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  1. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...Interactions Difficult to detect weak and/or transient PPIs. Many PPI identification techniques rely ...often prevents the identification of weak and/or transient interacting proteins. No spatiotemporal control...BioID, is also useful for identifying weak and/or transient protein-protein interactions since the biotin ...
  2. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ...loop-mediated isothermal amplification after reverse transcription (RT-LAMP) and a colorimetric readout that can... 45 minutes. The team deposited the reverse transcriptase, protease, and Bst polymerase constructs from...toolkit include ones for expressing MMLV reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase that can be used in a one-step...
  3. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    ...neurons from each class to fully characterize the transcriptome. The first data release for CeNGEN is planned... The 3’UTRs of mRNA are important for post-transcriptional regulation in C. elegans. To study the role...using a split intein for refined spatiotemporal transgene control in Caenorhabditis elegans." Proceedings...
  4. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    ...position, I just had a phone interview. I also transitioned between different lab groups without having ... an opportunity to demonstrate technical and transferable skills that make you qualified for the position...experience less stressful. First, you can make arrangements with those you live with to have a quiet place...
  5. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    ...that the TadA domain can edit the short single-stranded DNA stretch that is accessible. Image from Gaudelli... protospacer, the editing capacity of the ABE8s ranged from 1.5x higher for positions A5-A7 to 3.2x higher...References Gaudelli NM, Komor AC, Rees HA, Packer MS, Badran AH, Bryson DI, Liu DR (2017) Programmable base ...
  6. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ... lab has created a novel nanocompartment for transporting proteins in yeast by using murine polyomavirus...2A-Synaptophysin-mRuby from Liqun Luo’s lab expresses membrane tethered GFP to enhance axonal labeling and synaptophysin-tagged...expressing GCaMP6f with this promoter. Image calcium transients in PV interneurons with AAV-S5E2-GCaMP6f are ...
  7. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ...of the endonuclease Cas9 to create a DNA double stranded break (DSB) at a genomic site specified by a guide...tag. The two PCR reactions are then mixed and transfected along with a Cas9 expression vector. They can...interactions. Additionally, thanks to the modular arrangement of vectors included in tagging systems like SapTrap...
  8. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    ...pipetting error or an incredible discovery. The range of RQ values used to call copy numbers should be...fluorescent dye that works by binding to all double-stranded DNA, while Taqman uses an intercalating dye, with...confident determination of copy number, albeit within a range of RQ values as noted above.   In both applications...
  9. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    ...jam packed with everything needed for synaptic transmission, are right around 250 nm, making it difficult...pre-expanded samples can sometimes take on a fragmented appearance post-expansion, but that doesn’t mean we should...brief history and new avenues. Philosophical Transactions Royal Soc 380:20210110. https://doi.org/10.1098...
  10. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ...). But is it possible to bring the kinds of transformative educational experiences afforded to those fortunate... now connects MDH-focused CUREs at 50 schools, ranging from R1 institutions to community colleges, and...NADH production.   CUREs are beginning to transform undergraduate education in the sciences by making...
  11. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    ...diligent scientist, they sought to understand these strange results by digging deeply into their data.   ...Samples are divided into those of African ancestry(orange) and those of other ancestry groups (grey). ...): 250-252. Carlson J, Henn BM, Al-Hindi DR, Ramachandran S. Counter the weaponization of genetics research...
  12. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...to choose  Where is your audience?  It’s, quite frankly, much easier to go where your audience is than ...resources do you have?  No matter the project, I can guarantee you that either resource or time restrictions ...competitive while digital can be oversaturated. Transition from academic to informal writing can difficult...
  13. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...enhancers and genome math come in. They help us to transform raw genomic coordinates into meaningful experiments...“GPS for proteins”) for NANOG, an essential transcription factor in embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Your ...as a linear polymer of A,T,G, and C nucleotides arranged in a double helix. People are wrong. In reality...
  14. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...control. A good positive control is bacteria transformed with the same backbone plasmid. If this control...strain. A good negative control strain is an untransformed culture of the same strain of bacteria you used...Cloning Technique Learn to Perform a Bacterial Transformation Deposit Your Positive Clones with Us ...
  15. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    ...responsibilities. Another tip: don’t miss your grandfather’s 100th birthday, as your mom will never forgive...when you can’t get home, babysitting or running errands. Give help when you have time, and in return you...decent meal, fold their laundry, take public transportation, call a cab and remember their own school assignments...
  16. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...result from single or multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 double-strand DNA breaks using SpCas9. More features will be ...file. On the plot, the green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines should be close together...guide design tool, guide validation tool, and guaranteed editing with the CRISPR Gene Knockout Kit. Please...
  17. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    ...paid on fellowships instead of grants such that PIs no longer save grant money by paying relatively low...the training they receive as postdocs is not transferrable to other environments. Slide from Paula Stephan...
  18. CRISPR Guide Update

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    ... to use CRISPR plasmids in the lab and the vast range of possibilities at their disposal. With this update...CRISPR’s ability to make large genome edits using transposases or the Cascade-Cas3 system. We also describe...
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