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  1. Zebrafish as a Model for Behavior: Swimming into the Optogenetic Spotlight

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    ...neurons that trigger the CPG (central pattern generator) (Wyart et al., 2009). The CPG is a neural circuit... involved in locomotion that generates periodic motor commands for rhythmic movements like spontaneous...optogenetics blog posts Read blog posts about viral vectors Subscribe to the Addgene blog Resources on Addgene.org...
  2. An Addgene Summer Internship

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    ... gene in a pLenti vector backbone. During those five weeks, I worked with my mentors, Katherine, Amrita...exchanged contact with Amy C., Addgene’s intern coordinator shortly after hearing her talk about Addgene’...
  3. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    ...used to target complementary DNA sequences. In laboratory settings, an sgRNA includes the crRNA and tracrRNA...array: The section of the bacterial chromosome that stores a genetic record of previously encountered foreign...itself, simplifying the CRISPR-Cas9 system for laboratory applications. At Addgene, we sometimes refer ...
  4. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Science Writing

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    ...For this series, I’ll interview three science communicators who work in the biotech, education, or nonprofit...job. “I am really more of a multimedia science communicator than a science writer these days. I do some ... to talk to other scientists when I am in new territory. Perhaps there are examples of science writers...
  5. Addgene's a Nonprofit? Nonprofit Awareness Day 2017

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    ...individuals through stock or investor pay outs. Addgene has no investors or stock. All of our proceeds...proceeds go into running the repository and serving scientists better. That includes keeping fees as low as ...
  6. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    ...biological sensors’) are biological tools that monitor a process or detect a given molecule. The sensor...in. Depending on the process you would like to monitor, there may be multiple steps you could examine,...biosensors. These constructs are often used to monitor enzymatic activity or phosphorylation over time...
  7. Running for Rare Disease, Running for FOP, Running for AJ

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    ...patient partners so that they can help tell their stories. I was paired with a six-year-old boy named AJ ...caused by a single R206H point mutation on the receptor ACVR1. ACVR1 triggers appropriate bone regeneration...where my wife Lianna has made her career as Senior Director of Biology, is helping us fight against FOP in...
  8. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    ...you questions. Remember that people like a good story and science involves characters – in this case you...or other places online, and consider how those stories are being told. Twitter can be a good way to follow...sharing – both your plasmids and your research stories. Consider practicing communicating your research...
  9. Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm

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    ...meaningful day job only came into focus when an English tutor noted my eclectic mix of science and arts papers...venturing forth from tertiary study, the myriad trajectories ahead can be condensed into two discernible ...truly benefit others. Herein, a good science communicator—with an understanding of how to appeal to a ...
  10. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    ...will describe how to copy a cDNA from one vector into a new vector that is better suited for analyzing the...TGGCATATCTCGAAGTACTGAGCGGCCGCTAAGCA-3’) into this calculator we get a final Reverse Primer sequence of 5’-...
  11. Advice for Moving Into Sales After Your Science Postdoc

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    .... I had just started month 8 of my 3 year Post-Doctoral contract at the University of Cambridge and knew...outside of academia, a job as a ‘Cancer Marketing Coordinator’ came up at Abcam. Unlike other job descriptions...knew there would be a way around this. First off I tore up my “Scientific CV” and wrote a more business ...
  12. Interview: Ed Boyden on Optogenetics, Neuroscience, and the Future of Neuroengineering

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    ...who may not be experts, can you give me a brief history of optogenetics? How long has this idea been around...optogenetic tools for neuroscience back in 2005, both activators as well as silencers of neural activity. Since...brain is very complex and we've hosted hundreds of visitors in our lab to help them understand their specific...
  13. FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database

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    ...great deal more information that one might like to store about FPs than is currently represented at fpvis...a centralized, community-editable resource for storage and dissemination of information about FPs. FPbase.org...elaborate spectrum analysis tools, and a better way to store and represent within-study photobleaching comparisons...
  14. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    ... plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. Think we missed...expression of the tumor-seeking CAR (chimeric antigen receptor), whereas a ubiquitous promoter drives expression...can be made for expressing your favorite T-cell receptor, or perhaps any other tool that can benefit from...
  15. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    ...classification system, including its history, biology, and usages in the lab. History In 1884, while studying infected...The classification system is also useful in a laboratory setting. When designing a plasmid to be inserted...
  16. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    ...correct the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductor receptor (CFTR) by homologous recombination in cultured...control the CRISPR system activity.  Using an AAV vector may help with size limitations. In addition, non-viral...
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