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TypeBlog Post...can be hard to visualize or perturb these slower-changing bioelectric states in living cells. Since bioelectrical...PMID: 29684787. Oviedo, Néstor J., et al. "Long-range neural and gap junction protein-mediated cues control... Angela Abitua...
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Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control
TypeBlog Post...sure the feature you want to verify is within this range. Read some of our other blog posts for more tips... simplify the process. First, nearly all of our Sanger sequencing is done from glycerol stocks (overnight..., and not all providers are equipped to perform Sanger sequencing from glycerol stocks, so make sure to... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog Post...are for the coaching relationship. Do you want to change jobs? Grow your professional presence? Learn a ...and make direct suggestions for improvement and change. Work with the coach to define how you will know...work with you remotely (by phone, Skype or Google Hangout) but in-person coaching is nice if you can get ... -
Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9
TypeBlog Post... loci, and much more. Now, researchers from the Zhang, Joung, and Doudna labs have improved the on-target...CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing can result in unwanted changes at non-target sites. Means to decrease these so-called... Recognizing these issues, researchers from the Zhang lab at the Broad Institute, the Joung lab at Harvard... -
Antibodies 101: Conjugation
TypeBlog Post...microscopy, flow cytometry, or spectrophotometry. The range of fluorophores available for antibody conjugation...and ELISAs. Chromogenic reactions produce a color change, so they are typically used in microscopy-based... choice for ELISAs. Biotin Biotin is used in a range of antibody-based assays. Biotin itself is not visible... -
Working with Nuclear Receptors
TypeBlog Post... govern expression of genes involved in a broad range of reproductive, developmental, metabolic, and immune... expression and reporter plasmids and the free exchange of these vectors between laboratories. The development...Reading: Chawla, A., Repa, J. J., Evans, R. M.and Mangelsdorf, D. J. (2001). Nuclear receptors and lipid physiology... -
Engaging with science and society at pgEd
TypeBlog Post...information briefs for policymakers. The rapidly changing landscape of genetics and our consistent stream...society, and an ability to talk about science in a language that can be understood by those who are not experts...communicate in very technical and jargon-filled language in academic writing and presentations. But for... -
BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development
TypeBlog Post...the glycan biosynthetic pathway and have a wide range of clinical manifestations. PMM2-CDG is the most...cause of rare diseases. Spontaneous mutations that change protein sequence affect arginine (Arg) amino acids...missense mutant alleles that cause human disease change Arg to another amino acid. Clearly, the development... -
Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
TypeBlog Post...cell types and for viewing how gene expression changes through time or after genetic manipulation. The...tissue sample, several washes, and temperature changes to visualize the expression of specific genes. ... Angela Abitua... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog Post...common and will stand out; however, be careful not to hang your poster too low. If it is pinned to low, some...inserted into larger circles or ovals, that are arranged in some logical pattern across the poster. This...into circular shapes rather than a square or rectangular boxes. Background and color One of the best ... -
Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps
TypeBlog Post...experiment. References 1. Kutner, Robert H., Xian-Yang Zhang, and Jakob Reiser. "Production, concentration... 16836756. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1534021. 3. Zhang, Bing, et al. "The significance of controlled conditions... -
Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
TypeBlog Post...Virus-specific concerns In nature, some viruses are more dangerous than others, and the same holds true for types...For many researchers, viruses might be the most dangerous things they work with, and that can understandably...let you work with these valuable tools without endangering yourself or others. Happy transducing! Resources... -
7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors
TypeBlog Post...the only right way, and Indecisives, who keep changing their minds and have trouble making decisions....talking about your emotions, such as frustration or anger, because your discussion will get side-tracked, ...instead of email. As you cannot see a person’s body language or sense their tone of voice in an email, there... -
Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)
TypeBlog Post...AAV-containing 40% fraction is collected and buffer exchanged to remove the iodixanol and concentrate the purified...or the virus can be stored at 4 °C and buffer exchanged the next day. Refer to the AAV Iodixanol Gradient...correctly. When aliquoting purified and buffer exchanged virus, remember to make one or two small aliquots... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog Post...transformation amplification protocol is the Chong Zhang E. coli Genome-wide Inhibition Library. DNA and...SPLINTR Libraries (PDF, 401 KB) Screening Zhang Lab - Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors...transcriptional activation screening, a protocol paper by the Zhang lab, and the Broad Institute’s general pDNA Library... -
Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR
TypeBlog Post...Our first story focuses on a technology that has changed virtually all of biology…CRISPR. Since the discovery...Pyhtila et al., 2023). Our thanks to Rodolphe Barrangou for his authorial contributions to, and support...References Pyhtila, B., Kasowitz, S., Leeson, R., & Barrangou, R. (2023). The Expanding Dissemination and Distribution... -
No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins
TypeBlog Post... phagemid pDX_init plasmid, using the fragment exchange (FX) cloning technique which uses Type IIS restriction.... Wrapp D, De Vlieger D, Corbett KS, Torres GM, Wang N, Van Breedam W, Roose K, van Schie L, Hoffmann... Angela Abitua... -
Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog Post...overwhelming when you are presented with a sea of strangers. Try things like sitting at a table for lunch ... for myself like meet ten new people each day. Exchange business cards. When you’re done networking for... Jennifer Tsang... -
Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications
TypeBlog Post...thus a heat resistant enzyme that can withstand changes in temperature. Taq was first identified in the...Annealing- The temperature is then dropped to a range in which the forward and reverse primers are stable...Quantifying low abundance targets Monitoring subtle changes in target DNA levels Multiplex PCR Amplify... -
Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo
TypeBlog Post...represent the views of Addgene. Addgene performs Sanger sequencing on select regions of all distributed... NgAgo/ssDNA requires incubation at 55 °C - a dangerous, non-physiological temperature for mammalian cells...website. 4. Hsu, Patrick D., Eric S. Lander, and Feng Zhang. "Development and applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for...