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Methods and compositions to sense m6A RNA modifications using a genetically encoded sensor

Methods and compositions to sense m6A RNA modifications using a genetically encoded sensor

Unmet Need Gene expression is highly regulated through the addition of chemical modifications to RNA molecules. One such modification is methylation of adenosine residues to form m6A, a modified nucleotide which is found in thousands…

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Data quality assurance framework for machine learning in healthcare

Data quality assurance framework for machine learning in healthcare

Unmet Need Currently, larger clinical datasets and electronic health records are fraught with unstandardized parameters and invalid datapoints that can cascade in downstream analyses. Such errors have a 92% incidence rate. These errors would be…

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A highly sensitive next-generation sequencing technique for detecting cancerous mutations

A highly sensitive next-generation sequencing technique for detecting cancerous mutations

Unmet Need Next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods have been widely adopted for both biological discovery and diagnostics in cancer patient care. In particular, the identification of new mutations or groups thereof arising within oncogenic pathways across…

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A plate assay for in situ imaging of microbial growth in biofilms

A plate assay for in situ imaging of microbial growth in biofilms

Unmet Need As the study of antimicrobial-resistant biofilms becomes increasingly relevant, there is a need for a microplate assay that allows for continuous monitoring of biofilm formation by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Microplate assays…

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B-arrestin 1 and 2 conditional knockout mouse models

B-arrestin 1 and 2 conditional knockout mouse models

Technology Duke inventors have created two novel mouse lines for the acute ablation of β-arrestin 1 or β-arrestin 2: Conditional Flox/Cre (tet inducible) β-arrestin 1 KO mice (C57/BL6J background) Conditional Flox/Cre (tet inducible) β-arrestin 2…

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B-arrestin biosensor cell lines

B-arrestin biosensor cell lines

Technology Duke inventors have created 14 novel biosensor cell lines that can be used for the detection of translocation events, generation of signaling messages, and protein-protein interactions within cells: U2OS-βarrestin2-YFP U2OS-βarrestin1-YFP 293-βarrestin2-YFP 293-βarrestin1-YFP NIH-3T3-Smo-GFP HEK293-rATlaR-CFP,…

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Plasmids for the expression of B-arrestins and GRKs

Plasmids for the expression of B-arrestins and GRKs

Technology Duke inventors have generated 12 novel plasmids that can be used for the expression of β-arrestins and GRKs: pCDNA3-βarrestin1-Flag pCDNA3-βarrestin2-Flag pGEX-5G/LIC-βarrestin1 pGEX-5G/LIC-βarrestin2 pGEX-4T1-βarrestin1 C-terminus pGEX-4T1-βarrestin2 C-terminus pRK5-bGRK2 pRK5-bGRK3 pRK5-bGRK4 pRK5-hGRK5 pRK5-hGRK6 pRK5-hGRK26caax

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Plasmids with RNA aptamers to B-arrestin

Plasmids with RNA aptamers to B-arrestin

Technology Duke inventors have created 10 novel plasmids which can be used for the production of RNA aptamers to β-arrestins through in vitro translation: pCR-TOPO-8R1-36 pCR-TOPO-8R2-1 pCR-TOPO-8R2-15 pCR-TOPO-8R2-16 pCR-TOPO-8R2-20 pCR-TOPO-8R2-21 pCR-TOPO-8R2-24 pCR-TOPO-11R2-5 pCR-TOPO-11R2-7 pCR-TOPO-11R2-15

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Transgenic zebrafish to direct epicardial gene expression

Transgenic zebrafish to direct epicardial gene expression

Technology Duke inventors have generated a novel zebrafish model that allows researchers to study epicardial cells during embryonic heart development and myocardial regeneration. This zebrafish line is termed Tg(tcf21:CreER)pd42. Specifically, this transgenic model was created…

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iPSC line to identify novel therapies for ARVC

iPSC line to identify novel therapies for ARVC

Technology Duke inventors have developed a novel induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line that contains a mutation that impacts the TAX1BP3 gene, which causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC). Specifically, the iPSCs were derived from…

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Olfactory neuroblastoma mouse model

Olfactory neuroblastoma mouse model

Unmet Need Olfactory neuroblasoma (ONB) is an agressive tumor that is thought to arise in basal stem cells in the adult olfactory epithelium. This rare cancer affects 1 in 2.5 million people each year with…

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Plasmids for the overexpression of GPCRs

Plasmids for the overexpression of GPCRs

Technology Duke inventors have generated four novel GPCR plasmids that can be used for the stable overexpression of several GPCRs: pcDNA3-Flag-β2AR pcDNA3-hAT1R (human) pcDNA3-HA-rATlaR (rat) pcDNA3-Flag-rATlaR (rat)

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