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  1. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    ...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 ...
  2. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    ... 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...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    ...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...
  4. Engaging with science and society at pgEd

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    ...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...
  5. A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More

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    ...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 ...
  6. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    ...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...
  7. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    ...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...
  8. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...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...
  9. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...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...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    ...phenomenon you will likely want to monitor the voltage change across the membrane of cardiac cells. Similarly...binding a Janelia Fluor (JF). The voltage-dependent changes in rhodopsin modulate the degree of quenching of...  References and Resources   References Beck C, Zhang D, Gong Y. Enhanced genetically encoded voltage ...
  11. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    ...in vivo. Locate your protein and see who it is hanging out with via colocalization - aka “are they close... possible that a large or charged FP fusion can change the subcellular localization of a protein of interest...and F. Heath Damron. "Rainbow Vectors for Broad-Range Bacterial Fluorescence Labeling." PloS one 11.3 ...
  12. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    ...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...
  13. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    ...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...
  14. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...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...
  15. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ...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...
  16. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    ...speakers each week, my department and graduate office arranged opportunities to meet with various professionals...volunteering, I was worried about becoming one of those angry, disappointed graduate students because I wasn’t...place to go once a week to get recharged. The fun change of pace helped break up the negativity and allowed...
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