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  1. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    ...scientific techniques and cool plasmids. Creating graphics were usually the last thing I thought about when...found some free design software that let me create graphics that better communicated the science in my blog...why this was the first program I used to create graphics for the Addgene blog. However, it has a limited...editing shapes and like Vectr, Inkscape uses vector graphics. There’s a steep learning curve for Inkscape, ...for searching the entire internet for scientific graphics. The tools settings let you tailor your search...
  2. TALEN Engineering

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    ...sites and then generates individual user-friendly graphical roadmaps for each target that guide the user through...
  3. Antibody Production

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    ... columns. Formulation Buffer After affinity chromatography, antibodies undergo a buffer exchange using...
  4. Viral Production

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    ...than full vector particles. Figure 3: Electron micrograph of AAV vector preparation shows that the vast...
  5. Caltech Systemic Capsids

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    ...for the AAV Decision Tree The AAV decision tree graphic above helps you choose the best capsid for your...
  6. Bacterial Expression Systems

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    ...want to determine its structure using X-Ray crystallography, you’ll likely need to purify it. Luckily, ...
  7. Science as Art

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    ...scientist and photographer based at the University of Queensland, whose outstanding marine photography has attracted...” Daniel went on to discuss his work: “Macro photography has been my passion for a while - a tool to expand...life cycle of the creature they deal with.” So photography can be used as a way to better understand and...scientist and non-scientist alike. “The other thing photography has shown to me - it requires an awful amount...data, publish in time, defend the thesis, etc. Photography is critically important in many fields of biology... can be found on his website http://www.microworldsphotography.com/. Another artist who spent his life...acclaim - including being featured in the National Geographic and Smithsonian Magazine, where the editor stated...
  8. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...Some things cannot be photographed or need text to properly contextualize. Graphics/cartoons (no words...be a hard sell!) Digital platforms often have demographic data of their users readily accessible via web...have a solid understanding of their audience demographics. Do your research so you can go to where your...depending on factors like socioeconomic status and geographic location. For example, not all social media platforms... biology are often more suited for cartoons or graphics for visuals. However, it’s much more challenging...academic to informal writing can difficult.  Photography Medium (high for microscopy) Visually compelling...may need text for audience interpretation. Infographics Low Combines both words and images; especially...
  9. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    ...standard curve? To create a standard curve, you graph the measured response of the serially diluted standard...absorbance is plotted on the y-axis. With the help of graphing software, you then generate a trendline for the...the quality of a standard curve scientists use graphing software to calculate the data’s coefficient of..., manufacturers often recommend using advanced graphing software designed to plot complex trendlines. ...your unknown lies within the linear portion of the graph. It does restrict the dynamic range of your standard... this range, it may be time to reconsider your graphing program. Summary Few things in the lab are more...
  10. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    ...and W describe the shape of a histogram, which graphically represents the time and intensity of the cell...the detected photons can be represented through a graph of photocurrent vs. time. The resulting histograms...expected size. The strong signals close to the graph’s origin mainly stem from cell debris and other small...wondering which second measurement to choose for graphically displaying your events. You are free to choose...T killer cells but not dendritic cells. Using a graph displaying both stains, I can quickly separate T...
  11. A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light

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    ... Figure 2: A bacteriograph of Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam." This bacteriograph was created using...Mustafa Khammash's lab at ETH Zürich. “Instead of a graphical abstract, it’s a musical abstract,” says Di Ventura...). These images are based on the concept of bacteriographs created about a decade ago. To create these...
  12. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Science Writing

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    ...your writing habit into beautiful graphs! I like to look at these graphs when I need that extra push to ...to stick with my writing routine. The graph of which days of the week you most often completed your habit...flagging passive voice, overuse of adverbs, and paragraphs with many hard-to-read sentences.  Grammarly ...
  13. How Addgene Creates Content

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    ...of text. Since our guides are heavily used, our graphic designer made most of the Antibody Guide figures...communication between our content team and our graphic designer to make sure things are clear, accurate...Fig. 2: Reference image (left) provided to our graphic designer upon request that the science communicator...design (right). Immediate and immense regret of the graphic designer not shown.   However, for our blog...
  14. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    ...perfectly reasonable paragraph unintelligible to a lay audience. My lay paragraph typically includes a...kindly friends and family to read my non-expert paragraph and point out words or sentences that are unclear...
  15. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    ...art with colorful microbes? Try your hand at photography and participate in a science photo competition...Radio, WIRED, Scientific American or National Geographic. Similarly, media fellowships from the British...Indonesia. Since then, I have tried many things: photography, making videos, presenting in pubs and at science...
  16. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    ...type of article. Now, search results display a bar graph of the number of papers with your search term published...several ways to focus your search results. A bar graph of the number of papers with your key term published...blog posts on free tools for making scientific graphics post and social media for scientists ...
  17. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...closing. Parts of a cover letter The opening paragraph is the place to introduce yourself and your background...body of the cover letter should be one to three paragraphs. This is where you make the case for why you ...questions the hiring manager may have. The closing paragraph should again show your enthusiasm for getting ...
  18. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    ...other large research institutions. The following graphic depicts the ways in which the two guiding principles...it difficult or impossible to reproduce. As the graphic depicts, RSpace supports linking to all of the ... other tools and resources. As depicted in the graphic, RSpace is integrated with most of the tools noted...
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