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  1. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    April 19, 2017, 3:25 p.m.
    ... and rapid advances in technologies that permit large-scale creation and synthesis (“writing”) of longer...-based sequencing and confirmation of Addgene’s large and growing collection of curated plasmids from ...technique in our partnership with Addgene to sequence large numbers of plasmids. plexWell™ technology overview...sequential “pooled library prep”, in which a relatively large number of samples are subjected to a DNA-barcoding...normalization problem often arises from the fact that large numbers of individual input DNA samples (e.g. a ...measured in time and consumables, can be daunting for large numbers of samples. As mentioned above, one of the... is that normalized libraries are produced from large numbers of samples with a wide range of input concentrations...
  2. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    Feb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...together without forming large oligomeric complexes. Antibodies are also too large to be expressed in bacteria...strength. This signal strength is due in large part to their larger size (~10-15 nm), which allows for the...antibody structures. Functional comparison Strong but Large: Advantages of Antibodies One of the main reasons...being big is a double-edged sword. An antibody’s large size creates more distance between the target antigen...ability to penetrate tissue. Because antibodies are large and bivalent, primary and secondary antibodies cannot... to 3 targets (Pleiner et al figure 4D). Unlike large secondary antibodies, small nanobodies do not oligomerize... Poor tissue penetration Less resolution due to larger label displacement Require separate incubation ...
  3. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ... what your desired edit is. Large knock-ins Are you introducing a large insertion, something 20 base ...edit. Most dual guide systems generate a deletion large enough that it can be visualized by running your...guide system.   Fig. 2: Size screening for large deletion events.   Validating knock-in mutations... Pro tip: make sure your PCR amplicon isn’t too large so that you can easily visualize the size shift ...knock-ins A method applicable to knock-ins both large and small is a software very similar to TIDE known...
  4. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...single base pairs, to chromosomal inversions and large deletions. Many of these methods rely on Cas9 or...Although seemingly ubiquitous in nature, they are largely underutilized in research settings — mostly a consequence...one stand and cutting the template strand causes large deletions of up to hundreds or even thousands of...proteins naturally bound to the DNA. Cas3 or Cas9? Large genomic deletions can be achieved using Cas9, but...but Cas3 may be a better option. To get large deletions using Cas9, two or more gRNAs must be used along...
  5. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...multiple-view reconstruction (5). In order to image large tissue such as cleared rodent brain, the Ultramicroscope...was developed using a stereomicroscope to capture large field-of-views (6). For more comprehensive reviews...specimen makes imaging too slow and unwieldy for large specimens that are millimeters in thickness (8,9...significantly reducing the time it takes to image through a large z-stack (8).  One limitation of LSFMs using single...single side illumination, especially with large tissue, is that any obstacles (e.g. air bubbles or high ...
  6. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    May 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...we developed assays to test large numbers of cancer variants across a large number of genes as systematically...characterization For many years, we’ve hoped that large scale laboratory-based functional experiments that... us from testing this hypothesis: There was no large scale, broadly available collection of mutant cDNA...
  7. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    April 22, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
    ...that you can make a very large number of regulators. That basically means larger genetic circuits that could... could conceivably be as large as natural regulatory networks. Addgene: What kinds of things could we ...repressors, activators. We’ve been putting together very large toolboxes and making them available. We’ll also ... people the complete toolbox for taking on very large genetic engineering projects. Addgene: How easy ...we do as genetic circuits become larger and more complex? Voigt: If you look at all the products of biology...switch-like at all. It’s also difficult to build larger circuits with many guide RNAs connected because...
  8. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    Sept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Reassembly of fragmented genomes is the key to fitting large genes into AAV First, some history. In 2008, the...sequential homologous recombination approach delivers large donor templates using two sequential homology directed...Auricchio A (2008) Serotype-dependent packaging of large genes in adeno-associated viral vectors results ...Porteus MH (2017) CRISPR-Mediated Integration of Large Gene Cassettes Using AAV Donor Vectors. Cell Reports...Chamberlain JS (2011) Gene Therapy of mdx Mice With Large Truncated Dystrophins Generated by Recombination...Polishchuk R, Auricchio A (2013) Effective delivery of large genes to the retina by dual AAV vectors. EMBO Mol...reproducing these results and determined that even when larger vector genomes are packaged, the physical size ...
  9. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...and specify a large intervening deletion. Not only can this method precisely program large genomic deletions.... pyogenes CRISPR/Cas9 system is that it is too large to be effectively packaged into AAV particles for... targeting complementary DNA strands to program large genomic deletions with or without small insertions... of the pegRNAs. PEDAR is capable of correcting larger genomic rearrangements as demonstrated in a mouse...
  10. pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering

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    Sept. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...scientists want to transfer large genes, smaller binary vectors with a larger cloning capacity would be ... most first-generation binary vectors are quite large (>10 kb.) Since transformation efficiency is inversely...pKYLX vectors, respectively, making it ideal for large gene transfer. The M24 promoter provides constitutive...
  11. The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born

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    April 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m.
    ...powder pruchased from a pottery supply house.  These large, cheap aliquots could be stored indefinitely at ...science project started when I realized I was pouring large agarose gels for DNA visualization or isolation,...amount of agarose, I could pour a very thin gel on a large glass slide using only surface tension.  It's a ...
  12. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    June 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m.
    ...expression systems can be scaled up for production of large amounts of protein. Some drawbacks of insect cell...popular DNA vectors that can be used to produce large amounts of protein in bacterial cells: the pET, ...Yeast are a great expression system to generate large quantities of recombinant eukaryotic proteins. Although... be easily adapted to fermentation allowing for large-scale, stable production of proteins. In general...
  13. What the HEK?

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    April 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...293, the most commonly used line expresses SV40 large T antigen and is thus dubbed HEK-293T. Given that... viral production because they express the SV40 large T-antigen. This allows them to replicate viral plasmids...HEKs can also grow in suspension, which allows for large scalability, and can also be adapted for serum-free...
  14. CUT&RUN: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-DNA Interactions

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    Feb. 13, 2018, 2:51 p.m.
    ...Problems with Chip-seq ChIP-seq typically requires a large amount of input material, cells or tissue, to produce...with cell culture, because it is easy to harvest large quantities of cells. However, when working on specific...situations when it is technically challenging to collect large numbers of cells or when a high degree of signal...
  15. Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation

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    Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
    ...Now, scientists are beginning to see Addgene as a large data set. Addgene has over 65,000 plasmids in the...protein, their gene sequence may have slight or large variations depending on how closely related these...the only time researchers have used Addgene as a large data set. Alec A. K. Nielsen & Christopher A. Voigt...within the Addgene repository is mammalian, but the largest source of unique gene sequences is Proteobacteria...
  16. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... is observed. Today Southern blotting has been largely replaced by real-time PCR to answer the same experimental...Southern blotting is labor intensive and requires a large amount of high-quality DNA, real-time PCR has several...discoveries (5, 8). While newer techniques have largely replaced these, these techniques still have useful...bring efficient, low cost methods for sequencing large amounts of DNA quickly and accurately. We're sure...PMCID: PMC4727787. 9. Hunkapiller, Tom, et al. "Large-scale and automated DNA sequence determination."...
  17. Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods

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    March 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...insert your gene of interest into a vector with a large tag at the N-terminus, but you don’t have the tag...fairly high, so there is usually no need to screen a large amount of colonies. Excluding the time it takes ...those where the vector that you want to use is very large, has a high GC content, contains a lot of repeats...described recently (Jiang et al. 2015), in which very large fragments of the bacterial chromosome (up to 100...segments CATCH enables one-step targeted cloning of large gene clusters. Nat Commun. 2015; Sep 1;6:8101. PubMed...
  18. Tetbow: Bright Multicolor Labeling for Neuronal Tracing

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    Jan. 24, 2019, 2:24 p.m.
    ..., SeeDB2 is not powerful enough for large brain samples. For large brain samples, we recommend pretreatment... to achieve highest expression levels. Clearing large tissues - Fluorescent proteins are very stable in...
  19. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Numbers in the large colored circles are rough approximations of the total number of CRISPR plasmids...of insert) and the reduced titer associated with large inserts can make lentivirus production frustrating... titer of her prep makes it unuseable. With the large size of the SpCas9 nuclease (~4.2 kb) this is a ...
  20. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    Feb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...are available for making small point mutations, large deletions/insertions require complicated, often ...possible to use the same technique just using a large primer known as a megaprimer. Piecing together multiple...L-arabinose. These cells can be made and frozen in large batches suitable for many experiments. When REPLACR-mutagenesis...
  21. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    March 18, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...nearly 100% in archaea, though Class 1 remains largely underutilized compared to Class 2. Class 1 Despite... type of CRISPR overall. Type I systems degrade large sections of DNA thanks to the dual action power ...As you might imagine, this is handy for creating large genomic deletions. Type I systems are also employed...technically target both RNA and DNA, though it is largely believed that the cleavage of DNA is the primary...CRISPR-associated transposase (CAST) that can insert large fragments of DNA. The V-F variants, which are among...will no doubt keep increasing, as efforts using large-scale clustering and discovery algorithms find new...
  22. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    Jan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...can sometimes go unnoticed at large organizations. Another downside to large commercial companies which ...samples in the lab, but I really struggled with the large scale data analysis, as this is increasingly reliant...There were, however, some downsides to working in a large commercial company. In my particular situation, ... seemed to create more bureaucracy. As with any large company (both for-profit and non-profit) you can... companies. It was really exciting to work in a larger commercial company; the pay was good and there ... changes were welcomed, which is a benefit over larger companies which have more bureaucracy and cannot...
  23. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    Feb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...James from Binning Singletons. The sheer scale of a large conference can be intimidating. And it can be exacerbated...structure and support network for people attending large meetings. A key was to provide each bin with a mentor... the participants to feel more comfortable at a large meeting. They had the confidence to meet someone...-meeting survey indicated that the program was largely a success, but also helped us find areas for improvement...
  24. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...currently known to cause any diseases. Recombinant AAV largely does not integrate, and the addition of a helper... that of lenti and gamma-retro viruses. This is large enough for many applications, but in some cases ...transient expression of a genetic cargo or have a very large cargo. Fast fact: All viruses discussed in this...have been derived from. Lentiviruses have slightly larger packaging capacities than gamma-retrovirus, coming...
  25. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...in the host. Adenoviruses can deliver relatively large cargo inserts (>8 kb). Adeno-associated viruses...subject delivery, as immunogenicity was previously a large barrier for gene therapy. In fact, AAV gene therapies...High Gene Expression Infects Non-Dividing Cells Large Packaging Capacity (>8kb) High Transduction Efficiency...
  26. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... the backbone into the insert. If the insert is large, we may only check the 5’ and 3’ ends to verify ...which is critical for the efficient handling of large numbers of samples. When we grow overnight cultures...submission instructions. As for the analysis of a large number of sequencing reactions, you can make your...
  27. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?

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    Oct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m.
    ...entire axial volume of a sample. Therefore, when a large number of optical slices are acquired all fluorophores...they require both optical sectioning, imaging over large distances and high temporal resolution. Traditionally...photobleaching when acquiring multiple images over a large axial range. 2-photon imaging, which restricts excitation....0NA objective with proper sampling. Therefore, large, cleared tissues need to be imaged via Lightsheet...this size, those that can will completely image large tissues in a few hours. Although the modern explosion...
  28. A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More

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    Oct. 22, 2019, 12:20 p.m.
    ...vertical.  Large central box. Another commonly used and effective style is one employing a large central ...is written across the center of the poster in a large font. Hence, spectators can read the text from many...written and graphical information are inserted into larger circles or ovals, that are arranged in some logical...
  29. Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2

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    Sept. 29, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ..., the Rat Genome Sequencing Project conducted a large scale sequencing and concluded that nearly all disease-linked...relatively simple to maintain and breed and they have large, easily modifiable embryos, which is ideal for observing...attractive features are their eggs. Frog eggs are large, opaque, and produced in abundance, making them ...make an ideal model organism: quick development, a large number of offspring (produces many seeds), self ...disease mode (Iannaccone et al., 2009). Rats are larger than mice making them more useful for certain studies...
  30. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...short life cycle of 8 to 14 days, and produce a large number of offspring that are laid externally. Fruit... small, easily maintained as they are housed in large groups, easily bred, and produce 50-300 eggs at ...transparent worms that have a rapid life cycle and large brood sizes. The majority of C. elegans are also...self-fertile hermaphrodites making it easy to conduct large experiments over multiple generations. Similarly...
  31. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    April 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... scattered by that cell at a low angle (FSC) or large angle (SSC) (Figure 1). FSC values depend on the...forward at a low angle (FSC) or to the side at a large angle (SSC). FSC and SSC depend on the cell’s size...cell population will show up on an FSC/SSC plot, largely depends on cell type and laser voltage. The voltage...populations displayed. As the separation pattern largely stays the same and does not impact my ability to...population distinct from cellular debris and other larger cells. Note, we don’t mind the warning message ...
  32. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    Dec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...targeting constructs. In the example shown in Figure 1, large sequences corresponding to exons 1 and 3 of the ... the cells that have randomly integrated all or large portions of the plasmid. Deliver your construct ...CRISPR is very good at making knockouts, knocking in large sections of DNA can be more difficult. Addgene depositors...
  33. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    Aug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...is often the case with large genes. This is due to inefficient packaging of large inserts; a study by Kumar...start. If you don’t anticipate that you will need large volumes of lentivirus routinely, you may opt for... guides) while a single 72h harvest is best for larger genes such as Cas9. See figure 1 for an example...dishes or increasing the vessel size. Opting for a larger vessel, such as a 3 or 5-layer flask will require...calculating the ratio of the surface area of the larger vessel to the 10 cm2 dish and adjusting the cell...
  34. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    May 26, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...strains, including HB101 and derivatives, release large amounts of carbohydrates that can inhibit the cell...levels of protein, not plasmid DNA. If you need large amounts of DNA from a plasmid in a protein expression...gas exchange in the overnight culture. Generally, large cultures in flasks may be shaken around 220 RPM,...coli strains. Increase the volume Starting with a larger culture volume can improve plasmid yield. Our lab...
  35. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    Nov. 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...change in genotype. Epigenetic modifications play a large role in turning genes ‘off’ and ‘on’, signaling ...Epigenetic changes have been discovered to play a large role in a variety of diseases, ranging from cancer...changes in their DNA methylation patterns, either large increases or decreases. Hypermethylation of CpG ...
  36. 6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen

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    July 9, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... to take next steps and follow up especially in large companies. It is fine to address the cover letter...might be able to help you. If the organization is large, you will need to be more directed and target someone...
  37. From our Table to Yours: An Inside Look at Lunch at Addgene

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    Nov. 27, 2013, 2:54 p.m.
    ...United States, I look forward to gathering around a large table for a meal with my family. I am thankful for...things, and one is that I get to gather around a large table to eat with my Addgene family every day. Do...
  38. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...removing the full ncRNA locus (Ho et al. 2012). For large-scale screening, sgRNA libraries are useful for ... same time (Liu et al. 2018). However, removing large lncRNA fragments with multiple gRNAs poses the risk...Mutations of splice sites. (C) Removal of an exon or a large genomic fragment. (D) Knock-in: insertion of a synthetic...
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