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  1. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...outcomes on viability if cells are arrested too long. Prolonged cell cycle arrest can lead to apoptosis in as... you don’t accidentally change your protein of interest.   Fig. 2: Stop re-cutting with PAM and...
  2. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ... and efficient tools to introduce your gene of interest into cells. Unlike gamma-retroviruses that can...vector, a transfer vector including the gene of interest, and the plasmid coding for an envelope. Three...LTR promoter to drive expression of the gene of interest. Consequently, the levels of protein expression...
  3. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ...probability. Continuous inversion of the DNA sequence of interest can lead to poor expression of genes within that...lines that express Cre only in the cell type of interest (Atasoy et al. 2008; Cardin et al. 2009). Ligand...plasmids and the low concentration of recombinase restricts their expression to individual cells. With this...
  4. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...DNA or RNA nucleotides containing a sequence of interest (red) is amplified using Recombinase Polymerase...in complex with crRNA targeting the sequence of interest and an inactivated fluorescent RNA reporter. If...specifically targeted RNAs. Finally (and perhaps most interesting), Cas13a’s propensity to cleave any RNAs after...
  5. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ... this mutation by an adenine base editor would restore antibiotic resistance. To find such a protein, ...editing causes the creation or destruction of any restriction enzyme (RE) recognition site, RE analysis of ...University, University Park, USA. Dr. Molla is interested in precise genome editing in rice and uses base...
  6. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    ...discover new ways to reach our colleagues and other interested audiences quickly and concisely – video might...share any details about their research itself. Pinterest is also a favorite for millions and their visual...decide if reading more about the research is of interest. In his research, Scott Spicer concludes that ...
  7. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...isn’t for everyone, particularly if you’re more interested in selling a product than communicating your ...Reddit has a large and active community of people interested in science. You can see some of the conversations...prepared! The mechanics of doing the AMA were interesting. I started watching the questions and preparing...
  8. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    ...statistical methods, omission of some data, etc.  The firestorm that followed implementation of the policy comprised...Lastly, data is our raw product. If we don’t take interest in how it is released, we will be in danger of... publishers and funders. Clearly, it is in our interest to ensure that our data are reproducible and useful...
  9. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ...necessary for getting the plasmid express our gene of interest. This element is responsible for initiating the...role in determining where and when your gene of interest will be expressed.      The RNA polymerase...results or even kill your cells if your gene of interest is toxic. To combat this, scientists have created...
  10. March for Science

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    ...together as an interest group (15) While marchers are a group with one unifying interest (the advancement...thought of as just another party. Additionally, interest groups are often pandered to when strong or overlooked...
  11. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ...activation motif (ITAM). By fusing ITAM to an RTK of interest and co-expressing a cytosolic ZtSH2 reporter, ...that pYtags can be generalized to other RTKs of interest, they create sensors for FGFR1, EGFR and ErbB2...KRaION potassium sensors Whatever your analyte of interest, it’s important to choose a biosensor that has...
  12. Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing

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    ...that’s what keeps things interesting. And hopefully they’ll be just as interesting as the finished product...partially reopened. But there were still many restrictions in place, most importantly, masks.  Besides ...
  13. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    ...Google.slides or Powerpoint file right now to capture interesting key results, striking images, creative ideas,... write itself when the time comes. 5. Choose interesting content Talk about something you know a lot about...commercialized, just talking about the possibility is interesting. Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA 6. Practice, practice...
  14. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    ...multiple exons that, when deleted through NHEJ, will restore the dystrophin reading frame. gRNAs bind in intronic...this result, Nelson et al. find that dystrophin restoration is maintained for at least six months. Future..., Olson EN. Postnatal genome editing partially restores dystrophin expression in a mouse model of muscular...
  15. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    ..., please refer to the paper. Why might one be interested in state machine technology? Biological research...and/or sortable reporters in certain states of interest. For example, in Figure 2 below we present a two-input...researcher in the Lu Lab at MIT. He is broadly interested in biocomputing and biological circuits.     ...
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    ...million results (Here’s the top one, in case you’re interested). “But I’m an introvert!” is not an excuse. Every...someone else on that team is putting their own self-interest ahead of the team’s goals, then that team is destined...other person really is acting against the team’s interests or not; once that seed of distrust is planted,...
  17. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    ...chemogenetic/optogenetic constructs into our cells of interest. Although they have a small packaging capacity...chemogenetics vs. optogenetics) I’m particularly interested in using chemogenetic and optogenetic AAV-based...2001): 1248. PubMed PMID: 11509958. 8. Ferrari, Forrest K., et al. "Second-strand synthesis is a rate-limiting...
  18. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ...able to knock-in a 2xFLAG epitope into my gene of interest, I encountered low efficiency (0.13%) and laborious.... Figure 1: In the background are 504 restriction digests of PCR products used to identify a single...CRISPR plasmids page. Future perspectives It is interesting to note that recipients for the 2015 Breakthrough...
  19. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?

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    ...focus fluorescence from reaching a detector or restricting fluorescence to specific excitation volumes to...reduction in signal intensity. 2-Photon microscopes restrict excitation (and bleaching) to a single focal point... a large axial range. 2-photon imaging, which restricts excitation and photobleaching to the focal plane...
  20. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    ...to a fluorophore. When paired with a protein of interest, these tools provide an easier means to identify...of cellular components, typically a protein of interest. Fluorescent dyes and ligands vary in their chemical...fluorescent ligands can elicit varying degrees of β-arrestin-2 recruitment to receptors, indicating their agonistic...
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