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... most, get pleasure from taking up such complex challenges, quickly breaking them up into smaller achievable...clients. In this realm, there are a few different kinds of challenges that consultants get called upon to...healthcare consultant, I have worked on most of these kinds of projects. Almost all of my projects, have involved... The fast paced nature of projects often means working long hours both at home and at the office. Consulting...firms are increasingly aware of the toll that long working hours and the unpredictability of schedules can... career in healthcare consulting, I found that talking to alumni, friends, and friends of friends who ... an engaging way to learn about the trends and workings of the healthcare industry. Finally, on-campus...

...Addgenies, development includes everything from tracking plasmids from the moment a deposit kit is sent...we are highly collaborative, we love teamwork. Working collaboratively allows our team to best serve Addgene... example of agility at work is our process for working on a new feature. We start with a story that describes...best approach it in our code.  Sometimes while thinking through these steps, we discover we need additional...otherwise, this isn’t how we work. We all take turns working on different parts of the code. I think the best...we might have an EMTA theme and we will all be working in the EMTA area of the code. By having everyone...Modern Greek to be easily accessible today. Roughly speaking, we translated our software from Python 2.7 to...

...similar to that in samples of interest. If you are working with cells that are amenable to genetic knockout...knockdown approach instead. In this approach, you’re looking for an antibody that detects the target in the ...can therefore be helpful to try all three when looking to label an intracellular target.   Figure...background staining. This can include using: different blocking reagents; titration of antibody concentration ...flow cytometry through this approach. If you’re looking for a flow antibody, the YCharOS (Antibody Characterization...there is a cell treatment (e.g. PMA or a specific cytokine) known to either induce or suppress the expression... which may not be available to every scientist looking to do a flow cytometry experiment. But validation...

...know exactly what you are looking for and how many of that thing you are looking for, you are ready to begin..., it’s helpful to know how many copies you are looking for. Secondly, categorize your edit – is it any...that you won’t need to screen hundreds of clones looking for your edit of interest. For all of the screening...population. This way you can ensure you aren’t looking for a needle in a haystack before going on to generate...do. A popular screening method for knockouts is Tracking of Indels by Decomposition (TIDE) (Brinkman et... there is at least ~200 base pairs of sequence flanking the editing site on either side of the amplicon... software very similar to TIDE known as TIDER (Tracking of insertions, deletions, and recombination events...

...to the meeting, and its history of code making and code breaking is wonderfully analogous to genetic circuits...our baffled flight attendant called them, "long, skinny things") and generally exuding a very-tired-but-very-excited...as an undergraduate, I never fooled myself into thinking I was an engineer. The talks we heard Monday night...discussed in the book). These synthetic biologists are taking the "genetic code" to a new level, changing it ...years. I kept busy for the whole poster session, talking to people from every conceivable background at ... Eric J. Perkins...

...Joanne's Reddit AMA  Few of us spend much time thinking about conserving resources in the labs. Disposable...Founder of Seeding Labs, tells the story about working as a student in a rice lab in the Ivory Coast where...very environmentally conscious friends who had me thinking about energy conservation even before it was a...accessed blogs on BitesizeBio is the protocol for making your own Taq polymerase by Outreach Scientist, ...founder, Melina Fan, recently shared our protocol for making competent cells to save time and money. My other... portion of the gel.  What a waste?  I started looking for smaller and smaller gel apparatus until I settled... hilarious.  Birth of the baby gel box Finally, taking conservation to new levels, I was bothered by the...

...different kinds of grants that you can apply for. If you are in a lab, your PI is likely working on a number..., we posted these 25 great tips for scientists working at home, and you will still find this useful. Now...been doing this for almost 6 months, you may be looking for more ways to make sure you are moving forward...Addgene have gone virtual!   2. Practice public speaking For almost any science career, there will be a...good progress on both building relationships and thinking about future career options. 5. Write a grant ...Science If you have a method that you've been working on, let us know in the comments below! Additional...

...I’m working with a talented journalist to shine light on living as a scientist in Beijing, talking to ...to people about taking beautiful photographs of their studies, reporting on amazing women in science, or... or asking someone how and why they left academia. Humans are designed to pay attention and enjoy anecdotal...We build narratives around the self, too — when talking to friends or dates or colleagues we tell tales... a solid point to kick off at. Whatever you’re working on, start wherever it makes sense to start and ... overnight. The only way to improve is to keep working on telling a story again and again and again until...

...genome is 1 in every 256 base-pairs of DNA sequence, making it very useful for genetic engineering approaches...transgenic cell lines. The traditional method of making stable cell lines is to transfect, select, and ...negative impacts on fitness. One consideration when making a transgenic cell line with the piggyBac™ system...However, several challenges still remain, such as making gene edits completely seamless (i.e., so no other...piggyBac™ transposase (PBx), which contains mutations making it competent for excision, but defective for integration...containing a negative selection marker such as thymidine kinase, a researcher may subsequently kill off any cells...target sequence. This allows researchers to avoid making unnecessary base pair changes as would be the case...

.... Both have significantly improved brightness, kinetics, and sensitivity. iGluSnFR4f is well-suited for...larger signal-to-noise ratios in two-photon imaging, making it ideal for video recordings of large populations...generation and stable cell line creation (Figure 2). Looking for more? Explore our empty and EGFP retroviral...endonuclease-reverse transcriptase uses homology arms flanking an RNA payload to insert the payload sequence ...Figure 4). Figure 4: STITCHR consists of a nicking Cas9 fused to a shortened R2Tocc transposon protein...Cas9 nickase to improve target recruitment and nicking, producing STITCHR. STITCHR can make a wide variety... on other proximity ligation tools with better kinetics and less background labeling. By fusing miniTurboID...

...Review dropped a bombshell report. A scientist working in China was using CRISPR/Cas9 in an attempt to...can happen. We just have to look to the United Kingdom’s Nuffield Council. While the Nuffield Council has...tasked two separate non-governmental groups with seeking “public views on emerging IVF techniques designed...addition to thorough ethical considerations, in making sure that the research has been adequately proven...experiment on humans, and they are not remembered kindly. However, despite many headlines questioning if...otherwise, the scientific process does seem to be working. I would argue that one of the takeaways from He...whom are named Charlotte, all of whom are still working on theirpenmanship. Additional resources on the...

...everything click in my head and left me thinking: I wish I had this kind of experience earlier! After all,...biology in high school, it wasn’t until I started working in my first molecular biology lab in college that...more and more molecular biology-based activities making their way into high school classrooms, like gel... on freeze-dried, cell-free (FD-CF) components. Making proteins outside of a cell - cell free extracts...the protein in a cell-free manner. This is like taking an engine out of the car – you can still use the...cost-effective, as each one is as cheap as 10 cents, making activities designed with FD-CF reactions affordable...

...useful to anyone working in a lab.   Participating in a workshop at lab central We’re working on a project...of experimental services and expertise without breaking their bank accounts. When I heard about how LabCentral...partner for the day was Julie from Novartis who was working with cell culture and who was extremely helpful... now know what to expect at a workshop and what kinds of questions to ask myself when I am bombarded with...new without spending a lot of time developing and making space for the techniques ourselves. As you probably...should give similar workshops a try if you’re ever looking to try out a new technique or reagent! Racheal...

...projects range from hacking probiotics to filming educational lab videos, while some are looking to develop new...Biotechnology is no longer just for those working in academia or industry. At BosLab, we identify ourselves...independent Do-it-Yourself (DIY) biology laboratories working towards enabling everyone to participate in the... gene drive paper was very popular. People kept asking if we were teaching classes at the lab, so in December...That’s right, we have non-traditional scientists working in our laboratory! Don’t worry though, we make ...transformation guru and instructor for our intro to biohacking courses. Our members pursue a diverse range of...

...distanced work more creative. An example could be making lab meetings more interactive and creating space...interaction and brainstorming. This could be achieved by asking each presenter to come up with a scientific question...: “Science is increasingly done in large teams, making it more likely that papers will be written by several...taste of that casual kitchen chatter, ultimately sparking new ideas. Social no-science-y meetings Set up...probably lost during these weird times of shift working and social distancing. The take home message is...are endless. Let’s adapt and embrace new ways of working, reconnect as human beings and colleagues, eventually...confidence to launch new and diverse careers by taking part in career panels, and volunteering for scientific...

...Addgene, who will be taking over the distribution to expand the network of scientists working on this even more...throw a therapeutic monkeywrench into the virus’ hijacking of human cells. Even better, more than half the...the Krogan lab's Addgene page to get notified!) Attacking coronavirus, one FedEx package at a time Since...interest, because it means more scientists will be working on this problem more quickly. Figure 2: Getting...headache receiving constant email requests and tracking their fulfillment manually in a shared spreadsheet...interested in facilitating collaborative science, and making it accessible to all people, not just scientists...

...for tagging experiments and it’s already looking like it’s making a big difference. We can now look at many... an adjunct faculty member) have together been working toward this goal for years as members of the ENCyclopedia...actually use this for tagging any protein in all kinds of different assays, not just transcription factors...variations on the plasmids we’ve developed. We’re working on that, but the system is so flexible. Other investigators...Fragment from Integrated DNA technologies. Generally speaking, anyone using CRISPR/Cas9 in the lab already should...Thank you to Professors Mendenhall and Myers for speaking with us! Find the Plasmids: Plasmids for protein...

...interested in the same phosphate of your favorite kinase is a good start. Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA ...general intro until you know if the person you are talking to is really in your direct area.  Review the conference...see when your connections post. Stay in touch by liking, commenting and re-sharing their posts. LinkedIn...colleague. Recommended Reading & More: Scientist Networking: What is an Informational Interview? Crash Course...Julio Peironcely on the Thesis Whisperer "Not Networking - Building Relationships for Success" webinar... improving your networking and soft skills ... scientist networking...

...continued working for Palladian Partners remotely, but started looking for a new job because “it kinda sucked...social media manager. “I usually start out my days looking through our Twitter feeds and dealing with social...difficult pieces: “It’s probably the best.” Besides working through the tough assignments, the skills that ...include: “Listening. Evaluating evidence. Critical thinking. Being able to learn things quickly. Story telling...government, so it was a really good environment to be looking for a job.” Thanks to Susan for not only being ...

...Coaching can be an excellent tactic for scientists making a career shift or who wish to improve their current... responsibility seriously. As I make my rounds speaking at research institutions and at scientific conferences...take some research.  It helps to spend some time thinking about what your goals are for the coaching relationship...out of academia (because so many scientists are making this transition). Another coaching group is Still...Humphrey from Jobs on Toast is based in the United Kingdom and scientists there would be lucky to work with...with him.  He is also available for speaking engagements as are many of the coaches I have mentioned. I...Entropia Consulting works remotely, will travel for speaking engagements and has many areas of specialty from...