...photosensitizer used in this work is composed of two parts: 1) an activatable protein (the FAP - fluorogen activating...reaching greater than 75% photobleaching after just 1 minute of exposure. MG-2I-dL5** experienced minor ...photosensitizers in the comments below!   References 1. He, J., Wang, Y., Missinato, M. A., Onuoha, E., Perkins... encoded photosensitizer. Nature Biotechnology,24(1), 95-99. doi:10.1038/nbt1175. PubMed PMID: 16369538...these experiments because developing embryos are transparent, so it’s easy to watch development in real time...

...Brainbow-1 and -2. The general structure of Brainbow-1.0 is retained in Brainbow-3.0, but with mOrange2, EGFP...the Brainbow mouse neural labeling system. Brainbow-1 and -2 have been further refined to create Brainbow...subsequent recombinations cannot occur. While the Brainbow-1 system employs Cre-mediated deletion, the design of...antibodies specific to each fluorophore. Third, Brainbow-1 and Brainbow-2 each contained a “default” state; for...Rheenen J, Simons BD, Clevers H. Cell. 2010 Oct 1;143(1):134-44. PubMed. Drosophila Brainbow: a recombinase-based...proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes. Membrane trafficking of farnesylated derivatives enables... virus post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE), commonly used to increase transgene protein levels...

...intended.)  Steps to clear writing Let’s use Figure 1 as our example. Remember, our goal is to use words...information as sighted readers.    Figure 1: An image from AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient...are they hoping to get from it? The image in Figure 1 appears on our protocol page for AAV Purification ... share with the rest of the workshop.  For Figure 1, Addgene chose this alt text: "The left panel is a...resources on the Addgene blog Five Steps to Writing Grant Proposals to Grad Students Writing Scientific Manuscripts...

...how scientists connect on Twitter that I realized 1) a lot of scientists are using social media professionally... but my consistent writing for the Addgene blog (~1-2 blog posts per month) and use of Twitter and LinkedIn... have tips for using social media as a scientist. 1. "5 Ways Scientists SHOULD Be Using Twitter" podcast...of interest. Hopefully through these links, I’ve: 1) convinced you social media can positively impact ... to research potential future employers and to arrange informational interviews. 4. “Tips for Scientists...

... vectors are: 1) the potential generation of replication competent virus [usually HIV-1]; and 2) the potential...systems have been developed over the years based on HIV-1; however, the 1st-generation vectors are never used...which has been shown to repress expression of HIV-1 LTRs (more information is available here). 2nd vs...considered. Q2: Can I use lentiviral transfer vectors for transient transfections? A2: Technically, yes. Will ...produced by co-transfecting three essential ingredients: the lentiviral packaging vector, a transfer vector including...specifically for transient expression (find some useful backbones here) or from viral transduction. While not...3rd-generation transfer vectors apart? A3: Addgene defines 2nd- or 3rd-generation transfer vectors based...

...perform, at minimum, two transformations after a ligation: 1. Control Transformation containing the ligation...competent cells. For most standard cloning, you can transform 1-2μl of your ligation reaction into competent ...well, so let’s go over the details step-by-step. 1. Digestion Set up restriction digests for your insert...recipient plasmid : insert ratio” of approximately 1:3. Since the number of base pairs for each varies,...result in few colonies on both plates (unsuccessful 1), in a vector alone plate with many more colonies ...contamination from uncut plasmid. 4. Transformation Transform your ligation reaction into your bacterial... how many colonies you should expect in the transformation due to background re-circularization and contamination...

.... Table 1 provides an overview of pooled library protocols you can use as a reference. Table 1: Examples...backbone might be more difficult to transform.    Figure 1: Factors to consider when creating a...etc. The DNA amount can be anywhere from 10 ng to 1 μg of DNA. It often correlates with the size of the...libraries, chemical transformations can also be used. Efficiency for chemical transformations is less than that...for your transformation(s). The amount of competent cells you need total and per transformation may vary...the manufacturer’s protocol for transformation and expected transformation efficiency, or more specifically... coverage, since this will help decide what transformation efficiency you need to achieve. Most pooled...

...2 (CRY2) and calcium and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) proteins. The goal of both groups was to create... the Sata lab is composed of two fusion proteins: 1) the genomic anchor - an inactive, dead Cas9 protein...combination. The optimized LACE system consisted of: 1) CIBN-dCas9-CIBN, where CIBN is the N-terminal fragment.... crassa) (Kawano et al., 2015). Nicknamed paCas9-1 and consisting of the fusion proteins N713-pMag and...fold-induction of Cas9 activity (16.4-fold). This paCas9-1 light-inducible system was able to recognize the same...flCas9). When triggered by blue light (470nm), paCas9-1 induced indel mutations via NHEJ (frequency of 20.5%...background activity of the system by modifying paCas9-1 using nMagC714 instead of nMagHigh1-C714, generating...

...2021).   Table 1: Properties of modern NIR FPs     NIR FP Ex, nm Em, nm ECa, M-1cm-1 QYb, %   Molecular...expression level. State-of-the-art FPs (listed in Table 1) were optimized for efficient binding of endogenous...previously reported widely used dimeric iRFPs (Table 1). In general, the monomeric state of a probe leads...iRFPs in cellular and molecular brightness (Table 1).  NIR reporters and biosensors NIR reporters can ...dDetermined as effective NIR fluorescence in transiently transfected live HeLa cells with no supply of exogenous...lamps are the best for working in this spectral range. You can also check that no filters and/or cold ...and after normalization to fluorescence of co-transfected EGFP. e Originally reported as a monomer16, IFP2.0...

...total dose between 1 x 1011 and 5 x 1011 vg per animal (i.e., 10 and 50 µL of vector at 1 x 1013 vg/mL titer... and 1 x 1012 vg*. Most systemic capsids are easy to produce in high titer, but higher doses (>1 x 1012...titers than AAV-PHP.B (e.g., 1 x 1011 vg/mouse), AAV-PHP.eB can transduce a greater number of neurons ...intravenous gene transfer throughout the non-human primate brain. Nature Nanotechnology, 1–11. https://doi.org...endothelial cell transduction throughout the central nervous system. Nature Cardiovascular Research, 1(4), Article...capsids facilitates enhanced transgene expression in the macaque CNS. Med, 4(1), 31-50.e8. https://doi.org...before using it in an application.     Figure 1: AAV toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain...

...attract fish for them to prey upon (Figure 1). Figure 1: The sea anemone's red color can be used ...synthetic biology. Journal of Biological Engineering, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-0100-0 Murakoshi...expression in living cells. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48604-4 Salih...chromoproteins are just now being developed for a broad range of biological inquiries.  What is a chromoprotein... a gene encoding a blue chromoprotein, after transforming them into your cells, you can simply look for... plasmids (meffRed, eforRed, asPink, spisPink, scOrange, fwYellow, amilGFP, amajLime, cjBlue, meffBlue...Image: Murakoshi et al., 2019. ShadowR is an orange light-absorbing chromoprotein that Hideji Murakoshi...

... different steps and materials required for each [1, 2]. This protocol [3] provides, in exquisite detail...follow him on Twitter @derekpsimonphd.    References 1. Gutierrez DV, et al. Optogenetic control of motor...manipulation of neural circuits. Nature protocols. 2012;7(1):12-23. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2011.413. PubMed PMID: ...freely moving mice. Neuroscience research. 2011;70(1):124-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.01.007. PubMed ...tissue, placement above the site of stimulation guarantees that the majority of the opsins will receive ...tangled. Furthermore, to give the animal the full range of motion, a commutator allows the patch cable to...

...on-target and off-target editing efficiency Figure 1: Effects of (A) double and (B) single base pair gRNA-target...that Cpf1 can tolerate mismatches at gRNA positions 1, 8, 9, and 19-23. Accordingly, the 3’ end of the gRNA...Most gRNAs directed low-frequency Cpf1 cleavage at 1-12 off-target sites; in contrast, SpCas9 may cleave...fits into the genome editing landscape. References 1. Kim D, Kim J, Hur JK, Been KW, Yoon SH, Kim JS. Genome-wide...pattern opens up the possibility of directional gene transfer, analogous to traditional restriction enzyme cloning... cloning. Sticky-end mediated gene transfer would be particularly helpful for targeting non-dividing cells...gene delivery due to their low immunogenicity and range of serotypes allowing preferential infection of ...

...genome replication and transcription of negative strand RNA viruses.   References 1. Buchholz, Ursula J....which are required for replication and transcription (Figure 1). All viral genes are removed and replaced...negative strand RNA viruses: The power of reverse genetics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. 1-41. PubMed...cells that stably express T7 (e.g. BSR T7/5 cells) (1). We hope that minigenomes will greatly enhance our...gene transcription (6). The EBOV genome contains seven viral genes, each flanked by a transcription start...replicated and transcribed in the cell when the appropriate viral proteins are provided in trans (see Other...genes and the minigenome are transcribed (and the viral mRNAs are translated) by cellular machinery. NP ...

...by mating with Cre-expressing mice. Figure 1: (A) Schematic of the Cre-dependent SPH construct ... alpha (aCaMKII; excitatory neurons) and Synapsin-1 (pan-neuronal) promoters (Figure 1b), and sgRNAs can...ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure...Neuron-specific expression is mediated by the synapsin 1 (SYN) promoter, which was superior in its ability ...engineered combinations of transcriptional activators to induce gene transcription at genomic sites targeted...p65-HSF1 transcriptional activator to each genome-bound dCas9 (see Figure 1a for the transgenic construct...different untranslated or coding regions. Typically, each gene isoform has a distinct transcriptional start...

...cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides the AAV replication...plasmid. This whole process takes ~3 hours to complete: 1 hours hands-on time and 2 hours for the qPCR run and...about AAV production and purification! References 1. Aurnhammer, C., Haase, M., Muether, N., Hausl, M.... repeat sequences. Human gene therapy methods, 23 1, 18-28. PubMed PMID: 22428977. 2. Choi, V.W., Asokan...proteins to process a double-stranded intermediate into the single-stranded genome that's then packaged...viral replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged into...XmaI restriction sites). Another way is to transform AAV transfer plasmids into bacterial strains, like NEB...

...against the limitations of the assay.      Fig. 1: A schematic representation of Sybr Green chemistry...Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1768:143-160. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7778-9_9. PMID: 29717442. Arya M, Shergill IS...amplification of Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance-1 gene (pfmdr1). J Parasitol. 2011 Oct;97(5):939-42....gamma receptor genes FCGR3A and FCGR3B. PloS one, 10(1), e0116791. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116791...pipetting error or an incredible discovery. The range of RQ values used to call copy numbers should be...fluorescent dye that works by binding to all double-stranded DNA, while Taqman uses an intercalating dye, with...confident determination of copy number, albeit within a range of RQ values as noted above.   In both applications...

...Protocols Publication describing them here. References 1.Ran, F. Ann, et al. "Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9...plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide causes the ribosome to translate Cas9-2A and ...component of most CRISPR systems and generates double strange breaks at target sites 5' of the 5'NGG3' PAM sequence...backbone. This particular backbone can be used to transfect a variety of mammalian cells and can be modified...are some additional features. The first and most imporant is that, upstream of the Cbh promoter, this plasmid...can be used to test for SpCas9 expression post transfection by western blot. Overall, this is a versatile...

...discovered such as Kaede and PS-CFP2 (see Table 1). Table 1: Properties of Selected Irreversible Photoactivatable...) by mutating Threonine 203 to Histidine (T203H) (1). wtGFP normally contains a mixed population of neutral...in fluorescence when illuminated with blue light (1). Similar to PA-GFP, scientists later developed red...fixation conditions to preserve cellular structures (0.5-1% osmium tetroxide). These conditions destroy most ...with extraordinary molecular detail.   References 1.Patterson, George H., and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz...is believing." Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 10 (2008): 1-38. PubMed PMID:18647110. Additional Resources on ...fluorescent PA-FPs by performing several rounds of random mutagenesis screening for enhanced RFP variants...

...dollar contracts behind closed doors. Fig. 1: The mythical land of negotiations.    You negotiate...feel they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At Addgene, we've set out to fill this... by highlighting that researchers learn many transferable skills while working in the lab and by offering...where you might need some help. Today in our transferable skills guide: Negotiation. As a grad student...I was negotiating with my PI on how to spend my grant money (Can I attend this conference?) and with my...Hawaii?). So how can you approach improving this transferable skill? Negotiation as a zero sum game Some ...is the 6th year grad student frustrated that the brand new grad student keeps using the machine? Let...