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  1. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    July 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
    ...doesn't require homology-directed repair (HDR) machinery, and could thus be used in non-dividing cells....convert adenine to inosine, which the translational machinery treats like guanine. This RNA editor would permit...as assessed using RNA-seq. Since the REPAIRv1 machinery is too large to fit into adeno-associated viral...
  2. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    Jan. 16, 2020, 2:18 p.m.
    ...References Furuta-Hanawa, Birei, Teruhide Yamaguchi, and Eriko Uchida. "2D droplet digital PCR as a tool for...is common. Here are some steps you can take to achieve a clean NTC: Have a dedicated bench with a dedicated...
  3. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    Oct. 18, 2018, 12:37 p.m.
    ...while not widely known, plasmid assembly can be achieved in vivo using a bacterial recombination pathway...in a gene, while adding a GFP-tag (Figure 3). Achieving multiple modifications requires multiple recombination...DNA encoding plasmids, or promoters such as the chicken beta-actin promoter of the pHLsec vector. In this...
  4. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    Sept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m.
    ...was derived from figure 3b in Chan et al.   To achieve the full diversity of colors AND sparse labeling...co-injected. The dose of this AAV can be adjusted to achieve sparse levels of labeling, without loss of color...virus, but the desired sparsity of labeling is achieved with lose doses of inducer virus. Additionally...
  5. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    July 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m.
    ...responsible for an autosomal recessive, severe, childhood-onset form of blindness name Leber’s Congenital... therapy restores vision in a canine model of childhood blindness. Nature Genetics 28, 92-95. PubMed PMID...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5960719. 8. Trapani I and Auricchio A., 2018. Seeing the Light after 25 Years of Retinal...
  6. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... approaches. Major restaurant chains including Chipotle and Panera Bread have pledged to eliminate the...bacteria have poor non-homologous end joining machinery, so a CRISPR-induced double-stranded break (DSB...into the bacterial genome, and it carries CRISPR machinery targeting 1) the given resistance gene and 2) ...
  7. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...and the viral mRNAs are translated) by cellular machinery. NP encapsidates the negative sense, single-stranded.... These mRNAs are translated by cellular host machinery (as viral mRNAs would be in the course of viral...initial titration experiments might be helpful to achieve optimal results. It is important to note that this...
  8. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    Sept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...happening! Addgene actually has chimes outside of our break room. A ring of the chimes means something fun is ...completed their work thoroughly. It’s kind of a chicken and egg situation- do we work so hard so we have...
  9. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    April 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...leading to a positive signal. The same effect can be achieved for a fluorophore that relies on dimerization ...cleavage and an RNA aptamer that bound the compound malachite green (MG) to create a non-protein based visualization...of high throughput assays with microarrays and biochips. Ultimately, there are just some applications ...
  10. Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages

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    Oct. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...salaries). Postdocs (who are not in a primarily teaching role) come under this ruling, regardless of visa...on higher education, you can see that those in teaching roles (such as adjuncts) and graduate and undergraduate...already have salaries at or above $50,000. Boston Children’s Hospital is the only part of the Harvard group...
  11. Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences

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    Oct. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...projects. Almost all of my projects, have involved enriching conversations with R&D, Medical Affairs, and Commercial...challenges, quickly breaking them up into smaller achievable tasks, and then executing on them in a timely...situations, and personalities. Teams striving to achieve a lot of great output in a short amount of time...
  12. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    May 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...If you are job searching, you may be wondering if you need to go to the effort of writing a cover letter...relocation plans. They can be skills-based: if you're switching fields, you can use your cover letter to explain...greeting like “Dear Hiring Manager.” Highlight your achievements with specific examples. Instead of saying “I...
  13. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...native conditions, the less activation you can achieve using a CRISPRa. Your gene of interest might already...Ewen-Campen B, Chari R, Ter-Ovanesyan D, Haque SJ, Cecchi RJ, Kowal EJK, Buchthal J, Housden BE, Perrimon...Zetsche B, Volz SE, Zhang F (2015) A split-Cas9 architecture for inducible genome editing and transcription...
  14. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...a synonymous mutation can be harmful (Sauna and Kimchi-Sarfaty, 2011).  Overall, codon optimization may... A, Santana-Quintero LV, Katneni U, Simonyan V, Kimchi-Sarfaty C (2017) A new and updated resource for... https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/28.1.292 Sauna ZE, Kimchi-Sarfaty C (2011) Understanding the contribution...
  15. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    Aug. 5, 2014, 6:51 p.m.
    ...Improvements in our discipline for annotation and archiving of data are likely to improve research. What is...common file types? And how long should data be archived? Simplifying data access Some of the above mentioned...data repositories emerge that allow efficient searching and extraction of information. Looking a little...
  16. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ... in your host organism. Because transcription machinery differs between cell types or organisms, promoters...from beta actin gene Constitutive  Ubiquitous. Chicken version is commonly used in promoter hybrids. ... promoter Constitutive  Contains CMV enhancer, chicken beta actin promoter, and rabbit beta-globin splice...
  17. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ...Matthew J., et al. "Toxic protein expression in Escherichia coli using a rhamnose-based tightly regulated...enables simplified chromosomal gene replacement in Escherichia coli." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81.15 (2015)...Recombineering) system for genome editing in Escherichia coli." Scientific reports 5 (2015): 15096. PubMed...
  18. Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management

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    Dec. 5, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
    ....e. those things that will be most useful for achieving your goals. However, you should have a good mixture... up with too many tasks. If you’re constantly switching between different projects, you might not be able...thinking about when or how long it would take to achieve these goals. I have far too many projects to operate...
  19. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...highlight the specific modifications to CRISPR machinery that allow for the use of CRISPR in plants, and...in question. In plant cells, gRNA expression is achieved by placing the gRNA downstream of a plant-specific...Chloroplast-selective gene delivery and expression in planta using chitosan-complexed single-walled carbon nanotube carriers...
  20. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    March 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... lab. Some are rabbit immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) chimeric antibodies, and others are rat or mouse IgG2a....reproducible rat or mouse rAbs. The other eight are chimeric antibodies composed of rat or mouse variable regions...antibodies comes from IPI’s work with the Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard-based lab of Tim Springer...
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