...these programs typically consist of 1-2 mentors and 3-5 mentees who meet together for an 8 month formal ...cover during the year. Suggest that each person bring 3 topics and write them on a board to see which ones... a regular schedule might work. If not, perhaps a 3 hour breakfast once a month. All participants must...for Scientists Series. I have been thinking a lot about Mentoring for over 10 years. Many successful scientists...Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. While working on this project...postdocs I have started to talk to trainees more about peer mentoring. They want to find mentors to help... questions I get is, “What are we going to talk about?” There are an infinite number of ideas on the internet...

...the limit of what will be packaged. The 5’ LTR and 3’ LTR, respectively, act as RNA polymerase II promoter...are based on adenovirus 5 (Ad5).     Fig. 3 - Viral vector components of adenovirus Building...Proteins: Structure and Function. Viruses. 2021 13(3):388. DOI:10.3390/v13030388 Coffin J.M., Hughes S....aren’t reflected in the common components outlined above for gamma-retroviruses. While not required for lentiviral...and helper plasmids for all the viruses discussed above (gamma-retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, and adeno-associated.... Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1997. Principles of Retroviral Vector ...

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...measurements; (2) the cells you’re targeting; (3) how much expression is needed to read your experimental output...gene. Off-target expression can still occur (Fig. 3) - for example, some neurons can transiently express...; Taschenberger et al., 2017).     Figure 3: Comparison of two astrocyte selective promoters demonstrating...anterograde tracing system. Experimental Neurobiology, 29(3), 219–229. https://doi.org/10.5607/en20006 Rolland...Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development, 3, 16062. https://doi.org/10.1038/mtm.2016.62 Su, M....starting the selection process. Factors to think about are (1) your experimental conditions and measurements...

... transfer plasmid, (2) the envelope plasmid, and (3) the packaging plasmid. These are transfected into... virus in cell lines expressing galactosyl(alpha1-3)galactosyl (alphaGal) sugars were less stable than...with other viruses in a BSL-2 lab instead of a BSL-3 or BSL-4 lab. For more details, check out this review... spumaviruses to human serum by galactosyl(alpha1-3)galactosylation. Journal of virology 71:6174–6178 ... also toxic at high concentrations as described above and is inactivated by the complement system in serum...

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.... We have been using yeast models (3, 4) to answer questions about the evolution of the genes involved...complementation. In the procedure diagrammed in Figure 3, students first transform the S. cerevisiae met deletion...: US Government Office of Science and Technology. 3. Duina, A. A., Miller, M.E., & Keeney, J.B. Budding...Addgene Blog Learn about Synthetic Biology with BioBuilder Use Addgene Videos to Learn about Basic Lab Techniques...species, but these studies generally leave questions about gene function wide open. What if two seemingly similar...question, the plasmids are also used to teach students about restriction mapping and western blotting. Students...communicating science to the public. You can find out more about Clare at the Biology Dept. site.  References 1. ...

...acceptor fluorophore--think of it as a virtual photon 3. Relaxation of the acceptor fluorophore back to its...PMID: 27649177. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5038762. 3. George Abraham, Bobin., et al. "Fluorescent protein...Nature 388.6645 (1997): 882. PubMed PMID: 9278050. 3. Meng, Fanjie, et al. "A fluorescence energy transfer‐based...can be done using FRET! Read on to find out more about this amazing imaging technique and find further ...our curated list of biosensors too, as another laboratory may have already created the sensor that you ...ability of labs to answer sophisticated questions about cellular processes. Currently, FRET experiments ... Tips for using FRET in Your Experiments Learn about Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies FRET Based...

...used outside of the laboratory. The detection threshold for these RNA sequences (3 nM), however, was quite... samples at clinically relevant concentrations (1-3 fM; 1x106-fold lower than before), and our combined...PMID: 25417166. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4265554. 3. Pardee, Keith, et al. "Paper-based synthetic gene...allowed gene circuits to be deployed out of the laboratory in a cell-free and biosafe format that was stable... quite high and above what would be expected in patient samples (e.g.: blood, urine). Adapting toehold...

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...implement RSMs in E. coli with two plasmids (Figure 3 below): Input Plasmid: The input plasmid (high copy...and promoters with buffer sequences on their 5’ and 3’ ends (for insulation). A list of promoters and terminators...hammerhead ribozyme parts are described in Nielsen et al (3) and Lou et al (4). Despite choosing proper register...PMID: 25417166. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4265554. 3. Nielsen, Alec AK, et al. "Genetic circuit design ...certain cellular behaviors, but little is known about the order or timing of these factors. Recombinase-based... three methods of state interrogation mentioned above (Sanger sequencing, qPCR, and fluorescent reporter-based...Bac Vectors Can Be Used for Genome Editing Learn about Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to SynBio...

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...efficiency by approximately 15-fold (Chen et al., 2006). 3. Transduction efficiency depends on viral titer Both...approximately 20–50% of the packaging cells after 1–3 days of selection. A lower percentage of surviving...." Cell 113.2 (2003): 141. PubMed PMID: 12705861. 3. Chen, Sifeng, et al. "Freeze-thaw increases adeno-associated...grown at 30 °C instead of 37 °C. If you’re unsure about the integrity of your virus, perform a diagnostic...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn All about Adenovirus Associated Virus New to Virus? Check ...Check out Our Primer for Beginners! Learn All about Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources on the Addgene.org...

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