... avidin, proximity labelling can capture weak/transient protein interactions as well as be used for both...after BioID became available, the Alice Ting Lab demonstrated that engineered ascorbate peroxidase (APEX),... is an enzyme-mediated proximity cell labeling strategy to detect cell-cell interactions in vivo (Ge et...2019). This technique relies on an S. auerus transpeptidase sortase A variant (mgSrtA), which is capable...36.9 (2018): 880. PubMed PMID: 30125270. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6126969. Che, Yonglu, and Paul A. Khavari...27(8), 1188-1196. PubMed PMID: 26912792. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4831873. Lam, Stephanie S., et al. "Directed...12.1 (2015): 51. PubMed PMID: 25419960. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4296904. Martell, Jeffrey D., et al. ...

... on size is ultracentrifugation. Sedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation yields an affinity... In corals, the red fluorescent proteins form tetramers. In general, fluorescent proteins have a natural...in some applications (e.g. labeling of cells or tracking promotor activity), but it is problematic in applications...oligomers can be analyzed by several techniques. Gel filtration and SDS-PAGE under non-denaturing conditions ...will depend on the homodimer affinity and the concentration of the protein solution. During the experiment...affinity and has been used to demonstrate that yellow fluorescent protein homodimerization is characterized...Zacharias et al, 2002), meaning that at this concentration 50% of the protein forms dimers. Finally, spectroscopic...

...microenvironment. This results in increased expression of transforming growth factor-β signaling, possibly inducing...tumor microenvironment is the immune cells. The contradiction is strong in this one. After all, the system...let’s take a look at exosomes. Proficient in transportation, exosomes are tools of communication and provide... (micro RNA) and other molecules that can be transferred to other cells, inducing epigenetic changes in...in targeted cells. In this case, exosomes may transport miRNA from drug-resistant cells to sensitive ones...enzyme that controls apoptosis and regulates transcription. Without TKA1, cells proliferate and cannot ...2009). Then, scientists began focusing on the extracellular matrix and fibroblasts. With each cell mechanism...

...than the traditional SpCas9 enzyme (about a third of the size) and does not require a tracrRNA (it can ... it will proceed to generate a blunt DNA double strand break. Cas9 has been studied for genome engineering...locates its target sequence and initiates single stranded DNA degradation. Cas3 DNA digestion can proceed...convenient for targeting experiments requiring single strand DNA generation, such as homology directed-repair...therapeutic delivery.   Cas14 – Mini, but single strand mighty Unlike many other Cas enzymes, Cas14 targets...it is also significantly smaller in size than traditional Cas9. Another similarity to Cas12a is that Cas14...and cleave RNA through the same mechanism as traditional spCas9. If you are looking to modify RNA, Cas9...

...Adeno-associated viral vectors for functional intravenous gene transfer throughout the non-human primate brain...AAV9-X1.1 efficiently transduce brain endothelial cells across diverse mice strains and rats. Figure from...StayGold variants AAV.CAP-Mac for systemic gene transfer in primate brains Endothelial-specific AAV delivery...electroporation or poor cellular entry with other transfection methods. The Junwei Shi Lab addressed this problem...Editing (PAGE). They fused the Cas enzyme to cell-penetrating peptides and co-incubate it with an “assist peptide...multiplexed guides. Figure 1: A) Cell-penetrating Cas9, fused to HIV TAT, Myc and SV40 Nuclear ...breaching the blood-brain barrier and delivering a transgene, with neuron bias observed in young macaques and...

...growth rate/transfection efficiency is not known, this is easily achieved by splitting transfected cells into...specific cell line, and its transfection efficiency. We often trypsinize the transfected cells on the day after...Many years ago, people in the laboratory became frustrated with using glass cloning rings to isolate colonies... cell lines we most commonly work with, require extra serum to survive at low densities - adding to the...biology-grade agarose containing physiological concentrations of salts and glucose. If we circled well-separated...Agarose cloning method procedure The procedure (illustrated in the YouTube video below) is simple: After ...after transfection into plates containing selection agent at different densities, then dispose of the plates...

...production of dsRed E5. This timer predictably transitions from green to red fluorescence (500 to 580 nm...elegans embryos. However, this initial timer was a tetramer with a propensity to aggregate in cells (Tsuboi... expression time but independent of protein concentration. Calibration curves correlating this ratio to...have realized how problematic aggregation-prone tetrameric fluorescent proteins can be. Cytotoxicity, improper...to red (see Table 1 for emission and absorption spectra). Subach et al’s directed mutagenesis also produced...Miyatsuka et al.) Distinguish between models for trafficking to the lysosome by fusing Medium-FT to LAMP-2A...structure and a particular biological event (trafficking to a subcellular location, start of gene expression...

...the non-profit sector are transferrable to industry such as technology transfer, communications, medical.../experience, i.e. a research role, for a Ph.D. trained scientist. If the candidate is ultimately looking... on projects with an international scope (i.e. strategy/management consulting firms), sponsor more H-1Bs...and therefore the academic H-1B visa cannot be transferred to an industry position. If you cannot get an...management, collaboration management, grant administration, clinical operations, and so on. Candidates...patents and letters of recommendation. EB-1A extraordinary ability category The EB-1A - is similar to national...expertise in field). Publicity in major media and/or trade journals: You the individual must be named in the...

...ligand (after subtracting out non-specific binding). Historically, glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion...Vanderbilt Eye Institute and Tonia Rex's lab. A common strategy to determine the binding kinetics of a purified... avidin (or its derivatives streptavidin and neutravidin) is for all practical purposes covalent. Therefore...so, theoretically, saturated avidin could form tetramers of biotinylated protein. However, oligomerization...for improved biotinylation selectivity A common strategy to biotinylate proteins involves amine-reactive...subsequently purify the fusion protein from a bacterial extract. The MBP tag can be removed using Xa protease. ...joyful that getting to the final step and the transformed bacteria refuse to grow. Eventual success was...

...reverse transcribe their gRNA into DNA, which is then transcribed into mRNA before being translated into ...genome types that can be either double stranded (ds) or single stranded (ss) (ie, dsDNA, ssDNA, dsRNA, positive... of virus. RNA genomes can be transcribed into mRNA, directly translated into proteins, or, in the case...looking for molecular biology tools, a very useful trait. Virus structure While all viruses have a genome...2016 Viruses with DNA genomes can either follow central dogma (gDNA to RNA to proteins) or require an intermediary...generally still kill the infected cell.) This is in contrast to bacteria and eukaryotes, which use a binary...and envelope), has a “gutted” genome with genes central to the replication process removed. This means ...

...species. Discovering ways to culture, propagate, transform, store, and share all of these new organisms continues...organismal systems described at this meeting were extraordinarily diverse. Plans to develop tools to study their...) -  perhaps you’ll choose to study Crepidula atrasolea or Prochlorococcus with your next project. Gymnotiformes...Poison frogs are great for studying parenting strategies and make important ecological indicators since...(which is considered recent). They have diverse traits with good genetic mapping morphology and interesting...mushrooms) but there are over 1,000 species. No transformation techniques are available yet. Polistes (Amy... aspects of cognition. Spiralians - Crepidula atrasolea (Jonathan Henry) This black footed slipper snail...

...discovery, Addgene and RSRT have consolidated and centralized a collection of molecular biology tools so that...maturation (Tillotson & Bird, 2019) and is a global transcriptional regulator of thousands of genes. Studies have...have suggested roles in transcriptional repression, activity dependent de-repression, chromatin remodeling...groove of AT-rich DNA sequences to regulate transcription (Baker et al., 2013). Mutations that affect .... Much research is now focused on therapeutic strategies that use gene replacement therapy, gene editing...editing, MECP2 reactivation, RNA editing, RNA trans-splicing, and protein replacement to reverse the impacts...in animal models, Rett syndrome is a strong translational candidate for gene replacement therapy. In 2014...

...amplification) or reverse transcriptase (RT)-RPA, respectively. RPA is coupled with T7 transcription to convert amplified... specificity to detect nucleic acids at low concentrations and/or are too expensive, time-consuming, and... method termed DNA Endonuclease Targeted CRISPR Trans Reporter (DETECTR) (Chen et al., 2018). Both SHERLOCK...mutation of interest. Together SHERLOCK and DETECTR demonstrate the power of CRISPR-based diagnostics. SHERLOCK...almost anywhere as lateral flow strips are easy to transport and work rapidly, providing reliable results in... the SHERLOCK detection system The Zhang lab demonstrated that SHERLOCK could reliably distinguish between...    DETECTR- DNA Endonuclease Targeted CRISPR Trans Reporter Cas12a (Cpf1) is a CRISPR Cas variant that...

...than the signal generated by the energy transfer. On the contrary, if you choose a pair that are too far...Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer CRET= Chemiluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer    Interesting Articles...FRET, aka Fluorescence (Förster) Resonance Energy Transfer, technique which allows the detection of molecules...distance-dependent physical process by which energy is transferred non-radiatively from an excited molecular fluorophore...absorbed light, at a given wavelength, to the concentration of fluorophore in solution) are two additional...fluorophores with significant overlap in their spectra. The pair CFP-YFP was the first to be used to study...cross-talk but you also don’t have any resonance transfer. You have to find a balance between FRET efficiency...

...Technologist/Designer     Fieldwork and traveling Many people are attracted to science because they enjoy spending...job involves traveling, showing that you are a highly organised and experienced traveler by citing specific...skills include: Science Reporter Scientific Illustrator Research and Development Scientific Advisor...Experience in the field or in a position that requires travel can show that you are self organised, reliable,..., including: Livestock Breeder Scientific Illustrator Plant Breeder Zoological Worker Conservationist...writing skills Writing a thesis or dissertation demonstrates that you have advanced writing and formatting...job title actually involves, other than what is portrayed in the media and in films, which can often be ...

...subtle difference in mouse chow, a different water filtration system, environmental stability in an incubator...is not just a question of being honest and straightforward, it’s an important part of being a “good scientific...differently. Communication comes in many forms—from transparency about data to allow others to see what you actually...communication and sharing fits together to make for a transparent and collaborative research environment. Journals...Currently, most of the burden for pushing for more transparency in science communication falls on the shoulders...developed STAR Methods to improve the structure and transparency of methods sections, including clear information...researchers are not strongly rewarded for being transparent in their communication or making their data and...

...challenging to stain intracellular compartments in in vivo model systems, so extra care must be taken to...target through binding of the molecular species. Administration of these dyes results in direct binding between...variant tag that covalently reacts with a small substrate ligand motif attached to a fluorophore. When paired...advantages to using these self-labeling proteins over traditional fluorescent protein tags, such as higher specificity...on a protein, enabling the labeling of protein substrates/peptides and antibodies. Example applications...green, red, and far-red dyes is important for intracellular fluorescence live imaging ​​(Hayashi-Takanaka...fission, fusion, biogenesis, and mitophagy, can be tracked using dyes like Rhodamine 123 (R123) (Liu et al...

...target protein expression levels, assessing post-translational modifications, determining cell health, analyzing...a pressurized buffer called sheath fluid and transported through tubes or capillaries to a laser. As the...continues in the same direction as it was initially traveling is called forward scatter (FSC) and provides information...scatters sideways to the path that it was initially traveling is called side scatter (SSC) and provides information...antibodies. It’s also particularly useful for intracellular staining where binding of large immune complexes...antibody thus amplifying the signal.       Intracellular protein targets, measured by fixing and permeabilizing...permeabilizing membranes For intracellular protein targets, users must first fix proteins within the cells...

...injections can be found here [5, 6]. Opsin transgenic mice Transgenic mouse lines have also been engineered...vectors for anterograde axonal tracing with fluorescent proteins in nontransgenic and cre driver mice. Current...and versatility, the technique is remarkably straightforward to learn and relatively cheap (compared to ...Director of the National Institutes of Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program (NIH-NIDA IRP), with the stated...specific brain region can result in a particular neurotransmitter release or post-synaptic current. Fortunately...available, instructions for obtaining a material transfer agreement, and list of vendors (such as the vector...to express. For example, if you inject into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) but wish to stimulate VTA ...

...Cancer Colleciton Pages Use the ClonTracer Library for Lineage Tracing Learn About Cancer Immunotherapies... with vulnerabilities) to design a therapeutic strategy that works. But, those darn cancers have revealed...patients still don’t benefit from this approach. One central bottleneck is that most recurrently mutated cancer...are likely gain-of-function, loss-of-function or neutral, as compared to wild type, would be extremely helpful...the cancer plasmid collections listed above to demonstrate how gene expression profiling, systematic tumorigenesis...morphological profiling can be used as generalizable strategies to map the function of rare cancer variants and...MH, Elife, 2017. PubMed PMID: 28315521. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5386591.  The genetic pathway reference...