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TypeBlog Post...respond to friends asking me to dinner saying something like, “I’ll be there in a few minutes, I just ...mind for the endpoints of a task or project (with metrics if possible) and, at the outset of a task, I outline...visit to a university. My to-do list might look something like the image on the right (and for those of ...
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10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk
TypeBlog Post...presentation or Ted Talk. You want to give the audience something to think about, argue with, or learn from. Some...comes. 5. Choose interesting content Talk about something you know a lot about and that you care about. ...with your confidence. It is best not to be asked something that you don't know the answer to, but if you ... -
Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab
TypeBlog Post... the right lab such a big deal? It’s actually something you CAN choose and it will make a huge difference... help identify your priorities and needs, but sometimes it just takes introspective thought on what’s ...such as the Future of Research Symposium and #MeTooSTEM, academic bullies are hard to stop—they often ... -
Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase
TypeBlog Post...successfully infected/expressing cells by flow cytometry. The isolated cells were injected into mice and...specificity High sensitivity Easy expression Gives ratiometric data The result was a fusion protein called ...enable sensitive in vivo optical imaging and flow cytometry for monitoring tumorigenesis. Cancer Res. 75, ... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog Post...serotypes have a primary cellular receptor and sometimes one or multiple coreceptors, which may be present...present on different cell types and sometimes vary between target species or even strains. Pro tip! Getting..., A. C. H., Gokal, D., Feng, Y., Tabar, M. S., Metierre, C., Parsania, C., Song, X., Wang, G., Su, X.-... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter
TypeBlog Post... strong early gene expression, but can become methylated over time, resulting in decreased expression ...Engineered AAV Capsids Improve Transduction and Volumetric Spread in the CNS. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic...hydroxylase promoter in vivo. Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development, 3, 16062. https://doi.org... -
Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post...formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, methanol- or paraformaldehyde-fixed cell samples, or other...multiplexed over 65 targets!) IF is a versatile method with endless possibilities, and there are always...Multiplexing Immunohistochemistry. Materials and Methods, 9. https://doi.org/10.13070/mm.en.9.2846 Radtke... -
Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning
TypeBlog Post...Crystal Violet Pre and Post Visible Light 100 Methylene Blue Post Visible Light 100 Ethidium Bromide...from the gel via your favorite gel purification method, it is important to determine the concentration...calculate this based on DNA concentration alone. One method is to conduct 2 ligations for each plasmid you ... -
A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression
TypeBlog Post...and volumes to determine the optimal injection parameters needed to transduce your cells of interest. Using...Once you have determined the optimal injection parameters for the serotype that best transduces your cells...performance in your system. It is very rare for a methods section to include all of the variables that need... -
FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution
TypeBlog Post... Karl Deisseroth, combined optical and genetic methods to photo-stimulate mammalian neurons and alter ... using pharmacological or electrophysiological methods (Deisseroth, 2011; Mei and Zhang, 2012; Towne et...PMC2820367. Deisseroth, Karl. "Optogenetics." Nature methods 8.1 (2011): 26. PubMed PMID: 21191368. Deubner,... -
Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software
TypeBlog Post... genome engineering parameters via a library-on-library approach." Nature methods 12.9 (2015): 823-826...genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening." Nature methods 11.8 (2014): 783-784. PubMed PMID: 25075903. PubMed... -
A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology
TypeBlog Post...studying its structure can help us understand the parameters of CRISPR experimental design. Let’s dive into...is recognizing the PAM on DNA, the CTD is also sometimes called the PAM-interacting (PI) domain. The guide...al., 2013). As mentioned above, however, Cas9 sometimes tolerates mismatches in the next 8-10 bases after... -
8 Great Depositor Research Stories
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR guide library design. dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation: Guest blogger Daniel M. Sapozhnikov tells us...modifications!) as a CRISPR/dCas9-based tool for DNA demethylation. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles: While not technically... -
Make a Splash: Notions of Scientific Impact Are Evolving
TypeBlog Post...increasingly moved online, surely times have changed. Altmetrics.org calls to expand our view of what impact looks...like to measure yours? More Reading Fenner M. "Altmetrics and Other Novel Measures for Scientific Impact... -
6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results
TypeBlog Post...precipitation method or using a silica spin column available from several vendors. The precipitation method has ... -
Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell
TypeBlog Post...of listening to microbes by using non-invasive methods for cellular imaging with ultrasound. In his research...Resources on the Addgene Blog Read Our Post on CRISPR Methods for Bacterial Genome Engineering Learn about Science... -
What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019
TypeBlog Post...CRISPR-based method for cell lineage tracing Valcyrie is a CRISPR-based marker excision method for marking... -
CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping
TypeBlog Post... Cas systems, Jennifer Doudna’s lab analyzed metagenomic datasets to try to determine whether simpler ...they mined a database of microbial genome and metagenome from the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome ... -
Designer PUF Proteins for Any RNA Target
TypeBlog Post...With the meteoric rise of CRISPR technology, the ability to direct enzymes – from nucleases to transcription...implemented by applying the Golden Gate cloning method to human proteins known as Pumilio/fem-3 mRNA binding... -
Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Innovations
TypeBlog Post... in terms of contamination, but consider flow cytometers. These fluidic machines handle biological samples...markets. Rethinking our approach to lab waste is something we all need to do. Remember, it was only 50 years...