...of using social networking to start, build, and track professional relationships. Here are my seven best... for example). This is also a great way to keep track of how you met the connection, as these notes are...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 ...my paper resume). It’s also a great way to keep track of past accomplishments. Follow all the rules of...

...wash steps often include low concentrations of imidazole. The concentration of imidazole used in the wash...Oftentimes, they rely on protein purification. In this strategy a single protein can be isolated from a complex...prevent it interfering with protein function. In contrast, the polyhistidine tag is very small and rarely...empirically determined. In addition, some metal ion substrates, such as those containing Co2+, have a lower ...affinity for polyhistidine than more commonly used substrates such as Ni2+ and are therefore more selective... systems, consider using these more selective substrates along with stringent wash conditions.   Find ...tightly the protein will bind to the metal ion substrate. If your protein of interest is expressed at a...

... repeat region associates with the trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) which interacts with the Cas9 protein...experiments allows you to visualize transfection efficiency and even track localization in cellular experiments... the crRNA or the tracrRNA. Of course, in a single guide system (crRNA and tracrRNA as a single molecule... important cellular RNA molecules with post translational modifications. One of the most common of these...amide linkages, unlocked nucleic acids, and a constrained ethyl.  Can’t decide which RNA backbone modification...

...differ between fluorescent proteins in the same spectral class (Cranfill et al, 2016). This non-linear ...important since different fluorescence imaging strategies use widely varying amounts of excitation power...levels (for a prolonged time). Other illumination strategies, such as 2-photon-excitation, selective plane...conditions such as cellular redox state and oxygen concentration may affect photobleaching rates (Shaner et al...the conclusions reached at high power may not translate to real applications in which far less power is...proteins. To avoid diffusion, the proteins are (i) trapped in microdroplets in a water/oil emulsion, (ii) ...) embedded in a gel, or (iii) attached to a substrate. These in vitro methods allow for a well-controlled...

...readouts are used to monitor calcium concentrations and transients in living cells and organisms. Unlike...sensors to better understand how this metal ion is trafficked and regulated. In this blog we will explore some...parameters. Sensitivity and Localization The calcium concentrations in different subcellular compartments can vary...in fluorescence only occurs at high calcium concentrations. This will reduce noise and ensure you are ...membrane. GCaMP-X is a nucleus-targeted GCaMP6 with an extra apoCaM-binding motif to prevent aberrant binding... violet light and (2) exposure to increased intracellular calcium. It has been applied to mark active ...Whether you’re studying the brain, muscles, or intracellular landscape, remember: Keep Ca+2lm and Ca+2rry...

...scratched over time, and it was difficult to keep track of growing collections of music. I still have a ...easy for scientists to share, remix, store, and track these essential components of the scientific toolbox...visualize proteins of interest (Greenfield, 2014). Traditionally, they have been made as either polyclonal antibodies...chain and light chain for the antibody and when translated into protein will assemble into a fully functional...synthesize the genes that encode those amino acids (Tran et al., 2016). Each antibody would then be tested...numerous advantages over polyclonal antibodies and traditional hybridomas.  First, the long-term stability, ...Boeckman JX, Manning CF, Nguyen JT, Bechtold H, Dumitras C, Gong B, Nguyen K, van der List D, Murray KD...

...Epigenetic engineering with single-pot assembly Tracking cell-cell interactions New auxin inducible degron...editing assemblies are sensor-actuators, either transcriptional regulators or chromatin-modifying enzymes. ...protocols.io.brgcm3sw     New system developed to track cell-cell interactions By Jennifer Tsang GFP-based...cell surface. When the cells interact, GFP is transferred to the receiver cell, and the receiver cell turns...human body and G-baToN provides versibility in tracking and modulating the interactions between cells....et al., 2021.   The AID system relies on a transport inhibitor response 1 (TIR1) expressed under a ...highly useful vectors compatible with Gibson and Saptrap cloning systems to generate AID* tagged CRISPR ...

...These wire models were useful in that they not only traced the 3-D path of the protein’s backbone in three-dimensional...on something tangible. Under the guidance of a trained educator, these instances of focused attention ...reported cleavage site on the complementary DNA strand. And this is why we love working with researchers...”. Jacob computationally added the non-template strand to the Jinek structure so that the resulting physical...protein must have in order to scan along the double-stranded DNA, recognize a PAM sequence, allow the complementary...pairing between the guide RNA and the target DNA strand, and then activate two different endonuclease active...structure captures the displaced non-target DNA strand and shows the HNH nuclease domain swung around ...

... inducible translocation trap (ITT) system to analyze signal-induced nuclear translocation of proteins...functions such as epigenetic regulation and transcription by using locus-specific chromatin immunoprecipitation...biochemical analysis of genome functions such as transcription and epigenetic regulation. To elucidate molecular...functions in the hope of developing drugs against intractable diseases. Currently, a number of labs are using... and differences you have observed as you have traveled the world? Fujii: Fortunately, I was able to work...of new technologies may be very effective in transforming conventional research. So, I hope my younger...

...findings in a recent issue of Cell demonstrate how PGC-1a1, a transcriptional coactivator induced in skeletal...have reported a mechanism based on studies of transgenic mice that helps to explain how it works. The .... Mice that are genetically modified to produce extra PGC-1a1 only in their skeletal muscle show resistance... skeletal muscle expression of kynurenine aminotransferases, to enhance the conversion of kynurenine into...expected. "Our initial research hypothesis was that trained muscle would produce a substance with beneficial...release. “We actually found the opposite: well-trained muscle produces an enzyme that purges the body ...

...additional questions. Bacterial Strain Addgene can distribute your bacterial strains if they: are E. coli that...to verify any genomic alterations unique to your strain. Please contact us at [email protected] or +1...4363) if you’d like to distribute your bacterial strain(s) through Addgene. Description – please indicate...: Growth and Distribution Please indicate which strain Addgene should propagate your plasmids in: DH5α..., we propagate plasmids in the standard cloning strain DH5α. Please indicate if your plasmid cannot be..., and AAV plasmids, we recommend the NEB Stable strain. For plasmids containing the ccdB gene, such as...Gateway vectors, we recommend the ccdB Survival strain. Figure 10: Enter the growth and distribution ...

...their scientific careers hoping to follow the traditional academic route (find tips for getting a faculty...comprehensive lab experience. With this valuable training behind you (and largely only that is necessary...from around the world easier. You should also demonstrate a strong willingness to help others with their...attitude, and an open-minded personality. These traits will help you deal with any incoming requests or... get involved in product testing in the lab, to travel to customers’ sites, and to run experiments with...actually caused the problem. It may not always be straightforward to identify those crucial details because there... The benefit is that these skills are highly transferable and will help you enter other roles in project...

... and inhibit its own transcription. As copy number increases, RepA transcription is repressed and replication...indirectly inhibit replication through inhibiting translation of replication machinery proteins, or directly...distinguish between the different plasmids. The concentration of negative regulation system elements in the...smaller, higher copy plasmid can more effectively titrate replication or partitioning machinery away from... if these do not provide clarity, a wet lab transformation experiment will ultimately inform whether your...usually large, low copy virulence plasmids. This strategy has been successful in displacing, or “curing”...classification and identification based on replication and transfer systems and host taxonomy. Frontiers in Microbiology...

...less traumatic to the body as a whole than systemic chemotherapy treatments delivered intravenously. New... those who are running out of hope with more traditional treatments, such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy...ingested), it can get into the lining of the lungs or travel to one of the other areas of the body, where it...new form of treatment known as hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). With this technique, ...known that one of the best ways to improve the traditionally dire prognosis for mesothelioma patients is ... materials, household products, and even toys! Contrary to the belief of many individuals, asbestos has...Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Learn How the ClonTracer Library Can be Used to Study Cancer Drug Resistance...

...resistant to lower concentrations of a drug, but will be killed by a higher concentration, or sometimes more...today, but it doesn’t have to be some looming, abstract, convoluted scientific concept. It is imperative...bacterium sharing genes with another, an accidental transmission of genes from one bacterium to another through...are referred to as methods of ‘horizontal gene transfer’. Resistance can also arise from random mutations...either through random mutation or horizontal gene transfer, means to defend themselves from these naturally...bacterial infection with a lower than optimal drug concentration. Drug resistance is not a black or white issue... of the bacteria in the presence of a known concentration of antibiotic that has been impregnated into...

...been significant work on constructing Cas9 transcriptional activators. These constructs allow for the ...Cas9 deficient in DNA cutting activity to a transcriptional activation domain (Fig 1). Two ways to use...promoter of another gene, thereby driving aberrant transcription. That being said, we generally pick guides by...picking whichever guides are closest to the transcription start site (TSS). We recommend targeting the...Latency Reversal Using CRISPR/Cas9-Derived Transcriptional Activator Systems. PLoS ONE 11:e0158294 . https...Church GM (2015) Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming. Nat Methods 12:326–328 . https...Nishimasu H, Nureki O, Zhang F (2014) Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex...

...possible to multiplex ultrasound dyes because these dyes “collapse” at different ultrasound frequencies. Read...non-invasive methods for cellular imaging with ultrasound. In his research he applies naturally occurring...of dyes allows dye visualization in vivo using ultrasound (for an example see the figure below). In addition...addition to low costs, deep tissue penetration, and high spatial resolution are benefits of this technique...Read more about ‘Using ultrasound to image bacteria in vivo: acoustic reporter genes’ on our blog. Creative....7686 (2018): 86.PubMed PMID: 29300010. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5920530.  Resources on the Addgene Blog...

...plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide causes the ribosome to translate Cas9-2A and ...be used to transfect a variety of mammalian cells and can be modified for viral trasduction (see the Zhang...component of most CRISPR systems and generates double strange breaks at target sites 5' of the 5'NGG3' PAM sequence...can be used to test for SpCas9 expression post transfection by western blot. Overall, this is a versatile...2013): 2281-2308. PubMed PMID: 24157548. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3969860. Resources on the Addgene Blog...

...Uniform Biological Material Transfer Agreement (UBMTA) for its material transfers. The UBMTA was drafted by... has time for paperwork? Here’s why a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) matters: Science thrives on collaboration...universities and institutions require them for material transfers. When Addgene entered the plasmid sharing space...order, Addgene generates the MTA and emails it straight to you, or we can send it directly to your institution...receiving institution. Therefore, many technology transfer officers are familiar with the UBMTA and are happy...  material transfer agreement...

...systems Name Function Plasmid Transduction Marker Mouse Strain C-CHIME Knocks out a pair of... LaFleur et al., 2019b). CHIME works through transduction of Cas9-expressing (Rosa26-Cas9) hematopoietic... a lentiviral vector containing a gRNA. These transduced stem cells can be implanted in irradiated recipients...suite of four systems which utilizes custom mouse strains and lentiviral expression vectors (Table 1). The...positive control genes in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. To demonstrate the power of these systems to investigate in ...generation of exhausted CD8+ T cell subpopulations and restrains tumor immunity. Nature Immunology 20, 1335–1347...