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TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 8, 2014, 2:50 p.m....should be interesting; however, this should (in most cases) not be the driving factor. The following questions...head for a career in pharma or biotech, this is one case where the topic of your research can make your transition...
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Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m....up positive traits (i.e. the plasmid contains a cassette that will make cells resistant to a toxin), whereas... a negative trait (i.e. the plasmid contains a cassette that will make cells sensitive to a toxin). In... -
Antibodies 101: ChIP
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m....validate your antibody on crosslinked proteins. In the case of histone modifying proteins, which bind quite ...abundance transcription factor or cofactor. In such cases, the gentler enzymatic digestion can preserve more... -
From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m....Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, or edX. Podcasts: HBR IdeaCast Coaching for Leaders More resources ... -
Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m....following exposure to a brief heat shock. In the case of Hsp70, the heat shock releases heat shock factor...depositors have developed heat shock-inducible Cre and Cas9 for easy genome engineering in species like C. elegans... -
GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2021, 2:15 p.m....photons or odorants, to elicit downstream signaling cascades. So let’s break down the name "G-protein coupled...then induce or inhibit intracellular signaling cascades as a response to the extracellular stimuli. Ligand... -
Dos & Don'ts When Publishing a Scientific Manuscript
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 22, 2014, 4:02 p.m....during in vivo research and the CARE guidelines for case reports are two sets of guidelines frequently used...manuscript is accepted for publication and is, in most cases, blind (meaning you don’t know who the reviewers... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m....primary-conjugated) or indirect (secondary) methods. In those cases, remember that a secondary should be used when signal...you still have a number of options. If this is the case, you can narrow them down in a variety of ways. ... -
Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m....opsin or chemogenetic receptor. However, in some cases the fluorescent signal may be critical for the experiment...receptor, through an IRES or 2A sequence. In this case, the proteins are not fused. The tag protein will... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m....intensity remains. The first issue is that, in several cases, the fluorescence intensity decay of a fluorophore... the excitation power (Grünwald et al, 2008) occasionally and certainly after a set-up has been changed... -
All in a Twist: dsRNA
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m....given threshold within the cell, as is often the case upon viral infection. Endogenously produced dsRNA...the Addgene blog CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13 RNA Interference in Plant Biology ... -
Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m....oligonucleotides specifying a gRNA target sequence into a Cas9-containing plasmid such as pX330. This cloning strategy...are using the Golden Gate method to create CRISPR/Cas9 constructs, assemble standard plasmids parts in ... -
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2015, 3:54 p.m....some articles, the data are presented to build a case for a certain model or overall conclusion. In others...to visually sum up all of the conclusions. In any case, the reader should give a critical eye to all results... -
Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2022, 1:15 p.m....large (1-10) and small (11) fragments. In several cases an FP(1-10) fragment may be compatible with multiple...Split-horseradish peroxidase (Alice Ting Lab 2016) Split-Cas9 for inducible genome editing (Feng Zhang Lab 2015... -
Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 24, 2021, 1:15 p.m....conjugated substrate is added to the wells. In the case where the detection antibody is biotin-conjugated... protein within a mixed sample. However, in this case your protein of interest is pre-incubated with a... -
A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m....developed nucleic acid detections tools based on Cas12a and Cas13 which could be repurposed for SARS-CoV-2 ... -
Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m....the heading "Addgene Partial NGS Result." In some cases, there will be more information about our sequencing..., Sanjana NE, Zhang F (2017) Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening... -
Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m....astrocytes. Lentiviral vectors are pseudotyped in most cases with VSV-G that generally mediates broad cell tropism... or gene editing/deletion using CRISPR. In some cases, a decrease of the expression efficiency can be ... -
A Look at Addgene's QC Process
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... process, following sequencing and assembly. In cases where the QC team suspects an assembly issue, they...and be made available for distribution. In these cases, the QC team leaves a note on the plasmid page to... -
Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.... Let’s get started! Before you begin In the best case, you know ahead of time that you want to probe your... to lose by trying to strip and reprobe. In this case, we recommend using mild stripping solution (see...