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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    ...tropism. Briefly, different envelope plasmids can direct the production of virus with various tropisms.  ...therefore, reduces the number of plasmids that are required in the transfection step of the viral packaging...incompetent? Yes, as with lentiviruses, the genes required for γ-retroviral packaging and transduction are...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    ...biological phenomena by generating an output which is directly proportionate to the amount of a given factor ...either factors as proxies for a cellular process or directly measure a cellular process. Cellular phenomena...type of cells the viral particles infect. This can direct your biosensor to specific tissues or cell (sub...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    ...transfect’, such as primary cells. They can also be directly injected into hard-to-reach organs, such as the...like replication incompetent viral particles, are required. We will be covering these safety measures in ...dividing cells, as their access to the host genome requires breakdown of the nuclear envelope, which occurs...
  4. How Addgene Creates Content

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    ...truly believes that sharing speeds science, and our entire mission is to enable that process. Our repository... made most of the Antibody Guide figures. This requires a fair amount of communication between our content...of date as techniques and knowledge changes and require updating or retiring. CRISPR/Cas9, for example,...
  5. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    ...catch our April AAV webinar with Tim Miles, PhD, Director of the CLOVER Center at CalTech? If so, you may...trans-protein splicing. Note, however, that this will require co-delivery of two AAVs at a high MOI, often resulting...1x1012 vg/mouse is more standard) and reflects a desire for very high MOI on top of very high coverage....
  6. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    ...label your favorite protein! While the target only requires a small epitope tag (FLAG is eight amino acids... is advantageous to Cas9’s larger expression requirements (Figure 1), but Cas12a has generally been underutilized...when encoding multiple guides. While two guides require two arrays for Cas9, two guides can be streamlined...
  7. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    ...Passion? A love of learning? No. Or at least not entirely. What truly unites us all is the frustration of... to the day before, which got rid of the issue entirely. In many cases, the answer isn't to work harder...ability to focus, especially on days when I was tired, stressed, or rushing. I would spend the time quietly...
  8. OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging

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    ...activity, scientists can use GECIs to watch neurons fire under the microscope. To add another tool to our...developed calcium indicators spanning nearly the entire visible spectrum (Figure 1). The GCaMP series (... yellow and red fluorophores, allowing it to be paired with green, yellow, and/or red sensors in multicolor...
  9. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    ...sufficient for certain patterning activities of entire tissue types or even organs. In frogs, ectopic ...electrical communication is briefly inhibited in the entire worm during regeneration, the worm creates two ... artificial intelligence," says Michael Levin, Director of the Allen Discovery Center. The future of this...
  10. To Each HIS Own

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    ...Much of today's biological research requires a close examination of specific proteins within a system...tags, however, tended to be very large and often required the incorporation of a cleavage site and a post-purification...no cut or dried answer. Successful purification requires the tag to be accessible to the metal ions once...
  11. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    ...to read a formulaic fiction story that doesn’t require any detailed retention of information or formulation...something verbally. Sometimes a group was just really tired and needed a slower, simpler presentation than I... I had planned; other times students were fired up and enthusiastic and needed a faster presentation with...
  12. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    ...RNA, a fast, strong protein denaturant would be required- something that broke down RNases before RNases... effective at isolating total RNA, this method requires a lot of time and depending on how many samples...without a kit!) As mentioned above, working with RNA requires keeping your samples cold until homogenization...
  13. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    ...sex, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) now requires that sex be included as a biological variable ...variable in all NIH-funded research. Janine Clayton, Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health, emphasizes...gender in science and technology and currently directs the EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health...
  14. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    ...with multiple inserts or internal mutations that require more than two sequencing reactions. In the more...to ensure uniformity of the culture. Sequencing directly from the glycerol stock saves us the step of purifying... Each sequencing service will have different requirements for volume and concentration, and not all providers...
  15. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    ...new job skill? Finish your thesis? Knowing your desired outcomes will help you assess if the coach you ...coach usually will be a clear communicator and make direct suggestions for improvement and change. Work ...relationship has been successful – what are the desired outcomes? Ask openly for clear information on...
  16. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    ...asymmetry in the core sequence gives the loxP site directionality, and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT...reversed.   Deletion: If the sites face in the same direction, the sequence between the loxP sites is excised...cerevisiae FLP-FRT recombination system is another site-directed recombination technology very conceptually similar...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...photon 2. Energy transfer from the excited donor directly to the acceptor fluorophore--think of it as a ...fusions varies with transfection efficiency and any unpaired fluorescent proteins can contribute additional...Check Out Fluorescent Protein Biosensors Browse the Entire Fluorescent Protein Collection ...
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