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  1. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    ...vivo HSC expansion cultures. A) Experimental design. B) UMAP of cell states in ex vivo expansion cultures...fluorescent proteins just haven’t met your needs, consider trying mGold2s or mGold2t for your next experiments...
  2. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ... your viral supernatant. Baculovirus replicates inside insect cells, and its lifecycle ends in cell lysis...equipment. Hopefully this post has provided some insight on these differences in viral production and will...versus insect cells for viral production Consideration Mammalian cells Insect cells Viruses AAV and...
  3. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    ...poster – now it’s time to practice your delivery. Consider your audience: Who will be attending the session... for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, you might consider including more background on how your virus of...practice: Rehearse your presentation with people inside and outside your field. Your colleagues, lab mates...
  4. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    ...If your poster material is nearing publication, consider uploading your work to a preprint server (and ... of the things we've mentioned above could be considered networking, but here are some more general tips...resume and prepare business cards. You might not consider being a student or postdoc a “business,” but having...
  5. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    ...requires a camelid animal facility which can be expensive to gain access to routinely, and it can be especially...the mRNA molecule, forming a ribosome complex consisting of the translated protein (sybody), ribosome,...constructed, they are used to produce a phage library consisting of phages that display the candidate sybodies...
  6. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...and how will you ensure this?). You should also consider if there are any features of the library backbone...difficult to transform.    Figure 1: Factors to consider when creating a pooled library amplification protocol...BioRender.com.   The most important factor to consider is your desired library coverage, since this will...
  7. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...in-person events change seemingly daily (and are inconsistent between universities!) This guide tells you ...to be incredibly useful, as it gives a more comprehensive idea of that advisor’s research interests which...program and faculty. Here are some questions to consider for your online meetings:  Is this department...
  8. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ...batch analysis because of its ease-of-use and comprehensive reports. With CrispyCrunch, you get the all ...summarisation score".) For CrispyCrunch, we wanted to consider both factors, as a bench scientist would looking... our CRISPR 101 blog posts Learn about some considerations when designing gRNAs Find other CRISPR software...
  9. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    ...capsids were packed with a GFP transgene and GFP intensity and transduction efficiency of neurons were measured...AAV.PHP.eB and AAV.PHP.S had 1.5- to 2-fold higher GFP intensity compared to the strains they were derived from...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Important considerations when using AAVs Learn more about using AAV ...
  10. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...luck, and always keep going. Appendix DNAse Hypersensitive Sites and Intergenic CRISPRs Yours truly generated... In reality, cellular DNA is a complex three-dimensional globule of chromatin. Chromatin is a combination...bowtie2 -f -x HG19_GENOME --local -f -k 10 --very-sensitive-local -L 9 -N 1 -U GRNA_23MERS -S GRNA_HITS.sam...
  11. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...So… why do some people still use amp? Carb is expensive (relative to amp), and for some applications, ...with Amp, timesaving for transformations. Con: Expensive.   Kanamycin Kanamycin, or kan, is an aminoglycoside...Like carb, spectinomycin is the more stable and expensive antibiotic compared to streptomycin. Spectinomycin...
  12. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    ...present even in common lab cloning strains. This intrinsic bacterial recombination pathway, referred to as...are due to incorrect primer sequences! Primers consist of two regions: the 3’ end binds template DNA for... blog posts Read our blog post on 5 factors to consider before choosing a cloning method Check out all...
  13. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    ...reporter enzyme. For multicolor staining, careful consideration must be used when selecting which antibodies...conjugates are used, but these are usually more expensive than unconjugated primary antibodies. Reagent...subclasses of 1° for multi-color staining Can be expensive Nanobodies   Recombinant; do not require ...
  14. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...of looking for The One Method to Rule Them All, consider the following four questions to figure out which...than it is to design one demonstrating mitosis.   Consider also the amount and type of information you want...competitive while digital can be oversaturated. Transition from academic to informal writing can difficult...
  15. DNA Purification Without a Kit

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    ...you reach for that silica spin column, stop to consider some ways to purify DNA without a kit. DNA purification...advantages: they are convenient and provide uniform, consistent results. But they are also less accessible due... faster, cheaper, and had a similar level of sensitivity. Figure 2: Steps to purify DNA using a ...
  16. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...inhibit cell cycle regulatory proteins responsible for the transition out of S phase, so cells stay in an...exogenous DNA can be used as well. Below are some considerations for designing donor DNA for successful HDR ...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...Fluorescent Protein? GFP is a ~27 kDa protein consisting of 238 amino acids derived from the crystal jellyfish...point mutation that increased the fluorescence intensity and photostability of GFP. This also shifted its... blog, you should! He's got great articles and insight on the newest tools and techniques in fluorescent...
  18. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ... can be to get a “bad batch”); Customizable sensitivity and detection - since they frequently undergo...fluorescence for readout may render this approach less sensitive in most applications. Learn About Fluorescent ... sensor could save precious minutes in a time sensitive detection assay. In 1999, Grate and Wilson paired...
  19. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    ...clone. You will also need to use a E. coli strain sensitive to CcdB (e.g. DH5α, TOP10, Mach1). The ccdB gene... the CcdB protein inhibits the growth of CcdB sensitive E. coli strains, most colonies should contain ...sequences, start codon, stop codons, reading frame considerations, etc). This video demonstrates how to use the...
  20. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...place and give you some reasons why you should consider using Reddit to share your science. While Reddit...permanent reference by the Winnower. The only small downside to the AMA from my end as an organizer/promoter... general advice on how to meet people, how to transition out of academia, and other science career topics...
  21. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...staining and the molecular weight and relative intensity of the viral capsid proteins are analyzed. The...preparation shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist of full particles (white arrowhead) relative to...targeting integrated copies of the lentiviral Rev responsive element (RRE) gene and the cellular ribonuclease...
  22. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...important to note that in Morgens et al., guides were considered toxic if they were depleted from the screen. ...sites that lack open chromatin marks, DNase hypersensitivity, or are in an enhancer, transcription factor... significant difference in depletion of ricin sensitizer genes identified with short and long guides. ...
  23. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...When choosing beads, there are several factors to consider. Agarose beads are sponge-like and vary in shape...express the protein of interest, such as a sample transiently transfected or stably infected with the protein...appealing, but the disadvantages must be carefully considered before using. For example, the tag may affect...
  24. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    ... the virus and is less affected.  Altering sensitivity to serum. Different pseudotyped viruses are differentially... protein that binds phosphatidylserine and low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLRs) on a cell surface...CD, Friedman T, McClure MO, Weiss RA (1997) Sensitization of rhabdo-, lenti-, and spumaviruses to human...
  25. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive replicon...changed the replicon of pCas into a non-temperature-sensitive replicon, and 3) added the sacB gene for counterselection...
  26. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...exception) necessitates such molecular gymnastics for sensitive applications such as CRISPR screening. The plasmids...are often many more genetic strategies) and then consider whether traditional cDNA overexpression is suited...eBook Resources on Addgene.org Check out our comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources...
  27. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    ... bins together at a mixer. We call this Quorum Sensing, after the phenomenon in bacteria that occurs when...gene expression in response to changes in cell density. At the mixer, they meet other Mentors and Singletons...briannadoesbio) June 22, 2019 Favorable conditions - Expansion of networks The last stage is Exponential Growth...
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