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  1. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ...on FRET techniques. By combining standard donor/acceptor FRET know-how with aptamers, aptabeacons (or aptatags...fluorophore protein. Years later, Samie Jaffrey’s laboratory took advantage of their deep knowledge of the...a higher melting temperature than its Spinach ancestors, and has a lower magnesium dependence. Though ...
  2. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    ...research scientists, faculty, students, private sector researchers, or pretty much anyone applying the...studies on reducing antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections. The video abstracts provide...is not hard either. Here are some resources: ImpactStory, a website that helps researchers go beyond citation...
  3. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...logistical, like briefly explaining a gap in your job history or sharing relocation plans. They can be skills-based...in the possibility of joining your team as a postdoctoral researcher. Dear Hiring Manager, I am writing...your cover letter, and if possible, send it to a mentor or colleague for a second look and helpful feedback...
  4. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...time-consuming, and complex to use outside of standard laboratories. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, qPCR ...each enzyme. In addition, Csm6, a CRISPR type-III effector nuclease, can be used in conjunction with Cas13...single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector. Science 353:aaf5573 . https://doi.org/10.1126...
  5. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...- e.g. codon choice may interrupt transcription factor binding sites) As you might imagine, it’s not ...not easy for humans to balance all of these factors on their own. Luckily, many researchers have created...Kimberly A., et al. "Selective charging of tRNA isoacceptors induced by amino‐acid starvation." EMBO reports...
  6. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ... delivered as a pooled library via a lentiviral vector to cell lines that either stably expressed Cas9... screen did fail to identify some known ricin-regulators, but most of these genes are also essential for...hypersensitivity, or are in an enhancer, transcription factor binding site, or a coding region. Targeting these...
  7. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ... (LshCas13a) to begin to characterize this new effector (Abudayyeh et al., 2016). In the endogenous CRISPR...fluorophore. The fluorescent signal can be used as an indicator to determine whether the target sequence is present...single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector." Science 353(6299) (2016):aaf5573. PubMed PMID...
  8. Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management

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    ...too many activities too close to one another. Monitoring task progress. For this, I always make sure I... lists. Because I know what my goals are (see monitoring task progress), and I know that I’ve blocked ... give it a final read Browse list of previous depositors from Boston University Contact Dr. Gilmore directly...
  9. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    ... al., 2009). By injecting mice with retroviral vectors that harbored different mutations found in leukemia...Gerald Rubin’s lab who created a set of modular vectors that can be used to optimally control gene expression...discovery of RNAi in the worm actually rewarded depositors Andrew Fire and Craig Mello a Nobel Prize in ...
  10. Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior

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    ...either by electroporation of plasmids, or using AAV vectors. The Imai lab also developed a version of Tetbow...Livet, Jean, et al. "Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of fluorescent proteins in the nervous...Markus Grompe. "Clonal tracing of Sox9+ liver progenitors in mouse oval cell injury." Hepatology 60.1 (...
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