... these tips might help to get you started. Once you have established a well working protocol in your lab...Agrobacterium rhizogenes can be used to develop stable hairy root lines in tissue culture. This method...transient transformation” usual means that neither a stable cell line or plant is regenerated from the transformed... gene (β-glucuronidase) with histochemical GUS-staining is a very useful visual reporter (Figure 2). The...precipitate. GUS is usually the first choice for establishing a new transformation protocol as it can easily...Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany), before starting his work in the Lee-Parsons Lab.     References...

... will stall at regions calling for low abundance, poorly charged tRNAs. When the ribosome stalls, this...may be preferentially charged during amino acid starvation thus resulting in higher production of amino ... a gene of interest from the human genome, for instance, it may not express at all in E. coli (you can...translating these codons, the ribosome may therefore stall at inappropriate locations or fail to make it through...charging of tRNA isoacceptors induced by amino‐acid starvation." EMBO reports 6.2 (2005): 151-157. PubMed PMID... 2265611. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC552224. 4. Gustafsson, Claes, Sridhar Govindarajan, and Jeremy Minshull...

...incompatibility with antibiotic-resistance plasmids, scientists have expelled antibiotic resistant plasmids from Enterobacteriaceae...happens, how it might affect your work, and how understanding it can be used for good.  First, why are plasmids...same replicon and/or partitioning system. Let’s start with the replicon- the part of the plasmid that ...it may seem like plasmid incompatibility may be standing in your way to bacterial cloning glory, scientists...plasmid incompatibility to combat antimicrobial resistance. Using novel plasmids based partly on plasmid...2017) Plasmid interference for curing antibiotic resistance plasmids in vivo. PLOS ONE 12:e0172913 . https...

...Is Required for Acquisition of Anoikis Resistance and Metastatic Potential in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma,...cross-contaminated cells have been known about since 1966 when Stanley Gartler reported that most of the 18 cell lines...Publishing Group recently reiterated its strict stance on the matter. Funding bodies such as the Biotechnology...reliable. With this two-pronged approach, the many mistakes of the past can be prevented and we can progress...pharmaceutical topics. The LGC Group also provides standards and has laboratories to carry our independent ...2010. 2. Gold, Michael. "A conspiracy of cells." State University of New York Press, Albany (1986). 3. ...

... grad school to a startup and back to academia. Chapter 1: How working at a startup prepared Tom for an...synthetic biology, synthetic chromosomes, and obstacles to becoming an academic researcher. Listen to...to the UK with foundational research, training, startups, and real applications of SynBio. Chapter 3: Synthetic...of biology at the level of DNA using modular, standardized, disciplined, and open techniques. Chapter 4...Golden Gate Cloning Learn About Working at a SynBio Startup in Our Interview with Michael Koeris Resources...

...as transformed bacteria in stab culture format. Our lab team creates stabs for each plasmid being shipped...information in our lab software, labeling stabs with barcodes as they go. Stabs are organized by shipment and moved...their boxes with shipping labels and paperwork. Our stacks of Addgene boxes are now ready to be sent around...depicts where plasmids have been shipped to. Plasmids start out at our Cambridge office – previously at 1 Kendall...

...only in their skeletal muscle show resistance to stressful circumstances – including unpredictable loud noises...mck-PGC-1a1 mice, and those who exercise, show resistance to depression. For the researchers led by Dr...hypothesis was that trained muscle would produce a substance with beneficial effects on the brain,” Ruas said...produces an enzyme that purges the body of harmful substances. So in this context the muscle's function is ...your own lab, you’ve come to the right place. Get started with PGC-1 plasmids from Addgene. References: ...

...fused to the puromycin resistance gene through a 2A peptide. The puromycin resistance gene enables selection...uninitiated, contains much of the information needed to understand how to use it. TLDR: This is a versatile mammalian...ribosome to translate Cas9-2A and the Puromycin resistance gene as separate peptides. PX459 This is the ..., which had a point mutation in the puromycin resistance gene that made it less effective in certain cell...nickase), which nicks DNA rather than creating double stand breaks and may better facilitate homology directed...

...String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR) String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR), developed by Stefan Stricker...developed another AAV toolkit - this time using the Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SaCas9). This AAV-based genome...high numbers of gRNAs in one overnight reaction. STAgR is highly customizable as vector backbones, and ...chosen. Read the paper in PLoS One Find the STAgR cloning plasmids Mobile-CRISPRi allows CRISPRi...from various environments. It has the advantage of stable genomic integration and is easily transferred via...

...voltage response, brightness, and photostability. It enables sustained deep-tissue imaging in vivo. Image... and increased brightness, sensitivity, and photostability under two-photon illumination than previous...pAAV-EF1a-DIO-JEDI-2P-Kv-WPRE   Liu Z, et al. Sustained deep-tissue voltage recording using a fast indicator...ZAP70 (ZtSH2) which binds only the phosphorylated state of an immunoreceptor tyrosinase-based activation...options for potassium biosensors and are a promising starting point for further engineering. Figure 5: Structure-guided...lifetime imaging. B) LiLac responses are highly resistant to pH changes. Image adapted from Koveal et al...

...facilitate the repair, the template should be resistant to Cas9 cleavage. If a plasmid contains the template...cleavage), thereby rendering the resulting construct resistant to Cas9 induced cleavage. Summary of Site Directed...and bacteria are transformed with the nuclease-resistant nicked plasmid (the PCR product). Plasmids are... pieces of double stranded, circular DNA with staggered nicks, recent data (see Xia et al., 2015) suggests...products into will efficiently patch up the DNA. The resistance marker from the parental plasmid provides a mean...overhangs and ligate these blunt ends together in a standard ligation reaction resulting in a frame-shifted...Breslauer, Kenneth J., et al. "Predicting DNA duplex stability from the base sequence." Proceedings of the National...

...based at the University of Queensland, whose outstanding marine photography has attracted much attention...what science is about. For me it is essential to stay in touch with the living organism I study, to be...So photography can be used as a way to better understand and appreciate the organism, for both scientist...Geographic and Smithsonian Magazine, where the editor stated “Albert G. Richards, a teacher of dental radiography...on teeth, but on blossoms, thus revealing the startling inner beauty of familiar flowers." This new x-...departments to showcase the work of students and staff by holding scientific art competitions where creations...

...frustrated and no closer to starting your experiments. Get organized now! Start by gathering that pile of...wake up and get to the lab earlier, to read that stack of papers on your desk, and to tackle some new experiments...or projects) to make it easier to know where to start your search. Then identify the most frequently used... and resource investment required to change the status quo. But with recent improvements to ELN and online...ways to share your documents with your colleagues. Start small by identifying the protocols, guides, or references...

...conventional microscopes, amplified staining methods, and oligonucleotide-based staining. Of course, if you’re interested...multiplexed tissue imaging method that uses iterative staining and chemical bleaching to allow for high-resolution...reagents that you know work…preferably before you start your experiment. (And you’re certainly not alone...Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) antibody metadata standards. And the dataset is rich. Experimental data...seeking to create an iterative process that is constantly becoming better, with more data, more discussion...

... from an analysis of human metastasis cohorts and a prior mouse metastasis CRISPR screen. The Chen Mouse... Using the structure of CasX at eight different states of assembly from cryo-electron microscopy, the ...mutated human estrogen receptor. This protein fusion stays in the cytoplasm, but with the addition of 4-hydroxytamoxifen...knockout libraries for cancer research. The Mouse Metastasis CRISPR-Cpf1(Cas12a) Double Knockout Library is...tumor suppressor genes (TSG). Find the Mouse Metastasis CRISPR-Cpf1 Double Knockout Library Find the...

...continue to improve plant nutrition, yield, and pest resistance. Much of plant genetic engineering revolves around...optimize this system for gene transfer, studying the stability of modified Ti plasmids during plant infection...versatile binary Ti vector for both transient and stable gene expression applications in plants. This smaller... To build a better binary vector, Sahoo et al. started with a vector commonly used by their lab, the 13...variety of plant species. The kanamycin antibiotic resistance gene is controlled by a weaker constitutive Nos...expression vector for transient assays as well as stable expression of foreign genes in plants." PLoS one...

...AAV.  Where do you start? Plasmids of course! You just need three plasmids to start making the AAVs you...endonuclease domain. Following replication, Rep78/68 stays attached to the AAV genome and docks with the genome...Alternative splicing and differing translational start sites generate the three VP proteins. The three ...clearly defined yet. Now you’ve got a basic understanding of the AAV RepCap plasmid! Check out this blog.../doi.org/10.1007/s40259-017-0234-5  Büning H, Srivastava A (2019) Capsid Modifications for Targeting and...

...process One major challenge when we started was creating a LEGO stage that resembles a real laboratory. ... pathways just waiting to be discovered. As we started building, we thought – how can we make the connection...in a custom made, colorful laboratory. When we started, the hardest part of the process was to embed personality... trained to follow protocols, guidelines, and standards. Bricking science reminded us of our inner children...children who have no preconceived obstacles, optimistically grasp at limitless potential, and who sometimes...

... of the project. The state of research is constantly shifting, and long-distance collaborations are becoming...between each meeting, but short enough that everyone stays on the same page. Ideally, these meetings include...Conference in Frankfurt, Germany When funding and circumstances permit, think about having collaborators spend...communication within an existing collaboration, or start something new! Additional resources on the Addgene...

...new to plasmids may need some extra guidance to understand the specific components that make up a plasmid...and techniques, and empower you with a firm understanding of the fundamentals. Our mission is to curate... more functional benefits to the host such as resistance to antibiotics, degradative functions, and/or...advantageous for survival, such as an antibiotic resistance gene. In contrast, plasmids utilized in the ...recruiting replication machinery proteins Antibiotic Resistance Gene Allows for selection of plasmid-containing... obtained. Selectable Marker The antibiotic resistance gene allows for selection in bacteria. However...