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  1. Science as Art

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    Blog Post
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    March 2, 2015, 3:13 p.m.
    ...www.microworldsphotography.com/. Another artist who spent his life blurring the lines between science and ...Cambridge and Bristol. If you’re a scientist who spends many hours at a microscope, you too can become ...

  2. Addgene's a Nonprofit? Nonprofit Awareness Day 2017

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    Blog Post
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    June 5, 2017, 3:19 p.m.
    ...scientists accomplish their goals. Many nonprofits must spend a lot of resources continuously raising money from...self-sustaining. With this unique model, we are able to spend resources on maintaining quality and starting new...

  3. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    Blog Post
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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ... plasmids, so that you can spend less time researching the basics and spend more time developing cleverly...

  4. Advice for Choosing a Research Project

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    Blog Post
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    April 17, 2014, 2:45 p.m.
    ... into your interests and will determine how you spend a good chuck of your mental energy and time. The...At Addgene, we've heard of labs where new hires spend the first 3 months reading and writing a proposal...

  5. What the HEK?

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    April 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...though derivatives have been adapted for growth in suspension. Of the many derivatives of HEK-293, the most...systems, such as yeast. HEKs can also grow in suspension, which allows for large scalability, and can ...

  6. Don’t Wait To Launch Your Health Science Startup

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 25, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...letters after your name (P-H-D).  Finally, having spent your entire career in science, you are likely lacking...entrepreneur at 22. Start with your network You've spent your life making connections and finding mentors...

  7. Summer SciComm Series: A PhD in Science Communication

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... I was having outside of the “ivory tower.” I’d spend the afternoon lovingly tending to the stem cells...cells I was using in an experiment, then spend the evening listen to some bloke at the pub telling me that...

  9. Advice for Scientists Starting a Lab

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    Blog Post
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    April 29, 2014, 1:43 p.m.
    ...Initially, he spent the majority of his time in the lab.  As time went on and he was spending more time in...

  10. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... makers to keep things legible. It is faster to spend more prep time on an experiment than it is to rerun...when I was tired, stressed, or rushing. I would spend the time quietly running through the experiment ...

  11. Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... the Scientific Support team, much of my day is spent helping to resolve problems, but even so, I wasn...framework to the myriad challenges we encounter. As you spend time in a lab learning techniques and taking on ...

  12. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    Blog Post
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    March 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...least 4 hours.   If your final RNA sample(s) are resuspended in water or TE buffer, store them in a -80°C ...products on the market to choose from) on your resuspended RNA sample will help ensure DNA contamination...

  13. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m.
    ... years as a senior scientist at Addgene. Having spent that long in customer service, I've daydreamed about...utility in the least amount of time. Though I now spend far less time answering help emails and phone calls...

  14. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 11, 2016, 2:23 p.m.
    ...ultracentrifugation of the viral stock, followed by resuspension of the collected particles in a smaller volume...white pellet. The pellet can then be rinsed and resuspended in cold sterile PBS.  Alternatively, to concentrate...

  15. Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)

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    Blog Post
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    June 5, 2014, 3:32 p.m.
    ...motivation, but there very few jobs available. So, we spent a lot of time talking about what we could do to ... CSU in 2014. Outside of the lab, Keira enjoys spending time with her husband and two Jack Russell Terriers...

  16. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ..., homogeneous time resolved fluorescence, and suspension bead assay (Figure 2). After finding no cross-reactivity...scFVs to cognate aaRS antigens as measured by suspension bead assay. Image from  Preger et al., 2020. ...

  17. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...You’ve spent days and weeks thinking of an amazing project. You’ve written your protocols, designed your...generate templates for the cloning process. Time spent actually doing the experiments are also generally...

  18. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
    ... wear comfortable shoes, as you will likely be spending a few hours on your feet. Pack water and snacks...you ever gone up to a poster where the presenter spends the entire time talking to the poster, as opposed...

  19. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
    ...plasmids, allowing you to spend less time researching plasmid basic features and spend more time developing...

  20. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    Blog Post
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    July 9, 2019, 12:52 p.m.
    ...and contribute to my community. This past year, I spent some time thinking about how I could combine all...science communicators.  What can CRISPR do? I spent more time on this section of the presentation because...
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