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  1. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    ...So you’ve done the research, gathered up your data into an exciting story, and are ready to present your...all will be familiar with the specifics of your research. Try to avoid jargon in this initial introduction...data they may ask the audience to not share their research on social media. Use the hashtag if you are live-tweeting...
  2. Academic vs. Industry Postdocs

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    ... essential part of being able to continue your research. As an academic postdoc, you’re often required... at once at the end of February or beginning of March, and the jobs are mixed into the general careers...developmental biology and is applying this towards researching neurodegenerative diseases.   Additional resources...
  3. Common Injection Routes in Mice

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    ...drugs, DNA, viral vectors, and viruses. All researchers must go through the proper basic training prior...commonly administered through the tail vein — many researchers will simply refer to these as “tail vein injections...feeding tube can be flexible or metal, depending on researcher preferences. It sounds complicated but has a ...
  4. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    ...depositing them in Addgene’s repository. Other researchers, eager to try this new technology, were quick...the CRISPR community?  Addgene exists to help researchers share useful tools, and as such, we’re always...collection, we’ve shared almost 300,000 plasmids with researchers all over the world. That’s an average of 27,272...
  5. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    ...approach for treatment or prophylaxis of COVID-19. Researchers identified nanobodies that bind to coronavirus...sybody libraries in the form of mRNA for academic research. The template plasmids for generating your own...days. While the lab used this method for COVID-19 research, this protocol holds promise for developing treatments...
  6. Of Myc and Men

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    ...devising their tagging strategy, another group of researchers was working on isolating monoclonal antibodies...identified oncogenes and was a target of intense research. Evan, et al. hoped that their new monoclonals...producing anti-Myc [9E10] as a recombinant antibody. Researchers first sequenced the variable domains of Myc1-...
  7. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...hosts. I spoke with her about what motivates her research, the MoClo Kit she and Sylvestre Marillonnet share...and since we are making all the tools for plant research here and validating them, it made the most sense...academic in literature who gave a talk to the women’s research network here. She talked about the advantages ...
  8. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    ...delivered using this vector. For example, although researchers know that Usher Syndrome (a disease that results...encouraging. Importantly, a significant amount of basic research is being done to further improve the technology...Muzyczka N., 2014. AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy for Research and Therapeutic Purposes. Annu Rev Virol. 2014...
  9. Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

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    ...technical expertise in a specific field. While searching for jobs and making connections, avoid falling...they’re seeking someone who has, to a t, all the research skills under your belt from your last job. You...managing inventories in the lab, or organizing a research project, one can assume that you’ve had to flex...
  10. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    ...accessibility (Prakash K, et al. 2022). So what’s a researcher to do if they want to understand the ultrastructural...Since it arrived on the scene, ExM has helped researchers gain a deeper understanding of neuronal synapses... microscopy: principles and uses in biological research. Nat Methods 16:33–41. https://doi.org/10.1038...
  11. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...data of their users readily accessible via web searches; likewise, most in-person events and venues will...understanding of their audience demographics. Do your research so you can go to where your audience already is...since we live in the digital age, make sure to research any software you may need: cost or freeware alternatives...
  12. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ... majority of adenoviral vector systems used in research, they are only expressed in the producer cells... to standard uses in gene therapy and in basic research, like other viral vectors, though significant ...inspires further use of existing vectors, as well as research into the development of new adenoviral vectors...
  13. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    ...blogger, Luke Lavis, a Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chemistry...cell biologist can feel like a college student searching couch cushions for spare change, desperate to ...Lavis is currently a Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He would...
  14. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    ... by antibiotic resistant bacteria. Even when researchers develop new antibiotics, the onset of resistance...’re turning the tables on the bacteria. Future research will show if this new strategy can help us win... on Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Read Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR gRNA Design...
  15. Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors

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    ...different kingdoms of life. That’s convenient for researchers who want to do experiments in complex eukaryotic...course, that includes you. Besides the risk to the researcher, Zeocin has been shown to cause mutations even...experiments. Reporters Finally, in some cases a researcher may choose not impose selection on cells and ...
  16. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ...Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of our research is to enhance their production either in the plant...help in screening candidate genes and speeding up research. Certainly, there is still more to transient leaf...your lab, it can become a strong tool for your research. Feel free to add further tips and experiences...
  17. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...amino acid across an entire polypeptide. Many researchers have created codon-optimization algorithms/resources...they can effectively inhibit translation. Genome Research 23:604–615 . https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.139758.112...databases: status for the year 2000. Nucleic Acids Research 28:292–292 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/28.1.292...
  18. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...useful for organisms, they can be problematic for researchers trying to express proteins in heterologous hosts... cost DNA synthesis, one of the primary ways researchers solve the problem of codon choice is to resynthesize...of these factors on their own. Luckily, many researchers have created codon optimization algorithms and...
  19. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    ...yet sometimes overlooked, aspect of scientific research is that the field benefits from collaboration ...neuroscience field is a great example of this; research benefits when the advances of some are shared ...help illuminate (is that pun worn out yet?) your research. Derek P. Simon received his PhD in Cellular ...
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