...best with diverse teams, to leverage the preferences of different personality types, and to devise strategies...biotech clients. In this realm, there are a few different kinds of challenges that consultants get called...consulting experiences, educational training, and conferences, and synthesizing this knowledge into a coherent...excessively demanding. For instance, a client may offer a lot of pointed feedback or abruptly change needs...consulting firms coach and counsel employees on the different personality and work styles (e.g., Myers-Briggs...prepare you for a successful career in several different fields. While some people continue to enjoy the...

...example, CRISPR activation has been used to differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells (Chavez et al...neuronal cells by activating genes that cause differentiation and to reverse HIV viral latency (Bialek et...directed towards that gene as there can be a large difference in guide potency. Thus, in cases where users ...cannot be used to study in cis regulation and also suffer from an inability to easily deliver the appropriate...Chavez et al., 2016). To learn more about the different types of Cas9 activators, check out our blog post...DNA sequence or regulating gene expression.     References Behan FM, Iorio F, Picco G, Gonçalves E, Beaver...s41586-019-1103-9 Bialek JK, Dunay GA, Voges M, Schäfer C, Spohn M, Stucka R, Hauber J, Lange UC (2016)...

...today. It is now known that nearly 500 cell lines suffer from contamination with HeLa being the most frequent...Down-Regulation of HIF-1α by NDRG2 Expression Attenuates Proliferation and Invasion in Renal Cancer Cells, Marker-independent...the cell lines deposited with them and used by different researchers are free of contamination and match...from this bank. I am often asked, “What is the difference between materials available from commercial repositories...the same cell line from a colleague?”. The main difference is the QC and validation carried out by the commercial...which can be stored in liquid nitrogen long term, preferably some of these vials will be stored in a separate... drug testing. You can find Nick on LinkedIn. References 1. Skloot, Rebecca, and Bahni Turpin. The immortal...

...fragments that are very different.” Because the fragments produced will have different overhangs, they can...enzymes. Now, a new toolkit - aptly named GreenGate – offers all of those same advantages to researchers working...systems. “The cloning is all done in vitro; it’s no different in mouse, human or plants,” explained Jan Lohmann...Lohmann of Heidelberg University. “What is different is the plasmids you use to bring this into your target...available, making it easier for us to do our work.” References 1. Athanasios Lampropoulos et al. "GreenGate ...

...similarities with humans. However, rats have some key differences in physiology, intelligence, and human correspondence... generate transgenic axolotls for an array of different studies. Elly Tanaka’s lab has constructed several...number of offspring (produces many seeds), self fertilizing, a small yet highly characterized genome, and...include understanding of allelic variation between different plant species and metabolic properties affecting... collections to help start your experiments! References: Blount, Z. D. (2015). The unexhausted potential...Zhang, C., & Xing, X.-H. (2018). Pooled CRISPR interference screening enables genome-scale functional genomics...Plasmids Collection Page Read our molecular biology reference Find plasmids for your research ...

...this results in the formation of a DNA structure referred to as the displacement loop (D loop). The recombination...when selecting a type of donor. ssDNA templates (referred to as ssODNs (oligodeoxynucleotides)) are commonly... difficult, thus dsDNA plasmids are generally preferred for large insertions such as fluorescent proteins... blog post on Easi-CRISPR for more details. References and resources Want to know more? Check out the...Genome Editing General Homologous Recombination References: Repair of Strand Breaks by Homologous Recombination...their potential to induce chromosomal aberrations. Pfeiffer P, et al. Mutagenesis (2000). PubMed. Multiple...Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. CRISPR References: Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system...

... science) they come from many different places supporting many different positions. It would be detrimental... and everyone is welcome. Why? There are many different things scientists and non-scientists alike are...not necessarily marching for every cause. The references provided also only provide a snapshot into the...microbial interactions, and science education.       References March for Science Website Locke, John, and Peter...York Times: With Trump in Charge, Climate Change References Purged from Website The Washington Post: Trump...The scientific community: Diversity makes the difference  Association for Psychological Science: Diversity...

...purified protein at different acid concentrations. Overviews of the pKa values of different fluorescent protein... GFP variants. Here I use the name ‘GFP’, which refers to mEGFP. This variant was made by introducing ...reduces its size. The substantial size of GFP may interfere with the activity or the localization of the fusion... Another solution to avoid autofluorescence is offered by bioluminescent proteins. These probes generate...C-terminus of another protein. This may, however, interfere with the function of the protein. This is clearly...can follow him on twitter: @joachimgoedhart.   References 1. Zacharias, David A., et al. "Partitioning ...

...research coming out of the lab.  References and resources References Hao, Y., Yan, J., Fraser, C., Jiang...integrins at non-ligand-binding sites and do not interfere with integrin function. Overall, the synthetic...then used these antibodies to show the binding preferences of the αV subunit and its β partners. Of interest...contrast, LVDP-binding integrin α4β1 required and conferred less force, leading cells to spread into symmetrical...antibodies and affinity reagents to study the difference in cell morphology changes induced by integrins...discovered by yeast display reveal αV subunit pairing preferences with β subunits (p. 2024.01.26.577394). bioRxiv...

.... The plasmids within it contain a variety of different promoters followed by leader sequences (encoding... at the BIOFAB showed that expression of many different genes was predictable based solely on the promoters...or protease sites to remove the epitope tags. Different plasmids in the kit can be used to purify proteins...prokaryotic expression in recent years, with many different systems now available. However, it can be difficult...ORF clones to allow testing and comparison of different cell-free expression systems; the Cell-free expression...bind specific RNA bases. By swapping out these different modular repeat segments, you can create a PUF ...proteins with a wide variety of functions via different fusions. Some applications of PUF protein fusions...

...however different proteins will likely achieve different levels of incorporation due to differences in stability... further technical reference and protocols for use of this system, please reference ‘Rinehart Lab reagents... length of induction, which will vary between different proteins. Beyond these standard considerations...mitochondrion. You can follow her on Twitter @nieminm.   References 1. Cohen, Philip. "The origins of protein phosphorylation...

...However, many genes have different functions in different cell types, at different times, and in combination...T cell responses to cancer.     References and resources References LaFleur, M. W., Lemmen, A. M., Streeter...combination with different genes. Having CRISPR systems for assessing genes in defined contexts would be quite...

...shared ownership. Go check it out! References and Resources References Radtke, A. J., Chu, C. J., Yaniv,...mean highly multiplexed: you can image over 65 different parameters using this method (see Movie S8 from...high-quality antibodies and reagents that you know work…preferably before you start your experiment. (And you’re...fluorescent probes, representing imaging from 47 different tissues. Researchers upload and share both their...resources .csv file for easy filtering and sorting. Reference images can be viewed by clicking on the links ...

...tumor-inducing” or Ti plasmid, which allows it to transfer genetic material into the host plant genome. Scientists...Scientists have worked to optimize this system for gene transfer, studying the stability of modified Ti plasmids...borders specify the region of DNA that will be transferred to the plant, similar to viral vectors’ terminal...proportional to size, and many plant scientists want to transfer large genes, smaller binary vectors with a larger..., respectively, making it ideal for large gene transfer. The M24 promoter provides constitutive, high-...foundational studies of promoter and gene expression. References Sahoo, Dipak Kumar, Nrisingha Dey, and Indu Bhushan...

...subclass, and are part of the reason why different isotypes drive different types of immune responses. Handily... do so much more than that!    References and resources References Clynes RA, Towers TL, Presta LG, ...immune cells. (psst! Need a quick review of the different immune responses? We got you! You can also review...receptors; and so on and so forth. There are a lot of different receptors, but their downstream effects can be...

...Cong worked with Addgene Senior Scientist, Matt Ferenc, to organize the CRISPR forum's most popular questions...double nickase system is that you can express two different chimeric gRNAs with the Cas9 nickase which will... like the wildtype Cas9 does. There are a few references for the double nickase system, including one ... my target sequence? A2: The human U6 promoter prefers a 'G' at the transcription start site to have high... Sanger sequencing). Click here for a useful reference.  More FAQs, CRISPR protocols, and gRNA design... and optimized for specific plasmids Links to different software to help you identify your gRNA target...

...from a licensed distributor) allow you to quickly transfer a DNA sequence from the transposon vector to one...sequences or mutations behind. Furthermore, piggyBac™ offers a large cargo-carrying capacity (over 200 kb has...line with the piggyBac™ system is that it has a preference for integration at regions of open chromatin,...rearrangement (such as when a stem cell initiates differentiation), transgene silencing may occur (as it would...cassette can be incorporated, and used during the differentiation process. Moreover, a splinkerette-PCR assay...technologies and strategies for their projects. References 1. L. E. Woodard and M. H. Wilson, “piggyBac-...between inverted loxP sites is cytotoxic for proliferating cells and provides a simple tool for conditional...

...redesigning viral packaging plasmids, investigating different viral production strategies or developing novel... already a common excipient in AAV formulation buffers, this sugar may be a more attractive choice for...silver stain approaches we show that there is no difference in purity or infectivity between the untreated...GFP-expressing AAV particles we did not observe any difference between untreated and sucrose treated cells. ...it will be exciting to test this approach with different capsids. Most importantly, because our AAV yields...providing new materials to the research community. References 1. Coroadinha, A. S., et al. "Effect of osmotic...

...microscopy and beautiful imaging.   References and Resources References  He, Y., Zhang, T., Sun, H. et al...killing the untransformed seedlings or callus (undifferentiated plant cell culture), which is great for a ...such as cacti and beets. Betanin belongs to a different chemical family than the red/purple plant pigments...left) Mature silique (Arabidopsis fruit) with fertilized developing seeds from a homozygous RUBY plant...(Bottom panels) RUBY expression can vary from different transformation events likely due to insertional...

...Argonaute proteins play an important role in RNA interference, binding RNA guides to cleave foreign RNA. Argonaute...editing efficiency. Gao et al. tested if NgAgo preferred certain guide sequences - using 5 guides/gene ...gene for 10 genes, they did not observe differences in cleavage efficiency. If this finding is replicated...) or staggered (Cpf1) cleavage. NgAgo takes a different approach, randomly removing 1-20 nucleotides from...Read About NgAgo User's First Impressions Here References 1. Gao, Feng, Xiao Z. Shen, Feng Jiang, Yongqiang... 2. Swarts, Daan C., et al.  “DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute.” Nature. 507(7491...