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  1. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ...hosts. I spoke with her about what motivates her research, the MoClo Kit she and Sylvestre Marillonnet share...and since we are making all the tools for plant research here and validating them, it made the most sense...academic in literature who gave a talk to the women’s research network here. She talked about the advantages ...
  2. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    July 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m.
    ...delivered using this vector. For example, although researchers know that Usher Syndrome (a disease that results...encouraging. Importantly, a significant amount of basic research is being done to further improve the technology...Muzyczka N., 2014. AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy for Research and Therapeutic Purposes. Annu Rev Virol. 2014...
  3. Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

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    Jan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
    ...technical expertise in a specific field. While searching for jobs and making connections, avoid falling...they’re seeking someone who has, to a t, all the research skills under your belt from your last job. You...managing inventories in the lab, or organizing a research project, one can assume that you’ve had to flex...
  4. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    June 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...accessibility (Prakash K, et al. 2022). So what’s a researcher to do if they want to understand the ultrastructural...Since it arrived on the scene, ExM has helped researchers gain a deeper understanding of neuronal synapses... microscopy: principles and uses in biological research. Nat Methods 16:33–41. https://doi.org/10.1038...
  5. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    July 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...data of their users readily accessible via web searches; likewise, most in-person events and venues will...understanding of their audience demographics. Do your research so you can go to where your audience already is...since we live in the digital age, make sure to research any software you may need: cost or freeware alternatives...
  6. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    Oct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... majority of adenoviral vector systems used in research, they are only expressed in the producer cells... to standard uses in gene therapy and in basic research, like other viral vectors, though significant ...inspires further use of existing vectors, as well as research into the development of new adenoviral vectors...
  7. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...blogger, Luke Lavis, a Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chemistry...cell biologist can feel like a college student searching couch cushions for spare change, desperate to ...Lavis is currently a Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He would...
  8. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... by antibiotic resistant bacteria. Even when researchers develop new antibiotics, the onset of resistance...’re turning the tables on the bacteria. Future research will show if this new strategy can help us win... on Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Read Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR gRNA Design...
  9. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    July 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
    ...Catharanthus roseus (Figure 1). The ultimate goal of our research is to enhance their production either in the plant...help in screening candidate genes and speeding up research. Certainly, there is still more to transient leaf...your lab, it can become a strong tool for your research. Feel free to add further tips and experiences...
  10. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    Nov. 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...amino acid across an entire polypeptide. Many researchers have created codon-optimization algorithms/resources...they can effectively inhibit translation. Genome Research 23:604–615 . https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.139758.112...databases: status for the year 2000. Nucleic Acids Research 28:292–292 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/28.1.292...
  11. Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors

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    May 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...different kingdoms of life. That’s convenient for researchers who want to do experiments in complex eukaryotic...course, that includes you. Besides the risk to the researcher, Zeocin has been shown to cause mutations even...experiments. Reporters Finally, in some cases a researcher may choose not impose selection on cells and ...
  12. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...useful for organisms, they can be problematic for researchers trying to express proteins in heterologous hosts... cost DNA synthesis, one of the primary ways researchers solve the problem of codon choice is to resynthesize...of these factors on their own. Luckily, many researchers have created codon optimization algorithms and...
  13. Important Considerations in Optogenetics Behavioral Experiments

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    Oct. 1, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...yet sometimes overlooked, aspect of scientific research is that the field benefits from collaboration ...neuroscience field is a great example of this; research benefits when the advances of some are shared ...help illuminate (is that pun worn out yet?) your research. Derek P. Simon received his PhD in Cellular ...
  14. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ...not a big issue for cells, but it may confound research results or even kill your cells if your gene of...right tissue-specific promoters as described by researchers at the NIH here.  Note: A. Max Juchheim contributed...Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids for Your Research     ...
  15. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...site-specific knock-in tool that can be harnessed by researchers for many applications. Your favorite Cas enzyme...generally low; to increase the frequency of edits, researchers have designed self-cleaving plasmids that liberate...repair pathway choice. Shrivastav M, et al Cell Research (2008). PubMed. Mechanisms of DNA double-strand...
  16. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...application for basic and translational research.  Basic research applications of scFvs: The SunTag system...Plasmid Collection Find antibodies for neuroscience research from the Trimmer lab Check out Addgene's latest...
  17. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    April 8, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...would be directly reported by band intensity. Researchers use later steps in this chain (blue) to infer...controls (green). Created with BioRender.com. Researchers often rely on assumptions that their loading ...your particular setup. We recommend starting by searching the literature to see what is already known about...
  18. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...variety of organisms.  While much of current CRISPR research focuses on its potential applications for human...engineering tools that are available to academic researchers through Addgene. CRISPR components for plant ...promoter and gRNA scaffold sequence and allow researchers to insert targeting oligos with minimal cloning...
  19. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    April 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...efficiency of homology directed repair, with researchers hypothesizing that they can efficiently integrate...bp sequence around the desired insertion site to search for potential gRNAs. As with other homology-directed... under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. The research groups responsible for Easi-CRISPR have also recently...
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