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Benoit Giquel

Benoit Giquel is the Outreach and Business Development Manager at Addgene. Based in the UK, he leads Addgene’s outreach activities and helps furthering new international partnerships. Expert in Immunology and Cell Biology, he is also interested in genome editing and fluorescent-based techniques. Outside his duties at Addgene, he likes running, cooking and playing music.

Blog articles by Benoit Giquel

CRISPR

CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping

Benoit Giquel November 29, 2018

Last updated Apr 17, 2020. Before being adapted by scientists to edit the genome of virtually any organisms on this planet, CRISPR-Cas systems were merely adaptive immune systems that provide bacteria protection against infectious agents. Several enzymes behind this immunity ...

Viral Vectors

Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

Benoit Giquel August 14, 2018

The central nervous system (CNS) orchestrates complex processes enabling organisms to control their movements and behavior. These functions and others are controlled by collections of neurons that are intricately wired into circuits through synaptic connections (Shepherd, 2004). ...

Fluorescent Proteins

Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

Benoit Giquel August 15, 2017

In complex metazoans, rapid cell division and large scale cell mobility are essential processes during embryonic development. These are required for a growing organism to make the complicated transition from a clump of cells to a fully differentiated body. In contrast, these ...

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Viral Vectors

Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

Benoit Giquel March 21, 2017

If you are interested in using lentiviral vectors to introduce your favourite gene into your favourite cell line or into primary cells, this blog article will give you some tips to plan your experiment using the lentiviral vector system. Viral vectors have been increasingly ...

Plasmids 101

Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

Benoit Giquel December 1, 2016

One of the most powerful strategies to investigate a gene's function is to inactivate, or "knockout", the gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an piece of DNA designed in the lab. Specially constructed plasmids can be used to replace genes in yeast, mice, or Drosophila ...

Fluorescent Proteins

Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

Benoit Giquel November 5, 2014

The first time I heard about FRET during a journal club, my guitarist brain automatically thought about the raised element found on the neck of my guitar...not really useful for a biologist you would say. The student was of course talking about the now well-known FRET, aka ...

Addgene News

London Calling - Addgene’s New Europe Office in London

Benoit Giquel June 10, 2014

UPDATE - As of January 2020, Addgene's Europe office no longer handles customer support inquiries. The office is now focused on scientific outreach and community engagement. Information about contacting Addgene can be found on our Contact page. You’ve called. You’ve emailed. And ...