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TypeBlog Post... In frogs, ectopic expression of ion channels, despite having an otherwise normal genomic background, ...Subsequent cutting results in a two-headed worm, despite the fact that it’s genetically wild type (Oveido...
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Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control
TypeBlog Post... reverse reactions, respectively, and then shipped along with their corresponding glycerol plate on dry... -
New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library
TypeBlog Post...abundance of a particular barcode sequence then corresponds to the abundance of a specific clone; lineage... C. Bhang, et al. "Studying clonal dynamics in response to cancer therapy using high-complexity barcoding... -
CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt
TypeBlog Post...twice. The second problem was the shape of the response function or how the output changes as a function...turns on or off. CRISPR shows a more continuous response - not switch-like at all. It’s also difficult ... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog Post...successful outcome and the good ones take this responsibility seriously. As I make my rounds speaking at ...Schachter Consulting is part of that group and she is especially excellent in coaching for communication skills... -
A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells
TypeBlog Post...can be challenging to make these base changes, especially in primary human cells. Now, scientists at Beam... 3 genes (98.1%, 98.3%, or 98.6% efficiency, respectively) and outperformed ABE7.10 by at least 1.4 fold... -
Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells
TypeBlog Post...they are costly and time-consuming to generate, especially for large animals such as primates. Viral vectors...Morikawa, R.K., Rompani, S.B., Hantz, P., Szikra, T., Esposti, F., Cowan, C.S., Bharioke, A., Patino-Alvarez,... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog Post...Recently, however, a particular tool has gained widespread popularity – and notoriety – as a tool of choice...should work well, and up to 10 base pairs away (especially 3’ of PAM) might work too. High dCas9 and gRNA... -
Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells
TypeBlog Post...pluripotency marker expression and response to LPS stimulation, respectively. Primary cell type Gene targeted... -
Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
TypeBlog Post..., some adenovirus strains are known to cause respiratory diseases in humans, earning this virus a BSL-... and closely follow safety protocols. This is especially true when you’re tired, in a rush, or having ... -
Design Tips for Prime Editing
TypeBlog Post...great tips to guide your experimental design, especially the design of the RNA sequences you’ll use in...increase the odds of incorrect editing outcomes, especially when MMR is inhibited. Created with BioRender.com... -
Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots
TypeBlog Post... from the membrane along with the antibodies, especially with more stringent stripping methods. If you...horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or Alexa Fluor dyes, respectively. Chromogenic detection produces colored precipitates... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog Post...experience helping scientists share plasmids, especially those of the CRISPR variety (see slides from ...conserved in mammals, expressed in neurons, and are especially abundant in neuronal synapses. shRNA silencing... -
Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
TypeBlog Post...trait to their granddaughters that reduced their lifespan. Because these dramatic conditions were experienced...so the syndromes are caused by a lack of the corresponding gene products due to the same region, but not... -
How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion
TypeBlog Post...have to, but this is tough for women in skirts, especially short people – which I am, so I hate stools)....listing some and asking people to raise hands in response. I am always ready with some written poll questions... -
Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)
TypeBlog Post... a company. Revolution Bioengineering is two responsible adults in their 30s who have quit their academic...development: building a plant that could sense and respond to novel substances. We both had an applied science... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog Post...deployed around the world to combat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus...cell-surface receptor. The spike protein RBD responsible for binding ACE2 is the target of most anti-SARS-CoV... -
10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture
TypeBlog Post... agitated with sudden changes in temperature (especially if you have air conditioning on) so leave them...cell line you’re using and its passage number. Especially in a lab where multiple people are working on... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog Post...Academic postdocs can be long—5 years or more, especially in the biological sciences—whereas industry postdocs...make that transition from an academic setting—especially if job applications require teaching experience... -
Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
TypeBlog Post...complementary and non-complementary to the gRNA, respectively. When complexed with a truncated gRNA, Cas9 ...transcriptional activation or repression at the respective sites. Many thanks to our guest bloggers Alissa...