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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... forward or reverse screen (CRISPR, drug, etc.), just with an added baseline component. Alternative screening...cells and then assay cells which survive as these must have acquired a favorable mutation. But if the cellular...
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Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2017, 1:59 p.m....presentation by Professor Guido Kroemer from the Institut Gustave Roussy. Professor Kroemer discussed the effects...26343581. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4597191. 5. Eyquem, Justin, et al. "Targeting a CAR to the TRAC locus with... -
Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2015, 1:03 p.m....Blue-white selection is a widely used method to do just that! (To read about other screening strategies,...are a few common vectors. Blue-white screening is just that – a screening process. It does not select only... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m.... and her colleagues in Feng Zhang’s lab describe just such a system, which they call CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic...reports, “Here we have shown that the SAM system is robust, specific, and can facilitate genome-scale gain-of-function... -
How to Make Friends and Meet People at a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 7, 2014, 1:58 p.m.... Gordon Conferences). You don’t want to be so exhausted that you can’t get a lot from the presentations... plan to meet up at the next conference. Once is just a meeting, but having lunch twice turns a stranger... -
3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 22, 2014, 5:46 p.m....genetic modification (GM) and synthetic biology. The mistrust and anger directed at GM crops has burdened this...imagine any use for GM technology other than to sustain those techniques. We feel strongly that the scientific... -
It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 29, 2019, 2:52 p.m....communication is not just for neurons. Non-neuronal cells do this too. It's just that for non-neural cells... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....were covered in the workshop. These workshops illustrate the open and modular nature of the workshop content...that it is driven by academics, with support of industry partners, not the other way around. Sometimes,... -
RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 16, 2018, 12:40 p.m....interactions (yeast-two hybrid, Co-IP, BioID), and that’s just to name a few. But what if you want to study RNA-protein...serum iron levels seen in HHCS patients. These are just three examples of how RaPID can be used to study... -
Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2018, 2 p.m....DNA sequence and RNA expression - but what if you just want to change protein levels? Until recently, no... no such tool existed for rapid, customizable protein degradation. Enter TRIM-Away - an antibody-based... -
Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m....a scientist. I pretty quickly figured out that I just don’t have the patience to be a scientist,” says.... Another difficulty is that some articles are just harder to write. “There’s something about being ... -
Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m....Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) (Armbruster et al., 2007). We initially used a construct...disorders. References and Resources References Armbruster BN, Li X, Pausch MH, Herlitze S, Roth BL (2007... -
Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m....I love Addgene's new Antibody Guide and not just because I helped create it. But while antibodies, as...there are many other amazing affinity reagents we just didn't have the space to give proper credit to. ... -
Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 21, 2021, 2:15 p.m....molecules. With the direct approach, primary antibodies must be either sourced already conjugated or conjugated...different signaling molecules. Many labs find that a trusted stock of secondary antibodies saves time and money... -
Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m....thanks for looking me up on LinkedIn!” resulting in just a little more relationship. Pro tip: Once you are...networking--”If it feels creepy, don’t do it.” It’s just not a useful way to build or use a network. Total... -
CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m....targeting Cas enzymes Move over Cas9, CRISPR isn’t just for DNA anymore! Cas enzymes have been isolated ...traditional spCas9. If you are looking to modify RNA, Cas9 just won’t cut it – literally. Cas13 Cas13 is an RNA-guided... -
Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m....and, like the game of telephone, often the signal must be transmitted by intermediate messengers. Optical...Western blot. Phosphorylation of MEK1/2 peaks at just 5 minutes post-Raf1 inactivation, and then decreases... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m....time of writing, Brigham And Women's in Boston also just announced that they were reversing their plans to...to pursue academic work, and to enhance the sustainability of the scientific enterprise by reducing the... -
Developing Lab Management Software for Biology
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m..... The benefits of lab management software aren’t just limited to large volume facilities; it can be useful...ensure that everything is grown successfully, we must track and manage all of these steps. Unfortunately... -
Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m....software such as Primer3 to help you design your custom primers. Remember, when designing a sequencing ...outlined above. Avoid primers that bind within or must read through repetitive regions (such as LTRs or...