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  1. Increasing Your Work's Visibility with Addgene: Citation, Search, and Collections

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    March 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...they need to use them in their own work, it also increases the visibility of both you and the original depositor...work later. We also hope that this feature will decrease redundancy. If you modify a plasmid from Addgene...out there Beyond these 3 big pushes, we try to increase your work’s visibility in a few other ways. Every...
  2. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    Feb. 20, 2014, 4:57 p.m.
    ... this technology.” GeCKO library for genomic screens Using lentivirus as the delivery vehicle, Neville...to enable both negative and positive selection screening. They and their colleagues including Feng Zhang...at a time,” Wang said. “It was very difficult to screen in a pooled fashion or to go after thousands of...expression. The Yusa lab has used their library to screen for genes involved in bacterial toxin resistance... is now possible to conduct systematic genetic screens in mammalian cells,” David Sabatini, a senior author...Library Reference page.    References: Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Wang... (PubMed). Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells. Shalem O, Sanjana NE, Hartenian...
  3. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    March 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...drive expression of Cre-mCherry and a second promoter to drive expression of a Cre-dependent fluorescent...will only result in cells where Cre-mCherry is also expressed. If Cre-mCherry expresses in photoreceptors...photoreceptors and horizontal cells, and Cre-dependent-GFP expresses in horizontal cells and ganglion cells, only...horizontal cells transduced by both AAVs would express Cre-mCherry and GFP.   Figure 2: Synthetic promoters...different design strategies: Strategy #1 (ProA): Create promoters with sequences upstream of the start ...cell-type specific genes from mice. Strategy #2 (ProB): Create promoters using phylogenetically conserved sequences...high cell-type specificity.  Strategy #3 (ProC): Create promoters by repeating mouse cell type specific...
  4. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
    ...biological process. These screens provide an alternative to genome-wide RNAi screens, which although highly...similar pitfalls exist for CRISPR screens and how best to design these screens to controls for flaws. Recently...CRISPR knockout screen to analyze the following unanswered questions about CRISPR screen design. Unanswered...CRISPR/Cas9 screen design Are non-targeting guides an appropriate control? Many CRISPR screens use non-targeting...optimal conditions for CRISPR knockout screens, the Bassik lab created a human knockout library that has 10...library was validated via a growth screen and a ricin toxicity screen since essential and non-essential...The library performed well in both screens, with the growth screen having a 1% false discovery rate and...
  5. New Viral Vectors - Fall 2024

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    Oct. 3, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...AAV-GfaABC1D-Cre-4x6T AAV5 Recombinases Stanley Thomas Carmichael New viral prep pAAV-EF1a-fDIO-Cre AAV5 ...Collection. These preps drive expression of either Cre recombinase or a fluorescent marker in the various...Recombinases Esteban Engel New serotype pAAV-hSyn-Cre-P2A-dTomato AAV PHP.eB Recombinases Rylan Larsen ...Larsen New serotype AiP13778 - pAAV-AiE0450h-minBG-iCre(R297T)-BGHpA (Alias: CN3778) AAV PHP.eB Recombinases...viral prep AiP13779 - pAAV-AiE0779m_3xC2-minBG-iCre(R297T)-BGHpA (Alias: CN3779) AAV PHP.eB Recombinases... New viral prep AiP13781 - pAAV-AiE0452h-minBG-iCre(R297T)-BGHpA (Alias: CN3781) AAV PHP.eB Recombinases...
  6. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    Feb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m.
    ...gain-of-function screening when combined with a compact pooled sgRNA library. Our SAM-mediated screens exhibited...gene activation in mind. “We had not managed to create a system to allow us to reliably activate essentially...the next step in high-throughput, genome-wide screening,” Konermann said. “If you want to activate all...and make sure it’s working. You can only do that screen with a system you are really confident about working...her colleagues demonstrated the new system by screening for genes that, when turned on, make melanoma ...CRISPR library enabling genome-scale, knockout screening). As the Zhang lab's Nature paper reports, “Here...validation of the top 10 hits.” Two-way CRISPR screening In October, Jonathan Weissman’s lab introduced...
  7. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    March 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
    ...DreO-bGHpA 121675  AAV9  pAAV-EF1a-fDIO-Cre (FLP-dependent CRE) 55634  AAV1  pAAV-EF1a-mCherry-IRES-... constitutive (pAAV-Syn-Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2) and cre-dependent version (pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-...membrane-embedding voltage detector. Find Archon1 and its cre-dependent version at Addgene! Fluorescent protein...
  8. Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource

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    May 25, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
    ...these issues by creating immortal antibody-producing cell lines (hybridomas) that secrete antibodies in ...Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, will allow Addgene to create a much needed open-access recombinant antibody/...School of Medicine on this grant. Dr. Trimmer has created thousands of high-quality antibodies/nanobodies...reagent batch. To supplement this, Addgene will be creating a crowdsourced Data Hub (built off of the concept...resource to life,” says Dr. Trimmer. But in order to create such a resource, we need your help. You can participate... Director. “NABOR provides a new model for the creation and acquisition of affinity reagents and will ...funding laboratories, such as Dr. Trimmer’s lab, to create recombinant antibodies for use in neuroscience ...
  9. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    June 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
    ...tested iTOP in a series of primary cell types using Cre and various loxP reporters. In both mouse and human...potential application of iTOP Having tested iTOP using Cre-lox recombination, D’Astolfo et al. were eager to...protein expression has a long-lasting effect, such as Cre- or Cas9-mediated recombination. Both primary hESCs... cre-lox...
  10. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ...researchers injected Cre-expressing AAV-5 into the DRN of a transgenic mouse harbouring a Cre-dependent IL-1...injected AAV2 particles into a Drd1-Cre transgenic mouse to deliver Cre-dependent expression of  Channelrhodopsin...-1 beta overexpression cassette. Expression of Cre in these neurons turns on overexpression of IL-1 beta...2014). Scientists from the University of Geneva (Creed et al., 2015) used optogenetics to support these...transmission from the mPFC projections to the NAc and decreased the locomotion of the animal. This confirms the...behavior in rats in the forced swim test as seen by increasing the ratio of time spent actively swimming versus...described here is only a small selection of the increasing number of studies using viral vectors in behavioral...
  11. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ...Expression of hM4D(Gi)-mCherry from this virus is cre-dependent, meaning that once injected, the DREADD...DREADD will only be expressed in cells that express cre recombinase. Typically, this feature is used to attain...cell-specific expression in transgenic animals, where cre expression is restricted to a particular cell type...the first time, the Roth Lab recommends verifying cre expression prior to use. The lab additionally recommends...expressing cell lines, which can then be used both for screens (using pooled CRISPR knockout libraries) and individual...Secondly, you can use a LentiCas9-Blast viral prep to create a single stable Cas9-expressing cell line and then...monoclonal Cas9-expression line prior to performing a screen or even a single gene knockout. Top AAV: pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D...
  12. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ... For example, a researcher can deliver Cre-dependent TVA to Cre-expressing neurons in a transgenic mouse...Addgene Blog AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - ...viral protein EnvA on its surface will only infect Cre-positive, TVA-expressing cells (Osakada et al., 2013...
  13. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... the absence of Cre. mCherry expression alone was detected. pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre was a gift from...were transduced with either pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre (55634-AAVrg) alone at 1.7E6 viral genomes (vg)/cell...) alone at 1.1E6 vg/mL, or both. Two days later, Cre-dependent GFP expression was detected with direct...
  14. Newly Updated AAV Data Hub!

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    Feb. 7, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...interneurons can be labelled with an AAV1 Cre virus combined with a Cre-dependent AAV9 tdTomato virus in the...learn more about the AAV Data Hub, and hear the incredible AAV talks given by Connie Cepko and Ian Wickersham...
  15. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    Jan. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m.
    ...Addgene depositors have developed heat shock-inducible Cre and Cas9 for easy genome engineering in species like... Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region Plasmids 101: Cre-lox Light-Switchable Two-Component Systems for E....Tetracycline (Tet) On Expression Systems at Addgene Cre-lox Guide and Plasmids     ...cell growth media with glucose decreases cAMP and represses pBad, decreasing promoter leakiness.   Other ...
  16. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...control when you turn off expression for good, the Cre-Lox system offers inducible yet permanent gene excision...can be excised by intentional introduction of the Cre recombinase. This is a time-tested system but does...some permanent knock out plasmids? Check out our Cre vector and Murine LoxP vector.   Turn it off for ...!  Turn it on Turn it on forever Permanently increasing or turning on expression of a new protein is ... gRNA, to your gene of interest to temporarily increase expression. There are several flavors of activators...
  17. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...labeling Increased neuronal expression using Cre-mediated AAV Targeted Evolution method (M-CREATE) dCas9...-4.   Increased neuronal expression using Cre-mediated AAV Targeted Evolution method (M-CREATE) by: Brian...multiplexed version of the Cre-mediated AAV Targeted Evolution method (M-CREATE), in which one applies both...variants that display increased neuronal expression in the brain while having decreased expression in the ...zebrafish as a model organism, the Parton Lab recently created a flexible system that makes use of pre-existing...Image from Goertsen D, et al., 2022.  Find M-CREATE plasmids here!  Goertsen D, et al. Nature Neuroscience...
  18. What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019

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    March 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m.
    ...doxycycline, but it can also be regulated spatially with Cre-recombination. Read the paper in Frontiers in Molecular...Averof lab. It’s an alternative to the conventional Cre or Flp recombinases used to excise markers. It has...Cas12a inhibitors Using a bioinformatics and a screening approach, the Jennifer Doudna lab identified three...
  19. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    Sept. 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...open-reading frame (DIO). Upon coexpression with cre recombinase (either from a mouse line or viral co-injection...type specificity dependent on the promoter of the cre recombinase while still taking advantage of the robust...an appropriate mouse line expressing a particular cre, viral expression of your opsin is no longer required...tracing with fluorescent proteins in nontransgenic and cre driver mice. Current protocols in neuroscience / ...: PMC4242517.  7. Madisen L, et al. A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced... us to show causality in neural circuits with incredible temporal and spatial precision (I’m not going...optogenetics has already been proven. Therefore, a concrete, well defined, and robust behavioral output is...
  20. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...often made Cre-dependent. If Cre-dependent vectors are used in transgenic animals that express Cre in only...labelling the subset of infected cells that also express Cre. Another advantage of AAV vectors is that there are... traced neurons with an AAV9 vector expressing a Cre-dependent fluorescent marker. Injection into a conditional...conditional mutant mouse brain that expressed Cre recombinase only in pyramidal cells of the hippocampal...PMID: 4107258. Lo, L., and Anderson, D.J. (2011). A Cre-dependent, anterograde transsynaptic viral tracer...
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