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Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

By Susanna Stroik

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Fluorescent Proteins

Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

Mike Lacy December 6, 2022

Here at Addgene’s headquarters, the skies are getting dark and wintry with the end of year approaching. We’re always looking for something to brighten our day, whether it’s memories of summer or just a bright new plasmid. One area with lots of bright new plasmids is our ...

Schematic showing MTRIA biosensors are generated by inserting a circularly-permuted GFP into an intracellular loop of various G-protein-coupled receptors
Viral Vectors

New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

Multiple Authors April 7, 2022

This post was originally written by Tyler Ford in 2018. It was updated by guest blogger Abhi Aggarwal in 2022. Recent updates to iGluSnFR and SF-iGluSnFR have made it clear that it’s time to update our iGluSnFR post! Here, we look at the origins of the system and explore ...

iGluSnFr infographic-01-1.png
Viral Vectors

Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

Leila Haery July 30, 2019

Feelings of delight associated with the brain’s reward circuits are generally linked to dopamine (DA), a well-known reward chemical and neurotransmitter. But aside from DA’s famous role as the “happy hormone,” it’s also involved in reinforcement learning, decision making, and ...

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