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TypeBlog Post...GFP-tagged Atg8p or LC3: ATG8 is part of a group of genes that affect autophagy (ATG) in yeast. Atg8p (“p”...stands for protein) associates with autophagosomal membranes, so tagging it with GFP allows for tracking the...
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Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog Post...transparency Another major benefit of preprints is their openness. Preprints can be read freely by anyone and are... work too openly too soon or simply a lack of awareness of the benefits of preprints. Some worry about... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog Post...you cannot test them all, so how do you know which ones to try? Read on and we will provide you with some...in knock-out or knock-down down tissues and cell lines; orthogonal strategies that compare antibody assay... -
Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...methods are often significantly longer than direct ones. Even though the secondary antibody incubation ...to improve direct methods and avoid the indirect ones. Some Western blots, for example, use a primary ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Public Speaking
TypeBlog Post...silence–but it was thorough and coherent. To be honest, if my paper hadn’t been ridiculously more complex... in front of a very confused group of visiting Chinese undergrads. You get nervous and freeze, or forget... -
To Each HIS Own
TypeBlog Post...acid, proteins containing two or more adjacent histidines are present in most production systems and can...can affect protein function. B, The string of histidines in the tag is typically between 6 to 9 residues... -
Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
TypeBlog Post...versatile method to identify the expression of transgenes of interest. Furthermore, fluorophore variants...resulted in abundant expression of hM4Di in plasma membranes in both species (bottom panel in Fig. 1). Our ... -
Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9
TypeBlog Post... CRISPR having effects on various biological disciplines, the base technology itself is constantly improving...collaboration with the Joung Lab, they used targeted mutagenesis to create HypaCas9 (SpCas9 N692A/M694A/Q695A/... -
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing
TypeBlog Post...time. Searching for literature My go-to search engines for finding scientific literature are Google Scholar...and download what seems interesting or relevant. Harness the power of the Google search engine and sign ... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog Post...you through to a successful outcome and the good ones take this responsibility seriously. As I make my...Vivo Group whose tagline is Bridging Science and Business. Maybe you just need help getting through your... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog Post...Tips for designing your poster Check conference guidelines To begin, you should always follow conference...we’ve just presented some standard formatting guidelines for making a scientific poster, you shouldn’t... -
Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans
TypeBlog Post... C. elegans embryo when all essential embryonic genes are individually depleted via RNA interference (...that can bind to activation sequences upstream of genes to stimulate expression (Wang et al., 2016). In ... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021
TypeBlog Post...genomes, scientists can control expression of their genes of interest. While recombinases are powerful gene... knockout library that targets human epigenetic genes was deposited by Kivanc Birsoy. Find the library... -
Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors
TypeBlog Post..., and as we all know, a structural component of bones and teeth. It is an enzyme co-factor, a crosslinking...with other measurements, specifically fluorescent ones? Many of the available biosensors use a single GFP... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog Post...Since polyclonal antibodies contain a variety of clones and thus the potential to bind many different sites...secondary antibodies rather than generally reactive ones. And make sure to check for any reported cross-reactivity... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog Post...fiber optics need to be polished to significant smoothness to prevent drastic loss of efficiency between...diamond polishing paper of sequentially increasing fineness helps to maintain a consistent stream of light... -
Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats
TypeBlog Post...more I realized that it cuts across multiple disciplines, which really epitomizes what the makerspace ...Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) at the University of Minnesota has declared our makerspace an educational institution... -
10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture
TypeBlog Post...can be identified. Even if some mammalian cells lines have similar morphologies, being familiar with these...Twice a week often works for most fast-growing cell lines (such as HEK293, which multiplies every 16 hours... -
Plasmids 101: Protein Expression
TypeBlog Post...proteins both transiently or through stable cell lines. Both methods produce high protein yields if transfection...cells) that allow for continuous expression of genes integrated into the insect cell genome. Both of ... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog Post...that could directly impact patients. And, to be honest, I’ve never enjoyed grant-writing. The more I talked...academia, however, writing papers and grants is an inescapable and essential part of being able to continue ...