...Krissy Lyon, a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Harvard University. Just as computers, cell phones, and...accurately. We're sure to see many improvements in a variety of biological technologies as both time and research...Krissy Lyon is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Harvard University currently studying the serotonergic ...

...ll want to find in candidates’ resumes or CVs; “vivarium”, “weaning”, “colony”, etc. This will help save..., salaries in Kansas versus salaries in NYC will vary widely. Therefore, start up awards should reflect...respond by saying, “The exact start up costs may vary greatly. However, I have a list of what I really...

... mutants, identifying the two  best-performing variants as iGluSnFR4f (fast deactivation) and iGluSnFR4s...new tools promise to be a popular choice for a variety of synaptic imaging applications. Find iGluSnFR4...nicking, producing STITCHR. STITCHR can make a wide variety of genomic edits — single-base changes, small deletions...

...instead activates/represses gene expression by various mechanisms. The RNA guide is typically 20 nts and...of optimization which have led to more specific variants. HypaCas9, sSpCas9(1.1), SpCas9HF1, and evoCas9...Every experiment is unique and off-target risks will vary depending on many factors. Hopefully now you have...

...Tet-Off vectors (Tet-Advanced)” are the most recent variants of the Tet-Off system.  For more information on...cells, this system has also been implemented in a variety of other organisms, such as sphingomonads and bacillus...pADH1 activity. Researchers have engineered pADH1 variants that are less sensitive to ethanol, including ...

...polysaccharide structures, many of which are easily varied by the cell and whose structures are just beginning...recombinant proteins. Optimal salt concentration will vary with each protein, but several of the phage RBPs...Cloning Sytem to Clone Your Gene of Interest Into a Variety of Expression Vectors Deposit Your Microbiology...

...blogger Nathaniel Roquet, a PhD student in the Harvard Biophysics program and researcher in the Lu Lab...interference between the transcribed gene and its 5’ UTR. Various self-cleaving hammerhead ribozyme parts are described...Roquet! Nathaniel Roquet is a PhD student in the Harvard Biophysics program and researcher in the Lu Lab...

... in the cell line of interest. Importantly, by varying these ratios, you can either maximize or minimize...is a powerful technology that may be used for a variety of research applications, including making transgenic...over 6 years in the lab developing and using a variety of gene editing technologies including Zinc Fingers...

...While these benefits make AAVs useful for a wide variety of experiments, care still needs to be taken when...types. In the CNS, it has been shown that there is variable transduction of oligodendrocytes, microglia, astrocytes...Many AAVs will show significant expression in a variety of cell types, but you should try to find the best...

...integrations per cell, and my stable cell pool had wildly variable Cas9 expression (Figure 1). This is a problem ...monoclonal lines (Figure 2) and I was surprised at how variable Cas9-expression was across the different cells...expressing A549 cells transduced with BRAF gRNA at various MOIs. The presence of the 428 bp Surveyor nuclease...

...researchers feel that they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At Addgene we've set out...spent my senior year isolating pheromones from various C. elegans mutants by myself, I would have slowly...team should have a leader, other team roles will vary depending on the type of team. Knowing what roles...

...approach are thought to be off-target effects and variable silencing efficiency. To address these shortcomings...screening method was limited in two substantial ways: variable silencing efficiency and labor-intensive processes...sufficient degree remain alive. This likely reduces variability in the RNAi output and trivializes downstream...

...The mycoplasmas enter the cell culture through various sources that are difficult to trace. These include..., PCR primers specific to the 16s RNA genes of various commonly infecting mycoplasmas are used. A broad...coughing in the lab. The human mouth contains a wide variety of mycoplasmas and these can enter the cell culture...

...and specificity. However, there are countless variables that impact an antibody’s affinity and specificity...very similar proteins. Additionally, they require variable expression of your target across samples - it ...it is hard to distinguish between specific, invariable expression and non-specific, background signal, ...

...vector for this step may save time as it reduces variability that may be encountered with DIO/FLEx vectors...off-target expression. Since recombination rates vary between every lot of AAV vector, a range of dilutions...rare for a methods section to include all of the variables that need to be accounted for (i.e. serotype, ...

...work. Alina Chan is a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School working on human artificial chromosomes...Science in Albany, NY, many tables were set up with various science demonstrations, and students could walk...engineering synthetic microbial communities at Harvard University to studying an evolutionary arms race...

...delivered and expressed in multiple somatic cells via various methods. Some of the more common delivery methods...cells [31] Neurons [32, 33, 34] You can find a variety of plasmids for differentiation here. Transdifferentiation...training from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Connect with her on LinkedIn @ ...

...lines, some of which are commercially available. Various proteomic and transcriptomic datasets can be used... confirm. As such, the approach used may need to vary according to the target, sample type, and available... J., Biddle, M. S., Alshafie, W., Fotouhi, M., Bolivar, S. G., Ruiz Moleon, V., Eckmann, P., Worrall, ...

...Wednesday will highlight some Cas9 variants. Next, we’ll look at various CRISPR applications (such as visualize...

...CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Functional Genetic Variants Revealed by Massively Parallel Precise Genome ...CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: High-fidelity Cas13 variants for targeted RNA degradation with minimal collateral...