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  1. Dos & Don'ts When Publishing a Scientific Manuscript

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    ... paper for publication in a scientific journal requires several considerations. First, it is important...; the reviewer’s name and affiliations, and the entire referee report are permanently attached to the .... If the reviewers suggest that the manuscript requires revisions, the authors can publish a new version...with the journal’s house style and check that all required information is provided. The clearer you write...
  2. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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    ... “make the ask” once you have found someone you admire and want to learn from. Check out Joanne's Reddit...learn. Mentors can be senior to you or peers you admire.  If you see someone who gives a great talk, ask...path you are interested in following? Someone you admire for their insight and way of expressing it in meetings...locally. Your university probably has an alumni directory. Alumni who enter their information in these searchable...
  3. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...programmed to bind to essentially any DNA sequence desired. This technology allows you to create a pair of...knock out a gene. One can also exploit homology-directed repair by flooding the cell with a mutant template...to build a DNA-binding domain to recognize any desired 15 base pair sequence in the genome in rapid fashion...to create zinc finger nucleases that will bind desired sequences. TALENs are much more reliable. If you...
  4. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...contributed by guest blogger, Gary McDowell, executive director of Future of Research. On December 1st 2016, many...salaries - in some cases reversing these decisions entirely. At Future of Research, we had been collecting...are going ahead with raises anyway, including the entire faculty of the biochemistry department at the University...McDowell! Gary S. McDowell is currently the Executive Director of Future of Research. He is interested in advocating...
  5. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...is the output. The input, plasmid copy number, directly influences gene expression. By itself, increasing... the promoter region, which is predicted to be required to decouple gene expression and plasmid number... example, the synthesis of deoxychromoviridans requires three genes whose proteins are needed sequentially...ideally be optimized to promote generation of the desired product while avoiding the accumulation of toxic...
  6. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    ...is tested following each immunization until the desired level of antibodies is reached - typically within...within 2-4 months. After the animal has the desired level of antibodies in its bloodstream, the antibodies...recognize other antibodies) in experiments that require multiple antibodies that each detect a different...Once an animal has undergone a terminal bleed to acquire all of its serum, there is no more of that exact...
  7. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    ...In a recent law review article we received some entirely unsolicited praise: “Addgene, for one, is a sterling... 3.5 Addgenies strong. The Addgene Board of Directors is mature and poised to support our growth. Thanks...outgoing Chair) and Dave Root (incoming Chair) and our entire supportive Board, we have a robust committee process...referrals. Our long reaching reputation helps us hire great people from farther away via connections and...
  8. Antibodies 101: Fab Fragments

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    ...secondary antibody you should use when performing indirect immunoassays. The Fab regions, on the other hand...hand, are the “arms” of the Y and comprise the entire light chain and a variable and constant region of...to detect a Fab fragment, it either needs to be directly conjugated to a reporter or you need a light-chain...specific conjugated secondary antibody. These requirements limit the flexibility of and demand for Fab ...
  9. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...different mechanism thought to be associated with bidirectional transcription. In an uninfected cell, dsRNA ...interspersed nuclear elements can generate dsRNA by bidirectional transcription or as inverted repeats. These ...genomes which can produce dsRNA as a result of bidirectional transcription of their circularized DNA. These...dsDNA molecule, it does so at the expense of the unpaired DNA strand. A ssDNA molecule exists within the...
  10. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    ... some 400 molecules that have been shown to be required by one or more NRs for efficient and timely activation...Primary or core coregulators (those that interact directly with NRs) exist in steady-state complexes with...the new version of the NURSA website will feature direct links to listings of available plasmids for our...relationship with Addgene for the benefit of the entire research community. Thank you to our guest bloggers...
  11. Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools

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    ...that the artifactual PSCs commonly observed with direct stimulation are largely absent in the soCoChR-expressing...BBa_J23100) and expresses N-demethylases and other required enzymes, including a glutathione S-transferase... ΔguaB E. coli are missing an essential enzyme required for conversion of xanthine into guanine, and without...choice for FRET assays where a dark acceptor is desired due to its very low quantum efficiency. ShadowY...
  12. CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!

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    ...engineering for each loci, CRISPR/Cas systems only require changing the programmable guide RNA. Gene activation... “first generation” CRISPR activator. While it requires a relatively simple construct, it exhibits modest...activation, dCas9-VP64 is great for experiments that requires modest gene activation. Synergistic Activation... to other notable CRISPR activators is that it requires a fusion protein, rather than relying on a two-component...
  13. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    ...heard from friends that Scientist positions often required a one-hour presentation about a prior research...manager or recruiter what presentation format they require. Frequently they will ask you to present about ...similar answer in a following interview. Expect to be tired once the interview is complete Industry interviews... interviewers might.  You’ll probably still be required to give a job talk for a remote interview. Fielding...
  14. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...formation via NHEJ, precise modification with Homology Directed Repair (HDR), CRISPR activation or repression,... edits compared to DNA transfection.  Homology directed repair (HDR) with Nanoblades CRISPR-based HDR ...To utilize HDR, a donor template containing the desired sequence flank by homology arms must be delivered...with CRISPR components. However, this sometimes requires intracellular injections into the cytoplasm or...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ...reporters specially designed for the aims and requirements of in vivo studies. A particularly useful sensor...or the axon (GCaMP6 only). The genetic elements required for Drosophila studies have been added for jGCaMP7...various AAV serotypes, researchers can precisely direct the calcium sensor to specific tissues or even ...molecular neuroscience. 2014 Nov 18;7:88. Tian L, Hires SA, Looger LL. Imaging neuronal activity with genetically...
  16. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ...be dull and painful to sit through (imagine the entire audience playing Candy Crush or reading email).... interviews. The idea is to ask questions in a directed way to bring out these interesting stories and... happens, but get things back on track if the direction of the interaction is not interesting to the audience...politely but firmly get them to stop talking and redirect the conversation. The person you cut off might...
  17. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    ... steel wire into a backbone structure of a protein, based on its atomic coordinates. These wire models...This post was contributed by Tim Herman, director of the MSOE center for BioMolecular Modeling and the...our guest blogger Tim Herman! TIm Herman is the director of the MSOE center for BioMolecular Modeling and...
  18. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ... a derivative of Cas9, but the ever-expanding repertoire of CRISPR has brought many other Cas effectors...part of the Class 1 CRISPR family, which means it requires multiple Cas effectors to carry out genomic editing... or just random mutations if the chromosome is repaired with all the original DNA. With Cas3, you don’...Mashimo, T. (2019). CRISPR-Cas3 induces broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications...
  19. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...(Are the inserts of different sizes?), and the desired coverage for the library (How important is it that...  The most important factor to consider is your desired library coverage, since this will help decide what...determined experimentally. For larger libraries that require hundreds of nanograms of DNA, you will likely need...bacteria will be its own colony, and will not be in direct competition with other colonies containing smaller...
  20. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...Potential PIs Even if you’re applying to a school that requires its students to do rotations in different labs...to introduce yourself to a few members of your desired department during the application process. Many...However, an online meeting with members of your desired program will allow for you to have the time and...is right for you outside of just the program requirements: by talking to current students about the work...
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