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  1. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    ...transformation First, use enough DNA and competent bacteria to ensure all components of the library are represented...represented. Typically, Addgene uses electrocompetent Stbl4 cells when performing amplifications, and we use electroporation...may be amplified preferentially, skewing the composition of the final recovered DNA. This bias can be ...need to count how many times each of the library components is found in the read list. If you also sequenced...sequenced the pre-amplification DNA, you’ll compare the numbers before and after. However, because there are...give you a bell curve of the abundance of each component of your library. You should look for two things...making sure few/no plasmids have dropped out, and comparing pre- and post-amplification sequencing results...
  2. Synthetic Photobiology: Optogenetics for E. coli

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    ...consistent, and controllable pulses of light. Complicated patterns of light intensity and wavelength can...not E. coli. They fall under the heading of two-component systems (TCSs). TCSs consist of a histidine kinase...created the first E. coli light-sensitive two-component system (TCS). Levskaya et al. fused a photosensory... image, as well as a genetic method for the computational problem of edge detection. Tabor et al. subsequently...gene expression. An E. coli light-sensitive two-component system (TCS). A hybrid histidine kinase/photosensor...experimented with the promoter strength of various components, removing inducible promoters that could crosstalk...expression levels are optimal. These tools are compatible with many strains of E. coli, as well as with...
  3. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    ...larger datasets and use computer based analysis techniques, an important component of reproducibility is... for preclinical studies, as reported by drug companies attempting to apply the findings from these studies...research. I’ve talked to many researchers who have complaints about the unreliability of antibodies. IPI is...technologies to your own research needs. Other companies like NEB and ATCC can provide you with additional...sifting through paper lab notebooks). Once you’ve completed your experiment, you’ll need to analyze your results...can understand your analyses and repeat them. Companies like Code Ocean allow researchers to share code...submit designs and transparently reveal them upon completing an experiment. There’s not necessarily in-principle...
  4. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    ...achievement, the complexity of the device increases, as does the price. With this increased complexity comes the...consumer-grade components. In this field, often referred to as 'frugal science', existing components are adapted...are constantly being developed which combine computational processing with biological protocols and revolutionary... rarely provide the construction plans or CAD (computer aided design) drawings of their devices, which...around the use of commercially available tools and components. Rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing...and can allow for innovative organizations and companies to provide problem-solving platforms.     ...
  5. 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology

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    ...previous blog post about how they started their company here. The first transgenic plant was engineered...cannot build what we do not understand, and the complicated and unique metabolic processes of plants are ... Our color changing flower involves two basic components: the pigments (anthocyanins), and the plant circadian...also identified and characterized mechanisms and components of the circadian rhythm in petunias. Because ...before us, it’s possible for us to combine these components to develop flowers that change color. Without...Without this basic research – this comprehensive understanding of the genetic pieces underpinning these mechanisms...plant synthetic biology. There are already two comprehensive plant cloning kits available in the repository...
  6. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ... as these immune complexes are smaller than a primary:secondaries:conjugates complex. If you are trying...and therefore each target protein. This can be accomplished by using a panel of primary antibodies conjugated...tissues and cell lines; orthogonal strategies that compare antibody assay results with those of antibody-independent...transcriptomics; independent antibody strategies that compare the staining patterns of multiple antibodies against...that express a tagged version of the antigen and compare staining of the antibody to that of the anti-tag... strategies that isolate an antibody’s immune complexes and confirm interacting partners by mass spectrometry... guaranteed to work. Antibody-based assays are complex and antibodies may perform differently in different...
  7. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    ... chemistry. Although these multi-component systems can be complicated to implement, they can be highly...Various Few Complicated Non-natural amino acids 1 Various Many Complicated   Applications...STED) nanoscopy. Scale bar, 2 μm. Inset shows comparison with standard confocal microscopy. Image adapted... assembly-regulating proteins in vitro reveals complex events. a) Micrographs of a fluorescently-labeled...159 aa) are smaller than HaloTag (295 aa) – for comparison, common fluorescent proteins are typically 230...Strategies Matter for Super-Resolution Microscopy: A Comparison between HaloTags and SNAP-tags. Cell Chemical...Ulrichs, H., Gaska, I., & Shekhar, S. (2023). Multicomponent regulation of actin barbed end assembly by ...
  8. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    ...worm amputations. They also created an online companion resource called “cutting class” which provides...Digoxigenin-labelled Uracil) that will bind to complementary mRNA within an embryo or tissue. Once the riboprobes...specific antibodies that detect the mRNA-riboprobe complex are added to the tissue. The last step involves...cells that contain this mRNA-riboprobe-antibody complex and, as a result, these cells turn blue. Students...organism of interest, use the RNA to create a complementary DNA (cDNA), and then use PCR and molecular cloning...performing these experiments have a good baseline for comparison. Performing WISH using these plasmids can result...one strand of the siRNA and are directed by complementarity to the remaining single stranded siRNA to bind...
  9. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    ...RNA is a structural and functional component of the ribosome complex and Dr. Steitz quipped that RNA in...development zone so many science and technology companies and start-ups choose to locate there. I made time...was the outdoor market where one can shop for components of traditional Chinese medicine. There were hundreds...Lowe lab have allowed them to begin understanding complex regulation of and by tRNAs and tRNA-derived RNAs...replication with no proteins). The chemistry is complex and this work requires an interdisciplinary team... they do it. Of course, No conference would be complete without CRISPR Michael Terns from of the University...in the ribosome is in a complicated conformation “not like DNA which has a boring structure.” That certainly...
  10. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ... experiments are also generally comparable so the best way to compare costs is to look at the prices of...In today’s post, we will focus on a high-level comparison of popular cloning methodologies, with a special...least 50 cloning reactions. The ligase cost is comparable to that of the restriction enzymes and overall... in a price of a few dollars per reaction. By comparison, Gibson assembly can cost over $15.00 per reaction...more streamlined, because they will come with comprehensive and tested protocols, as well as premixed and..., like Gibson or SLIC, since one can pool the components and define their final order through sequence...Golden Gate assembly allows one to simultaneously complete an ordered set of scarless ligations following...
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