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  1. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...to neuroscience prior to this conference was a rotation in Qiao Zhou’s lab in graduate school where I ...neuroscience and you don’t have a background in statistics and programming, you’d be wise to start working...and brain monitors. Walking around the poster presentation area, I honed in on projects using biological...
  2. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ...this one mutated methionine was not enough to prevent alternative initiation, so they mutated the methionines...the target site (the same sequence you’d like to mutate in the genome) and an out-of-frame H2B (histone...
  3. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    ...long sequences with reduced risks of unwanted mutations in mammalian cells. Long sequences traditionally...traditionally have higher risks of off-target mutations. These plasmids contain catalytically inactive dCas9 and...challenge due to multiple factors, including limitations of number of flourescent proteins that can be...
  4. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ...Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is an extremely useful technique that provides insight into protein...to counteract the effects of increased sample agitation; a shorter sonication time could be an opportunity...resources on Addgene’s blog Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation  Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies...
  5. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    ...Cas12a for multiplexed gene perturbation The Penn State Protein Ladder Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system...2021. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0600-6. The Penn State Protein Ladder  by: Rachel Leeson This simple, inexpensive...expression and purification. Figure 3: The Penn State Ladder run on SDS-Page gels. A: individually expressed...
  6. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    ...there is a classification system, CasID, to help facilitate direct comparison of different enzymes. CasPEDIA... their sequence (NGG, etc.) as well as their orientation relative to the gRNA (5’ or 3’). In some cases...would be helpful to know for viral packaging limitations. Maybe you want to read literature on the less...
  7. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    .... While certain cell types, such as principal excitatory cells and glia, have been successfully targeted...researcher’s locus of interest. NHEJ- or HDR-induced mutations in ATP1A1 can render cells resistant to the small...improves editing efficiency. Importantly, the point mutations created by Agudelo et al. prevent ouabain binding...DNA molecular weight markers The Tan lab at Penn State - set out to “rule” Molecular Biology. Under the...
  8. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    ...than indirect ones and can be used in highly quantitative assays. On the other hand, they are not as sensitive...stability Limited protein size range Tris-acetate 40–500 kDa Tris-tricine 150 V, 1–3 hours ...detection. Film also needs to be digitized for quantitative work — and with the advent of online lab notebooks...high-abundance single protein controls in semi-quantitative immunoblotting. Journal of Neuroscience Methods...
  9. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    ... pathway of interest, but there can be a lot of static since other signaling networks can also be non-....” Dronpa’s color thus indicates MEK1’s current state (Green when off, dark when on). Figure 1: Photoswitchable...turn off psRaf1). After this, the phosphorylation status of MEK1/2 was tracked at 5 minute intervals via...
  10. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...for compliance. However, 10 days prior to the implementation date, our data indicated that, while 69% of...the lapsed mandate (or are being compelled at the state level, in the case of some public institutions) ...continuing to reach out to institutions with a statement indicating that we encourage them to keep raising...
  11. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    ... control the abundance of proteins in cells. Homeostatic regulation of protein abundance is essential ...Alternatively, fluorescent protein tags can be used to facilitate the visualization of specific proteins in cells...proteins in situ. Now FUNCAT-PLA provides both quantitative and spatio-temporal information about the turnover...
  12. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...altering gut microbiome members in their native habitat (Ronda et al., 2019). They called their method ...the addition of standards, the assay is semi-quantitative and can approximate mRNA concentration within...infection, dysbiosis, and antibiotic treatment. To facilitate these studies, Pamela Silver’s lab developed ...
  13. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...assay for a native (folded) protein, such as immunoprecipitation, the epitope may not be accessible for binding... down in a variety of ways. First, review the citations. An antibody that has been cited thousands of ...antibody to that of the anti-tag antibody; and immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry strategies that isolate...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ...vector with half the size of the ssAAV genome has a mutation in the terminal resolution site (TRS) to form ...genome with wild-type ITRs at the both ends and mutated ITR at the center of symmetry. After uncoating ..."Development and optimization of a real-time quantitative PCR-based method for the titration of AAV-2 ...
  15. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    ...to start an open science nonprofit that would facilitate the sharing of plasmids between scientists. The... r/labrats, Reddit.  Part of that work meant facilitating the Material Transfer Agreement process, which... millionth item, and had a cumulative 120,000 citations of individual items in our repository, a tribute...
  16. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    ...plasmid are the backbone, inserted gene/functional mutations, antibiotic resistance, restriction sites used...most sequence assembly errors occur), deletions, mutations, in-frame protein fusions, and multiple cloning...cases, we deal with multiple inserts or internal mutations that require more than two sequencing reactions...
  17. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    ...A professional coach will provide an initial consultation meeting or call for free.  Take advantage of...affordable for you. There is also a group The Dissertation Coach based in Illinois. A few of the coaches...in this group have scientific backgrounds. For a stated purpose of transitioning a scientist from academia...
  18. Cloning

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    ... plasmid that has the same sites in the same orientation within its multiple cloning site . Due to their...assembly of multiple fragments of DNA in the chosen orientation, and without the need for any unwanted sequence...
  19. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ...useful for neuronal tracing, it has two practical limitations. First, these high levels of viral replication...an enveloped virus. In general, viral envelopes dictate infection of target cells through their interactions...evolution of inputs onto new neurons in the adult dentate gyrus and olfactory bulb. Proc Natl Acad Sci U ...
  20. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    ...which is then implanted into a female animal for gestation. Nucleases that induce double-stranded DNA breaks...which is then implanted into a female mouse for gestation. All three can introduce multiple base pair deletions...deletions, but CRISPR/Cas9 can also introduce point mutations. While using targeted nucleases to generate an...
  21. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...Depositing labs often provide insert sequences or annotated Genbank files that are useful for more complicated...genes with many modifications. We look for point mutations, truncations, and insertions that could compromise...compromise function. When we do find mutations, we check to see if they affect the translated amino acid. ...
  22. High Complexity Golden Gate Assembly with NEB’s DAD

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    ...fidelity. NEBridge GetSet Need a set of overhangs, stat? GetSet can do that for you, complete with predicted... °C cycling 4-base Bsal-HFv2® 37 °C Static 4-base Bsal-HFv2, 1x NEBridge Ligase MM ...They first compared 10-piece linear (the native state of the T7 genome) and circular assemblies. While...
  23. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    ...with BioRender.com. Add silent mutations near point mutations to create 3-base (or longer) tracts...’s all our tips for today! Each tip includes a citation to the paper it was drawn from. If we’ve piqued...
  24. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...the majority of the lncRNA locus, scientists can mutate the transcription start site, splice sites, exons...function (Hazan and Bester 2021; Zibitt et al. 2021). Mutating splice sites is particularly effective as it can... Transcription start site (TSS) deletion. (B) Mutations of splice sites. (C) Removal of an exon or a large...
  25. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    ...respectively. Chromogenic detection produces colored precipitates that permanently stain the membrane, making .... Cover the membrane in stripping solution and agitate for 5–30 minutes at room temperature. The incubation.... Cover the membrane in stripping solution and agitate for 30–45 minutes at 50 °C. Wash the membrane for...
  26. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    ... if you want to knock out a gene, a frameshift mutation introduced anywhere within the early coding region... hand, if you are trying to knock-in a patient mutation or need to make a precise amino acid change, there...away from a desired site does not have the same devastating impact on efficiency as 10-15 bps away does. ...
  27. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    ...review analyzing and explaining the antibody crisis states that up to 50% of all commercially available antibodies... technology, it is important to show through qualitative data that they are a long-term solution to reproducibility... above) and literature suggest, providing an expectation and comparison on the antibody signal’s location...
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