...which can be switched from a default OFF to an ON state, and how you might use these in your research. Today...which can be switched from a default ON to an OFF state, as well as repressible binary systems. In recent...domain VP16. cTA binds to promoters containing putative operator sequences (CuO) (linked in groups of ...QUAS promoter is less leaky than UAS in the basal state, and co-expression of the inducer QF can increase...

...nucleotide sequences with high specificity and quantitative accuracy and even include profiling single nucleotide...Electrochemiluminescent assay for detection of extremely rare mutations based on ligase reaction and bead enrichment."...direct identification of allelic composition of mutated DNA in a mixed population of excess wild‐type DNA...probe for the detection of low-abundance point mutations." Analytical chemistry 86.1 (2013): 900-906. PubMed...

...of the population as a whole, scientists gain statistical power in their observations. However, while flow...Techniques is Best for Me?  An overview of the instrumentation A flow cytometer combines three systems to ...fusions by binding to the protein in its native state.  Antibodies-based flow cytometry can use both direct...cytometry: retrospective, fundamentals and recent instrumentation. Cytotechnology 64:109–130 . https://doi.org...

...the product either via the Sodium Acetate/isopropanol precipitation method or using a silica spin column...column available from several vendors. The precipitation method has an unfortunate side effect of messing...

... V2.0 from it's predecessor, which had a point mutation in the puromycin resistance gene that made it ...less effective in certain cell lines. This point mutation has been corrected in V2.0. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro...than creating double stand breaks and may better facilitate homology directed repair. You can find all of...

...is limited by definition, the kinome is a well-annotated collection of genes that can provide a useful ...useful for imaging or gene expression assays necessitating the screening of individual plasmids separately... gRNAs that score as hits in pooled screens, facilitating more rapid follow-up. We hope the biological...

...Also in June, the G8 Science Ministers issued a statement after a meeting in London on the global science...available to others got a nine percent bump in citations for their trouble, even when all kinds of other... as much about open access as it does about the state of peer review. 8)     That same issue of Science...

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...has led us to develop a searchable and sortable datatable that contains validated gRNA sequences. Validated...of the validated gRNA table You can access the datatable here. Current table columns are target gene, species... interested in. You can use the carats in the datatable headers to sort alphabetically or in ascending...

...plasmid sharing during COVID-19 Realizing this limitation, we worked closely with the legal partners and...As infection rates were increasing in the United States, and many universities and Technology Transfer ...Proteins, and plasmids from several labs at Florida State University became openly available. Find plasmids...

...but many throughout the world are affected by devastating diseases that affect far fewer people and therefore...provide hope to patients suffering from these devastating afflictions. Elia Di Schiavi - Spinal muscular...Nabavi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vancouver Prostate Center and is affiliated with the University of...

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...its gRNA, facilitating the live study of chromatin dynamics at a particular locus. A limitation of this ..., or how organization may be altered in disease states. dCas9 gets a colorful makeover Even without its...

...Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at UNC, called her presentation “Disequilibrium, Disillusion and The Postdoc...pretty much said it all.  She cited the oft quoted statistic that only 15% of current postdocs will be academic...Biology at Harvard Medical School, titled her presentation “How to Train Your PI”.   She focused her talk...

...until now, you’ve always had to call the United States - Cambridge, MA to be exact. Today, that changes... Plasmid sharing in Europe: Addgene’s request statistics Since 2004, Addgene has shipped more than 75,...Years of Plasmid Sharing: Interested in more statistics from Addgene's 10 years of plasmid sharing? ...

...balance and were content. As a worker, there are expectations whether or not you work in the lab. My first...capstone projects during the Summer Intern Poster Presentation.  As someone who had limited experience ..., I worked on my capstone project report and presentation, during the final week at Addgene. This report...

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