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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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...
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Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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... -
Healthcare Consulting: A Door to the Business of Life Sciences
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 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... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 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... -
Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m....Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology have shown similarly disappointing rates of reproducibility. These ...approach the situation differently, some adopting simple note-taking tools, others using excel sheets or... -
Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 5, 2019, 1:08 p.m.... enough for all applications. To resolve this, similar systems have been developed for tracking various...animals only permits visualization of two colors. Similarly, Flybow adapts Brainbow 2.0 for use in Drosophila... -
Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 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... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m....cell spent passing through the laser beam. A is simply the area under the resulting curve. By default,...for both markers. When comparing two markers simultaneously, we commonly describe the resulting populations... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m....this step as well. Preservation and Imaging Similar to Sample Preparation, this step can involve multiple...steps used in a non-fluorescent IHC/ICC assay are similar to the ones you plan to use, then the primary antibody... -
Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 17, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... by a ribonuclease called Dicer. In a great simplification of the process, Dicer chops off the loop of...t always cleave the mRNA — the bound miRISC can simply block translation machinery. The composition of... -
Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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... -
Plasmids 101: Biotinylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.... or co-expressed with avidin or a structurally similar protein that was discovered in the 1960s, strepavidin... can label a protein of interest with biotin by simply creating a fusion in which AviTag is added to either... -
CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m....cloning of your gRNA of interest. Figure 1: Simplified schematic of agrobacterium-mediated transformation...Shan Q, Zhang Y, Liu J, Gao C, Qiu J-L (2014) Simultaneous editing of three homoeoalleles in hexaploid ... -
10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... and note how they build suspense. Notice the simplicity of their slides and how the slides complement...cause and effect. Stories can and should be very simple. The goal is to get the listeners to be thinking... -
Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m....program to design primers for Gibson Assembly. For a simple example of using Gibson assembly, imagine that ...size, and purify the DNA fragments. Finally, you simply incubate these three fragments together along with... -
Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m....transcript constituted 59% of total dystrophin mRNA, similar to the 39% observed by Tabebordbar et al. Long ...therapy, it’s important to realize that DMD is a simpler case than other genetic diseases we’d like to treat... -
How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m....consumables (such as pipet tips, glassware, etc), get a simple list from your current P.I., lab manager, or administrator...need. Prioritizing resources in your budget The simple practice of putting together a resource budget ... -
Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m....advantages and disadvantages. Sanger sequencing is simple and the most accurate method as it directly reads...predominant state of registers in a sample based on a similarity metric that we defined in our paper. In our opinion... -
PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m....leaving behind any accessory DNA sequences [2], [3]. Simply put, the piggyBac™ transposon containing a selection...cytotoxic for proliferating cells and provides a simple tool for conditional cell ablation.,” Proc. Natl... -
FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 17, 2019, 12:28 p.m....Using in vivo optogenetic stimulations, they simultaneously recorded the electrical impulses of discrete.... PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6010559. Wiegert, J. Simon, et al. "Silencing neurons: tools, applications,...