...a glossary at the end of this post! Figure 1: Base transitions are edits between the purine bases...uracil DNA glycosylase. Nature Communications, 15(1), 4897. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49343-5...uracil-DNA glycosylase. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6397. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50012-w...an abasic site. Like in most other base editor designs, the Cas9 nicks the non-edited strand to encourage...

...offers insight into a career as a Professor. Step 1: Your PI forwards you a Request For Applications (...proposal typically lists the deliverables, explains 1-2 potential pitfalls of the intended protocol, and...application. It typically includes overview information, key dates, funding description, research plan, award... setbacks, and potential alternative routes, Provides opportunities to convince others why a project...aspects are understood. While reading the funding description, pay attention to the keywords used and think...grant applications restrict the space available to describe the proposed work. Thus, every single sentence...literature and offer educated insight into what the desirable features of future technologies should offer in...

...on a transport inhibitor response 1 (TIR1) expressed under a desired promoter with a specific spatiotemporal...and accurately in a “single pot.’   Figure 1: Single-Pot Assembly: a) Graphic depiction of chromatin...repository that will help epigenetic researchers custom design their own engineering plasmid tools in about a ...cloning, the Haynes lab’s Protocols.io protocol describes an elegant system that allows for the assembly... cells that make up the human body and G-baToN provides versibility in tracking and modulating the interactions...interests via CRISPR techniques. This tool-kit includes an array of FPs as well as additional useful tags...libraries encode target sites flanked by randomized nucleotides in place of a protospacer adjacent motif (PAM...

...of interest and the metal ions.      Fig. 1: A sample containing a polyhistidine tagged protein... Bio/Technology. 1988; 6: 1321–1325. Janknecht R, de Martynoff G, Lou J, Hipskind RA, Nordheim A, Stunnenberg... for nonspecific binding of untagged proteins. Despite being a relatively low frequency amino acid, proteins... I place the tag and how many do I need? When designing a plasmid containing a polyhistidine tag, you’...

...all the colors of the CRISPRainbow. Figure 1: CRISPRainbow was used to track the localization of...is available as a kit from Addgene.   References 1. Chen, Baohui, et al. “Dynamic Imaging of Genomic ...ortholog requires a different PAM sequence, a gRNA designed for one dCas9 should be specific to that ortholog...boxB Magenta boxB-MS2 White boxB-MS2-PP7 Despite the success of Ma et al.’s approach, fluorescently...genome editing. Such a system has been previously described for transcriptional activation/repression and ...

...state of a system that, despite all of its successes, has many deep-rooted flaws (1). As we discovered through... Follow David on Twitter @driglar.     References 1. Alberts, Bruce, et al. "Rescuing US biomedical research...all bad, however - there are some signs that the tides may be turning. In 2013, the NIH announced its first...in Scientific Training (BEST) awards, which are designed to support new approaches that address the need...

...in transcriptional repression, activity dependent de-repression, chromatin remodeling, gene activation...therapies to clinical trials in 2021. Figure 1: Schematic of the human MECP2 locus and MECP2 protein...Tillotson R, Selfridge J, Koerner MV, Gadalla KKE, Guy J, De Sousa D, Hector RD, Cobb SR, Bird A (2017) Radically...that MECP2 binds to methylated CpG dinucleotides and CAC trinucleotides during neuronal maturation (Tillotson...If you’re new to Rett Syndrome, this blog post describes the history of Rett Syndrome research, the role...MECP2 in Rett Syndrome Rett Syndrome was first described in 1966 by Austrian physician, Andreas Rett, who... his observations in a German medical journal. Decades later and after years of painstaking work trying...

...the lab running like a well-oiled machine. Lab tip #1: Glove trick Putting on lab gloves can sometimes be...distribution. Lab tip #3: Barcode everything Use barcodes and scanners to keep track of reagents in your...materials quickly and easily. Learn more about using barcodes. Check out our “Lab Tip” filter on the blog...

...bioengineering, but it wasn’t clear whether they could 1) be decorated with proteins and remain functional,...Follow her on Twitter @jessicapolka.     References 1. Kanabrocki, J. A., Quackenbush, R. L. & Pond, F. ...of R bodies R bodies have been studied for many decades, and they were known to be resistant to detergents...

...The main differences between Cas7-11 and Cas13 are 1). non-specific RNA cleavage and 2). cell toxicity.... targeting single stranded RNA.   Table 1: Fast facts on Cas family proteins and genome editing...in one direction. Cas3 is thus not helpful for designer genome edits, but it is effective at wiping out...David, Chen, S., Janice, et. al. Programmed DNA destruction by miniature CRISPR-Cas14 enzymes. Science, 362...

...company culture.  It’s also a good idea to prepare 1-2 unique questions for each interviewer by looking...to take notes after each interview.   Tailor your 1-hour presentation to your audience Start by asking...method seems simple, I found it hard to remember to describe all four parts of a STAR answer once the interview... because sometimes companies have relaxed dress codes for interviews. You can also ask HR for clarification...

...halorhodopsins to silence neuronal activity (Figure 1) (Wiegert et al., 2017). How to get an opsin into... rather than aversive stimuli. In a recent paper, de Jong and colleagues used rAAV FLEx-based vectors ...brain regions associated with motivated behaviors (de Jong et al., 2019). FLEx vectors represent, therefore...developmental biology at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Her love for educational science led her to...neuroscience 8.9 (2005): 1263. PubMed PMID: 16116447. de Jong, Johannes W., et al. "A neural circuit mechanism...scientific communication manager at genOway. A few decades ago, the brain remained elusive, not from a lack...Boyden et al., 2005; Deisseroth et al., 2006). Despite its relatively recent development, the history ...

...for locating and containing escaped flies. Nature 4:1-22. https://doi.org/4.01.2022/hafd... research, particularly genetics research, for decades. Its short life cycle, reasonably close genetic...

...scavenger hunt and the subsequent clue. (Begin with clue 1 below!) You will find five photos this way. At the...and have unleashed them all over our recently redesigned blog. 🐕 Your task is to find them, scavenger...

...impartial. The best science happens when scientists have 1) the courage to make mistakes and 2) the integrity...policies that “muzzle” government scientists to the de-funding of crucial environmental research programs...of what I saw are that we, as a society, need to: 1) use more citations for out data so our sources are...and minority communities, where these issues hit hardest. According to the Guttmacher Institute, most women...was supremely proud of Nashville that morning. Despite the rain, about 4,000 supporters of science showed... an agenda that halts current data collection, destroys existing data, and guts future funding.I marched...science belongs to the taxpayers who fund it, and we deserve to know the truth about our world. Jonathan Aguilar...

...Fragment? Consider the classic IgG antibody (Figure 1): it is composed of four peptide chains (two identical...that actually bind antigens.      Figure 1: IgG antibody structure with important features labeled...talking about here? Many of the Fab fragments described above can be used for similar applications and...

...Glycine-HCl 25–200 mM SDS 0.1%–1% (w/v) Tween 20 (optional) 1% (v/v) HCl Adjust to pH 2.0...2.0–2.2 For the mildest stripping solution, omit the Tween 20. Once your solution is made, you’ll...

...interrogated by the optical system (Figure 1).   Figure 1: Cells expressing a particular surface ...populations of cells in a complex tissue or sample (1). When combined with cell sorters, this technology...assessed for the desired parameter. A droplet containing a cell that is positive for a desired parameter is...their observations. However, while flow cytometry provides analysis at the cellular level, it cannot be used...degree of scatter is captured by detectors and provides useful information about the cell. Light that ... traveling is called forward scatter (FSC) and provides information about the relative size of the cell...initially traveling is called side scatter (SSC) and provides information about the cell’s complexity. A cell...

...systems reviewed here. The only required components are 1) a SMASh-tagged protein and 2) asunaprevir (small ... tag size, which can also be handy!   Fig 1. dTag molecules induce dimerization of an FKBP12F36V...degradation of the tagged protein. Degrons are destabilizing domains which will be identified by various ...proteasome for degradation. Like several other tags described here, the dTAG uses a small molecule, a tag, and...protein for imaging. Given its popularity and widespread usage, a proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC... The auxin-inducible degron (AID) system is the oldest system reviewed here. The AID system relies on ...Thankfully, this is a hot topic with many resources! In Bondeson et al, they review all the tags discussed here...

...depths (1 mm), important for certain applications such as in vivo tissue imaging.   Figure 1: Ace-mScarlet...fluorescent output. The GEVI family of gadgets includes Ace, JEDI, and many more. They can be targeted...component as well as a small molecule which we will describe in more detail below. Types of Voltage Indicators...Drosophila to phosphatases from sea squirts. This design structurally separates the two components of the...membrane, a concern with several of the previously described systems. Several adaptations of this method have...voltage sensing component (i.e., rhodopsin naturally resides in the membrane), or both. Targeting these systems...