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TypeBlog Post... There are currently 17 sites around the USA undertaking BEST programs, including local schools in Boston...contributing to the NIH’s Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group. Along with her participation in this panel...Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3787295. 6. Marder, Eve. "Looking out for future scientists." eLife 3 (2014): e04901...PMC4185419. 7. NIH 2012. Biomedical research workforce working group report. http://acd.od.nih.gov/biomedical_...in Science in Our Career Posts! Get Advice on Networking at Scientific Meetings from Addgene Executive...
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Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing
TypeBlog Post...edit and homology to the genomic DNA locus. After nicking by Cas9, the homologous pegRNA sequence hybridizes..., as it can edit near to or far from PAM sites, making it less constrained by PAM availability than other...previously used when they developed base editing. By nicking the non-edited strand, they can cause the cell ...efficiencies 2-3-fold. However, the process of double nicking increases indel formation slightly. Designing the...the edited strand, as in the PE3b system, guides nicking of the unedited strand only after editing has occurred... ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Second sgRNA to guide nicking of the unedited strand Favor the edited strand... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog Post...include a lot more. Font size: Making your poster readable While we are talking about font, remember this:...important to reflect on these impressions when thinking about crafting your own poster. What sets a scientific...that it will display your data most prominently, making it the star of your presentation. Portrait. This...presented some standard formatting guidelines for making a scientific poster, you shouldn’t hesitate to ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
TypeBlog Post...understand the risks of the specific virus you’re working with before you work with it. This will help you...required in BSL-1 and required in BSL-2 labs. When working with lentivirus, many organizations require or ...can quickly be removed and disposed of without risking exposure. You can request disposable gowns from...researchers choose to wear eye protection when they are working in a biosafety cabinet, even if it is not required...used for BSL-2 waste, and of course, if you are working with a substance in a biosafety cabinet, it needs... -
Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization
TypeBlog Post...with the NPA where I gained invaluable experience working on and later chairing the Advocacy Committee. I... I’m now furthering my leadership experience working at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology...website. By volunteering, you can gain experience working with other people mostly online and on monthly ...resulted in actionable tasks and I made a point of sticking to deadlines and performing the work I agreed ...members changed, I had to learn how to develop new working relationships with these individuals who often ... -
Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)
TypeBlog Post... months have in store for us. If you’re thinking about making the switch from academia to entrepreneurship...entrepreneurs. To make things more interesting, we are working in a new technical discipline that nobody understands...few jobs available. So, we spent a lot of time talking about what we could do to make ourselves marketable...marketable to the wider world and occasionally thinking about how we could bypass the establishment hiring... -
Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3
TypeBlog Post...broken down into different types, with Cas3 systems making up type I, the most abundant type in the Class ...consistent expression can still be a challenge. A multitasking Cas Most Cas effectors have one job — Cas see...away at both the non-target and target strands by making cuts every so often. Cutting both strands ensures...carried out much like the name implies — after nicking, Cas3 reels in the non-target strand of DNA much... for Cas3’s biggest trick. Cas3 likes to bluff, making you into think it’s more powerful than it is. The... -
CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments
TypeBlog Post...a bench scientist would looking at a genome by eye. We came up with a ranking formula that does just this...In the rest of this article, we'll explain the thinking behind the tool, its key features, how it works...information from Crispresso plus a summary per batch. Ranking guides for HDR in-depth In other tools, guides ... engineer with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, working on assignment at the Biohub in San Francisco. Before... -
Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method
TypeBlog Post...You’ve spent days and weeks thinking of an amazing project. You’ve written your protocols, designed your...enzymes laying around the lab. If not, you’ll be looking at about $50-$60 per enzyme. Once you’ve got a ... of the restriction enzymes and overall you’re looking at a price of a few dollars per reaction for traditional...relatively new to the cloning game, however, or simply looking for a more streamlined approach, you might want...inserts: There are some cloning methods that make working with multiple inserts a breeze. Among them are ... -
Cloning Mammalian Cells with the Agarose Method
TypeBlog Post... they become confluent, taking both early- and late-arising clones, and making sure we always maintain...densities - adding to the expense of dilution cloning. Taking a page from bacterial cloning, we reasoned that...cloning rings. A picture of a 60 mm dish ready for picking is shown in figure 1. Find Additional Useful ...firmer 2% agarose gel solution discussed above for picking. Many thanks to our guest blogger Iris Lindberg...