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  1. 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...

  2. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    ...protocol. Many scientists, publishers, and small start-ups are turning to software apps to solve our need...are just a few promising options to get your lab started:   7 ways to share your lab protocols online Addgene...Check out all the benefits and how you can get started on our deposit page. Protocols.io Website: http...

  3. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ...Addgene distributors Distributor Partnership Start Date Country Served Beijing Zhongyuan 2012...information about the materials in our repository. We started to increase accessibility to our repository by ...introduced guides — practical primers to help users get started with tools like CRISPR, lentivirus, and optogenetics...

  4. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...struggling to think of what to put in your cover letter, start by looking at the requirements in the job description...hardest part, here are some examples to get you started! Dear Dr./Professor [last name], My name is [full...letter to the job and job requirements. It’s okay to start from a standard version, but take some time to make...

  5. How to Be an Excellent Trainee

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    ...there any relevant papers you can read prior to the start of your training? These could serve two purposes...and other educational resources to help you get started!) Are there protocols you can familiarize yourself...questions and/or receive help until you’ve already started a time sensitive experiment. Ready to fly solo...

  6. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...each gene isoform has a distinct transcriptional start site. Because CRISPRa can be targeted anywhere in...selectively target these different transcriptional start sites in order to better understand isoform-specific... Bdnf gene possesses 9 distinct transcriptional start sites, all of which yield the same BDNF protein....

  7. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ... for numerous non-academic careers. Still, many start their scientific careers hoping to follow the traditional...candidates are highly experienced but often have to start pursuing other options. While some non-academic ...existed, but did not consider them for myself. I started picturing myself in a technical support role only...

  8. Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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    ...first exposure to asbestos to the time when someone starts seeing – or feeling – the first mesothelioma symptoms... that by the time it has caught it has usually started to spread (metastasize) and turned into Stage 3...discover the cancer earlier, in particular before it starts to spread beyond its point of origin. One of the...

  9. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ...problems was deciding on the right system for us to start using. Prior experimenting with open source assembly...libraries such as Pandas, Numpy, and Biopython.  We started at the usual recommended place: documentation. ...printed one of the inputs, such as the file name. We started small with a print statement and tested that the...

  10. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    ...background of the lines you are using, it is best to start from scratch. Obtain a vial of the desired cell ...production and infection.     Great transduction start with great virus If having happy cells is the first...prep!) and infect. While this approach is a great start to a successful infection, one point to consider...

  11. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    .... To narrow down which specific methods to use, start by reading the methods sections of papers that have...straightforward than choosing a primary, so we’ll start there. Some of the most important considerations...commentary by Uhlen, et al. 2016 is a good place to start.) Reviewing available antibodies can seem overwhelming...

  12. Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods

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    ...to put together DNA fragments. As a fun way to start, I highly recommend watching this entertaining video...vector of choice as shown in the figure below. To start, you need to have DNA fragments with regions of ... to get mixed up with Gibson assembly (they all start with a G!) but actually work by significantly different...

  13. Thoughts on the Future of Research 2015 Boston Symposium

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    ...Increase the Starting Salary for Postdocs to $50,000 (the current median postdoc starting salary as reported...information about the postdoc work force, problems start with the question of “What is a Post-doc?” The National...

  14. A Control for All Seasons

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    ...and outs of controls for biological experiments, starting with general controls and then moving on to controls.... We hope that this blog post will be a useful starting point for you when designing rigorous experiments...for your specific experimental technique before starting. For more information about antibodies and antibody-based...

  15. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...Kostman.   Important considerations before you start an experiment with CRISPR The hammer, the jigsaw... an alternative ATG downstream of the annotated start codon. Likewise, we avoid target sites that code...target a ~100nt window upstream of the transcription start site (TSS), while for CRISPRi, a ~100nt window downstream...

  16. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    ...appropriate inducing agent (0.4 mM IPTG is a good start if you’re using a pET vector) and antibiotic for...protein purification, but overnight at 30°C is a good start. Prepare a lysis solution containing your favourite... solution (around 108 CFU/mL is a good place to start) and add your membranes to the solution, shaking...

  17. Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning

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    ...gene into an expression vector, you would want the start of the gene to end up just downstream of the promoter...promoter, you can add an EcoRI site just 5’ of the start of the gene and a HindIII site just 3’ of the end...purification step, it is important to digest plenty of starting material. We recommend 1.5-2μg of insert and 1μg...

  18. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    ...the different tests and became efficient, I then started to become bored because I was not being mentally...mentally challenged. For these and other reasons, I started  looking for other career options after 6 months...dynamic company and so it has the flexibility of a ‘start-up’. I was surprised how well I fit in with the ...

  19. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    ...about adeno-associated Viral Vectors (AAVs) before starting my graduate program at the University of Manitoba...tips that will help you think about how to get started with AAVs. Since my research is rooted in the CNS...may not be the best tool to use. However, we are starting to see that gene expression really does not take...

  20. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    ... I happily embrace (and admittedly, I may have started that nickname myself). I have my own little Product...post-doc at a school without such an association, start one! These teams can offer a sense of solidarity...just don’t know who you need until the team really starts functioning (or malfunctioning). Clear lines of...
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