Q1: How is "GNeG" pronounced, anyway?

A1: It is usually pronounced "neg", with a silent "g" at the beginning (as in "gnu" or "gnome").  Optionally, it can be pronounced "g'neg", with a hard "g" at the beginning (resulting in a sound similar to "Kinect", the Xbox 360 input device, or "Ganesh", the elephant-headed Hindu god).  In some regional variations, both "g"s are silent.

Q2: Is GNeG a viral vector core?

A2: No.  GNeG is a research group actively developing novel genetic tools for neuroscience, not a core facility that distributes previously developed ones. 

Q3: Do you sell viral vectors?

A3: Unfortunately, GNeG does not currently offer viral vectors for sale. 

Q4: I would like to use some of your viral vectors for my neuroscience research.  Would you like to collaborate with me?

A4: Although some of our activity involves collaboration with neuroscience laboratories at MIT and elsewhere, we are unable to accommodate the vast majority of requests for collaborations.

Q5: Could I please have pAAV-synP-FLEX-sTpEpB, the helper AAV genome plasmid you made for the recent paper from the Tonegawa lab?

Q5: Yes.  You can obtain this plasmid and a number of others that we have deposited with Addgene.