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  1. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    July 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...interviews, or get several interviews but no job offers, is a failure to clearly articulate one's talents...to convince me that their search committee is different and needs to be told all of the nuances of the...technologies, i.e. video interviews. For point of reference, I submitted my applications all by snail mail...hoppy pint of IPA or a few drams of single malt (preferably from Islay or Skye). Good luck with your search...University, did his postdoctoral fellowship with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz at the National Institutes...

  2. Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook

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    July 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
    ...labs. While many labs approach the situation differently, some adopting simple note-taking tools, others...functionalities with experiment records. Many different types of ELNs are available on the market today... comparison to paper-based record keeping, ELNs offer functionalities that are hard to imagine on paper...desired functionalities i.e. main priorities of different ELN features, ranging from whether respondents... allows you to assign specific permissions to different lab members to avoid any issues later on. Do you...

  3. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...delivering scFvs that inhibit HIV.   References and Resources References: Ahmad ZA, Yeap SK, Ali AM, Ho WY...for high affinity scFvs. Bound phage are then proliferated by infecting bacteria for additional rounds ... high affinity binding. Bound phage are then proliferated by infecting bacteria for additional rounds ...science.3140379  Bradbury ARM, Sidhu S, Dübel S, McCafferty J (2011) Beyond natural antibodies: the power...

  4. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ...C-terminus of the fluorescent protein. I prefer to describe the different parts of the fusion from N- to C-terminus...tagged protein because of its size. This type of interference is known as steric hindrance. For instance, ...advisable to generate multiple constructs with different insertions, since it is difficult to predict which...can follow him on twitter: @joachimgoedhart.   References Adjobo-Hermans, Merel JW, et al. "Real-time visualization...

  5. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of S. pyogenes Cas9 or Cas9 variants (hereafter referred to as Cas9) and a single stranded guide RNA (gRNA...agrobacterium-mediated delivery. Summary While different in many of the specifics - promoters used, precise...mediated genome engineering in plants isn’t all that different from how it’s used in other systems. Luckily, ... don’t be afraid to try your hand at CRISPR. References Belhaj K, Chaparro-Garcia A, Kamoun S, Nekrasov...of three homoeoalleles in hexaploid bread wheat confers heritable resistance to powdery mildew. Nat Biotechnol...

  6. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Even low-frequency editing could make a huge difference in DMD, and it’s estimated that exon skipping...respectively. Although each study used slightly different methods, they each observed the same positive ...disease type C. Although the three DMD studies referenced here represent a great step forward for CRISPR...many distinct CRISPR therapies to match these different mutations. For each therapy, effectiveness and...treatments may also be closer than we might expect.   References 1. Kaiser J. CRISPR helps heal mice with muscular...

  7. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...bottom of this post for a basic synopsis of the differences amongst the Brainbow systems. Pre-Brainbow techniques...to the promoter will be expressed. This system differs from Brainbow-1.0 in that transient Cre recombination...needed to mark individual neurons, the system also suffered from a number of limitations. First, the imaging...controlled by FLP/FRT recombinase. When placed under different promoters, Brainbow and Flpbow can be used to ...2.1 plasmids Brainbow 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 plasmids References: Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression...

  8. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...PiggyBac transposons, the Woltjen Lab compared different variants of the polycistronic cassettes and discovered...a donor in FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) and FLIM (Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy...is a new member of this class that works via a different mechanism - the PhoCl protein is irreversibly ... are other RFP variants available that may be preferred for their intended uses, they provide a well-defined...of essential genes in vivo. Utilizing CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology, the arrayed knockdown ...defined domains can be swapped onto other proteins to confer functionality. In Narayan et al., they used this...

  9. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    Sept. 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Szymanski in January 2016 in Viruses (5). Please refer to the paper for more details on the assay, including...however, a physical fragmentation strategy is preferable. Nebulization involves forcing DNA through a ...on the membranes will then be exposed to a lysis buffer to release recombinant proteins directly onto the...then suspend a freshly harvested dose of cells (preferably in log phase) in blocking solution (around 108...thinking. Find her on Twitter @JessicaSacher.   References 1. Nobrega, Franklin L., et al. "Revisiting phage...

  10. Activate Addgene's "Find Plasmids" Badge on Pubmed Abstracts

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    May 12, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
    ...“NCBI Site Preferences” box. Once on the Preferences page, navigate to “PubMed Preferences” and click ... that you know how to navigate to the PubMed Preferences and Filters pages, be sure to check out the other...

  11. New Viral Vectors - Spring 2025

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    April 29, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Request service, which offers over 3,000 eligible transfer plasmids and five different serotypes. Not sure... pAAV_hSyn-PdCO-mScarlet-WPRE AAV1 Optogenetics Ofer Yizhar New viral tool pAAV-Ef1a-fDIO hChR2(H134R...

  12. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    Dec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m.
    ...modified allele is selectable, it can be transferred to a different genetic background via P1 transduction...Figure 2). In the following sections, key steps that differ from traditional restriction enzyme cloning will...could be used to move the modification into a different background, if needed. This approach is best suited...science communication and in vitro diagnostics.     References 1. Costantino N, Court DL. Enhanced levels of...

  13. What's New in CRISPR - May 2019

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    May 28, 2019, 12:49 p.m.
    ...AAV constructs CRISPR interference in Candida albicans A new CRISPR interference (CRIPSRi) platform for... to Cas9 SECURE base editors Nme2Cas9 CRISPR interference in Candida albicans E. coli genome-wide inhibition... Jennifer Tsang...

  14. How Exercise Purges Stress and Keeps Depression at Bay

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    Nov. 25, 2014, 4:02 p.m.
    ...animals’ skeletal muscles led to another clue: differences in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation... skeletal muscle expression of kynurenine aminotransferases, to enhance the conversion of kynurenine into...Get started with PGC-1 plasmids from Addgene. References: Skeletal muscle PGC-1α1 modulates kynurenine...M, Bhat M, Schuppe-Koistinen I, Pettersson AT, Ferreira DM, Krook A, Barres R, Zierath JR, Erhardt S, ...

  15. Keeping Up With CRISPR/Cas9

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    March 11, 2014, 5:55 p.m.
    ...available at Addgene CRISPR-Cas9 References, Protocols, and more References: Generation of Gene-Modified ...the monkey story hit the presses, another very different bit of CRISPR news was circulating. Scientists... work. Last month, the Lawrence Berkeley Lab's Jennifer Doudna and Eva Nogales presented the first detailed...

  16. Save Time and Money by Making Your Own Competent Cells

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    Jan. 28, 2014, 3:10 p.m.
    ... online. A few examples are provided here for reference: Untergasser Lab Preparation of chemically competent...use the Mix & Go! E. coli Transformation Kit and Buffer Set  from Zymo Research to make competent cells...then wash and resuspend the cells in the provided buffers. The competent cells are then aliquoted and stored...protocol)  Cells prepared using the Z-competent TM buffer can be easily transformed without a heat-shock ...

  17. Download Addgene’s Science Career Guide, Plus 8 Career Tips from Addgenies

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    Feb. 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
    ...finding the best way to organize your time. At a conference, you could be honing your science communications...that lab and interacting with the lab members.”- Jennifer Tsang, Science Communications and Marketing Coordinator...Addgene blog Read all careers blog posts Read our transferable skills guide Resources on Addgene.org Find... Jennifer Tsang...

  18. The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies in Addgene's First 10 Years

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    Jan. 8, 2014, 3:10 p.m.
    ...shipped over 350,000 individual plasmids to 5,000 different research institutions. This has given us a unique...by the influx of plasmids for reprogramming differentiated cells into pluripotent stem cells. Plasmids...HA-Ubiquitin-WT and HA-Ubiquitin, and we now have 19 different ubiquitin plasmids in the repository. 100,000 ... and modified by so many labs and for so many different purposes that we had to create a CRISPR page to...

  19. Let There Be LITE Plasmids

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    Nov. 21, 2013, 3:56 p.m.
    ...the researchers applied the LITE system to 28 different genes to establish it as “a novel mode of optogenetic...activators are easy to expand or combine with different effectors. I’d encourage people to get creative...apply LITEs for the transformation of neurons, she offers a tip: save yourself some time by making an AAV1...readers, how will you get creative with LITE? Reference: Silvana Konermann et al. "Optical control of ...

  20. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...inflammatory cytokines - interleukin (IL)-12 and interferon gamma (IFNγ) - and eliminate cancer cells. 2....physiological and morphological changes. Tumors differ in their genotypic and phenotypic identities based...by cancer. As mentioned in this article, cancers differ in practically every facet starting from manifestation...manifestation to their specific interactions with different cell types. A thorough understanding of the genotypic...interested in exploring new avenues in healthcare.   References 1. Vinay, Dass S., et al. "Immune evasion in ...

  21. With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science

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    Oct. 24, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ...York City, NY, USA 40.7128°N 74.0059°W – Deanna McLafferty I’m a New Yorker, so it’s not easy to convince...myths that abortions cause breast cancer and infertility or to argue against unnecessary clinic regulations...and fiction. Our health depends on it. Deanna McLafferty is an editorial assistant and activist. Washington...enough.  Nashville, TN, USA 36.1627°N 86.7816°W- Jennifer Stancill I am a research biologist by training...supporters is much larger and stronger that I expected. Jennifer Stancill, Ph.D., is currently a post-doctoral ...

  22. Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Feb. 25, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...simplifies your viral vector options. Almost any AAV transfer plasmid in our repository can now be packaged ...packaged on demand in five distinct serotypes, offering you unparalleled flexibility. But this is just the beginning...developments? Subscribe to the Addgene newsletter. References Ayoubi, R., Ryan, J., Gonzalez Bolivar, S., Alende...A., Trimmer, J. S., Rego, M., Freedman, L. P., Ferrara, F., Bradbury, A. R. M., Cable, H., & Longworth...

  23. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    Dec. 31, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
    ... and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning by Jennifer Tsang There are many strategies for finding your...Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi by Jennifer Tsang Learn about mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi...Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing by Jennifer Tsang Prime editing is a new CRISPR technique... Jennifer Tsang...

  24. Searchable and Sortable gRNAs for Your Next CRISPR Experiment

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    May 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...validated gRNA sequences. Validated in this context refers to the fact that every gRNA listed in the table... generated from a plasmid. If you, for example, prefer to deliver your CRISPR components as RNPs (ribonucleoproteins...we currently have data for are: cut, activate, interfere, visualize, nick, purify, tag, scaffold, CRISPR-display...jointly by Brook Pyhtila and Nicole Waxmonsky. References McDade J, Waxmonsky NC. Emerging CRISPR Technologies...

  25. Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri

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    June 19, 2015, 3:08 p.m.
    ... might not fold well, you should screen a few different vectors to see which gives you the most functional...two sets, each of which includes plasmids with different varieties of tags, both N- and C-terminal. Each...improve folding and disulfide bond formation. If one prefers expression in E. coli, the use of a thioredoxin...individually or as a complete kit from Addgene. References 1. Goulas, Theodoros, et al. "The pCri system...

  26. Same Addgene, New Look - Why We Redesigned Our Homepage & Mascot

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    Dec. 5, 2019, 1:49 p.m.
    ... value, clearly communicate exactly what a site offers to their users, and most importantly, allow those...get scientists excited about what Addgene has to offer, and to help scientists find what they need - whether...wanted to highlight our blog, daily updates, and offer better exploration throughout the site.  Blugene...2011, and while you may have seen our mascot at conferences, on our website, or in social media, we wanted...

  27. Working 9-5: an Addgene Co-op

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    June 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    .... The following Friday, I received the official offer. I was so happy to hear back, I accepted that day... food service industry, which followed a very different schedule. Fortunately, I was provided with a detailed...gave me enough time to become familiar with the different types of issues that were important to this function...Specifically as a co-op, it is encouraged to explore different teams and work on projects there. At this point...

  28. Increasing Your Work's Visibility with Addgene: Citation, Search, and Collections

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    March 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...plasmids for expressing different types of rhodopsins and sensors as well as references and links to other ...using both its Addgene ID number as well as the reference for its original publication. To help facilitate... citation that you can put straight into your reference section. Why do this? Not only does citing plasmids...

  29. 6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen

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    July 9, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...the future. Studies show that the majority of job offers arise as a result of existing professional (and...interest, even excitement, in a position. Everyone prefers to hire someone that will be excited to be there...resume should also be customized to highlight different skills and to get the important information in..., you will never get the help that can make a difference. Having your resume forwarded personally gives...

  30. 9 Tips to Achieve Success in Academia

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    April 1, 2014, 5:33 p.m.
    ...eyes to the many different jobs associated with science, especially if the conference is a big multidisciplinary...curious and interdisciplinary.   3. “There are many different ways to succeed – as loner or gregarious;  dictator...leaving academia should present their research at conferences to obtain a “crash-course in all the real life...

  31. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    July 2, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...nontarget strand. Protein Cas: Different CRISPR systems involve different proteins, but many of them are...laboratory applications. At Addgene, we sometimes refer to the programmable guide sequence as the spacer...scaffold. gRNA: "Guide RNA" is a general term referring to the RNAs used by Cas proteins, either a crRNA...

  32. Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style

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    May 9, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the discoveries yet to come.      References and resources References Arbabi-Ghahroudi M (2017) Camelid...become appealing candidates for the detection of different cancers (Jin, et al. 2023).  So where do all these...    Figure 2: Genetically modified mice offer an alternative method to producing single-domain...

  33. SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging

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    March 28, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...nomenclature throughout the rest of this blog post, GFP refers to sfGFP-GB1.   Tanenbaum et al. examined the power...SunTag? Tanenbaum et al. performed a variety of different experiments in their paper, and so can you! In...we’ll save that application for another day! References 1. Tanenbaum, Marvin E., et al. “A protein-tagging...Visit Our Fluorescent Protein Guide Page Find Luciferase Plasmids ...

  34. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...general primer design, as well as primer design for different cloning applications. Primer3 and Primer3Plus...calculate how much insert and backbone you need for different types of cloning methods, such as restriction ... any cloning method. You can select from five different insert:backbone ratios. In-Fusion cloning molar...Resources on Addgene.org: Read our Molecular Biology Reference Find molecular biology protocols Browse our protocol...

  35. Plasmids 101: Walkthrough of Addgene’s Snapgene-Powered Quality Control Process

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    Feb. 1, 2018, 3:07 p.m.
    ...compare and analyze any differences between our sequence results and the reference sequences. Using Snapgene...features To align NGS sequencing results with reference sequences To design experiments for further plasmid...Additioinal Resources on Addgene.org Molecular Biology Reference Pages Basic Molecular Biology Protocols Diagnostic...

  36. Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program

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    Feb. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ....  3. Do you prefer being a generalist? Working on a variety of projects and in different fields of research...along a career path in these two fields looks different however. In industry the career ladder is larger...training can prepare you to present your work at conferences, help with manuscript and grant preparation, ...

  37. Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone

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    Aug. 19, 2014, 3:39 p.m.
    ...interest –  try pRS plasmid shuttle vectors. You may prefer the more traditional approach of an autonomously...strain or a mutated version of YGOI to test the different phenotypes of the specific mutations. For these...YGOI on a western blot or under a microscope, we offer a collection of vectors carrying several fusion ..., or knocking down YGOI through RNA-mediated interference (e.g. L4440) and observing the downstream effects...

  38. The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born

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    April 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m.
    ...plasticware or think about conserving reagents and buffers.  However, I had very environmentally conscious...required less agar, less ethidium bromide, less stop buffer and miniscule amounts of plasmid sample.  How satisfying..., I was bothered by the fact that I was wasting buffer running my tiny gels in a normal gel box. It took... small enough to minimize the required area and buffer volume.  So, I designed my own gel box (see illustration...

  39. Science Careers: Unruly Interests Feed Many Paths

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    Sept. 26, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
    ... together as useful and productive, forming a different constellation of interests and skills than what... experimental design and data with authors and referees. And I am constantly teaching – often explaining...Advancement of Science (AAAS), we have all sorts of different editors. Do you like science journalism? Take ...short program to build skills and connections. AAAS offers a summer program that gives graduate students an...

  40. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    Aug. 31, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...this emerging technology! Resources and References References Orguc, S., Sands, J., Sahasrabudhe, A., ...obvious next applications are to expand the tool to different brain-organ axes. Alternatively, the system could...Free Behavior. 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology...
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