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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...elicit varying degrees of β-arrestin-2 recruitment to receptors, indicating their agonistic nature. The potency...small-molecule fluorescent labels. Nature Methods, 19(2), 149–158. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01338...emission wavelengths, which are pivotal in their application in biotechnology (Grimm & Lavis, 2022). These... substrates/peptides and antibodies. Example applications of this include coupling to an antibody, whereby...whereby excitation of blue light will indicate where FITC is bound through green light emission. Key considerations...typically bind to. Stability of fluorescence: For applications that involve ranges of pH, and significant lengths...light, is another factor to consider. If your application requires longer periods of exposure, you’ll want...
  8. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    July 30, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
    ...developed fluorescent-protein based DA sensors (Figure 2). The dLight1 dopamine sensor In 2018, Lin Tian’s ...at a certain frequency, and this frequency can indicate behavioral state, for example, if someone is awake...
  9. Some Like it Hot: Thermostable GeoCas9

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    Sept. 14, 2017, 12:40 p.m.
    ...remained active in up to 30% plasma. Figure 2: Human plasma longevity of SpCas9 vs GeoCas9. SpCas9...could also be used with in vitro molecular bio applications that require high temperature reaction conditions...
  10. Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions

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    May 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...affinity and specificity. Trends in Immunology, 29(2), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.it.2007.11.004 ...determination, don’t generally affect antibody applications like ELISAs or Western blots, they are key in...
  11. Bricking Science: Portraying Scientific Reality Through LEGO

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    Nov. 29, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...motion videos is very time consuming; producing a 1-2 minute video takes an entire week of our free time...Research 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication 10 Ways to Share Your Science Resources on ...
  12. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...interferon gamma (IFNγ) - and eliminate cancer cells. 2. Equilibrium - In a process analogous to the development... 35. Academic Press, 2015. PubMed PMID: 25818339. 2. Curiel, Tyler J., et al. "Specific recruitment of...immune response to the development of tumors is a complicated and dynamic phenomenon that is interestingly ...effects, damage healthy cells, and often cannot eradicate metastasis or eliminate the probability of a relapse...based on their level of progression, anatomical location, characteristic (solid localized tumors or systemic...
  13. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    Oct. 26, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...created for the Brunello library is shown in Figure 2. You can use a small PCR product because the plasmids...would be a good time to talk about the amplification and verification processes we use to ensure high-quality...your own experiments. Library amplification 101 Library amplification seems straightforward: E. coli ...transformed with the library DNA, they grow and replicate, and then their DNA is harvested, much like one...library has its own depositor transformation and amplification protocol, but the overall workflow is similar...ll need to remember when undertaking library amplification and sequencing. Maintain representation of the...electrocompetent Stbl4 cells when performing amplifications, and we use electroporation to ensure a good...
  14. Antibodies 101: Epitope Tags

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    May 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...is the most charged, with 5 negatively charged and 2 positively charged amino acids. FLAG tag has been ...(stay tuned for our affinity purification tag blog!).   Applications of epitope tags   The...success rates across all applications. You can find FLAG antibodies on Addgene’s catalog including a mouse monoclonal...protein purification is not ideal with Myc, as low pH conditions are required during the purification, which...experienced. Finding an antibody that works for your application, specifically detects your protein, is species...and have been widely used across species and applications. In this blog, we will review the most common...that are bound by antibodies for the purpose of purification or detection of the tagged protein. These peptides...
  15. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    Aug. 2, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    ...PMC6070312. 2. Stark, Jessica C., et al. "BioBits™ Bright: A fluorescent synthetic biology education kit." ...plasmids and their potential educational uses. We believe that biology education is something that should ... expensive tiny amounts of reagents are, how complicated (and again, expensive) the different machines...desire to create a set of low-cost, easy-to-use educational biology activities – that any school could afford...proteins without the need to handle a living, replicating organism. Furthermore, cell free systems can ...in adapting your research ideas into hands-on educational activities using the BioBits platform, please...BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit." Science Advances 4.8 (2018): eaat5105. PubMed...
  16. Resume Writing for Non-academic Science Careers

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    Dec. 18, 2014, 4:06 p.m.
    ... remember that a resume is typically no more than 2 pages long. Write your resume for the job posting ...together a grant application? Are you familiar with the publishing or patent application processes? How ... pages in a Curricula Vitae to showcase your publications, academic performances, and research experiences...information. Think "skills," not just "research and publications” What are the skills you developed through your...and writing was how I got my current job as a Communications Coordinator. Wondering how you can develop ...So You Think You have Skills.   Get Science Communication Practice with a Student Group Like Science in...Blogger! Theresa Liao (@theresaliao) is the Communications Coordinator for the Department of Physics &...
  17. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    June 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Figure 2: Dense (c), intermediate (d), and sparse (e) labeling of the calcium indicator, GCaMP6f, ...infection, because this setup allows for experimental replicates for each of the gRNAs. The idea was to assign...cassette is removed, the effector is expressed. By truncating one of the recombination sites in the construct... reporter (blue) and stained with PI (pink) to indicate cell death. Image from Diessl et al., 2020. ...https://dx.doi.org/10.15698%2Fmic2020.04.713 Truncated TALE-fluorescent protein fusions as a DNA staining...protein to the DNA. They created plasmids for purification of tTALE-eGFP and tTALE-mCherry. In comparison...
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