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  1. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...produce, so most labs opt to purchase adenoviruses from dedicated adenoviral production labs or companies. Production...available. The viruses Lentiviruses, AAV, and adenoviruses can all be produced in mammalian cells. However...make lentiviruses and AAV in-house. High-titer adenoviruses are difficult and time consuming to produce,...transformation of human neuronal cells by human adenoviruses and the origin of HEK 293 cells. The FASEB Journal...
  2. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...Non-integrating iPSC delivery methods Viral Vectors Adenovirus: Adenoviral vectors infect dividing and nondividing...verify excision didn’t introduce mutations Adenovirus Non-integrating Low Medium Generates transgene-free...polycistronic transgene or with four different adenoviruses, each expressing one factor. These vectors don...less likely to cause insertional mutagenesis, adenoviral vectors are considered a safer way to express...Minoru Iijima, Manami Ohtaka, and Mahito Nakanishi. "Novel Strategy to Control Transgene Expression Mediated...
  3. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    ...replication when copy number in the cell falls too low (Novcik, 1987).  Antisense RNAs encoded on the plasmid ...plasmid for replication or partitioning machinery (Novick, 1987). In cases where one plasmid outcompetes ...incompatibility to combat antimicrobial resistance. Using novel plasmids based partly on plasmid incompatibility.../j.1472-765x.2008.02426.x Pubmed PMID: 19241516 Novick RP (1987) Plasmid incompatibility. Microbiology... 25873913 Uraji M, Suzuki K, Yoshida K (2002) A novel plasmid curing method using incompatibility of plant...
  4. Celebrating the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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    ...we’ve seen so far!). They started by designing a novel topology, then iteratively generated 3D models and...Although Top7 was designed simply to be stable and novel, the principles that created it have been applied...the Baker Lab and others. The introduction of de novo designed proteins also helped researchers understand...Stoddard, B. L., & Baker, D. (2003). Design of a Novel Globular Protein Fold with Atomic-Level Accuracy...
  5. Cre-lox system

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    ...and GFP CMV Adenoviral Oka 73351 pAdx-CMV-iCre-P2A-tdTomato iCre and tdTomato CMV Adenoviral Oka 73472 ...85040 pK170.AAV-TRE-Cre-WPRE (Supernova) TRE-Cre based Supernova TRE AAV Iwasato 85577 pTC-CMV-Tet...
  6. A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture

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    ...animal testing and modifications. The premise of the novel involves Dr. Moreau who creates human-animal hybrids... writer Jack Williamson who used it in his 1951 novel Dragon’s Island. In 1976, the world’s first genetic...against a genetically engineered superhuman Khan. The novel, Inferno (2013) and the movie version (2016) stars...editors which can help accelerate the engineering of novel base editor proteins. She is particularly interested...Leung E, Meng X, Zhang L, Rebar EJ, Gregory PD, Urnov FD, Meyer BJ (2011) Targeted Genome Editing Across...
  7. Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to Entrepreneur: The Story of Sample 6

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    ... changed its name from Novophage to Sample 6. To learn more about Novophage's successful transformation...Koeris and Lu founded the biotech startup company, Novophage. As you'll hear Dr. Koeris explain however, the...firm, Flagship Ventures, Koeris helped change Novophage's focus. The company went from developing therapeutics...
  8. Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    ...our partnership with the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI), we expanded a growing collection of thoroughly...enter 2025, your feedback continues to guide our innovation.  In response to a demand for more AAV viral ...extensive plasmid database — because we believe that innovation flourishes when data are shared. The scientific...look ahead, I am excited to continue to grow and innovate with your help and guidance. Every plasmid shared...
  9. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    .... https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.04.076067    Novel fluorescent enzyme biosensors provide direct, specific...optimization. Claudia Vickers’s lab has designed novel SL fluorescent biosensors by integrating a SL-insensitive...parasitic Striga hermonthica SL receptor HTL7. This novel type of biosensors could be used in high throughput...As a result, agricultural applications of these novel biosensors could have a major economic impact.   ...
  10. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    ...of the company.  Ultragenyx’s goal is to develop novel products for the treatment of rare and ultra-rare...was the Head of Oncology Target Discovery at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. Drug development...are less common, they can be very impactful. At Novartis, Stegmeier deposited the ClonTracer Barcoding ...built create inefficiencies that ultimately make innovation and science slow,” Vandenberghe says. “The continuous...
  11. The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays

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    ..., founding bioethicist of Rogue Bioethics. On November 25, the MIT Technology Review dropped a bombshell...forward” is the June 2012 report on the ethics of “Novel techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA...Nuffield Council began their research into both novel and previously established ethical issues raised...industry to inform her work on emerging issues in novel technologies, including self-driving vehicles, synthetic...
  12. Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish

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    ...activity after ischemic brain injury Dr. Gohar Tsakanova, Institute of Molecular Biology of the NationalAcademy...Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Armenia Gohar Tsakanova is a Senior Researcher who investigates the molecular...become blocked, resulting in reduced blood flow. Novel treatment options, as well as non-pharmacological...two-photon laser scanning microscope will allow Tsakanova to image cortical neurons and study changes in...
  13. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    ...CRISPR–Cas9 activity switching via a novel optogenetic variant of AcrIIA4 (CASANOVA). As shown in the figure below...release of Cas9. A noteworthy application of the CASANOVA system was its use in light-mediated CRISPR labeling...minutes and red foci formed 20-40 min later. The CASANOVA system is versatile in that it can be adapted ...Light-Dependent Anti-CRISPR Bubeck et al., 2018 CASANOVA LOV2 from A. Sativa AcrIIA4 anti-CRISPR protein...
  14. Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools

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    ...Commun. 2017. PubMed PMID: 28646204. soCoChR: A novel opsin that enables single-cell optogenetics Article...system. Taken together, Shemesh et. al. describe a novel system for the precise mapping of neuronal networks...developed two new FLIM-FRET acceptors, ShadowG, a novel dark green fluorescent protein (GFP) with an absorption...absorption peak of 486 nm and ShadowY, a novel dark yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) with an excitation...
  15. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...have been investigated including lentiviruses, adenovirus, and inorganic delivery tools such as nanoparticles... AAV was first discovered as a contaminant of adenovirus preparations. It is an icosahedral, non-enveloped... requires co-infection of helper viruses like adenovirus for productive infection. AAV vectors are engineered... have slight variations in their viral capsids. Novel forms of AAV capsids are discovered frequently and...
  16. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    ...research? Do you have innovative tools? A novel dataset? Unique expertise? A novel hypothesis? Part of ...problem and then explain why it’s significant and innovative. For example, "while it is possible to grow liver...
  17. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ... Cox DBT, Shmakov S, Makarova KS, Semenova E, Minakhin L, Severinov K, Regev A, Lander ES, Koonin EV, ...Wolf YI, Gootenberg JS, Semenova E, Minakhin L, Joung J, Konermann S, Severinov K, Zhang F, Koonin EV (...
  18. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    ...Development - Steven C. Almo, Institute for Protein Innovation  1:18:45 - 2:01:18 (end) - Panel Alex Tucker... talk about work at the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) (49:45 - 1:18:45), there are also initiatives...conflict with our original hypotheses. Looking for novelty in our stories, we are additionally averse to producing...productive criticisms that focus less on perceived novelty and impact. Journals could also begin requiring...
  19. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    ... encourage people to go to Addgene to get new innovative tools. Afterall, isn’t science better when we...fluorescent proteins has allowed researchers to make innovative tools not possible with other luciferases. In...luciferase reporter from a deep sea shrimp utilizing a novel imidazopyrazinone substrate. ACS Chem Biol 7, 1848...PMC5171807. 6. Machleidt, T., et al. (2015) NanoBRET-A novel BRET platform for the analysis of protein-protein...
  20. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ...Recommended Reading Issa, S. S., Shaimardanova, A. A., Solovyeva, V. V., & Rizvanov, A. A. (2023). Various AAV...s41434-019-0075-6 Issa, S. S., Shaimardanova, A. A., Solovyeva, V. V., & Rizvanov, A. A. (2023). Various AAV...
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