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  1. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling

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    Feb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m.
    ...England Biolabs and Labconscious. I was eager to learn about practices I could bring both to Addgene, and...impact as scientists. Many scientists are already leading the cultural change toward responsibility in our...polystyrene will likely end up in a landfill, but at least we can reduce the rate at which that happens and... it offsets the cost of regular waste services. Learn about how to start a glove recycling program at ...on culture. Encourage your workplace to become a leader in sustainability. Sign up for blog posts and...companies, and universities to be sustainability leaders. Take initiative to bring ideas to your workplace...

  2. Embracing Serendipity: A Crucial Element in the PhD Journey

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    Blog Post
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    April 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...exploration. Here, we delve into the importance of leaving room for serendipity during your PhD studies and...often happen when we allow ourselves moments of release and mental freedom. Practical approaches Engaging...not just a stroke of luck; it's a mindset that can lead to unexpected discoveries and innovative solutions...discoveries. So, on your academic journey, remember to leave a little space for the unexpected — it might just...Academia: Stories and Strategies for PhDs Making the Leap to Industry." He successfully transitioned to industry...Experimenting with New Careers While in Grad School How to Lead a Great Meeting Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group...

  3. Addgene at the ASM Microbe 2016 Conference

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    July 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...serve them better. Here’s a little bit of what we learned. Check Out Our Microbiology Page! The start of ...improving lives worldwide and the presentation made it clear how important it is for us to improve our resources...science education and outreach ourselves, we can a learn a lot from these ASM pros and hope to leverage their...was also a great place to catch up with former colleagues! I ran into past ASM President Tim Donohue (see...their materials! Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn How You Can Use Addgene's Microbiology Pages Read...CRISPR Methods for Bacterial Genome Engineering Learn how to Network at Scientific Conferences Resources...

  4. 5 Uncommon Ways to Gain Career Skills During an Uncommon Time

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    Oct. 20, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...out-of-the-box ideas that might jump start your learning. 1. Create a peer mentoring group We don’t all...matter why, now is a great time to find a few colleagues to work together on career and life goals. For...scientist for show wrestling, founded a nonprofit, learned to play the ukelele...perhaps you get the idea....hope you all know by now that people get jobs at least 85% of the time because of relationships. It’s much...conversations. If you set yourself a goal of doing at least two informational interviews a month you will make...academia and not in academia is run by grant funding. Learning to write grants quickly, efficiently and effectively...

  5. CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair

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    Feb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m.
    ...on Precision Genome Editing with Programmable Nucleases. Check out #KSgenome on Twitter if you missed ...the CRISPR field forward. To do that, we need to learn much more about cellular DNA repair pathways. An...An emphasis on cellular repair post-CRISPR cleavage When I first looked at the conference agenda, I was...would open not with an introduction to CRISPR nucleases, but with a session on DNA repair. What stuck ...) Delivery The RNP delivery method consistently leads to high on-target editing and low off-target editing... tool supports over 250 genomes, and they just released a brand new CRISPOR manual to kick off 2018! "...

  6. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    March 9, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
    ...industry.” In his article On Leaving Academe, Terran Lane is asked by his colleagues and friends why he would...in the Boston area that demonstrate that 85% of leaving postdocs pursue a career outside the traditional... like this without sufficient data? Starting to learn about the diverse options and how to take advantage...there. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Possible Science Careers How to Negotiate ...for Scientists Series Resources at Addgene.org Learn About Careers at Addgene ...

  7. Scientific Peer-review: Providing Critical and Kind Feedback and Advocating for Open Science

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 8, 2019, 1:19 p.m.
    ...of your colleagues. The young scientists that are reading your peer-review comments will learn from them...delivering constructive critique can help your colleagues at the receiving end, if not for this specific...repositories will ensure that the results of your colleague’s hard work will be maintained and made available...comment differently if I would be speaking to a colleague in the office next door. So be kind, helpful, ...writing a review article Resources on Addgene.org Learn about depositing plasmids pre-publication Find molecular...

  8. Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation

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    Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
    ...of scientists from MIT tapped into this data to learn about trends in synthetic biology and DNA synthesis...database. Through a series of simulations and machine learning, they created a classifier that predicts whether...gene and a synthetic version of that gene was a clear predictor of whether the gene is synthetic or natural...applications in monitoring the accidental or intentional release of engineered organisms. “Is [the organism] engineered...Nielsen, Alec AK, and Christopher A. Voigt. "Deep learning to predict the lab-of-origin of engineered DNA...Addgene blog Read blog posts about synthetic biology Learn more about codon usage biases Resources on Addgene.org...

  9. Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?

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    March 6, 2014, 7:12 p.m.
    ...start – it is the discussion after that will lead to learning. Listen to our podcast interview with Harvard... take informal minutes on what was covered and learned, especially noting action items that are identified...Harvard Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. Set goals with a mentor.... There are many advantages to being a Mentor: Learn other perspectives Develop coaching skills Encourage...Encourage your creative thinking Enhance leadership skills Support inclusion, diversity, and open communication...

  10. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    Aug. 2, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...while the alcohol used in the staining process bleached another, Klebsiella pneumoniae. After realizing...safranin, as a counterstain to help visualize the bleached bacteria. The chemistry behind Gram’s crystal ...drop by drop onto the smear until the alcohol runs clear and immediately rinse. Flood the smear with the ...Rinse the slide in tap water until the runoff is clear, blot gently to dry, and then view under an oil ...peptidoglycan membrane is unable to retain the stain, leading to its decolorization. In contrast, counterstain...visualizing differentiations between bacteria, leading to safer medicine and more successful experiments...

  11. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...back: David Gordon, Jeff Guo, Fengbo Zhou, Paddy O’Leary (UCSF). Our approach is to discover key human...FDA-approved). This is a big job, but under the leadership of Nevan Krogan at UCSF we’ve brought together...preclinical studies already. We are following up on these leads as we speak, with collaborators in Paris and New...affected in various ways by the pandemic, it is clear that we have to stick together (6 feet apart), to...shout out to Margaret Soucheray, Jeff Guo, Paddy O’Leary, Fengbo Zhou, Helene Foussard, and Dave Gordon)... plasmids for coronavirus or COVID-19 research, please email Addgene at [email protected] with your order...

  12. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    July 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m.
    ...game that would force my students to use concepts learned from previous lectures, articles and books. A game...board with them. My impression was that they had clearer ideas about gene therapy in the following lessons...perhaps the ideas spurred by this “gamification” will lead to new cures for disease someday! Accessing and ...modify BUILD YOUR PLASMID or generate games like it, please freely share your projects with us! This exchange...want to receive our modifiable powerpoint file, please feel free to contact us at: [email protected] tools for teaching developmental biology Learn how BioBuilder can help teach students about Synthetic...

  13. 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.
    ...drug discovery, and synthetic biology. Read on to learn more about the five awardees and their promising...their use as food, infusions of L. taraxacifolia leaves are widely used to treat several diseases. Her ..., the most common type of stroke and the third leading cause of death and disability worldwide. An ischemic...ischemic stroke occurs when arteries leading to the brain become blocked, resulting in reduced blood flow...awards. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More About the Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant...Expression Systems Synthetic Biology Resources Learn about Global Plasmid Distribution ...

  14. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    Aug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m.
    ...Avoid star activity. Some endonucleases (for example BamHI) are capable of cleaving sequences which are similar...cloned the plasmid yourself or obtained it from a colleague down the hall, it is always a good idea to take...incubating your DNA with restriction enzymes which cleave the DNA molecules at specific sites and 2) running...manufacturers make High Fidelity versions of the endonucleases and/or supply custom buffers as means to avoid...is not just necessary but also an easy process. Please vist Addgene's resource for plasmid verification...

  15. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...review see Maday et al., 2014). It is currently unclear which proteins facilitate transport of neuronal...expansion of RABV. This improvement resulted in a clearer picture of neuronal connectivity in the mammalian... mapping of the neuronal circuitry involved in learning and memory (Kohara et al., 2014; plasmids at Addgene...particle is taken up on one side of the cell and released again at another side of the cell after intracellular...transport without actually causing infection or leading to transgene expression within the first cell. ...development of more powerful AAV serotypes, and perhaps lead to controlled trans-synaptic spread of AAV vectors...21782903. McFarland, N.R., Lee, J.S., Hyman, B.T., and McLean, P.J. (2009). Comparison of transduction efficiency...

  16. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...specific. Once inside the host cell, the virus unleashes its cargo – its own genome.   Fig. 1:...access to the host genome requires breakdown of the nuclear envelope, which occurs during mitosis. The most...and dividing cells. They accomplish this through nuclear localization signals which can traffic their viral...PMCID: PMC413431. 2. Bukrinsky MI, et al. “Active nuclear import of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 preintegration...PMC1368960. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More about Lentivirus Listen to Connie Cepko Discuss...Resources on Addgene.org Browse Our Viral Vector Pages Learn About Viral Vector Biosafety Deposit Your Viral ...

  17. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    Blog Post
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    June 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
    ... see by this post’s chromatin illustrations from Leah Bury of Microscopic Art. I started thinking about... we definitely don’t have that you really want, please let us know! And if you study chromatin and want...indicated gene, and you can subscribe to these pages to learn when Addgene receives new plasmids containing these...t see the gene you’re looking for on this list, please consider searching directly on our website. ... 25. 95(5):625-36. An architectural role for a nuclear noncoding RNA: NEAT1 RNA is essential for the structure...Addgene blog post about chromatin--multiple Addgene colleagues and guest bloggers have written posts describing...

  18. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...affected by light. Long-term light exposure can also lead to cellular phototoxicity, and experimental success...can be affected by both autofluorescence and photobleaching. Researchers have long been interested in using...reality, Addgene depositor Takeharu Nagai and colleagues at Osaka University have developed Nano-lantern... cells. As Nano-lanterns are not subject to photobleaching/phototoxicity, they successfully imaged multiple...applications. For long-term imaging, especially where photobleaching and phototoxicity are a concern, these constructs...Addgene. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn about Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Check...

  19. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    May 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Blog Learn About our Cancer Colleciton Pages Use the ClonTracer Library for Lineage Tracing Learn About...to well-annotated cellular pathways). It wasn’t clear whether gene-agnostic bioassays could accurately...proud to have worked closely with our Addgene colleagues to make these available to the scientific community...10.1016/j.coisb.2017.02.002. We hope that by releasing these new and exciting plasmid collections (together...clinical sequencing studies. At the Broad, my colleague Cory Johannessen and his team have recently demonstrated...

  20. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    Aug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... two results for your antibody of interest: two clear populations or a huge smear across your FSH vs reporter...intensity. Signals any higher than this may not be clearly picked up by the sensors. You can adjust this by... positive population between 103.5–104.5 for a cleaner readout. A yes-no plot If you are using an antibody...sample (right). Negative and positive samples are clearly distinguishable as two separate populations. Created... data as a dot plot.  To summarize, if you have clear positive and negative populations for your marker...compare between samples. In cases where there is no clear distinction between the presence/absence of your...
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