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TypeBlog Post...method seems simple, I found it hard to remember to describe all four parts of a STAR answer once the interview... because sometimes companies have relaxed dress codes for interviews. You can also ask HR for clarification...
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Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door
TypeBlog Post... Guardian, BBC Breakfast or the Londonist. BBC provides a peak into their day-to-day business with popular...Co-Ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) provides on-site courses in public engagement for institutions... -
Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors
TypeBlog Post...behavioral neuroscience, and address experimental design considerations used in all behavioral studies. ...ion channels. Similarly, chemogenetic tools are designed channels that are chemically activated. Both are... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice
TypeBlog Post...reporter gene, which replaces the targeted gene and provides a way to track successfully engineered cells. ...genotype each animal to identify the ones with the desired genotype. Inducible and conditional systems Conditional... -
Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps
TypeBlog Post...virus will not only ensure that your infection is designed in the best possible way, but it may also save...the transgene itself. Many researchers prefer to design primers that target the common features of viral... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog Post...plasmids, especially those of the CRISPR variety (see slides from my talk below). Largely organized by Dmitry...CRISPR regions of the prokaryotic genome. Then he desribed how P. furiosus has systems to defend against ... -
Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
TypeBlog Post... of the DNA with a high frequency of C and G nucleotides). The conversion of cytosine to 5-methylcytosine..., which binds selectively to lysine-methylated peptides. This construct is in the middle of a FRET pair... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog Post...success You’ve put a great deal of thought into designing your poster – now it’s time to practice your delivery...stepping into a sea of posters – where do you begin? Design a game plan Prior to attending the conference, ... -
Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields
TypeBlog Post...plasmid recombination, but are also endA+. endA encodes a thermostable periplasmic endonuclease that can...exchange will prevent your cultures from reaching the desired density. The volume of your flask or culture tube... -
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy
TypeBlog Post...After this initial application, Stelzer’s group described the single-plane or selective-plane illumination...and acquire images of a sample from two opposing sides and merge the images, such as in the Ultramicroscope... -
Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More
TypeBlog Post...resistant to disease. They also devise biosensors designed to elucidate the molecular interactions that go...things for day-to-day life in a plant lab, so it includes everyone’s favorite promoters, plus a few new ... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog Post...case, a buffer exchange can be performed using a desalting column or an ultrafiltration concentrator. As ...suggests, you may also concentrate your prep to the desired concentration using these columns. If you are conjugating... -
Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post...improve antibody binding for some targets, they can destroy it for others. That said, organic solvents’ impact...critical to the outcome of your IF experiment and deserve careful thought and attention. * There are other... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog Post...Biology (gDNA → mRNA → protein): their roadmap includes RNA → DNA (Cooper & Temin, 1974), as one of its...is a turn of phrase — “pseudotransduction” — to describe the direct protein transfer of RT, which would... -
DNA Purification Without a Kit
TypeBlog Post...plasmid purification and DNA gel extraction method described in Kim and Morrison is nearly identical to that... Image: Kim and Morrison, 2009. This method provides DNA yield and quality similar to that obtained... -
Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System
TypeBlog Post...region In 2013, the Hodaka Fujii Laboratory first described a method to purify a specific genomic region using...plasmid. Experimental use Since the initial report describing CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic... -
A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional
TypeBlog Post...LLC, a grant professional development firm that includes the social media community GrantChat. She has ... from administration and fundraising to program design and evaluation. She and her team at J. Miller &... -
Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them
TypeBlog Post...staining. Antigen-containing samples often include undesirable molecules that may bind non-specifically to assay...specific than other methods. In addition, the assay includes both primary and secondary incubation steps, increasing... -
Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
TypeBlog Post...replicate—but not always to the same extent. As described in our previous Origin of Replication post, DNA...replication. For example, the plasmid ColIb-P9 encodes the protein RepZ to drive its own replication. ... -
Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster
TypeBlog Post...map these neuronal networks. For almost three decades, recombinant Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been...symbol of opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools and was started in 2005 in Kansas...