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  1. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...common antibiotic resistance genes and which applications are best (or worst) for each antibiotic. The...is expensive (relative to amp), and for some applications, the benefit it offers is marginal. Fortunately...antibiotic resistance ultimately comes down to your applications and needs. The more niche and specific your ...
  2. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ...be an obvious one, but don’t make things too complicated for yourself (especially if you are the sole ...sole event planner)! If you have a very intricate itinerary, there is a higher likelihood that something ...Delegate- it will save you time and sanity!    10. Communicate Make sure people know that there is something...
  3. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...is only effective when sgRNAs target a specific location on the gene. For CRISPRa, sgRNAs were targeted...Calabrese pooled library and lentiviral prep here! Applications for the Root and Doench CRISPR libraries Overall...et al. "A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence imaging....
  4. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    ... time advances in human genetics led to the identification of several disease-causing genes, including... But it is the hard work and persistence of a dedicated team of scientists led by Dr. Jean Bennett (UPenn...-1250015778 7. Yu W and Wu Z., 2018. In vivo Applications of CRISPR-Based Genome Editing in the Retina...
  5. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    ...in bacteria and extracted with common protein purification methods. Read on to learn more about nanobodies..., Alexa Fluor 568, or Alexa Fluor 647 before application to the sample. Staining with this multi-color...PubMed PMID: 29263082 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Bates, M., Böhning, M.I., Chug...
  6. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    ...diverse group of ethnicities, cultures, genders, educational, and professional backgrounds. Sometimes this... information. It is quite possible that the clarifications lead to the story being scrapped or broken ...While writing the code, we may need additional clarification and again we collaborate with the Product Team...
  7. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ...vincristine, are regulated in the medicinal plant, the Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of our ...and a vacuum is applied with a vacuum bell or desiccator. Successful infiltration can often be seen by...expression method for analyzing gene function in Catharanthus roseus seedlings." Frontiers in plant science...
  8. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ... from depositing laboratories and associated publications, but our quality control (QC) standards have...such as 96-well microplates, and thanks to our dedicated product and development teams, frequent updates...can be easily shared with others without any complicated setup. We created, tested, and debugged each ...
  9. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ...          The artificially evolved adenosine deaminase catalyzes the conversion of a target ‘A’ to ‘I’ (inosine... optimize base editing efficiency based on the location of the ‘A’ relative to the protospacer adjacent...Choose a base editing platform depending on the location of your target base in the protospacer sequence...
  10. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ... potential control, and provide evidence that truncated gRNAs have improved specificity with only a small...toxicity in high-throughput screens." Nature communications 8 (2017): 15178. Pubmed PMID: 28474669. Pubmed...Improving CRISPR-Cas nuclease specificity using truncated guide RNAs." Nature biotechnology 32.3 (2014):...
  11. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...controlled by collections of neurons that are intricately wired into circuits through synaptic connections...photostable than GFP. In addition, antibody-based amplification of their signals is weak and increases background...more HA tags. 4. High-resolutions microscopy As indicated above, smFPs can be used with conventional microscopes...
  12. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    ...2019). TREE is a real-time, fluorescent based identification system for the isolation of base-edited cell...to BFP Conversion: A Versatile Assay for the Quantification of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Genome Editing. Molecular...Harris RS (2018) A fluorescent reporter for quantification and enrichment of DNA editing by APOBEC–Cas9...
  13. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    ...experimental design and its potential for clinical applications. Specifically, efficacy rates of Cas7-11 were...place, while increasing the number of potential applications. But they weren’t done engineering quite yet... at the bench and potentially in therapeutic applications. The potential of CRISPR has yet to fully taken...
  14. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    ...detrimental as too little, resulting in MECP2 duplication syndrome or Rett Syndrome, respectively. One ...Efficient and Precise CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated MECP2 Modifications in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Front..., Hector RD, Cobb SR, Bird A (2017) Radically truncated MeCP2 rescues Rett syndrome-like neurological ...
  15. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...folding and stability, change post-translational modification sites and even affect protein function (Mauro... AP, Bilen B, Zavolan M (2013) Analysis of CDS-located miRNA target sites suggests that they can effectively...synonymous codon usage bias, and its potential applications. Nucl Acids Res 15:1281–1295 . https://doi.org...
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    ...hesitation to ‘approach strangers’ and learn how to communicate outside my scientific expertise. Organizing a...will lead! Read our blog post about fostering communication in remote collaborations! Stay in touch: Maintaining...connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues who move on to new organizations...
  17. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...Microbes (bacteria included) are very skilled at the delicate art of survival. Existing virtually ubiquitously...of intentions. The take-home? Always take your medication as prescribed. How do we know which bacteria ... is passionate about health equity, science communication, and public health.     References 1. O'Neill...
  18. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ... in flow cytometry. Based on the established applications of the original hybridoma monoclonals, we anticipate... and plasmids. To encourage collaboration and education in protein science, IPI hosts events and training...subtype-specific β1 integrin mechanics. Nature Communications, 13(1), 7471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
  19. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    ...setting. CRISPR is often used for animal germline modification, to repair or add in disease-causing mutations...that AAV-CRISPR does not cause obvious germline modification, an important finding given the controversy ...Blog Learn How CRISPR Could Be Used to Treat Cataracts and Cystic Fibrosis Read How Homology Directed...
  20. Deep Dive: Statistical Tests (Comparisons)

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    ...tests  Statistical tests fall into two general categories: parametric and non-parametric. In this blog ... exist somewhere within your data; it does not indicate which groups the differences exist between. For...that matter. However, this is oftentimes an oversimplification. If your independent variables are affecting...
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