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  1. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...mutant and wild type stem cells into any cell type relevant to the disease in question – cardiomyocytes, adipocytes...olden days," not even five years ago, scientists relied on traditional homologous recombination. That technology...will bind desired sequences. TALENs are much more reliable. If you design them for a particular sequence,...
  2. Click Biology: How to Click and Play to Explore Biology

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    ...Click Biology describes the search for robust, reliable reactions, using only nature’s building blocks... are many convenient tools out there, not just relating to proteins but also covalent reactions to DNA...Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions. Nature Chemical Biology....
  3. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...targeted Tet-on transgene vector. Degron tags Tagging relevant proteins with a degron tag can provide inducible...endogenously or exogenously expressed protein with the relevant tag and then introducing a specific ligand to ...unstable and quickly degraded. However, if the relevant small molecule is introduced into the system, ...
  4. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...bidirectional transcription. In an uninfected cell, dsRNA rarely circulates, but upon viral infection, this nucleic...barring a loss of mitochondrial integrity that would release them into the cytosol. Fig. 2: Endogenous...upon viral infection. Endogenously produced dsRNA rarely reach this threshold and thus do not typically ...
  5. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    ...identifies RNA-protein interactions. Both methods rely on the promiscuous E. coli biotin ligase, BirA*,...that promote RNA decay and their upregulation is correlated with poor survival in breast cancer patients.... wild-type sequences and that loss of binding correlated with increased serum iron levels seen in HHCS...
  6. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ...antibodies to antibody fragments to tools completely unrelated to antibodies.  Why use an alternative affinity...either re-develop or re-optimize your assay for an entirely new affinity reagent.    Fig. 1: A comparison... These are antibody mimics and are not closely related to antibodies. Instead, they are derived from a...
  7. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...salaries - in some cases reversing these decisions entirely. At Future of Research, we had been collecting...available (below). However, on November 22nd a preliminary injunction against the FLSA updates was granted...say, salaries are showing surprisingly little correlation with cost of living at the location of the institution...
  8. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    ...future prospects. Among the topics discussed, many related to the structure of the biomedical workforce. Quotes...results, not scientists”  These comments are well correlated with published data. For example, in 2010, less...grants through the Sloan foundation for postdoc-related data collection and analysis. He is also a strong...
  9. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    ...scientists are aware of the benefits of coaching relationships and do not know where to look for a coach. Many...thinking about what your goals are for the coaching relationship. Do you want to change jobs? Grow your professional...the coach to define how you will know that the relationship has been successful – what are the desired outcomes...
  10. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    ...Within the animal kingdom, this information is relayed through factors (both of endocrine and dietary ...systematic effort to compile NR- and coregulator-related global gene profiling datasets in to our data mining...coregulators. We look forward to growing this important relationship with Addgene for the benefit of the entire research...
  11. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...early-phase clinical trials and have shown promising preliminary results (Dimitri et al). CRISPR engineering of...patients experiencing sustained and substantial relief from both disorders. As of publication, submissions...The future success of CRISPR in the clinical will rely on improving and evolving better CRISPR systems ...
  12. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ...terminals (Lafon 2005). Therefore, once RABV is released from an infected cell, it is only taken up by ...genome). Nascent G protein-coated RABV is then released from the starter cell and transmits retrogradely...mediated by other viral proteins), but the newly released RABV cannot infect any subsequent cells due to...
  13. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    ... HR carefully because sometimes companies have relaxed dress codes for interviews. You can also ask HR... know up front how you plan to take questions.  Relax!  You wouldn’t have made it to the interview if ...position. So prepare for the interview, but then relax.  Additional resources on the Addgene blog: Tips...
  14. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ...   Epigenetics nation stuck with methylation correlation  In the 1980s, a lot of things were cool: Walkmans...problem is that many of these studies report correlations without clearly testing whether a certain methylation... dCas9-TET, allowing one to study the causal relationship between DNA demethylation and gene expression...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...fluorophore--think of it as a virtual photon 3. Relaxation of the acceptor fluorophore back to its ground...donor-acceptor pair and a change in FRET efficiency correlates with a change in the distance and/or orientation...simultaneously would further increase the amount of correlated information available from a cellular process...
  16. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    ..., give it back to you, and for you to make the relevant alterations before submitting - handing them your...in your research proposal are originality and relevance. When reading through your proposal, ask yourself...your work, or even the successful use of your preliminary data to secure further funding. Make it clear...
  17. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    ...major advances in light microscopy, particularly related to the neurosciences.  These developments in microscopy...microscopy) (16).  Both 3DISCO and CLARITY have relied on the use of transgenic mice in which a subpopulation... our understanding of the structure-function relationship of the central nervous system under normal and...
  18. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ...near the beginning or end of a reaction is often unreliable, we suggest using the “Somewhat similar sequences... that you can extract practically every single reliable base pair from your results. This option is not...searches Once you have used blastn to determine the reliable portion of a Sanger sequencing result and noted...
  19. Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?

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    ...For a breakdown of GFP, it's variants, and their relevant mutations, check out Marcy's post from last week...not narrow enough to distinguish between closely related colors. Furthermore, most FPs  have a broad range...College of Medicine. He is interested in everything related to gene expression, particularly at the RNA level...
  20. Introducing Addgene's New Search - Find Plasmids More Easily For Your Research!

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    ... terms used, so you will only be shown filters relevant to your current search. We’ll take a closer look...and filters change as we now only show options relevant to your current search terms and potential results...helpful information about the subject, link to related guides and protocols, and provide easy to sort ...
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