...inhibitors are tested in parallel for their ability to prevent BiFC resulting from the assayed PPI. This high-...However, it’s important to note that BiFC is irreversible — FP fragments become covalently bonded by associating...analysis of protein homomerization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genome Res 29:135–145. https://doi.org/10.1101...

...experience. Along with the updated search, we’ve also revamped our homepage and mascot Blugene (check back on...search terms and potential results. Just as in the previous layout, the number of plasmids matching each filter...the source organism for a gene insert. (e.g. S. cerevisiae) Plasmid Type: Choose an empty backbone if you...

...more about how nanobodies are identified in this review. If you just want to use the nanobodies described...picking a secondary nanobody, it’s important to review a few characteristics of your primary antibody:...Nanobodies: natural single-domain antibodies.” Annual review of biochemistry 82 (2013): 775-97. PubMed PMID:...

...way to improve the photon budget. Of course, “reverting” to small molecule dyes seems daunting—no one ...enzyme variant tag that reacts specifically and irreversibly with a small substrate ligand motif attached...strategies, several groups—including mine—have been revisiting the old chemistry of dyes. The first synthetic...

... both favors antibiotic sensitive bacteria and prevents sensitive bacteria from acquiring resistance genes...settings where antibiotic resistant bacteria have previously flourished.   Figure 2: Two-phage strategies...Infection with the lytic phage kills bacteria not previously infected by the lysogenic phage, rendering the...

...hybrid systems were developed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in 1989 and are still used extensively to screen...heterologous systems (e.g. mammalian proteins in S. cerevisiae). While this may be difficult to resolve for...Kamuzinzi, R., Ledent, V., Blaudez, D., Sanders, D., Revuelta, J.L., Boles, E., André, D., and Frommer, W.B....

...antibodies to simian virus 5 and their use in revealing antigenic differences between human, canine and... et al., 2024). In this new variation on their previous sensor STReTCh, the 11-amino acid BiT fragment...excitingly, assembly of the split luciferase is reversible, making PILATeS suitable for live imaging with...

...Incorporating reverse transcriptase (RT) variants, PE6a and PE6b are 500–800 bp smaller than previous editors...reprogram delivery vehicles like lentiviral vectors, CreVLPs, and eVLPs for in vivo and in vitro applications...

...the limitations associated with SpCas9. Cas13a (previously referred to as C2c2), has several unique properties...adopts an enzymatically “active” state rather than reverting to an inactive state like Cas9 or Cpf1. As a result... Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) or Reverse-transcription RPA (RT-RPA), respectively. Amplified...

... in a separate backup liquid nitrogen store to prevent loss from equipment malfunctions. One Master vial...approach, the many mistakes of the past can be prevented and we can progress faster to desired clinical...years on: the good, the bad and the ugly."Nature Reviews Cancer 2.4 (2002): 315-319. PubMed PMID: 12001993...

...terrible disease that is, unfortunately, completely preventable. Mainly caused by exposure to asbestos, mesothelioma...This drug (known as an angiogenesis inhibitor) prevents the growth of new blood vessels required to sustain...treatment get, there still remains the problem of prevention. Asbestos exists pretty much everywhere, still...

...(Pfeiffer et al., 2010). Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Yeast, one of the simplest eukaryotic organism...190-195. Liu, Wei, et al. "From Saccharomyces cerevisiae to human: The important gene co‑expression modules...in therapeutic drug discovery." Pharmacological reviews 63.2 (2011): 411-436. PubMed PMID: 21415126. PubMed...

...the problematically low fluorescent intensity of previous versions of Brainbow. Developed from Brainbow ...visual system, which has been difficult to study previously (Hadjieconomou et al., 2011). Cell tracing in...distances across multiple fields of view, whereas previous Brainbow technologies were useful for discriminating...

...Site-Specific Integrase Gene Editing (PASSIGE), their previously-reported technique for precisely integrating ...P. Bentley The Weissman and Gilbert Labs have previously deposited their CRISPRoff system — a programmable...the cells you are studying. Antibodies can help reveal cellular identities by targeting marker proteins...

... details. You DO NOT need to present a detailed review of your field or the finer points of your techniques...avoid the temptation to provide too many details. Reverse engineer your talk. Identify the key points you...This means that once you get an interview, your previous success will not necessarily translate into getting...

...efficiently by (1) improving editing accuracy by preventing re-editing and (2) optimizing “cut-to-mutation... was that these “blocking mutations” mutations prevent CRISPR from re-cutting the target sequence once... mutation incorporation probabilities our data revealed, and found that for generating a homozygous HDR...

...gathering data. Former lab members can give open, revealing information about the culture and lab head. While...intimidation, sexual harassment Isolation – including preventing access to opportunities, physical or social isolation...record notes and observations so you have data to review when making a decision. If you don’t see a culture...

...rAAVs, can sound almost too good to be true! In a previous post, we covered systemic capsids, which allow...1, rAAV2/2, and so on, although we often use abbreviated nomenclature (AAV1, AAV2, etc.) to distinguish... known as AAV2-retro) We’ve covered AAVrg in a previous blog post, but to summarize briefly: AAVrg is ...

...cells compared to monomers, although this can be prevented via antibiotic selection (Crozat, 2014). How to... multimerization, and in some cases completely prevent the formation of plasmid multimers (Bedbrook & ...overgrowing the bacterial culture Another way to prevent plasmid multimerization is to avoid growing the...

...biased and unbiased approaches. As suggested in a review by Tycko et al., 2016, unbiased sequencing and ...High-throughput profiling of off-target DNA cleavage reveals RNA-programmed Cas9 nuclease specificity." Nature...specificities of CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases." Nature Reviews Genetics17.5 (2016): 300-312. PubMed PMID: 27087594...