...Vampire bacteria Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus is a predatory bacteria that attaches to the cell wall of green...forcing it out of hiding to become exposed to predators. Hungry birds spots the “caterpillar” and then... "Back from the dead; the curious tale of the predatory cyanobacterium Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus." ...

...without permanently modifying the genome dCas9-activator (such as dCas9-VP64) gRNA(s) targeting promoter...promoter elements of target gene Many different activators exist, including the multi-plasmid SAM system. Select...activate or repress a target gene using dCas9-activators or dCas9-repressors, gRNAs should be targeted...

... interpret signals from these reporters. Lack anatomical context/spatial localization: In vivo imaging...years to clinically treat enteric infection and inflammatory bowel conditions. In these experiments, arg1...abdomen. arg1 signal, however, can be overlaid onto anatomical ultrasound imaging to show where the bacteria...

...department.” Caitlin does this by acting as a facilitator between her team, the sales department, and operations...business.” Caitlin’s advice for budding science communicators: “My recommendation would be to take any opportunity...education tools? Check out this Addgene podcast with educator and science rap mastermind Tom McFadden Get tips...

...scientists. Over the course of the class, the moderator discussed individual sections of a paper, the ...quizzes and discussion on that week’s topic by the moderators. The assignments, which consisted of reading ...course was breaking up into focus groups with a facilitator. In the focus groups, we were required to critique...

...passion, and dedication to sharing epitomized by the creators of these plasmids with the first annual Blue Flame...has “literally enabled sharing with 100's of investigators worldwide. Now everything from every paper is...Flame awardee Sophien Kamoun of the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, UK: “We’re very pleased to distribute...

...plasmid. Parts shown in grey are optional cis-regulatory elements.   Key elements of an AAV plasmid...plasmid harbors non-coding sequences. Other cis-regulatory elements Next let’s talk about some of the elements...Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus (WHP) Posttranscriptional Regulatory Element (WPRE) forms a tertiary structure when...

...Willoughby   Using RUBY as a selection marker The creators of RUBY highlight its use in crop plants under... is difficult for new members of the lab or collaborators unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY...promoter with self-cleaving 2A site linkages and a terminator. Image from He, Y., Zhang, T., Sun, H. et al....

...Neurobiology has been working on genetically encoded indicators of calcium and other small molecules since the...imaging for beginners Griesbeck says his calcium indicators can be used in mouse, Drosophila, C. elegans,...his team is now applying it to improve upon an indicator they developed and published in 2010 for visualizing...

...to create gene deletions of important unknown regulatory regions in Pseudomonas and Klebsiella spp. The...Ibadan, Nigeriaunder supervision of Dr. Akindele Oluwatosin Adeyi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Gloria Otito...Candidate working under the supervision of Akindele Oluwatosin Adeyi at the University of Ibadan. She works ...