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  1. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    ... compared to other systems because the system modulates protein post-translationally, unlike many other...through interacting ligands. After an E3 ligase facilitates ubiquitination of the Halo-tagged protein in ...
  2. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    ...inside and outside your field. Your colleagues, lab mates, and PI can provide feedback on your technical presentation...pressed for time, limit yourself to five to ten minutes per poster. Ask the presenter to give the “elevator...
  3. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    ...(Can I attend this conference?) and with my lab mates on which lab jobs needed to be done (Who is responsible...your needs actually are: Maybe you only need 15 minutes of the two hour time slot, so she can take the ...
  4. PhD Applications After COVID

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    ...applied to PhD programs in Biology around the United States in 2021, I know that this process only became even...program you’ll be using for the interview. Having notes close to your computer with things you want to highlight...
  5. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...sequence. Co-delivery of wild-type Cas9 and a gRNA generates a double-strand break in the target DNA, which...experiment, the use of appropriate controls, multiple replicates and several cell types can strengthen your results...
  6. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    ...using a pinhole.  However, the excitation light excites all of the fluorophores as it passes through the...the laser light sheet, typically 2-6  microns, illuminates only one thin plane of the sample surrounding...
  7. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ...Aligning two nucleotide sequences is probably the fastest BLAST search to perform and will save you time ...comparing different isoforms. In addition to our favorites, there are a number of sequence alignment tools...
  8. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    ...results in preclinical studies some potential candidates for rare to ultra-rare ocular diseases are being... of new capsid variants, designing expression cassettes to regulate and optimize transgene levels, and...
  9. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    ...study by the NSF showed that among US 4th graders tested on the Science National Assessment of Educational... you don’t have children but are interested in testing your SciComm skills or are interested in a career...
  10. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...longer educational videos, and Twitter, for sharing updates, new deposits, and new blog posts!    How to... Math, sarcasm, romance, and spacecraft! Image courtesy of xkcd.com Science communication should be...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...Figure 3: The life cycle of a retrovirus. Image courtesy of Jeremy Luban, MD. Figure 3 depicts the ... the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 54(1), 137–144. https://doi.org/10.1073...
  12. Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence

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    ...within the folded protein (green region). Methanol dehydrates the protein, which can disrupt protein structure...at your antibody datasheet to see if it has been tested in IF and if a protocol is available. When possible...
  13. Pipetting Protocol

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    ...video for tips on pipetting in the lab. Equipment Pipettes Pipette tips Waste container Containers to hold...Tips Although there are many different types of pipettes that have different mechanisms to disperse liquids...liquids, this protocol is focused on single channel pipettes. These come in standard sizes: P2, P10, P20, P200...would read as 050. Each volume display on these pipettes will also have small tick marks at the bottom....Liquids of various viscosity have different flow rates. The more viscous a liquid, the lower the flow rate...’s important for scientists to calibrate their pipettes to make sure that they are properly tuned to dispense...
  14. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...for labs and nonprofits, who tend to prioritize candidates that are excited about their work and mission... will be close to that of a professional email. Notes from real-life hiring managers In preparation for...
  15. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    ...particles (black arrowhead). Scale bar = 100nm. Image courtesy of David Bell and Svetla Stoilova-McPhie, Center...assay. This may be due to competition for binding sites between the primers and the AAV genome repeats. ...
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