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  1. Making Career Development an Integral Part of the Science Training System

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    ...undergraduate experiences, they were provided with ample resources and a positive perspective on the transition...career training approaches in a way that can be implemented widely in the community.  Talk alone is not going...resulting in concrete actions and outcomes. For example, pd|hub assembled a coalition of higher education...Sciences (NIGMS) will support the development and implementation of collections of evidence-based practices.... disseminated by “train the trainer” programs.  Please join us for the pd|hub Workshop Report Public Release...
  2. More Data for You: Find Articles Citing Addgene Plasmids

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    ...below the citation. An example of these "Associated Plasmids" is shown in the purple box below, where the...Now you can learn how a plasmid has been used by multiple labs and see what experimental systems it has ...right column of the plasmid page. Check out the purple arrow in the screenshot below to see what I mean...the dropdown to increase the length of the list (purple oval in the screenshot below). You can also use...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ...Using AAV vectors in complex biological systems can be tricky at best, and downright infuriating at worst... that several steps in testing are effected by multiple AAV variables.    Serotypes Serotype refers...what works great in one system or cell type can completely fail in a different system (Issa et al., 2023...postsynaptic transmission (Oh et al., 2020). For example, AAV1 and AAV9 tend to spread farther from the ...Off-target expression can still occur (Fig. 3) - for example, some neurons can transiently express TH - so you..., 2010).  Second, high efficiency transduction coupled with a strong promoter, may result in overexpression...
  4. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    ...Viruses (5). Please refer to the paper for more details on the assay, including examples of RBPs successfully...faces as it approaches a host cell surface are complex polysaccharide structures, many of which are easily... genome amplification (by a mechanism known as multiple displacement amplification) even in the presence... of 10-20 colonies using primers bordering the multiple cloning site of the vector. In order to reduce...others in liquid culture, dilute and plate the complete library of transformants for single colonies (...
  5. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    ...Mentorship Program? In an era where millions of people hold a PhD, achieving our career goals can be a...with and be inspired by the mentor’s successful example. For evidence of this, you needn’t look any further...cancer. She has guided me in my next steps. For example, how to get a fellowship to travel abroad, how ... a post-program self-assessment, participants completed follow-up self assessments and program evaluations...result directly in positive impacts on the lives of people and society. Future generations of IMP Motivating... MD, PhD, is a Board Certified neurologist and multiple sclerosis specialist, currently President and ...
  6. Developing Transferable Skills During Science Training

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    ...finishing your PhD or perhaps you have almost completed a postdoctoral position… or two. You have learned...less experienced grads Manage a project involving multiple scientists, create and stick to timelines Be a...collaborations to advance science faster. Help other people when you can. The colleagues you help will be future...another field maybe, and publish Join a lab that has multiple collaborations, even with Industry labs Work on...Truth About Soft Skills—Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learned Sooner by Peggy Klaus Looking...
  7. Editor's Choice, September 2016

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    ...King soundtrack and writing this post, it is my pleasure to announce that we once again reached new heights...and all those who have helped edit over the past couple of months. Read on to discover what new post contributed...P1 phage. 2) The post describes an ingenious but simple technique to screen for proteins that could be .... FOP), that, while affecting a small number of people, deserves our attention and has huge potential ...Symposium Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene Savvy...
  8. From our Table to Yours: An Inside Look at Lunch at Addgene

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    ...hope of accomplishing it all. How do we encourage people to take a break from their everyday tasks and make... everyone at Addgene, and send random sets of 4 people out to lunch.   I think these random lunches would...these lunches would provide a friendly setting for people in different labs to chat informally about their...about helping scientists share between labs, and people work hard at Addgene to make plasmid sharing as...to take a break from work to share time with the people around us. It makes the quality of our work better...
  9. Working 9-5: an Addgene Co-op

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    ...everyone was very approachable.     Fig. 1: Examples of DNA sequencing QC work    In addition to... core hours) at a time that works for you. For example, if I needed to go to an appointment at 3 PM, I...finished on time, there were no issues. Another example of helpful flexibility was the ability to work ...at Addgene. There is a clear effort to make sure people feel connected.    As I became accustomed to the...Northwestern University. She is one of several students completing their co-op at Addgene. This is her second contribution...
  10. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    ... last step will influence the stability of your sample over time and determine which experiments you can... impact the time you will be able to store your sample without having substantial degradation and which... DNA, it will limit what you can do with these samples. This is because divalent cations are essential...reaction, an effective possibility is to dilute your sample in water to reduce the EDTA concentration. Alternatively...temperature and longevity You should consider a couple of more things when you elute your DNA: where you...
  11. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    ...also contains multiple protocols and troubleshooting tips to make plasmid usage as simple and straightforward...for selection of plasmid-containing bacteria. Multiple Cloning Site (MCS) Short segment of DNA which ...clone into. Regardless, once the cloning steps are complete, the vector containing the newly inserted gene... topic suggestions for our Plasmids 101 series, please let us know in the comments. Note:Marcy Patrick...
  12. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    ...medium containing the corresponding antibiotic. For example, if the DNA you’re inserting into the plasmid backbone...an essential amino acid), and a plasmid that complements the auxotrophy (i.e., synthesizes the critical... resistance spontaneously arises in yeast. For example, Markus Ralser’s lab created a yeast prototrophy...prototrophy kit containing 23 plasmids to complement auxotrophy. Negative selection: Cells that have lost a specific... gene. SacB can be used similarly to CcdB. For example, in the gene expression plasmid pGTvL1-SGC from...
  13. ReFigure: Save Scientific Figures into Dashboards and Share Your Insights

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    ...Pinterest for scientists”? ReFigure extension is a simple Chrome plugin that allows you to save any image... even include your own data in a ReFigure. For example, you might include a confirmatory image to show...visibility. For instance, long before a study with multiple patients was published, Zika researcher Christa...knowledge of which findings are reproducible. For an example, see our ReFigures on the therapeutic use of anti-CD47...reach the ReFigure team at [email protected] Please support ReFigure by creating ReFigures and answering...
  14. Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions

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    ...response to a viral infection a) antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD) b) antibody-dependent cellular... Erp, et al., 2019.    Antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD) Antibodies can bind to a pathogen... known as opsonization. In antibody-dependent complement deposition (ADCD), opsonization of IgG and IgM...pathogen activates the immune system's classical complement pathway, starting a cascade of events that results.... PMID: 10742152. Dunkelberger, J., Song, WC. Complement and its role in innate and adaptive immune responses...
  15. Walking beside Academia and giving it a high five: My transition from graduate work to a position at Addgene

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    ...energized by talking to people about science and that I love explaining things to people. When I started my...work better and because I really like talking to people about and communicating science. The path to science...useful and interesting than that will simply get people ordering plasmids. The need to keep content coming...plane back to Boston from Kentucky where I spent a couple of days talking to researchers about their work...
  16. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...biosynthetic pathways. Biosynthetic pathways containing multiple enzymes could be successfully reconstituted in..., this cell free system allows for a relatively simple, controlled “one-pot” reaction capable of reproducing.... The lab demonstrated that XMAS-TREE can be multiplexed and can be used in human pluripotent stem cells...Resources page. Here are some highlights from the past couple months including several pooled libraries: Cas13X...found in the metagenome datasets from hypersaline samples, were engineered and adapted for RNAi experiments...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...In complex metazoans, rapid cell division and large scale cell mobility are essential processes during...organism. Studying cell mobility within these complex environments has never been easy and, for many ...in thick specimens. See the video below for an example of two-photon intravital microscopy from PLoS Pathogens...scientists could easily track GFP expressing cells. For example, by harvesting lymph nodes at different times after...dynamics in lymphoid organs. In lymph nodes, for example, two-photon microscopy allowed scientists to better...time. Photoactivable fluorescent proteins, for example, have been successfully used to study B and T cell...
  18. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...Fluorescent proteins (FPs) offer scientists a simple yet powerful way to tag cellular proteins and investigate...another (e.g. green to red, or cyan to green). For example, mEosFP (named after the goddess of dawn in Greek...state (“quenching”). The photoswitch can occur multiple times by activating with two distinct wavelengths...trafficking and dynamics (fission, fusion, etc). For example, by engineering PA-GFP tagged to a mitochondrial...relies heavily on the same fluorophore being imaged multiple times in order to reconstruct an image. The best...variants are more monomeric than mEos2 (mEos4b is completely monomeric) and display bright and photostable...
  19. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    ...Binghamton University Cancer is one of the greatest examples of survival of the fittest. Cancer cells find ... use the blood stream to commute to and invade multiple organs, and most importantly escape the immune... also known to precede cancer development, for example, inflammatory bowel disease is associated with ...the expression of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins on their surfaces to avoid...therapies must be explored. When attacking cancer, multiple immunotherapy targets can be utilized at the same...and suppression of tumor-aiding cytokines, for example, will more broadly activate the immune response...
  20. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    ... learning behavioral optogenetics in order to implement the technique in my lab at The Rockefeller University...physiology in order to directly show that, for example, the firing of a specific type of neuron in a specific...too but that’s what collaborators are for). For example, if you study neural pathways involved in addiction... proper controls are required and include, for example, confirmation of opsin expression in the intended...you may need to allow the virus to express. For example, if you inject into the ventral tegmental area ...22055387;  PMCID: PMC3225502. 4. Mattis J, et al. Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct...
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