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TypeBlog Post... genome, the virus is replication incompetent, meaning it can’t replicate and continue the infection cycle... (or BSL-2+) lab and require additional safety measures. General viral handling safety Containment...
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Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...each part of a split fluorescent protein (FP) and measure the signal produced when the candidate proteins...interaction in vivo or in vitro, and can be used for measuring protein expression or localization in cells, or... -
How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion
TypeBlog Post...do it well" – even the smallest program. I don't mean have fancy food or a fantastic view (these are nice...Timing is everything Many of my suggestions are meant to keep the event on time. Nobody likes a program... -
AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS
TypeBlog Post... control assays for AAVs. These steps include measuring viral titer and assessing purity. But Addgene ...get hits to “random” genes. Do these hits always mean the sample is contaminated? No - what really matters... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles
TypeBlog Post...cell needs to be fixed and the cell membrane permeabilized in order for the antibodies to reach their intracellular...colocalization experiments in a scientific and meaningful way it is important to choose the appropriate... -
Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields
TypeBlog Post...suggest retransforming the plasmid into a strain meant for DNA purification. It sounds like extra work,...harvesting and miniprepping at various time points. Measuring the optical density of the culture can indicate... -
When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells
TypeBlog Post...nontrivial propensity to noncovalently dimerize. That means that your POI fused to GFP or another fluorescent...whorl formation assay, are practical real world measures of dimerization potential that will determine ... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog Post...limit can feel like a lot of pressure. However, it means that your manager (and you) will be motivated to...time, you’ll know more people in industry, which means you’re more likely to have the right contacts and... -
Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
TypeBlog Post...have died, usually after four to five days. This means that viral production takes a little bit longer ...Titers: Where Do They Come From and What Do They Mean? Overcoming the Challenges of Lentivirus Production... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog Post...aim for somewhere between 30x and 200x coverage, meaning that you need 30 to 200 times as many colonies ...recombination, we recommend ensuring the cells used are meant for repetitive sequences (such as STBL4 or Endura... -
Transferable Skills: Negotiation
TypeBlog Post... sum game - that is, if I get what I want, that means you don’t. In this mindset, one of us wins, the ... negotiation is the most straightforward, it can mean that everyone leaves disappointed (we’ve all won... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog Post...Specific binding of scFVs to cognate aaRS antigens as measured by suspension bead assay. Image from Preger et...found a way to use the accumulation of indels to measure time. These plasmids with different promoters driving... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog Post...vectors do not have to exclusively be used as a means of detection; they are useful almost anytime you...Glycine and Proline residues found on the C-terminus meaning the upstream cistron will have a few additional... -
Science Guides
TypeGuide...Optogenetics integrates optics and genetic engineering to measure and manipulate cells (frequently neurons) and their...optogenetics research utilize light to detect, measure, and control molecular signals and cells in order... -
AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
TypeBlog Post...Importantly, it is an immune privileged compartment, meaning that it can tolerate the presence of antigens (... size of its DNA cargo - 4.8 kb at most - which means that a gene larger than 3 kb cannot be delivered... -
CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
TypeBlog Post... us to transform raw genomic coordinates into meaningful experiments. Table 1: An emerging family of "...periodically use next-generation sequencing to measure the relative proportion of guide RNAs (gRNAs) across... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog Post...other viruses that cause disease in humans such as measles, mumps, and rabies. Research on Ebola virus has... luciferase. Firefly luciferase can readily be measured to quantify (indirectly) transcription performed... -
SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools
TypeBlog Post...going: If your PTA has a general meeting and a means to request funding for events, consider reaching...as coming from networking at the time, but that means it was the best kind of networking! Since nearly... -
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
TypeBlog Post... a stable, easily purified protein with easily measured activity, MDH is particularly amenable to in-class...tag, and compared their specific activities by measuring NADH production. CUREs are beginning to... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog Post... with one of these tools, it doesn’t necessarily mean the gene is going to express well. If you do get...PMC3565066. 7. Quax, Tessa EF, et al. "Codon bias as a means to fine-tune gene expression." Molecular cell 59.2...