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TypeBlog Post...using CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing, researchers simply need to express a gRNA designed to direct Cas9 ...these arrays, they did not know their functions and simply called the repeated elements “direct repeats” and...
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Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
TypeBlog Post...BamHI) are capable of cleaving sequences which are similar, but not identical, to their defined recognition... the DNA mass of comparably intense samples of similar size. Run the gel at 80-150V until you have good... -
Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab
TypeBlog Post...strong collaborative research team motivated by similar visions and goals? We continue our conversation...and a friend. George Church runs his lab fairly similarly to his advisor Wally Gilbert: “Very interdisciplinary... -
Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog Post...can either express the plasmid DNA transiently (similar to bacteria) or incorporate the genetic material.... Positive selection in mammalian cells works similarly to that in bacteria and a table of the most commonly... -
A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management
TypeBlog Post...management, and how does it relate to science? In the simplest of terms, a software product manager helps ensure...could code the best operations software possible. Similarly, when the developers needed to know information... -
The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It
TypeBlog Post...not robust. Sampling noise There is, of course, simple noise in the process of sampling and inference-...are known. The author submits the research plan (similar to a preregistration, but usually with a fully ... -
Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones
TypeBlog Post...research purposes requires stable host cells (the simplest example would be a transformed mesophilic, for... warm weather. Psychrophilic enzymes face very similar issues when forced to express in mesophilic host... -
CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes
TypeBlog Post... an advanced search option. For the former, you simply type in identifier keywords (Cas name, RefSeq ID...phylogenetic nomenclature and discover orthologs with similar properties (Makarova et al). CasPEDIA is an evolving... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements
TypeBlog Post...organisms. This is often cDNA, shRNA, or something similar, and is contained on the transfer plasmid. If expression...different from gamma-retrovirus, but they perform very similar functions to infiltrate the host cell and deposit... -
OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging
TypeBlog Post..., where multiple fluorescent tools are used simultaneously to monitor or control different cell types ...4.0 International license. Figure 5: A) Simultaneous fluorescence (upper trace) and electrophysiological... -
Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
TypeBlog Post...Packaging using 293T cells This method is very similar to lentiviral packaging methods. The three components...constructs. Why do many γ-retroviral plasmids have similar names? The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone... -
Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity
TypeBlog Post...NG (Nishimasu et al., 2018). The David Liu Lab similarly described xCas9, which displayed the ability to... (HypaCas9). This nuclease showed decreased or similar off-target activity, relative to eSpCas9 and SpCas9... -
Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs
TypeBlog Post...this post in the graphic below - including some simple comparisons. The easy multiplexing afforded by...integrated RNA and CRISPR/Cas toolkit in human cells. Nissim L, Perli SD, Fridkin A, Perez-Pinera P, Lu TK. ... -
Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists
TypeBlog Post...and mentees. Because the participants are at a similar development stage, they have a lot to learn from...Sometimes it is helpful to find peers that share a similar direction or problem. For example, a group of people... -
Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment
TypeBlog Post...Assembly, Golden Gate etc.), and try to find the simplest way to do it (i.e. avoid assembling too many fragments...help you at this stage and that can be used to simulate in silico cloning. This will definitely help in... -
Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools
TypeBlog Post...inhibition, with TRIM-away targeting of mTOR producing similar results to rapamycin inhibition. To assess TRIM21...control will enable future researchers to better simulate physiological gene expression regimes that cannot... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog Post...experiences. If you’re hearing multiple people with similar misconceptions, it’s time to rework your strategy...group was just really tired and needed a slower, simpler presentation than I had planned; other times students... -
Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents
TypeBlog Post...variables (scFvs) are ~27kD engineered fusion proteins similar to a Fab fragment but created through engineering...different antigen; binding of each can be either simultaneous or independent of the other (Shahied, 2004).... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog Post...successfully used in conditions that are the most similar to yours. Take a look at the publications cited...application, a publication successfully used it in a similar way as you plan to. To secondary or not to secondary... -
Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...conjugated in the lab. In the indirect approach, you can simply keep a stock of conjugated secondary antibodies...regardless of the number of protein targets, simplifying multiplex assays. A brief note Since the indirect...