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  1. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...offer guided tours to show people where the lab magic is happening. 3) Volunteer – Step into science education...learning on the job. Try to get an internship at a magazine or newspaper (here’s a partial list). A great ...

  2. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ... Figure 1: Mobile-CRISPRi's modular components. Image from Peters et al., 2019 with permission.   ...recipient bacteria with an integrated copy of CRISPRi. Image from Peters et al., 2019 with permission.    ...

  3. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fluorescent signaling in the presence of dsDNA. Image courtesy of: Ygonaar    Taqman is more sensitive...thousands of PCR reactions using Taqman chemistry (see image, left, of droplet immersion technique, courtesy ...

  4. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    March 3, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ...confocal microscope. You’re trying to get better images for a paper and she’s trying to get some data for...manuscript is more important to you than collecting your images this week. Even though three examples depend on...

  5. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    March 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...which will bind and light up a tagged protein for imaging. Given its popularity and widespread usage, a proteolysis-targeting... avoid AID tags. If your project also involves imaging at some stage, then choosing a HaloTag could pay...

  7. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    May 22, 2015, 4:58 p.m.
    ... extend far beyond the laboratory and seriously damage public trust in scientists, experiments involving...technologies with care and humility. Nothing would damage that trust more than an accidental gene drive release...

  8. Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?

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    May 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m.
    ...Fluorescent proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues”  Physiol. Rev. 90:1103...et. al. (2011) “Modern fluorescent proteins and imaging technologies to study gene expression, nuclear ...

  9. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    Feb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...fluorescent label, which can reduce the potential image resolution of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy...Nanobodies: site-specific labeling for super-resolution imaging, rapid epitope-mapping and native protein complex...

  10. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    July 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...   Figure 2: Structure of a retrovirus. Image re-used from Dong & Kantor, 2021 under CC-BY license...   Figure 3: The life cycle of a retrovirus. Image courtesy of Jeremy Luban, MD. Figure 3 depicts...

  11. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
    ... appear darker than full vector particles. This image shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist...particles (black arrowhead). Scale bar = 100nm. Image courtesy of David Bell and Svetla Stoilova-McPhie...

  12. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...with mRNA and charged tRNAs to build a peptide. Image from Mariana Ruiz Villarreal. By the late 1980s... codons are under expressed compared to others. Image from Hiss et al., 2017. Most commonly, scientists...

  13. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    .... Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image from Li et al., 2021.   The updates involved...gene dosage on N-acetylglucosamine concentration. Image from the Yang lab.   In conclusion, the MUCICAT...

  14. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    May 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...would help you do the job as described. Let’s imagine you’re applying to a job that requires ddPCR skills...answer to that is what goes into your cover letter. Imagine you’re applying to a job with a lot of file management...

  15. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...knock in, base edit, activate, repress, and even image your favorite gene. With so many Cas9 reagents available...target strand based on the sequence of the pegRNA. Image from David Liu.   Activation and repression...

  16. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...-inducible Cre not only halted the neurological damage but completely reversed it, regardless of age or...corrected by CRISPR/Cas9 in wild-type human iPSCs. Image modified from Le et al., 2019. Gene editing ...

  17. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...groups have utilized dCas13 fusion proteins for imaging, tracking, modulating splicing, and regulating ...fluorescent fusion protein dLwaCas13a-NF for in vivo RNA imaging. In short, the Cas13a molecule brings a much anticipated...

  18. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    July 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...schools. I will emphatically deny that I have a magic formula to guarantee a reader the faculty job of...optimization of fluorescent proteins,  and live cell imaging approaches. Erik is also an avid long distance ...

  19. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    Aug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...now to capture interesting key results, striking images, creative ideas, and engaging stories as you encounter...supportive audience? 7. Hone Your slides Use big images that are easy to see (and for heavens sakes, label...

  20. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    April 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ... and obtain a knockout mouse in about 3 months. Image courtesy of Wenning Qin. Single-stranded DNA...electroporation is performed immediately after injection. Image from Ohtsuka et al., 2018. Used with permission ...
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