...their work on the shoulders of giants. The still relatively young movement of sharing open hardware has a...device for individual experiments. Manufacturers rarely provide the construction plans or CAD (computer...enabling this work. Sharing open-source plans that rely on such tools has allowed the community to regularly...bringing cutting-edge research to everybody by relying on tailored image processing and low-cost optical...

... generating iPSCs. The generation of iPSCs is relatively simple in concept: ectopically express a cocktail.... The advantages of this method are that it’s relatively simple to implement and doesn’t require time-...Overall, integrating viral vectors efficiently and reliably generate iPSCs, but they have several safety concerns...important control. Additionally, Sendai virus doesn’t rely on promoters for transcriptional regulation, so ...Check Out Our Interview with Stem Cell Researcher Darrell Kotton Four Factors that Differentiate the Stem...

...efficiency of Cas9 cleavage is relatively high while the efficiency of HDR is relatively low, meaning that most...Anzalone et al., 2019). PE3, as originally introduced, relies on the PE2 enzyme. PE4 and PE5: Engineering mismatch...act first. PE4 and PE5, as originally introduced, rely on the PE2 enzyme. PEmax: Optimizing prime editor...

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...widefield imaging fluorophores are excited with relatively low light levels (for a prolonged time). Other...illumination, TIRF or spinning disk confocal use entirely different excitation power regimes. Therefore,...experiments. As the photobleaching rate is not linearly related to power, the conclusions reached at high power...application (Goedhart et al, 2012). The third issue relates to the environment of the fluorescent protein. ...water/oil emulsion at high power, it is far more relevant to measure how fluorescence intensity evolves ...

...binding of untagged proteins. Despite being a relatively low frequency amino acid, proteins containing...or function of a single protein? Oftentimes, they rely on protein purification. In this strategy a single...contrast, the polyhistidine tag is very small and rarely affects protein function (Bornhorst 2000).  One...other affinity purification methods where binding relies on a specific protein conformation, the polyhistidine-metal...questions about polyhistidine tags. For more antibody-related information, sign up to receive alerts for antibody...

...DREADDs are ideal for chemogenetics as they are relatively insensitive to their endogenous ligand, acetylcholine... GPCRs for chemogenetic studies to probe the relationship between neurons and specific behaviors. Chemogenetics...

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...measurement. Like a p24 ELISA, this method is relatively quick, providing results in less than a day, ...

...structure, constructing split variants should be relatively straightforward, but it is also possible to create...

...hundreds of available enzymes, many of which are relatively cheap. They also cut specific target sequences...and choice of restriction site. Because of the relatively long stretches of base pairing in the annealed...called TOPO® cloning or TA cloning, is a method that relies on the hybridization of the complementary base ...Independent Cloning Ligation Independent Cloning (LIC) relies on the 3'-5' exonuclease activity of T4 DNA polymerase...

.... insulin). Proteins, unlike DNA which can be relatively easily synthesized, must be produced using complex...protein expression, S. cerevisiae, is the most reliable and frequently used species due to its use as ...

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... are enriched relative to controls using Split-BioID-GFP and BioID run on six unrelated proteins. One ...These interactions are often modeled as binary relationships, i.e. protein A interacts with protein B; but...transient PPIs. Many PPI identification techniques rely on protein interactors to stay in close contact ...

...identical antibodies (See Fig 1.). rAbs are a relatively new technology that takes advantage of DNA sequencing...revealing the unreliability of antibodies. There are three main underlying causes of this unreliability: cross-reactivity...sifting through comments and papers to find the most reliable (and cost-effective) antibody for my experiment...the antibody can no longer bind to the target). Unreliable antibodies cause research that cannot be reproduced... of all commercially available antibodies are unreliable (Baker, 2015), causing a huge waste of precious...specific (minimal binding to off-target molecules), reliable (wouldn’t perform differently over time), compatible... thousands of scientists to confidently choose reliable and consistent antibodies for specific markers...

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...8.2 kb, and in vivo transgene expression ceases relatively quickly due to immune response against AdV. Importantly...

...genomes Compared to humans and mice, flies have a relatively simple genome. They have four chromosomes: the...females do not. Also, males have sex combs on their forelegs which are black, bristly hairs. Females do not...

...attending the session, and what is their background relative to your research? Tailor your language to your... you may receive. People often ask about the relationship of your work to recently published papers or...audience just that. Explain what you do know about a related topic, and let them know while you appreciate the...collaborate with a group who presented on a topic related to your research? Find a way to get in contact ...