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  1. Developing Lab Management Software for Biology

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    ... collisions you may encounter: vector, sequence, insert, trait, factor, expression, etc.There are also... Laboratory management software is not a requisite for a functioning lab, but it is for a scaleable lab...intentionally trivial, but they're here to help tell this story. In this first example to the right (# this will...about what steps are most likely to fail. Our laboratory manager would definitely be interested to see...this case, the physical considerations of the laboratory make object composition a smarter choice than...terms (plasmid, 5-prime, CRISPR, growth strains, vector backbone, etc.) and you simply don't have enough...
  2. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    ...particular surface receptor are stained with a fluorescent antibody against the receptor and analyzed on ...fluorochrome is removed from all other detectors except its dedicated detector. To ensure proper compensation ...directions. The degree of scatter is captured by detectors and provides useful information about the cell...emits a fluorescent signal that is captured by detectors. The strength of the emitted photons varies from...to further separate the B cell population into progenitor B cells, immature B cells, plasma cells or others...flow cytometry experiment depends on a variety of factors including sample preparation, staining procedures...
  3. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...as the identification of additional interacting factors. Problems with Existing Methods for Studying Protein-Protein...PPI identification techniques rely on protein interactors to stay in close contact with the bait protein...for providing a global overview of potential interactors with a bait protein but the flip side is that...When this interaction occurs, BirA* activity is restored, and nearby proteins are labeled with biotin. ...lysed, protein extracted, and labeled protein interactors purified via streptavidin pulldown. Following...Split-BioID a conditional proteomics approach to monitor the composition of spatiotemporally defined protein...
  4. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    ...Schmidt, a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Are you a science student or early career researcher...in education advocacy non-profits like Phipps Conservatory or the Brilliant Club and share your knowledge... photo competition. Or nominate yourself as an educator for a short, animated TED-Ed lesson. 6) Network... pros Where do you meet like-minded science communicators? Attend the annual flagship meetings of AAAS...grow your network. Get to know and get known by editors and others whose careers are in advance of yours...or upload your data to Zooniverse. The Natural History Museum has downloadable resources to enable you...bananas as a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. She is passionate about science communications...
  5. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    ...), Antibodies: a Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition. 2104. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Publications, New...born before 1985, you might remember going to the store and buying CDs when you wanted to hear a piece of...technology makes it easy for scientists to share, remix, store, and track these essential components of the scientific...production and subsequent purification.  Academic laboratories and companies have already begun creating plasmids...reproducibility. Non-recombinant antibodies are notorious for being the source of irreproducible data (Begley...useful in perpetuity.  Second, plasmids are easy to store and share, making recombinant antibodies the most...
  6. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    ...Hands-off super busy types, who never have time to mentor you, and Micromanagers, who question every detail...the needs of other people. Some students and postdoctoral fellows are hesitant about expressing their ... 5) Listen to your supervisor’s viewpoint and brainstorm about mutually beneficial solutions Your supervisor...Look at the problem from their viewpoint, and brainstorm about solutions that will meet both of your needs...other supervisors might be nice people, but poor mentors (super-agreeable friendly types, indecisives, and...graduate students since 2009. Dora is also the creator of the “Finish Your Thesis” online course.  To ... Read Joanne Kamen's Post on What Makes a Good Mentor Resources on the Addgene Wesbite Find plasmids...
  7. Golden Gate Assembly Upgrades: More Fragments, Faster Assembly, and Higher Fidelity

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    ... by guest bloggers Becky Kucera, M.Sc. and Eric Cantor, Ph.D. from New England Biolabs. Golden gate assembly...restriction enzyme specificities at each step. Factors such as enzyme efficiency, stability, and buffer...four base overhangs after cutting. The destination vector receives the assembly after similar Type IIS restriction... inserts. After ligation of the insert into the vector, the BsaI site is no longer present, allowing multiple...the original insert religates into its original vector, it will subsequently be re-digested and "eligible...our guest bloggers Becky Kucera, M.Sc. and Eric Cantor, Ph.D. from New England Biolabs. Becky Kucera is...assembly, New England Biolabs, Inc.         Eric Cantor is a molecular biologist and a Development Group...
  8. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...Gateway pDEST, and pBAD vectors for example. Protein expression from each of these vectors is controlled by ...which expression system to use depends on several factors: The protein you are trying to express How much... interest is inserted into a plasmid expression vector that is then transformed into a bacterial cell....cellular debris. There are several popular DNA vectors that can be used to produce large amounts of protein...resulting in different levels of expression from each vector; lower expression may be required if your protein...protein is toxic to E. coli. Of all the vectors, pET, under the control of the T7 lac promoter and induced...
  9. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...with a Cas3 effector, type III with a Cas10 effector, and type IV with an unknown effector. Type I has...repertoire of CRISPR has brought many other Cas effectors to light. One lesser-known Cas is waiting for...genomic alterations on a scale that other Cas effectors can’t, while maintaining relatively high efficiency... family, which means it requires multiple Cas effectors to carry out genomic editing. Specifically, these...still be a challenge. A multitasking Cas Most Cas effectors have one job — Cas see DNA, Cas chop DNA. Cas3...
  10. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...Zhang Lab - Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) Library 3,548 250 - 10,000 bp,...more difficult to transform.    Figure 1: Factors to consider when creating a pooled library amplification...Created with BioRender.com.   The most important factor to consider is your desired library coverage, since... type of cells you are using, as well as other factors, such as your lab’s normal transformation protocol...protocol, the size of the cuvettes your lab’s electroporator uses, etc. The DNA amount can be anywhere from...inserts of different sizes (such as a transcription factor overexpression library) or is prone to recombination...
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