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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2018, 12:59 p.m.... a double-strand break, and when used with two adjacent gRNAs, can lower the probability of off-target... of the targeted region, whereas PAM-in designs place the PAMs closer together in the middle of the targeted...sites separated by 51-68 bp Use D10A for HDR Place intended insert in between nick sites Use 40 nt...
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Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m....your workplace and you could end up making a huge impact on how waste is handled. A lot of places have...on waste, but also on culture. Encourage your workplace to become a leader in sustainability. Sign up... -
Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... Many thanks to our guest blogger Sean Stacey! Sean D. Stacey is a Ph.D. student at East Tennessee State...This post was contributed by guest blogger Sean Stacey who recently attended both online and on site courses... -
The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m.... amazing job shuttling unwanted lab supplies to places that really need them. When I was in graduate ...indefinitely at room temperature (thus also saving freezer space). The procedure becomes less attractive when noting...very thin gel on a large glass slide using only surface tension. It's a bit tricky to pour the right amount... -
Choosing a Good Mentor for Scientists
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2014, 2:56 p.m.... and other related resources. Check Out Angela Depace's Talk on "Precision and Plasticity in Mentoring...by @drmellivora, an excellent blog post about workplace bullying featured on the always interesting Tenure...thing to do is not go into their labs in the first place. The good news There are many excellent mentors ... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 22, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... which studies immunity and the host-pathogen interface, previously developed a high-throughput neutralization...the virus to gain entry into human cells via human ACE2 receptors. In their assay, the pseudoviruses express...reporter which is used as a readout for infection of ACE2-expressing target cells. Any neutralized pseudoviruses... -
Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 25, 2015, 2:30 p.m....tech companies using only laptops and some server space. But what if you want to be an entrepreneur in ... graduate students with innovative ideas in all facets of the entrepreneurial process in order to develop...you start at a disadvantage in the health science space if you don’t have an advanced degree behind your... -
Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 13, 2024, 2:15 p.m....therapeutic proteins. European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft...complexity of antigen processing events that take place within an antigen-presenting cell like a T cell.... -
K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2023, 1 p.m....The most commonly used yeast by biotech and pharmaceutical companies is K. phaffii (formerly known as ...the system. Since then, multiple biotech and pharmaceutical companies (along with some research laboratories...the expression of recombinant proteins by the pharmaceutical and biotech industries as a protein expression... -
"Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m....about how to solve this problem. I didn’t want to face another group of sleepy students at 8 a.m. many ...format I decided on was to have two teams of 4 people face each other on a single chosen clinical disease case...they agreed on each element to use, they had to place the selected card on the board game. They had 35... -
The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2018, 2:11 p.m.... that cell. Since there is a limited amount of surface area on each cell, the way to get more AAV in contact...expression. How do you achieve high titers in the first place? Some AAVs are known to be difficult to produce ...concentration filter column, make sure to rinse off the surface of the filter membrane with the surrounding solution... -
Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m....where the mutation can be placed. With other techniques, when mutations are spaced farther apart, it becomes... which is freely available online. Its simple interface can guide you through both experimental and primer... -
How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m....solution thawed, as the CO2 was confined to the tube headspace when the samples were frozen. This was clear by...the gradual change in pH visible at the sample interface upon thaw (Fig. 2). Before thawing, all the samples...tubes prior to thaw released the CO2 from the headspace, thus mitigating the pH effects of dry ice storage... -
Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.... limited by the need for a specific PAM (protospacer adjacent motif) in order to bind the target sites...mediated a C to T conversion in the target sites adjacent to an NG PAM in human cells. The increased versatility... -
15 Hot Plasmids from 2017
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m....targeted known residues on the outer surface to break dimerization interfaces (affecting many of the RFPs developed...discovered reprogramming discrepancies, which they traced to a 9 amino acid N-terminal variation in the Klf4...genes identified as non-essential. The knockouts replace entire protein-coding regions (excluding start ... -
From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m....One of the most pivotal decisions many PhDs face when transitioning from academia to industry is whether...requires deliberate preparation and a willingness to embrace new responsibilities. After my second postdoc,...permission to explore, reflect on your priorities, and embrace these transitions as an integral part of your broader... -
CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 25, 2024, 2:15 p.m....guided by a gRNA is useless without an adjacent PAM or protospacer-flanking sequence (PFS) in some cases...now, it’s time to cast aside those concerns and embrace a new resource to solve the problem: CasPEDIA, ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2023, 1 p.m....cell!)—ATP. There are biosensors for intracellular, extracellular, and even the ADP:ATP ratio. Most of... from dopamine to glutamate, all the way to acetylcholine. These sensors have been tested in vivo, in ... -
Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2018, 1:48 p.m....HEPN-independent. These enzymes also do not require a protospacer flanking sequence, so you can target virtually...either an unprocessed or processed gRNA array (22 nt spacer with 30 nt direct repeat) mediating potent knockdown...dementia-associated tau, delivering dCasRx and a 3-spacer array targeting the MAPT exon 10 splice acceptor... -
Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m....substrate, they synthesized diacetyl coelenterazine-h. Unlike coelenterazine-h, diacetyl coelenterazine-h does... to the media. Cellular esterase then converts diacetyl coelenterazine-h to coelenterazine-h, producing...