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TypeBlog Post...institutions doing after the injunction? We are particularly interested in whether institutions planning ...postdocs at other institutions to see if we can similarly convince them to go ahead with raises. What will...salaries. In addition, salary uncertainty may be particularly problematic for two-postdoc households. To better...
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Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog Post...that you think are clearly connected, step back and ask yourself, “are these clearly connected because ...you understand why you’re not communicating as clearly as you intended (it happens to us all!) and offer... -
Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning
TypeBlog Post... in the final construct, allowing for precise, scarless cloning. The cloning scheme is as follows: the...but Golden Gate assembly can be designed to be scarless. Golden Gate assembly is also less expensive than...Marillonet. Golden Gate and genome engineering In early 2011, the Bogdanove and Voytas groups described ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Public Speaking
TypeBlog Post... in front of an audience and convey your ideas clearly and strategically is powerful in almost any career...and/or apprehensive. I still get nervous quite regularly, and I've had multiple jobs where all I did was...developed a valuable skill set that will be useful in nearly any other job you may choose to pursue. So take... -
All in a Twist: dsRNA
TypeBlog Post...in dsRNA generation. While these molecules are clearly associated with cellular damage and dysfunction... acid hybrids are always around. R-loops are particularly enriched in highly transcribed regions and repetitive...responses can mount in the absence of infection. Similarly, if endogenously synthesized dsRNA finds its way... -
BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development
TypeBlog Post...exacerbated inflammatory response which leads to nearly 25% child mortality. Since glycans play an essential...amino acids more frequently than any other. Indeed, nearly 20% of the single missense mutant alleles that ...human disease change Arg to another amino acid. Clearly, the development of a pharmacological intervention... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice
TypeBlog Post...identical and all mice of the strain are homozygous at nearly all loci. This reduces variability in genotype ...reproducibility of experiments. Inbred mice are particularly useful for understanding a specific effect related...Examples of outbred strains include Swiss Webster and Harlan (Hsd) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Swiss... -
Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door
TypeBlog Post...Sainsbury Laboratory. Are you a science student or early career researcher looking to break into science ..., Scientific American or National Geographic. Similarly, media fellowships from the British Science Association... Media Production at Imperial College London. Similarly, the University of Cardiff offers an MSc in Science... -
Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community
TypeBlog Post...the accelerator of a vehicle being stuck down. Similarly, a mutation that turns a tumor suppressor “off...the Gateway Cloning Platform (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) that represents 180 genes from the Ras signaling... 25877186. 4. Prior, Ian A., Paul D. Lewis, and Carla Mattos. "A comprehensive survey of Ras mutations... -
The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...me). While things were incredibly busy in those early years, the founders knew that company culture and...throwing fun into the mix. Thus, our founders and early employees spent this remaining time by elaborately... you are planning, dangle the carrot (or more popularly- cookies). 3. Do something outside of your ordinary... -
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
TypeBlog Post...When Karl Barry Sharpless was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he joined an elite club, ... scientists to larger groups of trainees at an earlier point in their careers? A CURE for Biochemistry...protein with easily measured activity, MDH is particularly amenable to in-class labs. Provost ultimately... -
Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations
TypeBlog Post...scientific expertise. Organizing a career fair for early-career scientists provided a crash course in this...I find it useful to remind myself to check in regularly with collaborators for example on a holiday or...regard to reaching out to new people, checking in regularly, and maintaining useful notes that remind me about... -
Hot Plasmids - August 2020
TypeBlog Post...markers tagged with mTurquoise2, mNeonGreen, and mScarlet-I for labeling a list of specific structures within...CRISPRa) are great ways to modulate the expression of nearly any gene via specific guide RNA (gRNA) sequences... New from the viral service By Ina Ersing We regularly add new viral aliquots from our plasmid collection... -
Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation
TypeBlog Post... interfering with downstream assays. This is particularly advantageous if the antibody used for IP is ...despite the size difference. Magnetic beads are particularly advantageous because they do not require centrifugation...binding proteins involved in histone modification. Similarly, RNA IP (RIP) can be used to isolate proteins ... -
Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research
TypeBlog Post...genome editing, CRISPR is a name that resonates with nearly every biologist, academic, and researcher. Among...challenge for efficient delivery into cells, particularly via viral vectors. While viral delivery is a... More elaborate protocols are available in our earlier publications (Karmakar et al., 2024; Karmakar et... -
Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog Post... cell types depending on their serotype, are particularly challenging. Their efficacy in any given system...from 2016–2023. All three generations are regularly requested and a valuable part of our viral vector..., new partnerships, and new platforms, from our early engagement with UPenn to our launch of the redesigned... -
Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
TypeBlog Post...products may be toxic to the host when expressed, particularly those that are insoluble, act on DNA, or are... can neither restrict nor methylate DNA. dcm: Similarly, strains with this mutation are unable to methylate...dead cells, and, conversely, you cannot induce too early as there are not enough cells in the culture to ... -
Viral Production at Addgene
TypeBlog Post...immunogenic properties of the final product, particularly in large animal studies. Endotoxin contamination...detected. pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre was a gift from Karl Deisseroth (Addgene viral prep # 55632-AAVrg). pAAV-CAG...being discarded and replaced with a new vial of early passage cells. Approximately two weeks post-thaw... -
New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
TypeBlog Post...could produce ultrasound contrast. That is, until earlier members of our lab - the Shapiro Lab - developed...applicability. They also did not scatter ultrasound nonlinearly, making them difficult to distinguish from background...next-generation bARGs that could scatter ultrasound nonlinearly and be easily expressed heterologously by bacteria... -
Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter
TypeBlog Post...out. In some fields, a cover letter is vital, particularly in fields where communication and writing are...skills-based ones, may not use them very often. Similarly, entry-level jobs are less likely to require cover...working for that organization or group. This is particularly important for labs and nonprofits, who tend ...