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  1. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ...FLP and Cre for additional control   Figure 2: Expression of a morphological marker (eYFP) and synaptic...Sternson. 2008. “A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range ...PMID: 18614669. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2593125. 2. Buchholz, F, P O Angrand, and A. Francis Stewart....The FLP Recombinase of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 2 Micron Plasmid Attaches Covalently to DNA via a Phosphotyrosyl...guest blogger, Katrin Michel! Katrin Michel is a Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT and is fascinated by the question...
  2. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    ... will repeatedly nose-poke at the active hole [1, 2].    Place preference/place aversion also models reinforcement...spend most of its times in the opposite chamber) [2]. Laser activation is usually controlled automatically...two different ways 1) your hypothesis is wrong or 2) there is some problem with the technical implementation...PMID: 21716290. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3775282. 2. McDevitt, Ross A., et al. "Serotonergic versus nonserotonergic...University of Michigan and he is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Mary Jeanne Kreek at the...
  3. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church...ubiquitous ones such as EF-1α and CAG. Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression...Patrick Miller-Rhodes, a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellow at University of Rochester Medical Center...Miller-Rhodes is currently a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellow at University of Rochester Medical Center...
  4. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...) 38 kb Cells HEK-293T Sf9 Time to collection 2–4 days 5–10 days Purification Ultracentrifugation...Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher Lower Resources... a factory to produce adeno-associated virus type 2 vectors. Human Gene Therapy, 13(16), 1935–43. https...the insectspodoptera frugiperda (lepidoptera; noctuidae). In Vitro, 13(4), 213–217. https://doi.org/10.1007...
  5. A Conference By Postdocs For Postdocs: Future of Research

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    ...symposium on the future of the scientific endeavor October 2-3, 2014 Boston University Jacob Sleeper Auditorium...article - you should join Dr. Bourne in Boston on October 2nd when he will be the keynote speaker for the...
  6. FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution

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    ...upstream of an opsin gene (e.g., channelrhodopsin-2, ChR2) fused to a reporter gene (e.g., mCherry) to...the correct orientation to be transcribed (Figure 2) (Sharma and Zhu, 2014). How does FLEx enable strong... Abdallah, Khaled, et al. "Adeno-associated virus 2/9 delivery of Cre recombinase in mouse primary afferents...Deniz, et al. "A FLEX switch targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to multiple cell types for imaging and long-range ...then moved to France where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow on developmental biology at the École Normale...
  7. Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs

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    ... both substantial merit and national importance; (2) The foreign national must be well positioned to advance...outstanding achievements in your specific academic field, (2) that you have three 3 years of research experience..., Casseus Law suggests a mix of experts including 2 dependents –people who have worked with you i.e. your...sponsorship) then he or she can start working in October of the same year. The Industry H-1B visa is not...research institutions are willing to sponsor postdoctoral researchers for the EB-1B using the concept ...
  8. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...that the signal to noise ratio can be increased from 2-fold (by CRISPRainbow) to 3-fold with CRISPR-Sirius...CNV) analysis of the U2OS cells.   Figure 2: CRISPR-Sirius tricolor labeling. (A) Diagram of sgRNA-Sirius...candidates for further development. They inserted an octet of MS2 hairpins into the gRNA tetraloop and went...
  9. Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem Cell Field

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    ...Interview with Stem Cell Researcher Darrell Kotton 2. Stem cell scientists care about patients As any grad... Yamanaka explained that it took 50 people nearly 2 years to create the first stem cell line that could...differentiated cells simply by expressing four proteins Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and cMyc (the so called OSKM factors...
  10. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    ...misplacing your results or losing that lab notebook from 2 years ago. The free subscription to Lab Archives allots...notebooks you’re saving trees! The Earth thanks you. 2. Gibco Cell Culture by Gibco Whenever I start to learn...Management Software Resources on Addgene.org Find Protoctols for Your Research Catch Up On Your Molecular ...
  11. Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer

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    ...represent a favorable state for tumor progression (Ref 2). Future treatments may need to target this immunosuppressive...cell 30.1 (2016): 147-160. PubMed PMID: 27411589. 2. Todoric, Jelena, Laura Antonucci, and Michael Karin...Relationship” by our guest blogger Subhadra Jayaraman, a doctoral candidate at Binghamton University! Cancer therapeutics...
  12. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    ...indicating primer dimers. (c) A double peak indicating 2 amplicons. Image credits (respectively): Zuzanna K...details for reproducibility’s sake!   Fig. 2: Setting up triplicates in multiple configurations...used method is the Standard Curve method. See Table 2, (adapted from Wong, 2018) for a comparison of different...Statistically defined log-linear phase   Table 2: A comparison of different qPCR analysis methods. ... for RNA quantitation. Biotechniques. 2000 Aug;29(2):332-7. doi: 10.2144/00292rv02. PMID: 10948434.Taylor...Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 28, Issue 19, 1 October 2000, Pages 3752–3761, https://doi.org/10.1093/...
  13. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    ...and scholarships in different subject areas!    2. Resume and cover letter know-how  Tailor your resume...4. Letters of recommendation wisdom  Reach out to 2-3 individuals in your professional circle to vouch...Pierre! Roodolph (Roo) P. St Pierre is currently a doctoral candidate in the Chemical Biology Program at Harvard...
  14. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    ...is funded have been well documented over the past 2 years (Alberts et al, PNAS 2014; Taylor, eLife, 2016...PMID: 24733905. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC4000813. 2. Taylor, Justin Q., et al. “Avoiding a lost generation...working group (National Academy of Sciences. “The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited” 2014 Appendix B p93-95...
  15. Performing In Vivo CRISPR Screens Using the FITS Approach

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    ...efficient knockout (KO) of genes in immune cells; (2) is not immunogenic, a necessity for in vivo studies... Find FITS plasmids here! Marty LaFleur is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Arlene Sharpe’s laboratory at Harvard...
  16. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    ...expressed as a fusion with your favorite protein and (2) a synthetic fluorophore-contianing “ligand” that ...cell 58.4 (2015): 644-659. PubMed PMID: 26000849. 2. Grimm, Jonathan B., et al. "A general method to improve... tag (Figure 1c). Click chemistry (e.g., transcyclooctene–tetrazine)– Nonnatural amino acids can be ...
  17. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    ...interferon gamma (IFNγ) - and eliminate cancer cells. 2. Equilibrium - In a process analogous to the development... 35. Academic Press, 2015. PubMed PMID: 25818339. 2. Curiel, Tyler J., et al. "Specific recruitment of...contributed by guest blogger Subhadra Jayaraman, a doctoral candidate at Binghamton University Cancer is one...Subhadra Jayaraman! Subhadra Jayaraman is currently a doctoral candidate at Binghamton University. She works ...
  18. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...diffusion test or Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test (Figure 2), and requires at least 18-24 hours to obtain results...." London: Wellcome Trust & HM Government (2016). 2. CDC Information Pages on Antibiotics 3. WHO Antimicrobial...www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1uDYSfINA. When you go to the doctor, it will very likely take time to determine if ...
  19. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    ... that all look exactly alike.      Figure 2: Reagent gradient. Here, the lanes are lightly marked...guide. The gel is then removed from the membrane (2) and the membrane is cut so each lane is its own piece...in the bands, you may want to consult Tables 1 and 2 in our Technical Design of a Western Blot post to ...the antibody’s dynamic range. Specifically, the 1:2, 1:1, and No dilution samples all have approximately...conditions are 4 °C overnight or room temperature for 1–2 hours, there is some evidence that antibodies may ...resources with examples, like BioRad’s Western Blot Doctor page, or robust discussions, like ResearchGate’...
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