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  1. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...equivalents and see what we can learn from their evolution. Southern blotting and quantitative real-time... less expensive sequencing fuels a sequencing revolution that still prevails. Sequencing whole genomes... evolution...
  2. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...examples that have guided your resolution processes in the past. Types of Resolution There are of course many...can do it. If Party X proposes solution A, and Party Y proposes solution B, with proper guidance X and ...to create solution C. And if a conflict resolver does their job well, not only will solution C be better...realized I might have some minor skills in conflict resolution after college, when I discovered that many of...any of their disagreements. In fact, conflict resolution isn’t just about resolving conflicts between ...meant to be a comprehensive guide to Conflict Resolution. There are countless classes and resources that...Conflict Before explaining my approach to conflict resolution, it’s important to recognize that there are different...
  3. Sleeping Beauty Awakens for Genome Engineering

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    June 30, 2015, 2 p.m.
    ...insertion site.   The Sleeping Beauty transposon system The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system is one...gene-of-interest, either constitutively or regulated by doxycycline. The Sleeping Beauty transposase is proving... Mates L, et al. Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust...can translocate within the genome. The Sleeping Beauty transposase gains its name from the fact that it...changes. The basic functional version of the Sleeping Beauty transposon (SB10), developed in 1997, continues...efficiencies of integrating viral vectors. New Sleeping Beauty transposase vectors Even more recently, Eric Kowarz...transposase system - one set of vectors for robust constitutive expression (pSBbi derivatives) and one set of...
  4. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    May 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m.
    ...with some solutions based on what I’ve learned. I hope you can apply some of these solutions to your own...Reproducibility. The minisymposium focused on solutions to reproducibility issues in the biological sciences...of reproducibility issues and their potential solutions. Prior to this event, I gave my own talk on reproducibility...understanding how the body works, generating new therapeutics, and sometimes formulating new biological concepts...ultimately wasting both time and money. The obvious solution to this problem would be for traditional journals...issues are complicated, we have many potential solutions that could save both your lab and the entire research...
  5. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...and highlights some of the latest breakthrough therapeutic approaches. What is Rett Syndrome? Caused by ...dysfunction, distinctive hand movements, and show autistic-like behaviors.  The role of MECP2 in Rett Syndrome...physiological levels. Much research is now focused on therapeutic strategies that use gene replacement therapy,...combined technical expertise to develop a viable therapeutic, the researchers developed adeno-associated viral... repair the mutation (Le et al., 2019). Beam Therapeutics, co-founded by Harvard Investigators and Addgene... Rett syndrome program being pursued at Vico Therapeutics, co-founded by Gail Mandel. There are numerous...
  6. Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution

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    Aug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...benefits antibody-based therapeutics. Whether antibodies are used directly as therapeutic agents or serve as...BioRender.com.   Antibody directed evolution Directed evolution is a method employed to rapidly change...Structure-guided directed evolution If you desire a bit more control, structure guided directed evolution might be more...antibody engineering, to improve reagents and therapeutics. What is antibody engineering (and why do we...haven’t discussed in depth is antibody directed evolution. This is a larger process of gradually changing...gene shuffling, and structure-guided directed evolution. The nice thing about these methods is that they...how they are screened. When conducting antibody evolution experiments, you’ll typically go through this ...
  7. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...quickly following the tried and true process of evolution. Watch this video showing bacteria evolve antibiotic...resistance genes survive and multiply. Factors contributing to the development of resistance include (Figure...before this information becomes available. For routine infections, like strep throat, testing for antibiotic... however, is fight smarter, not harder. We can utilize tactics like rotating antibiotic treatments, so...
  8. History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

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    Nov. 25, 2013, 10:12 p.m.
    ...field, let's look at how prokaryotes originally utilized CRISPR/Cas as a powerful and adaptive defense ...prokaryotes developed an adaptive immune system that utilized various cas genes not only to store a record of...proteins and PAM sequences. A total of eight evolutionarily conserved CRISPR subtypes comprised of more..., 83% of archaeal and 45% of bacterial genomes utilize this system (4). Makarova et al. grouped the systems...subtypes using polythetic classification based on evolutionary similarity (5). Type II CRISPR/Cas is the system...against invading phages. Rising to the challenge - Evolution of anti-CRISPR genes in phages The CRISPR/Cas ...
  9. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...developed today. In this post, I will highlight the evolution of the  Brainbow multicolor labeling system - ...- a perfect example of the continued utility of Cre-lox. Check out our previous blog post, Plasmids 101...highlights the trend in biology towards single-cell resolution imaging. Sanes and Lichtman endeavored to create... of stained sections, were limited due to low resolution or were very time-intensive, necessitating the...
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