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  1. Transferable Skills Guide: Creativity

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    Jan. 18, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... well received, understand that people can be resistant to change. Ask your peers or your superiors to...to explain their rationale when they’re resistant to new ideas. If their answer is “we’ve always done ...

  2. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...be made easily and cheaply using oligo library synthesis. Prior to Cas9 activators, similar tools were ...function (Pan et al., 2018). cDNA libraries, which consist of plasmids that over-express coding sequences ...

  3. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...content.      References 1. Cho, Seung Woo, et al. "Analysis of off-target effects of CRISPR/Cas-derived RNA-guided... et al. "Feasibility for a large scale mouse mutagenesis by injecting CRISPR/Cas plasmid into zygotes....

  4. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    May 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...provenance (this is the history of the cell line consisting of records of the origin and propagation of the...Transition Is Required for Acquisition of Anoikis Resistance and Metastatic Potential in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma...

  5. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    April 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...environmental pollutants, drug discovery, and disease diagnosis. As biosensors, aptamers hold a few important...largely in vitro; Easy and reproducible commercial synthesis (those of us who have used antibodies for diagnostics...

  6. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ...Susanna Stroik The Liu lab recently used phage-assisted continuous evolution and protein engineering to...  Doman, J.L., Pandey, S., et al. (2023). Phage-assisted evolution and protein engineering yield compact...

  7. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...screening, followed by sequencing and further data analysis. Based on Figure 31.5.2 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...scripts provided by the depositing lab for data analysis.  I'm often asked whether this step can be skipped...

  8. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    June 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...however, the protein integration host factor (IHF) assists with the process: it bends the DNA to redistribute...with a beneficial function (usually antibiotic resistance).  In the lab, low copy plasmids may result in...

  9. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
    ...image shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist of full particles (white arrowhead) relative to...Droplet Digital PCR versus qPCR for gene expression analysis with low abundant targets: from variable nonsense...

  10. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...activators The simplest of the dCas9 activators consists of dCas9 fused to a single transcriptional activation...Mediator complex, generally the strongest activator, consists of a dCas9-VP64 fusion and a modified gRNA that...

  11. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...the hippocampus. This technology has formed the basis of the Rett syndrome program being pursued at Vico...nature24058 Tillotson R, Bird A (2020) The Molecular Basis of MeCP2 Function in the Brain. Journal of Molecular...

  12. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ... (BDNF). BDNF is a small protein involved in neurogenesis, neuronal survival, and synaptic plasticity....Groves, J. O. "Is it time to reassess the BDNF hypothesis of depression?." Molecular psychiatry 12.12 (...

  13. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    Aug. 5, 2014, 6:51 p.m.
    ...occasionally beaten to press, as there is so much analysis possible. Most scientists are, however, privileged...requirements and likely will not do so (calling it a “sisyphean task” given the endless types of data). Rather...

  14. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ... set of mutations that made cancer cells more resistant to chemotherapy. You can find these plasmids at.... Thus yeast can be used to study the molecular basis of human diseases that are caused by a specific ...

  15. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ...modification of interest, ordering them from a gene synthesis company such as IDT or Genscript, and cloning ...using adeno-associated virus (AAV)." Chromosomal Mutagenesis. Humana Press, New York, NY, 2015. 75-103. PubMed...

  16. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    Sept. 28, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...physical structure, separate chromosomes during mitosis, support transport of organelles and vesicles, ...the samurai sword called a katana. Opto-katanin consists of two separate blue light-sensitive systems, ...

  17. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    March 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... transmitted through the integrin, where it is resisted by the ligand embedded in the extracellular environment...development, extended-open integrins enable tissue morphogenesis, organ development, and the shaping of the extracellular...

  18. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... et al. 2022). Lactate is a key metabolite in glycolysis, so this sensor will be a valuable tool to study...lifetime imaging. B) LiLac responses are highly resistant to pH changes. Image adapted from Koveal et al...

  19. How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget

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    Sept. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... steps: 1. Define your timeline Start with your thesis in mind. Imagine the kind of data your dream discovery...consultant and coach in Boston, MA. He specializes in assisting research scientists create productive and manageable...

  20. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...advantage of CRISPR epigenetic tools is their persistence and inheritance. CRISPR activators and repressors... culture. However, DNMT3A-induced methylation persisted throughout a 100 day experimental period, as this...
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