In July, Addgene hosted a webinar titled “CRISPR Pooled Libraries: Optimizing Knockout Library Design.” If you missed it, don’t worry! Not only is it still available to watch, but this post covers the same material.
Who doesn’t love a library? A traditional library might contain thousands or millions of different books. Addgene’s pooled libraries are a little different: each is a collection of plasmids that share the same backbone and differ only in a small region. This makes them useful ...
If you’re depositing a pooled library with Addgene, you may be surprised to learn that we ask for an amplification protocol with your deposit. This is because repeated amplifications of pooled libraries can lead to issues such as recombination and loss of plasmid diversity, so ...
If you’ve ordered a pooled library from Addgene, you may have been a little surprised at how this powerful tool is in such a small package. But don’t let the simple presentation deceive you; pooled libraries can be quite challenging to use! In this post, I’ll walk you through ...
CRISPR pooled libraries have allowed scientists to easily perform genome-wide screens to effectively and efficiently investigate gene function. CRISPR libraries can be used to knock out, inhibit or activate target genes by combining specific sgRNAs with Cas9 or Cas9 derivatives.
Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens are a high-throughput systematic approach for identifying genes involved in a biological process. These screens provide an alternative to genome-wide RNAi screens, which although highly effective, are affected by low on-target efficacy, ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger, member of the Addgene Advisory Board, and Associate Director of the Genetic Perturbation Platform at the Broad Institute, John Doench. A genetic screening project can be a tremendous undertaking, producing a wall of results that can ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Alan Wong. The complexity of biological systems can hinder our attempts to study and engineer them, but what if we had a simple tool that allowed us to rapidly decode the complexity? The CombiGEM-CRISPR technology was developed with the ...
