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  1. Celebrating Outstanding CRISPR/Cas9 Achievements at the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Dinner

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    ...be used in people until we learn more about safety and more about the how to use genome edited stem cells...because Jennifer did her graduate work one floor above mine in the lab of Dr. Jack Szostak, who went on...ceremony honored Charpentier and Doudna, who talked about their research leading up to the discovery of the...Charpentier met at a 2011 conference and decided to collaborate on what was a “curiosity” driven project. Both...importance of the strong, cross-disciplinary collaboration they shared to the work they did together. They...
  2. London Calling - Addgene’s New Europe Office in London

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    ... outreach and community engagement. Information about contacting Addgene can be found on our Contact page...Europe office located in London and operated in collaboration with LGC Standards. And now you’ll be able to...ll be poised and ready to answer your questions about Addgene, plasmids, and depositing (all while our...carrying out my studies, and getting them from collaborators was extremely helpful, but with hindsight I ... and Australia, viewing science as a global collaboration. This is why she is excited to be working at...This love of interacting with people and talking about science makes her the perfect Addgenie and she can...
  3. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ... Delivery Methods Learn about Mouse Work on Exercise and Depression Read About Brainbow Resources on ...success is not always guaranteed. To learn more about this process check out our Mouse Modeling blog posts...by CRISPR. The sequence started clean and then, about 100 bps into the run, it got “dirty”, with multiple...makes use of 3 components, a guide RNA (gRNA) of about 125 nt that specifies the target, the Cas9 endonuclease...by Southern blot. From the efficiency discussed above extends 4 major advantages of CRISPR mouse editing...targeting. It also costs less. With CRISPR, it may cost about $5,000 to generate founder mice, while with conventional...
  4. Addgene's a Nonprofit? Nonprofit Awareness Day 2017

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    ...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Our Collaboration with Fellow Nonprofit Seeding Labs Addgene...the American Cancer Society, or maybe you think about a local food pantry or community arts organization...community Addgene fosters a culture of respect, collaboration, and fun Addgene believes there is strength ...accelerate research with easier sharing and collaboration. Joanne and all the Addgenies: Adam, Amanda ...Connie Cepko Resources on Addgene.org Learn More About Our Mission Meet the Addgene Leadership Team Get...
  5. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Science Writing

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    ... post if you debating about an academic or non-academic career Learn more about alternative science careers... written for selfish reasons: I wanted to learn about careers in science communication. When I started...Communication Internship with Addgene, I didn’t know a lot about scicomm, but had enjoyed writing a few Addgene guest...option. So if you’re interested in learning more about science communication careers, you’re in the right...careers here Resources on Addgene.org Learn more about careers at Addgene ...
  6. The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born

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    ...Reddit AMA  Few of us spend much time thinking about conserving resources in the labs. Disposable plastic...Dudnik, Founder of Seeding Labs, tells the story about working as a student in a rice lab in the Ivory ...didn’t feel the need to reuse plasticware or think about conserving reagents and buffers.  However, I had...environmentally conscious friends who had me thinking about energy conservation even before it was a popular...Turns out, one could make a lifetime supply for about $10 US dollars worth of glass powder pruchased from...So, I designed my own gel box (see illustration above) and bribed the guys in the hospital machine shop...
  7. 5 Uncommon Ways to Gain Career Skills During an Uncommon Time

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    ...mentoring group (see above). However, now that we are all so good with video calls, how about trying your hand...blog or podcast, initiated and maintained a collaborative project, served on the board of a professional...appointments with people all over the world. Think about contacting alumni of your lab or university or use...suggest you speak with. See this post that’s all about informational interviews, for more details on how...progress on both building relationships and thinking about future career options. 5. Write a grant - even if...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    ...the Addgene blog Learn more about basic viral vector elements Read about four considerations for the ...Key elements of an AAV plasmid First let’s talk about the key parts of an AAV plasmid. Inverted terminal...routine plasmid propagation, with complete ITR loss abolishing AAV packaging. To prevent ITR loss, it’s best... Other cis-regulatory elements Next let’s talk about some of the elements that aren’t required parts ...the perfect AAV tool Learn about synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type expression in retinal cells Resources...
  9. Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

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    ...This great resource allows the undecided to learn about a variety of science professions based on their ...training focuses on using multidisciplinary, collaborative, and translational approaches for scientific...skills. Although the word “extracurricular” may be taboo in the lab, multiple research studies highlight ...social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to learn about available jobs, fields, and trends “Never Leave...from your lab bench.  Want further information about shaping your career to your values, interests, and...Let us know what topic you'd like to learn more about next. Leave your suggestions in the comments section...
  10. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    ...student at MIT. While I had always enjoyed learning about biology in high school, it wasn’t until I started...college that I really fell in love with it. Something about being able to actually hold all those seemingly ...seemingly abstract biological reactions that I learned about from textbooks just made everything click in my head...students build circuits in physics class to learn about electronics or mix chemicals together in chemistry...a power source, but now you don’t have to worry about operating the rest of the car as well. Similarly...with us! We’ll work with you to get the word out about your plasmids and their potential educational uses...
  11. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    ...”) of DNA, have changed our collective thinking about the feasible size and scope of projects in many ...next generation (NGS) sequencing have prevented laboratories from using these methods for routine processes...daunting for large numbers of samples. As mentioned above, one of the primary technical benefits of plexWell...1ng – 100ng) are normalized to two-fold variation above and below mean read count per sample, and the amount...NGS readout also reveals additional information about the presence of non-plasmid DNA or heterogeneous...   Check out the SeqWell website to learn more about our plexWell kits and services! Many thanks to Joe...
  12. A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management

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    ...more about their needs and any problems that they are trying to solve. After learning more about the stakeholders...the company and then go to grad school. However, about a year and a half into my role, I realized that ... my product management (PM) career. Had I known about product management earlier on in my career, I’d ...interests. As such, I want to be able to share more about this nontraditional career path for others who love...management.  A day in the life  Now that you know a bit about what a software product manager does, you might ...
  13. Clear and Accessible Writing

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    ..., we — Jo, Brook, and Angela — most often think about accessibility in terms of the content we write for...provide visually impaired visitors with information about images that a sighted reader would glean from the...information in the paper.  Of course, when you think about writing an entire scientific paper, you may feel...done? What are we trying to fundamentally change about their knowledge?    Here, this image is being used...extract virus from the correct layer.  Third, think about the venue you are using to present the image and...participants to do the same thing, and even though only about 10% of them had heard of alt text before, they all...
  14. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    ...Learn About our Cancer Colleciton Pages Use the ClonTracer Library for Lineage Tracing Learn About Cancer... For many years, we’ve hoped that large scale laboratory-based functional experiments that classify which...Collection). In addition, we worked with many collaborators to aggregate a sequence-confirmed series of ..., we used the cancer plasmid collections listed above to demonstrate how gene expression profiling, systematic...with the data generated from these alleles in the above publications), it will be possible for many others...
  15. Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists

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    ...for Scientists Series. I have been thinking a lot about Mentoring for over 10 years. Many successful scientists...Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. While working on this project...postdocs I have started to talk to trainees more about peer mentoring. They want to find mentors to help... questions I get is, “What are we going to talk about?” There are an infinite number of ideas on the internet...from a lab, career or industry of interest – learn about their career paths and get their advice. Attend ... your own mentoring group or with any questions about mentoring. Read the other posts in the series to...
  16. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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    ...work if both parties are diligent about replying and thinking about good questions and answers. Professional...Sometimes, it is not who you know but who knows about you. I found some other great tips for finding mentors...Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. Mentors at home and away We...Catalyst Report “Making Mentoring Work” to learn about what makes a good mentoring program. If your organization...much less threatening! If they say no, don’t worry about it. It is a compliment to ask someone to share their...
  17. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    ...biosafety cabinet with cloning rings or following labor-intensive limiting dilution protocols? If this sounds...fluorescent microscopy must be used. To learn more about the most suitable fluorescent microscopy technique...a laser and the instrument collects information about the cell’s size, complexity and fluorescence intensity...captured by detectors and provides useful information about the cell. Light that continues in the same direction... forward scatter (FSC) and provides information about the relative size of the cell; larger cells produce...called side scatter (SSC) and provides information about the cell’s complexity. A cell with a high degree...other methods using fluorescent proteins Learn more about antibodies Resources on Addgene.org Visit the ...
  18. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    ...is referred to as an antigen. You can learn more about antibodies in our Antibodies 101 animation, What... expressing this protein. Read on to learn more about antibodies and how to use them in the lab! Parts...lots is a big concern. You can find more details about polyclonal antibodies on our Antibodies 101: Polyclonal...not necessarily what you are getting. Learn more about monoclonal antibodies here. Recombinant antibodies... as well as compare between samples. Learn more about flow cytometry. Cell and tissue labeling Antibodies...Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Read about another reagent sharing platform for antibodies,...Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank Learn more about nanobodies Watch our Antibodies 101 animation, What...
  19. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    ... the best way I’ve come up is this: It takes me about the same amount of time to read a 100-page genre...it instead as valuable feedback.  Listen. Think about the questions you’ve received, read the comments...aware of cognitive load changed the way I thought about engaging with learners. If something I was communicating... instead of blaming the audience, I would think about how I was presenting the information. Maybe I needed...observe and adjust on the fly.  Once you can think about everything you’re asking your learners to do, it... engagement with your target audience. Thinking about cognitive load will help you understand why you’...
  20. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ... time, when someone speaks about an affinity reagent, they’re talking about a standard antibody: An ~150kD...mutation, allowing diabodies to be used for assembling protein nanostructures. Diabodies readily co-crystalize...for clinical applications, including imaging.  Diabodies are ~60 kDa proteins formed by two Fab fragments...2019). Structural diversity and flexibility of diabodies. Methods. 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.09.005 Muyldermans...
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