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  1. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    ... Sánchez lab protocol, dsRNAs are delivered by feeding them to planarians. Depending on which planarian...and mix the purified dsRNA with liver paste, and feed the mixture to the worms. The phenotypes of RNAi...treatment should be apparent after three dsRNA feedings. Some of the phenotypes are not evident until ...published protocols and want to share pictures, feedback etc. please write to [email protected] ...RNA inhibits gene expression in planarians." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100.suppl...
  2. Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)

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    ...student, she had less pressure to publish and more freedom to attend conferences, but after receiving her ...money is a drop in the bucket against the funds needed to build a flower that changes color, but the experience... us the chance to develop the technology we will need, and the business training to make the most of it... to do. It’s exhilarating to have that sort of freedom. It can also be overwhelming – there is so much...partners in this accelerator program who want us to succeed. We’re excited to see what the next few months ...
  3. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...while also summarizing the basic steps and analyses needed for packaging AAV. AAV production Overview: The...HEK293 cells with AAV packaging plasmids. The cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the ...this process takes 4-7 days, not counting the time needed to expand the HEK293 cells. Check out the Addgene...experiments, so I always make more AAV than I think I need. Unlike lentivirus, AAV requires a higher number...phases mixed together. Lastly, the PEG solution needs to be sterilized, either by filtration, which takes...
  4. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ...important factors to consider for any experiment are: Speed Cost Difficulty Efficiency For cloning in ...Additional Resources” section at the end of the post! Speed: Your grant deadline is approaching or your advisor...also be a great choice, because the T4 polymerase needed for this method is relatively inexpensive and can...generating the appropriate inserts by PCR, there is no need for restriction digests, gel purifications, or ligations... involved with cloning, you would at least be guaranteed a successful result? While there are never any...
  5. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...will also need to deliver a donor plasmid or single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide, so you will need to make...with any experiment, there are many factors that need to be considered during the planning process. For...appropriate expression system and delivery method: Do you need stable integration or is transient expression sufficient...steps is to identify what CRISPR components you will need to deliver. Minimally, one or more sgRNAs and Cas9...
  6. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...applications and needs. The more niche and specific your needs are, the more you may need to pay attention...Plasmids need antibiotic resistance genes so that you can specifically isolate bacteria containing your...integration of resistance genes in their genomes. If you need a plasmid that can go between plants and bacteria...
  7. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    ... but as a scientist. When our elementary school needed a new coordinator for the annual Math & Science...questions elementary students can ask. It doesn’t just need to be people who think of themselves as “scientists...on Twitter, where I was able to get some great feedback from teachers and other science communicators....grade science teachers with whom I worked, for feedback on my presentation, she said “it was such a valuable...Middle School for their tremendous guidance and feedback. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Browse...
  8. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...the insert. Orientation-specific primers: If you need information about insert orientation, then you might... The more background, the more colonies you will need to screen.   Saving clones for later culture: ... as the template for your PCR reaction. You just need to lyse the bacteria to release the plasmid DNA ... will greatly reduce the number of clones you’ll need to send for sequencing, but won’t tell you if your...sequencing to verify the insert sequence before proceeding with your experiment. Shorter amplicons tend...
  9. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    ...protein tags. Biochemists and molecular biologists who need to overexpress and purify proteins can face any ...are being spent to make something the cell doesn’t need to make. Eukaryotes and some bacteria deploy proteosomes...purification with amylose, but wicked huge Myc EQKLISEEDL  1.2 Affinity Frequently used for western blots...Frequently, a single tag is not enough. What if you need one tag to increase solubility and one tag for purification...other proteases are available, but scientists would need to incorporate their recognition sites into their...
  10. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...and helpful feedback!  What if I’m not a good writer? That’s okay! Your cover letter needs to be coherent...you are job searching, you may be wondering if you need to go to the effort of writing a cover letter. After...free of typos and grammatical errors. It does not need to be a literary masterpiece. For most jobs, the...make the connection between your skills and the needs of the job. Make it clear that you are interested...
  11. Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

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    ... the fluorescence signal intensity. However, you need to be careful when selecting the primary antibody...cells, and dendritic cells. In this case, we simply need to label the lineage markers of all cell types except...proteins alongside the intranuclear ones. You do not need to use a separate fix/perm cytosolic procedure in...   Figure 3: For intracellular labeling cells need to be fixed and permeabilized prior to incubation...Proliferation dyes can visualize proliferative capacity and speed of cells. (a) With each division half of the dye...
  12. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...done at one constant temperature, eliminating the need for thermocyclers. This is followed by in vitro ...-minute incubation  Time: ~90 minutes Equipment needed: 37°C heat block, LED blue light illuminator or... the Cas protein used. Here, all the components needed for the reaction are mixed in a single, one-pot...paper, likely approximately 1-2 hours Equipment needed: Mini PCR machines by DIY-Bio, P51 cardboard fluorescence...Time: Not mentioned, likely ~1-2 hours Equipment needed: PCR machines/Heat blocks, Lateral flow strips,...
  13. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    ...practical limitation is sequencing depth and cost. You need at least 100-200 reads per variant, so the more ... one library, the more sequencing reads you will need. See Fowler et al for more details on how to determine... work for the one-pot mutagenesis method. There needs to be a BbvCI site present in the backbone. Does...formed will be sense. Therefore, mutagenic oligos need to be anti-sense so they will anneal to the template...If the sites are in opposite directions, you just need to use a plasmid with BbvCI restriction sites in...
  14. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...infected cells. To truly cure HIV-1, researchers need to vanquish these hidden viral reservoirs, and CRISPR...off-target effects. In such a therapy, CRISPR/Cas9 would need to 1. excise the HIV-1 genome from every infected...sequence-specific binding. Patients’ HIV-1 genomes will need to be sequenced to determine the optimal gRNAs for...excision approaches, and each of these gRNAs will need to be validated for high on-target binding and low...evolve resistance to CRISPR therapies through PAM or seed sequence mutations. Multiple gRNAs could be used...
  15. Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab

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    ...member first author because they “needed it more”. My friend didn’t heed this warning and profoundly regretted...interaction (and I did). Some of the information you will need is about you. It’s worth taking time to honestly...relationships can help identify your priorities and needs, but sometimes it just takes introspective thought...8 children and used to getting the attention you need? Are you good at asking for help? If you are good...
  16. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...low-efficiency process, and usually involves the need for single cell cloning and subsequent screening...consuming process and should not be undertaken lightly! Indeed, truly achieving the gold standard requires not...early days for this technology, and the user may need to optimize numerous parameters to generate the ... but this can decrease the number of guides one needs to test in the lab. Importantly, for any modification...Conclusions Selection of gRNAs for an experiment needs to balance maximizing on-target activity while minimizing...
  17. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...Nature found a way to re-create a functional virus. Indeed, by testing several vectors and packaging cell ...promoter has been inserted in this LTR so you don’t need Tat to transcribe the viral genome in producing ...inducibly. If your gene of interest is toxic or needs to be expressed a certain point in the cell cycle...viral particles themselves. For this you will first need to transfect producing cells, usually 293T cells...you are transducing non-adherent cells you might need to centrifuge your cells with the virus in order...
  18. Making Career Development an Integral Part of the Science Training System

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    ... lab where they can learn the plus skills needed to succeed on the career path of their choice. This failing...pandemic has demonstrated that, more than ever, we need all of our science trainees to be successful after..., the ASBMB and Burroughs Wellcome Fund provided seed funding to take this initiative to the next level...
  19. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    ...tag-specific antibody (Jarvik and Telmer 1998). Indeed, this method can be used at high throughput because... each cell type, the transfection/delivery step needs to be optimized to achieve high knock-in efficiency...molecules can be directly purchased and there is no need to construct plasmid vectors or synthesize/purify...lab is new to CRISPR/Cas9 experiments, there is no need to worry at all. Setting up tag knock-in experiments...most crucial aspect of knock-in experiments. You’ll need to optimize csRNP delivery for each cell type you...
  20. With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science

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    ...remember that we, scientists and non-scientists alike, need to stay active and involved if we wish to make positive...access to full reproductive health care. And it’s needed most in low-income and minority communities, where...restrictions that conflict with scientific evidence. We need representatives and policymakers who not only believe...children to learn little things about science. We need to keep encouraging people to look for evidence ...criticisms of what I saw are that we, as a society, need to: 1) use more citations for out data so our sources...
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