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TypeBlog Post...environmental pollutants, drug discovery, and disease diagnosis. As biosensors, aptamers hold a few important...largely in vitro; Easy and reproducible commercial synthesis (those of us who have used antibodies for diagnostics...
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Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors
TypeBlog Post... (BDNF). BDNF is a small protein involved in neurogenesis, neuronal survival, and synaptic plasticity....Groves, J. O. "Is it time to reassess the BDNF hypothesis of depression?." Molecular psychiatry 12.12 (... -
Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview
TypeBlog Post...not need to be grant aims. Each aim could be the basis of a single grant. Either way, think realistically...tools? A novel dataset? Unique expertise? A novel hypothesis? Part of the motivation for doing the research... -
Hot Plasmids - November 2023
TypeBlog Post...Susanna Stroik The Liu lab recently used phage-assisted continuous evolution and protein engineering to... Doman, J.L., Pandey, S., et al. (2023). Phage-assisted evolution and protein engineering yield compact... -
Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries
TypeBlog Post...screening, followed by sequencing and further data analysis. Based on Figure 31.5.2 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...scripts provided by the depositing lab for data analysis. I'm often asked whether this step can be skipped... -
AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?
TypeBlog Post...image shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist of full particles (white arrowhead) relative to...Droplet Digital PCR versus qPCR for gene expression analysis with low abundant targets: from variable nonsense... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog Post...alternative tRNAs Codon optimization With low cost DNA synthesis, one of the primary ways researchers solve the...created codon optimization algorithms and DNA synthesis companies such as IDT and GenScript host online... -
CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?
TypeBlog Post...activators The simplest of the dCas9 activators consists of dCas9 fused to a single transcriptional activation...Mediator complex, generally the strongest activator, consists of a dCas9-VP64 fusion and a modified gRNA that... -
CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide
TypeBlog Post...be made easily and cheaply using oligo library synthesis. Prior to Cas9 activators, similar tools were ...function (Pan et al., 2018). cDNA libraries, which consist of plasmids that over-express coding sequences ... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog Post...content. References 1. Cho, Seung Woo, et al. "Analysis of off-target effects of CRISPR/Cas-derived RNA-guided... et al. "Feasibility for a large scale mouse mutagenesis by injecting CRISPR/Cas plasmid into zygotes.... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog Post...provenance (this is the history of the cell line consisting of records of the origin and propagation of the...Transition Is Required for Acquisition of Anoikis Resistance and Metastatic Potential in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma... -
Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications
TypeBlog Post...occasionally beaten to press, as there is so much analysis possible. Most scientists are, however, privileged...requirements and likely will not do so (calling it a “sisyphean task” given the endless types of data). Rather... -
Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference
TypeBlog Post..., Y., & Peng, C. (2018). Overview of MicroRNA biogenesis, mechanisms of actions, and circulation. Frontiers...Ørom, U. a. V. (2023). Recent progress in miRNA biogenesis and decay. RNA Biology, 21(1), 36–43. https:/... -
Five Popular Model Organisms
TypeBlog Post... set of mutations that made cancer cells more resistant to chemotherapy. You can find these plasmids at.... Thus yeast can be used to study the molecular basis of human diseases that are caused by a specific ... -
New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control
TypeBlog Post...physical structure, separate chromosomes during mitosis, support transport of organelles and vesicles, ...the samurai sword called a katana. Opto-katanin consists of two separate blue light-sensitive systems, ... -
Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing
TypeBlog Post...modification of interest, ordering them from a gene synthesis company such as IDT or Genscript, and cloning ...using adeno-associated virus (AAV)." Chromosomal Mutagenesis. Humana Press, New York, NY, 2015. 75-103. PubMed... -
An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI
TypeBlog Post... transmitted through the integrin, where it is resisted by the ligand embedded in the extracellular environment...development, extended-open integrins enable tissue morphogenesis, organ development, and the shaping of the extracellular... -
Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup
TypeBlog Post... et al. 2022). Lactate is a key metabolite in glycolysis, so this sensor will be a valuable tool to study...lifetime imaging. B) LiLac responses are highly resistant to pH changes. Image adapted from Koveal et al... -
How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget
TypeBlog Post... steps: 1. Define your timeline Start with your thesis in mind. Imagine the kind of data your dream discovery...consultant and coach in Boston, MA. He specializes in assisting research scientists create productive and manageable... -
CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
TypeBlog Post...advantage of CRISPR epigenetic tools is their persistence and inheritance. CRISPR activators and repressors... culture. However, DNMT3A-induced methylation persisted throughout a 100 day experimental period, as this...