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  1. Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm

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    ...translate to a desire to do the research itself. Several years of exclusively writing lab reports and empirical...busy point of the first semester in which I had several projects nearing deadline (an animated video depicting...chance to carry out a comprehensive review of the literature informing the notion of “heading” in soccer as...
  2. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    ...find some proteins of interest for which you have several antibodies in stock. Why are there so many options...let’s think about induced conformation changes. Several types of assays, such as ELISAs and Westerns, frequently...complex if you’re looking for proteins that are interacting with one another, or if you’re looking for a ...
  3. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...highlights from the past couple months including several pooled libraries: Cas13X and Cas13Y, two compact...It was designed based on MYC-ChIP-seq data from several MYC-dependent cancer cell lines. It can be applied...the new viral preps from recent months: Second generation GRAB dopamine sensors from Yulong Li’s lab are...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    ...biological tools, and with the right safety considerations, they aren't dangerous for controlled lab usage...and episomal expression will last ~2-7 days at moderate levels. With regard to target cells or organism...Transduce on! Resources Resources on Addgene.org Generating Stable Cell Lines with Lentivirus Virus Handling...
  5. Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup

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    ... due to a few limiting factors.  To start, the average health science startup requires a great deal more...those ideas into commercial products and next generation companies.  We launched in the early spring of...(CFO).  As CEO, I am responsible for internal operations and building external strategic partnerships ...
  6. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    ...enter cultured cells and activate expression of a luciferase reporter. CPP was not required for protein entry...cells! After verifying the specificity of their luciferase assay, they concluded that components in the ...lethality and were sorted into single wells to generate clonal populations. After iTOP treatment, both...
  7. Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

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    ...However, careers outside of the lab highlight “transferable” skills such as leadership, management, and ...impact your work? What design variables need consideration? Enrich your knowledge and skills outside of...tools such as the Individual Development Plan to generate a list of potential professions Google potential...
  8. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    ...-rings are, in fact, permeable to CO2 at low temperatures (-80°C) and once in the tube, the CO2 can alter... storage, we then thawed the samples at room temperature and used the color of the liquid solution and...not all O-rings) were permeable to CO2 at low temperatures. We tested two different types of tubes: the...
  9. Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field

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    ...landmark Cell paper showing that it was possible to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable...has spent years studying how that one protein interacts with that one promoter can tell you, it can be...clinical trial patients with advanced macular degeneration; Laurenz Studer discussed his work with Parkinson's...
  10. Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider

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    ...reading, you can calculate the DNA concentration. Generally, A260 of 1.0 is equivalent to 50 ug/ml pure dsDNA...samples and are often used to quantify DNA for next generation sequencing. Unlike absorbance-based methods, .... This method is often used preceding next-generation sequencing or microarray studies and is not used...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats

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    ...in a cell or animal model. AAV plasmids contain several important elements, but among the most important...occurring.  How do I validate my ITR sequences?  Next-generation sequencing and Sanger sequencing might fail to...vector stability and sequencing results. Next-generation sequencing is also helpful in quantifying ITR...
  12. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    ... need a second GFP antibody?  Similarities:  Generated against full length GFP and converted to recombinant... also withstands denaturing conditions, high temperatures, and other chaotropic conditions better than...fluorescence in high molarity GdnHCl, at high temperatures, and in the presence of oxidizing agents. Adapted...
  13. What Good Citizenship Can Do for Reproducibility in Science

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    ...minor variation in experimental conditions will derail a research program (think a subtle difference in...to help your fellow researchers advance science overall. Communication is the issue Much of the problem...President. Her current responsibilities encompass overall leadership of the Cell Press editorial department...
  14. Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene

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    ..., why it affects our emotions, and even what therapeutic properties it has. As with other works of Dr....of characters from five different families over several millennia as their paths cross with each other ...Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist. The book ended up literally changing my life. Though I have an undergraduate...
  15. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ... with a simple question: how do Cas9 and sgRNA interact with and dissociate from a DNA target? The surprising...et al., 2016. We next wondered if we could leverage this model (built from in vitro studies) to boost.... Figure 2: Single-stranded donor DNA interaction with the Cas9-DNA duplex. Image from Richardson...
  16. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...Transfection is the process by which foreign DNA is deliberately introduced into a eukaryotic cell through non-viral...diethylaminoehtyl (DEAE)-dextra neutralize or even impart an overall positive charge on DNA molecules so that it can.... "Chitin induces natural competence in Vibrio cholerae." Science 310.5755 (2005): 1824-1827. PubMed PMID...
  17. Communicating Your Science With Help From ComSciCon

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    ...out of these interactions, ask yourself how every piece of feedback you receive generalizes.  If someone...skillset rather than a permanent fix. Treat every interaction in your work as an opportunity to practice communicating...
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