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TypeBlog Post... and these are all symptoms of a negotiation, especially when money is involved. However, it doesn’t have...how much do you need to start your lab”. You can respond by saying, “The exact start up costs may vary greatly...
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Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
TypeBlog Post...spatially and temporally control gene expression, especially in in vivo models, and new Cre-lox based technologies...included inducible Cre, such as the tamoxifen-responsive CreERT, the coupling of Cre-lox with FLP-FRT ... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog Post...cardiac, and retinal cells (Issa et al., 2023). AAV2 Despite being isolated second, AAV2 is the best studied...expression, and can cross blood vessel barriers. It is especially popular for applications targeting liver tissue... -
Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post... difficult to quantify accurately, but can be especially helpful to generate more signal from low abundance...the multicolor overlay; this helps all viewers, especially if you have some complex patterns with several... -
Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo
TypeBlog Post...recombinase expression may be replaced by sensors that correspond to the desired inputs. Such sensors do not necessarily...described in Nielsen et al (3) and Lou et al (4). Despite choosing proper register parts and designs, we ... -
Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning
TypeBlog Post...allows you to easily orient your gene insert with respect to the promoter. For example, let’s say your plasmid...being made (post or pre run in the table above, respectively). Some of the above stains require you to visualize... -
A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression
TypeBlog Post...important to test it in the brain region of interest, especially when using DIO/FLEx vectors for off-target expression...relatively low recombination rate (0.1% and 0.13% respectively) still required a 200-300 fold dilution to minimize... -
A Guide to Getting Started in Undergrad Research
TypeBlog Post... lab Undergraduate student Roles and responsibilities can vary "Lab assistants" usually wash glassware... my experience in the lab? Ask your questions—especially if it’s scary. I’ve been afraid to ask “dumb ... -
An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency
TypeBlog Post...considerations For changes 5’ to the PAM, sequences corresponding to the same strand as the PAM produced a higher...efficiency, while for edits 3’ to the PAM sequences corresponding to the opposite strand were better (Farboud ... -
Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping
TypeBlog Post...validation techniques for academia, industry, and especially the clinic. Popular validation assays are insufficient...search the whole genome for off-target sites irrespective of in silico prediction. These techniques differ... -
Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel
TypeBlog Post...lower than the energy of the absorbed photon. Correspondingly, wavelengths of emitted photons are higher ...FRET). Figure 1: Emission spectra and respective colors of a few commonly used fluorophores. Each... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog Post...sequences at the intended target site. With the widespread adoption of CRISPR/Cas9 technology and rapid ...researchers from generating clonal knock-in lines, especially for ambitious projects that require epitope tagging... -
Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software
TypeBlog Post... of a pathway to inhibit to block the cellular response to a particular ligand (such as when a component...pathway. For example, one could study the cellular response to a cytokine known to cause the up-regulation... -
Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?
TypeBlog Post...through the excitation light path. Each hole corresponds to a different location in the sample. As more...step that reassigns out of focus light to its respective focal plane. In sufficiently thin samples, deconvolution... -
Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies
TypeBlog Post...mastered this technique so it might be worth a try, especially since the potential rewards could be substantial...) distance at which 50% FRET occurs. b Range corresponds to calculated D/A distances for observed FRET... -
CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs
TypeBlog Post...bricks” to be added one by one. This approach is especially useful for combinatorial analyses. For example... L-arabinose and anhydrotetracycline (aTet), respectively. pMAZ-SK contains an aTet-inducible gRNA and... -
Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog Post...labelled with a green or violet, fluorescent dye, respectively. WT and KO cells were mixed in a 1:1 ratio and...the indicated Synaptotagmin-1 antibodies and corresponding Multi-rAb CoraLite® Plus 647 secondary antibodies... -
The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs
TypeBlog Post...caused by not having the time to assess public response; and, it is the stage I think we are currently...effort from the community in order to succeed. With respect to de novo sgRNA design, I again separate it into... -
Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs
TypeBlog Post... to de-differentiate. However it’s difficult, especially as a newbie reprogrammer, to decide which method...reprogramming transgenes and the up-regulation of corresponding endogenous pluripotency genes. Retroviral vectors... -
Deep Dive: qPCR
TypeBlog Post... peak indicating 2 amplicons. Image credits (respectively): Zuzanna K. Filutowska; Selma, 2019; Trampuz...you’re using a different brand of qPCR machine, especially if you’re using a rapid-cycle machine such as...