...can recruit parents from any background, it really helps if activities are run by parents who can answer...teachers reached out to their students’ STEM-oriented parents looking for experts to come give guest presentations... and technology into the school curriculum. Our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has been instrumental... the annual Math & Science Night, a chance for parents and other members of the community to share their...you live in a school district that has a lot of parents in STEM careers, chances are they’re wondering ...expertise with our district middle school was a very different experience since, unlike elementary schools, middle...teachers at our school put out the call to local parents who would feel comfortable speaking on topics that...

... (Mauro and Chappell, 2014). Different rates of translation by different tRNAs, including those that exhibit...about trends in synthetic biology in Natural or synthetic? How Addgene;s dataset reveals trends in biological...There are 64 different codons that encode 20 amino acids and three stop codons, meaning that the same... Although the genetic code is universal, many different organisms actually prefer certain codons over ...tRNAs that are expressed may be found at very different levels (Mauro and Chappell, 2014). Due to this...that is based on the codon usage frequency in a reference of highly expressed genes (Sharp and Li, 1987)...stop codons. (B) Example of codon usage among different organisms. There are several codons that encode...

...destroy and remove a pathogen. Different isotypes also appear at different stages of an immune response..... Some isotypes have different versions or subclasses that have minor differences in their heavy chain...new Isotype trading cards!     References and resources References Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport...express receptors that recognize the Fc portion of different antibody isotypes. Binding to complement system...that transport antibodies through cells and into different body compartments, such as into mucus, tears, ...Western blotting.  The five isotypes of antibodies Differences in their heavy chain constant regions result ... However, when B cells switch to expressing a different isotype, the intervening DNA sequence is deleted...

... deposited by Promega here.    References and resources   References Allikalt, A., Purkayastha, N., Flad...and fluorescent ligands. Figure created with biorender.com. Fluorescence refers to the emission of...energy due to non-radiative energy losses. This difference in emission results in a slightly longer wavelength...phenomenon is known as the Stokes Shift, or the difference in wavelength between peak excitation spectrum...vary in their chemical structure, leading to differences in their excitation and emission wavelengths,...target specific organelles like mitochondria, and different dyes can result in varying cytoplasmic background...ligands. For instance, studies have shown that different fluorescent ligands can elicit varying degrees...

...validated antibodies aren't available or if your experimental conditions are different than the validation... 12% 10–250 kDa Different sizes 4–12% gradient 4–250 kDa Different sizes 4–20% gradient...supplementary figures for validation data, or follow the references to find the original publication and ensure that...recombinant multiclonal antibodies — mixtures of different rAbs that target the same protein — can be used...such as a membrane-bound protein. There are many different lysis buffers available commercially, and most...BME is not as strong as DTT, you’ll have to use different concentrations if you switch from one to the other...to note that Bis and Tris gels run proteins in different patterns, due to their differing chemistries. ...

...separately introduce each mutation independently into different mice, and then these strains should be crossed...of the mutations engineered into each of their parents. Here’s how to cross mice, using a simple example...Mendalian patterns of inheritance: 1. Genotype your parental mice In order to ensure that your genetic modification...generation, your breeding scheme should start with parental mice that are each homozygous for one of the two...targeting vector or gene of interest. 2. Breed your parental mice to generate F1 Once you’ve performed your...desired combination of mutations. Assuming your parental mice were all homozygous for your genes of interest...breeding heterozygous mice. In this case, your parental mouse should be hemizygous at the appropriate ...

...your poster Check conference guidelines To begin, you should always follow conference rules when designing...useful to use two different font styles; one for your section titles, and a different one for the body ... the most of your conference attendance Read all of our blog posts about conferences .... But, before you can show off your work at a conference, you need to first make your poster. While a ...manuscript. If you have ever attended a scientific conference, or even a lab recruiting session at your university...university, you are likely aware of how different posters can be. You have also probably thought about ...other additions you might wish to include are a references section, contact information, and potentially...

...common AAV serotypes used for different tissues. Created with BioRender.com. Beyond the identified serotypes...Your AAVancement could be next!   References and Resources References Braun, C. J., Adames, A. C., Saur...allows for a wide variety of screens, including interference, activation, and knockout. Most CRISPR screens...CRISPR screens can be carried out using a few different methods — in vivo, in vitro, and ex vivo. The ...of in vitro AAV CRISPR screens. Created with BioRender.com. The in vitro option requires a bit less...mouse tissues. Safety AAV and lentivirus have different safety profiles that often affect which is chosen...in a variety of capsids. To date, at least 12 different capsids, or serotypes, have been identified in...

...how to spend my grant money (Can I attend this conference?) and with my lab mates on which lab jobs needed... also negotiate with friends, partners, and/or children about everything from what you’re going to eat...another author can present the work at the next big conference - Is one of those options more important to you...are their expectations/needs and how are they different from mine? What equipment purchases do we prioritize...she’s trying to get some data for an upcoming conference deadline. Instead of arguing over who gets the... takes the earlier slot agrees to pick up both children while the other person uses an available after-hours... or coursework. First, you have to develop an awareness of when you are negotiating. Then take a moment...

...from that sequence preferences must largely be ignored. Created with BioRender.com. The hammer...exact location of the TSS. Different databases annotate the TSS in different ways, and it has been shown...phenotype of interest. This blog post will discuss differences between these approaches, and provide updates...Doench et al., 2017, and Hanna et al., 2020) and references therein. Nom nom nom. Me love gRNAs! Comic...experiment with CRISPR The hammer, the jigsaw, and the wrench are all great tools, but which one you use, of ...importance (more on this below). Created with BioRender.com. The jigsaw: Editing by HDR, base editing...few potential gRNAs. While SpCas9, with a PAM preference of NGG, is still the most widely-used Cas enzyme...

... a virus enters the cell. Different serotypes utilize a number of different receptors, co-receptors, and...burdensome in the brain where many different cell types, or even different phenotypes of the same cell type...working in several different systems or want to transduce a large number of different cells. Promoters ...doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00076 References and Resources References Aschauer, D. F., Kreuz, S., & Rumpel...validation and optimization. Although there are different ways to ultimately achieve success, we find it...variables.    Serotypes Serotype refers to the different protein compositions of AAV capsids, which determine... system or cell type can completely fail in a different system (Issa et al., 2023). This can be particularly...

...antibodies are all of different species/isotypes and that each secondary has a different color fluorophore...a comment below. Happy imaging! References and Resources References Andrews, N. P., Boeckman, J. X., ...mixture of secondary antibodies, and image all the different colors in one session – fast and easy! Just make...Trimmer Lab, using recombinant antibodies with different isotypes. (A) Neocortex labeled with anti-pan-...make sure you are using primary antibodies from different species or isotypes, so that the secondary antibodies...to align the images of each labeled target as different color channels and analyze the results. Depending...you might need to quantify the intensity of the different signals in a certain region or calculate a colocalization...

...resolving gel. A stacking gel typically has a different ionic strength and lower pH and acrylamide content than...validated for immunoblotting. Different immunoassays detect proteins in different states. For example, in immunoprecipitation... other antibody topics. Resources and references References Aydin S (2015) A short history, principles...to detect the presence or absence of a protein (Renart et al., 1979, Towbin et al., 1979, Burnett et al...the size of the protein of interest. An electric current applied to the gel causes the negatively charged...repeatedly stripped of an antibody and reprobed with different antibodies allowing multiple targets to be assessed...” together with blotting paper and an electric current is applied causing proteins to migrate out of the...

...software, you then generate a trendline for the data. The appropriate trendline varies between assays and ...linear trendlines while those for ELISAs and other enzymatic assays are sigmoidal. Once the trendline is ...non-linear and you should use a different method of analysis. Different fields and assays have varying ...well by vortexing or inversion. Created with BioRender.com.   When choosing a standard, make sure that...plotted against its OD560 measurements and the trendline y = 0.6561x + 0.019 calculated. The concentration... an unknown sample is determined by using the trendline to extrapolate its x value, 0.963 mg/mL, from ...and measures how well the data points fit the trendline. R2 ranges from 0 to 1 with 1 being a perfect ...

... if you want to be an entrepreneur in the health sciences?  Is this a different story altogether? The ...Being an entrepreneur is difficult; it requires an immense amount of self-knowledge and an unwavering...become something tangible.  When you think of entrepreneurship in the 21st century, who do you think of?  ...with innovative ideas in all facets of the entrepreneurial process in order to develop those ideas into... about 3 project proposals per month.  We are currently focused on two projects, including one led by ...lessons I learned while becoming a health science entrepreneur at 22. Start with your network You've spent ...viability question. The miLab you see today is far different than what was originally planned, due in large...

...when interpreting the outcome.    References and resources References Aschauer DF, Kreuz S, Rumpel S (2013...2, and 5 Display Differential Efficiency and Cell Tropism after Delivery to Different Regions of the Central... recognized by Cre, but they are comprised of different sequences (loxp and lox2272) and can not recombine...transgene from reverting. Figure created with BioRender.com   Causes of recombination and leaky expression... flank a transgene (homologous pairs) or used different scrambled sequences to flank the transgenes (non-homologous... off-target expression. Figure created with BioRender.com   Strategies for optimizing expression So...  The AAV serotype used can exhibit profound differences in tropism between cell types (astrocytes, microglia...

...plasmids are compatible, different CBPs bind to each plasmid type, and different NTPases separate the plasmid...plasmids at Addgene Read our Molecular Biology Reference References  del Solar G, Giraldo R, Ruiz-Echevarría...incompatibility is defined as the inability of different plasmids to be maintained in one bacterial cell...al., 1998).  In cases of compatible plasmids, different negative regulation systems control plasmid replication...regulation system cannot distinguish between the different plasmids. The concentration of negative regulation...diffusion) to make this happen.  There are several different versions of the plasmid partitioning system in...identification issue: the CBPs in the cell can’t tell the difference between plasmids if they have the same centromere-like...

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...for Neuroscience 2017 conference in Washington DC (#SfN17). This massive conference attracted over 30,000...developed in your current work to make new insights in neuroscience. Even if you're currently a synthetic biologist...-depth exposure to neuroscience prior to this conference was a rotation in Qiao Zhou’s lab in graduate...school where I worked on a project aiming to dedifferentiate mouse brain cells into neural stem cells. I...biologists. This was not at all the case. The conference featured people who work in sociology, behavior... Collider and which featured a talk about the different parts of the brain stimulated by stories. In retrospect...neuroscientists are using techniques from across different disciplines to better understand neurobiology ...

...through a tiny pore by measuring differences in ion flow caused by the different electrochemical properties ...Harvard University currently studying the serotonergic system and behavior.     References 1. Southern, Edwin...all cases, the result can be quantified by the strength of the signal in comparison to a control sample...results of cloning or knockout experiments to forensics and clinical diagnostics. One example of southern...standard PCR. This allows the researcher to compare different DNA sequences to see which is more abundant in...content by comparing the fragments created by different restriction enzyme digests. Incubating a DNA sample...incorporation of a ddNTP. Researchers perform four different reactions, one for each radiolabelled ddNTP, and...