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  1. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...disadvantages of this overall rewarding role. Learn about Other Addgenies and Their Careers in Our Career ...general experimental guidance, and resolve complaints about products. As you might expect, different companies...order to enhance the OD signals and then complain about high background. In many instances, variations ...protocol. And customers may tell all sorts of details about the application, just not the ones that matter. ...communication, and is particularly excited to hear about novel developments in the fields of gene and cellular...Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions Learn about Science Career Options Explore Tips for Technical...
  2. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    ...Learn All about Mammalian Vectors Read up on CRISPR Delivery Systems for Mammalian Cells Learn about the Dangers...Misidentified or cross-contaminated cells have been known about since 1966 when Stanley Gartler reported that most...there is a loss of reputation that can impede collaborations, especially with industry. Today we also have...The LGC Group also provides standards and has laboratories to carry our independent quality control for...culture contamination." Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 133.9 (2009): 1463-1467. PubMed PMID...
  3. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    ...fraction (<1%) of authors have asked for advice about the scope of the policy. End of story? Not quite...the data policy was raised by researchers worried about the effort to make the underlying data easily available...making data available, but there remains concern about the extra work this may entail.  So if access to...be archived? Simplifying data access Some of the above mentioned issues could be mitigated by on-line services...him on Twitter @jwoodgett.     More Discussions About Data Sharing: PLOS Data Sharing Policy Discussion...Scholarly Kitchen) Read more Addgene blog posts about scientific sharing ...
  4. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ...Promoter of the arabinose metabolic operon Inducible by arabinose and repressed catabolite repression in the ...Browse All Plasmids 101 Posts Learn about Mammalian Vectors Read about Reporter Gene like Luciferase and...and operators (response elements). Promoters are about 100 to 1000 base pairs long and found upstream of...this list is a great place to start, the tables above do not delve into the tissue or development-specific...
  5. Introducing Addgene's Microbiology Pages

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    ...screenshot above). Don’t see your favorite organism listed? Help us serve you! Let us know about other organisms...useful plasmid that’s not in the collection? Tell us about it with our Suggest a Plasmid Form! Finally, if... if you would like to get the word out about a particular microorganism, microbial technique, or microbial...microbial technology, sign up to write about it on the Addgene blog. ...
  6. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...occurring regions in the 5’ UTR of mRNA that bind metabolites, leading to conformational changes that control...Spinach-based riboswitches can be used as stable metabolite sensors for imaging in live cells. By placing...placing Spinach downstream of a riboswitch, metabolite binding to the riboswitch instead activates Spinach ...Dimerization of Broccoli increases its fluorescence by about 1.8-fold, and may be a better choice for imaging...modification that reduces nonspecific binding with RNA by about 7x). Mango fluoresces nearly as brightly as Spinach...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about aptamer fluorophores Investigate other fluorescent...
  7. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    ... Read about frankenbodies, an anti-HA scFv-based probe for fluorescent imaging. Learn more about antibodies...Köhler who developed hybridoma technology. But what about single chain fragment variables (scFvs)? scFvs weren...from inclusion bodies, it’s time-consuming and laborious.  To avoid this, one or more of these approaches...antibodies  Read about another reagent sharing platform for antibodies, the Developmental Studies Hybridoma...Hybridoma Bank Learn more about the SunTag system which uses an scFv to amplify the fluorescence intensity ...
  8. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...thiamine metabolism Requires exogenous thiamine for growth ara disruption of arabinose metabolism pathway...little prokaryotic minions that carried out the labor-intensive process of replicating your new plasmid... Phage resistance gal Mutation in galactose metabolism pathway Cells cannot grow on galactose only ...repressed more   LacZ β-galactosidase activity abolished   lacY Lactose permease inactivated, lactose...plasmid stability recBCD Exonuclease V activity abolished Increased plasmid stability, reduced recombination...
  9. Ghanaian Researchers to Receive Plasmid Awards from Addgene and Seeding Labs

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    ...Addgene Blog Learn about Plasmid Awards to Researchers Working on Rare Diseases Read About Some of Our Outreach...Allied Sciences in Ghana. Read on to learn more about doctors Bengyella and Duedu and how they plan to...He hopes to teach his molecular biology students about the functions of these powerful tools and to use...China Additional Resources on Addgene.org Learn About Addgene's Mission Check Out Our International Shipping...
  10. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    ... on CRISPR Mouse Models Learn about Homology Directed Repair Learn about Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) ... a variety of species, including the standard laboratory mouse. It’s also made targeted insertions relatively...process of conventional gene targeting is lowered to about 2-3 months. But certain models remain more difficult... a mouse embryo to create chimeric mice. This laborious process takes ~8-10 months. With CRISPR (B), you...directly into a zygote and obtain a knockout mouse in about 3 months. Image courtesy of Wenning Qin. Single-stranded...
  11. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    ...USA-Europe professional collaborations, setting up bases and contacts with Spanish laboratories to start working...where individuals can exchange ideas, network, collaborate, and innovate internationally. Why an International...needs, and came from the universities mentioned above. The initial IMP cohort of 78 mentees included: ...    Other Resources Visit the IMP website Learn about the Mentor Circle Program at Brigham and Women's...Networking for Scientists Series Read our Blog Post about Choosing a Mentor      ...
  12. Fluorescent Proteins 101: History of Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...ways scientists have adapted them for use in the laboratory. The discovery of GFP The story of how fluorescent...particularly interesting. Although humans have known about bioluminescent organisms and their characteristic...sequence. Soon after that, in 1994, Prasher’s collaborator Martin Chalfie expressed GFP in exogenous organisms...studying it grew. In particular, studies in the laboratory of UCSD biochemist Roger Tsien resulted in much...for you, so if you’re interested in learning more about fluorescent proteins, I invite you to download our...
  13. Stem Cell Models for Disease & Open Science: Interview with Darrell Kotton

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    ...promote scientific sharing. Listen to learn more about Darrell, his research, and his focus on open science...Medicine and in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He attends in the Medical Intensive...NIH-funded Principle Investigator in the Kotton Laboratory and is the founding Director of the Center for...Podcast.     Additional Resources from Addgene Learn about Retinal Gene Therapy from Connie Cepko Find Plasmids...Plasmids from the Kotton Lab Learn more about Stem Cells ...
  14. Download Addgene’s Science Career Guide, Plus 8 Career Tips from Addgenies

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    ...Addgene blog. In fact, we have so many blog posts about careers that we’ve compiled our top career blog ...wait until you need a job to meet people and learn about what's out there.”- Joanne Kamens, Executive Director...school, I came across Joseph Campbell, and read about his "follow your bliss' mantra and never forgot ...Usually when I see inspiring artists who are thinking about getting into the arts (or any career to be honest...follow your passion. Do what you love. Don't worry about the rest.”- Jason Snair, Product Designer On the...
  15. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Innovations

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    ...well-integrated into our lab lives. Read on to learn about some creative approaches to lab sustainability, ...for rerouting waste from the landfill, but what about all the manufacturing steps that happen before you...ACT label, which is an eco-nutrition label for laboratory products that emphasizes Accountability, Consistency...away your FACS machine after a single use. So how about washing and reusing pipette tips in a high-throughput...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn about recycling initiatives for the lab Subscribe to the...
  16. Science as Art

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    ...attracting so much attention. When I spoke with Daniel about the interplay of these two ideas he said “science... scientists sometimes forget how to communicate about their work with non-academic people.” Daniel went...perception, which is ironically what science is about. For me it is essential to stay in touch with the...unique samples, meaning that we know very little about these specimens - especially those which are now...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn About Experimenting in an Open Source Lab Resources on...
  17. Deep Dive: Statistical Tests (Comparisons)

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    ...a summary snapshot without telling you anything about outliers or data spread within those data sets. ...the rules” and which we have certain information about. The assumptions and requirements that need to be...Quantitative If your data doesn’t fit the requirements above, a non-parametric test may be the way to go, which...only performing the comparisons you really care about. Family-wise error is the probability of a false...rate than the multiple comparison tests described above. Violated assumptions and statistics Statistical...not meet the assumptions for the tests described above (normal distribution, equal variance, and independent...
  18. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    ...Addgene blog Learn about the INTEGRATE system for bacterial genome engineering  Read about the Sleeping Beauty...DNA transposons are most commonly used in the laboratory for genome manipulation. When transposons are...Applications of transposons Now that you’ve learned about some of the popular transposon systems, let’s take...2020) Jump around: transposons in and out of the laboratory. F1000Res 9:135. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research...Beauty DNA transposon Learn about the piggyBac DNA transposon ...
  19. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...new plasmid tool from the past year? Let us know about it in the comments or shoot us an e-mail at [email protected] and maybe we can write a blog post about it! Split Cas9 system The Cas9 protein is composed... lentiviral expression (MuLE) system from the laboratory of Ian Frew simplifies the process of creating... seem preposterous. Luckily, the Pierre Neveu laboratory designed a new iterative, chaining-based cloning... to improve on the Arch indicator and their collaborators in Robert Campbell’s lab carried out five rounds...improved light-switchable bacterial TCSs Jeffrey Tabor's lab has developed new synthetic biology tools by...for controlling gene expression. For more details about these light-switchable TCSs, read our blog post:...
  20. Cellosaurus: A Cell Line Information Database

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    ... of Bioinformatics reached out to us to tell us about a resource called Cellosaurus, a growing cell line...all the information in the resource.  This is a labor-intensive project; scripts can be used in some cases...preferences to help you identify proximal lines you care about. If you have cell lines without a certified origin... Or finding errors in the available information about a cell line you’ve used? Submit your manuscript ...distributor. A success all around! If you’re excited about this resource and want to learn more, check out ...
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