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  1. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    Sept. 29, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...primer variable is the annealing temperature, not the melting temperature. Though you’ll want to predict...understanding and using the application correctly is imperative. Picking your chemistry  The two most common ...). See Table 1 for a comparison of features of several commonly used chemistries)   Chemistry Background...easily be its own deep dive, but here are some general helpful principles (and I recommend Bustin, 2017...ll want to stay under 150 bp long Annealing temperature should be 60-65°C For qPCR, the important primer... once you’ve received the primers.  Melting temperature should be ~60°C (between 50 and 65, with no more...between the two Tms)  Aim for 50-60% GC content, preferably weighted towards the ends of the primers. Concentration...
  2. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    Dec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m.
    ... Use a high-fidelity Taq polymerase with proof-reading ability for generating dsDNA recombineering substrates...out of 104 to 105 Use a high fidelity Taq polymerase to generate insert ssDNA Point mutations or changing...substrate; however, only Beta is required when generating a modification with an ssDNA substrate.  Gam:...degrade linear dsDNA starting from the 5’ end and generate 2 possible products: 1) a partially dsDNA duplex... in greater detail. Substrate DNA design and generation Expression of lambda red recombination genes....resistance cassette.   Substrate DNA Design and Generation Whether you use a linear dsDNA or ssDNA substrate... PCR. ssDNA Substrate ssDNA substrates can be generated by ordering synthetic oligonucleotides or denaturing...
  3. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...so scientists can simultaneously observe several generations of mice at a time. Because mice are more ...better recapitulate the complex interactions between cancer cells, therapeutic drugs, and the rest of the ... easily maintained in the lab, and have short generation times that make it easy to study the effects ...for scientists as they have a relatively short generation time for mammals - the time between being born...successfully helped researchers develop a variety of therapies. For example, many scientists use mice to study...mutations that made cancer cells more resistant to chemotherapy. You can find these plasmids at Addgene. Another...important human disease model with potential for therapeutic drug discovery as it is estimated that 75% of...
  4. Stem Cell Models for Disease & Open Science: Interview with Darrell Kotton

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    July 7, 2017, 1:32 p.m.
    ...multidisciplinary nature of the Center for Regenerative Medicine accelerates research. Chapter 5: Research currently... in therapy. The lungs are difficult, but other tissues like the retina have cell-based therapies underway...Darrell Kotton is the director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston University Medical School...source biology in his own lab, at the Center for Regenerative Medicine, and within the biomedical research... Kotton and the Boston University Center for Regenerative Medicine. Darrell describes his career goals...researcher. Darrell's ultimate goal - to develop therapies to treat disease in the lung. Chapter 2: Balancing...discovery of GFP. Chapter 4: Goals of the Center for Regenerative Meidince - Understanding and developing means...
  5. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...mammalian cells. STEP 1: Generate an Entry Clone There are a few different ways to generate our desired entry...interest to generate entry clones Entry vector attL sites for recombination Used to generate entry clones... phage from the bacterial chromosome and the regeneration of attP and attB sites.   Figure 1: ...is catalyzed by the BP Clonase enzyme mix and generates the entry clone containing the DNA of interest...Reaction takes place between the attL sites of the generated entry clone and the attR sites of the destination... the DNA of interest flanked by attB sites is generated. As in the BP reaction, a DNA fragment containing...experiment where we might use Gateway cloning to generate our desired constructs: lentiviral expression ...
  6. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    Nov. 5, 2014, 3:41 p.m.
    ...molecule interactions in living cells using a microscope. Historically, molecular interactions were detected...first to be used to study protein-protein interactions and several other pairs have been used since - including...technique which allows the detection of molecules' interactions, modifications or dissociations in situ. Used...often using probes with the potential to target several molecules. By analogy, it was like pointing out...hall but not knowing if these students know or interact with each other. FRET reduced the scale of our...our perception about molecular interactions. What is FRET? In their JCB 2003 paper, Sekar and Periasamy...measurement sensitivity makes it suitable for studying interactions within living cells. By coupling fluorophores...
  7. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...your target! Incubation temperature and time Incubating at a lower temperature reduces background noise...options are 4 °C overnight or 1–2 hours at room temperature (RT). Most people choose to incubate their primary...their secondary antibody for 1–2 hrs at room temperature, which allows them to reduce background while...for any available data on the best incubation temperature for your specific protein(s) of interest.  Determining...shelf life; runs at neutral pH (reduced protein alteration) Expensive buffers Bis-tris 6–400 kDa...shelf life; runs at neutral pH (reduced protein alteration) Expensive buffers Tris-tricine 2.5–40...gel. Handcast gels are significantly cheaper and generate less waste. However, they also add time to an ...
  8. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    Sept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
    ...Mark Mellett: IL-36 biology in generalized pustular psoriasis Generalized pustular psoriasis is a chronic...autoinflammatory loop: keratinocytes both respond to and release IL-36 cytokines. Keratinocytes are the main source...36 release in keratinocytes,” says Mellett. This would help the lab identify therapeutic targets in the...Genomics Institute BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) Challenge provides grants...is powered by ATP. A molecule central to the regeneration of ATP from ADP is creatine. In order to reach...could greatly enhance our ability towards CTD therapeutic development,” says Iyer. Since the RESOLUTE plasmid...cytokine family resulting in the activation of keratinocytes, which release inflammatory mediators that trigger...
  9. Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2

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    Sept. 29, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for its incredible regeneration abilities. The axolotl has the ability to regenerate complex structures..., 2019) Besides their ability to regenerate, the axolotl has several attractive characteristics that make...genes related to limb regeneration (Vieira et al., 2019). To study regeneration scientists have created...Because E. coli are easily propagated and have a generation time of around 20 minutes, they are perfect for...been used to identify and study protein-protein interactions in proximity labeling techniques such as BioID...processes and signaling pathways that regulate regeneration and wound healing are conserved across species...potential humans have for a similar degree of regeneration.  In addition, axolotls have many age-related...
  10. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...capable of local temperature sensing with sub-millisecond resolution and sub-degree temperature differences...Figure 7: B-gTEMP temperature-sensitive probe enables fast measurement of temperature and local heat transfer...other targets. Figure 1: MTRIA biosensors are generated by inserting a circularly-permuted GFP into an...localized for synaptic glutamate response. They generated variants optimized for different applications ...phosphorylated. To demonstrate that pYtags can be generalized to other RTKs of interest, they create sensors...deep-tissue imaging. Vladislav Verkhusha’s lab has generated a new genetically encoded calcium indicator using...affinity isn’t always better, especially if it means operating at the outer edge of the sensor’s dynamic range...
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