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The advantages of participating in a peer mentoring group for scientists and how to form your own.

Tips for naming your plasmid in a way that is clear and informative to you and your colleagues.

Five steps to help graduate students and postdocs write their first grant proposal.

The third post in the mentoring series, this post describes ways you can approach finding a science mentor and advice on how to “make the ask.”

Learn about the importance of antibiotic resistance genes in plasmids. How they work, how to use them, and some great tips.

Use these protocols and tips to make your own competent cells and transform your DNA. It's easy and affordable.

GreenGate is a cloning system for rapidly assembling plant transformation constructs and is based on the Golden Gate method.

Identify which extracurricular activities will help you gain the skills you need to succeed in your science career.

Advice for choosing an advisor for a PhD or postdoctoral lab. Second in a series on Mentoring for Scientists.

An inside look at the ten most frequently distributed plasmid technologies at Addgene from the past ten years.

Three useful tips to help you organize your lab notebooks, keep track of tasks, and share protocols with other lab members.

Ten noteworthy developments in open science and scientific sharing of 2013.

Advice for scientists about mentoring from Addgene's Executive Director, Joanne Kamens. What makes a Good Mentor?

Drew Endy discusses the Biobrick Public Agreement (BPA) Plasmid Collection, BIL gates, BIOFAB, and the future of the bioeconomy.

Addgene spoke to Kiran Musunuru about his new genome editing TALEN kit, the research the kit now makes possible, and how it compares to his CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Check out Addgene's 5 favorite science comics, have a laugh, and relax from the stresses of your lab work.

Addgene is a non-profit organization that facilitates life science research. Learn more about how we've maintained our close-knit culture as we've grown.

A look at the history of the CRISPR/Cas system. Discovered in bacteria, this system has been harnessed for genome engineering.

Light-inducible transcriptional effectors (LITEs) have been designed by Feng Zhang's lab to bind specific genes and turn them on or off in response to light.

Yeast genome modification plasmids have been developed for tagging yeast genes with fluorescent proteins, epitope tags, and more. Various systems are described to help you choose which to use for your research.