and replication... -
An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team
TypeBlog Post...each project. This creates accountability on the part of each developer and creates trust amongst the ... Addgene grows and evolves, we will be here to increase all of our teams’ efficiency and productivity....