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TypeBlog Post... the body or self antigens, and toxins that are lethal to animals. In the clinic, scFvs’ size also provides...plasmid in bacteria (Ahmed et al., 2012). One challenge of bacterial expression is the proper formation...
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Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management
TypeBlog Post...experiment, but you’ll only spend half of each day on it. The other half of each day you can spend accomplishing... -
Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
TypeBlog Post...First, the imaging of Brainbow mouse tissue was challenging due to low fluorescence intensity, caused partially...expression patterns. Hampel S, Chung P, McKellar CE, Hall D, Looger LL, Simpson JH. Nature Methods. 2011 Mar... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog Post...important and abundant neurotransmitters, but it is challenging to monitor because only a small number of glutamate...to specific cell types in the brain can be a challenging — but critical — factor for successful experiments... -
Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility
TypeBlog Post...Pamela Hines (Senior Editor at Science) Edward J. Hall (Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University) ...experiments they’re reading about weren’t changed halfway through in order to chase a positive result. Beyond... -
Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models
TypeBlog Post...Cre-dependent conditional alleles, has remained a challenge. Enter Easi-CRISPR: a method that harnesses the...template. Although effective, ivTRT may be more challenging for sequences with complex secondary structure... -
Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools
TypeBlog Post...nn1525 Gunaydin, L. A., Yizhar, O., Berndt, A., Sohal, V. S., Deisseroth, K., & Hegemann, P. (2010). Ultrafast... Augustin, S., Sauter, K., Papagiakoumou, E., Gottschalk, A., Soba, P., Emiliani, V., Engel, A. K., Hegemann... -
Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab
TypeBlog Post...Consider talking to people in the lab across the hall or in the same department as well. What do they ... you? Maybe you like things a bit hectic and challenging and this drives your best work. Or is it teamwork... -
PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, and ZFNs). However, several challenges still remain, such as making gene edits completely...nuclease technology with the piggyBac™ system, these challenges can be considerably reduced. The piggyBac™ transposon... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog Post... genomic DNA to amplify the gRNA targets was challenging because you’re limited by the sequence of the...genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem O, Zhang F. Nat Methods. 2014 Aug;11(8):783-4. ... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog Post...Creating epitope-tagged clonal cell lines remains a challenge as it relies on inefficient homology-directed ...representing a protein super family). To overcome these challenges, we set out to develop a hassle-free, highly ... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog Post...then flow cytometry can help you overcome these challenges and make these types of experiments easier and...fluorophores Fluorescent antibodies get around the challenges of fluorescent protein fusions by binding to ... -
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?
TypeBlog Post...molecule of GFP. Because red light has approximately half the energy of blue light, two photons of red light...model embryos >15 μm Thsee are some of the most challenging samples to image as they require both optical... -
Optogenetics Guide
TypeGuide...plasmids . Halorhodopsins Halorhodopsins are light-gated inward chloride pumps isolated from halobacteria. Wild-type...Jaws Browse Halorhodopsin plasmids . Archaerhodopsins Archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch) from Halorubrum sodomense...variant 517 Halorhodopsins Jaws Red-shifted, light-driven inward chloride pump from Haloarcula (Halobacterium...when one half of a given protein, such as the Cre recombinase, is fused to Cry2 and the other half to CIB1...Wild-type halorhodopsin, known as NpHR (from Natronomonas pharaoni ), causes hyperpolarization (inhibition...enhancements such as: Human codon optimization Example: Halo Increased photocurrent amplitude Examples: eNpHR...strain Shark), used to silence neuronal activity 632 Halo/NpHR Light-driven inward chloride pump from Natronomonas... -
Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing
TypeBlog Post...replicates, spreads, causes neurotoxicity, and is lethal if left untreated (for review see Dietzschold et..., Harris, J.A., Ng, L., Winslow, B., Cain, N., Mihalas, S., Wang, Q., Lau, C., Kuan, L., Henry, A.M., ... -
CRISPR Guide
TypeGuide...less widely used in bacteria due to technical challenges, bacterial CRISPR libraries have been developed... S., Agarwala, V., Li, Y., Fine, E. J., Wu, X., Shalem, O., Cradick, T. J., Marraffini, L. A., Bao, G....., Gootenberg, J. S., Kriz, A. J., Zetsche, B., Shalem, O., Wu, X., Makarova, K. S., Koonin, E. V., Sharp...790. PMID: 38216671 Klompe, S. E., Vo, P. L. H., Halpin-Healy, T. S., & Sternberg, S. H. (2019). Transposon-encoded...Communications . 9 (11), e1007749. PMID: 30575746 Shalem, O., Sanjana, N. E., Hartenian, E., Shi, X., Scott...cells. Science . 343 (6166), 84–87. PMID: 24336571 Shalem, O., Sanjana, N. E., & Zhang, F. (2015). High-throughput...Meadows, S. K., Roberts, B. S., Mackiewicz, M., Mendenhall, E. M., & Myers, R. M. (2015). CETCh-seq: CRISPR... -
A Case Study of Addgene Bioinformatics
TypeBlog Post...our pipeline. In it, they break down the unique challenges of our platform and how we were able to address... -
2022 Depositor Week
TypeBlog Post...on Twitter Wednesday: 2022 Blue Flame Depositors Hall of Fame Thursday: 8 Great Depositor Research Stories... -
#Deckthelab Contest Winners 2017
TypeBlog Post...used tip boxes for a lab supply tree and set a challenge for her lab mates to create the best-recycled ... -
2021 Deck the Lab Winners!
TypeBlog Post... Though 2021 had more than its fair share of challenges, the annual Deck the Lab Contest brought us smiles...