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TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 8, 2024, 1:15 p.m....resistance genes to help cells survive their own secretions. Pro tip! Historically, colicin-producing plasmids...Resources References Demanèche, S., Bertolla, F., Buret, F., Nalin, R., Sailland, A., Auriol, P., Vogel,...
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Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.... body and thereby correct the mutations using retroviral vectors. However, many diseases require techniques...untreatable until 2008. Following a single dose of subretinal administration of rAAV2 carrying the human gene... -
Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 8, 2017, 3:15 p.m....expression, bacterial expression, lentiviral, retroviral, AAV, RNAi, luciferase, cre/lox, yeast expression...recombination in bacteria) such as lentiviral, retroviral, and AAV plasmids, choose the NEB Stable strain... -
5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 11, 2016, 2:23 p.m...., and Martin L. Yarmush. "Polybrene increases retrovirus gene transfer efficiency by enhancing receptor-independent...., et al. "Expansion and fibronectin-enhanced retroviral transduction of primary human T lymphocytes for... -
Of Myc and Men
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 19, 2023, 2:15 p.m....studies investigating mechanisms of endoplasmic reticulum localization, Munro and Pelham casually introduced...Pelham HRB (1987) A C-terminal signal prevents secretion of luminal ER proteins. Cell 48:899–907. https... -
PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m....standard curve, and most results can be confidently interpreted as integers. Since each sample is partitioned...method you choose, resist the temptation to over interpret your results: Sybr cannot be used to determine... -
10 Basic tips for mammalian cell culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2018, 1:09 p.m....making their surrounding media acidic through the secretion of lactic acid (a by-product of cellular metabolism...depending on the cell line so old cells should be retired! Conversely, cells younger than the 3rd – 4th passage... -
Plasmids 101: Protein Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m....scientists have taken advantage of the natural secretion of biochemicals and proteins through plant roots... Tagging recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide allows for easier access and purification... -
Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m....control of biological systems (Wheeler et al., 2016; Duret et al., 2019). But the field has sometimes seen ...plasmid here! References and resources References Duret, G., Polali, S., Anderson, E. D., Bell, A. M., Tzouanas... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m....fluorescence falls within the linear window for the theoretical timer shown in Figure 1B, you can use the equation...differentiates human IPSCs into glucose-sensitive insulin-secreting beta-like cells." Nature communications 7 (2016... -
Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m....activators or repressors. These fusion proteins retain the ability to recognize and bind to DNA; when ...occasions truncated gRNAs (≤15nt) have been found to retain some ability to induce Cas9 to make edits (AC, ... -
Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 12, 2013, 3:35 p.m....much easier. So you could imagine engineering the entirety of a cell. That's a big long-term technical challenge... What's incredible is the bioeconomy is already pretty substantial. It's estimated that genetic engineering... -
Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m....appear reduced in ExM, which could impact how you interpret a target’s structure. For example, cytoskeletal..., Chen F, Piatkevich KD, et al (2016) Protein-retention expansion microscopy of cells and tissues labeled... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m....within the target window, possibly due to longer stretches of duplexed RNA. Using an ADAR2DD catalytic mutant...perform C-to-U edits, the authors note that it retains its adenine deaminase ability. The authors then... -
Tips for arabidopsis transformation
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2018, 1:23 p.m.... (Kyndt et al., 2015)! It sounds simple, and it pretty much is, but there are some tips and tricks you...having an analyzable transgenic in hand, so it is pretty important to get this process right the first time... -
Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m....generally referred to as Antigen Retrieval. I chose not to get into antigen retrieval here because it’s not quite... -
Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.... great idea to most people in 2005, but XKCD is pretty successful! What resources do you have? No matter...for children” or may need text for audience interpretation. Infographics Low Combines both words and... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.... mechanism to culture only bacteria which have retained a functional copy of your plasmid of interest,... plates due to the fact that beta-lactamase is excreted. Satellite colonies are small colonies of bacteria... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Komagataella phaffii (a.k.a Pichia pastoris) because it secretes fewer of its own proteins, making the purification...production of Fab fragments where variable chains are secreted into the periplasmic space to be oxidized and ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m.... bathroom mirror pep talk, forgotten and then retrieved your lucky socks, persevered through a nerve wracking... snapshot of the skills that you can bring into pretty much any other workplace. To get your mind working...