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TypeBlog Post...days before the deadline isn’t going to be much use. 2. Originality is essential for grant success The two... it’s important not to throw in the towel if 1 or 2 funding bodies say no. If possible, get feedback from...introduction to my area, a line about the research I will be doing, and a line about what I hope to discover....themselves many times and will have useful advice about what reviewers in your area are looking for. Remember...One way to add originality to your work is to collaborate with specialists in different fields that can...the field. 3. Highlight your network and your collaborators It’s a good idea to move around to different...outcomes can include poster presentations, talks about your work, or even the successful use of your preliminary...
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Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog Post...linear fashion. This implies that reducing the power 2-fold does not reduce photobleaching by half. How exactly...prolonged time). Other illumination strategies, such as 2-photon-excitation, selective plane illumination, TIRF...Fluorescent Proteins for Multicolor Imaging Learn about Fluorescent Protein Biosensors Additional Resources... -
Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux
TypeBlog Post...is funded have been well documented over the past 2 years (Alberts et al, PNAS 2014; Taylor, eLife, 2016...PMID: 24733905. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC4000813. 2. Taylor, Justin Q., et al. “Avoiding a lost generation...purposes of labor laws, rather than as trainees in a special category, as has been the ‘labor-of-love’ philosophy...passing and upcoming implementation of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which mandates that all workers...event of note is a ruling in August by the National Labor Relations Board to allow graduate students who work... -
Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus
TypeBlog Post..., and the desired gene (transfer vector plasmid), 2) the HIV-1 genome containing all viral genes with ...protocols that have been described (protocol 1, protocol 2, protocol 3) to find the one that will give you the...PubMed PMID: 3785217. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC367857. 2. Naldini, Luigi, et al. "In vivo gene delivery and...first one and can be used routinely in a research laboratory. The risk of generating RCL is low but extra ...even your own! You should therefore be cautious about inserting potentially harmful genes into a transfer... -
Addgene at SfN23!
TypeBlog Post...Scientific Writing" on Sunday, from 12 pm - 2 pm. If you want to learn about, and practice, principles of clear...community. You'll also find tons of information about Addgene's ready-to-use antibodies, viral vectors...and four! So you'll also find Addgenies out and about, attending sessions, visiting posters, and leading... -
Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
TypeBlog Post...conclusions about the role of methylation (Hrit et al. 2018, Kaas et al. 2013). Figure 2: CRISPR ...approach for targeted DNA demethylation. Cell Discov 2, 16009. https://doi.org/10.1038/celldisc.2016.9. ...Daniel M. Sapozhnikov, a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Moshe Szyf at McGill University. Some ...Daniel M. Sapozhnikov is a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Moshe Szyf at McGill University, working... -
Genome Engineering, CRISPR, and Research in Singapore: Interview with Wei Leong Chew
TypeBlog Post...it's like to work in a competitive field. Chapter 2: Wei Leong Chew's swift transition from graduate work...getting a lab up and running, and learn a little bit about what it was like for Wei Leong to work in George... -
Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals
TypeBlog Post...presence of additional helper sequences (2-3). As alluded to above, termination and polyadenylation of Polymerase...and translation processes as well. Figure 2: The conserved eukaryotic polyadenylation signal directs...how the Promoter Controls Gene Expression Learn about New Cloning Techniques Read all of our Plasmids ... -
Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
TypeBlog Post...FRET signal back again. The Ting lab constructed 2 versions of this reporter to target the K9 (pcDNA3... 525.7570 (2015): 533-537. PubMed PMID: 26352475. 2. Bygren, Lars O., et al. "Change in paternal grandmothers... the histone protein of interest (in the figure above, H3 at K9 or K27). Joined to this by a flexible ... in Your Experiments Post Read Other Blog Posts about Fluorescent Proteins ... -
5 Science Rap Videos & Their Creator: Tom McFadden
TypeBlog Post...structure of DNA. 2. The Immortal Rap of Henrietta Lacks Students in Oakland rap about Henrietta Lacks ...Science with Tom. In this podcast, we learn more about Tom and pick his brain for advice on how to dive...Please Don't Kill My Hive Beautifully filmed video about colony collapse disorder. 5. Plasmid Rap ...science standards and communicate science. Learn more about Tom on his youtube channel and at sciencewithtom.com... -
28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015
TypeBlog Post... Zetsche et al., Nat Biotechnol. 2015 Feb 2;33(2):139-42. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3149. Light-inducible ...and on your favourite signalling pathways (Figure 2). They are all available now at Addgene. 1 Lungu...20;19(4):507-17. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.02.006. 2 Guntas et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2015 Jan 6; ...Nihongaki et al., Chemistry and Biology. 2015 Feb 19; 22(2):169-74. High efficiency cloning for enzyme screening...inducible, gene knockdown with shRNA or shRNA-miR30, (2) tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 gene deletion, (3) simultaneous...different fluorescent proteins, 8 constitutive promoters, 2 includible promoters, 3 polyA terminators and various...of plasmids required for each input/output system; 2) removing all chemically inducible promoters; 3) improving... -
With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science
TypeBlog Post...scientists have 1) the courage to make mistakes and 2) the integrity to recognize these mistakes quickly...She studies beta-cell function and failure in Type 2 Diabetes. Birmingham, AL, USA 33.5207°N 86.8025°W ...available to people who want to join the dialog and 2) remember that science should not be partisan: everyone...experiments (and editors) can move slowly, news about possible broad changes to policies seems to break...primarily by wishful thinking. The March for Science is about fighting scientific partisanship, including more... could walk around and ask scientists questions about their work. Thousands of people showed up; some ...justice. Whether it’s used to fight the myths that abortions cause breast cancer and infertility or to argue... -
Imaging Tools and Following a Passion for Basic Biology: Interview with Joachim Goεdhart
TypeBlog Post...Joachim ended up at the University of Amsterdam Chapter 2 - Joachim’s Academic and career goals. Career advice...of our educational resources. Listen to hear all about Professor Goedhart, his lab, and some of the tools... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog Post... reduce the background staining (Table 2). Table 2: Secondary antibody selections for a four-antibody...In a direct approach, that is simple - but what about when you need to use an indirect (primary and secondary... -
PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing
TypeBlog Post... PITCh vector via In-Fusion or SLIC cloning. Step 2: Design an insertion locus-specific gRNA The gRNA ...Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Dalvai, Mathieu, et al. (2015). “A Scalable Genome-Editing...If you follow CRISPR research, you know all about using non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) to make deletions...plasmids, GFP knock-in cell lines can be created in about a month and a half, without the need for complicated...more predictable than NHEJ. As seen in the figure above, short (5-25 bp) regions of homology flanking a ...Directed Repair and Non-homologous End Joining Read About Other Genome Engineering Tools like Sleeping Beauty... Additional Resources on Addgene.org Learn All about CRISPR on Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids... -
Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo
TypeBlog Post...2016). PubMed PMID: 27136078. 2. Burgess, Shawn., et al. "Questions about NgAgo." Proteins & Cell (2016...engineering methods have their own pros and cons (2). The NgAgo DNA guide is inexpensive and can be 5’...technology. To dig more into what researchers felt about NgAgo, I conducted a survey and asked researchers...successful, and the second section asked basic questions about the NgAgo protocols used by respondents (transfection...PMC4343198. Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More about NgAgo Enhance CRISPR Targeting Specificity with ... -
Tips for Working in Industry & Success in Management: Interview with Crystal Shih
TypeBlog Post...position at Novartis. Chapter 2: What's a lab group in industry? The collaborative nature of working in industry...therapeutics at Novartis - listen to learn more about Crystal’s exciting career path, to gain insight ...metrics for success. The importance of thinking about the big picture and not just the next experiment...resources in our Mentoring for Scientists Series Learn about Turning Your PhD into a Career with Joanne Kamens... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog Post... fluorescent proteins expressed in the specimen. 2. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACs) A machine...photostability of your fluorescent protein when using 2-photon microscopy as this hasn't been well reported...PMID: 18703742. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2606057. 2. Chtanova, Tatyana, et al. "Dynamics of neutrophil...fluorescence microscope where the light source is mounted above (epi) the specimen and the excitation light passes...technique that allows imaging of living tissue up to about one millimeter in depth. Two low-energy photons ...response, but the study of these dynamics was still laborious as epifluorescence microscopy wasn’t able to give...skin. Two-photon intravital microscopy. The video above depicts the infiltration of neutrophils expressing... -
A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells
TypeBlog Post...NGG-3′ (“N” can be any nucleotide base, followed by 2 guanines). This limits the use of ABEs as DNA sites... in the promoter region of gamma hemoglobin (HGB1/2) leads to continuous expression of fetal hemoglobin...more blog posts about base editing Learn about another evolved base editor: ABE8e Read about xCas9, a CRISPR... -
5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions
TypeBlog Post... digest and compare it to some reliable controls. 2. Viral stocks may be sensitive to freeze thaw cycles...PMID: 24003179. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3760253. 2. Rohwer, Forest. "Global phage diversity." Cell 113.2...grown at 30 °C instead of 37 °C. If you’re unsure about the integrity of your virus, perform a diagnostic...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn All about Adenovirus Associated Virus New to Virus? Check ...Check out Our Primer for Beginners! Learn All about Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources on the Addgene.org...