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  1. Hot Plasmids: FRET-Based Biosensors

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    May 6, 2014, 1:07 p.m.
    ...MagFRET: The First Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Mg(2+) Sensor. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 2;8(12):e82009. doi: ...genetically encoded indicators of calcium and other small molecules since the very beginnings of the field...
  2. FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database

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    May 16, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...incorporation of biosensors, protein evolution lineages, 2-photon spectra, more elaborate spectrum analysis tools...interest (and we very much appreciate even those small contributions). Of course, no community-editable...
  3. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...expressed gRNAs respectively) and 2) the size of the deletion. Smaller deletions generally occurred at ...backbone, which expresses the gRNA from a Drosophila U6:2 promoter and Cas9 from the actin 5C promoter. Addgene...backbones for lentivirus LV 1-5 and retrovirus RV 2-5 were constructed. The authors then used GMAP assembly...engineering (MAGE) (1). MAGE uses recombineering (2) to simultaneously incorporate multiple single-strand... yeast two-hybrid assay are not optimal for studying native mammalian protein interactions, whereas others...is needed to assess its function in mammalian cells or other animal models, but this technique has laid...p2A-ferritin-p2A-mCherry Mammalian Expression 74308 pcDNA3.0-Magneto2.0-p2A-mCherry Mammalian Expression 74334...
  4. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    Aug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... scientific communication ecosystem Figure 2: The scientific ecosystem, enriched by open access...ways scientists communicate with each other: from formal mechanisms like publishing a research article, ...or submitting patent or grant applications; to informal settings like lab meetings, social media, coffee...before, submitting the manuscript to a journal for formal peer review. Some organizations, including some...preprints are eventually published in journals after formal peer review, with the earlier attention and feedback...
  5. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... would release them into the cytosol. Fig. 2: Endogenous sources of duplexed RNA DNA:RNA hybrids... and have a diverse range of functions within mammalian cells. Here, we will cover how these structures.... Unlike dsRNA, DNA:RNA hybrids are abundant in normal cells and are arise from a ssRNA engaging one strand...putting DNA at risk. Consequences of duplexed RNA Mammalian cells have multiple receptors in place to sense...strands to re-pair. The two dominating RNases in mammalian cells (RNase H1 and H2) handle most of these intermediates...
  6. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    Feb. 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...with abundance whenever possible.      Fig 2: Try to inversely pair fluorophore strength with protein...going through small aliquots at a time, the -20°C is your best option, in aliquots no smaller than 10uL. ...guidelines below, you’ll likely be able to create a small, usable panel.  First, fluorophores vary in brightness...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...PubMed PMID: 8491198. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC413431. 2. Bukrinsky MI, et al. “Active nuclear import of human... There are four main types of viruses used in mammalian research: 𝛄-retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus...Mutagenesis Possible Adenovirus Remains Episomal (Little Risk of Insertional Mutagenesis) High ...Expression High Immunogenecity AAV Remains Episomal (Little Risk of Mutagenesis) Very Low Immunogenicity...
  8. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    Jan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
    ...PMID: 20543841. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2920597. 2. Nathans, Daniel. "Puromycin inhibition of protein...regulation of protein abundance is essential for normal cell function, and, because I was studying a synaptic...protein, I wanted to measure it’s levels in its normal neuronal context. In other words, I needed a method...microscopy techniques - Which is best for me? Learn how small molecule fluorophores can be used for cell labeling...
  9. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    Aug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m.
    ...main decisions to make: 1. Which modification? and 2. Which viral vector should be used? Modifying gene...thoroughly between animals as olfactory stimuli that were left behind from a preceding animal (ex: urine) can...Interaction should be minimal and strictly controlled; optional handling animals Experiment Behavioral...testing apparatus. General stress levels of the test animal may also be reduced by daily handling for a few... can be distracting. If it is not cleaned, animals tested towards the end of an experiment series would...Variability source Standardization parameters Animal Strain, age, sex, housing conditions (individually...method uses Cre recombinase on transgenic flox animals to introduce modifications at the DNA level in ...
  10. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...strain (which will be covered in more detail in part 2 of this blog series) controls the cell types in which...a blastocyst which is then implanted into a female animal for gestation. Nucleases that induce double-...are a common model organism used to understand mammalian traits and genetically engineered mouse models... during the DNA repair process. The addition of small molecules that promote homologous recombination ...microinjected into a zygote, which is then implanted into a female mouse for gestation. All three can introduce multiple...homology to the site of interest or create mosaic animals where not all cells in the blastocyst were successfully...identical mice. Thus, scientists must genotype each animal to identify the ones with the desired genotype....
  11. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    April 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Antibody Fragments. Antibodies (Basel). 2019 Apr 9;8(2):28. doi: 10.3390/antib8020028. PMID: 31544834; PMCID...applications, smaller affinity reagents means higher resolution. Many of the below are also small enough to...enough that their bulk can be a barrier at times. Smaller, slimmer affinity reagents can have deeper penetration... a suitable antibody has been identified but a smaller or less immunogenic version is needed.  Single-...likelihood of aggregation (Bates, 2019). They are small enough to be produced in bacteria and are generally... nature. Single-domain antibodies are extremely small at 12-15 kD but can have weak signals due to their...proteins, or DARPins, are genetically engineered small affinity proteins, around 14-15 kDs in size. These...
  12. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    March 13, 2014, 4:08 p.m.
    ...extraction solution, runs the protocol, then uses around 2–4 µl in each 50 µl PCR reaction. The gDNA extracted... early onset Parkinson Point mutations. Cell, 146(2), 318–331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.06.019...100 bp away, ideally less than 10 bp away. For small (<50 bp) changes, you should consider using ssDNA...less than 10 bp away if possible. For introducing small mutations (<50 bp) or a single-point mutation, the... in Drosophila. Elliot et al. (1998) suggests mammalian cells' tract lengths seem much shorter. Q10: What...Conversion Tracts from Double-Strand Break Repair in Mammalian Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 18(1), ...
  13. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... and transfer 100 µl of glycerol stock to each of 2 96-well microplates (identical copies, see image above...becoming available to the community. This is no small task, however, at a repository that consistently...supplements), suggested sequencing primers, or mammalian selection markers. You don’t need a fancy database...
  14. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
    ...1981. PubMed PMID: 6276558. 2. Site-specific DNA recombination in mammalian cells by the Cre recombinase...specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells, and/or tissue-specific cell...
  15. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    June 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cellular physiology.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.30064 2. Barman et al. 2020. “A glance at genome editing with...that CRISPR/Cas9 could be used to edit several autosomal-dominant mutations that have been connected to...
  16. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    March 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...responsible for that differentiation.   Fig. 2: Single cell RNA-seq clustering of cells transduced...expression, turning transcription on and off by binding proximal to their target genes. Since gene expression patterns...
  17. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...take care when using this method.      Fig 2:  A, The polyhistidine tag is a string of histidine...long. The small size of the polyhistidine tag minimizes the chance of the tag disrupting normal protein ...function. In contrast, the polyhistidine tag is very small and rarely affects protein function (Bornhorst 2000...histidine-containing protein contamination, such as mammalian production systems, consider using these more ...
  18. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    April 6, 2017, 1:02 p.m.
    ...this year. Designing the donor plasmid Figure 2: Donor plasmid design strategy. A donor plasmid contains...protein, which can both interfere with a cell’s normal function and result in a ubiquitous background ...necessary to ensure the edited cells are behaving normally can be prohibitively expensive for many labs. ...Tagging collection includes systems for tagging mammalian cell lines, Drosophila cells, and C. elegans. ...
  19. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cell-pericyte, neuron-astrocyte, and cancer-stromal cell pairs.   Figure 2: Schematic of the interaction between... fluorescent proteins (FPs) fused to the AID* (minimal 44 amino acids auxin inducible degron sequence)...
  20. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    July 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...company culture.  It’s also a good idea to prepare 1-2 unique questions for each interviewer by looking at...transitioned between different lab groups without having a formal interview process. Industry interviews, however...structured. I met with several individual and/or small groups, usually starting with the hiring manager...
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