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  4. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
    ...understand so that we could possibly develop pharmaceutical interventions that would inhibit IL-36 release...intensity-based signaling biosensors to monitor intracellular signaling,” says Hébert. Previous research has...

  5. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    Blog Post
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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...in recombinant AAVs (rAAVs) with maximum “trunk” space for genetic cargo. Typically, when researchers speak...dependent switches control gene expression via switches placed in your cell type of interest. Careful combination...

  6. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    Dec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... RNA editing. Fast facts – PAM requirement: protospacer flanking sequence – A, U, or C. Best for: targeting...development and use. Fast facts – PAM requirement: protospacer flanking sequence – none. Best for: targeting...

  7. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Lancaster et al. (2018) Of course, preprints don’t replace journals and other modes of scientific communication...journal and share it more widely!  Not everyone embraces preprints as part of their scientific communication...

  8. Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...entails will help keep you motivated when you’re faced with yet another hurdle in your research journey...will always be room to improve. The next time you face a problem, try to be mindful of how you work through...

  9. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m.
    ...communication, be it in your academic lab or your workplace, is an ongoing process. It is never really done...you try any of these approaches in your lab or workplace, let me know. If you have come upon any other ...

  10. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    Blog Post
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    March 8, 2017, 3:15 p.m.
    ...from the drop-down and add an explanation in the adjacent Patent/License Explanation field. Filling ...in the format: labname_addgene_batch_upload.xls Replace ‘labname’ with the name of your PI and send the...

  11. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...co-founder of www.assaygenie.com. No matter what facet of academia you are in, grant writing can be the...clear that you are staying because it is the best place in the world for your research to rapidly progress...

  12. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    Blog Post
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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ... Viruses are intracellular parasites and natural vehicles for genetic information. Therefore they make....9 kb stuffer sequence that can be removed and replaced with an shRNA sequence of your choice. More information...

  16. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    Blog Post
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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...SARS-CoV-2 virus depends on its spike protein to bind ACE2, the host cellular receptor. To more easily study...SARS outbreak, Hyeryun Choe’s lab identified that ACE2 is the functional receptor for SARS-CoV. The lab...

  17. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Google it...Or Yahoo! it, or Bing it, but, let’s face it, there’s a reason nearly 70% of all internet ...experiment, but a picture of a gel or a sequencing trace file can go a long way in helping us understand ...

  18. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...gene cassettes. Thse vectors are engineered to replace the drug resistantance genes in the bacteria thus...known antibotics. These might be used on hospital surfaces and in hand sanitizers.  There are many clever...

  19. The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... scatters a great deal once it enters tissue, placement above the site of stimulation guarantees that ...brain tissue a short distance so ideal implant placement should be about 0.4-0.5mm above the site of your...

  20. Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...teamwork, manage day to day operations within their workplace, and pursue leadership opportunities at the local...postdoc). I soon realized that many of the issues faced by postdocs and institutions are not local but are...
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