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  1. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    Aug. 31, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...included in them for downstream control – this is important later! Next, additional components are added -...times more flexible than the brain fibers and importantly distortion of the fibers didn’t affect their ...temperature proximal to the implanted fibers. As important as its capabilities are the practical considerations...
  2. Science Careers: Unruly Interests Feed Many Paths

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    Sept. 26, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
    ...stylistic consistency. If you’ve ever doubted the importance of copy editors, the New Yorker’s “Comma Queen...review were discussed. Science communication opportunities If you are interested in the science communications...summer program that gives graduate students an opportunity to work in radio, print journalism, and other...
  3. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    Oct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...salt causes arcing during electroporation which would cause the electroporation to fail). When incubating...limit (lower transformation efficiencies have been reported with longer incubation); however, you may need...
  4. In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins

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    Jan. 25, 2018, 2:09 p.m.
    ...purified protein involves immobilization on a solid support. This allows washing away of unbound material to...binding kinetics of the target ligand. Another important consideration is whether the affinity of an experimental...acids. Unfortunately, the location of biotin incorporation and to a lesser extent, the number of added ...
  5. Identifying Sequence Elements with SnapGene's Feature Database

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    Dec. 21, 2017, 2:06 p.m.
    ...with every possible option, we place the most important controls front and center, and make specialized... are in the pipeline. First, now that SnapGene supports “Collections”, which are shareable databases of... missing from our database, or if you see an opportunity to harness common feature detection in a new ...
  6. Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup

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    Aug. 25, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...sort of talent agency for scientists, where we support health science graduate students with innovative...fund that would apply a percentage of returns to support student projects, but it quickly became apparent...The composition of the management team is more important than the product itself -- investors would rather...
  7. Hot Plasmids: FRET-Based Biosensors

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    May 6, 2014, 1:07 p.m.
    ...said. “We know CREB is really important, but where is it really important and when? That is not known.”...calcium-binding sites as possible for added sensitivity. As reported in Nature Methods, the FRET changes of these Twitch...
  8. Revamp Your Lab Meetings With Creative Virtual Collaboration

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    Feb. 9, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...difficult during the pandemic era, with fewer opportunities for spontaneous conversations. What we are missing... minds. The final screen can also be saved and exported as a picture. I believe that showing something...fades away the longer we are on it – so it is important to take breaks. After 1 hour (or another designated...
  9. Networking Follow-up: I Met a Person. Now What?

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    Jan. 12, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... for favors.  Don’t focus on networking with “important” or senior people. Focus on building relationships...times if you don’t get a response. It breaks an important law of networking--don’t be creepy. There is a...children. When I had my baby, we became closer. She supported me and answered my questions and honestly, she...
  10. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...physiologically-relevant systems, to catch all the important interactions. It’s also important to determine if the human interactors...includes a GFP construct as a control. For easier portability, all viral genes are flanked by EcoRI and BamHI...
  11. Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish

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    Nov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m.
    ...-hyg will be used to create gene deletions of important unknown regulatory regions in Pseudomonas and ... into a bacterial strain. The sensor will be transported inside a small 3D printed robot that will “swim...the user.   At Addgene we're happy to be able to support diverse groups of scientists working in a wide ...
  12. The MTA at Addgene

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    July 23, 2024, 2:17 p.m.
    ...facilitate a fast and agile MTA process. This is important to keep up with the number of requests and deposits...for both research and commercial purposes. It’s important to note that it’s the depositing institute that...signatures from two different institutes. Our online portal automates a lot of the process, from notifications...
  13. Summer SciComm Series: A PhD in Science Communication

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    Aug. 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...how it works. I used to stay up past my bedtime, poring over my grandparents’ medical textbooks by torchlight...to all the optional sexual health sessions and reported the intel back to my shyer classmates. For my ...the community During my PhD, I’ve also found opportunities for more hands-on science communication. Between...
  14. Cultivating Community Science at BosLab

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    Nov. 2, 2017, 1:35 p.m.
    ...scientists. In addition to maintaining a laboratory to support both individual and community science projects,...experiments. For example, Dave Grawoig is using nanopore sequencing at BosLab to perform proof-of-concept... involvement and provide all our members the opportunity to do molecular biology, we’ve developed community...
  15. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    Oct. 26, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...when performing amplifications, and we use electroporation to ensure a good transformation efficiency....library, Addgene usually does four to eight electroporation reactions using a total of ~400ng of library...hope this post has helped clarify some of the important considerations when using, amplifying, and verifying...
  16. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    June 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...samples stored in our AAV tubes (Fig. 1). It’s important to note that the change in pH only occurred when...., 2014). Based on our results and the results reported elsewhere, we recommend that once you receive ...MC, Fitchmun MI. Protein instability following transport or storage on dry ice. Nat Methods. 2013 Apr;10...
  17. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    Sept. 22, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... Lab Archives by LabArchives The single, most important part of lab life is the lab notebook. Lab Archives...always comes first with research! It is always important to know what kind of reagents you work with in...iGreenEarth AMINO is a very simple app that packs important biological information, amino acid abbreviations...
  18. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...as well. In a screen, you aren’t killing off a portion of the cells like in a selection. Instead, all ... genome, and scientists have found that when a portion of the gene is deleted, it creates a non-functional...Complementing this mutation by expressing this deleted portion, for example on a plasmid, creates a functional...
  19. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    May 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    .... The advantages of optogenetics lie in the spatiotemporal control offered by the system that allows for... expression of ChR2(H134R) bound to an mCherry reporter. We now also offer AAVrg for plasmid 83898, which...advantage of the extensive supply of transgenic reporter lines that supply a variety of GFP expression ...
  20. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
    ...producing long unspecific RNA fragments that are incorporated into the dsRNA necessary for RNAi. The Vellai...adjacent to the T7 promoters to prevent the incorporation of non-specific nucleotides into the dsRNA leading...enzyme and a small-molecule substrate to map the spatiotemporal distribution and interaction networks of specific...
  21. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    June 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
    ...histones and chromatin architecture to every diagram portraying some aspect of eukaryotic DNA would become busy...plasmids available from Addgene Many articles reporting chromatin-related research describe the production...Lawrence JB Mol Cell. 2009 Mar 27;33(6):717-26. Reporter-nanobody fusions (RANbodies) as versatile, small...
  22. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    Aug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...γ-retroviruses differ from lentiviruses? There are a few important differences between engineered γ-retroviruses ... enough to enter the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex. This feature may be useful for the transduction... expression of transgenes via increased nuclear export. LTR Subcomponents: -U3 -R -U5 LTR; Long...
  23. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... in sample treatment across methods can affect reported titer by either method so to ensure equal animal...AAV8. Very recently an engineered AAV5 capsid was reported for specific and potent liver transduction. While...marmosets each. Brain potency for each individual is reported in Figure 4B (see left for image and link for ...
  24. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    June 1, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of posts explains how to critically assess the reported properties of fluorescent proteins, how to do ...detected signal and therefore high brightness is an important feature of a fluorophore. The key question is ...However, the theoretical brightness ignores several important experimental conditions that are related to the...
  25. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    July 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...is to understand the function of the non-coding portion of the genome. Mendenhall and Richard Myers of ...efficiency of inducing double strand breaks and more opportunity for homologous recombination. Before CRISPR, ...versions of this out there. Addgene: Why was it important to you to make these plasmids available to other...
  26. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    Feb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m.
    ...nucleolytically inactive Cas9-VP64 fusion; 2. A sgRNA incorporating two MS2 RNA aptamers at the tetraloop and stem-loop...knockout screening). As the Zhang lab's Nature paper reports, “Here we have shown that the SAM system is robust...size of the backbone, transformations require electroporation. References & Further Reading: For more ...
  27. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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    July 10, 2014, 7:17 p.m.
    ...bacteriophages as bacterial therapeutics. This idea was incorporated into Novophage Therapeutics, Inc. in March 2009...potential conflicts that waste money and time. Most importantly, “the company does not become real until someone...Synthetic Biology? Read On! Synthetic Biology & the Importance of Assembly Standards Story of a SynBio Startup...
  28. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...rhodopsin Ace2N and mScarlet. Ace2N quenches a proportion of mScarlet's emission via FRET. Image from Beck...indicator plasmids at Addgene! Beck et al., Sci Report 2019. PubMed PMID: 31685893. A MoClo toolkit for... Eisenhoffer lab, is a new tool that increases temporal and spatial precision of gene expression and reduces...
  29. dTAG - You're it!

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    June 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m.
    ...transcription factors with important roles in Multiple Myeloma), it is important to ensure lack of degradation... chimeras For each protein-of-interest, it is important to determine which terminus can accommodate the...
  30. Transferable Skills Guide: Public Speaking

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    April 20, 2023, 4 p.m.
    ...almost any career. It allows you to share and build support for your ideas, invite others into decision making...Averaging ten panels each. (For this story, it is important to know that the student presenting right before...your work, opens up collaboration and growth opportunities, and gives your entire audience a chance to ...
  31. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    March 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...know about the vendor and the vendor’s technical support? An antibody from a vendor that you use frequently... with a responsive and knowledgeable technical support team, is a safer bet than one from a large distributor... know that application validation is the most important factor in antibody selection, but what does that...
  32. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...with their planned raises, some are taking the opportunity of the lapsed mandate (or are being compelled... up on this issue. These salary raises are an important step forward in helping the postdoctoral population...Careers Resources on Addgene.org Find Career Opportunities at Addgene  ...
  33. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    July 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
    ...pair to another base pair at a specific site. 2. Temporal, spatial, or conditional control of CRISPR activity... way to make those genome edits. But, just as important is a way to flip the switch and turn off CRISPR...The ability to turn off CRISPR activity is an important step towards CRISPR-based therapies and for more...
  34. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    July 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...industry job! You’ve worked hard to earn this opportunity and are excited for this next step. But wait,... background info. Use the presentation as an opportunity to demonstrate technical and transferable skills...your industry interview. Each interview is an opportunity to learn something and then apply it to the next...
  35. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    March 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...gene is expressed in a particular cell type is important not only for translational research, such as gene...expression of the same transgene: an optogenetic reporter, channelrhodopsin, fused to a fluorescent GFP ...expression of a Cre-dependent fluorescent CatCH-GFP reporter. Expression of GFP will only result in cells where...
  36. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ...that the body’s architecture and plumbing are important. We started with learning the head is connected...and the G protein (supplied in trans) will be incorporated into the viral envelope (but not the viral genome...B. Retrograde monosynaptic tracing reveals the temporal evolution of inputs onto new neurons in the adult...
  37. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...conclusions. Being vigilant about these errors is an important part of maintaining the quality of reagents, especially... especially shared ones.  The importance of QC Plasmids are a fundamental part of research. They are ...plasmids are sent out to Plasmidsaurus for long-read nanopore sequencing. This platform sequences the entire...
  38. Making CRISPR Plasmids Using Fragmid

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    Aug. 29, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...New to the bench? Fragmid depositor John Doench reports even the greenest members of his lab, high school...modular cloning approach, it’s easy to switch out reporters, Cas proteins, guide cassettes, promoters, N’ ...vectors are available? What you’re building is important — but so is where you’re building it! Table 1 ...
  39. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    Nov. 2, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...sites within the viral genome to excise a large portion of it. This ongoing trial is sponsored by Excision...effectiveness, and delivery. Patient safety is important for allogenic therapies to prevent a graft vs....vs. host response. Off-target effects are also important safety considerations for all CRISPR therapies...
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