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  1. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    ...manuscripts. 4. Balance focus and exploration Researchers face a fundamental conflict. Science is about exploration...have finite time and resources. You typically have 4-5 years to make discoveries and publish papers to ...Nature and Science, for example). This blog post is about how to get the most out of your postdoctoral training...your new model?  PFs need to be regularly thinking about manuscripts. The other items will follow. If you...this is a strong indicator that this person cares about your science and your development. Taken together...many PFs are reluctant to give talks or posters about their research. They dread giving a departmental...manuscript reviews, etc. You'll also meet future collaborators and get access to unpublished information and...
  2. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    ...settings are often limited to off-target sites of <4 bp. The off-target list is also generally weighted...PMID: 25409780. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4246457. 4. Davidson CJ., et al. "Improving the limit of detection...et al. 2015). Meanwhile, Sanger sequencing is laborious, time consuming and cannot be applied to heterogenous...viable options for multiplex sequencing in many laboratories. Nevertheless, unbiased detection isn’t as sensitive...unbiased sequencing may not be worth the cost and labor when single clones are selected. Conversely, translational... Hough is a Biochemistry PhD candidate in the laboratory of Prof Steve Jackson at the Gurdon Institute...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ... is needed to read your experimental output; and (4) the consequences to your experiment if there’s off-target...neurons (NeuN). Image from Griffin et al., 2019, Figure 4. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International...starting the selection process. Factors to think about are (1) your experimental conditions and measurements...
  4. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    ...Scientists on Twitter here. 4)   If you enjoy writing and are ready for a larger commitment, start your own...take on collaborative roles in academia, and that means it’s important to know how to talk about science...talking about and sharing some science on the one you already have. Read my earlier post about Scientists...important for scientists to get out there and talk about their work. To tell others why that work is cool... than ever before for scientists to communicate about their work and their interest in science more generally...already make it a habit to talk – really talk – about the research you are doing in the lab with your ... the details of your science but also something about how science really works. 2)   Read science writing...
  5. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Science Writing

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    ... getting abstracts and plans together for my next 4 webinars—I have them stacked close together for the... post if you debating about an academic or non-academic career Learn more about alternative science careers... written for selfish reasons: I wanted to learn about careers in science communication. When I started...Communication Internship with Addgene, I didn’t know a lot about scicomm, but had enjoyed writing a few Addgene guest...option. So if you’re interested in learning more about science communication careers, you’re in the right...careers here Resources on Addgene.org Learn more about careers at Addgene ...
  6. Addgene @ Keystone: Thoughts on Precision Genome Engineering and Synbio

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    ...distributed – have changed so dramatically in the past 4 years. I kept busy for the whole poster session, talking...It's been about 14 years since I last attended a Keystone Meeting – far too long. Holding these meetings...CRISPR technology in just 2 years and excitement about how much more there is left to do with the characterization...downstream output. Tuesday morning's talks were also about circuitry and synthetic biology, and I found myself...plasmid sharing to those who were anxious to hear about what was coming next. I also got to show off our... updated Synbio page to people who were curious about these newest features of our website.  I want to...
  7. Why Add Sucrose? Improved Yields for Adeno-associated Virus Preparation

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    ... and technology for bioprocesses (1989): 272-278. 4. Ozturk, Sadettin S., and Bernhard O. Palsson. "Effect...resources on Addgene.org Learn about Addgene's viral service Learn about viral production Find viral protocols... By now you have probably heard about Addgene’s viral service but did you know that Addgene also performs... approach can be adapted by vector cores and laboratories alike as an easy and inexpensive method to improve...Effect of medium osmolarity on hybridoma growth, metabolism, and antibody production." Biotechnology and ...
  8. Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript

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    ...fields not solely the specific area the writer works.  4. Practice writing everyday Overall, the most important...successful writer. When I originally talked to my PI about becoming a better writer, I was unsure if I should... a manuscript and critiquing it, were not too laborious, but helped build my understanding of how to generate...and the writing workshop. SWPI's writing workshop About a month later I received another email notifying... manuscript, scientists have a tendency to be elaborate and over explain the material. The point of writing...
  9. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    ... you can use to express your protein of interest. 4. Plasmids 101: Blue-White Screening Getting a lot ...eyes open for any new technologies that will bring about the next revolution in biological research. We’re...Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids Need help thinking about the types of controls you’ll need for your next ...Addgene Browse Our CRISPR Resources Learn More about Viral Vectors Browse the Repository  ...
  10. Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions

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    ...cytotoxicity against tumor targets. Nat Med. 2000 Apr;6(4):443-6. doi: 10.1038/74704. PMID: 10742152. Dunkelberger...phagocytosis.  Other functions We’re still learning about Fc effector functions and all that antibodies can...isotypes and Fc receptors that we don’t know much about yet. Who knows what kinds of functions they may ...
  11. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    ...be collected from heterozygous individuals. Only 1/4 of the descendants of the heterozygous plants, therefore... is difficult for new members of the lab or collaborators unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY...resistant disease. (RUBY-Red: You can’t beet it!)   About the Author  Andrew Willoughby is a graduate student...
  12. A Tour of Addgene's Most Popular Pooled Libraries

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    ...Ordering” to see what options are offered. Figure 4: Screenshot of the Addgene website. Let us know...variations in the spike protein, teaching us more about viral evolution and antibody binding. Figure...
  13. Single-cell tracking of lineage and identity with CellTag

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    ...for individual cells. Each cell is labeled with 3-4 tags to increase the diversity of the CellTag library...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about induced pluripotent stems cells (iPSCS) and reprogramming...
  14. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?

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    ...within a few hundred nanometers of the coverslip (4). Essentially, an optical section is achieved that...biophysics 48, 178-243 (2015). PubMed PMID: 25998828. 4. Axelrod D. Total internal reflection fluorescence...call Epi-fluorescence microscopes. (See left image above for an example image). Point Scanning Confocal Microscopy... plane to reach the detector and all light from above or below is excluded. Parallelized Confocal Microscopy...due to limitations in light penetration mentioned above (5). Thick static samples Ex: Fixed tissue sections...sectioning. Point scanning confocal microscopes (see above) often provide the highest quality images for this...
  15. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ...Cre-mediated marker excision, it takes approximately 3-4 weeks to obtain a homozygous, outcrossed knock-in ...another similar co-conversion marker (repair of a zen-4(cle10ts) allele), increasing experimental options....learn more about genome editing with CRISPRs? Check-out Addgene's CRISPR Resources Learn about gRNA design...interest, I encountered low efficiency (0.13%) and laborious handling (screening 768 F1 animals). Recovering...
  16. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    ...grant writing Job changes can happen regularly (every 4-6 years is common), but this can also bring new opportunities—projects...students Collaborations may be less “complicated” - for example, easy to initiate a collaboration without...up the pace Constant worry about grants and renewals What is different about non-academia? Scientific...make a decision about something like this without sufficient data? Starting to learn about the diverse options...with scientists just like you What is different about academia? Publishing in peer reviewed journals ...without having to worry about proprietary information Work hours are long, but there is more flexibility with...paths to pursue. Spend some time really thinking about your motivations and what parts of being a scientist...
  17. Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab

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    ...your role as a lab leader, and then on to Chapter 4 for advice on staffing your lab. Let us know if you...start their own academic research laboratory. How does one even go about starting a lab? Obviously, funding...always helps. But how does one build a strong collaborative research team motivated by similar visions and...booklet. What has been the most surprising thing about becoming a PI? Tom Ellis has a one word answer: ... has to deal with. My inbox currently stands at about 65,000 messages and dealing with email can be half...the first couple of hires to build a strong, collaborative team. And take advantage of the many resources...Medical School) for taking the time to speak with us about adding new scientists to their labs. Further Reading...
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