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  1. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...doesn't work for your application.      Fig. 1: Antibody Selection Flow Chart    What does validated...-independent assays such as mRNA data from transcriptomics; independent antibody strategies that compare...validation does not mean that the antibody is guaranteed to work. Antibody-based assays are complex and...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ...many of which are available in rAAVs!   Figure 1: Diagram of AAV components      Cargo capacity...therapies and in vivo laboratory experiments ranging from transient gene expression in a particular cell type... Figure 2: DNA rescue and transduction of a conventional single-stranded AAV (ssAAV) and a self-complementary...genome conversion in the transduced cell nucleus, the single-to-double stranded conversion of the DNA goes...structure can readily fold into transcriptionally active double-stranded form through intra-molecular annealing...Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a single stranded, Parvoviridae DNA virus, packaged in a non-enveloped...hijack host cell machinery, and synthesize a second strand of DNA before expression of their cargo can begin...
  3. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...internalization of two different receptors- angiotensin II type 1 receptor and the β2 adrenoceptor. GPCRs in chemogenetics...different ligands, including hormones, neurotransmitters, photons or odorants, to elicit downstream signaling...seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, due to the seven alpha helices that transverse the cellular...cell membrane. Heterotrimeric G proteins are important molecular switches in signal transduction pathways...fusion to a receptor-transcription factor fusion. TEV protease cleave the transcription factor from the receptor...initiating signaling pathways in inflammation, and neurotransmission. These receptors can be activated by an array...cellular membrane. The receptor recognizes the appropriate ligand to activate the G proteins. It is estimated...
  4. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    ...see how you use them in your research!  References 1.Tang, Jonathan C.Y., et al. “A nanobody-based system... to create a complete transcription factor, activating luciferase transcription. Tang et al. coined this...Connie Cepko’s lab allow researchers to activate transcription or Cre recombinase activity only in the presence...Using nanobodies to create GFP scaffolds for transcriptional activation The project began with a frustration... in their 293 cell culture system. In cells cotransfected with GFP and the GBPs, GFP linked the two GBPs...this system T-DDOG (Transcriptional Devices Dependent On GFP). In testing the specificity of their system... dsRed, mCherry, and TdTomato do not induce transcription. Thus, T-DDOGs can be used in combination with...
  5. Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards

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    ... trafficking of these biosensors.   Figure 1: Schematic of iGluSnFR3 (left). GluSnFR3 in pMinDisplay... from Abhi Aggarwal.   Brandán Pedre Pérez: Redox biosensors Brandán Pedre Pérez is a postdoc at... enable multiplexed imaging of neurotransmitter, calcium, and membrane voltage,” says Tian. Figure...Congratulations to the five winners! Abhi Aggarwal Brandán Pedre Pérez Elizabeth Hubbard Haoyi Qiu He Tian...hippocampal cultured neurons, imaged 14 days post-transfection, excited at 505 nm (right). Scalebar represents...hydropersulfide-propagating enzymes 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (MPST) which catalyzes the desulfuration of...an enzyme-bound hydropersulfide that is then transferred to thiol-containing acceptors. These hydropersulfides...
  6. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    ... Science Find the SEND plasmids    Figure 1: SEND combines an endogenous Gag homolog, cargo RNA...Cas9 fused to the reverse transcriptase (RT), which induces two double-strand breaks and deletes the intervening...They further develop a version of SEND for gene transfer with pseudotyped viral particles, expanding options...enzyme from the Liu lab to target opposite DNA strands and specify a large intervening deletion. Not only...deletions and introduce epitope tags and RNA transcription start sites. The lab further demonstrated that...uses paired pegRNAs targeting complementary DNA strands to program large genomic deletions with or without...PEDAR is capable of correcting larger genomic rearrangements as demonstrated in a mouse model of tyrosinemia...
  7. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    ...for RaPID is an RNA motif of interest. See figure 1 below for details on the key components of RaPID. ...and IREB2, which post-transcriptionally regulate iron metabolism pathway transcripts. By using RaPID, Ramanathan... include both scrambled RNA motifs and cells transfected with BirA* protein alone (i.e. no RNA bait). ...changes in RC2H1 protein expression and post-transcriptional regulation of SM1v1-containing RNAs could play...often trick host proteins into binding their untranslated regions (UTRs) to aid in the viral life cycle...IRE) RNA motif of the ferritin light chain RNA transcript. IRE motifs are bound by IRE binding proteins...
  8. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    ...best tips beyond the basics to get you started. 1) Be visible and open to connections This is a site... Also, many people on LinkedIn don’t appreciate random requests without a personal message and they may...trolls. People don’t like to connect with complete strangers as it borders on my first rule of networking--...a useful way to build or use a network. Total strangers can’t really help or refer you. Do not ask people... lot about requesting connections to complete strangers for informational interviews. Many have had success...considered intrusive and it’s still connecting with a stranger so is highly discouraged. You should be using ...
  9. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    ...manipulation, there are two main decisions to make: 1. Which modification? and 2. Which viral vector should... linked to a certain behavior. It is a very old branch of science, dating back several hundred years, ...genes. A popular method uses Cre recombinase on transgenic flox animals to introduce modifications at the...Timing: High expression levels of the viral vector trangenes typically occur two weeks after injection. Therefore... after several weeks which may also depend on transgene or promoter choice. Behaviors you can study using...Stoica L, Ahmed SS, Gao G, Sena-Esteves M. Gene transfer to the CNS using recombinant adeno-associated ...
  10. To Each HIS Own

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    ...of interest and the metal ions.      Fig. 1: A sample containing a polyhistidine tagged protein...and several contaminating proteins (blue, green, orange) flows through the Ni2+-containing resin. The protein...polyhistidine containing contaminating protein (orange). A low imidazole wash buffer disrupts the weak...polyhistidine-metal ion interaction is not disrupted by denaturants (Hochuli, 1988). In some cases, proteins can ...tag and then refolded by gradual removal of the denaturant. Not all proteins will refold once denatured,...
  11. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    ...antibody for a…less sensitive moment.   Fig 1: Blugene fading into darkness because they accidentally...spilling over" into another channel's detection range. Though you can compensate for this when reading...
  12. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...advantage this cycle, consider the advice below:  1. Eligibility check Scrutinize every opportunity prior...increase your competitive edge, they alone, are no guarantee of success. Don’t luck into an internship, prepare...
  13. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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    ...the output of the analysis performed in experiment 1. Use camelCase: In camelCase, each subsequent word...like a wet lab experiment I use the text editor TextWrangler to record the following, which are later printed...
  14. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    ...with each protein of interest.    Figure 1: The direct approach (left) versus the indirect approach...in light green; and proteins are represented in orange. Created with BioRender.com.    How do secondary...
  15. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ... an entirely new affinity reagent.    Fig. 1: A comparison of an antibody (left) to several alternative...bonds, monobodies can be easily expressed in transfected eukaryotic cells, allowing for them to be used...an excellent option for many applications, and frankly, if ain't broke, don't fix it!  That being said...
  16. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    .... See figure 1 for an example of how changing transfection ratios can affect transfection efficiency. ...containing structural genes and a transfer plasmid carrying the transfer gene. By dividing the viral elements... structural elements, envelope, and transfer gene are transfected into a packaging cell line, usually .... For some transgenes, transfection optimization simply is not enough to get a sufficient titer; this ...may not translate to the target cell line. To overcome this issue, we recommend using a range of doses...systems such that it no longer requires the viral transactivator, Tat. For more information on the different...requirement for additional DNA can impact the transfection efficiency of the packaging cell line and thereby...
  17. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...If you already have an end product in mind, steps 1 and 2 will generally be straightforward. Likewise ...reagents can be delivered via transfection, nucleofection, viral transduction or injection as either protein...cell line that can be transfected at high efficiency. Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present... present in a single lentiviral transfer vector or separate transfer vectors. May contain reporter gene...inserted into an AAV transfer vector and used to generate AAV particles. Transient or stable expression...Chemical transfection   Lipid mediated Cationic polymers Calcium phosphate Cells Transformed cell lines... lines Transformed cell lines Transformed cell lines Cargo Nucleic acids or protein Nucleic acids Nucleic...
  18. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    ...patients lives. References 1. Ong-Abdullah, Meilina, et al. "Loss of Karma transposon methylation underlies...paternal grandmothers early food supply influenced cardiovascular mortality of the female grandchildren." BMC...histone modifications, which can influence the transcription of genes by RNA polymerase II, or by the addition...methylcytosine in CpG islands makes  genes less transcriptionally active. The role of epigenetics in studying...to play a large role in a variety of diseases, ranging from cancer, to diabetes, to congenital disorders...isolated population in Sweden found that paternal grandfathers who had experienced famine before their adolescence...adolescence passed on a heritable trait to their grandsons that decreased their likelihood of death from ...
  19. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    ...basis of many molecular biology tools! Figure 1: Common functions of natural plasmids. Created with...lateral”) gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer can occur naturally through transformation (cellular uptake...? Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection Resources on Addgene.org...environment), transduction (viral infection by bacteriophages), or conjugation (direct transfer from one cell...one popular method scientists use to promote transformation, but it isn’t just for lab specimens — there... evidence that lightning can also promote gene transfer in soil bacteria! (Demanèche et al., 2001) Beneficial...humans only noticed last century! Nevertheless, the transfer of plasmids carrying these genes between bacteria...
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