...Resources at Addgene Find the ClonTracer Library at Addgene Find Lentiviral Plasmids at Addgene Check out...abundance and clonal dynamics over time using next generation sequencing (NGS). The library was developed when... al., 2016).  Bhang deposited the library with Addgene because she wanted to make it as easy as possible...and she is excited to deposit the library with Addgene because it is a “really great way of broadly sharing...sharing these kinds of reagents.” Here at Addgene, we’re excited to see the creative new ways you put ...and for providing this powerful resource to the Addgene community! Carrie Bhang is a research investigator...in applying what we have learned about tumor heterogeneity to drug discovery and the development of combination...

...fit in a freezer). Our Addgene celebration was so much fun! Here's the Addgene Leadership team in all ... a million plasmids would fill? Two weeks ago, Addgene edged passed our one million plasmids shared milestone...might have you wondering how many plasmids leave Addgene headquarters every day. That would be an average...our shipping room above), but as Joanne Kamens, Addgene’s executive director, said during our celebratory...it takes to make one plasmid and how much time Addgene has saved researchers. Assuming 5 hours of hands-on...Addgenies on social media or around the office. @Addgene congrats for 1 million orders. @RothLabUNC accounts... — BryanRoth (@zenbrainest) August 21, 2018 As Addgene grows, we have been able to adapt to the needs ...

...proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9. By combining AcrIIA4, a Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 inhibitor... a few of the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR...adapted for detecting SNPs. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Science Find the...the Cas14 plasmids Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 Anti-CRISPR proteins that...editing is now possible. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Nature Methods Find...a new CRISPR tool you’ve recently deposited to Addgene and you’d like it to be included in the next What...please let us know! Additional resources on the Addgene blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR...

... plasmids for generating your own libraries are also available in the Sybody Generation Toolbox plasmid...lab found a way around this by using plasmids to generate sybodies, synthetic nanobodies against the spike...blog post.  A rapid selection platform for generating sybodies against membrane proteins Developing...membrane protein of interest using the Sybody Generation Toolbox and commercially available reagents in...libraries (Zimmermann et al., 2018). Find the Sybody Generation Toolbox! Starting with libraries and a biotinylated...relevant plasmids are available in the Sybody Generation Toolbox kit. Find the Seeger lab's SARS-CoV-2... S, Dawson RJP, Geertsma ER, Seeger MA (2020) Generation of synthetic nanobodies against delicate proteins...

... Figure 1: Discussing next-generation sequencing at the Addgene bioinformatics journal club! ...and level of general busy-ness will most likely the primary drivers of frequency. At Addgene, we opted to...recurring journal clubs on Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis that occurred once a week for several months...want to pick a topic and have no one show up. At Addgene, we wanted to think more closely about the wealth...wealth of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data we generate and maintain. It became clear that while several...messaging but we as scientists often prefer data. At Addgene we rely on polls and surveys. A mix of closed (...wandering monologue?  Assuming the feedback is generally positive and the meeting seemed to be of use, ...

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...training in a variety of transferable skills. At Addgene we're helping to fill this gap by both helping ...yourself in a creative rut, read on!   Fig 1: Blugene using creative problem-solving in the lab   ...to do this and are still struggling with idea generation, try this thought exercise: Consider the issue...three-ring binder as a starting point, the ideas generated were hardly novel. When told to use a roller skate...that way— but the idea behind the study holds. To generate novel ideas, start with an out-of-the-box concept...option for any meeting in which the goal is to generate unique ideas. Recognize ideas can come any time... had over lunch are just as valuable! In 2019, Addgene implemented a company-wide New Ideas Survey. Anyone...

...nature18308   Additional resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s General Use Antibodies Antibody guide Antibody...applications. You can find FLAG antibodies on Addgene’s catalog including a mouse monoclonal (M2) as well... acid peptide (EQKLISEEDL) derived from the protooncogene of the same name. The tag has a net negative...clone used today! Goat, chicken, mouse, or rabbit? Addgene has you covered with monoclonal antibodies to Myc...both cleave after the DVPD sequence. Check out Addgene’s monoclonal antibodies (mouse, rabbit, and chicken... antibodies or guidance on designing a GFP tag Addgene has you covered!   Potential tag issues Tags have...Antibody protocols Additional resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Epitope availability Plasmids...

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...Blotting Resources on Addgene.org Find plasmids encoding recombinant antibodies at Addgene ...an IF experiment. What is immunofluorescence? Generally speaking, IF is an application in which antibodies...iBiology). IHC and ICC are essentially just more general terms that can also refer to assays using non-fluorescent... visualize their target. These antibodies are generated against a specific antigen and then conjugated... more common is that secondary antibodies are generally polyclonal, which means that multiple secondary...amplification. Another reason is cost effectiveness. Generating and validating primary antibodies is a time consuming...antibodies that exist and you can begin to see why generating fluorophore-conjugated versions for each primary...

...of sample preparation for high-throughput next generation (NGS) sequencing have prevented laboratories ...As part of our mission, we’ve been working with Addgene to develop and apply our plexWell™ Library Preparation... for NGS-based sequencing and confirmation of Addgene’s large and growing collection of curated plasmids...are using this technique in our partnership with Addgene to sequence large numbers of plasmids. plexWell...does not vary by DNA input amount. plexWell™ + Addgene = high quality NGS-assembled plasmids Because of...information about the presence of non-plasmid DNA or heterogeneous and/or mixed clones present in the original ...original sample. At seqWell, we have worked with Addgene to develop a highly optimized bioinformatics pipeline...

...zebrafish, and mice. Second Generation iGluSnFR: SF-iGluSnFR In the second generation of iGluSnFR, the Looger...being deposited at Addgene. Other plasmids and pAAVs can be ordered directly from Addgene. The Podgorski ... for Synaptic Imaging However, the first two generations of iGluSnFR had limitations: they were not optimal...extrasynaptic glutamate release. Building on the previous generation of the SF-Venus-iGluSnFR (itself an improvement...IPTG induction to express soluble protein CAG: Generic strong promoter. Formulated as AAV-DJ for neuronal...References and Resources Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about other Fluorescent Biosensors ...Fluorescent Protein Featured Topic Page Resources at Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Biosensors Browse All...

...Before I started writing for the Addgene blog, sharing Chemistry Cat memes was how I used social media...social media as a scientist. Now I write for the @Addgene blog & I'm my lab's resident #scicomm expert. What...using social media as a scientist started with the Addgene blog. I wrote my first blog post out of boredom...person in the lab. When I saw a request for an Addgene guest blogger post about colony PCR, I signed up...and accepted a position to work remotely as an Addgene Science Communication Intern. Developing science... using Twitter, I found this paper. I wrote an Addgene blog post about it and shared the paper with my... this panel, but my consistent writing for the Addgene blog (~1-2 blog posts per month) and use of Twitter...

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...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.      Additional... Today on the Addgene Podcast, we have another interview conducted by European Outreach Scientist Benoit...creation of improved fluorescent proteins through mutagenesis. Chapter 6 - The future of FRET and fluorescent...Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes. You can follow him...Additional Resources from the Addgene Blog Visit our Fluorescent Proteins featured topic page Read Joachim's...Subcellular Structures and Organelles Resources at Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Plasmids Find Plasmids... addgene podcast...

...Addgene is excited to announce we now offer an export license application for rabies materials! Some ... export-controlled materials in the USA, where Addgene is located.  The export license, if granted, allows...ship rabies plasmids and viral vectors containing genetic elements from rabies plasmids to international ... export control license, once approved, allows Addgene to ship plasmids or viral vectors containing sequences...project when purchasing export-controlled materials. Addgene will then apply for the license for distribution...processing costs. Once the application is approved, Addgene then ships the material following our normal process... If you have any questions about this or other Addgene shipping and ordering processes, don’t hesitate...

...resources on addgene.org  Antibody GuideRecombinant antibodies available from AddgeneBrowse our recombinant...I love Addgene's new Antibody Guide and not just because I helped create it. But while antibodies, as...space to give proper credit to. Thankfully, as Addgene's resident blog editor, I could take the needed ...alternative reagents are created in the lab, instead of generated in vivo, they have higher reproducibility and ...small enough to be produced in bacteria and are generally cheaper to make than antibodies. Minibodies are...Designed ankyrin repeat proteins, or DARPins, are genetically engineered small affinity proteins, around 14...instead of the antibody constant region. They are generated using combinatorial libraries, and high specificity...

...plasmid-based antibodies Resources on Addgene.org Discover Addgene’s antibody plasmid collection ...antibodies are produced Polyclonal antibodies are a heterogeneous mixture of many antibodies that recognize the... response.   Polyclonal antibodies are generated by injecting an animal with an immunogen, then...weeks later. Created with biorender.com. To generate polyclonal antibodies, an animal (such as a rabbit...might be the full-length protein that you want to generate antibodies against, or a unique peptide sequence...experiments to be aware of signal strength. In general, polyclonal antibodies produce a higher level of...the same species your polyclonal antibody was generated in or a polyclonal isotype control, to account...

...breaking into more audio and video on the Addgene Blog and Addgene website. As we push forward with these...Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast.     Additional...present plasmid info with a new segment on the Addgene podcast - The Hot Plasmids Segment. Click on the...Listen to the entire Hot Plasmids episode! We generally publish 5-10 Hot Plasmid articles with each of...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Listen to Our Podcast Interview with Eye Researcher Connie Cepko...Science Videos from Tom McFadden Resources at Addgene.org Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter Check Out ...

...soon with some brand-new Addgene swag!   Last month, we introduced you to Blugene and Aavery's newest friend...friend, our Addgene antibody mascot, here to help us with our upcoming affinity reagent distribution launch...this form or head over to Twitter to vote on @addgene's Twitter poll. Voting is open until Feb. 22, 2022...winning name on Feb. 24. Stay tuned!    Original Blugene and Aavery would like your attention, please, as...that has led them to their biggest discovery yet: Addgene will soon be distributing affinity reagents. Name...hashtag #AntibodyMakesThree on Twitter. As with Blugene and Aavery, we’re looking for a gender neutral ... four will receive some rockin’ newly designed Addgene swag. Good luck and happy naming!   Fig....