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  1. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    ...In the middle of 2016 Addgene started distributing a small but growing catalog of ready-made AAV and ...represents Addgene’s largest new initiative since we started distributing plasmids in 2004. We’ve already distributed... 501(c)3 nonprofit and our plasmid service was started based on donations. That seed money was used to...
  2. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    .... 1: Open source hardware builds   Since I started my PhD, I have been convinced that most microscopy...science. Researchers around the world don't have to start from scratch every time to pursue their scientific...IPHT Jena. He is co-founder of the open-hardware startup “openUC2” and focuses on bringing cutting-edge ...
  3. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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    ...computer at the command line, and so was really starting from the beginning. Luckily, a fellow graduate...that it is helpful to those of you just getting started. The practices suggested here may seem tedious ...code does are very useful for those that are just starting out, and helps clarify the role of the code. ...
  4. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    ...do so. Immediately after the injunction, as we started to hear of institutions cancelling plans to raise...across geographical regions When we originally started gathering this information, many assumed that those... receiving data from our FOIA requests, we are starting to see very interesting data on how much postdocs...
  5. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    ...own to share reagents. I love the way scientists starting their own labs get excited about making their ...love working with local organizations like Just-a-Start, the Northeastern co-op program, and with other ...scientists around the globe and our own staff is starting to reflect this diversity, remarkably so for a...
  6. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...of the fluorescent protein (i.e. rearranging the start and end positions without changing the order of ... FRET for imaging biomolecules in live cells (Sustarsic and Kapanidis 2015), which may lead to monitoring...18479457. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2396198. 4. Sustarsic, Marko, and Kapanidis, Achillefs N. "Taking the...
  7. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ...Apr 30, 2020 and last updated Jul 12, 2021. What started out as a small collection of plasmids for coronavirus... of cathepsin S, L, and B. This became a great starting point for SARS-CoV-2 researchers to investigate...Van Dis E, Catamura C, Yamashiro LH,  Begeman A, Stark JC, Shon DJ, Fox DM, Puschnik AS, Bertozzi CR, Carette...
  8. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ... addition to sequencing plasmids, we have also started using NGS to check the quality of other services...quality data! Addgene's new in-house NGS process To start, the process is only made possible by the use of...quickly create Illumina sequencing libraries. From start to finish the library preparation process only takes...
  9. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    ...as they were deposited before 2017 when Addgene started sequencing all incoming plasmids. If you are interested...Addgene’s QC team. Email [email protected] to get started! Addgene’s QC process Addgene prioritizes the sequence...replacement for the plasmid, and the full QC process is started over again after receiving the replacement plasmid...
  10. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    ...concentrations will need to be optimized prior to starting. We recommend calculating the ratio of the surface... adjustments, this is generally a good place to start. If you don’t anticipate that you will need large...possible. While this information provides a great starting point, it may not translate to the target cell...
  11. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    ...zone so many science and technology companies and start-ups choose to locate there. I made time to go into... Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the NIH, started off with the first keynote presentation. He talked... life. His lab has long hypothesized that life started with RNA and a simple cell membrane. His recent...
  12. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    ...Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA Perhaps we should start with some examples of a bad panel discussion? You...You can use this to the advantage of the program. Start the program by polling the audience with a few questions...with some written poll questions to get things started. Give a couple of audience members a chance to ...
  13. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    ...that might serve as a starting point for developing useful tools. A lucky start As Andrew and Maria explained...luck) to get here, he believes MagLOV is just a starting point for much more. If you’re interested in working...
  14. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ...attempt to verify the starting methionine of a gene but the blastx results start the alignment at a more...Translated BLAST (blastx). NCBI has a terrific getting-started guide for BLAST, which includes a simple explanation...
  15. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    ...challenge. We have a strategy that organizes how we start the work, and it begins with the central dogma -...beginnings of an operating system for programming life, starting with the central dogma. Addgene: And the BIL gates...these parts be made freely available? Endy: When we start thinking about languages, humans have two types ...
  16. Tips for arabidopsis transformation

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    ...a colony from an LB plate. In my hands, a 5 mL starter culture inoculated from a colony on a plate will...density in 18-24 hours. I then add 0.5 mL of this starter culture to 100 mL fresh media, which is then ready...transformation in another 24 hours. The remaining starter culture can be used for colony PCR and glycerol...
  17. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...plate. You can use this plate to start liquid cultures. Lastly, you can start small overnight liquid cultures...leftover bacteria-water suspension and use them to start cultures of your positive clones. If you want to...
  18. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    ... way that can be easily traced. If you’re just starting a lab, or are looking for a way to organize samples...necessary.   Tips for barcoding and tracking samples 1. Start with the tube - Barcoded tubes come in many forms...with a barcode reader and an Excel spreadsheet. Start by scanning the sample barcodes into the cells in...
  19. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    ...Our story today starts with a bit of Addgene history... As you may be aware, Melina Fan, her brother ...buidling - they relieved some of the pressure of start up life and maintained their sanity by throwing ...will avoid chaos and delays in getting the fun started. I’m aware that  “organizing the fun” sounds a ...
  20. A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional

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    ... by 16% between 2010 and 2020. How did you get started in the grant profession? I asked Deborah Cook, ...began to realize I too had a niche. As a result, I started my own grant consulting firm, a Twitter Chat, and...transitioning from a previous career or you’re starting your first career, a mentor in the Grants Profession...
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