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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m....contributed by guest blogger Joachim Goedart, an assistant professor at the Section of Molecular Cytology...conditions needs to be examined on a case-by-case basis. GFP is sensitive to acid The chromophore of GFP...blogger, Joachim Goedhart! Joachim Goedhart is an assistant professor at the Section of Molecular Cytology...
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The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m....s group created Spinach2 using site-directed mutagenesis of Spinach. In doing so, they identified the ... IV, were then identified through microfluidic-assisted in vitro compartmentalisation for their high binding...PMC3852148. Warner, Katherine Deigan, et al. "Structural basis for activity of highly efficient RNA mimics of green... -
Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 2, 2019, 2 p.m....promiscuous biotin ligase (Kim et al 2016). BioID2 consists of a humanized biotin ligase from A. aeolicus,... assemble when in close proximity. Split-BioID consists of a split BirA* molecule that can reassemble ...compared to the standard E. coli BirA* mutant. RapID consists of this mutant BirA* and an RNA component that... -
10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... social science to an audience that I thought consisted of all biologists. The social scientists in the...to them with an answer, and do so if you can. 9. Resist the urge to say everything I allow 1 slide for ...topic or story is all you need, if you do it well. Resist the urge to show all or even a lot of data. I ... -
Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m....must be recoded to ‘TGA’ using site-directed mutagenesis. In the C321.ΔA strain, this TGA will be recognized... formation: the last puzzle of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthesis." FEBS letters 462.3 (1999): 302-306. PubMed PMID...Sauerwald, Anselm, et al. "RNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis in archaea." Science 307.5717 (2005): 1969-1972... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 3, 2025, 1:15 p.m....C-terminal HA tag. Selectable and stable: A puromycin resistance gene makes stable cell line creation a breeze...supernatant and selected with puromycin. Puromycin-resistant cells were fixed and labeled with primary antibody...the genome (Figure 4). Figure 4: STITCHR consists of a nicking Cas9 fused to a shortened R2Tocc ... -
Finding Your Perfect Job After University
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m....particularly interesting as I had just completed my thesis on the study of e2Fb, which is a tumour suppressor...but I really struggled with the large scale data analysis, as this is increasingly reliant on programming... to use diagnostic tool for the detection and diagnosis of different types of pancreatic cancer and highlighting... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....as a control. DNA was analyzed by PAGE. The basis of the Surveyor assay is that Surveyor nuclease ...edit. Using Surveyor nuclease followed by gel electrophoresis, these mismatches are indicated by the presence...Figure 4). 5. In theory you could use densitometric analysis to quantitate the intensity of the bands on your... -
Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m....coupled with iterative rounds of selection and mutagenesis to refine antibody performance. If you are interested...L. (2019). Antibody Structure and Function: the basis for Engineering therapeutics. Antibodies, 8(4), ...Wilson, D. S., & Keefe, A. D. (2000). Random mutagenesis by PCR. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m....plasmid vectors and/or rely on cumbersome in vitro synthesis of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs), are time-consuming...reagent preparation in the lab. Figure 3: csRNP-assisted epitope tagging is scalable to 96-well format...., Gogolok S et al. 2017. Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-assisted gene targeting enables rapid and precise genetic... -
With an Eye Towards the Future, We Look Back at the March for Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 24, 2017, 1:54 p.m....depends on it. Deanna McLafferty is an editorial assistant and activist. Washington, DC, USA 38.9072°N 77.0369...scientists – including global warming skeptics – insisted that more data and research funding are critical...trying turn a few exoplanets into a successful PhD thesis. We use the same atmospheric physics to understand... -
Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m....undesirable side products generated during chemical synthesis of these molecules. To make large amounts of pure...applications, but there are more! Engineering disease resistance through gene stacking, increasing production ...Generation of 8× Nicotiana Benthamiana and 12× Arabidopsis Mutants.” The Plant Journal, vol. 106, no. 1,... -
CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m....number. First you generate four unique kanamycin-resistant plasmids, each containing a different gRNA target... all but one of your gRNAs into spectinomycin-resistant plasmids pX330S-2 to pX330S-(last gRNA number).... Yin, Linlin, et al. “Multiplex Conditional Mutagenesis Using Transgenic Expression of Cas9 and sgRNAs... -
Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m....engages the prime editor protein. The prime editor consists of a Cas9 nickase fused to a reverse transcriptase... domain for optimization. They developed phage-assisted evolution strategies to evolve more effective ... J., Osborn, M. J., & Liu, D. R. (2023). Phage-assisted evolution and protein engineering yield compact... -
Imaging Tools and Following a Passion for Basic Biology: Interview with Joachim Goεdhart
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 9, 2018, 2 p.m....creation of improved fluorescent proteins through mutagenesis. Chapter 6 - The future of FRET and fluorescent...guest, Joachim Goεdhart! Joachim Goedhart is an assistant professor at the Section of Molecular Cytology... -
A Conference By Postdocs For Postdocs: Future of Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 2, 2014, 3:05 p.m....career landscape and there is insufficient (or no) emphasis on developing transferable skills to enable pursuit...recent discussions of this apparently worsening crisis recently appeared in eLife: "A Fair Deal for PhD... -
Save Time and Money by Making Your Own Competent Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 28, 2014, 3:10 p.m....you're transforming a plasmid with ampicillin resistance. After a plasmid is introduced to bacteria, ...culture without antibiotics to give the antibiotic resistance gene time to be expressed. However, you can ... -
Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 28, 2018, 12:04 p.m....Saftic) to educational gifs created by the Amoeba Sisters. Here’s one example of how they “bridge the jargon...jargon gap using gifs”: https://amoebasisters.tumblr.com/post/139944465237/lactose-around-we-can-make-... -
Science Communication Snapshot: DayCon 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 17, 2015, 9:04 p.m....lectures targeting three broad concepts: the genetic basis of disease, cancer, and viral infections. An interactive...science, but they didn’t seem to mind! Attendees consistently mentioned how pleased they were to learn about... -
A new platform for fast functional characterization of potentially cancerous mutations
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 7, 2019, 12:39 p.m....perturbations that may play significant roles in cancer pathogenesis. Their work culminated in the first functional...lentiviral constructs using the High-Throughput Mutagenesis and Molecular Barcoding (HiTMMoB) technique (...