Single-Cell CRISPR Screening Service: Perturb-Seq, CRISP-Seq, CROP-Seq etc.
With Cellecta’s Single-Cell CRISPR Screening Service (aka Perturb-Seq, CRISPR-Seq, CROP-Seq, etc.) you can study the effect of CRISPR-based perturbations on mRNA expression in many thousands of cells using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) on the 10X Chromium system. This method can provide important insights into the transcriptional response to genetic mutations and other perturbations affecting gene function.
Investigate transcriptional changes associated with 100+ genes in a single experiment
Combine pooled CRISPR knockout (KO), CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi) or CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) screening with single-cell expression analysis
Identify genes affecting gene and pathway activation that are missed with conventional arrayed screens
General Information
Cellecta offers its Single-Cell CRISPR Screening Service on the 10X Chromium Controller Platform, which allows for screening of multiple genes in a single experiment and enables the identification of transcriptional profiles linked to specific gene perturbations.
We provide all services required to run most screens on-site, including construction and packaging of custom pooled sgRNA libraries, single-cell RNA-Seq on our in-house 10X Chromium and Illumina sequencing instruments, read alignment to identify hits, and post-screening analysis.
Single-Cell CRISPR Screening workflow
Step 1: Clone sgRNA library
Step 2: Cells transduced with pooled sgRNA libraries are loaded in the 10X reaction
Step 3: Beads are co-encapsulated with unique barcodes and cells are dispersed in discrete droplets
Step 4: The sgRNA and mRNAs labeled with bead barcodes are used to construct libraries, and running scRNA-Seq, single-cell transcriptional profiles are generated
Step 5: Changes in gene expression associated with specific sgRNAs are linked to gene-specific knockouts
Dixit A, Parnas O et al. (2016) Perturb-Seq: Dissecting Molecular Circuits with Scalable Single-Cell RNA Profiling of Pooled Genetic Screens.Cell 167( 7): 1853–1866. [abstract]
Adamson B, Norman TM et al. (2016) A Multiplexed Single-Cell CRISPR Screening Platform Enables Systematic Dissection of the Unfolded Protein Response.Cell 167( 7):1867–1882. [abstract]