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  1. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Cas12a for multiplexed gene perturbation The Penn State Protein Ladder Engineered miniature CRISPR-Cas system...2021. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0600-6. The Penn State Protein Ladder  by: Rachel Leeson This simple, inexpensive...expression and purification. Figure 3: The Penn State Ladder run on SDS-Page gels. A: individually expressed...
  2. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...long sequences with reduced risks of unwanted mutations in mammalian cells. Long sequences traditionally...traditionally have higher risks of off-target mutations. These plasmids contain catalytically inactive dCas9 and...challenge due to multiple factors, including limitations of number of flourescent proteins that can be...
  3. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    May 26, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...this one mutated methionine was not enough to prevent alternative initiation, so they mutated the methionines...the target site (the same sequence you’d like to mutate in the genome) and an out-of-frame H2B (histone...
  4. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
    ...to overexpress endogenous RNAi pathways. These mutations however can interfere with other genetic pathways...enzymes that overcome both the speed and toxicity limitations of APEX2 and BioID. In the Ting Lab’s recent ...proteome contains a breadth of modular domains that facilitate protein-protein interactions and mediate biochemical...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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 ...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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 ...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  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. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    Jan. 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...with BioRender.com. Add silent mutations near point mutations to create 3-base (or longer) tracts...’s all our tips for today! Each tip includes a citation to the paper it was drawn from. If we’ve piqued...
  16. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...the majority of the lncRNA locus, scientists can mutate the transcription start site, splice sites, exons...function (Hazan and Bester 2021; Zibitt et al. 2021). Mutating splice sites is particularly effective as it can... Transcription start site (TSS) deletion. (B) Mutations of splice sites. (C) Removal of an exon or a large...
  17. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...respectively. Chromogenic detection produces colored precipitates that permanently stain the membrane, making .... Cover the membrane in stripping solution and agitate for 5–30 minutes at room temperature. The incubation.... Cover the membrane in stripping solution and agitate for 30–45 minutes at 50 °C. Wash the membrane for...
  18. 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 ...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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