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  1. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ...healthy and diseased states can also provide interesting insights into disease mechanisms and protein ...interest from its production site to its final destination. As an example, most secreted proteins are produced...pathway to their subcellular or extracellular destination. At the end of their life cycle, proteins may...plasmid collection from Sue Jaspersen (Stowers Institute) and Mark Prescott (Monash University). You can...subcellular structure of interest in the Allen Institute for Cell Science Plasmid Collection. You can also...analysis software produces quantifiable results and statistics that can be used to compare between different...direct molecular interaction without further investigation. One fluorescent microscopy method commonly ...
  2. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    ...your poster visitors had a great idea or interesting questions worth discussing with your lab. If you made...conference Take notes during talks. If you have questions during the talk, jot them down for the Q&A immediately... went to, I made it a personal goal to ask one question each day (this may be more or less difficult depending...speaker from the conference if you have additional questions. If you or your lab identifies a potential collaborator... want to look through themselves and then ask questions. Practice your presentation for both instances...and say something like “Let me know if you have questions or if you want me to walk you through the poster...a notebook handy so you can jot down notes or questions from your poster viewers and trade contact information...
  3. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    ...can answer some of the surprisingly technical questions elementary students can ask. It doesn’t just need...some accountants running our math tables!  Be realistic about what you can teach  5-10 year olds in a ...some crowdsourcing on Twitter and got lots of suggestions. Here are just a few resources: Steam Powered...for 8th graders was a little intimidating. Too simplistic and I would insult the students. Too complicated...  The overarching guideline for all of these questions, and for any topic you might present to middle...talking to 8th graders was the broad range of questions I received. I gave my presentation five times ... it, and trying to answer some of their great questions, was immensely gratifying. I came out of the experience...
  4. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ...Planning Tips! 1. Take suggestions Some of Addgene’s best events have been at the suggestion of an employee,...imagine, it keeps all of us quite busy. Though there still isn't time for goofing off, the company culture ...Candidates who interview at Addgene frequently ask the question, “What’s your favorite part about working at Addgene... Addgene?” Most Addgenies reply with an enthusiastic, “Our company culture! Addgene is the best place ...animation, but the gist is a common answer to this question.  We truly work in a unique environment where,... familial aspect of Addgene. As our size has drastically increased, it would have been a tight squeeze... it was just beginner’s luck, but I’m feeling optimistic for the next tournament). Minus a little rain...
  5. A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional

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    ...no surprise that the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that employment of grant writers is expected...professional. Dr. Cook served as a principal investigator for several research grants. One of the benefits...benefits of being a principal investigator is that you are asked to review grant proposals from others. ...career in the grants profession: 1. Build on your existing skills & passion  Skills such as research, collaboration... development experience and to build upon your existing skills.  2. Find your niche Identify and develop...career goals, identify your niche, and answer questions when you’re negotiating a new job or a new contract...credential from the Grant Professional Certification Institute (GPCI). GPCI evaluates a candidate's expertise...
  6. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...Frequently asked questions Now let's get into some of the nitty gritty and answer the questions those of us...reagents as outlined by your institution or country. Have any other questions? Feel free to post them in..., and more. Not surprisingly, we receive many questions from scientists all over the world looking for...answers to our most frequently asked lentiviral questions. This useful resource from Addgene Depositor ...quickly check that a construct is functional before investing time and resources into making a stable cell line...is useful in gene therapy applications where a distinct subset of the cellular population needs to be ...aspects of lentiviral transduction along with suggestions on how to lower the risk. Biosafety should always...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...yet powerful way to tag cellular proteins and investigate protein localization, interaction, and expression...reversible photoactivation - and have enabled sophisticated imaging techniques.     Irreversible photoactivation...victoria) GFP (wtGFP) by mutating Threonine 203 to Histidine (T203H) (1). wtGFP normally contains a mixed population...can occur multiple times by activating with two distinct wavelengths of light (see Table 2). The best known...usually preferred for studying single protein characteristics, as the monomeric state is less likely to interfere...super-resolution imaging usually have the following characteristics-high contrast ratios, bright fluorescence, ...conventional FPs for super-resolution imaging, they still do not emit the large number of photons achievable...
  8. Promega Plasmid Collection

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    ...real-time monitoring of signaling pathways, investigating RNA regulation, tracking protein degradation...
  9. "What Makes a Good Mentor?" and 6 More FAQs About Science Mentoring

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    ...to the other six mentoring questions in future posts. If you have a question about mentoring that you want...Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. Top 7 questions scientists ask me about mentoring In this blog... series, I plan to provide answers to the top questions scientists ask me about mentoring. Here they are...’ – inspire you.” “Also a mentor can give you realistic expectations. (Don't think you can finish that... is a sounding board--a good mentor asks more questions than answers them.” A good mentor does all of...lighthearted, the article does highlight key characteristics of a good mentor: Yoda image courtesy...Check Out Angela Depace's Talk on "Precision and Plasticity in Mentoring" A recent post on the blog “Tenure...
  10. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    ...organization also known as external collaborations. Interestingly, the ability to work with others outside one...important as more complex approaches to scientific questions become popular. There are only so many methods... in Strategic Partnership Management, a very interesting and exciting part of my work. However, this is...collaborations. During my graduate studies at Karolinska Institutet I started working with other groups. First within...minutes. Get to know your collaborators from other institutions personally on conference calls and make sure...opportunities so just pick the one that you feel enthusiastic about and get started. You never know where ...collaborating with your neighboring lab, you've met interesting people at conferences and you have successfully...
  11. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    ...publication at Addgene. Walton RT, Christie KA, Whittaker MN, Kleinstiver BP (2020) Unconstrained genome ...upstream of either NGA or NGC PAM sequences (Kleinstiver et al. 2015). From these screens, they identified...off-target activity (Hu et al., 2018).  In 2020, the Kleinstiver lab reported the development of near-PAMless .... Furthermore, non-SpCas9's may have other characteristics that make them more useful than SpCas9. For... in target genes resulting in the formation of “sticky ends” rather than the blunt ends created by Cas9...which makes it easier to target AT-rich genomes (Kleinstiver et al., 2016). Type VI CRISPR systems, which ... plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver BP, Prew MS, Tsai SQ, Topkar VV, Nguyen NT, Zheng...
  12. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    .... Kutubuddin Molla, investigator at ICAR-Central National Rice Research Institute. When it comes to genome...Kutubuddin Molla is an investigator at the ICAR-Central National Rice Research Institute in India. He specializes...soccer ball, TnpB is a baseball — much smaller, but still powerful. Our lab recently harnessed TnpB from Deinococcus... and guide design rules.   Step 3: Vector Digestion Digest either pK-TnpB1 or pK-TnpB2 with BsaI....plasmid is now ready for Agrobacterium-mediated, biolistic, or PEG-mediated transformation into plant cells... genome editing vectors. If you have specific questions, feel free to contact the Molla Lab (X account...https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14416  Maher, M. F., Nasti, R. A., Vollbrecht, M., Starker, C. G., Clark, M...
  13. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...Resistance can be intrinsic, meaning a basic characteristic that naturally occurs in the bacterium, and...but has become resistant somehow overtime. One fantastic example of intrinsic resistance would be Mycoplasma... very skilled at the delicate art of survival. Existing virtually ubiquitously in the environment, there...infecting bacteria can take 24 hours or more, and testing for resistance often takes an additional 18-24 ...available. For routine infections, like strep throat, testing for antibiotic resistance isn’t commonly performed...infections is so rare. When antibiotic resistance testing is requested clinically, this involves growing ... antibiotic resistance?  The problem with this question is, unless an antibiotic targets an essential,...
  14. Are Hybrid Guide RNAs Right for Your CRISPR Application?

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    ...hybrid guide to be effective. Which bases can be substituted? A guide RNA has many parts. The ~20 base “spacer...dramatically reduce CRISPR efficiency, and DNA substitutions don’t fare much better: they largely abolished...recognizes the 2’-OH of RNA in this region, and DNA substitutions dramatically reduced cleavage (Kim et al., 2020...some parts of the scaffold sequence could be substituted without significantly reducing genome editing...scaffold sequences have different tolerances for substitution of DNA bases. Created with BioRender.com. ...matches, the complex is stable enough that the DNA substitution doesn’t disrupt it. Combined with the reduced...access these kinds of tools. Location of DNA substitution Similar on-target efficacy Reduced off-target...
  15. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    ...025-09021-y  Walton, R. T., Christie, K. A., Whittaker, M. N., & Kleinstiver, B. P. (2020). Unconstrained...whirlwind of developing cell and mouse model systems, testing base editing variants, and assessing the safety... mutation. To tackle this problem, Benjamin Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9...came out on top. Narrowing PAM preferences The Kleinstiver lab also worked on the opposite project: engineering...tested mutations produced efficient editors, the Kleinstiver set performed best when paired with the V106W... in different patients. While these gRNAs would still need to be optimized and assessed for off-target... J., Butcher, R. M., Pacesa, M., Smith, B. K., Christie, K. A., Ha, L. L., Meis, R. J., Clark, A. B., ...
  16. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    ..., an individual experiences progressive muscle wasting leading to death at around 30 years of age. Despite...the amount of research conducted on DMD, there is still no good treatment. The dystrophin gene is very large...approach. Since shorter forms of dystrophin can still be functional, exon skipping is a good option for...non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway. It’s estimated that very little dystrophin correction (about ...could make a huge difference in DMD, and it’s estimated that exon skipping therapies would be applicable...experiment, they found the exon-skipped transcript constituted 59% of total dystrophin mRNA, similar to the ...CRISPR therapy closer to the clinic, much work is still needed. First, CRISPR delivery must be optimized...
  17. Intro to Our Summer SciComm Series!

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    ...to non-jargon in the context of disease testing, it can still be considered jargon in most other uses....situation rather quickly!  The question   The first, and most important question, you should ask for any science...ll see throughout the posts and introduce *the* question underlying all communications efforts.  Scicomm...scientific or science communication. A Tweet is still considered scientific communication if the language...An audience can be defined by any number of characteristics. Common ones include age range, familiarity...patients or caregivers affected by the disease in question who are involved in online patient/caregiver communities...
  18. Using Addgene's New Viral Service for Your Research

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    ... preparations undergo rigorous quality control testing at Addgene meaning they come ready made to accelerate...researchers lamenting the viral production process while still ordering viral vectors. Virus production can be ...interested in faster by producing, titering, and testing viral preps for them. At the same time, we’re developing...base for the processes of viral production and testing so that researchers can use our educational resources...researcher Connie Cepko has been helping us with AAV testing and recently had this to say about the service:...suggest additional plasmids with the Viral Service Suggestion Form. Lentivirus As some of the most popular ...well as other expression data. If you have any questions about the Viral Service or any of the materials...
  19. Addgene Depositors Get More Citations

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    ...adjust our estimates based on the journal that published the articles.  That is, we re-estimate the citations...correlation. But even with that caveat, it is still suggestive that we see such a big difference in citations...than those without Addgene deposits? Even more interestingly, could we tell if depositing a plasmid with ... This is also true for other journals, so our estimates now take into account any differences in citations... That papers with plasmids deposited at Addgene still accrue on average 2 to 3 times as many citations...step. There are lots of other factors that could still be controlled for. As an example, plasmid-related...
  20. The MTA at Addgene

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    ...majority of research institutes.  Pro tip! In most academic and nonprofit institutes, the Tech Transfer ...our process easier for others.  If you’ve still got questions about our MTA process, you can check out ...commonly used ones for transfers between academic institutions.  What is the UBMTA, you ask? Well, organizations...people think our MTAs are different than other institutes. But they’re not! The vast majority of our plasmids...’s important to note that it’s the depositing institute that decides the terms of distribution for their...of coordinating signatures from two different institutes. Our online portal automates a lot of the process...
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