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  1. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling

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    ...services don’t offer plastic recycling, specialized companies can recycle plastic-- you just have to find them...product packaging) for free! It has to be from their company and it has to be packaging (no coated tissue culture... label. Recycle nitrile gloves Terracycle is a company that takes items not commonly accepted at recycling...your lab or department and send them back to the companies for reuse. They’re really easy to spot and even...recycling program at your institute! Universities and companies have the potential to make a huge impact directly...! These days, it’s important for individuals, companies, and universities to be sustainability leaders...
  2. FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique

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    ...methylation competent E. coli for this procedure to work properly. Directly transform chemically competent cells...tips for applying it in your own lab. Table 1: Comparison Between Standard Restriction Cloning and Fast...are then transformed directly into chemically competent E. coli and transformants selected with the appropriate...insert with an additional 15-17 bases that are complementary to the overlapping vector ends. See an overview...an hour at 37°C. This should be enough time to completely digest the template DNA. Note—templates must ...
  3. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    ...sequence. This means cloning occurs in vivo, as compared to restriction enzyme cloning where the genetic...homology to the target site for recombination. Key components of the Lambda Red recombineering system The lambda... lambda red recombineering system has three components (Figure 1): 1) Exo, 2) Beta, and 3) Gam. All three...dsDNA was short enough, a ssDNA whose entire complementary strand was degraded. Beta: Beta protects the...created by Exo and promotes its annealing to a complementary ssDNA target in the cell.  Only Beta expression...an ssDNA oligo substrate.   Figure 1: Components of the Lambda Red Recombineering system. See ...region of interest and design an oligo that is complementary to the lagging strand. In practice, it’s easier...
  4. Mycoplasma Contamination: Where Does It Come From and How to Prevent It

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    ... of powdered media. Filtration does not ensure complete sterilization as mycoplasma can even escape 0.2... growth of mycoplasma but cannot eradicate it completely. When mycoplasmas are seen in the culture, it...mycoplasmas are used. A broad range of primers encompasses almost all the infecting mycoplasma. The primers...assay kits are available from different biotech companies which are enzyme-based mycoplasma detection kits...synthesized by eukaryotic cells. First, the kit components rupture the mycoplasma and then specific enzymes... of mycoplasma. These methods cannot guarantee complete removal of mycoplasma but, can get rid of most...Microbiol .44: 42–49  Uphoff Cc, Drexler Hg (2002) Comparative Antibiotic Eradication of Mycoplasma Infections...
  5. Finding Your Science Policy Path

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    ...throughout your career. Plus, just one role can encompass many of these activities leading to a rich day-to-day...combat sexual harassment in academia or a large company who decides how they are going pursue regulatory...science policy roles exist. Explore these resources compiled by the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship...working in science policy doesn’t have to be a complete career pivot. There are many ways to pursue your...system? Defining your why is what will make you a competitive candidate for any science policy position and...expertise and then once selected, you can pivot to a completely new field without issue. This may be more challenging...much smoother.  Action Items:  Explore this comprehensive resource developed by Dr. Kelly Singel which...
  6. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    ... TF library (aka the MORF Collection) and an accompanying expression atlas, including over 3,500 human...from these sites. The Zhang lab generated a comprehensive library of each unique TF open reading frame...endoderm, and mesoderm). These profiles were then compared to that of reference cell types generated by the... the human fetal expression atlas. Computational analysis was used to infer differentiation trajectories...Previously engineered TF libraries were not as comprehensive as this one, so it is an invaluable tool to ...expression dysregulation event. Diseases are often complex, with multiple layers of dysregulation from either...
  7. Management for Scientists: Delegating is Key

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    ...that no component of the overall project gets left undone or is duplicated. With each component of the ...the project completed by an individual who is a local expert in that task (or has the bandwidth to become...result is high quality and the entire process is completed more efficiently. Listen to our podcast interview...desired outcomes. Concern yourself with what is accomplished, rather than detailing how the work should be...in more engaged, successful employees who can accomplish great things.   To read more on this topic and...
  8. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    ...fluorescent proteins, how to do a head-to-head comparison of fluorescent proteins and how to make a well-informed...your selection on a small-scale head-to-head comparative study under conditions that best mimic the intended...protein properties and provides a quick way to compare fluorescent proteins, e.g. see Chudakov et al (...is of no use. Therefore, it is more sensible to compare fluorescent proteins based on their practical brightness...promising fluorescent proteins and to determine and compare their practical brightness in a system closely ...application. In figure 2 we provide an example of the comparison of the practical brightness of two orange fluorescent...
  9. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    ...expressed in cells, generates much less signal than comparable fluorescent proteins. This weak emission hasn... with increased sensitivity and faster imaging compared to previous publications. They also developed ...they successfully imaged multiple subcellular compartments over several minutes using Nano-lantern fusion... fluorescence, so higher concentrations of the compound can be added to the media. Cellular esterase then...producing a constant supply of substrate. Using this compound to excite the Nano-lanterns, Takai et al. continuously... handy. This approach is especially suited to complement optogenetic tools, where light used for excitation...
  10. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    ...and reduce needed compensation.    Working with antibodies can get a bit complicated, but hopefully this...time-sensitive, using precious samples, or being compared to other data in a manner that demands high accuracy... reaction to understand if any of your buffer components could affect the reaction. For instance, sodium...detected in the same assay. This is one of the most complex subjects in antibody-based protocols - but thankfully...another channel's detection range. Though you can compensate for this when reading your data, you’ll want ...
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