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  1. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    ...variety of constructs for visualizing cellular components (nucleus, endosomes, lysosome, golgi, ER, inhibitory...inhibitory synapses, and cytoskeleton components) and in a FRET-based biosensor for cAMP dynamics. The ...especially among plant biologists, due to their compact size and ability to generate heritable edits (learn...third of the size of Cas9). Figure 2: Comparison of TnpB (A) and Cas9 (B) genome editors. Effector...mScarlet reporters, so you can choose a color compatible with the other tools in your experiment. These... synapses; however, its modular design allows components to be swapped out, potentially broadening its...
  2. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...know that this process only became even more complicated with COVID-19 and standards for hybrid, virtual...without the financial and logistical stress that accompanies traveling for campus visits. This is definitely...where the PhD application cycle becomes much more complex. “How do I reach out to potential mentors?” “Where...very valid questions, and often make an already complicated process even more difficult. I’ve learned that...to be incredibly useful, as it gives a more comprehensive idea of that advisor’s research interests which... for the interview. Having notes close to your computer with things you want to highlight in the interview...
  3. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    ...while also ensuring that my work gets completed? I want my company to pay for me to attend a conference... How can I negotiate my starting date with the company so they know I’m excited while still being able...want to learn more about a different area of the company. How can I negotiate with my manager to gain experience...conference. How can I negotiate to show the company that investing in me is also beneficial to them? I have an...but I need help from another person/team at the company. How do I negotiate with the person/team for help...
  4. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...bacterial strains, like NEB Stable. NEB Stable competent cells lack RecA, a protein that aids in the homologous...helps me figure out if I have enough plasmid to complete my experiment. AAV is usually the limiting reagent...produce more virus because I don’t have enough AAV. Compared to the Addgene AAV Production protocol, I take...concentrate the purified virus. This process can be completed in one long day, or the virus can be stored at...set can be used and samples are quantified by comparing to an AAV standard curve, which is generated from... plasmid. This whole process takes ~3 hours to complete: 1 hours hands-on time and 2 hours for the qPCR...
  5. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...about a month and a half, without the need for complicated cloning of homology arms. MMEJ: An Introduction...HDR and NHEJ, please see the linked blog posts. Compared to its counterparts NHEJ and HDR, MMEJ doesn’t...strategy looks very similar to HDR, but it is accomplished using much smaller regions of homology, which...strategy looks very similar to HDR, but it is completed using much shorter sequence homologies. Abbreviated...efficiency of PITCh-based genomic insertion would compare to CRISPR sticky-end insertion using the nuclease...Genome-Editing Based Approach for Mapping Multiprotein Complexes in Human Cells.” Cell Rep. 13: 621-633. PMID: ...
  6. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    ...These insights are hard to appreciate without computational support. Indeed, rational sgRNA design is not...experimental applications in CRISPR engineering. When compared to that collective utility, it’s easy to fault...tool unique. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker is composed of these features and enables you to select the... based on their comfort level with operating a computer.  Examples: “offline”, “online”, “CLI”, and “GUI...few offline tools available mostly work on any computer but generally require working knowledge of the... power of each tool they are interested in by comparing their past results to the designs suggested by...pattern at any edit distance. It won’t, however, compute any score other than the edit distance. Added functionality...
  7. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...division. These non-plasmid-containing bacteria can compete with and confound the goal of your experiment —...spectinomycin is the more stable and expensive antibiotic compared to streptomycin. Spectinomycin/streptomycin can...option! Otherwise, since it isn’t universally compatible with all bacteria used in research, it isn’t ...express the Tn5 element, but thankfully, most competent cells do not express this factor. Zeocin is handy...host/plasmid DNA during selection if it’s not completely bound up. While this likely occurs at a low rate...Stability Time Saving?  Works for multiple organisms? Compatible with most bacteria? No satellite colonies? ...
  8. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...immune system; and reconfiguring of the nuclear compartment, gene expression, and protein translation. Its...producer cells where there is E1 and E3 gene complementation. In target cells that are infected by the vector...virions) are not expressed. Note that replication-competent AdV vectors also exist and are used in certain...topic, which is that natural AdVs, replication-competent viruses with a recombinant genome, and adenoviral...higher than other viral vectors (tens of kilobases; compared to only 4.7 kb for AAV, 9 kb for retroviruses)...Tales: From the Cell Surface to the Nuclear Pore Complex. PLoS Pathog, 11(6), e1004821. https://doi.org/...
  9. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    ...Sharing data and community concerns AAV vectors are complex biological reagents; many factors, like storage...literature, scientists can use the Data Hub to compare different methods and vectors, and use this data...through word of mouth or old lab notebooks and computer files. If you asked your team members or colleagues...much unpublished AAV data do you have sitting in computers and notebooks right now?, I’m willing to bet the... rat CNS: AAV PHP.EB vector dose–response and comparison to AAV PHP.B. Gene Therapy, 25(5), 392–400. https..., C., & Flotte, T. R. (2015). Stability and compatibility of recombinant adeno-associated virus under ...
  10. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    ...just one or two recombination events, homemade competent cells of 107 CFU/μg are perfectly fine, yet performing...performing multiple modifications will require ultracompetent (109 CFU/μg) cells. Primer design Using specific...insertions, deletions, and point mutagenesis to complex assembly of multiple genes. Primer design for each...the forward primer by adding a short sequence complementary to the 5’ end of the reverse primer. Mutagenesis...efficiency of assembly decreases as the cloning complexity increases. The efficiency of recombination is...increased with greater homology, so performing more complex procedures can be aided by extending homologous...
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