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  1. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    ...necessary.   Tips for barcoding and tracking samples 1. Start with the tube - Barcoded tubes come in many...is the Laboratory Operations Manager at Addgene.  In addition to helping with daily laboratory operations...through barcoded tubes that are scanned into our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), a database...available for distribution!    Check Out How We Think about Developing Lab Management Software    The plasmid's...the correct sample. Tracking samples - it's all about location, location, location There are many different...of these samples have the 2D barcodes mentioned above. These barcodes identify what type of sample is ...every barcode on every tube contains information about that tube’s appropriate location. The barcode also...

  2. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    ...done is better than perfect. Good luck! References 1. Haery, Leila, Ryan C. Thompson, and Thomas D. Gilmore...didn’t have to worry about having to hunt down sources later on.  A comment about writing: initially I...exists. Once you pick a topic, try to be specific about exactly what aspect of the field you plan to review...themes in the field and to learn what people cared about. I also used reviews to get a list of research papers...highlighted a few dozen things that I didn’t know about. Instead of reading a paper and getting my bearings...them. No really, just start writing! Don’t worry about grammar or formatting or continuity. Also don’t ...worry if you feel like you don’t still know enough about the topic. Just get as many words down on the page...

  3. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    ...can make this fun activity relate to STEM.” Figure 1 shows the activities we had for my school’s Math &...wonderful tangents. Some groups asked about vaccines, others were curious about the agricultural repercussions...roles and responsibilities, I have to think a lot about how to balance those roles. I’m a father of three...community. This past year, I spent some time thinking about how I could combine all of these roles by reaching...guest presentations. If you’re a scientist thinking about reaching out to your community’s schools, here are...accountants running our math tables!  Be realistic about what you can teach  5-10 year olds in a single evening...DNA, protein, plasmid, gene, etc. Though I talked about CRISPR’s molecular mechanism, I was careful to keep...

  4. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    ... such a popular model organism? Zebrafish (Figure 1) were initially recognized as a useful vertebrate ...for gene manipulation together with information about the genome are powerful resources for investigating...zebrafish genome was published in 2013, revealing that about 70% of human genes have a counterpart in zebrafish...networks that regulate processes from development to metabolism to fertility. Several zebrafish-specific gene...gene expression databases that provide information about when and where genes are active in developing embryos...genome sequences become available, new hypotheses about specific genetic interactions arise and tools to...genome, their long three-month generation time and labor-intensive maintenance compared to invertebrate model...

  5. Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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    ...blood test for HMGB1, the high mobility group box 1 protein. Normally localized to the nucleus, if the...common cancers like lung (about 224,000 diagnosed this year) or breast cancer (about 246,000 diagnosed this...Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. We have learned much about the causes of cancer and the different avenues that... asbestos exposure to the time of diagnosis) is about 35 years, but it usually ranges from 20-50 years... an orphan cancer; it is rare disease with only about 3,000 new mesothelioma patients diagnosed every ...from mesothelioma several years ago – recently collaborated with Senator Barbara Boxer to introduce the ...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Find out More About Cancer and Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Learn...

  6. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ...fun together! Laura’s Top 10 Event Planning Tips! 1. Take suggestions Some of Addgene’s best events have...early employees spent this remaining time by elaborately pranking each other, dressing in costume, and...frequently ask the question, “What’s your favorite part about working at Addgene?” Most Addgenies reply with an... confident that their teammates and project collaborators have completed their work thoroughly. It’s kind...rose-colored-glasses-esque picture of how everyone is kind and collaborative and all we do is have fun all day long, whistling...megaphone, or your company’s intranet. Don’t forget about the power of simple word of mouth - be sure to bring...company.        Additional Resources Read other posts about life at Addgene!Read more of our careers posts! ...

  7. A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional

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    ...profession: 1. Build on your existing skills & passion  Skills such as research, collaboration across multiple...on becoming grant writers. When we asked others about how they became grant professionals, mid- to late-career...late-career grant professionals have similar stories about a time when their passion for an organization or... logic models, established partnerships and collaborations, and commitments to and proof of compliance...grants. It is no surprise that the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that employment of grant writers...development strategy builds on the steps listed above and formalizes your development. You may consider...

  8. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    ...testing. You can find Nick on LinkedIn. References 1. Skloot, Rebecca, and Bahni Turpin. The immortal life...Learn All about Mammalian Vectors Read up on CRISPR Delivery Systems for Mammalian Cells Learn about the Dangers...Misidentified or cross-contaminated cells have been known about since 1966 when Stanley Gartler reported that most...there is a loss of reputation that can impede collaborations, especially with industry. Today we also have...The LGC Group also provides standards and has laboratories to carry our independent quality control for...culture contamination." Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 133.9 (2009): 1463-1467. PubMed PMID...

  9. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    ...declaration, only a small fraction (<1%) of authors have asked for advice about the scope of the policy. End ...the data policy was raised by researchers worried about the effort to make the underlying data easily available...making data available, but there remains concern about the extra work this may entail.  So if access to...be archived? Simplifying data access Some of the above mentioned issues could be mitigated by on-line services...him on Twitter @jwoodgett.     More Discussions About Data Sharing: PLOS Data Sharing Policy Discussion...Scholarly Kitchen) Read more Addgene blog posts about scientific sharing ...

  10. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ...mammalian expression from human elongation factor 1 alpha Constitutive  Tends to give consistent expression...Promoter of the arabinose metabolic operon Inducible by arabinose and repressed catabolite repression in the ...Browse All Plasmids 101 Posts Learn about Mammalian Vectors Read about Reporter Gene like Luciferase and...and operators (response elements). Promoters are about 100 to 1000 base pairs long and found upstream of...this list is a great place to start, the tables above do not delve into the tissue or development-specific...

  11. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ... reached labs in over 75 countries. Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 proteins and other components. Image from...different SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. You can learn more about their research in this article. To see other plasmids... optimized. Browse the collection or learn more about it on the blog. COVID-19 research is happening fast...through plasmid sharing and more. As you’ve read above, some of these plasmids have been in the repository...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about mapping the SARS-CoV-2 - human protein-protein interaction... interaction Find tips for remote collaborations Browse all COVID-19 blog posts Resources on Addgene....

  12. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...such as model systems and primary cells. References 1. Doench, John G., et al. "Rational design of highly...Read this blog post about CRISPR Kinome Libraries available at Addgene Learn about the advantages of pooled...large-scale functional screens Read this blog post about genome-wide screening using CRISPR Resources on...libraries for the mouse genome! Other Resources Read about CRISPRi and CRISPRa from the NIH E-newsletter ...

  13. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    ...commandments for making it all work – most of the time. #1 Thou shalt find enjoyment in your work If you are ...on the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood.   Work...worry less about how they will handle an emergency and this will make you much more confident about their ...

  14. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...inclusion bodies and is folding properly. References 1. Angov, Evelina, et al. "Heterologous protein expression...that lead to these preferences and what can we do about them? Read on to find out!   Why do organisms have...understood, but some possible reasons include: Metabolic pressures - it takes cellular resources to produce...amino acid I’d like to encode,” but, as described above, not every region of a protein should necessarily...Effects on transcription (remember, it’s not all about translation - e.g. codon choice may interrupt transcription...

  15. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...off-target effects (Zibitt et al. 2021).    Figure 1: A schematic illustration of CRISPR/Cas9-based approaches... to devise an experiment that can tell you more about its function.  Resources and references Resources...

  16. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ...(RBD) of the viral spike protein.   Figure 1. (A) SARS-CoV-2 RBD DMS Library generation and sequencing...acid, suggesting that MPyV system can improve metabolic pathway yields by encapsulating a single enzyme...

  17. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    ... digging deeply into their data.     Fig. 1: Genomic fraction for each of five major ancestry ...dependencies associated with each ancestry group. Since about 90% of the cell lines used in DepMap CRISPR screens...

  18. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    ...template including the desired edit. Figure 1: Prime Editing schematic. Created with BioRender.com... primer binding site, starting with a length of about 13 nt (Anzalone et al., 2019). Primer binding sites...of reverse transcriptase template, starting with about 10–16 nucleotides. For longer templates, it is even.... Test multiple nick sites, starting with sites about 50 bp upstream and downstream from the prime editing...

  19. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ...drives our bioinformatics needs       Fig. 1: QC'ing data at Addgene is like standing under a Niagara...much information as possible from depositing laboratories and associated publications, but our quality...the process. Another design choice we appreciated about Nextflow was how effortless it was for us to switch...interface. In our next post, we’ll share our story about how we used Nextflow Tower to augment our pipeline...

  20. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...antibody bonding strengths.    . Steps of an IP: 1) Protein extracts from cells or tissues contain a ...proteins or nucleic acids. Read on to learn more about this versatile technique.  Immunoprecipitation ...proteins in an IP are not denatured (learn more about antibodies here!) When using Protein A/G to immobilize...eluted by boiling the beads in SDS. (To learn more about Western blotting check out our blog post The Basics...
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