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  1. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    Dec. 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...they do so is through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), receptors that play many roles in signaling processes...which a donor fluorophore is used to excite an acceptor fluorophore. The difference for BRET is that the... between a luminescent donor and a fluorescent acceptor. TRUPATH uses an updated version of BRET called...constructing 14 luciferase donor Rluc8-Gα chimeras, four acceptor GFP2-Gγ chimeras, and two untagged Gβ constructs...non-uniform across the transducerome for a specific receptor-ligand pair. They further used TRUPATH to analyze...Mitaku S (2002) Identification of G protein-coupled receptor genes from the human genome sequence. FEBS Letters...

  2. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ... referred to as “vectors” or “constructs.” To insert a gene of interest into a vector, scientists may ...plasmid with its elements described below.   Vector Element Description Origin of Replication (ORI...the target gene. Vital component for expression vectors: determines which cell types the gene is expressed...Regardless, once the cloning steps are complete, the vector containing the newly inserted gene is transformed...Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Plasmids 101: Luciferase Monitor the level of a chemical in a particular environment...about molecular cloning, how to choose a plasmid vector, molecular biology tools and references, and how...

  3. Hot Plasmids: FRET-Based Biosensors

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    May 6, 2014, 1:07 p.m.
    ...upon an indicator they developed and published in 2010 for visualizing the transcription factor cAMP-responsive...Neurobiology has been working on genetically encoded indicators of calcium and other small molecules since the...Griesbeck is motivated by a particular interest in monitoring the activity and biochemistry of living neurons...imaging for beginners Griesbeck says his calcium indicators can be used in mouse, Drosophila, C. elegans,...while in principle adapting a FRET sensor for monitoring calcium versus zinc should require the simple... variants of mOrange2 and mCherry as donor and acceptor domains. He says, these new colors might now enable...

  4. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    June 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ..., the researchers did not have access to a P3 laboratory (BSL-3), a high-security facility needed to perform... study has just been uploaded to the preprint repository BioRxiv. This example clearly illustrates the...  Figure 2: When a researcher needs a collaborator for a specific task, Crowdfight will: 1) Find...researchers, such as postdocs and principal investigators. They also come from many different scientific...website. Once curated by our in-house team of collaborators, the requests were forwarded to our volunteer...IgnacioAmigoH     María Hernández-Sánchez is a postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Investigación Biomédica...Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL) and one of the coordinators at Crowdfight. She is currently based in Spain...

  5. Science Career Options

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    Feb. 23, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Scientific Illustrator Plant Breeder Zoological Worker Conservationist Documentary Director Parasitology...skills include: Science Reporter Scientific Illustrator Research and Development Scientific Advisor...Lawyer Technical Writer Meteorologist Journal Editor Textile Technologist/Designer     Fieldwork...Bioinformatician Science Writer Grant Writer Journal Editor Science Marketer Software Developer Learn Science..., and how many jobs are normally available (as sectors such as forensics currently have too many applicants...hobbies and volunteer experiences, as well as work history can really show that you have some of the abilities...

  6. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...This will be highly dependent on vector dose. The color diversity in Vector Assisted Spectral Tracing (VAST...catch our April AAV webinar with Tim Miles, PhD, Director of the CLOVER Center at CalTech? If so, you may...drop in transduction coverage compared to just one vector.   Q2: Do you think it is possible to make an efficient...this scenario, you may be best served by a dual vector, split intein approach.   Q3: What’s the best method...concentrated to ~1x1014 vg/ml.. As evident in our repository, this application is an outlier for PHP.eB (1x1011...Plasmids Adenovirus Guide Page Subscribe to Viral Vectors Blog Posts ...

  7. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    June 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...regulate botulinum neurotoxin were also created. The depositors demonstrated the utility of light-mediated suppression...slices from mouse, and showed that it can alter motor responses in C. elegans. Find the split BoTN/B plasmids...acoustic reporter gene (ARG) plasmids to better monitor gene expression in vivo using ultrasound. These.... 2018. PubMed PMID: 29300010. miRNA reporter vectors shed new light on mechanisms of miRNA-mediated ...microRNAs (miRNAs) are recognized as important regulators of post-transcriptional gene expression across...They designed the pXPR_053 lentiviral expression vector, which contains an sgRNA insert site and a reporter...

  8. Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones

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    Jan. 28, 2020, 2:35 p.m.
    ...Oleispira antarctica, and the P. haloplanktis Trigger Factor), that would allow the stable folding and expression...compared to the E. coli strain expressing the empty vector. And thus was born ELSA - our happy lil’ cold-tolerant...of stakeholders from industrial and commercial operators, government agencies, active researchers, as well...interact with personnel from the industry and brainstorm with each other. The event also featured a seminar...The talk highlighted the importance of reagent repositories and the myriad facilities offered by them which...understanding of the societal ramifications of laboratory science, and how it may best be leveraged for...re always delighted to engage with potential collaborators and interested audiences. Please visit our team...

  9. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
    ...as several days. In 2015, the laboratory of long-time Addgene depositor Alice Ting used yeast display-...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...Recently the Vellai lab has created an improved RNAi vector that leads to significantly stronger phenotypes...for mutant genetic backgrounds. The standard RNAi vector, L4440, places a target gene between two inverted...Vellai lab’s new plasmid, T444T, contains T7 terminators adjacent to the T7 promoters to prevent the incorporation...Recently, the Sidhu group at the University of Toronto expanded the specificity landscape of the SH3 proteins...

  10. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    Feb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m.
    ...her then was this: Can you engineer CRISPR-Cas9 activators that work well enough on any gene that they could...which they call CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator or SAM. SAM is an engineered protein complex for...information from the structure to guide and improve activator design,” she said. “Before it was a little like...Konermann recognized as an ideal spot to fuse the activators instead of at the protein’s C terminus. With ...activation complex consisting of multiple distinct effector domains that work together synergistically, modeled...melanoma cells resistant to treatment with a BRAF inhibitor. (The test was the perfect complement for one ...repressing or inducing individual transcripts. The activator (CRISPRa) sgRNA library uses the sunCas9 system...

  11. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    April 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...via the secretory pathway, and then cleaved to generate an active form of the protein. To monitor autophagy... Mark Prescott. This system was developed for monitoring and analyzing autophagy of cytosol and organelles... samples treated with or without an autophagy inhibitor. While this method does provide a quantitative...the mammalian Atg8p homolog, can also be used to monitor autophagy, but under some conditions it aggregates...also possible to make Rosella fusions and thereby monitor autophagy of your protein of interest. Are you ...Cuervo, A. M., & Seglen, P. O. (2007). Methods for Monitoring Autophagy from Yeast to Human. Autophagy,3(3)...

  12. dTAG - You're it!

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    June 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m.
    ...contributed by guest blogger Behnam Nabet, a postdoctoral fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Targeted...provide distinct advantages over pharmacological inhibitors including rapidly depleting a protein-of-interest... target selectivity, overcoming resistance to inhibitors, and inducing prolonged biological effects. ...et al., Nature Chemical Biology for examples). Monitor neo-substrates Small molecule degraders may recruit...and IZKF3 are cell-type specific transcription factors with important roles in Multiple Myeloma), it is...studies (Nabet et al.).   Behnam Nabet, PhD is a postdoctoral fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. ...dTAG-47 Weintraub et al. YY1 Is a Structural Regulator of Enhancer-Promoter Loops. Cell. December 14 ...

  13. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    Jan. 14, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...viral vector samples were distributed in 2018 and we are poised for more offerings. The viral vector team...don’t have worry or wonder if providing a viral vector service was a good idea. The scientific community...don’t have to worry about getting support from depositors. We regularly hear how much they see the value... 3.5 Addgenies strong. The Addgene Board of Directors is mature and poised to support our growth. Thanks...Addgene is about half of what is standard in most sectors. The Addgenies support a high collaboration, high...blog Subscribe to the Addgene blog Read our viral vector blog posts Learn more about Addgene Resources ...

  14. Developing Lab Management Software for Biology

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    Aug. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... collisions you may encounter: vector, sequence, insert, trait, factor, expression, etc.There are also... Laboratory management software is not a requisite for a functioning lab, but it is for a scaleable lab...intentionally trivial, but they're here to help tell this story. In this first example to the right (# this will...about what steps are most likely to fail. Our laboratory manager would definitely be interested to see...this case, the physical considerations of the laboratory make object composition a smarter choice than...terms (plasmid, 5-prime, CRISPR, growth strains, vector backbone, etc.) and you simply don't have enough...

  15. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    July 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...particular surface receptor are stained with a fluorescent antibody against the receptor and analyzed on ...fluorochrome is removed from all other detectors except its dedicated detector. To ensure proper compensation ...directions. The degree of scatter is captured by detectors and provides useful information about the cell...emits a fluorescent signal that is captured by detectors. The strength of the emitted photons varies from...to further separate the B cell population into progenitor B cells, immature B cells, plasma cells or others...flow cytometry experiment depends on a variety of factors including sample preparation, staining procedures...

  16. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...as the identification of additional interacting factors. Problems with Existing Methods for Studying Protein-Protein...PPI identification techniques rely on protein interactors to stay in close contact with the bait protein...for providing a global overview of potential interactors with a bait protein but the flip side is that...When this interaction occurs, BirA* activity is restored, and nearby proteins are labeled with biotin. ...lysed, protein extracted, and labeled protein interactors purified via streptavidin pulldown. Following...Split-BioID a conditional proteomics approach to monitor the composition of spatiotemporally defined protein...

  17. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...Schmidt, a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. Are you a science student or early career researcher...in education advocacy non-profits like Phipps Conservatory or the Brilliant Club and share your knowledge... photo competition. Or nominate yourself as an educator for a short, animated TED-Ed lesson. 6) Network... pros Where do you meet like-minded science communicators? Attend the annual flagship meetings of AAAS...grow your network. Get to know and get known by editors and others whose careers are in advance of yours...or upload your data to Zooniverse. The Natural History Museum has downloadable resources to enable you...bananas as a Marie Curie Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory. She is passionate about science communications...

  18. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    May 4, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...), Antibodies: a Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition. 2104. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Publications, New...born before 1985, you might remember going to the store and buying CDs when you wanted to hear a piece of...technology makes it easy for scientists to share, remix, store, and track these essential components of the scientific...production and subsequent purification.  Academic laboratories and companies have already begun creating plasmids...reproducibility. Non-recombinant antibodies are notorious for being the source of irreproducible data (Begley...useful in perpetuity.  Second, plasmids are easy to store and share, making recombinant antibodies the most...

  19. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    Jan. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Hands-off super busy types, who never have time to mentor you, and Micromanagers, who question every detail...the needs of other people. Some students and postdoctoral fellows are hesitant about expressing their ... 5) Listen to your supervisor’s viewpoint and brainstorm about mutually beneficial solutions Your supervisor...Look at the problem from their viewpoint, and brainstorm about solutions that will meet both of your needs...other supervisors might be nice people, but poor mentors (super-agreeable friendly types, indecisives, and...graduate students since 2009. Dora is also the creator of the “Finish Your Thesis” online course.  To ... Read Joanne Kamen's Post on What Makes a Good Mentor Resources on the Addgene Wesbite Find plasmids...

  20. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    Feb. 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...with a Cas3 effector, type III with a Cas10 effector, and type IV with an unknown effector. Type I has...repertoire of CRISPR has brought many other Cas effectors to light. One lesser-known Cas is waiting for...genomic alterations on a scale that other Cas effectors can’t, while maintaining relatively high efficiency... family, which means it requires multiple Cas effectors to carry out genomic editing. Specifically, these...still be a challenge. A multitasking Cas Most Cas effectors have one job — Cas see DNA, Cas chop DNA. Cas3...
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