...genome-wide library deposited by Leopold Parts. This library delivers 2 randomly paired guides per construct...through our hot plasmids articles. These articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and ... can both process crRNA and carry out the crRNA-guided DNA cutting, unlike other well-characterized Cas...to delivery constraints and scientists seeking a wider range of targetable genomic sequences could benefit...researchers sift through thousands of cells to identify cells exhibiting properties of interest. However...of Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP). The team identified a new YFP variant, mGold. mGold was found to ...reduction in performance compared to larger genome-wide libraries. Find the library here New from the...

...trials involve identifying a therapeutic gene, finding a means to deliver it and identifying a suitable route...technologies have allowed scientists to quickly identify underlying genetic causes of some human conditions...example, it was possible to transduce the T-cells outside the body and thereby correct the mutations using...productive infection. AAV vectors are engineered to provide additional safety benefits: they lack all viral...immunity. AAV vectors are also capable of infecting a wide range of cell types including but not limited to...through direct evolution, capsid shuffling, and peptide displays. These capsids will be selected both for...to other gene delivery tools that are under consideration, recent advancements in various AAV technologies...

...example at an anniversary or for Girls’ Day, offer guided tours to show people where the lab magic is happening...share your knowledge at local schools. Or work as a guide in local museums, zoos or botanical gardens. You...Addgene are open to guest contributions. If you decide to start your own blog, check out these two excellent...record a podcast or put some effort into making a video? Use your unique talent to communicate science. ... Guardian, BBC Breakfast or the Londonist. BBC provides a peak into their day-to-day business with popular...Co-Ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) provides on-site courses in public engagement for institutions...media skills, writing about your research and residential communication. If science journalism is the path...

...lentiviruses in parallel, this approach should be considered. Similar to the p24 assay, titering via measurement...When using qPCR based methods for viral titration consider using a reverse transcriptase mutant in a separate...carryover. Functional titer Functional titer is considered a more accurate method to quantify virus as it...procedure can take several months but should be considered in labs that will routinely be producing virus...virus or require precise titers. Additional considerations for titering lentivirus Volume and transduction...batch of virus for long term use, you may want to consider using an aliquot that has been subjected to a ... labs that routinely produce virus may want to consider the more accurate proviral integration assay. ...

...person is able to communicate their ideas confidently while also considering the needs of other people. Some...Bramson, author “Coping with Difficult People,” identified seven types of difficult people: Hostile-aggressives...postdoctoral fellows are hesitant about expressing their ideas, especially if their supervisors are difficult people...frustration or anger, because your discussion will get side-tracked, and you might create even more conflicts...Your supervisor might not agree with all of your ideas, but he or she probably has reasons for it. Do not... strategies will help you to communicate with confidence earn respect from your supervisor. Whenever possible... resolve most conflicts if you communicate your ideas assertively, listen to his or her viewpoint, and...

... asking the panelists not to use any slides for the event. Slides are for presentations, not discussions... the prep calls, but often the prep calls provide good ideas for interesting questions. Be ready to encourage... panelist can contribute. The moderator should identify the funny, provocative or interesting stories ...the actual event, based on these interviews. The idea is to ask questions in a directed way to bring out...discussions. I will rarely work with a panel if slides are allowed. Don't put your panelists behind a table. ...it when the moderator sits in the middle, but the side can work. Only put out enough seats for the expected...more great tips on running panel discussions see Guidelines for Great Panels by Scott Kirsner and How to ...

...instead of recognizing nucleotide triplets, the components recognize individual nucleotides. This imparts TALENs...movie Ethan Hawke’s character revolts against class divide that is created by genetics.    Zinc finger nucleases...repair template.  Each zinc finger recognizes a nucleotide triplet and when several ZFNs are strung together...using a protein to recognize DNA sequences is not ideal. For the early generation gene editors, new amino... protein-based DNA-binding domain with a single-guide RNA sequence.  The Cas proteins, just like its predecessor...prospects of curing diseases caused due to single nucleotide variations in the genome.    Due to the rise ...reverse transcriptase. Using an elongated template + guide RNA called pegRNA (prime editing RNA), the prime...

... human gut flora. Guides targeted essential and non-essential genes with two guides per gene. The library...expressing guides that target essential genes were less represented while bacteria containing guides targeting... Jason Peters, Oren Rosenberg, and Carol Gross provides a streamlined suite of tools for using CRISPRi...Higher transfer rates are better suited for genome-wide CRISPRi library screening experiments where maintaining...biology of bacteria, Mobile-CRISPRi can be used to identify antibiotic resistance genes. Genes that are targets... modular nature allows for the customization of guides, promoters, selection markers, and different versions... Find bacterial CRISPR plasmids Read our CRISPR guide ...

...procedure The procedure (illustrated in the YouTube video below) is simple: After obtaining antibiotic-resistant...form a firm monolayer. The cell clones - easily identified from the plate circling- are then individually...plug by rapid pipetting, as shown in the YouTube video. Before returning the plate to the incubator, additional... a part of the body very sensitive to heat- the inside of the wrist or the cheek. (Parents of infants ... well separated. For this, you need to have some idea of the rate of growth of your specific cell line...cells we sometimes use TPP peelaway T-75 flasks to provide a greater surface area (the amount of agarose/DMEM...transfected clones. The technique is applicable to a wide variety of cell lines, from HEK to CHO cells to ...

...polymerase, tRNAs, ribonucleotides and amino acids. Cell-free expression systems are ideal for fast assembly... can then be translated at the ribosome into polypeptide chains that make up the primary structure of ...modifications including protein folding, formation of disulfide bridges, glycosylation and acetylation to create...Mammalian expression systems Mammalian cells are an ideal system for the expression of mammalian proteins ...of the T7 lac promoter and induced by lactose, provides the highest level of protein expression. Despite... and patience. Plant expression systems Plants provide a cheap and low-tech means of mass expression of...recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide allows for easier access and purification of a ...

...need some help. Today in our transferable skills guide: Negotiation. As a grad student, I thought that...perspective of all persons involved and be used as a guide to point you toward a creative solution where everyone...specific details about the individuals, each example provides a scenario where both people get something valuable...example shows, the ultimate resolution can involve ideas not related to the actual data collection task but... relationships with your colleagues within and outside of your organization. In my non-academic roles,...investing in me is also beneficial to them? I have an idea on how to improve my current workflow but I need...negotiation  Skills Snapshot: Negotiations When Cultures Collide: Managing Successfully Across Cultures by Richard...

... of their undergraduate experiences, they were provided with ample resources and a positive perspective...In 2018, the ASBMB and Burroughs Wellcome Fund provided seed funding to take this initiative to the next...just released report “Enhancing Dissemination of Evidence-Based Models for STEM PhD Career Development; ... for pd|hub which include building capacity to identify the most effective practices and disseminating...training approaches in a way that can be implemented widely in the community.  Talk alone is not going to drive...development and implementation of collections of evidence-based practices. These concrete programs and practices...PhD professional development are intended to be widely disseminated by “train the trainer” programs.  ...

...fluorescent dye or HRP via maleimide-labeling. Maleimide-labeling occurs when a maleimide group forms a covalent...found in cysteine. Maleimide-conjugated HRP can be found here and several maleimide-conjugated dyes are...reporter enzyme. For multicolor staining, careful consideration must be used when selecting which antibodies...only one primary antibody. This process can be avoided direct antibody fluorophore conjugates are used..., you can learn more about how nanobodies are identified in this review. If you just want to use the nanobodies...nanobodies are outlined below; no alpaca required. Decide Which Nanobody To Use: The table below summarizes...

...minimum, two components: the Cas9 protein and a guide RNA (gRNA) targeting your genomic site of interest...are some potential complications that must be considered when using this method:     Cells must be amenable...: generating single or multi-gene knockouts in a wide variety of cell types, gene editing using homology...of plasmid or viral-mediated delivery. You’ve decided to use RNPs, now what? Preparing the Cas9-gRNA ...native C547, allowing for ligation to pyridyl disulfide-activated ligands. Due to the concerns of off-target...is most appropriate for a given experiment. Considerations for RNP-mediated CRISPR experiments While using...with these types of experiments. One important consideration is that the Cas9-gRNA RNP will be degraded by...

...unturned, but cancer has been producing landslide after landslide, only adding more stones to the field.... recognition are a few methods by which tumors sidestep immune surveillance: Suppressing Function Antigen...beyond direct proximity to the tumor; chemokine-aided activation of APCs produces modified dendritic cells...However, these conventional therapies produce lasting side effects, damage healthy cells, and often cannot ...tumors. Monoclonal antibodies have been shown to aide chemotherapy and result in successful elimination...include: Cell heterogeneity Tumors are composed of a wide variety of cell types. This cell heterogeneity is...Tumors differ in their genotypic and phenotypic identities based on their level of progression, anatomical...

...with your colleagues. Start small by identifying the protocols, guides, or references that your labmates .... Or maybe you can’t find the molecular cloning guide you were sure was in one of those four white binders... the spine. For binders of protocols and data, consider using color coded binders and tabs (for different...easier to know where to start your search. Then identify the most frequently used pages in your notebooks...to protocols in real time. You may also want to consider moving your paper spreadsheets for reagent storage...information is backed up and edit tracking will help you identify when others have added or removed samples. Once...worked for you. Share your best tips, tricks, and ideas below. ...

...transparent zebrafish embryo develops outside of the mother, making them ideal for studying vertebrate embryogenesis...similar processes occur over days inside the mother, the zebrafish is an ideal system to observe embryogenesis...zebrafish-specific gene expression databases that provide information about when and where genes are active...tools for zebrafish Random mutagenesis screens provided a major toehold into understanding how genes control...deactivation method in zebrafish are short, modified oligonucleotides called morpholinos. When injected into zygotes...applications and conclusions Zebrafish are also popular outside of developmental biology, and are particularly ... the biological question, and zebrafish are not ideal for every application. Disadvantages include their...

... sgRNAs. Its RNA-guided nature makes CRISPRa much simpler to implement in genome-wide screens over cDNA...components, and several sgRNAs must be screened to identify effective ones. Simplified in vivo delivery using... then isolated and their genomic DNA sequenced. Guide RNAs targeting several known and some unknown regulators...including microglia, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes, provided that reporter genes specific to these cell types...of good flow cytometric antibodies for many CNS-resident cell types (microglia are a notable exception)...are often many more genetic strategies) and then consider whether traditional cDNA overexpression is suited... al. "CRISPR activation screens systematically identify factors that drive neuronal fate and reprogramming...

...always easy to identify the ideal codon for every amino acid across an entire polypeptide. Many researchers... growing polypeptide chain. One part of the tRNA contains the anticodon,  a three nucleotide sequence ...overview of peptide synthesis. A ribosome interacts with mRNA and charged tRNAs to build a peptide. Image ...Usage Tabulated from GenBank database (CUTG), that provides an electronic dataset for codon-usage of 257,468...synonymous codons based on an organism's codon bias. The idea is that scientists can make mutations throughout...

...needed to know more about. I caught up with her outside the room and sheepishly explained my situation ...established their own labs.  Fried chicken with a side of inspiration  I look back at the meeting with ...thought that binning Singletons together would provide a structure and support network for people attending...attending large meetings. A key was to provide each bin with a mentor who had attended the meeting multiple...promotion from those who could not participate but provided moral support was invaluable.  Mixing metaphors... comfortable at a large meeting. They had the confidence to meet someone new, as they’d been introduced...of approaches scientific meetings have taken to provide mentoring. For example, Goldschmidt conference,...