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  1. Cultivating Community Science at BosLab

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    ...twenty members and volunteers. Transforming citizens into scientists Anyone can become a member of BosLab... if we were teaching classes at the lab, so in December 2015 we held our first intro to bacterial transformation...previous laboratory experience is not required. Our members are skilled with audiovisual media, software engineering...instructor for our intro to biohacking courses. Our members pursue a diverse range of projects at BosLab. Some...experience targeting RNA with small molecules. Other members’ projects range from hacking probiotics to filming.... Community projects at BosLab Not all of our members start out with personal projects in mind. Thus,...encourage more involvement and provide all our members the opportunity to do molecular biology, we’ve ...
  2. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    ...appropriate vector. Gibson Assembly, GeneArt Cloning, and SLIC can all be used to assemble multiple fragments,...insertions require complicated, often costly in vitro assembly methods. A new method, REPLACR-mutagenesis, harnesses...substitutions - at the same efficiency as Gibson Assembly and GeneArt cloning - but at a much lower cost...mutagenesis methods Current SDM methods rely on in vitro assembly. To make a point mutation, you design two oligonucleotide...al. wondered if, instead of relying on in vitro assembly, they could make the E. coli do the work by using...expensive than gBlock synthesis, and multifragment assembly methods are preferred. No such restriction applies...REPLACR-mutagenesis goes head-to-head with Gibson assembly and GeneArt cloning, the results are favorable...
  3. Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization

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    ...laboratory work). Committee members have to work professionally with the other members on the team and keep ... according to the needs of my committee members. Some members would need much more guidance, direction...meeting. I first joined a committee as a volunteer member. The NPA runs its committees through Chairs and...and Vice-Chairs that lead them. As a committee member, I volunteered for various tasks as things came up...Directors and liaise with the Executive Director. As members changed, I had to learn how to develop new working...particular style and requirements of the new Board Members. In some instances I felt like I was going back... speaks in “one voice” whilst among individual members, many opinions may exist. I learnt to try and bring...
  4. Water Bath Protocol

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    ... a water bath with individual slots for tubes, remember that when you add the tube to the slots, it can...
  5. Arf GTPase Family

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    ...regulators of membrane traffic, they also play critical roles at cilia, centrosomes, the plasma membrane, lipid... collection of ARF family plasmids. ARF family members include regulatory GTPases, GEFs, and GAPs. Plasmid...regulatory GTPases have long been characterized as members of the RAS superfamily, though now have been argued...activity. Figure 1: Locations of ARF superfamily members. Figure from Szutl, et al., 2019. Browse ARF GTPase...2016). Tracing the archaeal origins of Eukaryotic Membrane-Trafficking System building blocks. Molecular ...
  6. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    ...successfully modified zygotes or embryonic stem cells. Modified embryonic stem cells are injected into a...techniques used to create engineered mouse models at embryonic stages, and the pros and cons of different genome...containing the gene of interest into a zygote, or into embryonic stem cells that are then injected into a blastocyst...insert the gene of interest into a zygote or into embryonic stem cells. Non-homologous recombination incorporates...recombination. A targeting vector is electroporated into embryonic stem cells and this will insert the gene at a ...mice, knockout mice are engineered during the embryonic stem cell stage using one of several techniques...technique is the injection of a targeting vector into embryonic stem cells, which are then injected into a blastocyst...
  7. Ligation Independent Cloning

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    ...following T, so that there are no gaps in the final assembly. In this case, 15 bp of homologous sequence is...
  8. Centrifugation

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    ...your lab’s instrument before use. Last Update: September 2022 Equipment Centrifuge Microfuge tubes or other...
  9. Networking and Inspiring Young Scientists at Freshers Fairs

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    ...has 1,283 members, who comprise undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, faculty members, and the ...rides and other fun activities and even invite members of the public to attend. We thought we’d take some...study chemistry. The society currently has 352 members, ranging from undergrad all the way up to professors... University of Oxford currently has around 700 members and hosts a range of scientific meetings for students...also hosts high level academic debates for its members to become involved with. The society provides talks...in this emerging field. It has gained over 170 members in its first year. The society facilitates opportunities...education and networking opportunities for society members as well as arranging collaborations and conferences...
  10. The Crispr Babies Saga Shows the Need for Action, Not More Delays

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    ...edit a human embryo, or have a woman carry an edited embryo to term. (We should remember that the woman...these embryos is actively being experimented on, too.) However, as research published on December 13 shows..., founding bioethicist of Rogue Bioethics. On November 25, the MIT Technology Review dropped a bombshell...techniques that are sufficiently safe to manipulate an embryo—even if it’s not necessarily via CRISPR/Cas9. This...unethically experiment on humans, and they are not remembered kindly. However, despite many headlines questioning...
  11. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    ...diderms, have a thinner peptidoglycan membrane and an outer lipid membrane. Common gram negative bacteria include...within their membrane, while the stain is washed from the gram negative bacteria’s thinner membrane. Procedure...destroys the outer lipid membrane, and the thin inner peptidoglycan membrane is unable to retain the stain...or monoderms, have a single thick peptidoglycan membrane. Common gram positive bacteria include staphylococci...interaction of CV+ and I- in the thick multilayered membrane of the gram positive bacteria. In a gram negative...
  12. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...consists of modular parts that are assembled with Golden Gate Assembly. They built this toolkit upon the...vast, the ability to genetically alter microbiome members is limited and many microbes are difficult to culture...method for genetically altering gut microbiome members in their native habitat (Ronda et al., 2019). They...microbiome systems. Find the toolkit for modular assembly of broad host range plasmids Counting cell division...distributed cell division counting (DCDC), relies on the assembly of fluorescent proteins into one bright particle...fused the red fluorescent protein (RFP) to a self-assembling protein (SAP) such as a bacteriophage shell protein...microbiome bacteria with a toolkit for modular assembly of broad-host-range plasmids." ACS synthetic biology...
  13. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    ...allowing you to easily create customized overhangs to assemble up to 6 different fragments in a prescribed order...few dollars per reaction. By comparison, Gibson assembly can cost over $15.00 per reaction if you purchase...purchase a pre-made mix. Nonetheless, Gibson assembly is a highly versatile and efficient way to generate...such as cDNA, PCR fragments, or genomic DNA. Also remember that commercially available cloning kits can often...feature biases the reaction in favor of the desired assembly to make the process close to 100% efficient. Gateway...declines as the number of fragments you’re hoping to assemble increases. Multiple inserts: There are some cloning...through sequence homology. Similarly, Golden Gate assembly allows one to simultaneously complete an ordered...
  14. Congratulations, Deck The Lab winners!

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    ...their lab’s decoration competition, and each lab member used an impressive variety of lab materials to ...drNBUdlQco — The Tarling-Vallim Lab (@TarlingVallim) December 19, 2020 In third place, the BTC Institute decorated...pic.twitter.com/OOrwo9feyJ — BTC Institute (@BTCInstitute1) December 23, 2020   Deck the Lab: Home Edition Winners...safe and festive Holiday season. 🙌 🥂 🎄 🎉 😷 Remember wear a mask,↔️social distance, 💓show gratitude...pic.twitter.com/ofLI4eD8Zs — Microbigals (@MicrobiGals) December 23, 2020   In second place, Dr. Anne Madden created.../GsAlD6sjM6 — Dr. Anne A Madden (@AnneAMadden) December 23, 2020   In third place is Matthijs Dorst’s...pic.twitter.com/qDylF8TdHH — Matthijs Dorst (@MattNeuro) December 4, 2020 Congratulations to the winners! We’ll...
  15. Microbiology Resources

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    ...deposited tools and resources, or read our guide on assembly standards. Browse Plasmids by Microbe System Plasmids...chromosomes - Endy and Shearwin Labs Ralstonia-GG-Kit : Assembly of Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (Rssc...lipolytica Golden Gate tool kit : Integrative vector assembly of up to three transcription units in the oleaginous...circuit design in E. coli - Freemont Lab MoClo-YTK : Assembly of single and multi-gene constructs for S. cerevisiae...perform your synbio experiment. Synthetic Biology Assembly Standards Guide Bacterial Expression Systems :...
  16. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...rate limits its use in systems like the C. elegans embryo, where developmental processes happen within a ...expression levels comparable to GFP during early embryogenesis (Figure 3). mScarlet-I3 also offered clearer...fluorophore-tagged GOLG-4 through eight stages of embryonic development. Representative images of single focal... focal planes through the middle of each embryo are shown, comparing GFP, wrmScarlet (mScarlet), and the...the 11-amino acid BiT fragment of luciferase is embedded in the I10 domain of the human titin protein and...LgBiT luciferase fragment (expressed separately) assemble and catalyze the luminescence reaction (Figure...of luciferase binds to the BiT Tag (also cyan) embedded in the Titin I10 protein (purple) only when Titin...
  17. Management for Scientists: Seeking Feedback

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    ...excellent, effective communication between all members of a team. As described here in a 2012 Intuit blog...conducts exceptionally well-managed meetings. Members face one another, and their conversations and gestures...well as give, information to make improvements. Members connect directly with one another – not just with...be covered in a future post in this series). Members carry on back-channel or side conversations within...everyone knows what is going on and can contribute. Members periodically break, go exploring outside the team...that brings feedback back to the manager. Team members rarely rush to give honest feedback to the manager...over coffee.  Have regular 1:1 meetings with team members (don’t become known for cancelling these); ask ...
  18. Resolute Plasmid Collection

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    ...human genome with approximately 450 identified members. Many SLCs have mutations associated with disease... window) is a public-private partnership of 13 members from industry and academia financed by the Innovative...generate antibody/ high-affinity ligands. Data is embedded in an integrated knowledgebase that features, ...Superti-Furga CRISPR knockout library targeting human transmembrane transporters. Feedback Please send your feedback..., J., Schönbett, J., Selzer, P., Seuwen, K., Bettembourg, C., Biton, B., Czech, J., de Foucauld, H., Didier...
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