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TypeBlog Post...culture. Our developers are a diverse group of ethnicities, cultures, genders, educational, and professional...to for each sprint, to ensure we will have the capacity to finish all of the work. Since we work in iterative...
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Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview
TypeBlog Post... make your ideas easier to understand and more exciting. Practice presenting your chalk talk Perfect your...research program. You should be proud of it and be excited about getting the opportunity to realize your vision... -
Hot Plasmids - August 2020
TypeBlog Post... the nucleus and modulate transcription of the mCitrine gene. mCherry is constitutively expressed. Cells...calcium indicator jGCaMP7, that are optimized for excitation wavelengths above 1,000 nm and enable two-color... -
Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster
TypeBlog Post...tools to the brain because of its low cytotoxicity, low immunogenicity, and the long-term expression of AAV... -
Hot Plasmids - November 2023
TypeBlog Post...development, transmission, and plasticity and is a popular marker of excitatory synapses in assays like IHC... -
Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications
TypeBlog Post...information (or links to information) for assessment of veracity of the conclusions drawn. The main difference ...limited view of data. In addition to enhancing veracity of collections and interpretation of data, publishing... -
Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
TypeBlog Post... for a specific subset of RNAs. To gain this specificity, the eukaryotic RNAP can recognize and bind to... future post on viral vector parts. Promoter specificity Aside from choosing a promoter based on type ... -
Optogenetics Guide
TypeGuide...Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . Channelrhodopsin-1 (ChR1) is excited by blue light and permits nonspecific cation influx...physiological pH and trafficks well to the membrane. Excitatory (Depolarizing) ChR Variants. The optogenetic ... as light-gated, cation channels resulting in excitation (depolarization) of the neuron. Feature enhancements...are some key factors to consider: Optogenetic excitation or optogenetic inhibition. First things first...experiment? Depending on your answer, you’d pick an excitatory or inhibitory opsin, respectively. Color of activation... EJ, Tian Z, et al. 2014. Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations. Nat Methods. ...Finkelstein J, Paz JT, et al. 2011. Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing ... -
Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling
TypeBlog Post...Proliferation dyes can visualize proliferative capacity and speed of cells. (a) With each division half...and the fluorescence signal weakens. (b) The heterogenicity of proliferative behavior in a cell population... -
An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI
TypeBlog Post...Overall, the synthetic rAbs demonstrate remarkable specificity for their targeted integrin subtype, even when... with the Springer lab, reported the binding specificity, kinetics, and affinity of these 11 newly discovered... -
Tips for Getting a Faculty Position
TypeBlog Post...Attendees will include grad students (that are solicited for feedback), possibly the Dean, and even some...decks leads to the opposite and can suffocate an exciting idea in a swamp of unnecessary details. You DO... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post...are using secondaries with fluorophores whose excitation/emission spectra do not overlap. Multiplexed ...companies, such as Validated Antibody Database and CiteAb. The antibody you choose can make or break your... -
Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing
TypeBlog Post... essentially all of an AAV’s ~4.5 kB packaging capacity. Luckily, researchers have devised methods to ...powerful boost to genome editing experiments. We’re excited to see how you continue to use and develop AAVs... -
Plasmids 101: Biotinylation
TypeBlog Post...Proteins can also be biotinylated by exploiting the specificity of the E.coli BPL, BirA. If you recall, BirA ...post-translational modification of exceptional specificity.” Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 24.9 (1999b... -
Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange
TypeBlog Post...hypothesized that genes that had evolved specifically for toxicity would allow stronger counter-selection than one...an efficient allelic exchange system, he is so excited to use it to explore how hospital-associated Gram-negative... -
3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells
TypeBlog Post...described in 2013 (Cong et al, Mai et al) we were very excited to set up a CRISPR-based editing platform in our...study what’s wrong with the cells. However, our excitement turned into frustration when we sequenced our... -
Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation
TypeBlog Post... Research in Madison, Wisconsin. It is commonly cited that approximately one-third of cellular proteins...the reaction, or have difficulties with kinase specificity in vitro. The establishment of a system in which... -
Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing
TypeBlog Post...skipping approach in mice, DMD researchers are very excited. This approach may also be applicable to a number...the body, especially stem cells 2. Remove any immunogenicity of the AAV vector Once delivery has been optimized... -
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide
TypeGuide...DNA synthesis but further limits the packaging capacity of rAAV vectors to ~2.4 kb. Figure 4: Examples...ability to target specific tissues and cells, and capacity for long-term gene expression. These features ...other viral delivery systems due to their non-pathogenicity, ability to efficiently deliver genes to a wide...brain structure due to their small size, low immunogenicity, and limited ability to spread after injection...capsid is challenging due to its limited packaging capacity, especially if any additional regulatory elements... information. Split AAVs to increase packaging capacity Another strategy to deliver cargo too large to...Engelhardt, J. F. (2001). Expanding AAV packaging capacity with trans-splicing or overlapping vectors: a ... -
CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects
TypeBlog Post... occur. The RNA sequence and PAM site confer specificity of the nuclease; however, many Cas and Cas-like...Offen D. Single-Base Resolution: Increasing the Specificity of the CRISPR-Cas System in Gene Editing. Mol...