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TypeBlog Post...heavy restrictions on what I could and couldn’t do as an intern. I expected that these restrictions would...choose what gene to focus on. The gene choice had restrictions. It couldn’t be a Covid gene, a toxin, or an...running on a time crunch and knew that if we were to restart the procedure we would not have enough time. During...
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Networking and Inspiring Young Scientists at Freshers Fairs
TypeBlog Post... students to network, find groups with common interests, and settle into university life. The fairs are...1996, Cambridge Biosoc’s goal has been to promote interest in the biological sciences amongst the student...meetups. The society hopes to help young scientists interested in this field excel and develop their career ...from, and mentor while pursuing your research interests. Scientific societies like those mentioned above... -
Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm
TypeBlog Post...well-equipped. Many institutions are sincerely interested in connecting with the public in a meaningful...scientific background and bring with them established interests and areas of expertise. Perhaps the strongest ... disparate spheres of research. In my case, an interest in neuroscience was carried over and allowed to... new intellectual environment. Over time, this interest came to incorporate other facets which occupied... -
A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light
TypeBlog Post...plasmid with your gene of interest, you would replace mCherry with your gene of interest. pBLADEONLY: This plasmid...a pBAD33-based plasmid expressing your gene of interest, all you have to do is co-transform pBLADEONLY...pBLADEONLY. That way, a previously cloned gene of interest, under the pBAD promoter, can be controlled with light... -
Donations from Addgene to Yield Answers for Rare Disease Researchers
TypeBlog Post...available. Aguilar is a basic cell biologist. He got interested in Lowe Syndrome initially because of studies...disease associated with the gene, it piqued their interest. They obtained cells from patients with the condition...of the Wistar Institute, says that the lab got interested in XP out of a desire to understand the early...diseases at the same time. The limitation of budget restrained us from costly functional analyses. “We believe... -
Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP
TypeBlog Post...recapitulate the natural biology of a cell type of interest better than immortalized lines derived from the...it’s much more difficult to introduce a gene of interest into primary cells, so most primary cell lines...cell penetrating peptide (CPP) to a protein of interest thereby giving it the capacity to enter cells....29(1):33-41. PubMed. Protein transduction: unrestricted delivery into all cells? Schwarze SR, Hruska... -
Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius
TypeBlog Post...protein (BFP, GFP, or RFP) to the genomic loci of interest. Pairs of identical hairpins within one gRNA will...HaloTag with red fluorescent ligands to the loci of interest. Dual color detection In order to label two loci...sgRNA-Sirius-8XPP7) to recruit GFP to the loci of interest. To determine how the sgRNA-Sirius-8XPP7 and sgRNA-Sirius...that result in yellow fluorescence at the loci of interest, the team could visualize three loci and measure... -
Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly
TypeBlog Post...standardized DNA constructs, but its use of Type IIS restriction enzymes results in scarless assembly. Finally...allowing fragments to be taken directly from restriction enzyme digests to DNA assembly. What makes it...containing regions of homology) cut from plasmids via restriction enzyme digestion, and used directly in DNA assembly...as easy as obtaining a plasmid with the gene of interest (search Addgene plasmids by gene here), designing... -
Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors
TypeBlog Post...community by funding their travel to a conference of interest. In this post, we’re proud to announce our first...components - an enzyme that breaks down the HMO of interest into its component simple sugars (including lactose...controlled GFP. When the enzyme breaks down the HMO of interest, the lactose released activates expression of ...His-tagged ABC transporter known to bind to the HMO of interest. Fatima specifically proposes using this sensor... -
Networking Follow-up: I Met a Person. Now What?
TypeBlog Post...Relationships need nurturing. Perhaps you’ve met someone interesting at an event. Or, perhaps you have a colleague...or other information that may be helpful or of interest to them. Don’t send a long email. If you have ...with people by discussing non-work topics and interests. Offer help when you can, instead of just asking... with people you don’t like or who do not show interest in you. Network with the people that you want ... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog Post...with antibodies specific to your protein(s) of interest. Once the complex is captured, it is treated so...digestion can be appropriate when your protein of interest is a low abundance transcription factor or cofactor...point you have (1) crosslinked your proteins of interest to any DNA they were bound to (2) fragmented the...antibodies to specifically select for proteins of interest (4) isolated your antibody:protein:DNA complexes... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog Post...site of interest. A gRNA is used to direct the PolI3M-nCas9 complex to a DNA site of interest, which nCas9...introduce diversification by targeting a site of interest with dCas9 fused to the Activation Induced Cytidine...nicking Cas9. A guide directs Cas9 to a site of interest, where it nicks its target DNA (left). Cas9 dissociates... -
The time and cost required to make a plasmid
TypeBlog Post...plasmid, excluding any restriction enzymes or vector purchases (Table 1). Restriction enzymes and vector ...also a great way to get to know people doing interesting and relevant work in your field! However, there...work done previously, borrow small aliquots of restriction enzymes for one-off projects, or even save yourself... -
Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment
TypeBlog Post...your cloning strategy: Restriction enzyme digestion Be mindful of the restriction enzymes you chose. Make...which technique you are going to adopt (i.e. restriction cloning, Gibson Assembly, Golden Gate etc.), ... fragments of the size you expect, check the restriction pattern of the enzymes you chose, and verify ... -
Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening
TypeBlog Post...iterative one-pot reactions with straightforward restriction digestion and ligation steps to build barcoded...flexible and can accommodate any genetic elements of interest. It can thus be tailored to address the users’...effective gRNA sequences targeting your genes of interest. Thanks to the tremendous efforts made by various...the University of Hong Kong. He is particularly interested in developing and applying new technologies to... -
Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
TypeBlog Post...edition, we’re going to take a look at a very interesting tool that can be used for creating (excuse the...-lox” or “LSL” cassette) upstream of a gene of interest will prevent gene expression in the absence of...described above, a genetic modification can be restricted based on experimental constraints. This has been...used to successfully introduce Cre into cells of interest. What if I need two separate recombination events... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog Post...since 2015 to conditionally degrade proteins of interest in cells (Zhang et al., 2015). Recently the Ward...degron (AID) sequence attached to your protein of interest. TIR1 interacts with endogenous Skp1 and Cul3 ...) tagged proteins. Degradation of your protein interest would also result in depletion of the FP, which...integrate the tagged AID* into genomic sites of interests via CRISPR techniques. This tool-kit includes ... -
Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells
TypeBlog Post...promoters could be an easier way to restrict expression of a gene interest in an animal model. A toolkit ...Applications for synthetic promoter AAVs Besides restricting AAV transgene expression to particular cell types...types, pairs of synthetic promoter can be used to restrict expression to a single cell type based on the ... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers
TypeBlog Post...finding journal articles related to your actual interests while also staying on top of the ever expanding...which is a nice way to see growth or decline of interest in a field over time. Creating an alert for a ...places to look for more articles on your topic of interest. Best uses Accessing the vast body of biomedical...keywords, concepts, journals, and/or papers of interest. You can also just follow feeds curated by Meta... -
Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting
TypeBlog Post...transduced cells and loss of transgene expression (Interestingly, the strong immunogenicity of AdVs is what makes... in trans. The Gutless AdV have generated high interest for gene therapy due their increased cloning capacity...plasmids: a shuttle vector (in which the transgene of interest is cloned) and pAdEasy™ which contains the adenoviral...plasmid stock should be analyzed by endonuclease restriction digest or fully sequenced to confirm its integrity...