...safe. None of this is conducive to a classroom setting, especially for a school with a limited budget....provide them to their students. My desire to create a set of low-cost, easy-to-use educational biology activities...could be widely adapted and used in a variety of settings. If you are a biology teacher at the elementary...

...help the research community. Set expectations for your productivity Set a routine and stick to it. Plan...to your kids' needs. Plan ahead. Think about and set up activities that kids can do more independently...

...to switch off a few minutes. The host could also set aside Breakout Rooms to divide the audience into ...sparking new ideas. Social no-science-y meetings Set up a brief bi-weekly meeting where all lab members...collaborations remotely outside of the lab meeting setting. Check out the blog post “Fostering Communication...

...business-focused?" The reason is that I knew that the mind-set of the employer was not such that he/she would be...they sought out opportunities to expand their skill sets?", “Have they succeeded in what they have done?”...Recently Seán got the entrepreneurial bug and has set up an ELISA kit company on whose website you can ...

...fit well with your goals. These first hires will set the tone and atmosphere that future hires will look...the hiring process. Read Genevive Bjorn's "Ready, Set, Hire" on Nature Jobs for some quick advice and resources...Connie Cepko was surprised by the variety of skill sets she needed to acquire as a professor. “Being a PI...

...using pulses of light. By activating a neuron or set of neurons, you can see how it contributes to behavior...are many examples where you want to activate two sets of neurons and see how different parts of the brain...we can use light to more specifically activate a set of neurons, maybe we could treat patients suffering...this idea been around? Boyden: Optogenetics is a toolset that lets you turn the electrical activity of neurons...

...vectors perform in various experimental settings. It is a curated set of technical reports on AAV vectors ...our target neurons (Figure 1). However, this one set of experiments didn’t provide any information on ...10.1089/hgtb.2015.040 Initiative, F. B. (2019). Setting your data free. Nature, 5–7. O’Connor, D. M., Lutomski...tested four serotypes containing an expression cassette with an ubiquitous promoter to express GFP in ...

...’t give up! Rather than plotting the entire data set, plot only the linear portion. This allows you to...standard curve. Take the following precautions to set yourself up for success!  Study the instruments ...see for the unknowns in your experiment. Carefully set up a standard curve dilution series that takes into...curve and a positive control in every run.  When setting up your dilution series, use consistent dilution...

...relationship is extremely important – without a good set up it could be very difficult for you to become proficient...lot to contribute to the relationship dynamic and set yourself up for success! Getting the most out of ... would like to take pictures/videos of a machine set up while your mentor is demonstrating it. Requests...Remember, your bench mentor’s training time is time set aside just for you – so do your best to show up as...

... management involves a different skill set: mentoring, setting strategic goals, and fostering team success...Miscommunication often arises when managers fail to set expectations or provide timely feedback, leading ...assistant. However, I recognized the need to shift my mindset to empower my team and allow myself to focus on...

... infecting non-dividing cells and so researchers set out to create a better, safer system. Unlike the ...vectors was developed for safe use in a clinical setting. In this generation, the HIV Tat gene (previously...generation. Knowing this you can scale up your production set-up and purify and concentrate your lentiviral particles...chosen carefully. Often researchers want a simple set-up where the gene of interest is expressed together... my tip here is to test several protocols as the set-up depends on the type of cell you would like to ...

...projects and test novel approaches, a necessary skill set for any scientist. In this blog, we’ll delve into... few that I frequently observe in a scientific setting.  Powerlessness It’s hard to be creative when you...giving yourself a quick, easy goal. For example, set a timer for five minutes and come up with as many...processes often have to change with them. If you can, set aside time to prepare for future challenges. This...

... hour that morning scrambling. Everything we had set up involved multiple people in tight locations. Conference...in their chair not watching their actors live on set, but peering at a 7-inch wireless monitor. Wireless...needed to design a system that would allow me to set up a camera in a room, but still have control over...getting in close to mic them up. Monitor: I then set up a monitor connected to the wireless transmitter...Forward Design: We produced a video celebrating Massachusetts Nonprofit Day, which was the perfect opportunity...presentations and interviews. But how can I adapt this setup for the lab, so we can get back to producing protocol...videos?   Figure 4: The remote directing setup, complete with wireless video receiver, camera control...

... their practical brightness in your experimental set up. The practical brightness takes all application... conditions. By determining the brightness for a set of fluorescent proteins (with the same reference ...conditions (e.g. different emission filters) or different set-ups. Many thanks to our guest bloggers Joachim Goedhard...fold well or cannot be detected in a microscopy setup has zero practical brightness and is of no use. ...

...pathways as part of our Genetic Pathway Reference Set. These Gateway-compatible entry clones are the product...phenotypes. Since time is of the essence in clinical settings, looking ahead, we’re starting to build saturating... Phenotypic Characterization of a Comprehensive Set of MAPK1/ERK2 Missense Mutants. Brenan L et al. Cell...

...using computational approaches to analyze large data sets (myself included) and we are faced with finding ...keeping track of computation work comes with new sets of challenges. One challenge with computational ...similar mistakes in the future. Stay organized Set up a table of contents in the top directory: A directory...

...receptor research, and has generated a set of comprehensive datasets that collectively address many important...so coregulators, and a greatly expanded set of links to datasets and reagents in the field. Additional ...function as ligand-dependent sensors for a diverse set of fat-soluble hormones, vitamins, and dietary lipids...nuclear receptor and coregulator research. Our Q-PCR datasets, for example, document the expression patterns...seeking to compliment these consortium-generated datasets with a systematic effort to compile NR- and coregulator-related...coregulator-related global gene profiling datasets in to our data mining tool, Transcriptomine. We are...Additional information can be found in the Datasets and Reagents sections of the current NURSA website. NURSA and...

...light-up bacteria unwanted in food, healthcare settings, etc. What project in the Collins lab inspired...about finding the best product-market fit for this set of technologies, effectively communicating the advantages...must work well together, have complementary skill sets, and “talk a good game." Mike recommends that the...

...accountability that makes mentoring effective Goal setting is easier with more perspectives contributing to...process. Have each person write a Development Plan. Set concrete goals with input from the group to make ...practice meeting people – compete for fastest to set up a coffee date or most cards collected. The next...’s Association (HBA) Boston Chapter and the Massachusetts Association for Women in Science (AWIS) mentoring...

...ended up at pgEd, what I do there, and how you can set yourself on a path towards a similar position. How...speak about our experiences in a variety of other settings, including “conventional” academic venues such... to take care of the organizational logistics. Setting yourself on the path to science policy and science...