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TypeBlog Post...to deliver a standard AdV vector to the targeted organs or tissues with Cas9 and a gRNA designed to target...67 Ding Q, Strong A, Patel KM, Ng S-L, Gosis BS, Regan SN, Cowan CA, Rader DJ, Musunuru K (2014) Permanent... Kendall Morgan...
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When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells
TypeBlog Post...in 720°, i.e. they are on a membrane or in an organelle, then their effective concentration will be much...the membranes into stacked structures including organized smooth endoplasmic reticulum (OSER) whorls. 2)...distorted into dense stacked membranes termed Organized Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum or OSER if a dimerizing... -
PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing
TypeBlog Post...of NHEJ, HDR, and MMEJ repair varies from organism to organism. MMEJ doesn’t yield a “perfect repair” like...researchers can exploit for CRISPR gene editing. In organisms where HDR is downregulated, MMEJ represents another... -
Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection
TypeBlog Post...a co-founder of the BioBricks Foundation, an organization working to advance biological engineering openly... technical challenge. We have a strategy that organizes how we start the work, and it begins with the ... Kendall Morgan... -
Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy
TypeBlog Post...slices, which are easier to expand than, say, a C. elegans (Damstra, et al. 2022; Yu, et al. 2020). With any...//doi.org/10.7554/elife.73775 Dani A, Huang B, Bergan J, et al (2010) Superresolution Imaging of Chemical...Wassie AT, et al (2020) Expansion microscopy of C. elegans. Elife 9:e46249. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.46249... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...Chromatography columns containing appropriate immobilized ligands are incubated with cell culture supernatant containing...antibodies. The antibodies bind the immobilized ligands and can be eluted once the other materials have...incubated with the cell suspension. Antibodies bind ligands on the beads and a magnet is used to separate the... -
Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems
TypeBlog Post...generated using random genomic fragments from the organism of interest, or a defined cDNA library (e.g. the...number of two-hybrid systems available in model organisms, including bacteria, alternative fungi (C. albicans...Enzymol. 1983;100:293-308. PubMed PMID: 6312261. 2. Keegan, L., Gill, G., and Ptashne, M. Separation of DNA... -
Lab to Office Culture Shock
TypeBlog Post... number of career paths--industry, nonprofit organization, law office, journal editor, etc.--so everyone...around the world, such as BosLab here in Boston. Organizations like this one are always looking for scientists... own independent research!). There are also organizations like Science from Scientists, which try to bring... -
Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster
TypeBlog Post...(CNS) orchestrates complex processes enabling organisms to control their movements and behavior. These...to study connectomics (how neural circuits are organized and how neurons connect to each other). Combined.... 2. Shepherd, G.M. (2004). In "The synaptic organization of the brain". Oxford University Press, New ... -
"Hall of Fame" AAV Enhancers from the Allen Institute for Brain Science
TypeBlog Post...partnerships with like-minded individuals and organizations, like the Allen Institute, to achieve greater...together. The Allen Institute is a research organization that is committed to understanding some of the...reliable tools to help carry out that research. Organizations like the Allen Institute are committed to just... -
How to Write a Scientific Review Article
TypeBlog Post...one either. Choose the topic and outline the organization of the review Once you start reading, there ...references) and it’s better to keep your references organized from the beginning. I also recommend using the...Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript 6 Tips... -
Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog Post... that the drug prevents the growth of a living organism. As for multi-drug resistance: definitions vary...vary in the literature, but generally organisms with multi-drug resistance are resistant to three or more...is an intense amount of competition between microorganisms for available resources. This competition drives... -
CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide
TypeBlog Post...over-express coding sequences from a given cell type or organism, have been used in a similar manner to Cas9 activators...lines (HEK293T, MCF7, U2-OS, Hela, N2A, 3T3) and organisms (Chavez et al., 2016). To learn more about the...Tuttle M, P R Iyer E, Lin S, Kiani S, Guzman CD, Wiegand DJ, Ter-Ovanesyan D, Braff JL, Davidsohn N, Housden... -
Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs
TypeBlog Post...distinct subcellular environments, including the organelles that compose the secretory pathway, endocytic...formation, and proteolytic cleavage. FPs localized to organelles are equally susceptible to these non-native modifications... Lee Snapp. "Fluorescent proteins in cellular organelles: serious pitfalls and some solutions." DNA and... -
Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments
TypeBlog Post...non-human primates [7, 8], zebrafish [9], and c. elegans [10]. If used properly, optogenetics is sure to...Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan and he is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the...neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans." Nature methods 8.2 (2011): 147-152. PubMed PMID... -
Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
TypeBlog Post...your host organism. Because transcription machinery differs between cell types or organisms, promoters... Kendall Morgan... -
Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping
TypeBlog Post... to living cells thus APEX is not suitable for organoid or in vivo studies (Che and Khavari, 2017). Find...many fusion proteins this would lead to protein/organelle aggregation. The Ting lab hypothesized that the...Efficient proximity labeling in living cells and organisms with TurboID." Nature biotechnology 36.9 (2018... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection
TypeBlog Post...the observation of proteins in living cells and organisms. Both components of the chimera are encoded by...). However, these assays are qualitative. The Organized Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (OSER) assay (Costantini...hindrance by the fluorescent protein. Thus, scientist began using relatively long linkers between the protein... -
The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup
TypeBlog Post... were identified using systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). After 4-6 rounds...single molecules and for live-cell imaging in C. elegans. Other groups have used Mango to study RNA-protein...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3852148. Warner, Katherine Deigan, et al. "Structural basis for activity of highly... -
Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters
TypeBlog Post...has also been implemented in a variety of other organisms, such as sphingomonads and bacillus. ADH1 The...shown that the Q system is also functional in C. elegans. Subsequent work by the Luo and Potter labs has...repressible binary expression system in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Nat Methods 9(4) (2012): 391-5. PubMed PMID: ...