...it like winter tires in different conditions: the more flexible rubber of winter tires give a better grip...recombinant proteins for industrial or research purposes requires stable host cells (the simplest example would ...

...display-based directed evolution to create APEX2. They have now applied the same directed evolution technique... tagging proximal proteins within minutes, but requires H2O2, which can be toxic in living cells. BioID...

...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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...because “it kinda sucked to work remotely. I was also tired of the contracting life where you do a little bit... was helping cover social media while the Hutch hired a full-time social media manager. “I usually start...magazine. Getting pulled in all of these different directions is sometimes at odds with the space needed to...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...viral infection by bacteriophages), or conjugation (direct transfer from one cell to another). Bacteria need...transfer genetic material to a recipient through direct contact. That’s conjugation! F factors can also...cloning. In addition, scientists have engineered entirely new types of plasmids without clear analogues ...

...simple, and engineering complex cellular behaviors requires making complex manipulations to cells. For example...number in the Level 2 assembly. These pathways can require a lot of optimization - which is why MoClo is so...of a combination of multiple genes to achieve a desired effect. This is commonly used in plant biology ...

...longer incubation times and didn’t necessarily require cycling. The Pros and Cons Researchers used the...select for correctly assembled phage genomes, it required a very stringent selection process and benefited...selection, failed under normal cycling protocols, and required a 48-hour incubation at 37 °C. While the 52-piece...

...Targeting Receptor Expression Using chemogenetics requires successfully introducing receptors to target cells... to control ion flux. The system allows you to directly manipulate ion channels. When working with PSAM...Magnus C, Lee P, Bonaventura J, Zemla R, Gomez J, Ramirez M, Hu X, Galvan A, Basu J, Michaelides M, Sternson...

...that the orientation of the flanking loxP sites directs the Cre recombinase to invert, translocate, or ... the antisense orientation (Figure 1, top). The entire DNA cassette would be flanked by two pairs of target... Wendling O, Chambon P, and Ghyselinck NB. A directional strategy for monitoring Cre-mediated recombination...

...world. With three Nobel Prize winners, one NIH Director and a co-founder of BGI-China presenting, it’s... discoveries and moving beyond DNA Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute...proteins). The chemistry is complex and this work requires an interdisciplinary team.  Day two of the conference...

...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 ...

...effectively utilize the host cell’s inherent homology directed repair (HDR) process following the double strand...break and introducing the tag through homology directed repair To introduce the fluorescent tag to the...on the Addgene Blog Learn More about Homology Directed Repair Learn More about Non-Homologous End Joining...