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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m....have created synthetic promoters, which typically include some combination of other promoter elements, and...promoters for eukaryotes and prokaryotes We have included two reference tables below listing some of the... simian vacuolating virus 40 Constitutive May include an enhancer. PGK1 (human or mouse) General expression...
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Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m....chloramphenicol-resistant strains, we have also included versions with gentamicin-resistance (amplified...broad group of Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae including in E. coli O157:H7, Shigella flexneri, Enterobacter...where conjugation may be difficult, we have also included versions of pTOX that encode one of two visible... -
The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m....qualitative and quantitative measurement of processes including RNA movement by tagging RNA sequences with an ...Kellenberger et al., 2013). Other variants of Spinach include Baby Spinach, a miniaturized version of Spinach...aptamer fluorophores, more are in development, including Carrot and Radish from the lab that developed ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m....you realize whether or not you have a natural inclination for this skill that you could strengthen. The...everyone who visits your poster to agree with your conclusions. That conversation you’re having--that conflict...of the conflict. It can be easy to leap to the conclusion that a conflict is personal (”Person A and Person... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m....choose a looser gate here. I am not worried about including irrelevant events in my analysis, as these will...Lastly, you learned which gates should always be included in your analysis, regardless of your experiment...Sharpe at Harvard Medical School. His projects include investigating negative regulators of T cells and... -
An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m....integrins are key to a diverse array of processes, including cell adhesion, migration, and signaling, as well...available through Addgene’s repository. The collection includes 26 unique antibodies that bind discrete subunits...domains. All bind specific integrin alpha subunits, including αL, αM and α5. IPI’s anti-integrin rAbs are unconjugated... -
Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....have been used to purify a variety of peptides including antibiotic efflux pumps and ankyrin seven-repeat...constructs. Some applications of plasmids from this kit include the production of a suicide switch in cyanobacteria...PUF protein fusions reported in the literature include RNA detection, RNA cleavage, and translational ... -
Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m....N-terminus, but you don’t have the tag already included in the vector you want to use. If you inserted...primers to amplify the two fragments while also including regions of homology to the vector or neighboring...sequences between fragments. Some of these products include: GeneArt® Seamless Cloning and Assembly (Thermo... -
How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m....resources needed to accomplish your science, and can include: equipment, reagents, animals, glassware, and even...the institution/funding source. Major equipment includes large centrifuges, sequencers and analyzers, and... as many of these tools as possible, this even includes clocks, timers, and phones. As for reagents and... -
Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m....works. Advances in Cre-lox recombination have included inducible Cre, such as the tamoxifen-responsive...immediately following the promoter. The STOP cassette includes a mutant YFP that does not fluoresce, but can ...More variants have been created by other labs, including R26R-Confetti described in Hugo J. Snippert, et... -
Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m..... Other practices that fall into this category include performing experiments with too few replicates ...institute better experimental design practices including talking to statisticians when necessary and encouraging...Hines Minisymposium on Reproducibility Booklet - Including descriptions of many organizations promoting reproducibility... -
How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m....phenotype in order to conclude that the phenotype is due to an on-target effect. Conclusions Selection of gRNAs...modification of interest, it would be unwise to make conclusions on the basis of the activity of a single gRNA... -
CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m....expression, but causality and mechanisms remain unclear. Today, targeted epigenetic modification at specific...which uses light to regulate transcription, also includes light-regulated histone methyltransferases and...has deposited mammalian expression constructs including pcDNA-dCas9-p300 Core and pcDNA3.3-Nm-dCas9-p300... -
Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... cascades (reviewed in Abreu & Levitz, 2020), including light-sensitive chimeric GPCRS (OptoXRs) (Tichy...experiments! First, closely read the publication, including the supplemental data. You’re most likely to find...hardware, optogenetics tools, viruses, and more. Conclusion Optogenetic tools provide a powerful way to... -
Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m....mentioned above. The initial IMP cohort of 78 mentees included: 47 women (60.2%) 20 graduate students (25.6%...directly attributable to participation in the program included improvements in writing fellowships, giving oral...impressions of the IMP experience. Conference highlights included remarks by the Spanish Secretary of Research, ... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....Wild-type A549 cells do not express CAs9 and are included as a control (WT). Vinculin is a loading control... assay before, consider following their tips, including: Before digesting the DNA duplexes with Surveyor...PAGE instead of agarose to get sharper bands. Conclusion Overall, making a human cell line with a gene... -
Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m....applications for dsDNA inserts include: large insertions or deletions, including selectable DNA fragments, ...Promoters commonly used to control expression of Red include the IPTG-inducible lac promoter, the arabinose-... -
Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m....reproducibility of experiments and the validity of conclusions. Antibody engineering also benefits antibody-...antibody. (B) Examples of engineered antibodies, including chimerization, conjugation, and antibody fragments...There are different ways to achieve this goal, including error-prone PCR, degenerate primers, gene shuffling... -
With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 24, 2017, 1:54 p.m....Science is about fighting scientific partisanship, including more scientists in our leadership, and raising... Anschutz Medical Campus. He studies viruses including HIV and is interested in global health policy....Committee about climate change. All the scientists – including global warming skeptics – insisted that more data... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m....monitor cell interactions in diverse tissues, including lymph nodes, brain, liver, gut and skin. Two-...able to help answer using two-photon microscopy include: How do T cells and/or Neutrophils travel to the...probes when using a standard Ti:Sapphire Laser include: Blue-green fluorescent proteins like EGFP Yellow-orange...