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  1. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ...identifiers (PIDs), a long-lasting way to identify and reference documents, files, or physical reagents. What ...you, we’ll go through examples to highlight the difference between them using a plasmid available through...the lenti-Cas9-VQR plasmid page. Despite their differences, both of these PID formats for lenti-Cas9-VQR...managed by Addgene. How to cite options using the different PID formats The instructions for how to cite any...
  2. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    ...principal investigators. They also come from many different scientific fields, from social sciences to biology.... We now want to use this potential to make a difference not just against COVID-19, but also in other ...scientist, and proud member of Crowdfight. He is currently based in Spain and works on climate change. You...one of the coordinators at Crowdfight. She is currently based in Spain and works in the field of genetics...
  3. Photosensitizer Induced Cell Ablation with FAP-TAP MG-2I-dL5**

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    ...light-induced cell ablation with MG-2I-dL5** in two different experimental settings: HEK293 cell culture and...these experiments because developing embryos are transparent, so it’s easy to watch development in real time...using photosensitizers in the comments below!   References 1. He, J., Wang, Y., Missinato, M. A., Onuoha...Chromophore-assisted laser inactivation in cell biology. Trends in Cell Biology,18(9), 443-450. doi:10.1016/j.tcb...
  4. Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab

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    ...personal assistant has to deal with. My inbox currently stands at about 65,000 messages and dealing with... lab and safety manager, researcher, adviser, conference planner, and writer.” Connie Cepko was surprised...every graduate student or postdoc may require different types of mentoring. Some mentees prefer lots of...impossible' or useless.” How do you run your lab differently or the same as your adviser did? Tom Ellis merges...
  5. A Deep Dive into BioBuilder

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    ...variety of educational programs all focused on current questions and experiments in the field of synthetic...adapted from her own MIT curriculum. Drawing on current questions being asked in MIT’s research labs, BioBuilder...exploration, discovery, and collaboration. One module currently under development comes from the Caltech lab of...students include The BioBuilder High School Apprenticeship, preparing local (Massachusetts), economically...
  6. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...AAV8) enable different patterns of transduction and transgene expression across different cell types (.... Top AAV: pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry Our current AAV inventory consists almost entirely of viruses...visualizing hM4D(Gi)-mCherry in fixed tissue. References 1. Aschauer DF, Kreuz S, Rumpel S. Analysis of...
  7. Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems

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    ...mission. In no situation is this more true than the current global pandemic in which scientists race to find...from Ginkgo Bioworks are available for request? Currently, plasmids containing all SARS-CoV-2 protein coding...requested the plasmid. By leveraging our core strengths of intensive screening and the use of high throughput...Visit our COVID-19 Plasmids and Resources Page! References Fukushi S, Watanabe R, Taguchi F (2008) Pseudotyped...
  8. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    ...without a DNA double-strand break. But base editors aren’t perfect. They may be slow, can only target certain...culture). This dilution step represents the major difference between PACE and PANCE: for PANCE the phage progeny...editor activity and editing speed. Created with BioRender.com. Introducing ABE8e - a fast and flexible ...much more efficiently and in more contexts. References Gaudelli NM, Komor AC, Rees HA, Packer MS, Badran...
  9. Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones

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    ... biosensor - IISER Bhopal is back in the SynBio arena this year with a fresh team of twenty excited undergrads...extremophiles to survive under these conditions are currently unknown, and it’ll undoubtedly be quite a while...to guess. Think about it like winter tires in different conditions: the more flexible rubber of winter...spirit of scientific innovation amongst school children through summer workshops and interactive discussions...
  10. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    ..., without the FMO, it would be difficult to differentiate the Ly6C negative population from the Ly6C positive...like for a particular marker, you can use the reference plots provided by the antibody companies or check... use the APC IgG2c isotype control). The only difference is that the isotype antibody will not target ...CD8+ T cells and cancer immunotherapies. She is currently a research technician in Arlene Sharpe's lab at...
  11. Clear and Accessible Writing

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    ...Which is why, at the Society for Neuroscience conference in November 2023, we hosted our very first professional... who is my audience, and what do I want to be different for them when I’m done? What are we trying to ...    Here, this image is being used to convey the difference between a gradient tube before and after ultracentrifugation... For instance, you would present information differently in a poster compared to an online abstract or...
  12. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    ...next few years, with the goal of creating more transparent and reproducible science in the long run (Hohlbein...problem-solving platforms.     Fig. 3: Different workflows involved in sharing open hardware. Upper...microscope. Lower left panel shows an image of differentiating monocyte with planes and hardware to it. Right...image processing and low-cost optical setups. References Joel T. Collins, Joe Knapper, Julian Stirling...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ...high and your immunogenicity low! References and Resources References Robinson HL. Retroviruses and cancer...infect humans and some other mammals but is not currently known to cause any diseases. Recombinant AAV largely...excellent features for human gene therapy and is currently being used in clinical settings. AAV is also ...
  14. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    ...widely utilized across many different cell types and each one requires different elements for vector propogation...Instead, the size and A-T content of the DNA (apparently independent of a known specific sequence) dictate...auxotrophic markers and includes the associated references.  Yeast selection marker What does the marker...
  15. Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists

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    ...formal mentoring program at my company, but there weren't enough senior people willing to step up and be ...hundreds of mentoring groups through my work with the renowned Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) Boston...commitment of a formal mentoring relationship or there aren’t enough senior mentors available to go around. My...these criteria. If you can, include people from different labs, departments or organizations as it brings...
  16. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...stem cells edited to carry mutant versions of 15 different disease-associated genes. Addgene spoke to Musunuru...mutations. Once that's done in stem cells, we can differentiate those mutant and wild type stem cells into any...all have the mutations but they will also have different genetic backgrounds. It becomes more of an apples-to-oranges...suggest TALENs may be cleaner than CRISPR/Cas9. Reference: Quirong Ding et al. "A TALEN genome-editing system...
  17. RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions

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    ...antibodies Conventional antibodies are a non-renewable reagent - Their production requires animal sacrifice...produce - Hybridomas offer an alternative and renewable source of monoclonal antibodies, but they are ... their use. Each RANbody is detectable by two different tags: a reporter and an HA tag. The reporter comes... link to its sequence in the comments below. References Sanes, J.R., & Yamagata, M. (2018). Reporter-...
  18. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute

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    ...SciComm by doing SciComm Writing had always been a strength of Susan’s, but she didn’t know if she liked science... of a team.” It took her two years to find her current position at Fred Hutch because her skill set wasn...connections she made through this program lead to her current job. “One of my colleagues in the class was like...Hutch magazine. Getting pulled in all of these different directions is sometimes at odds with the space...
  19. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    ...but where the kinases are located, their signal strength, and how long their signals last all impact transduction... or “on.” Dronpa’s color thus indicates MEK1’s current state (Green when off, dark when on). Figure 1...function of the protein and pdDronpa are preserved. References 1. Zhou, Xin X., Linlin Z. Fan, Pengpeng Li, ...28232577. Figures 2-4 were modified from this reference. 2. Regot, Sergi, Jacob J. Hughey, Bryce T. Bajar...
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