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  1. 500,000 Plasmids Shipped and Counting!

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    March 26, 2015, 3:24 p.m.
    ...online collection, and shipping them to you quickly.   So, what does plasmid shipping look like at Addgene...huge milestone here at Addgene – 500,000 plasmids shipped! That's a 1/2 million plasmids sent to happy scientists... lab team creates stabs for each plasmid being shipped based on the information in our lab software, labeling...correct plasmids are packed into their boxes with shipping labels and paperwork. Our stacks of Addgene boxes...map below which depicts where plasmids have been shipped to. Plasmids start out at our Cambridge office ...plasmids travel to labs around the world. We've shipped plasmids to more than 90,000 scientists at 5,200...use the repository – about 50% of plasmids are shipped to labs outside of the US. We are so excited to...
  2. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Biosystems offer pre-made stripping solutions or kits. Mild stripping The mild stripping solution uses low pH.... Remember, stripping your membrane will remove some of your sample —and harsher stripping means more ...buffer such as PBS or TBST. Stringent stripping The stringent stripping solution uses heat and detergent to... start a whole new blot? Never fear: membrane stripping is here! Rather than start over, you can remove...reprobe. In this case, we recommend using mild stripping solution (see below) to minimize loss of your ...the antibodies, especially with more stringent stripping methods. If you are planning to detect multiple...multiple proteins through several rounds of stripping and reprobing, maximize your signal by starting with ...
  3. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...forms of dystrophin can still be functional, exon skipping is a good option for DMD treatment. Clinical trials... trials have used oligonucleotide exon skipping (OEN) to remove mutated exons from the dystrophin transcript... to explore genome editing approaches for exon skipping. Addgene depositor Charles Gersbach used paired... Could this approach work with dystrophin exon skipping? For such a therapy to be successful, multiple...downregulated in mature tissues - no problem, as exon skipping proceeds through the non-homologous end joining...difference in DMD, and it’s estimated that exon skipping therapies would be applicable to 80% of DMD patients... and Tabebordbar et al. each chose to try exon skipping in DMD mice, which have a mutation in dystrophin...
  4. Celebrating One Million Plasmids Shared!

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    Sept. 25, 2018, 2:39 p.m.
    ...tubes, and to packing and shipping. Every single day. 673 plasmids shipped daily may be easy to picture...milestone by ending the day with 1,000,002 plasmids shipped. Reaching one million plasmids shared might have... tremendous coordination amongst the lab team, shipping team, and others to ensure that everything will...picture (see the picture of our shipping room above), but as Joanne Kamens, Addgene’s executive director,... and we just reached our 10,000th viral vector shipped! In the upcoming months, we will be moving into...
  5. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...regions. For example, communication between the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex brain regions is involved...specific example of episodic memory, a subset of hippocampal neurons projects axons directly to the prefrontal...immunogenicity and cellular toxicity. AAV vectors can be equipped with strong promoters for high and neuron-specific...Cre recombinase only in pyramidal cells of the hippocampal region CA2 allowed for detailed mapping of the...PMC2293646. Jin, J., and Maren, S. (2015). Prefrontal-Hippocampal Interactions in Memory and Emotion. Front Syst...type-specific genetic and optogenetic tools reveal novel hippocampal CA2 circuits. Nat Neurosci 17(2), 269–279. PubMed...sensitive retrograde tracer in the rat brain hippocampal system. Brain Res 152, 145-150. PubMed PMID: ...
  6. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    Sept. 17, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Increase volume of wash buffer Incomplete stripping (If stripping/reprobing) Check for antibody signaling...signaling after each round of stripping* Use a harsher stripping buffer Too little signal Large proteins...ability of proteins to stick to the membrane by stripping away the SDS. To speed up larger proteins and ...need to compare the protein amounts directly, stripping and reprobing. Just make sure to go from least...least to most abundant protein if you’re stripping, since you’ll lose protein with every strip cycle. Troubleshooting...
  7. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...distribution and deposits. (A) Cumulative CRISPR plasmids shipped by year. (B) Cumulative CRISPR plasmids deposited...by year. (D) Cumulative CRISPR pooled libraries shipped by year.   As of the end of 2023, Addgene had...even mix of plasmids (by age) are requested and shipped out each year.     Figure 3: Percentage...from labs in ~40 different countries, and we’ve shipped CRISPR plasmids to labs in ~100 countries.  The...distributed per year, or approximately 104 plasmids shipped per working day, including appropriate MTAs and...
  8. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    Oct. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...need. For example, as shown in this study [3], hippocampal neurons are activated when the mouse is placed...expression, thus showing successful inhibition of hippocampal neurons. Initial monitoring Second, this may ...associated with a visual or auditory cue. The hippocampus has long been known to be responsible for mediating...the function of specific subregions within the hippocampus were only recently studied in detail thanks to... PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3082132. 9.Del Bene, Filippo, and Claire Wyart. "Optogenetics: a new enlightenment...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    April 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...which is limited to the hippocampus. Thus, only neurons signaling from the hippocampus to Broca’s area would...access all the neurons that signaled from the hippocampus to Broca’s area. This could be done by injecting...of a mouse specifically expressing Cre in the hippocampus (Fig. 3). The Cre-dependent AAV would access ...
  10. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    June 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...this information in mind if you’re planning on shipping something on dry ice or if you’re receiving samples...for 48 hours (to replicate how our viruses are shipped), where they would be exposed to a closed environment...function optimally at -80°C. For samples that are shipped on dry ice, this can affect the pH of the sample...
  11. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    March 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...expertise in shipping hundreds of plasmids a day, the Lab and Office Teams develop shipping systems and...provide extensive logistics support for export and shipping on dry ice. The Business and Finance Teams continue...
  12. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...nitrocellulose. PVDF is a sturdy membrane that can be stripped and reprobed multiple times. It doesn’t degrade...washes. It’s less sturdy and not recommended for stripping and reprobing, unless you buy specialty nitrocellulose...nitrocellulose membranes specifically developed to allow stripping. And as a safety note, nitrocellulose is flammable...enzymes, they are more likely to be compatible with stripping and probing.   Imaging At the final step of your...
  13. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    Jan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m.
    ...could have a shipping sprint and all the stories will touch different parts of the shipping code. The following...that the checkout takes the user directly to the shipping step, and no longer takes the user to a terms ...
  14. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ...studies have found reduced BDNF levels within the hippocampus and frontal cortex during depression, yet there...injecting lentiviral vectors expressing BDNF in the hippocampus causes a shift towards antidepressant behavior...-mediated suppression of microRNA124a in the hippocampus evokes antidepressants-like effects in rats."...
  15. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    May 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...using a simple, external video recorder and a mic clipped to her shirt. She rolled several long takes, and... videos like this would prove to be difficult. Shipping the gear, and walking everyone through the recording...record into an external recorder using a lav mic, clipped to the talent’s shirt. But knowing I would have...
  16. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    May 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...by chemical treatment or photobleaching or by stripping out the antibodies, then start over with the next... β1 (white) and anti-GABA-AR β3 (green). (C) Hippocampus labeled with anti-Kv2.1 (magenta), anti-AnkyrinG...that your target protein is expressed in the hippocampus, or counting the number of puncta in each cell...
  17. Twenty Years of Sharing Science!

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    Jan. 8, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
    ...countries. Just eight days into 2024, we've already shipped 2,078 items to 764 scientists at 375 organizations...different countries. It's safe to say we keep our shipping team busy! But they're not alone: to better serve...
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