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  1. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    July 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...well for everyone else?  In truth, people are incredibly varied in how they prefer to consume information...matter will drive the kinds of communications you create. Wildlife biology and ecology can make for beautifully...Once you’ve answered the above questions, you can create your short list of options and then pick whichever...Medium to high Uses visuals, audios, and text. Incredibly immersive and flexibility to visualize and contextualize...format. Equipment, expense and expertise needed can increase exponentially with complexity. Podcasts Medium...audience and communicators. Well-developed content creation platforms.  Algorithms can make it difficult ...
  2. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ...cytosine deaminase with Cas9 nickase (nCas9). nCas9 creates a nick in the DNA by cutting only a single strand...inhibitor (UGI) minimizes the second outcome and increases the generation of the desired T-A base pair. ...act on DNA for adenine base editing. They first created a defective chloramphenicol resistance gene (CamR...antibiotic resistance. To find such a protein, they created a mutant library of E. coli tRNA adenosine deaminases...into E. coli harboring the defective CamR gene. Screening for surviving colonies and subsequent rounds of...genotyping. If successful base editing causes the creation or destruction of any restriction enzyme (RE) ...
  3. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    Dec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m.
    ... I’ll describe an episomal vector system that increases reprogramming efficiency through the expression...requires stringent biosafety measures, thereby increasing the costs of the procedure. Episomal reprogramming...reprogramming is an ideal and cost-effective method for creating clinical-grade, safe, nonviral and nonintegrating...episomal reprogramming cocktail by Okita et al. increased the reprogramming efficiency in PBMCs [7]. The...transiently. The transiently expressed EBNA-1 increases protein expression from the other episomal plasmids...used on PBMCs, the pCXLE episomal vector system increases the efficiency of reprogramming from 0.001% to...
  4. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    Nov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...humanities, and 32% in the social sciences go uncited. Creative titles and controversial topics can garner some...Article, since the 1980s researchers have been increasingly citing research from outside of their disciplines...interdisciplinary research while at the same time increasing interdisciplinary citations in their own work...instant sharing across multiple other sites), I created a new platform for sharing video abstracts about...effectively.” How to share your science through video Creating an effective video about your research is not ...offers a 5-step process and several examples for creating effective research videos.  Karen McKee, also...
  5. 2021 Deck the Lab Winners!

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    Jan. 25, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Saves Christmas! created by the Moore lab at the Van Andel Institute. Krampus was created by Nate Levine...Warrior The Moore lab, who was full of holiday creativity, also receives an honorable mention for their...2021   2nd Place: The Winter and the Falcon Tube created by the team efforts of the Yit Heng Chooi Lab at... December 4, 2021   3rd Place: O! Beaker Tree Created by Joanne Jary from Lab Support at the John Innes...
  6. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...DNA end of the break is resected by nucleases to create a ssDNA 3’ overhang. This will serve as both a ...considerations for designing a repair template to create mutations HDR donors can contain insertable sequences...circular plasmid templates is generally low; to increase the frequency of edits, researchers have designed...complementary ssDNA. Easi-CRISPR was shown to increasing editing efficiency from 1-10% with dsDNA to 25...Frequency of Homology-directed Repair (HDR) for Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis...
  7. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...including easier automation, higher throughput screening, and a lower requirement for the amount of DNA...transgenic animals may choose Southern blotting to screen founder transgenic animals for the inserted transgene...DNA sequence content by comparing the fragments created by different restriction enzyme digests. Incubating...specific fragments of a DNA sequence of interest to create a physical map of the DNA. Starting in the 1970s...below), restriction mapping may still be used to screen multiple colonies before selecting a smaller subset...allowing for fluorometric-based detection. This increased sequencing speed ultimately leading to what are...
  8. Providing Plasmids to Researchers in Developing Countries: Addgene and Seeding Labs Team Up

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    April 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...donors to supply surplus lab equipment to carefully-screened research and teaching departments at universities.... Like Seeding Labs, Addgene also feels it’s incredibly important for scientific breakthroughs, reagents...scientific community and are always taking steps to increase plasmid distribution and disseminate knowledge... we need to expand our efforts to find new and creative ways to reach developing countries. As part of... eliminate much of white space on this map and increase plasmid sharing across the globe! We hope that...
  9. The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank: Over 25 Years of Antibody Sharing

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    March 10, 2015, 2:25 p.m.
    ... associated hybridoma cell lines. The DSHB was created by the National Institute for Child Health and ... which are each produced by a single B cell. To create a monoclonal antibody cell line, myeloma cells ...individually isolated and expanded. The clonal cells are screened to identify hybridoma lines, each producing a ...and protein tags (c-MYC and HA). We have also created the Monoclonal Antibody Research Institute dedicated...partially humanized rabbit antibodies that exhibit increased avidity to high profile antigens; and 4) generating...
  10. More Data for You: Find Articles Citing Addgene Plasmids

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    June 16, 2015, 2:15 p.m.
    ...use the dropdown to increase the length of the list (purple oval in the screenshot below). You can also...plasmid page. Check out the purple arrow in the screenshot below to see what I mean. Additional features...list of papers citing your deposited plasmids Increased visibility of your plasmids in the "Associated...listed in the "Articles Citing This Plasmid" list increasing your work's visibility Help us improve our citations...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    Jan. 16, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
    .... Figure 1: Diagram of AAV components. Created with BioRender.com. AAV vectors have both distinctive...AAV2, and so on. In addition, researchers have created many engineered serotypes by mixing, matching, ...been shown to transduce skeletal muscle, cardiac, pancreas, smooth muscle, CNS, kidney, and retinal cells...been shown to transduce liver, skeletal muscle, pancreatic, and retinal cells (Issa et al., 2023). AAV9 ...pUCmini-iCAP-AAV9.452sub.LUNG1 Goertsen et al., 2022 Pancreas AAV6, AAV8 Wang et al., 2006 Retina 7M8 Dalkara... J., & Xiao, X. (2006). Widespread and Stable Pancreatic Gene Transfer by Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors...
  12. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... MOIs. 2. Create a monoclonal Cas9-expression cell line. Especially if you’re doing a screen. I made a...who did not tell you that essential thing ask incredulously, “You seriously didn’t add 3 microliters of ...is bad news for repeatability and bad news for a screen. Because Addgene viruses are provided at a specific... vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem O, Zhang F. Nat Methods. 2014...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 Deliver Multiple gRNAs at Once...
  13. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...specifies the target, the Cas9 endonuclease that creates the DNA double-strand break (DSB) at the target...knock in models). CRISPR mouse model basics To create a mouse model, the gRNA, Cas9, and donor oligonucleotide...selection offered by mouse ESCs. For example, we often screen only 15-25 mice when generating knockout models...for generating mouse models Although CRISPR is incredibly useful for generating mutations by NHEJ and generating...CRISPR, one must beware that not all gRNAs are created equal. Some work better than others. There are ...Mice with Extensive Gene Humanization (25-kbp) Created Using Embryonic Stem Cell/Blastocyst and CRISPR...
  14. Science as Art

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    March 2, 2015, 3:13 p.m.
    ...information on black screens, but not to know even the life cycle of the creature they deal with.” So ...Wildlife Magazine. It is easy to see how these incredible images are attracting so much attention. When...efforts, as the subject matter is seen to have increased value and is appreciated by a wider audience for... by holding scientific art competitions where creations can go on display for all to enjoy. The largest...
  15. CRISPR Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines [Video]

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    Feb. 18, 2015, 3:09 p.m.
    ... Bauer's labs details the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to create genomic deletions in mammalian cell lines. Below... paired DSBs. This method allows for deletion screening by conventional PCR. Biallelically disrupted cells...available strategies by which biologists can imagine, create, and examine novel genetic configurations. Watch...transfected cells via FACS, primer validation, and screening by PCR for biallelic deletion clones:    ... and delivery, as well as their techniques for creating deletions, identifying these deletions, and finally...
  16. 2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Jan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ... The MORF library is only one of 22 libraries, created from 14 deposits, that became available through...would be remiss not to mention that 2024 is an incredibly special year for Addgene: it marks our 20th anniversary...twenty years while seizing new opportunities to create even greater value for the scientific community...implement these values in everything we do, striving to create a global community where every researcher feels...every Addgenie, thank you for twenty years of incredible success, and for believing, as we do, that sharing...
  17. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

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    Sept. 10, 2019, 12:56 p.m.
    ... your research! This time: GeneWeld vectors to create knock-ins CasX Drug inducible CRISPR/Cas9 activation...CRISPR knockout libraries for cancer research Creating knock-ins with GeneWeld vectors GeneWeld from ...Essner’s lab uses CRISPR/Cas9 and a donor vector to create knock-ins of fluorescent proteins, fusion proteins...library with SpdCas9 to perform pooled CRISPRi screens to identify essential genes and phage host factors...metastasis cohorts and a prior mouse metastasis CRISPR screen. The Chen Mouse Tumor Suppressor Gene CRISPR Knockout...
  18. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    Oct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m.
    ... strategically to increase your rate of productive results and thereby help decrease the time to your ... to achieve your intended next career stage and create a timeline for achieving these goals. Planning ...ways to consolidate or present your data. You can create more detailed or functional models or more helpful...mentor, manage, communicate, and teach The dirty secret about becoming a group leader is that people are... His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, optimization...
  19. When Fidelity Matters: A frank discussion about ligase fidelity

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    March 6, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
    ...reliably detect single-base differences. The original creators of this technique visualized the ligation product...quencher pairs or qPCR-based methods to greatly increase the sensitivity of detection (14-20). LDR has ... 27). This methodology has been used to rapidly screen buffer conditions for Taq DNA Ligase and their ...electrophoresis (CE) (see below). This method allowed screening of all possible base combinations (Watson-Crick...of a 96-well plate, allowing 6 conditions to be screened per plate. The results indicated that the optimal...optimization method has been used internally at NEB to screen additional ligases, conditions, and formulations...
  20. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...lentiviral vector system. Viral vectors have been increasingly popular in fundamental and applied research ...replicate. However, Mother Nature found a way to re-create a functional virus. Indeed, by testing several ...the packaging plasmid forming a vector that could create replication competent virus. Even though this system...non-dividing cells and so researchers set out to create a better, safer system. Unlike the MoMLV, lentiviruses...vectors have been established so far, with safety increasing in each generation. The 1st generation of lentiviral...protocols suggest adding sucrose to the supernatant to create a gradient of density that favours virus precipitation...
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