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  1. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    ...easy to work with Grows extremely fast (doubling time of ~ 2 hours) Amenable to genetic manipulation ... K. phaffii’s genome has been sequenced for some time, clearing the greatest hurdle for genome engineering...cerevisiae and S. pombe - aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, and for good reason! However, there are other...
  2. Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop

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    ...it required only about 15 minutes of my hands on time and a total of about 3 hours. It was robust, capable...to learn something new without spending a lot of time developing and making space for the techniques ourselves... ourselves. As you probably have limited time and space in your own lab, you should give similar workshops...
  3. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    ... gRNA library, and we thought it would be a good time to talk about the amplification and verification...in the library. Bacterial growth must also be optimized to maintain library diversity. If the various ...seemingly straightforward – you need to count how many times each of the library components is found in the read...
  4. Photosensitizer Induced Cell Ablation with FAP-TAP MG-2I-dL5**

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    ...transparent, so it’s easy to watch development in real time.  In both cases, dL5** was tagged with mCerulean3...They found that KillerRed required longer exposure times (5 minutes vs 10 seconds) to achieve the same level...experienced minor bleaching after longer exposure times. Additionally, KillerRed requires mitochondrial ...
  5. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    ...as the relatively low cost and quick turn-around time of Sanger sequencing have historically matched the...The cost of these normalization steps, measured in time and consumables, can be daunting for large numbers... have worked with Addgene to develop a highly optimized bioinformatics pipeline that will return high-...
  6. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    ... DAP array, short for “drive-and-process.” To optimize DAP use, they developed a generalizable method...sequences must be avoided, different tRNAs with optimized 5’ leader sequences can be used together in DAP... Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real Time Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility ...
  7. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ...iGluSnFR and SF-iGluSnFR have made it clear that it’s time to update our iGluSnFR post! Here, we look at the...generations of iGluSnFR had limitations: they were not optimal for experiments requiring high signal to noise ...Tools References Marvin, Jonathan S., et al. “An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate neurotransmission...
  8. The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays

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    ... was to be revisited at meetings when sufficient time, additional public fora for data review, and more...consensus guidelines, but there was never a specific timeline for this plan—or any action to follow it. And ... 2018 saga of “what’s happening in genetics this time?” She lives with her partner (in business and life...
  9. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    ...emails, chats, pictures, and apps. Throughout my time as a graduate student, I have relied more and more...requires cell culture and include a counter, lab timer, dilution calculator, and a couple of other nice... Lastly, the Tm calculator helps you set up an optimal PCR depending on the primer sequence and the NEB...
  10. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    ...microbiology class my sophomore year and it was the first time that I was in a lab class where we had an assignment... me away….  I have to come here, I need to spend time here, this is an incredible place.” Doench has spent...CRISPR, just the results are so much cleaner. The time frame from doing your primary screen to knowing ...
  11. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    ... negative selection in plasmid cloning.  But oftentimes, a selection strategy is not enough on its own...sequencing primers in our Molecular Biology Reference. Sometimes common  primers can't provide all of the information...plasmid. Please note that NGS verification is more time-intensive than Sanger sequencing or the other techniques...
  12. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    ... where image processing algorithms for analyzing time-lapse images, quantitatively evaluating antibody...download the software for use, or they can modify and optimize the code, find and fix security-critical bugs,...the world don't have to start from scratch every time to pursue their scientific curiosity but can literally...
  13. Clear and Accessible Writing

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    ...graduate student using viral vectors for the first time and learning how to purify AAV.  Second, you’ll ... team, working together to share information. Sometimes it is most helpful to use a lot of jargon and ...and have a technical, detailed approach. Other times, it is more helpful to use plain language and focus...
  14. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    ...It’s time to choose your own protein purification adventure. You want to purify your favorite protein...After binding YFP to the column, you wash several times to remove non-specific proteins, and then elute ...light switch could control a signaling pathway. Ultimately, development of more OptoNBs would allow for ...
  15. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...appropriate ligand to activate the G proteins. It is estimated that there are approximately 950 different human...signaling cascades as a response to the extracellular stimuli. Ligand dissociation from the GPCR allows for binding...learn about GPCR signaling, researchers in the meantime have developed GPCRs for chemogenetic studies ...
  16. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...tend to ask similar questions, thus devoting some time to writing a solid personal statement will pay dividends...with your personal statement, while you make the ultimate case: why you? 7. Strength in numbers Encourage...clinch every opportunity for themselves. This is ultimately the wrong approach. It is very likely you know...
  17. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ... the zinc finger nucleases. Unfortunately, it is time consuming and difficult for investigators without...genetically modified cells in less than a month's time. Addgene: What are the implications of this kit ...flexibility in terms of the target site. Also, any time you create double-strand breaks, there is a possibility...
  18. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    ... Don’t Know This Person.” If that happens a few times, LinkedIn may revoke your ability to send invitations...Connect with people you have really talked to The best time is within a few days after you’ve met. Always include...their profiles. 7) Keep it professional at all times Do not post or comment on anything that is not relevant...
  19. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ... possibly because in vitro conditions did not optimally support growth of diverse species. These results...deep sequencing and qPCR methods are too costly and time intensive to process a large number of microbiome...containing the particle exponentially decreases over time and the number of elapsed generations can be determined...
  20. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    ...plasmids, viral service, and more For the first time in the last couple of years, we don’t have to worry...way. Scientists know this and recognize it all the time. We love this feedback and are always adding to ...Speaking of the website, we now have a UI/UX team. Last time I checked we were ranked as the 21,806th most popular...
  21. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    ... scientists and has saved countless hours of lab time (in both donating and receiving labs)” — Jim Woodgett...alongside our repository.  “I’m sure you hear it all the time, but Addgene is a totally invaluable resource. I...Addgene that has been distributed more than 100 times.   “I really like this award because you don’t get...
  22. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...copy numbers vary within cell populations and over time resulting in variable gene expression that can impact...expression of enzymes in a pathway will ideally be optimized to promote generation of the desired product while...Sherine Cheung, and JChristopher Anderson. "Rapid optimization of gene dosage in E. coli using DIAL strains...
  23. dTAG - You're it!

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    ... and selective degradation of protein targets in time scales that are not possible with traditional genetic... are happy to share aliquots of dTAG-13 in the meantime, please address your requests for dTAG molecules...papers noted below for examples of dose-responses and time-courses (Nabet et al., Erb et al., Huang et al.,...
  24. Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning

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    ...cloning experiments a little easier. One of the most time-consuming aspects of traditional cloning is the ...DNA gyrase with broken double stranded DNA and ultimately causing cell death. ccdA, another gene found ...cloning applications. While these two strains ultimately perform the same function, there is some evidence...
  25. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    ...scientists frequently use growth factors or serum to stimulate a pathway of interest, but there can be a lot ...occurs when serum or growth factors are used as a stimulus. This system also allows precise modulating of...delayed effects because you can precisely control the timing of kinase activity. 2. Studying negative feedback...
  26. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...antibodies and find….hundreds of options. With limited time and budget you cannot test them all, so how do you...citations. An antibody that has been cited thousands of times may be a safer bet than one that has never been ...free to make the decision by price point, shipping time, or other factors. Just remember that these are ...
  27. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    ...At the same time, an adjuvant such as KLH or Freund’s adjuvant is injected, which stimulates the overall...that they are inexpensive. Their short production time and the bulk purification steps keep the cost low...
  28. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    ...push the scale of genetic engineering, with the ultimate objective of genome design.” It’s genetic engineering... need the ability to turn on genes at different times. It requires more complex synthetic networks. Addgene...variation. The first one worked in each case. Sometimes in CRISPR people talk about off-target interactions...
  29. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...structural proteins, such as the MLV protein Gag, multimerize and spontaneously assemble into particles at ...pluripotency marker expression and response to LPS stimulation, respectively. Primary cell type Gene targeted...zygotes with CRISPR components. However, this sometimes requires intracellular injections into the cytoplasm...
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