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  1. Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?

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    ... the value of having a mentor, developed some strategies for finding mentors and, perhaps, asked someone...can take is to set goals to work on together and track progress at every meeting. It can take many mentoring...Development Plan or mentoring journal will help a Mentee track progress, adjust expectations, and record milestones...to complete action items and make progress. To illustrate this point, consider that I try to exercise every...
  2. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    ...thicker peptidoglycan layer, gram positive bacteria trap the crystal violet stain within their membrane, ... added, it dehydrates the peptidoglycan layer, trapping the large dye complex created by the interaction...retain the stain, leading to its decolorization. In contrast, counterstain, safranin, is a light and water ...Blue-white screeningPlasmids 101: Common lab E. Coli strains  ...
  3. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    ...editing system to correct the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductor receptor (CFTR) by homologous recombination...Jennifer Doudna. “They are the first direct demonstration of use of genome editing to correct point mutations...patients with cystic fibrosis. They were able to demonstrate functional correction of the gene in clonally...Potential of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing as a Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease.” Journal of Alzheimer's...
  4. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    ... been quite the administrative headache receiving constant email requests and tracking their fulfillment... ones that are druggable) is a key step in our strategy to throw a therapeutic monkeywrench into the virus... sites - so cloning projects should be fun and straight-forward. All constructs are tagged with a 2xStrep-tag...
  5. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...They found that aptamer insertion in the gRNA tetraloop (a four base hairpin loop motif within the gRNA...inserted an octet of MS2 hairpins into the gRNA tetraloop and went through subsequent design iterations ...10 (2015): 3002-7. PubMed PMID: 25713381 PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4364232. Ma, Hanhui et al. “Multiplexed... (2016): 528-530. PubMed PMID: 27088723 PubMed Central PMCID: 4864854. Ma, Hanhui et al. “CRISPR-Sirius...
  6. The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays

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    ...possibility, safety, and efficacy of the mtDNA transfer options being investigated; A UK regulatory body...emerging IVF techniques designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease;” The Nuffield Council...stages of human clinical trials. This model also demonstrates that when we are at the point of scientifically...question we are left with is not “what is the translational pathway for CRISPR/Cas9 research” but whether...
  7. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ... Have you ever found yourself frustrated reading through a paper to find that there is insufficient information... mistakes in this can lead to wasted time or retractions. Using a catalog number for identifying a reagent...making it difficult or impossible for researchers to track down that resource. A more long-term solution is...IDs in published work allows readers to quickly track down the specific plasmids used. RRIDs and resolvable...
  8. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    ... However, the pH changes in our solutions are transient and return to normal once the tube is opened and...restored. We have no evidence to suggest that the transient change in pH affects AAV function. Furthermore...MC, Fitchmun MI. Protein instability following transport or storage on dry ice. Nat Methods. 2013 Apr;10... Aug 13;1:14034. PubMed PMID: 26015974. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4420252 Additional Resources on the Addgene...
  9. Photosensitizer Induced Cell Ablation with FAP-TAP MG-2I-dL5**

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    ...these experiments because developing embryos are transparent, so it’s easy to watch development in real time...NIR light.  NIR wavelengths have better tissue penetration than shorter wavelengths, which makes it possible...10.1038/nmeth.3735. PubMed PMID: 26808669. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4916159. 2. Jacobson, K., Rajfur, Z.,...j.tcb.2008.07.001. PubMed PMID: 18706812. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4445427. 3. Bulina, M. E., Chudakov, ...
  10. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    ...of prominent members of the bioscience and tech transfer communities who help guide and promote Addgene...overall mission of making science easier and more transparent. That’s largely my job [at the Broad] too… to...role in the future, Doench says, Addgene is “a central resource for what is worth having. The work that...critical function really…. Addgene’s role as a central repository for what is useful and what was used...
  11. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    ...from a dcm or dam methylation-deficient bacterial strain such as JM110 or INV110. Avoid star activity. Some...DNA and allows you to visualize the DNA under ultraviolet (UV) light. Don’t forget to add loading buffer... estimate how far down the gel your bands have traveled based on the dye! Always run a ladder. Ladders...of larger DNA fragments. I hope these tips demonstrate that plasmid verification is not just necessary...
  12. Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems

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    ...research more visibility.    Figure 1: Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 from Philippa Steinberg for the...glycoproteins and other proteins that require post-translational modification may not be easily expressed in ...sequencing as a first pass QC. The lab team manually transforms, innoculates, and performs DNA minipreps for ...order to bring them inline with our slower, more traditional, QC process. While this has worked well for the...
  13. Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones

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    ... host cells (the simplest example would be a transformed mesophilic, for example E. coli, carrying a plasmid...higher levels of growth compared to the E. coli strain expressing the empty vector. And thus was born ...working towards widening the applicability of our strategy using the pMBP-LbCas12a and pC013-Twinstrep-SUMO-huLwCas13a...blogger Sreepadmanabh M from IISER Bhopal. All illustrations / figures featured were designed by our team...
  14. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...Washington DC (#SfN17). This massive conference attracted over 30,000 attendees (scientists and nonscientists...sampling of the broad variety of tools in neuroscience trade. There were, of course, many companies selling antibodies...people ready to discuss their VR helmets, gait tracking technologies, and brain monitors. Walking around...experiments and to find tools that will make your transition into the field much easier! If there’s a plasmid...
  15. Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer

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    ...26343581. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4597191. 5. Eyquem, Justin, et al. "Targeting a CAR to the TRAC locus with...the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In contrast to using randomly integrating viral vectors, CRISPR...(2009): 110-116. PubMed PMID: 19122659. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2671237. Additional Resources on the ...
  16. Click Biology: How to Click and Play to Explore Biology

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    ...Based on the Brainbow system, adds Tetracycline (Tet) transactivator to increase fluorescent protein expression...enough if the reacting parts are present at high concentrations, but in biology one often works with parts ...parts in the micromolar or nanomolar concentration range. Reactions to happen under lots of conditions —...
  17. The time and cost required to make a plasmid

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    ... alternative cloning strategies There are many strategies beyond the traditional PCR/digest/ligate methods... production genome wide screens and the more traditional “one at a time” approach. According to his math...
  18. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...raised or hours tracked, 3% of postdocs were at institutions focused only on tracking hours, and 22% of...that institutions have sent, with the lack of transparency and poor communication of their plans (many ...postdocs at the University of California, who had a contract - negotiated by their union - securing higher ...
  19. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    ...in the US and Western Europe have taken three strategic approaches to gender equality over the past several...an international research team from Norway and Australia worked with stem cells in mice. They appropriately...female stem cells—this was an unconscious and arbitrary decision. Unfortunately, it also meant that, by... Scientific Impact Are Evoloving Check Out Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path...
  20. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    ...will allow you to set the amount of transcriptional and translational activity a cell has and control how...actually were not many hurdles. It was pretty straightforward surprisingly. So I think a nice thing about...on NOR gates. It’s a fundamental unit. We did demonstrate that you can use the CRISPR chemistry for a NOR...
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