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  1. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    Aug. 14, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...with the development of methodologies to deliver genes to the CNS have recently made it much easier to ..., and the long-term expression of AAV delivered genes. AAV serotypes have been extensively studied in ...experiments with tag-specific antibodies. The most famous ones are influenza hemagglutinin (HA), myelocytomatosis...been used to visualize “thorny excrescence” (TE) spines in the Hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons which ...
  2. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    May 8, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...ice.synthego.com. We rigorously evaluated the effectiveness of the ICE tool by analyzing thousands of edits...performed over multiple experiments and comparing the robustness, accuracy, and speed with existing tools. For..., ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). ICE Score - The editing efficiency (...green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines should be close together before the cut site. A ...
  3. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    April 19, 2018, 1:25 p.m.
    ...become popular. There are only so many methods and machines one team can learn so linking together expert ...external connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues who move on to ...conference attendance, and I scout for potential business partners. I am glad that I was able to build experience...hallmark for jobs focusing on: Science Policy, Business Development, Administration and Intellectual Property...
  4. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    Feb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...inspiration  I look back at the meeting with such fondness, knowing that, as a 38 year-old with many years... that only appear once) in our analysis. Many pipelines toss these singletons out, and there is healthy...Finding mentors for the meeting Just like analysis pipelines for DNA that group similar sequences together ...bacteria of different evolutionary lineages share genes that can improve chances of survival for an individual...
  5. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    Feb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ... and Cas13 systems in a range of mammalian cell lines. However, in those same comparisons, the AbuGoot...using Cas7-11. This included tests done in cell lines known to be more sensitive to toxicity from RNA ...activity. They now had a system that could integrate genes up to 36 kb in length, with an integration rate ...primary cells, and can be easily programmed for new genes. In comparison with other large insert techniques...
  6. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    Feb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
    ...Thus, contour lines that are close together show a high density of cells, while contour lines that are spread...can also be presented as contour plots. Contour lines, which you may have seen on elevation maps, are ... of cells (Figure 7).  Figure 7: Contour lines in flow data from Jhunjhunwala et al., 2015. Used...
  7. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...to interfere with the function of resident ER chaperones and may impact cellular function or possibly ... blue or cyan and yellow moxFPs. The inherent brightness and spectral characteristics of the moxFPs are...negative bacteria periplasm. Efforts to tag endogenous genes for proteins in these compartments using CRISPR ...tagging to detect proteins expressed from cloned genes: deletion mapping functional domains of Drosophila...
  8. March for Science

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    April 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...functions. Experiments come next, testing the correctness of the hypothesis. The results of experiments...organisms (GMOs), the absence of a link between vaccines and autism, and other hypotheses mount yet policies...some non-political issues are split along party lines (18). Feeling like an apple will fall up instead...related to the following subjects: Climate change Vaccines GMOs Transgender issues Reproductive health Immigration...
  9. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    April 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...demonstrate a POI’s absence. It also helps confirm that lanes are loaded evenly. Created with BioRender.com. ...blot. So how can you accurately compare different lanes? In relative quantification, the POI bands are normalized...blue) to infer or calculate things about earlier ones. In practice, multiple sources of error (red) influence...detection range of the assay is between the two dotted lines. Created with BioRender.com. To see why this...
  10. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    May 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...typical PCR machines, the authors use affordable, field-ready, Bluetooth-enabled PCR machines that can even...approximately 1-2 hours Equipment needed: Mini PCR machines by DIY-Bio, P51 cardboard fluorescence visualizer...mentioned, likely ~1-2 hours Equipment needed: PCR machines/Heat blocks, Lateral flow strips, Agarose gel ...
  11. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...powerful site-specific knock-in tool that can be harnessed by researchers for many applications. Your favorite... chromosomal aberrations. Pfeiffer P, et al. Mutagenesis (2000). PubMed. Multiple Pathways of Recombination... Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. The Road Less Traveled: Strategies... Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. CRISPR References: Genome ...
  12. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...   Some phage display libraries screen antibody genes from B cells of immunized animals, but it's possible...screening scFv generated from the B cell antibody genes from diseased or vaccinated humans. How do you produce...cytoplasm. expression in the presence of molecular chaperones that help scFvs fold properly in the cytoplasm...also be fused to cellular toxins, radioisotopes, cytokines, and enzymes for cancer, autoimmune, and/or inflammatory...
  13. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...s group created Spinach2 using site-directed mutagenesis of Spinach. In doing so, they identified the ... intracellularly due to a lower dependency on magnesium and higher thermal stability, making it a potentially...and were presented in the study to support the uniqueness of the photostability of the Corn-DFHO complex...biotin. Two of these variants exhibit increased brightness compared to Mango, and all are photostable and...
  14. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...promoter-luciferase constructs. In multiple HIV-1 latent T cell lines, as well as a latent microglial line, treatment ...via HIV-1 promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9...Cas9 have also been used to create mutations in genes essential to HIV-1 replication. However, this approach...modification targeting either the LTRs or essential genes. Many of these escape mutations were located near...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Cre-dependent transgenes can also be paired with Cre-expressing transgenic mouse lines to restrict transgene...used and emerging capsids to help you decide which ones may be suitable for your experiment. Like all viral...inducing an immune response against the capsids or transgenes. Sensory neurons and liver appear especially ...appropriate cell type-specific promoters or Cre lines. Spatial transcriptomics suggests that AAV-PHP.eB... Seed, C., & Deverman, B. E. (2019). Delivering genes across the blood-brain barrier: LY6A, a novel cellular...
  16. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    June 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...them. There are suspected cases of insertional mutagenesis in humans (1) and AAVs are non-enveloped viruses... estate mantra, the choice of serotype (which determines which tissues and cells an AAV can infect) can... Russell, David W. "AAV vectors, insertional mutagenesis, and cancer." Molecular Therapy 15.10 (2007):... PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3098627. 6. Salegio, Ernesto A., et al. "Axonal transport of adeno-associated...
  17. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    Nov. 28, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ...decision. If I’d spent my senior year isolating pheromones from various C. elegans mutants by myself, I ...etc. If you find that there is not someone (or someones) taking on these responsibilities on a team to...really starts functioning (or malfunctioning). Clear lines of communication Few people actually like meetings...purpose, an excellent leader, and perfectly clear lines of communication, but if teammates don’t trust each...
  18. Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution

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    Aug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...treatments, ultimately increasing treatment effectiveness. How do you engineer an antibody? There are ...coupled with iterative rounds of selection and mutagenesis to refine antibody performance. If you are interested...Wilson, D. S., & Keefe, A. D. (2000). Random mutagenesis by PCR. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology...Antibody Topics Antibody Data Repositories and Search Engines Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies...
  19. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...methods. However, most investigators use single cell clones for in vitro CRISPR experiments. The likelihood...may not be worth the cost and labor when single clones are selected. Conversely, translational research..., Yanfang, et al. "High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells...mutations triggered by engineered nucleases." G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics 5.3 (2015): 407-415. PubMed PMID...
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