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TypeBlog Post... LEGO and science: The potential is endless One night, while opening a LEGO set with my husband, I thought...that resembles a real laboratory. It only took one night to build the first model, but because we are [email protected]. Who knows, your story might just get “legofied.” Many thanks to our guest blogger...
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Networking and Inspiring Young Scientists at Freshers Fairs
TypeBlog Post...Chemistry symposium and a career night. The society also visits high schools to promote chemistry degrees...scientific meetings for students to attend. It also hosts high level academic debates for its members to become... -
Addgene @ Keystone: Thoughts on Precision Genome Engineering and Synbio
TypeBlog Post...arrive. Getting off the plane in Bozeman Sunday night, it was easy to spot meeting participants. They ...the ones holding poster tubes (or as our baffled flight attendant called them, "long, skinny things") and...thinking I was an engineer. The talks we heard Monday night represented engineering first and foremost, from... -
Management for Scientists: What Makes a Good Manager Anyway?
TypeBlog Post... allow his team to work mostly at home. Having a high degree of freedom and diversity built into their...new things, diversity of responsibilities, which might include training or teaching others, research, and...sometimes taken to an extreme by scientists) Are highly mobile and can move to a new workplace if opportunities... -
10 Ways to Share Your Science!
TypeBlog Post...telling it another way. You’ll know you are on the right track if they start asking you questions. Remember...Escape from the Ivory Tower.” 9) If you think you might want to get serious about science writing, look ...News. Ask your institutional news office if there might be opportunities to blog or write for them. 10) ... -
Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes
TypeBlog Post...bacteriostatic reagents can kill bacteria when used at high concentrations (and vice versa). Looking around ...Antibiotics vary in their sensitivitly to heat and/or light – do not add them to media hotter than about 55oC...55oC and store plates/stocks wrapped in foil if a light-sensitive antibiotic like Tetracycline is used. ... -
Meet the New Addgene Board Members!
TypeBlog Post...Baradaran says. Baradaran’s path to science began in high school. “I had a great chemistry teacher in 10th...medicines can have on human health. As a teenager in high school, I knew that this is what I wanted to do,...ClonTracer Barcoding Library, a library that “enables the high-resolution tracking of more than 1 million cancer... -
Celebrate Open Data Day with Addgene’s AAV Data Hub!
TypeBlog Post...and it is under copyright, you will need to obtain written approval from the copyright owner and will ...treatment conditions like drugs (Chemogenetics) or light (Optogenetics) to activate receptors? If you’re ... -
Fluorescent Biosensors for Measuring Autophagic Flux
TypeBlog Post...Keima accumulates in autolysosomes, this ratio is high. When untargeted, Keima can be used to measure bulk...autophagy-related microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B, or LC3. LC3 is a commonly used marker ...oligomerization Seeing red: simple GFP photoconversion Light sheet fluorescence microscopy Resources on Addgene.org... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog Post... host-pathogen interface, previously developed a high-throughput neutralization assay to study the link...Pfizer or Modern vaccine. This sera was used in the high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus neutralization... KL, Nitido AD, Murali MR, Alter G, Charles RC, Dighe A, Branda JA, Lennerz JK, Lingwood D, Schmidt AG... -
5 Uncommon Ways to Gain Career Skills During an Uncommon Time
TypeBlog Post...forward. Here are a few out-of-the-box ideas that might jump start your learning. 1. Create a peer mentoring...what’s a scientist to do with no live audience in sight? You could do a talk virtually for your peer mentoring...university or use your current contacts to ask who they might suggest you speak with. See this post that’s all... -
Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid
TypeBlog Post...their secondary structure, palindromic nature, and high GC content. This instability can cause partial loss...through ITRs due to their secondary structure and high GC content, but some companies now offer Sanger ...example, CAG is a strong promoter that drives very high, ubiquitous expression, while the human synapsin... -
The Golden Stopwatch Award: Recognizing Facilitators of Research
TypeBlog Post...scientists, MTAs are important—they guarantee certain rights and protections for depositor and requestor alike... must be executed. The Golden Stopwatch Award highlights TTOs that accelerate science by processing agreements... -
Summer SciComm: Science Storytelling
TypeBlog Post...makes them want to know more. This could be by outright stating the big-picture problem, by asking your...science storytelling. You can introduce your results right at the beginning of your communication, use conflict...storytelling options, and they all can be effective in the right circumstances. However, in the midst of all these... -
Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain
TypeBlog Post...the ‘bells and whistles’ – including microscale light emitting diodes, thermal sensors, and microfluidic...channels. These features enable the fibers to emit light for optogenetic purposes, measure temperature, study...construct expressing channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2), a blue light sensitive cation channel, fused to mCherry to the... -
CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair
TypeBlog Post...Delivery The RNP delivery method consistently leads to high on-target editing and low off-target editing rates...SpCas9 The closer your edit is to the PAM site, the higher the efficiency of HDR repair. Check out this post...post to see if an engineered Cas9 variant might work for your experiment. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative... -
What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions
TypeBlog Post...surprisingly more rigorous in industrial settings Tight (sometimes impossible) timelines—others are usually... <- Can move between the two (helps to know the right people) -> How can you make a decision about ...interests and passions is another great way to shed light on what paths to pursue. Spend some time really ... -
10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For
TypeBlog Post...’d like to show our gratitude on the blog by highlighting some of the great posts written by Addgene depositors...to activate neurons and neuronal pathways using light and chemicals respectively. Didem Goz Aytruk from... -
Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!
TypeBlog Post...pBR322, pACYC, and pUC were developed to provide higher copy number vectors that could be used in these...updated and added new content to our eBook. Some highlights of the 2nd edition eBook include: new chapters... -
Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level
TypeBlog Post...determine genome-wide translational frequency. Although highly useful, this technique requires extensive sample... nucleus to bind cognate untranslated mRNAs. The high specificity and resolution of this system are achieved...SunTag Catch up on Your GFP Background Choose the Brightest Fluorescent Protein Resources on Addgene.org ... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 2: Controlling Gene Expression in Flies with Gal4/UAS
TypeBlog Post...ask is what to do with them. In some cases, there might be a mutation that disrupts the function of YFG....drivers. It is much easier to mate flies to get the right cell type expression as opposed to making a new ... my next post, I’ll explain the relatively straightforward process of generating your own fly lines. In... -
Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop
TypeBlog Post...but thought we could learn a little bit more about high throughput DNA prepping by trying out NEB’s new ...generating a wide range of insert sizes and also produced high yields of quality libraries from small amounts of...summarize my experience in my first blog post! I highly recommend doing the same if you ever go to a workshop... -
How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It
TypeBlog Post...viral samples. Read on to learn how aqueous samples might be affected by dry ice, and specifically how dry... removing the caps, incubating the tubes in an upright position for 30 seconds, and then recapping the...to prevent any pH change, as we still observed a slight change in pH (from 7.4 to 6.8). It’s possible that... -
With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!
TypeBlog Post...as virus? “Like all things in science, getting a high titer Cas9 lentivirus prep takes a bit of time and...lentivirus, we are providing lentiviral preps containing highly requested gRNAs including those targeting EGFP,...library has retained gRNA representation, produce high titer lentivirus from the library, ensure gRNA representation... -
Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field
TypeBlog Post...Director of Biology, Lianna Swanson, suggested that I might be able to attend the 10 Years of iPSCs Symposium...or tertiary, or non-existant). On the very first night of the iPSC symposium, a panel of thought leaders...Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Efforts to Fight Rare disease with iPSCs Read About Addgene's Outreach... -
Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems
TypeBlog Post... synthesized SARS-CoV-2 expression plasmids in a high copy backbone with a T7 promoter driving multiple...GAL1 promoters. These vectors are intended for the high level expression and purification of SARS-CoV-2 ... strengths of intensive screening and the use of high throughput platforms, Addgene and Ginkgo are striking... -
Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors
TypeBlog Post...followed by higher stringency PACE, resulted in the evolution of TadA variants with much higher base editing...simultaneously with 54% efficiency, about 7 times higher than ABE7.10. However, the increased editing speed... -
Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more
TypeBlog Post...narrow down search results by adding more terms. Weighting We determined the relative importance of different...given resource, and designed the search engine to weight search results differently according to where a...matches of a name in the depositor field will rank higher than matches of the same name in the publication... -
Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors
TypeBlog Post... Directors brings complementary experience and insight to the now 10 member board at Addgene. Let’s meet...Suffolk University Law School. Karen graduated with highest honors from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor...Ernst & Young, LLP, auditing insurance, finance and high-tech industries. He has earned both an MBA in finance... -
7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer
TypeBlog Post...their former interns to fill entry-level positions right out of college. Prior to March 2020, internships... a nationwide database of STEAM internships for high school, college, and graduate students. In order...interview, inspect your technology, background, and lighting for a smooth performance. Most importantly, make... -
GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible
TypeBlog Post...complicated? Well, while the techniques are straightforward, the systems – the cells growing and producing...And on top of that you need to worry about getting high enough expression of your protein of interest. If...by using Addgene’s Blue Flame award to identify highly requested GCE plasmids. But they’d also love scientist... -
Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype
TypeBlog Post...variant that efficiently infects neurons, directs high-level transgene expression, and has retrograde functionality...genetic tool delivered by the AAV. AAVrg requires high titers for efficient retrograde transport. For recombinase-dependent... at the injection site (Fischer, KB. 2019). The higher the titer, the more likely you are to see spurious... -
Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)
TypeBlog Post...this context, but also specifically study it. They might be researching enhancer elements that control the...research describe the production of plasmids that might be useful for your work. The links below direct ...techniques, the posts below may steer you in the right direction! CAPTURE-ing Chromatin Interactions: Using... -
Screening for Successful Genome Editing with Digital PCR
TypeBlog Post...of mutant target (as low as 20 pg or 0.02%) in a high background of wild type targets. Comparatively, ...M. A Digital PCR-Based Method for Efficient and Highly Specific Screening of Genome Edited Cells. PLoS...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4735761. 6. Fu, Y. et al. High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas... -
Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening
TypeBlog Post...). As shown on the representative plate to the right, colonies with an insert-containing plasmid have... plates at 4C for few hours after the initial overnight incubation increases pigment precipitation, enhances...colonies. Take care in making your plates: X-gal is light and temperature sensitive and needs to be added ... -
How to Make Friends and Meet People at a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog Post...interested in the same things you are on a deep level. Right away you have something in common. Namely, the scientific... field will know about grants and projects that might help your work Tenure can depend on your national...some of my best studies were designed over late night poker games at Gordon Conferences). You don’t want... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog Post... read an 11-page Cell paper - and sometimes, it might actually take me less time to read the book. Intuitively...science communication, but the more you use, the higher cognitive load you are asking your audience to ...like the professor who once decided that to teach high school students PCR, they first had to understand... -
Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR
TypeBlog Post...zygotes at 18 hr post fertilization. They observed higher targeting efficiency than in iPSCs, but with the...scientists proceed with caution and with proper oversight from regulatory and ethics committees comprised... Check out Our New CRISPR Topic Page Read about High Fidelity CRISPR Variants Target Multiple Genes at... -
Antibodies 101: Conjugation
TypeBlog Post...antibodies that produce detectable signals like light or color. In this post, we’ll go over some of the...chemiluminescent reaction. Chemiluminescence, which is light produced by a chemical reaction, can be detected...Whatever the conjugate, the molecules must somehow be tightly linked to your antibody. This chemical coupling... -
Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox
TypeBlog Post...working with an endogenous locus. The most straightforward way to turn off expression permanently is to...- this section is for you! Many of the tools highlighted in this section can be used to turn expression...