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TypeBlog Post...instrumental in interpreting human variation at large scales and making personalized medicine a reality...the a bacterial periplasmic binding protein, one similar to the protein which gave rise to the iGluSnFR ...artificial leaf replica means creating a “leaf” with similar permeability of water and nutrients and colonization...
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Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog Post... Senior Researcher who investigates the molecular and cellular etiopathomechanisms of ischemic stroke,...brain injury Dr. Gohar Tsakanova, Institute of Molecular Biology of the NationalAcademy of Sciences of ... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Science Writing
TypeBlog Post...the book. The best tip in the book is to have a regular writing schedule, even if you only write for a ...generic, so they need to be edited to suit your particular field of research. Citations tools DOI Citation... time. Mendeley Mendeley works much like other popular citation managers, but Mendeley is free to use.... -
Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene
TypeBlog Post...insects, mammals, and plants, among others. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis that microbes are neither... "The Mistborn series is the first 3 books of a larger epic of fantasy novels. Set in a world where 1000...Control Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke "A quasi-historical/fantasy fiction. Two dueling... -
Management for Scientists: Delegating is Key
TypeBlog Post... the heart of delegating for success. Meet regularly before during and after the assignment to discuss...review project progress. I recommend putting a regular check-in meeting on the calendar even if it is ... Resources on the Addgene Website Are You a Molecular Biologist? Find Plasmids for Your Research Here... -
Resume Writing for Non-academic Science Careers
TypeBlog Post... data, then the chance is that you have handled large data sets and are familiar with statistical analysis...of that, perhaps you were involved in some extracurricular activities – did you volunteer to do science..., many universities make their job postings and salary expectations public, so start by looking at these... -
Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab
TypeBlog Post...strong collaborative research team motivated by similar visions and goals? We continue our conversation... time in his office, he gradually incorporated regular group meetings, journal clubs, and focused sub-...and a friend. George Church runs his lab fairly similarly to his advisor Wally Gilbert: “Very interdisciplinary... -
Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab
TypeBlog Post...engagement and access to growth opportunities, not salary and benefits. Therefore, lab selection should focus...Alternatively, perhaps the lab publishes and presents regularly with labs around the world. You may prefer a more... making this choice. How big is the lab? While larger labs tend to be more "chaotic" and offer less micromanaging... -
Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog Post...can either express the plasmid DNA transiently (similar to bacteria) or incorporate the genetic material...virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) or the SV40 large-T antigen (293E or 293T cells), allow for episomal.... Positive selection in mammalian cells works similarly to that in bacteria and a table of the most commonly... -
Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
TypeBlog Post...used to investigate the effects of activating particular signaling pathways in specific cell types (typically...typically neurons). While all of these viruses are popular, pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D(Gi)-mCherry contains a double...animals, where cre expression is restricted to a particular cell type. The human synapsin promoter further... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls
TypeBlog Post...unsure what your population will look like for a particular marker, you can use the reference plots provided...isotype controls An isotype sample is prepared very similarly to a FMO sample: you make a sample from a combined...and then add in your isotype control for that particular marker. This enables you to identify any non-... -
Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype
TypeBlog Post...Fig. 1B). Tracers are typically delivered to a particular location and they either trace downstream from..., you can map what regions are signaling to a particular site while also activating or inhibiting gene...these vectors can exhibit spurious expression, particularly at the injection site (Fischer, KB. 2019). The... -
A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017
TypeBlog Post... almost all of the attendees were going to be molecular biologists. This was not at all the case. The ...neurobiology (and really in all of biology) require large data sets. Whether these data sets include videos... make the virus for you. Neuroscientists are particularly interested in using AAVs because they provide... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020
TypeBlog Post...noninvasive methods for manipulating cell activity, particularly in the brain, and holds promise in the development...development of future therapies. Our popular plasmid encoding a Cre dependent version of the DREADD hM3D ...on availability date or to be notified when a particular catalog item is available for order please email... -
Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2
TypeBlog Post...cell type? You can use DNA sequencing or other molecular cloning techniques to determine CRISPR/sgRNA efficiency...site in the genome you are trying to target play a large role in Cas9 activity and efficiency (Sander and... structure and genomic recognition sites play a large role in CRISPR-Cas9 efficiency. They continued to... -
Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems
TypeBlog Post...genes, tags, truncations, and codon optimizations similar to those found in the bacterial expression plasmids...Fukushi S, Watanabe R, Taguchi F (2008) Pseudotyped Vesicular Stomatitis Virus for Analysis of Virus Entry Mediated...SARS Coronavirus Spike Proteins. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, pp 331–338 https://doi.... -
The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It
TypeBlog Post...and not just the subset of those that return a particular result. Anything else that occurs during the ...are known. The author submits the research plan (similar to a preregistration, but usually with a fully ...Promotion Guidelines; preregistration to increase clarity in study design and analysis; removing publication... -
Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity
TypeBlog Post...NG (Nishimasu et al., 2018). The David Liu Lab similarly described xCas9, which displayed the ability to... (HypaCas9). This nuclease showed decreased or similar off-target activity, relative to eSpCas9 and SpCas9...degree of both specificity and sensitivity across a large number of loci and gRNA lengths. Recent alternatives... -
Hot Plasmids - May 2022
TypeBlog Post...offset due to the nanobody-GFP interaction). The modularity of the system provides researchers better flexibility...comparable to commonly used CRISPR/Cas9 methods for large inserts. However, this system has a much lower error... a fluorescent protein coupled to a specific subcellular localization peptide. By combining three different... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog Post...for either tissues or cells. The process is very similar for both, though tissue samples do require an extra...thinking, well, these are mostly fairly standard molecular and cell biology techniques. What’s all the fuss...www.wannapik.com/ Even though ChIP requires a larger upfront investment than many other antibody applications...