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  1. Who Gives a Tweet? 9 Facts About Scientists on Twitter

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    June 26, 2017, 1:31 p.m.
    ...Occupational Classification System  and Wikipedia. 2. Social and computer scientists are overrepresented...international Twitter users were included in the dataset; 2) users not part of a scientific Twitter list were ...scientists on Twitter are male and 40% are female Figure 2. Gender Ratio of Scientists on Twitter. 60% of scientist...use Twitter professionally to network, learn more about alternative careers for scientists, and share cool....” This paper addresses the following questions about scientists on Twitter: who are they? What do they...

  2. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...SARS-CoV-2 spike pseudotyping, visit the SARS-CoV-2 Pseudotyped Virus collection page. SARS-CoV-2 detection...of SARS-CoV-2 entry and become upregulated during viral infection.  Expression of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins...neutralizing the different SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. You can learn more about their research in this article...resources on the Addgene blog Learn more about mapping the SARS-CoV-2 - human protein-protein interaction ...labs in over 75 countries. Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 proteins and other components. Image from Maya Kostman... protein, variants, and pseudotyping The SARS-CoV-2 virus depends on its spike protein to bind ACE2, the...of infection and how to interfere with it in a BSL-2 lab instead of a BSL-3 lab. Jesse Bloom’s lab published...

  3. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    June 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...requests every day.    Figure 2: When a researcher needs a collaborator for a specific task, Crowdfight...mammal called alpaca could neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But while the early results were promising,...Crowdfight will: 1) Find an expert with the right skill; 2) Confirm the expert’s suitability and availability...our blog post about remote collaborations Read our Transferable Skills Guide article about external collaborations...needed. In the example above, for example, we fostered a formal scientific collaboration between two research...project. We think that these collaborations add enormous value. A discussion about a protocol can save weeks..., the researchers did not have access to a P3 laboratory (BSL-3), a high-security facility needed to perform...

  4. Reagent Repositories Are Speeding up Science During the Pandemic

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    Aug. 4, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...regards to SARS-CoV-2, this mouse strain is regaining popularity. The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit research...SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with implications for clinical manifestations, transmissibility, and laboratory studies...fast access to the tools required to study SARS-CoV-2, but with many academic research labs closed during...biobanks, are crucial for the advancement of SARS-CoV-2 research because they provide rapid access to validated...Many of the reagents used to investigate SARS-CoV-2 were developed for broad use and are now important...susceptibility of cells from different organisms to SARS-CoV-2 (Chu et al., 2020). An additional cell line used in...that science is truly a global endeavor. Case study 2: Plasmids Another example of reagents that have broad...

  5. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    May 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-N-2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein  pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-M-2xStrep-IRES-Puro...SARS-CoV-2 M protein pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-orf3a-2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a... SARS-CoV-2 protein expression The Krogan lab quickly shared plasmids expressing SARS-CoV-2 proteins at...pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-E-2xStrep-IRES-Puro) and NSP2 (pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-nsp2-2xStrep-IRES-Puro...months: Lentiviral preps for expressing SARS-CoV-2 proteins ChR2 for targeted expression DREADDs GFP ...Serotype Name 83899 AAVrg pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell-2  Additional resources on the Addgene blog Read...vector name and serotype you’d like to be notified about. Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype Name 44362 ...

  6. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    Sept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m.
    ....9 (parental) 46 +/- 0.7% AAV.PHP.S 82 +/- 2% Table 2: Transduction efficiency of AAV.9 versus AAV.PHP.S...figure 2) to allow for efficient IV delivery of virus to the CNS or PNS (figure32, tables 1 & 2). These...because: 1) their genomes are easy to manipulate, 2) they have long-term expression; and 3) they have ... On average, AAV.PHP.eB and AAV.PHP.S had 1.5- to 2-fold higher GFP intensity compared to the strains ...stained for a neuronal marker). Check out tables 1 and 2 below for a summary of the quantified transduction...cells are labeled with their own unique color; and 2) low levels of labeling so that a cell’s projections...maximize the number of cells that are labeled. Part 2: An AAV expressing the inducer (i.e. tet-off transactivator...

  7. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?

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    Oct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m.
    ...the image can be acquired more quickly. 2-Photon Microscopy 2-Photon Microscopy attempts to solve two ...Fluorescence microscopy. Nature methods 2, 910-919 (2005). PubMed PMID: 16299476. 2. Conchello JA, Lichtman JW. Optical...enhance spatial contrast (i.e. optical sectioning (2) or super-resolution (3). Fluorescence microscopy...photobleaching and a reduction in signal intensity. 2-Photon microscopes restrict excitation (and bleaching...can be seen exiting through the tissue. Therefore, 2-photon allows for deeper imaging into thick tissues...imaging objective that collects fluorescence. Like 2-photon microscopy, only a single focal plane of the...relying on raster scanning as is done in confocal or 2-photon microscopes. Total Internal Reflection Microscopy...

  8. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    May 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 sequence detection method based on CRISPR-Cas12. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org...Based Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Material. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.20.052159... State University. Since its appearance, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to almost every part of the world manifesting...Rapid detection of 2019 novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using a CRISPR based DETECTR assay Sensitivity:10-...primers that target the E and the N2 gene of SARS-CoV-2. If the Cas12a-sgRNA complex binds to the target sequences... method has been optimized to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly using saliva without having to perform...and visual detection of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Sensitivity: 4.6-11 copies/microliter of RNA targets...

  9. Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems

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    May 19, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 from Philippa Steinberg for the IGI.   What SARS-CoV-2 plasmids from Ginkgo ...blog posts Learn about other COVID-19 plasmids available at Addgene Read about SARS-CoV-2 detection methods...Bioworks to synthesize and share over 1,850 SARS-CoV-2 plasmids to help academic and industrial labs accelerate...request? Currently, plasmids containing all SARS-CoV-2 protein coding genes in E. coli and S. cerevisiae ...bacterial expression systems, Ginkgo synthesized SARS-CoV-2 expression plasmids in a high copy backbone with a...high level expression and purification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins for downstream experiments and offer flexibility...optimized, full length and truncated versions of SARS-CoV-2 S (spike protein) cloned into a CMV driven expression...

  10. "What Makes a Good Mentor?" and 6 More FAQs About Science Mentoring

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    Dec. 17, 2013, 2:47 p.m.
    ...portion of our careers. In that time we may have only 2-3 formal supervisors that will provide guidance and...be challenging – is advice and guidance from only 2 people enough?  For many years I’ve been organizing...Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. Top 7 questions scientists ask me about mentoring In this... answers to the top questions scientists ask me about mentoring. Here they are: What makes a good Mentor... Where can I find a Mentor? What is this I hear about “group” or “peer” mentoring? How do I ask someone...a good science mentor? I started a conversation about many of these topics with the researchers who joined...often one that devotes time and energy to thinking about how to be a great Mentor.    Check Out Angela Depace's...

  11. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 virus-human interaction network in which we expressed 26 of the 29 SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins...all became acutely aware of the threat of SARS-CoV-2. Like many in the science community, we’ve been motivated...identifying these potential human helpers of SARS-CoV-2 (especially the ones that are druggable) is a key ...just at the beginning of understanding how SARS-CoV-2 interacts with human proteins. For example, we used... joining in this worldwide fight against SARS-CoV-2. As we’ve all been affected in various ways by the...details. Our set of constructs comprises all SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins except for Nsp3 and Nsp16, and includes...is going on there!).  Find the Krogan Lab SARS-CoV-2 plasmids (Note: The Nsp6 construct is undergoing QC...

  12. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus may acquire mutations to escape ... SARS-CoV-2 infects host cells through binding the human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) cell-surface...Pooled library to study antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 Recombinant antibodies for aminoacyl tRNA synthetases...viral preps Mapping antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 by mutational scanning By Seth Kasowitz As multiple...viral spike protein.   Figure 1. (A) SARS-CoV-2 RBD DMS Library generation and sequencing. From Starr... binding ACE2 is the target of most anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In the library, each plasmid encodes the...and a barcode, and is designed so that the SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD is displayed on the yeast cell’s surface...

  13. When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells

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    April 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... non-physiological, and difficult to ignore [1, 2]. 2. Fusion to an obligate dimer or oligomer Several...Biol, 2003. 163(2): p. 257-69. PubMed PMID: 14581454. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2173526. 2. Zacharias, D.... The Kd of EGFP is 0.11 mM [2]. Following the simple logic outlined above, you might think EGFP is unlikely...ultracentrifugation [2]. Some affinity assays used in the papers describing the FPs above including molecular... nature are prone to dimerization (i.e. EGFP) [1, 2] or even form obligate tetramers (i.e. DsRed) [3]....organized smooth endoplasmic reticulum (OSER) whorls. 2)A dimerizing protein of interest fused to a dimerizing... designed to detect resulting in false positives [2, 4]. Solutions to the polymer problem There are some...

  14. Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants

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    June 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...months, we’ve seen the emergence of several SARS-CoV-2 variants coincide with increased vaccination efforts...They were able to tweak this assay to study SARS-CoV-2 spike variants. “We created a series of spike expressing...relative ability to neutralize.”   Figure 2: Sera used in the study came from individuals who ...This sera was used in the high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus neutralization assay. Neutralization was...viruses are quite genetically distinct from SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Yet, the B.1.351 variant, which ...effectiveness of current vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants, this study was the first to compare so many... de Oliveira T, Sigal A (2021) Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma...

  15. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    July 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ...status of MEK1/2 was tracked at 5 minute intervals via Western blot. Phosphorylation of MEK1/2 peaks at just... phosphorylated MEK1/2 levels, suggesting PP1/PP2A is responsible for this MEK1/2 negative feedback. ...PubMed PMID: 28232577. Figures 2-4 were modified from this reference. 2. Regot, Sergi, Jacob J. Hughey...precisely control the timing of kinase activity. 2. Studying negative feedback loops of signaling pathways... studied the negative feedback on endogenous MEK1/2 phosphorylation by creating a short pulse of psRaf1...activity. They did this by exposing psRaf1 to a short 2 minute pulse of 500 nm light (turn on psRaf1) followed...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More about Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Control Protein...

  16. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    April 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...condition 1” than “condition 2.” By eye, the loading control appears about the same between the two conditions...the resulting fraction is reported. Figure 2: Normalization with loading controls. Under each lane...control band is weaker in condition 1 than condition 2, the normalized values for the two conditions are ...opposite change in your loading control. Assumption #2: The loading control can be accurately quantified ...) are smaller than the analogous green “condition 2” points by the exact same value. For the two solid...consider a different loading control. Assumption #2: The loading control can be accurately quantified ...factors we’ve covered in our previous blog posts (1, 2) on western blotting. If the abundance of your POI...

  17. Antibodies 101: Fab Fragments

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    Sept. 5, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fragments that retain antigen binding (Figure 2):  F(ab')2 - These fragments are produced by proteolytic...fragments are produced by mild reduction of F(ab')2 fragments, which reduces the hinge region disulfide...Variable (scFv). Size: ~25 kDa.   Figure 2: Comparison between a full IgG antibody and common...advantages, though with some caveats.  First off, F(ab’)2 fragments are bivalent, so may have higher avidity...or Fab fragments. Higher avidity means that F(ab’)2 fragments may have overall stronger interaction with...Clinical Prospects of Antibody Fragments. Antibodies 8(2):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/antib8020028    Wessel...multiplexed super-resolution microscopy. Cell Rep Methods 2(10):100301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2022.100301...

  18. Addgene's Top Blog Posts from 2020

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    Dec. 29, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...CRISPR to detect SARS-CoV-2, including many with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without...detection methods, synthetic nanobodies, SARS-CoV-2 protein expression, and more. We also highlighted ...empty backbones, fluorescent protein tags, SARS-CoV-2 plasmids, etc. It is our hope that by providing cloning...RNA and extracting RNA without a kit. 3. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas by ...highlighted reagent repositories and other collaborative efforts in the scientific community to speed COVID-19 research...store my plasmid in TE, Tris, or water? And what about temperature? Find the details in this blog post....dominates DNA quantification discussions, but what about the other methods to quantify DNA? Here we cover...

  19. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    June 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cancer. These viruses need to be handled in a BSL-2 (or BSL-2+) lab and require additional safety measures.... BSL-1. In BSL-2 labs, eye protection is required any time you have to work with BSL-2 materials, such...respiratory diseases in humans, earning this virus a BSL-2 classification. Lentivirus (a type of retrovirus) ...recommended or required in BSL-1 and required in BSL-2 labs. When working with lentivirus, many organizations...sprayed into the air. For lentivirus and other BSL-2 materials, you’ll need to use aerosol-tight caps, ...percentage of the decontaminate to be used for BSL-2 waste, and of course, if you are working with a substance...completely inert, but others can cause diseases. Nervous about handling viruses? That’s okay! In this article we...

  20. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    April 20, 2021, 2:30 p.m.
    ...safely. Recently, many SARS-CoV-2 researchers began pseudotyping the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein into a lower ...SARS-CoV-2 virus. Scientists have been using similar pseudotyping methods with other viruses in a BSL-2 lab... et a., 2018).   Figure 2: To pseudotype with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, scientists encode...production uses three plasmids: (1) The transfer plasmid, (2) the envelope plasmid, and (3) the packaging plasmid...example, production of vesicular stomatitis virus, HIV-2, and human foamy virus in cell lines expressing galactosyl...for Pseudotyping Lentiviral Particles with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Neutralization Assays. Viruses 12...Are Inactivated by Human Serum. Molecular Therapy 2:218–222 . https://doi.org/10.1006/mthe.2000.0116 Gutierrez-Guerrero...
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