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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... site. TFBS: transcription factor binding site. Image from Jüttner et al., 2019 with permission. In... humans (R=0.67). A database of the microscopy images of all AAVs that reproducibly labeled retinal cells...
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Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.... fluorescent indicators for organellar calcium imaging. Biophysical journal. 2016 Sep 20;111(6):1119-31...2014 Nov 18;7:88. Tian L, Hires SA, Looger LL. Imaging neuronal activity with genetically encoded calcium... -
Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m....Reports 9: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41088-2 Magnus C, Lee P, Bonaventura J, Zemla R, Gomez J, Ramirez...applications. Science 6436: eaav5282. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6436/eaav5282.long Redfern ... -
PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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 ... -
Transferable Skills: Negotiation
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 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... -
Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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. ... -
Plasmids 101: Degron Tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 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... -
When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m....concentrations. An imperfect solution is to restrict imaging analysis to cells expressing the lowest levels ...proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum and live cell imaging approaches. Erik is also an avid long distance ... -
Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 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... -
Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 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 ... -
Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 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... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 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... -
AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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... -
CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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... -
Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m....I fell in love with biology because of an image that was honestly quite boring. My Bio 101 professor ...sorting or to visually select cells in a microscopy image for individual analysis. A shuttle vector designed... -
Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 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... -
CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 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... -
Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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 ... -
To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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... -
CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 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...