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  1. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    April 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...resistant to detergents and degradation under a variety of conditions. They are composed of 4 proteins ...robust linear actuators that could be used in a variety of applications. For example, you could use them...Silver in the department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. Follow her on Twitter @jessicapolka...
  2. What Good Citizenship Can Do for Reproducibility in Science

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    Nov. 7, 2019, 2:18 p.m.
    ...never completely eliminate the risk that a minor variation in experimental conditions will derail a research...and why other publishers and organizations have various different versions of checklists and guidelines...Elsevier after her postdoctoral studies, and has held various editorial roles on review and primary research ...
  3. Addgene Welcomes John Doench to the Advisory Board

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    Aug. 13, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Institute today, where he helps researchers in a variety of fields develop RNAi screens to answer their ...more about cancer biology in Ed Harlow’s group at Harvard Medical School and then applied to work at the ...Genetic Perturbation Platform and encompasses a variety of technologies to functionally investigate the...
  4. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    June 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
    ...reporter, other luciferases have been identified in various species with differing kinetics, substrate requirements...plagiophthalmus), railroad worm (Phrixothrix hirtus), and a variety of marine crustaceans. Many of these luciferases...firefly(Cypridina hilgendorfii) 465 62 Cypridina (Vargulin) luciferin None Yes Sea pansy(Renilla reniformis...
  5. Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab

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    April 29, 2014, 1:43 p.m.
    ...London), Dr. Connie Cepko (Harvard Medical School) , and Dr. George Church (Harvard Medical School) for taking...and writer.” Connie Cepko was surprised by the variety of skill sets she needed to acquire as a professor...
  6. Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab

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    April 8, 2014, 2:50 p.m.
    ...London), Dr. Connie Cepko (Harvard Medical School), and Dr. George Church (Harvard Medical School) for taking...throughout the year since hiring opportunities arise at various times. If the timing and interests align for both...
  7. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    Nov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...pressure to select for variants of interest, though. A selection can take the form of varied temperature, nutrient...help determine which is right for you. Screen variations Forward and reverse screens Forward and reverse...
  8. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...continuation of that work, they have found at least two variants that display increased neuronal expression in ...side effects, by allowing the user to select for variants that infect the CNS while selecting against those...subclones within a single well reduced well-to-well variability, while the readout was able to be deconvoluted...
  9. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    April 5, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
    ...degenerate primer set to amplify IgG variable light (VL) and variable heavy (VH) chain sequences. Fusion...thoroughly validated. The creativity in employing a variety of cloning techniques and troubleshooting methodologies...
  10. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    Feb. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... there!), think of ways you could change your variables - your approach, your workflow, or your physical...prevent the mistake, just like you would change variables to fix a failed experiment.  For example, I used...to reduce the chances of making an error. Try a variety of things, including (and maybe especially) suggestions...
  11. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    Feb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...scale by screening diverse libraries of genetic variants. Several methods for generating mutant libraries...provides a new approach for generating novel genetic variants in bacteria. Read on to learn about the key components... other three bases, which limits the level of variation that can be introduced.   Diversification is...
  12. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...tens of thousands of proteins functioning in a variety of ways. How do scientists focus on the activity...acid sequence, or tag, on the protein. While a variety of methods can be used to successfully isolate ...tools for studying proteins and are used for a variety of assays in the lab (for a refresher see Antibodies...
  13. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    Dec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...from countless rounds of optimization. Dozens of variants exist with unique cutting features and evolved...engineering endeavors. For more information on Cas9 variants, check out our blog post on choosing a Cas9 enzyme... detection tool for rare, often hard to detect variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms. Fast...
  14. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    March 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... application. Consider also that there may be variations within an application. Take immunohistochemistry...might find that while the website highlights a variation of your application, a publication successfully...this is the case, you can narrow them down in a variety of ways. First, review the citations. An antibody...
  15. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...editing in both bacteria and human cells using various delivery methods, including plasmid, ribonucleoprotein...efficiency of prime editing to correct mutations in a variety of target genes and cell types. Their Nature Biotechnology... Various Addgenies...
  16. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...model, ubi:zebrabow. In this system, cells express various fluorescent proteins controlled by Cre recombination... that recombine independently and results in a variety of colors depending on the combination of fluorescent... Various Addgenies...
  17. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    Aug. 16, 2018, 12:40 p.m.
    ...RNA-protein interactions. To address this need, the Khavari lab at Stanford created the RNA-protein interaction...disease. RaPID can also be used to test how RNA variants associated with human disease affect protein binding...Siprashvili, Z., Palmer, T.D., Carette, J.E., & Khavari, P.A. (2018). RNA–protein interaction detection...
  18. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency

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    June 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... is explained in more detail here. There are a variety of methods that can be used to measure your fluorescent...filtration (Chudakov et al, 2007). We have developed a variety of plasmids that can be used in the OSER assay ... Of course, you want the ‘latest and greatest’ variants with the best properties for your research. But...
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