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  1. 6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen

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    ...trained to be good at learning new things—this is a strength you can draw on and demonstrate in your application...be excited to be there. If you are appying for diffrent types of positions (for example, bench research...resume should also be customized to highlight different skills and to get the important information in...hiring manager. Learn to confidently describe your strengths in your resume and don't be shy about asking for..., you will never get the help that can make a difference. Having your resume forwarded personally gives...
  2. Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes

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    ... Substrate: Some luciferase reporters, such as Renilla luciferase (RLuc) or NanoLuc, require injection...together genes from gas vesicle operons from two different bacteria, Bourdeau et al created two constructs... 1 (arg1) and acoustic gene 2 (arg2). The key difference between arg1 and arg2 vesicles is the amount ... invisible to ultrasound, which allows for differentiation of arg1 and arg2 ultrasound signals. This also...and arg2 plasmids are available from Addgene! References 1 Bourdeau, R.W., Lee-Gosselin, A., Lakshmanan...
  3. Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant: Accelerating Science Globally - 5 Scientists, 4 Countries & 3 Continents!

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    ...and insecticidal proteins to the development of renewable biotechnology products and biosensors for herbicides...Development of a bacterial expression system for renewable biotechnology products Dr. Idah Sithole-Niang,...database for this important agricultural plant. Her current research focuses on endophytes, bacteria, and fungi...effect observed in bacteria. Learn more about the different CRISPR applications in plants.     Transgenic ...helped us coordinate and promote the awards. References 1. Martinez-Klimova, Elena et al. “Endophytes...
  4. Hot Plasmids - October 2022

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    ... tissue, in vivo. Two of their constructs are currently available as Cre-dependent, EF1ɑ-driven viral ...have high selectivity for K+ over Na+ and rapid photocurrent kinetics. They demonstrate the use of HcKCR1...two-photon excitation around 1,040 nm, has larger photocurrents, and is more selective for K+ than HcKCR2, making... be used as a potent optogenetic silencer. The current work also proposes promising avenues for future...anti-c-Myc [9E10] (isotype IgG2a) antibody is currently recommended for use in western blot, but we are...
  5. Antibodies 101: Affinity Tags

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    ...antibodies, and more!   Resources and References   References Coligan, J. E., Dunn, B. M., Speicher, ...Nonetheless, this tag can be purified with several different resin types and is a fairly small tag that is ...  Affinity tags vs. other tags There are many different types of tags, including epitope tags (FLAG, Myc..., D. W., & Wingfield, P. T. (Eds.). (2001). Current Protocols in Protein Science. John Wiley & Sons, Inc...
  6. An Addgene Co-op: The Intersection of Fun, Friendship, and Work

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    .... Northeastern compiles a list of hundreds of different jobs for students to apply to, and after a grueling...marketing and social media co-op. There are a lot of different worries that come along with entering the workforce...and co-founder, approached me and asked about my current projects and personal interests. We chatted about...participated in the discussions, I began to note trends in the data, and from that, suggest changes to ...of my co-op. I had to do research on loads of different best practices, create an email strategy, and ...
  7. Management for Scientists: Managing vs. Leading

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    ...leader-specific. How is leadership different from good management? Aren't all career skills leaderhsip skills...because it emphasizes the importance of these very different roles. At any stage in our careers we may be in...you are not fulfilling the requirements of the current task. Most of us start as doers, some become managers...boss) that you are ready to try operating in a different role?  I think the secret sauce can be summed ...
  8. Optogenetics Guide

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    ...reduces photocurrent amplitude 490 ChR/T159C T159C mutation; displays increased photocurrents 470 SFO/...outside of the brain, rendering the experimental procedure less invasive. Different activation wavelengths... Opsins Optical Switches Plan Your Experiment References The field of optogenetics integrates optics and...naturally occurring microbial opsins that respond to different wavelengths of light, like blue or yellow light...light. These various opsins also initiate different electrochemical responses, such as nonspecific cation...optimization, and chimeric fusion of domains from two different ChRs. These ChR variants still function as light-gated...neuron. Feature enhancements include: Increased photocurrent amplitude Examples: ChR2(H134R), C1V1(t/t), ...
  9. Identifying Sequence Elements with SnapGene's Feature Database

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    ...due to genetic drift and the use of genes from different microbial strains. It proved to be impractical... least 96% sequence identity when detecting a reference feature. For a coding sequence feature that may... could miss a common feature if the sequence differences exceed the threshold. This issue is addressed...often come in closely related versions that have different properties. To prevent misidentification, we augment...way for SnapGene users to apply features from a reference strain to newly sequenced strains through our ...
  10. Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication

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    ...cells. The replicons of plasmids are generally different from the those used to replicate the host's chromosomal...include ColE1, pMB1 (which comes in a few slightly different but well known derivatives), pSC101, R6K, and ...considerations. *Requires pir gene for replication (reference). **F1 is a phage-derived ori that allows for...chloramphenicol – make sure your growth conditions aren't working against you!  The culture inoculum ...clarified? If so please, post in the comments.  References Chatterjee A, Sun SB, Furman JL, Xiao H, Schultz...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    ...AAV. You’ve never worked with AAV before, but you aren’t going to let that stop you. Where do you start?...capacity between the ITRs is ~4.4 kb. ITRs are inherently unstable due to their secondary structure, palindromic...species or location. Promoters can also drive different levels of expression. For example, CAG is a strong...Next let’s talk about some of the elements that aren’t required parts of an AAV transfer plasmid, but ...specific expression of your gene of interest. References Haery L, Deverman BE, Matho KS, Cetin A, Woodard...
  12. HA Frankenbody, a New Imaging Tool to Visualize Single Molecules and Nascent Peptides

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    ...antibodies for tagging purposes. Different antibodies bind different protein sequences called epitopes...infamous frankenstein, was constructed by grafting different parts together. By combining two optimized elements...living cells. To make these scaffolds specific to different targets, the scientists fused them to sequences...to build a more robust set of frankenbodies. References Ewert, S., Honegger, A., & Pluckthun, A. (2004...
  13. Summer SciComm: Science Storytelling

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    ...obstacles that need to be overcome. Conflict, and its inherent tension, is interesting. It’s what drives a story...actually from a completely unexpected finding in a different experiment, this tool was developed because a ...couldn’t progress without it… These details often aren’t included in scientific communications, but they...scientists doing the work.  And while these pieces aren't always appropriate for your formal scientific communications...doing and sharing science in the first place?   References and Resources More resources on the Addgene blog...
  14. Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies

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    ... our values of transparency, reproducibility, and community-building. The transparency begins with sharing...whether any given antibody is available through different companies (Bandrowski et al., 2016). It’s also... the antibody sharing landscape as well.     References Andrews NP, Boeckman JX, Manning CF, Nguyen JT... Improving Reproducibility through Rigor and Transparency of Experimental Methods. Neuron 90(3):434-6....
  15. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    ...previously hidden epitope (right). Created withBioRender.com.   Biological Processes  If you’re feeling...outside of the cell. The same protein may have different epitopes available if it is being selected out...controls in validation, as you may need to test different configurations and conditions to understand exactly... what a given protein is doing or changing in different conditions. Just remember to keep good records...when you’re building your antibody library! References and Resources More resources on Addgene’s blog...
  16. Antibodies 101: Avoiding the Mouse on Mouse Mess in IHC

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    ...the issue is not unique to IHC.  References and Resources References Goodpaster T, Randolph-Habecker J...endogenous IgGs in the tissue. Created with biorender.com. Strategies for avoiding background secondary...them to your sample so the secondary antibodies aren’t free to bind endogenous IgGs. (C) A third solution...primary and secondary antibodies. Created with biorender.com. Proper tissue processing and sample preparation...
  17. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    ...this emerging technology! Resources and References References Orguc, S., Sands, J., Sahasrabudhe, A., ...electrophysiological potential afterwards. This measurement trended with expression of the opsin in the target neurons...obvious next applications are to expand the tool to different brain-organ axes. Alternatively, the system could...Free Behavior. 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology...
  18. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    ...Argonaute proteins play an important role in RNA interference, binding RNA guides to cleave foreign RNA. Argonaute...guides/gene for 10 genes, they did not observe differences in cleavage efficiency. If this finding is replicated...) or staggered (Cpf1) cleavage. NgAgo takes a different approach, randomly removing 1-20 nucleotides from...Read About NgAgo User's First Impressions Here References 1. Gao, Feng, Xiao Z. Shen, Feng Jiang, Yongqiang... 2. Swarts, Daan C., et al.  “DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute.” Nature. 507(7491...
  19. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    ...isotype is expressed at different times of the immune response and initiates different immune cascades. In...In the research setting, antibodies of different isotypes can be used together in the same experiment ...However, each animal will make antibodies against different protein epitopes and so variability between lots...types of antibodies are out there, and how many different research applications they can be used for. Addgene... - and we’re always growing our collection! References: Arbabi-Ghahroudi M (2017) Camelid Single-Domain...
  20. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...transition from a clump of cells to a fully differentiated body. In contrast, these dynamic processes ...distinguishing cell populations that have been tagged with different fluorescent proteins or dyes. 3. Two-photon microscopy...cells. For example, by harvesting lymph nodes at different times after antigen challenge, scientists were... see movement and interaction between several different immune cells. These methods allowed immunologists... like this is a mosaic of cells labelled with different fluorescent proteins. Using one iteration of this...understanding of the immune system and its dynamics. References 1. Peters, Nathan C., et al. "In vivo imaging...
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