...one be interested in state machine technology? Biological research has produced a massive amount of information...processes that are influenced by temporally ordered biochemical events. How do RSMs work? The state of an RSM...prescribed region of DNA termed the “register”. Each chemical input to an RSM drives expression of a distinct...performed on one register at a time. If a particular application makes it difficult to isolate single registers...state read-out method may not be suitable for applications that require minimal cellular perturbation. ...The input plasmid (high copy, ColE1 origin of replication), contains large serine recombinase genes downstream...contains the register. Depending on the desired application, the inducible promoters we used to drive recombinase...

...relationships as part of the job application process can dramatically increase the chances of being seriously...demonstrate in your application). Beware the myths of scientist “overqualification” but it may not be ... of a resume can be crucial for a successful application. It takes time to prepare an excellent resume... Many job postings will result in hundreds of applicants the day they are posted.  If your resume is not... here for more on timely submission of a job application. 3) Read job descriptions carefully Be open minded...bold. You don’t have to have all of the listed qualifications to apply for a position.  A job description...wish list and the hiring manager knows that no applicant is likely to meet all the criteria. Note the criteria...

...Kusumika (Kushi) Mukherjee, editor of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, a Cell Press reviews journal. Stem...stem cells are: Their ability to self-renew or replicate while maintaining the undifferentiated “stem” ...differentiate only into myogenic precursor cells [5]. Classification of stem cells Stem cells are classified into...differentiate into cells of peripheral blood. Typically, there is a very small number of ASCs in each ...Limited. Only specific cell types can be produced Ethical concern High. Embryos are destroyed during ESC ...of post-transplantation rejection when used therapeutically High Low (if ASCs are isolated from the patient...bypass the transplantation compatibility issues and ethical concerns of ESCs. As iPSCs can be sourced directly...

...must make is which system you will use, or more specifically, the type of cells that will be used to make...spanning both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Typically, what system is used is dictated by the specific...so most labs opt to purchase adenoviruses from dedicated adenoviral production labs or companies. Production...something you may have to optimize for your specific application. With mammalian systems, it is standard to do... one passage (transfection). This differs from typical insect cell preparations, which we talk about below... below. Processing The viral supernatant is typically collected over the course of a couple days to increase...supernatant will depend on the virus type. AAV is typically purified using methods like ultracentrifugation...

... many biological research situations, the relevant volume is that of the cell. For the physical behaviors...experimental study of GFP-based FRET, with application to intrinsically unstructured proteins. Protein Sci, ...noncovalent dimers. This property of EGFP can lead to significant artifacts. If you're using green fluorescent ...problem for fusion proteins. One of the major applications of FPs is to visualize the localization, dynamics...monomeric FPs are not actually monomeric, at least in practical terms. The propensity of a particular type of ... Fusion of an FP to a transmembrane protein significantly increases the effective concentration of the...structures are large (microns), bright, non-physiological, and difficult to ignore [1, 2]. 2. Fusion to...

...strengthened my critical thinking and problem solving abilities, increased my technical know-how, and helped...the bench, look for “technical or product support specialist,” “field application scientist,” or “scientific...scientific or technical writer,” among others. Don’t discount job postings looking for PhD applicants since many... helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to be exactly the type... many will also accept applications from master’s candidates with experience.  Use LinkedIn to see what... you’re interested in (i.e. biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, etc.) Do their jobs sound interesting? Is ...deeper foundation of scientific knowledge and technical know-how that increased my autonomy and satisfaction...

...outcomes of the screen for improved genetically-encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) based on the ASAP sensors...what you'll find in this post: Improved voltage indicator: JEDI-2P Novel class of light-gated potassium...-Myc [9E10] now available! Improved voltage indicator: JEDI-2P  by: Brian O'Neill  The François St-Pierre...have successfully developed an improved voltage indicator (GEVI) called JEDI-2P. Using a custom, high-throughput...predecessor GEVIs (called ASAP 1 and 2), they found an indicator that is optimized for 2-photon imaging of voltages...Sustained deep-tissue voltage recording using a fast indicator evolved for two-photon microscopy. Cell, 18, 3408...optogenetic silencer in experiments with mouse cortical neurons, far out-performing previous attempts ...

...The fix/perm solutions can make a significant difference in the efficacy of your antibody. When compared...procedure enables quantification of antibody performance in major research applications. eLife, 12, RP91645...that the antibody being published doesn’t always indicate the presence of supportive data. To be supportive...that the antigen being detected in the intended application — here, flow cytometry — is the desired target... saponin. 400,000 cells were stained with the indicated Synaptotagmin-1 antibodies and corresponding Multi-rAb...multiple timepoints. When the target of interest is critical to cell survival or proliferation, an additional...this approach should also allow for the clear identification of the cell types of interest. By correlating...

...drives and their ramifications. Readers unfamiliar with academia’s challenges with publication and funding ...and CRISPR of course address some of the ethical implications of using these technologies, but also the...Connecticut College who has been teaching and communicating science for over two decades, attempts to answer... primarily on fluorescent proteins and their applications, tackles much broader issues in this brief volume...sexism in science, problems with peer-reviewed publications and funding, bioethics in the age of CRISPR,... and her essential-but-unlauded role in the identification of DNA’s double helix. Perhaps to the dismay...dismay of middle-aged scientists, the identification of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and its development...

...therapeutics. We’ll have more to say about clinical applications of CRISPR in the next section. In order ...and aceylation, respectively (these are chemical modifications, or functional groups, found on lysine)..., start, and stop. For instance (chr3, 1, 10) indicates a stretch of DNA at the very beginning of the ... Table 1. Because of DNA’s 3D geometry and the chemical properties of modified histones, a genomic region...(ESCs). Your ChIP-seq finds just over 13,000 significant binding peaks for NANOG in the human genome. ...maintaining ESCs. So which of these 13,000 regions are critical? One hypothesis: the enhancers! This leads us ...approach for designing an experiment to identify the critical NANOG binding sites: 1. Find Enhancers that have...

...containing a phage origin of replication that can be packaged into replication-incompetent phage particles...bacterial host range. To further potential clinical applications, Ando et al. recently engineered synthetic...the bacterial population. But what if we could specifically target only virulent or antibiotic resistant...essential processes: cell wall synthesis, DNA replication, or protein synthesis. Because they target such...antibiotics by their suppliers, and public health and medical organizations are working to help educate the public...encoded by a high-copy plasmid. In the case of the genomically encoded quinolone resistance, mediated by a single...represented here by cells of different colors, specifically targets bacteria with the given genomic or plasmid...

...networks in biological systems. NGS will also play significantly into the realm of clinical therapeutic...detection of KRAS mutations: diagnostic and clinical implications." The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 12.4...validation process, also known as CRISPR genotyping, is critical to demonstrating causal relationships between ... Figure 1: Schematic representations of the indicated unbiased genotyping options. Figure reproduced...those relating to DNA structure (e.g. epigenetic modification, bulges) that may also impact off-target edits...cell-based methods are genome-wide, unbiased identification of double-strand breaks (DSBs) evaluated by... amplicon sequencing (Hendel et al. 2015), a significant difference as CRISPR experiments move closer ...

... We’ve also created constructs with containing chemical tags such as the SNAP-tag, Halo-tag, and CLIP-...animals and fix the samples. When you use AAVs, it typically takes a few weeks to achieve optimal expression... Any longer and the cells may start to show morphological abnormalities due to the excessive amount of... levels of XFPs - Reduce the amount of tTA. Paradoxically, too much tTA leads to a reduced expression ...most likely by suppressing transcription. It is critical to express a minimal amount of tTA to achieve ...sensory systems focusing on the functional and anatomical maturation of the olfactory system.      Takeshi...University. His lab has been studying functional and anatomical aspects of sensory circuit development using ...

...basics but are here because you want to know the intricacies of transductions, we've got you covered there...The good news is that viruses are very valuable biological tools, and with the right safety considerations...infiltration into a cell. The twist is that the typical genetic cargo — the viral genome — is swapped, ...vector containing the cargo of interest is then typically transfected along with viral packaging plasmids...risk management when working with viral vectors. Typically, one day after transfection into the production...expression or integration resulting from transduction typically plateaus within a few days to a few weeks, depending...viral preps available for a variety of broadly applicable and popular viral vectors. Check out our viral...

...Effective verbal and written communication skills are key to publication and acquisition of funding. If...  Writing Communication Publicity Consulting internships Communication Teamwork Management...Models Communication Regulatory knowledge Networking Blogging Writing Communication Networking... skills such as leadership, management, and communication. A great approach to fully understand and acquire...find open positions and view their required qualifications and skill sets Taking the time to identify... science class: Science Club for Girls) Communication to diverse audiences Organization Mentorship...  Leadership Management Marketing Communication Business models Conference or club organizer...

...has and will continue to dramatically increase the number of CRISPR applications. The first non-Cas9 CRISPR... D1135E variant is far more selective for the canonical S. pyogenes PAM sequence NGG compared to wild-...variant may increase the specificity of genome modifications at DNA targets adjacent to NGG PAM sequences...VRER variants is similar to wild-type SpCas9, indicating that the variants are likely just as selective...Wolfe SA, Sontheimer EJ (2018) NmeCas9 is an intrinsically high-fidelity genome-editing platform. Genome...doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3609 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kim E, Koo T, Park SW, Kim D, Kim...10.1038/ncomms14500 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver BP, Prew MS, Tsai SQ...

...addition to certain staff scientists and those in technical roles. Therefore, institutions are responsible...suggested that the salary level should now be automatically adjusted every 3 years. In May 2016, Secretary...centrally administered, which leads to many complications, including the inability of some institutions...paid. Institutional salary policies are one indicatator of how salaries may changes due to the FLSA. ...from $43,692 to $48,216, an increase of 10.4%. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York is...of the postdoctoral workforce. Based on our communications with and research on these institutions, we...to the new level:  We are still waiting for an indication of what (most of) Harvard, Johns Hopkins, (most...

...position at Addgene, the skeptical applicant asked if she would partake in “critical thinking” in the position... of time that doesn’t involve critical thinking. Former Addgenie Jessica Welch says, “[It] seems counter-intuitive...collaborating, managing, and communicating. After years of focusing on my technical skills with cloning and...involves a few key features that can be difficult to replicate in other work settings: The sense of being the...it. The opportunity to be creative and think critically. One of the very first times I interviewed a ...transferable skills. Transferable skills are the non-technical skills you pick up wherever you work, and you’...careers and desk jobs “alternative careers.” Realistically, based on the numbers of PhDs and available ...

...Marker-independent identification of glioma-initiating cells. The International Cell Line Authentication Committee... the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC)...have tended to avoid cell culture in favour of biochemical assays followed by in vivo testing. The mantra...propagation of the line, and can include assays for authentication and contamination) and cell lines can become...Estimates of the amount of money wasted in basic oncological research due to contamination are in the tens...let alone the human cost. Here are just a few publications which have since been retracted due to cell ... and most diverse of these repositories is the American Type Culture Collection aka ATCC where I work....

...on DNA, or are enzymatically active. For this reason, recombinant proteins are typically expressed in E...expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT lon hsdSB (rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pLysS...expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT lon hsdSB (rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pLysE...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT hsdSB(rB- mB-) gal dcm (DE3) pRARE2 (...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication fhuA2 [lon] ompT gal (λ DE3) [dcm] ∆hsdS/ pLemo...Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F-, Φ80ΔlacM15, thi, lac-, mtl-, recA+, KmR Expression...medium. Induction timing is important, as you typically want to make sure your cells have first reached...