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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m....s time, we’ve published an article on BioRxiv describing a comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 virus-human interaction...other labs at UCSF (the QCRG network coming to the rescue -- again!). Also, we’ve got to mention that our...
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Components of CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m.... of the major CRISPR lingo and will be able to describe the functions of the various CRISPR/Cas9 components...Bind to a guide RNA The guide RNA, which will be described in more detail below, enables Cas9 to cut a specific... -
Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m....mammalian plasmid components, it may be useful to describe the means of introducing genetic material (such...the plasmid in the same way. Selection methods, described below, are typically employed when creating stable... -
Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m....lentiviral packaging methods. The three components described above (envelope, packaging, and transfer) are ...nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to be descriptive of the components found within the backbone. ... -
Communicating Your Science With Help From ComSciCon
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 19, 2018, 1:12 p.m....fantastic K12 education initiatives like BiteScis (https://bitescis.org/) and amazing graduate student writing... -
Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.... articles reporting chromatin-related research describe the production of plasmids that might be useful...colleagues and guest bloggers have written posts describing new methods and tools for studying chromatin ... -
Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 29, 2017, 1:06 p.m....differ by only a few nucleotides, such as the fluorescent proteins EGFP and mEGFP. Many of these features...the gene, the name of its gene product, and a description of its function. You can also click one location... -
Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m....plasmid encodes a green fluorescent protein gene which makes the bacterium fluoresce green. Comic by Maya... -
Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.... Lab’s recent Nature Biotechnology paper, they describe TurboID and miniTurbo, which utilize non-toxic... money, and viruses at low concentrations often escape detection. The Alexander Green lab found a solution... -
Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... NEB's Resource describing Dam and Dcm Methylases Discovery of DpnI Review describing dam-/dcm- E. coli... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m....immediately write a text document with a brief description of the directory contents, at a minimum. This...for a single use, save the script as originalName_descriptionOfEdit in the same directory where it was ... -
REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m....diverges from previously discussed methods. As described above, you design two primers, each containing...vitro recombination. Across all modifications described in Trehan et al., REPLACR-mutagenesis’ median ... -
Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 18, 2014, 4:22 p.m.... for over 10 years. Many successful scientists describe having a “posse” of mentors as one key to their...Ellen Daniell. In “Every Other Thursday,” Daniell describes a group of 7 women scientists who met every other... -
Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2014, 3:50 p.m....mentoring questions I set out to answer. First, I will describe some of the many ways you can approach finding...Watch for my upcoming mentoring post in which I describe how to organize a successful peer mentoring circle... -
Antibodies 101: Fab Fragments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 5, 2024, 1:15 p.m....talking about here? Many of the Fab fragments described above can be used for similar applications and...tissue-specific molecules identified by a double-label immunofluorescence technique for monoclonal antibodies. J Histochem... -
Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2018, 2 p.m....in HeLa and MEF cells. For further reading on fluorescent microscopy techniques, the first author of this...El-Samad lab has deposited plasmids encoding fluorescent reporters and other proteins controlled by GAL4... -
Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m...., non-dividing cells. Figure 2: DNA rescue and transduction of a conventional single-stranded...Full-length ssAAV vector genome of both polarities are rescued from the vector plasmid and individually packaged... -
All in a Twist: dsRNA
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m....prone to degradation – those are the words that describe RNA! Double stranded? Well, that’s just for DNA... and repetitive sequence. All of the R-loops described above play distinct roles in promoting cellular... -
Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m....simple LED light. Lighting up your gRNA with fluorescent dyes In a scientific world where it often seems...seems like everything glows, why not spread the fluorescence to your gRNAs? Dye labeling the RNA in your ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m....molecular biology experiments was in the job description, but this skill is not just about reacting to...research non-academic careers, I always felt that descriptions of transferable skills seemed fuzzy or ill-defined...