Project description:In this study we use massively parallel combinatorial mutagenesis, a kinetic selection assay, and machine learning to better understand the nucleation reaction of amyloid beta (Aꞵ42), the protein that aggregates as a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is mutated to cause familial AD.
Project description:This experiment is looking at the mutational signatures generated by engineered HRAS mutations by using whole genome sequence generated on massively parallel next generation sequencers.
Project description:This experiment is looking at the mutational signatures generated by engineered HRAS mutations by using whole genome sequence generated on massively parallel next generation sequencers.
Project description:We sought to characterize the genomic localization of the YEATS domain protein AF9 in the macrophage-like cell line RAW 264.7 +/- LPS stimulation and +/- sodium crotonate pretreatment. We performed chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by massively parallel sequencing (ChIP-seq) for endogenous AF9 or for a FLAG-tagged AF9 transgene in RAW264.7 or a RAW264.7 cell line engineered to express FLAG-AF9, respectively.
Project description:Because of their smallness, the recently developed CRISPR-Cas12f nucleases can be effectively packaged into adeno-associated viruses for gene therapy. However, a systematic evaluation of the editing outcomes of CRISPR-Cas12f is lacking. In this study, we apply a high-throughput sequencing method to comprehensively assess the editing efficiency, specificity, and safety of four Cas12f proteins in parallel with that of Cas9 and two Cas12a proteins at multiple genomic sites. Cas12f nucleases achieve robust cleavage at most of the tested sites and mainly produce deletional fragments. In contrast, Cas9 and Cas12a show relatively higher editing efficiency at the vast majority of the tested sites. However, the off-target hotspots identified in the Cas9- and Cas12a-edited cells are negligibly detected in the Cas12f-edited cells. Moreover, compared to Cas9 and Cas12a nucleases, Cas12f nucleases reduce the levels of chromosomal translocations, large deletions, and integrated vectors by 2- to 3-fold. Therefore, our findings confirm the editing capacity of Cas12f and reveal the ability of this nuclease family to preserve genome integrity during genome editing.
Project description:To identify direct transcriptional targets of RFX6, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation of HA epitope tagged RFX6 followed by massively parallel DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq). Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, the HA epitope was inserted into the 3' end of the RFX6 gene in H9 hESC. Pluripotent cells were then differentiated into PDX1+RFX6+ pancreatic progenitors and endogenous RFX6-HA was immunoprecipitated with an anti-HA antibody. To eliminate background signal caused by non-specific antibody binding, a control experiment using wild-type H9 hESC was performed in parallel.
