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  1. Advice for Moving Into Sales After Your Science Postdoc

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    ... After all I was only going to be interviewed for 1 hour so having a broad enough insight was going to...there a move with either promotions or further education may allow you to transition into various realms...
  2. Networking Follow-up: I Met a Person. Now What?

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    ...defunct (but fun) plug-in called Maps.  Figure 1: See a starfish? This is actually a map of Joanne ...FiercePharma), or sign up to be alerted about their new publications via Pubmed, so you can congratulate them when...
  3. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    ...faster. Years of science, done in weeks Figure 1: Sending out 80 FedEx envelopes in a single day --...including more physiologically-relevant systems, to catch all the important interactions. It’s also important... we found in our map have an impact on virus replication. While we and our collaborators are starting ... Nsp3 and Nsp16, and includes an additional catalytically dead version of the viral protease, Nsp5. Our... 2xStrep-tag for easy detection and affinity purification. All but one are in a pLVX vector background...coronavirus, one FedEx package at a time Since the publication of our paper, our group has been inundated with...sending plasmids to all who request them -- in locations all over the world, as far flung as the EU, Russia...
  4. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    ...-viral applications are also possible through the use of nanoparticles. [6].    References 1. Zhang ...2020.  “CRISPR Gene Therapy: Applications, Limitations, and Implications for the Future.” Front. Oncol...with a dominant mutation in a gene that causes cataracts could be rescued by coinjection into zygotes of...the technology in different labs for different applications.” Li’s team noted that CRISPR/Cas9 has been ... explore its potential in mice with a dominant cataract disorder caused by a single copy of a gene known....  “CRISPR Genome Editing Technology and its Application in Genetic Diseases: A Review.” Current pharmaceutical...
  5. Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes

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    ...into account, the digest pattern depicted in Lane 1 would be expected for a XbaI/NotI digest. The program... one half of naturally occurring restriction modification systems that prokaryotes use to protect themselves... has genes encoding one or a few restriction modification systems containing methyltransferases that add... phage for instance). Aside from restriction modification systems, DNA methylation also plays an integral...integral role in regulating genome replication, repairing mismatched basepairs or small indels that occur...methylases) are independent from the restriction modification systems, yet can still affect whether certain...specifically associated with any restriction modification systems, their sequences may overlap with restriction...
  6. Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs

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    ...vector-exosomes), exosome AAVs, or exo-AAVs (Figure 1). The researchers discovered that these particles ...the classical purification protocol involving iodixanol gradients. The current purification protocols for...particles accumulate inside the producer cells and purification protocols often describe a process that begins...lysis to release AAV particles with subsequent purification steps. It’s also possible for AAV vectors to... This is particularly useful for therapeutic applications in vivo where endogenous anti-AAV antibodies...Adrienn, et al. "Virus vector-mediated genetic modification of brain tumor stromal cells after intravenous...
  7. From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD

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    ...pitfalls? Here's what you need to know.   Figure 1: Management can seem a mystery at first! Image used...cohesive team environment. Neglecting communication skillsClear communication is the backbone of effective management...management. Miscommunication often arises when managers fail to set expectations or provide timely feedback...firsthand when it took me some time to adapt to the communication style of a new, junior team member who had values...and leveraging tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or DISC assessments can help you navigate team...
  8. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...the guides are relatively unstable.   Figure 1: CRISPRainbow labeling. Two MS2, PP7, or boxB sequences...The catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) is well known for its ability to bind DNA targets without...has been widely adapted for a wide variety of applications: base editing, CRISPR activation and inhibition... (B) CRISPR-Sirius used to visualize relative locations of the subtelomeric region of the pericentromeric...al. “CRISPR-Sirius: RNA scaffolds for signal amplification in genome imaging.” Nature Methods 15 (2018)...
  9. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    ... genes with a single viral vector.   Fig. 1: Schematic of multiplex gene editing with DAP array...packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex CRISPR screening.   Using tRNAs...multiplex genome engineering of crops or allow for sophisticated CRISPR screenings that would perturb the unprecedented...and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA sequences must be avoided...construct DAP array for multiplex gene editing applications, we provide detailed manual and online design...
  10. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    ...as an endogenous RNA imaging tool.   Fig. 1: Csm, shRNA, and Cas13 were compared head-to-head ...antibodies may just not perform as well in one application as another, so it is always best to have options...for mEGFP-HRas (from Plasmid 18662). See the Applications section on the Anti-GFP [N86/8R] page for more...fluorescent proteins (FPs) necessary for many of these applications have lagged. Fixation, chemical staining, and...well-suited for the demands of advanced microscopy applications such as super resolution, electron, and expansion...
  11. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    ...databases, EENdb (published 1 Jan 2013, no longer available), is a simple catalogue of reported sgRNA designs...follow him on Twitter @CMacPhD.          References  1. Ghorbal, Mehdi, et al. "Genome editing in the human...into this category describe how the user is expected to interact with the software. This category is important... CRISPR software submissions. With few prior publications to go on, a submitted manuscript could only ... solutions that facilitate most experimental applications in CRISPR engineering. When compared to that...easy to fault the lack of features in a single application. The question is then, should we use all tools...novo sgRNA design, I again separate it into two categories. On the one hand we have software tools that ...
  12. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    ...settings with experimental samples. Figure 1: Example flow plots for a single color control. A)...ll need a few controls specific to flow as an application. These controls will allow you to distinguish...commercial antibody pages. Flow cytometry can be a complicated and daunting process. Controls like single color...
  13. Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening

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    ...and also by a lactose analogue, IPTG (isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside). (To be completely accurate...insert. All colonies on this plate should be blue, indicating that your IPTG and x-gal are working as they ...of false positives: Blue-white screening only indicates the presence of AN insert, not necessarily YOUR...
  14. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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    ...Networking 101-Building Relationships for Success”. Choose 1-2 tactics to try. One of my favorites is making the...great way to get started with mentoring. Read this Catalyst Report “Making Mentoring Work” to learn about ...tapping into it and helping make it work by being an educated mentee. Other opportunities: Try virtual mentoring...
  15. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    ...medRxiv.org) in the past few years.   Fig. 1: Stand aside, CERN - it's a new age of accelerating...their CV or grant applications. A number of organizations (such as ASAPbio) advocate for preprints, and...the most important part of your research is communicating the results of the work. Yes, those control ...any impact! There are lots of ways scientists communicate with each other: from formal mechanisms like ...poster or talk, or submitting patent or grant applications; to informal settings like lab meetings, Twitter...of the most significant shifts in scientific communication is the rising use of preprints, or scientific...publishing in a journal.  Accelerating Scientific Communication Preprints have been common in fields like math...
  16. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...antibody that doesn't work for your application.      Fig. 1: Antibody Selection Flow Chart  ...your specific application. Consider also that there may be variations within an application. Take immunohistochemistry...website highlights a variation of your application, a publication successfully used it in a similar way...choosing an appropriate antibody first look at the application-specific data provided on the manufacturer’s ... a linear antigen tend to work very well for applications that denature a protein to its primary (linear...the most similar to yours. Take a look at the publications cited on the manufacturer’s website, which may...plan to. To secondary or not to secondary?  The application will also determine whether you should use an...
  17. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    ...techniques?  Let us know in the comments! References 1. Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. I. ...recombinase catalyzes the site specific recombination event between two loxP sites, which can be located either...maintained).  Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a translocation event is generated...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur...
  18. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    ... contact her at [email protected]. References 1. Dieterich, Daniela C., et al. "In situ visualization...This application of AHA labeling is known as fluorescence noncanonical amino acid tagging (FUNCAT, Dieterich...experiments. Visualizing newly synthesized proteins with FUNCAT Professor Schuman’s technique applies metabolic...the whole de novo synthesized proteome. However, FUNCAT alone cannot be used to determine the turnover ...specific protein. Professor Schuman’s lab showed that FUNCAT’s usefulness can be extended to determine the turnover...ligation assay (PLA). The clever combination of FUNCAT and PLA PLA was originally published by the Söderberg...DNA strands take part in rolling circle DNA amplification. The amplified DNA segment is labeled with fluorescent...
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