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  1. Science Careers: Unruly Interests Feed Many Paths

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    ...replication and gene transcription during vertebrate embryogenesis. My interests, though, have proven unruly. Instead... at Science magazine. That one I just could not resist applying for. Not that I knew anything about being...like word choice, punctuation, and stylistic consistency. If you’ve ever doubted the importance of copy...
  2. Single-cell tracking of lineage and identity with CellTag

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    ...labels cells with heritable barcodes. Barcodes consist of an 8bp variable region and a 6 bp fixed region... a sample of cells was collected for scRNA-seq analysis and the remaining cells were maintained in culture...detailed CellTag protocol on protocols.io, code and analysis tutorials on GitHub, and a CellTag lineage data...
  3. Bright Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi

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    ...was then screened through successive rounds of mutagenesis for the brightest teal fluorescent proteins that...scientists from Florida State University, they used a mutagenesis approach and found that specific amino acid changes...protein localized to their expected locations. An analysis of mWasabi gave similar results. We hope this ...
  4. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    ...culture, only the plasmid with the antibiotic resistance gene and origin will replicate, and the transgene...recombined vector backbone contains the antibiotic resistance gene (AmpR) and origins of replication (ori and...of bacterial plasmid DNA: electron microscopic analysis of in vitro intramolecular recombination. Proceedings...
  5. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    ... Blog Perform Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR Use REPLACR Mutatgenesis to Easily Generate Insertion ...approach to molecular cloning and polynucleotide synthesis using vaccinia DNA topoisomerase. Shuman S. J ...
  6. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    ...molecular cloning consist of: Leader Sequence: Extra base pairs on the 5' end of the primer assist with restriction...selecting restriction sites, you should use a DNA analysis tool, such as Addgene’s Sequence Analyzer, to ...
  7. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    ... way into high school classrooms, like gel electrophoresis to separate DNA or transforming cells with ...practice with practical lab skills like developing a hypothesis, precisions pipetting, and good record keeping...in functional genomics research Learn how the Arabidopsis research center brings plant science to life ...
  8. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    ...about Synthetic Biology Find Arabidopsis educational resources at the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center...Promoters, Inserts, Tags, Origins of Replication, Resistance gene and Selection Markers) and one “Transfer...
  9. Cultivating Community Science at BosLab

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    ...space where BosLab exists today. Back then, it consisted of “wooden slab benches” set on top of filing ...companies and BosLab has grown into an organization consisting of over twenty members and volunteers. Transforming...BosLab. Once he optimizes plant cell culture and transgenesis he wants to share his knowledge with the community...
  10. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    ...of other analysis scripts available, some associated with specific libraries, but any analysis script should...hundreds of thousands if not millions of reads, this analysis must be done in an automated manner. Addgene commonly...
  11. Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs

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    ... often describe a process that begins with cell lysis to release AAV particles with subsequent purification...glioblastoma). They also found that exo-AAVs were more resistant to neutralizing anti-AAV antibodies. This is particularly...areas that are difficult to reach, and are more resistant to inactivation through anti-AAV antibodies. ...
  12. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    ...the human fetal expression atlas. Computational analysis was used to infer differentiation trajectories... the 24 TFs they tested, 22 expressed markers consistent with the cell type that was predicted based on... if the differentiated cells had morphologies consistent with the predicted cell type (e.g., axon-like...
  13. Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli

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    ...as LEDs can be engineered to deliver precise, consistent, and controllable pulses of light. Complicated... heading of two-component systems (TCSs). TCSs consist of a histidine kinase that phosphorylates a response...Leakiness was also an issue; some promoter activity persisted in the inactive state. The dynamic range, defined...
  14. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...plasmids articles. These brief articles provide a synopsis of a plasmid or group of plasmids' functions and... used a combination of deliberate and random mutagenesis to isolate the best RFP. They targeted known ...-induced mutations in ATP1A1 can render cells resistant to the small molecule ouabain - and editing at...carefully designed to allow for easy removal of the resistance cassette via Cre recombination. Each knockout...
  15. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...molecular switches in signal transduction pathways and consist of a trimer of three subunits: alpha (Gα), beta...ligand-bound GPCRs of interest. The TRUPATH plasmid kit consists of 20 plasmids encoding 14 alpha, 2 beta, and ..., GPCRs were first mutated via site-directed mutagenesis to bind non natural ligands. These non natural...
  16. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...this problem, gRNAs can be chemically modified to resist degradation while still effectively serving their...using commercially available kits or ordered as synthesis modifications when purchasing your gRNA. Pro tip... mismatch discrimination and is more nuclease-resistant, resulting in less off-target events. While both...
  17. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ...upsteam sample collection process or the downstream analysis process. And ChIP itself begins at...  Crosslinking...1000 bp. This is to ensure that your downstream analysis focuses on the DNA your protein is actively interacting...complexes. Your DNA is now ready for downstream analysis via any methods suitable for isolated and purified...
  18. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    ...Soon you’ll figure out what prompts you need to consistently and accurately run a protocol.   Figure...hasn't. Developing simple habits like these can consistently reduce errors as you work, and the possibilities...maybe especially) suggestions you are initially resistant to. Just like any other experimental approach,...
  19. Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats

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    ...required for replication, packaging, and vector persistence. They work in conjunction with the viral rep ... they flank the gene of interest. A single ITR consists of palindromic arms (A-A’, B-B’, and C-C’) that... also helpful in quantifying ITR mutants since analysis of individual reads allows for identification ...
  20. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between experiments...pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry Our current AAV inventory consists almost entirely of viruses expressing DREADDs ... References 1. Aschauer DF, Kreuz S, Rumpel S. Analysis of transduction efficiency, tropism and axonal...
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