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  1. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...Magnetic beads are solid spheres and tend to be much smaller than agarose beads. Proteins conjugate on the surface...following the incubation step. The wash buffer has an optimal pH and ionic strength that breaks weak interactions...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    ... are also great at infecting neurons and cause minimal inflammatory response, but are not taken up by ...References: Crawford KHD, Eguia R, Dingens AS, Loes AN, Malone KD, Wolf CR, Chu HY, Tortorici MA, Veesler D, Murphy...

  3. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...requiring rapid maturation and prolonged imaging with minimal background.   Find these C. elegans mScarlet plasmids...18 kDa) and STReTCh (11 kDa) are significantly smaller than FRET-based mechanosensors (~60 kDa) and are...

  4. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    ...Yersinia enterocolitica, Xanthomonas campestris, X. maltophilia IncW pSa, pR388 Gram-negative  Acinetobacter...campestris pv. campestris, X. campestris pv. malvacearum, Zymomonas mobilis pBBR1 based pBBR1 ...

  5. Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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    ... the body, where it becomes embedded due to the small, hook-like shape of asbestos fibers. Over time these... HMGB1, the high mobility group box 1 protein. Normally localized to the nucleus, if the cell dies from...

  6. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ... treat a bacterial infection with a lower than optimal drug concentration. Drug resistance is not a black...patient infection. Limiting the use of antibiotics in animal farming is already being recognized as an important...

  7. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...properties of the final product, particularly in large animal studies. Endotoxin contamination is minimized by...MRP 30 kDa subunit (RPP30) as a control for normalization purposes are being used. Quality Control Mycoplasma...

  8. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...entirely. The other advantage is that these tags are small (8-12 amino acids) and neither disturb POI folding...toxic for the cells and affects the labeling of small structures like neurites. Like epitope tags, low...

  9. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    ...://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158294 Chari R, Mali P, Moosburner M, Church GM (2015) Unraveling CRISPR-Cas9...Tsherniak A, Kadoch C (2018) Interrogation of Mammalian Protein Complex Structure, Function, and Membership...

  11. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    ... a homogenous cell population in culture, it is normal to observe diversity in cell size, marker expression...s origin mainly stem from cell debris and other small fragments. Where exactly a given cell population...

  12. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ... conformational complexity There are 24 known mammalian integrins, all heterodimers composed of one of...sequences that imitate this motif and compete with both small molecule integrin inhibitors and natural ligands...

  13. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    ... my expensive habits of running shoes and single malt whiskies, but I remember the days of modest postdoc... very hoppy pint of IPA or a few drams of single malt (preferably from Islay or Skye). Good luck with ...

  14. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ... which are commonly used to drive expression of small RNAs in their respective species. Addgene carries...allow researchers to insert targeting oligos with minimal cloning required. As with other model systems, ...

  15. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    ... a crowd. Having answer slides ready after your formal conclusion slide will also help with your confidence...with other ways to engage the audience. Take an informal poll by asking for a show of hands on a particular...

  19. Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab

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    ...collaborative learning style at all. Finally I rotated in a small lab with a new PI. I realized that as a first born...collaboration? If you are considering a career at a small, teaching college you might want to consider less...

  20. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    ...of one AAV serotype with the capsid of another. Formally, pseudotypes are described with two numbers separated...using the genomic structure of AAV2, so they are formally called rAAV2/1, rAAV2/2, and so on, although we...

  21. A Control for All Seasons

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    ...antibody is replaced with pre-immune serum from the animal the antibody was produced in or an isotype-matched...primary antibody is incubated with its antigen or a small epitope-containing peptide to block the antigen-...

  22. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    ...of endogenous light-sensitive receptors, like mammalian rhodopsin, and the intracellular domain of an ...experiments.  Wavelengths Most vectors have an optimal wavelength to use but can be activated by a range...

  23. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ...), but there are differences in tropism between animal species or even strains of the same species. What... to define high titer, then, is this: It’s the optimal number of viral particles per volume required to...

  25. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    ...in the uncut DNA; the rest of the digest appears normal and produces the expected fragments for that plasmid...transfected supercoiled plasmid DNA concatemers in mammalian cells. J Gene Med. 2009 May;11(5):444-53. doi:...

  27. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    ... agencies and noticed a position available at a small science non-profit doing customer service (recruitment...this is a fairly unique situation, because it is a small and dynamic company and so it has the flexibility...

  29. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    ...found that many researchers feel that they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At...until the team really starts functioning (or malfunctioning). Clear lines of communication Few people actually...

  30. Finding Your Science Policy Path

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    ...societies, and industry through convening activities, formal lobbying, or strategy setting.  The “little p” ...question may change over time and that’s perfectly normal!  Action Items:  Start a career journal during...
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