Rachel is a Science Communications Specialist at Addgene. She manages the blog and social media.
If you're an international researcher who uses plasmids containing genes from rabies and vesicular stomatitis virus, you may have noticed it’s been easier to order these plasmids. This is because in 2024 certain export control exceptions were made by the US Bureau of Industry ...
AAV Packaged on Request, an expansion of our viral vectors service, has officially launched! As of today, you can request any of over 3,000 eligible AAV cargo plasmids in the Addgene repository to be packaged in your choice of five different serotypes.
Every year, we like to add in some holiday cheer to our blog and social media. This year, we're doing so through the twelve days of antibodies. We hope you enjoy it, and we wish you a great 2025!
Addgene is ending 2024 with big plans for our future. And while we’ve been excited to share them with you, we realized our 20th anniversary was about all the amazing years behind us, as much as it as about the amazing years in front of us. So in our last celebratory moment, we ...
It’s a very thankful time of year for those of us at Addgene! And we can’t think of any better way to start off our holiday season than by thanking the twelve guest bloggers and subject matter experts who have contributed to our blog in 2024.
When Addgene opened in 2004, we focused on creating a repository that made it easy to share plasmids, both for people depositing plasmids and for people requesting them. Prior to this, many plasmids were available, but they often weren’t easily accessible, due to a wide range of ...
Thinking about using antibody-based applications in your experiment...but not sure where to start or what your options are? Addgene's latest animation is here to help!
If you’re looking for an antibody that works for your experiment, you may be overwhelmed by options — or not know where to start looking to find one. Luckily, there are websites that can help: Antibody data repositories, which share validation data, and antibody search engines, ...
