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  1. Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software

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    July 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...six different research constellations: Doench/Root (2), Zhang (3), Wu (4), Yusa (5), Wang/Lander/Sabatini...Bioinformatics 33.7 (2016): 1099-1100. PubMed PMID: 28414855. 2. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to...the user. This approach is useful for several applications as will be discussed below. The software could...contain multiple gRNAs targeting all genes in the indicated species and were suggested to be the best gRNAs...
  2. Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

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    Jan. 21, 2014, 3:08 p.m.
    ...their required qualifications and skill sets Taking the time to identify and research 2 – 3 potential...Effective verbal and written communication skills are key to publication and acquisition of funding. If...  Writing Communication Publicity Consulting internships Communication Teamwork Management...Models Communication Regulatory knowledge Networking Blogging Writing Communication Networking...scientists identify potential career pathways, education and mastering new skill sets must occur by doing... skills such as leadership, management, and communication. A great approach to fully understand and acquire... science class: Science Club for Girls) Communication to diverse audiences Organization Mentorship...
  3. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    June 11, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
    ...project my team & I have poured our hearts into for 2 yrs) has 200K+ figures by 95K+ scientists 👨🏽‍🔬👩‍...software that let me create graphics that better communicated the science in my blog posts. This post highlights...free tools which will hopefully also help you communicate your science, whether it’s in presentations, ...number of drawing tools, so it’s harder to draw intricate figures, like a brain or a mouse. Vectr Vectr ...without the watermark, which are better suited for publications, if you sign up for a paid account.  I’m proud... free medical images organized into four main categories: anatomy and the human body, cellular biology...appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made to the images. This requirement...
  4. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    May 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Figure 2: Dense (c), intermediate (d), and sparse (e) labeling of the calcium indicator, GCaMP6f, ... use the GAL4-UAS system along with precisely truncated attP sites to control recombination of the gene...of PhiC31. In the SPARC system, attP sites are located on either side of a stop cassette, upstream of ...amount of labeling, you can alter the attP site. Truncating the attP site upstream of the stop cassette results...population is directly correlated to the length of the truncated attP site. The three SPARC variants, based on ...lobe. Image from Isaacman-Beck et al., 2019. Applications for SPARC SPARC technology is versatile and ...dendrites of T5 neurons by placing the calcium indicator GCaMP6f in the effector position, as well as to...
  5. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    May 13, 2014, 8:34 p.m.
    ...but also something about how science really works. 2)   Read science writing in magazines or newspapers... Foundation Round Table. In any field, good communication skills help when it comes to finding a job. ...an argument for taking the time to hone your communication skills. So, where can a graduate student or ...opportunities than ever before for scientists to communicate about their work and their interest in science...your area or at your institution; the news or communications office is a good place to start. It’s not unusual...about science writing as a career, the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa... your research stories. Consider practicing communicating your research by guest blogging here, just leave...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    Aug. 11, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... temporal activation of a transgene. Figure 2: FLEX Cre-Lox system.  WPRE The Woodchuck Hepatitis...contains the proteins needed for the virus to replicate,  and the transfer plasmid which contains the ... by the AAV. On a plasmid map, its sequence is located between the ITRs. It can be anything you like as...expression of your transgene to a specific species or location. Promoters can also drive different levels of ...sequences that can flank the transgene and are located between the ITRs. Transfer plasmids often have ... the expression of your transgene. The WPRE is located at the end of the AAV genome, just upstream of ...promotes RNA transcript longevity. The polyA is located at the end of the AAV genome, just upstream of ...
  7. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...access this tool, set up an IDT account. Figure 2: Addgene's Analyze Sequence tool.   DNA sequence...tackling these particular tasks, but they tend to be scattered about the internet. To help you keep your virtual...: Find sequences for plasmids assembled from publications and commercially available sources, as well ... as expression patterns, post-translational modifications and polymorphisms Codon optimization tool: To...making it ready to copy and paste into other applications Primer design tools Many of the above-listed... well as primer design for different cloning applications. Primer3 and Primer3Plus: For general primer...
  8. Tips for Improving Your Next Manuscript

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    Nov. 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...easily understood and consistent in design and layout. 2. Be concise in your writing  When writing a manuscript...of any scientist’s career. We use writing to communicate our findings and share them with the world. If...simply writing down your data doesn’t guarantee a publication. There is an art to composing manuscripts and...field of microbiology with multiple high-profile publications. My classmates consisted of graduate students...well as being critiqued added an extra level of application not present in the online class.   Four ways ...paper will be generated. After you complete a publication quality figure, produce the figure, its legend...
  9. Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation

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    Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
    ...Nature communications 9.1 (2018): 4425. PubMed PMID: 30356044. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6200774.   2. Nielsen...published their results in a paper in Nature Communications announcing a new bioinformatics tool that can...at its sequence. MIT collaboration for gene classification This inquiry started when Neil Thompson, a ...have generated robust tools that have practical applications in monitoring the accidental or intentional ...the lab-of-origin of engineered DNA." Nature communications 9.1 (2018): 3135. PubMed PMID: 30087331. PubMed...
  10. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    July 27, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...method relies on the fluorescence ratio between the 2 fluorophores, rather than on the fluorescence intensity...be used to generate organoid cultures with a modification of interest. While the authors optimized the...mechanisms related to morphogenesis, cell fate specification, and human disease.     Sun, et al. bioRxiv...protoplasts, the enzymatic biosensor retains its catalytic activity.  As SLs are also known to trigger seed...parasitization of cereal crops. As a result, agricultural applications of these novel biosensors could have a major...
  11. A Tour of Addgene's Most Popular Pooled Libraries

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    Nov. 19, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...that underlie a particular phenotype. Figure 2: Schematic of CRISPR knockout screening with a pooled...them useful for lineage tracing, among other applications. Cells can be identified using fluorescence,...sgRNAs to guide Cas9 to targeted genes. In these applications, however, nuclease-dead Cas9 is fused to a transcriptional...: Preparing Pooled Libraries Pooled Library Amplifications Resources on Addgene.org Browse all pooled... to Plasmid Pooled Libraries CRISPR Library Amplification Protocol ...
  12. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...make it easier to study these mutants.   Fig. 2: (A) Betacyanin is produced from tyrosine by the activity...markers for plant transformation fall into two main categories: antibiotic/herbicide resistance and fluorescent...culture), which is great for a wide variety of applications. But some techniques require you to select against...these mutant plants. Using RUBY to simplify the identification of these mutants will speed up my work and ...student studying plant development and cell-cell communication in the Nimchuk Lab in the Biology Department...
  13. Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring

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    Nov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
    ... stabilization of unknown bacteria. Figure 2: Christina Mork collecting samples at the hot spring...under harsh conditions. One example application from the publication is the removal of unwanted cDNA derived...the van der Oost lab. Phylogenetic comparison indicates that like GeoCas9 and ThermoCas9, IgnaviCas9 is...a thermostable Cas9 be useful? It can enable applications where reagents must be stored at elevated temperatures...
  14. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    Dec. 7, 2015, 6 p.m.
    ...HDR) and how it’s used in CRISPR genome editing.   2. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox Cre recombinase can be used...overjoyed to provide you with these fantastic educational resources and will be sure to keep our eyes open...used to generate inversions, deletions, and translocations. It also provides researchers with many different...repository use Cas9 to cut DNA, Addgene Science Communications Intern Mary Gearing explains how Cas9 homolog...make it easier to make gene edits at new genomic locations. 6. CRISPR 101: Non-homologous End Joining So ...
  15. Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program

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    Feb. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... master's degree prepared them for their career.  2. Are you looking for career advancement and growth...technical know-how, and helped develop my science communication skills. Ultimately, my degree prepared me to...technical or product support specialist,” “field application scientist,” or “scientific or technical writer...for PhD applicants since many will also accept applications from master’s candidates with experience.  Use...
  16. CRISPR 101: Drug discovery and CRISPR

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    May 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...development and therapy. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2017) 16(2):89-100. DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2016.238 Additional resources...put into them in those later stages. Target identification Not all diseases are fully characterized or...simple pathology. In these cases, preliminary identification of potential targets by CRISPR can accelerate...
  17. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    Dec. 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...dissociation by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer 2, or BRET2. With binding of the drug, the alpha and...Kadowaki S, Haga T, Takaesu H, Mitaku S (2002) Identification of G protein-coupled receptor genes from the...biosensors Resources on Addgene.org Browse the catalog of fluorescent protein plasmids Find biosensors...
  18. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Recycling

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    Feb. 14, 2019, 2:35 p.m.
    ...the world’s population, we account for an estimated 2% of global plastic generation. Less than 9% of plastics...tape the box shut, and drop off the box at any location where the United States Postal Service picks up... of the container, and drop off the box at any location where the United States Postal Service picks up...
  19. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    July 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...establishing the dynamic range of your FRET assay (Figure 2). These labeling methods are freely interchangeable...PMID: 20161833. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2802762. 2. Dumas, Anaëlle, et al. "Designing logical codon reassignment–Expanding...cellular impediments. FRET has been used in many applications, including drug discovery by big pharma (i.e... acceptor doesn’t need to go to the same exact location as the donor. As long as some of the acceptor ...C-terminus of your target protein, but even these modifications can affect the structure or function of certain... close to the donor, faulty delivery to other locations in the cell are not a problem, as long as they...The poly-histidine tag often used for protein purification is a reliable FRET acceptor labeling site when...
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