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  1. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    Jan. 25, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...there is a classification system, CasID, to help facilitate direct comparison of different enzymes. CasPEDIA... their sequence (NGG, etc.) as well as their orientation relative to the gRNA (5’ or 3’). In some cases...would be helpful to know for viral packaging limitations. Maybe you want to read literature on the less...
  2. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases

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    July 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...proteins. On the other hand, they don’t require an excitation light source (usually a laser in fluorescence...to a nearby fluorophore, which emits light. No excitation illumination needed — just the luminescent substrate... proteins to be visualized simultaneously. Complementation systems for examining protein-protein interactions...
  3. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    Jan. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m.
    ...promoters, which can be switched from an OFF to an ON state, and how you might use these in your research. When...negative control. Positive inducible In the OFF state, the promoter is inactive because the activator ...transcription.     Negative inducible In the OFF state, the promoter is inactive because a bound repressor...
  4. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    Dec. 15, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...to neuroscience prior to this conference was a rotation in Qiao Zhou’s lab in graduate school where I ...neuroscience and you don’t have a background in statistics and programming, you’d be wise to start working...and brain monitors. Walking around the poster presentation area, I honed in on projects using biological...
  5. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    July 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ... pathway of interest, but there can be a lot of static since other signaling networks can also be non-....” Dronpa’s color thus indicates MEK1’s current state (Green when off, dark when on). Figure 1: Photoswitchable...turn off psRaf1). After this, the phosphorylation status of MEK1/2 was tracked at 5 minute intervals via...
  6. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency

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    June 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...complicating the interpretation. Because of this, these methods only give a qualitative view of dimerization...molecules based on size is ultracentrifugation. Sedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation yields...
  7. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...for compliance. However, 10 days prior to the implementation date, our data indicated that, while 69% of...the lapsed mandate (or are being compelled at the state level, in the case of some public institutions) ...continuing to reach out to institutions with a statement indicating that we encourage them to keep raising...
  8. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...plasmid are the backbone, inserted gene/functional mutations, antibiotic resistance, restriction sites used...most sequence assembly errors occur), deletions, mutations, in-frame protein fusions, and multiple cloning...cases, we deal with multiple inserts or internal mutations that require more than two sequencing reactions...
  9. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    June 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
    ...altering gut microbiome members in their native habitat (Ronda et al., 2019). They called their method ...the addition of standards, the assay is semi-quantitative and can approximate mRNA concentration within...infection, dysbiosis, and antibiotic treatment. To facilitate these studies, Pamela Silver’s lab developed ...
  10. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    March 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...assay for a native (folded) protein, such as immunoprecipitation, the epitope may not be accessible for binding... down in a variety of ways. First, review the citations. An antibody that has been cited thousands of ...antibody to that of the anti-tag antibody; and immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry strategies that isolate...
  11. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    Dec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...to start an open science nonprofit that would facilitate the sharing of plasmids between scientists. The... r/labrats, Reddit.  Part of that work meant facilitating the Material Transfer Agreement process, which... millionth item, and had a cumulative 120,000 citations of individual items in our repository, a tribute...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...vector with half the size of the ssAAV genome has a mutation in the terminal resolution site (TRS) to form ...genome with wild-type ITRs at the both ends and mutated ITR at the center of symmetry. After uncoating ..."Development and optimization of a real-time quantitative PCR-based method for the titration of AAV-2 ...
  13. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    Jan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
    ... control the abundance of proteins in cells. Homeostatic regulation of protein abundance is essential ...Alternatively, fluorescent protein tags can be used to facilitate the visualization of specific proteins in cells...proteins in situ. Now FUNCAT-PLA provides both quantitative and spatio-temporal information about the turnover...
  14. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    Jan. 29, 2015, 1:25 p.m.
    ...A professional coach will provide an initial consultation meeting or call for free.  Take advantage of...affordable for you. There is also a group The Dissertation Coach based in Illinois. A few of the coaches...in this group have scientific backgrounds. For a stated purpose of transitioning a scientist from academia...
  15. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ...useful for neuronal tracing, it has two practical limitations. First, these high levels of viral replication...an enveloped virus. In general, viral envelopes dictate infection of target cells through their interactions...evolution of inputs onto new neurons in the adult dentate gyrus and olfactory bulb. Proc Natl Acad Sci U ...
  16. Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus

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    Aug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...creativity and expertise of the group and yet never hesitated to reach out to the greater research community...portions of the Zika virus genome with Addgene to facilitate rapid sharing of these tools with the Zika virus...and the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University. His group carries out research in synthetic...
  17. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    Aug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m.
    ...conditions (individually versus in groups), health status, diet, cage enrichment, stress level, origin (vendor...of channel protein, they can trigger neuronal excitation or inhibition upon light (or drug) application...situations such as learning and memory or emotional states, for example anxiety or depression. In upcoming...
  18. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...which is then implanted into a female animal for gestation. Nucleases that induce double-stranded DNA breaks...which is then implanted into a female mouse for gestation. All three can introduce multiple base pair deletions...deletions, but CRISPR/Cas9 can also introduce point mutations. While using targeted nucleases to generate an...
  19. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
    ...Depositing labs often provide insert sequences or annotated Genbank files that are useful for more complicated...genes with many modifications. We look for point mutations, truncations, and insertions that could compromise...compromise function. When we do find mutations, we check to see if they affect the translated amino acid. ...
  20. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    Aug. 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...review analyzing and explaining the antibody crisis states that up to 50% of all commercially available antibodies... technology, it is important to show through qualitative data that they are a long-term solution to reproducibility... above) and literature suggest, providing an expectation and comparison on the antibody signal’s location...
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