...guide for the quest of a perfect "fit". How competitive is the lab? Some labs have only one author plus...labs around the world. You may prefer a more competitive style to spur you to succeed or you might enjoy...enjoy working closely with others to accomplish your goals. You must understand your own style before making...Finding your dream lab While none of us will feel completely happy at work all of the time, the goal is to...

...being depicted, we can’t forget that those other components are still there in real life.  Certainly referring...interact with each other. Chromatin regulation is complex and influences--directly or indirectly--many other...PIs, articles, genes, and blog posts are not comprehensive, so just because you do not see a name or gene...phosphoinositol-dependent binding of the SWI/SNF-like BAF complex to chromatin after T lymphocyte receptor signaling...

...Konermann et al. Plasmids here How do Cas13d enzymes compare to other Cas13s? Like other Cas13 enzymes, the ...cleavage pattern is necessary. Konermann et al. compared CasRx to multiple RNA regulating methods: small... the clear winner with median knockdown of 96% compared to 65% for shRNA, 53% for CRISPRi, and 66-80% ...Addgene. Yan, Winston X., et al. “Cas13d Is a Compact RNA-Targeting Type VI CRISPR Effector Positively...

...available. Plasmids are continually added as they complete QC and you can find all available plasmids listed...proteins, and membrane proteins. Although all viral components are available in bacterial expression plasmids...batches of samples. As soon as that process is complete, QC scientists prepare Sanger reactions by mixing...are met, we are taking a unique hybrid approach compared to our standard pipeline. For the first ~50 plasmids...

...controlling cell signaling. Key components of OptoNBs OptoNBs have two key components: an AsLOV2 domain and a ...activity in cells.  Let’s shed some light on the key components of OptoNBs, how they are generated, and their...variable heavy chain antibody domain.  How do these components interact? When fused together to form an OptoNB...

...library used. EvolvR: key components The EvolvR system has two key components: the error prone PolI3M that...variants in bacteria. Read on to learn about the key components of EvolvR and its potential applications. Challenges...interest. A gRNA is used to direct the PolI3M-nCas9 complex to a DNA site of interest, which nCas9 nicks and...

...to physically set up in the lab, RNAi is often completely ineffective or results in low penetrant phenotypes...membranes, organelles, and other subcellular compartments is via proteomics--the study of the distribution...low-cost, cell-free detection assay that can be completed without special equipment. What’s more, detection...encodes the LacZ𝛼 protein. Once expressed, LacZ𝛼 complexes with LacZ𝜔 and forms an active LacZ tetramer....

...chromosome. Targeted Insertion allows for direct comparisons between lines expressing different variants of...chromosome your transgene has integrated. This can be accomplished with a few matings to balancer chromosome lines...into a plasmid, you can send your plasmid to a company. For a few hundred dollars, they will inject the... your strategy and the services offered by the company, you might have to map into which chromosome the...

...No No Yes Yes Lab Made Competent Cells Required Yes No No No Comparison of REPLACR-mutagenesis with...mutations, large deletions/insertions require complicated, often costly in vitro assembly methods. A new...-mutagenesis also requires making your own electrocompetent cells in which the phage recombination machinery...

...silencing complexes (RISCs), which detect dsRNA in the cytoplasm and use it as a guide to complementary RNA ...RNA sequence. Once a compatible sequence is found (typically RNA that the RNAi is designed against), RISC...and will dissociate when gene transcription is complete. However, transcription of thousands of genes ...

...degradation In the Bradner and Gray labs, we synthesize compounds that enable selective removal of proteins-of-interest...FKBP12F36V-tagged proteins. The dTAG molecule induces ternary complex formation between the FKBP12F36V-fusion and the... for degrading targets in different cellular compartments, and in vivo utility. dTAG molecules will be...lentiviral plasmids can serve as a rapid means of comparing functionality of N- and C-terminal fusions and...

...is dependent on proteasome function. TRIM-away compared favorably to drug inhibition, with TRIM-away targeting...larger cell populations, you can deliver these components together using electroporation. In these bulk...250 nm), and studying endocytosis is further complicated by the reliance on pH-based biosensors used to...rapid and reversible recruitment of chromatin complexes to any genomic locus in any cell type. By varying...

...process that’s difficult for individual labs to complete. The nanobody based RANbody platform from the ...the sample due to the smaller size of RANbodies compared to antibodies. Staining with multiple HRP-RANbodies...sample is stripped. HRP-RANbodies are, however, compatible with most multi-labeling immunohistochemical ...antigen with a primary/ labeled secondary antibody. Compatible with multi-labeling protocols when other antigens...

...show. After graduating with a master’s, Susan completed a science writing internship with the National...planning.” To beef up her resume, she decided to complete a certificate in Strategic Communications and ...the most satisfying parts of the job is having completed one of these difficult pieces: “It’s probably ...science communication] needs. I worked for one company, but there were a ton of others that also did work...

... the bulk purification steps keep the cost low compared to other antibody formats. This low barrier to...is no more of that exact polyclonal antibody composition available. If you’re going to need a large quantity...antibodies produce a higher level of background noise compared to monoclonal or recombinant antibodies. This ...polyclonal antibodies for your experiment and how they compare to other antibody options out there, you’re set...

...camelid antibodies to antibody fragments to tools completely unrelated to antibodies.  Why use an alternative...entirely new affinity reagent.    Fig. 1: A comparison of an antibody (left) to several alternative ...through engineering instead of cleavage. They are comprised of the variable heavy and light chain regions,...immunogenic, but they have lower affinity and longevity compared to antibodies, along with a higher likelihood ...

... are considering to make sure that they’ll be compatible with your instruments, each other, and your target...target. I love FPbase’s Spectra Viewer tool for comparing different fluorophores. We also touched on fluorophores... sure to check that your antibody’s buffer is compatible with your conjugation kit, since many common ...reactions. If needed, you can often remove the incompatible agents by dialysis or gel filtration.    There...

...recombination events. The system consists of two components derived from the P1 bacteriophage: the Cre recombinase...recognition site. The P1 bacteriophage uses these components as part of its natural viral life-cycle, and ...and researchers have adapted the components for use in genome manipulation. Cre recombinase, originally...other sites of the same type, but are not cross-compatible. Using different lox site variants allows Cre...

... is important to fully characterize the compound, or compounds, you choose to ensure reliable results ...In order to understand the complex wiring of the brain and the underpinnings of neurological disease,...pharmacodynamic actions of clozapine-N-oxide, clozapine, and compound 21 in DREADD-based chemogenetics in mice. Scientific...

...optogenetic or chemogenetic receptors) enables complex control of specifically defined neuronal populations...how newly generated neurons integrate into the complex pre-existing circuit of the brain. Another study...anatomical regions of the brain receive inputs and compute outputs. In general, RABV monosynaptic tracing ...circuitry, and continue to contribute answers to the complex questions of how the brain operates. References...