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TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2018, 2:30 p.m.... the Addgene lab. In this post, I’ll tell you a little bit about what I learned from a New England Biolabs...CosMCPrep system for this, but thought we could learn a little bit more about high throughput DNA prepping by ...
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Summer SciComm Series: A PhD in Science Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m....reasoning,” the catchall term for a range of neat little tricks our minds perform to avoid cognitive dissonance...10.1073/pnas.1704882114 Kahan, D., Peters, E., Wittlin, M., Slovic, P., Ouellette, L. L., Braman, D., ... -
22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m....monitor these features were lacking until Roberta Gottlieb and Zhen Yan labs developed MitoTimer plasmids... can be imported to the mitochondrial matrix. Gottlieb’s lab has used an inducible MitoTimer reporter ... to orange) protein. Image courtesy of Roberta Gottlieb. Laker et al., J Biol Chem 2014 Apr 25;289... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... Possible Adenovirus Remains Episomal (Little Risk of Insertional Mutagenesis) High Gene Expression...High Immunogenecity AAV Remains Episomal (Little Risk of Mutagenesis) Very Low Immunogenicity Infects... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m....any gene that they could be used by people with little bioengineering expertise? “This is the next step...improve activator design,” she said. “Before it was a little like tapping in the dark - a lot of trial and error... -
Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m....vector and Murine LoxP vector. Turn it off for a little while Transient suppression of expression is faster... Lenti expression vector. Turn it on for just a little while Yes, there’s a CRISPR for that, too! CRISPR... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m....social media, not from their institution), is how little agency they have in their salaries and benefits...suffice it to say, salaries are showing surprisingly little correlation with cost of living at the location... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m....was ready for a change of scenery. She moved to Seattle and continued working for Palladian Partners remotely...also tired of the contracting life where you do a little bit of work for one client and then switch to doing... -
Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m....The PAM… that sneaky little bit of sequence that you hope is present next to the "perfect" guide sequence...make a precise amino acid change, there is very little flexibility in the location of the cut and subsequent... -
How to Prepare for an Industry Interview
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m....excited for this next step. But wait, now you feel a little panicked. You’ve never had an industry interview...day. This whole process may seem foreign and a little overwhelming, but here is what I’ve found helpful... -
CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 6, 2020, 1:15 p.m....gkt520 Chavez A, Scheiman J, Vora S, Pruitt BW, Tuttle M, P R Iyer E, Lin S, Kiani S, Guzman CD, Wiegand... . https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3312 Chavez A, Tuttle M, Pruitt BW, Ewen-Campen B, Chari R, Ter-Ovanesyan... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... in 1947 in Uganda, the Zika virus had received little attention and, for the most part, had been associated...databases to the production of validated sensors in as little as one week (Pardee et al, 2016). Using toehold... -
Plasmids 101: Degron Tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m....the protease cleavage sequence. The tag is then shuttled to the proteasome due to the presence of the degron...tagged protein. In this event, the degron domain shuttles the entire tagged protein to the proteasome for... -
CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m....that satisfy all requirements. To alleviate this bottleneck, we began building CrispyCrunch in July 2018 ...Although this practice is generally advised, there is little detail published on how to do it best. Scientists... -
SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 9, 2019, 12:52 p.m...., creating a presentation for 8th graders was a little intimidating. Too simplistic and I would insult...section was arguably the most important, and it was a little worrisome for me since bioethics is an inherently... -
The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m....feeling optimistic for the next tournament). Minus a little rain towards the end, it was another successful.... I’m aware that “organizing the fun” sounds a little neurotic, but hey- sometimes fun needs to be had... -
How to Be an Excellent Trainee
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2023, 1:15 p.m....accordingly in case you have questions or need a little assistance at some point during the procedure. ...with questions and concerns is invaluable. With a little thought you can build meaningful relationships ... -
Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2020, 1 p.m....access to reagents and equipment has become a bottleneck. In the last few years, scientists have utilized... work rapidly, providing reliable results in as little as an hour. Find the SHERLOCK plasmids at Addgene... -
What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m....Animal husbandry of diverse species is a real bottleneck. New gif for #MolluscMonday: #Crepidula atrasolea...This is a known stem cell and regeneration model. Little bits of hydra can grow back into a full hydra and... -
Lab to Office Culture Shock
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m....Leaving a tight-knit team like that can and will be a little gut-wrenching, but you can get that feeling of ...editor, etc.--so everyone’s experience will be a little different. Some of these changes you may enjoy ...