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  1. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...doors. It would be a nightmare if we didn’t have a simple way to track all of our 40,000 samples available...  If a plate of samples is ever dropped, we can simply scan the tubes and know what is in each one. Even...

  3. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Eventually I learned that it’s practical because there simply isn’t enough time to read every single paper. I...present it all in one place to get a sense of the similarities and differences among proteins in the class....

  4. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...infections, we are treating microbes with compounds similar to those they have been battling for centuries.... that will be more difficult to treat later. A similar situation can occur if you treat a bacterial infection...

  5. Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences

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    Oct. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...healthcare consulting firms can be involved in many similar activities depending on the expertise of the senior... to a community of colleagues who are pursuing similar jobs and non-academic careers. Now, more than ever...

  6. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    Blog Post
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    May 8, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...to use the ICE software tool is quick and easy. Simply upload your Sanger sequencing files and provide...analysis, which compares hundreds of samples simultaneously.  The current version of ICE software can analyze...

  7. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    April 19, 2018, 1:25 p.m.
    ...established partnership. If you’re willing to do similar things for your team or lab, you’re likely to be... of interacting and is much more effective than simply sending a message asking how things are going. ...

  8. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
    ...to two fold for the final titer value, which is simply due to the noise of the assay. In other words, ...). However, because purified AAV preps contain similar and low levels of background protein and chemical...

  9. Transferable Skills Guide: Career Planning Resources

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 14, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ... in different locations all over the world. But simply attending the conference is usually not enough....young professionals will never attend a job fair! Similar to a conference, job fairs bring you face-to-face...

  10. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...chalk talk? On the surface, a chalk talk is quite simple. It's you, a dry erase board, some markers (chalk...chalk talk Perfect your story and delivery. Design simple figures and diagrams to illustrate your vision....

  11. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    June 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...maintaining a stable concentration of plasmid. Similar to replication in E. coli, regulation primarily...replication of the plasmid proceeds (and terminates) similarly to the bacterial chromosome. Since replication...

  12. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced indels at a similar efficiency to SpCas9, leading the group to focus...two proteins, mediates protein trans-splicing, similar to an intron in pre-mRNA splicing. In 2016, Fine...

  13. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    July 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...executed on Linux, we created our first process by simply copying and pasting pieces from our existing script...existing script into the section of the next process. Similar to our first attempt, we manually inspected the...

  14. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...from the cell. Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image from Li et al., 2021.   The updates.... The optimized plasmid curing method was much simpler and took only ~32 hours instead of ~60 hours. ...

  15. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ...different RT enzymes and performed large edits with similar or better efficiency than PEmax, the current state-of-the-art...also make CAR-T cell therapy more accessible by simplifying the production process and could even enable ...

  16. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    Jan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m.
    ...so great. If we all came from similar backgrounds, we would have similar cognitive biases and this would...

  17. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...amenable to multiplexing; expressing 5 gRNAs simultaneously produces comparable gene knockdown to single...LwaCas13a to shRNA, they found that LwaCas13a displays similar knockdown efficiency but no significant off-target...

  18. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    May 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...work in cell culture. The problems with cell lines Simply put, the majority of cell line problems come from...monitor any changes. Your tracking system could be as simple as a piece of paper on the front of the incubator...

  19. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    April 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...need to know the exact quantity of your POI, but simply whether its concentration changes in response to...controls are equally strong, so the normalized value simply reports which POI band is stronger. The right gel...

  20. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Scientists use deep mutational scanning to simultaneously test how multiple amino acid changes affect...functional screen of your liking. This method is similar to site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) PCR, but with...
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