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  1. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ...best PE6 variant for your application. Image reused form Doman and Pandey et al., 2023 under CC-BY 4.0 License.... These variants use different RT enzymes and performed large edits with similar or better efficiency ...potential to reduce negative side effects. This platform offers a promising approach for experimental therapies...we began distribution and has been verified to perform well in standard IHC and western blot protocols...protocols. You can find more specific information on the Wu Lab’s use of Anti-PSD-95 [K28/43R] under the Application...
  2. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ... plates. This prevents satellite colonies from forming while effectively selecting plasmid-containing ...cost-effective, timesaving for transformations. Cons: Prone to satellite colony formation on agar plates, less ...in a plasmid. During the propagation and/or transformation process, some bacteria will either never receive... is nifty because the recovery period after transformation (the dreaded 60 minutes shaking at 37 degrees..., interchangeable with Amp, timesaving for transformations. Con: Expensive.   Kanamycin Kanamycin, or...selection gene. However, it does require a slower transformation recovery period than amp or carb (60 minutes...confers mammalian resistance to G418. Con: Slow transformation   Spectinomycin/streptomycin Spectinomycin...
  3. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    June 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...structure. For example, cytoskeletal structures that form continuous lines in pre-expanded samples can sometimes...
  4. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...specify and assemble diverse arrays of neurons, forming the neuronal circuits that will later be refined...traditional cDNA overexpression: isoform-specific gene expression. Gene isoforms refer to mRNAs generated from...untranslated or coding regions. Typically, each gene isoform has a distinct transcriptional start site. Because...transcriptional start sites in order to better understand isoform-specific gene regulation — at least, more straightforward...straightforward than generating cDNA for each gene isoform individually. To highlight this advantage, they...neurons and synapses as well as long-term memory formation. The Bdnf gene possesses 9 distinct transcriptional...with CRISPRa, the Day lab singled out two Bdnf isoforms (I and IV) for investigation. Co-transduction ...
  5. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...vision. Practice drawing and writing everything in a form that is easily visible from the back of the room... vision. Organize your vision into a chalk talk format. Practice. Define your research vision A chalk...find, and how you will interpret and use the information. In contrast, a list of experiments or a laundry...Organize your research vision into the chalk talk format Once you have developed your research vision, you...most of your limited speaking time. Beyond the information you seek to convey in your chalk talk, there'...
  6. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...mechanism (see next section for details). The newly formed single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is then pulled through...through Cas3. After these initial steps, Cas3 can perform its helicase and nuclease functions simultaneously... D. W. (2023). Structural snapshots of R-loop formation by a type I-C CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, ...
  7. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    Sept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...expressed in E. coli, in mammalian cells, or in purified form, and didn’t need any added cofactors.      ...future MagLOV-based tools, just as light-induced conformational changes are the basis of many optogenetic tools...have collected a variety of data that might help formulate some hypotheses. They are excited to see other...
  8. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    Aug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...secreted into the periplasmic space to be oxidized and form disulfide bonds (Frenzel et. al., 2013). If you’...applications. An antibody that performs well in immunohistochemistry may not perform well in a western blot. ... than mammalian cells, but mammalian cells can perform human-like post-translational modifications that... If that’s the case, a buffer exchange can be performed using a desalting column or an ultrafiltration...ones, consider increasing the number of washes performed during your harvest. Validation Recombinant antibodies.... This can be due to conformational changes in the antigen or lower detection sensitivity of the assay...S. Sarangapani, Protein aggregation, particle formation, characterization & rheology, Current Opinion ...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ultracentrifuge. During the spin, the virions will form a band due to their high density, which can be collected...   Pro tip! An optional media exchange can be performed 12–18 hours post-transfection to help remove toxic...
  10. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    Feb. 9, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...partnered with colleagues at other institutions to form a support network called the MDH CUREs Community...). But is it possible to bring the kinds of transformative educational experiences afforded to those fortunate.... Therefore, he decided to adopt a more focused format, where all students work on malate dehydrogenase...hockey coach all shaped his teaching style, with the former offering excellent training in improvisation and...NADH production.   CUREs are beginning to transform undergraduate education in the sciences by making...
  11. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    Aug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...compaction—on the order of 700 terabytes per gram—and form the X-shaped chromosomes we all know and love. To...enhancers and genome math come in. They help us to transform raw genomic coordinates into meaningful experiments...tri_methylation In the next section we’ll apply the above formula to a real-world experiment. We’ll start with ChIP-seq...
  12. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... associates with the viral polymerase, which is formed by a complex of two proteins: the large (L) catalytic...measured to quantify (indirectly) transcription performed by the viral polymerase. Alternatively, the mRNA...independently. In addition, experiments can be performed in the absence of some viral proteins (compared... minigenome plasmid per well (in a 6 well plate format). However, since plasmid quality and transfection...
  13. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...and others have reported that FP cysteine residues form inappropriate disulfide bonds in the secretory pathway...modifications including glycosylation, disulfide bond formation, and proteolytic cleavage. FPs localized to organelles...fusion protein localization. For example, the formation of inappropriate inter-chain disulfide bonds between...because of the correct folding and fluorophore formation by most, if not all, of the FP fusions. Our moxFPs...
  14. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Barcoded tubes come in many forms. The 2D barcode can store a lot of information in a small space and is ... treated to easily take in plasmids (transformation). Transformed bacteria are then grown up on antibiotics...received is immediately transformed and stored. Some samples need to be transformed with a micropulser using... (98.2%) transform the first time and can be stored right away. Every week, the lab performs an average...average of 140 transformations. The lab typically transforms newly deposited samples from Monday through Wednesday...delivered by a mail courier and then the journey of transformation and storage begins. Some samples are submitted...barcoded tubes that are scanned into our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), a database we use to...
  15. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
    ...can also protect against proteolysis. That’s one form of instability. Prokaryotes can also have a hard...Thioredoxin A (TrxA) that improve disulfide bond formation in order to help keep your protein soluble.  ... better assess their function. More detailed information and some protocols can be found in the references...
  16. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    March 20, 2014, 3:04 p.m.
    ... local family to help, create “fake” family by forming a social circle of people in the same situation... and/or your spouse won’t be at every school performance, chaperone every field trip or cheer at every...
  17. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    March 31, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...separate plasmids bind to the same RepA molecules, forming a “handcuff” structure that physically blocks replication...provide clarity, a wet lab transformation experiment will ultimately inform whether your plasmids are ...about plasmids (Shintani et al., 2015). Now, bioinformatics tools help researchers determine how compatible...
  18. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    April 20, 2021, 2:30 p.m.
    ...causes cells that it infects to fuse together and form syncytias that cause the cells to die. Cytotoxicity... of these review articles to find tables and information on different viral membranes, tropism, and advantages...
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