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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 17, 2016, 3:30 p.m....their advantage should they decide to produce virus on their own.Harvard researcher Connie Cepko has been...
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Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m....The IgnaviCas9 protein is 1,241 amino acids long, has optimal sgRNA spacer length of 22-25 nts, and is ...Spring in Lower Geyser Basin. They used a mini-metagenomics method using microfluidic parallelization to... -
9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m....writing, etc. Also, it is unlikely that a mentor has the only relevant expertise and perspective for your...been doing something all wrong or that a reagent has not been convincingly demonstrated to work for your... be needed to achieve your intended next career stage and create a timeline for achieving these goals.... -
Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m....for aerosol contamination. As most centrifugation has to be done outside of a biosafety cabinet, you’ll... organizations or cities may require a higher percentage of the decontaminate to be used for BSL-2 waste...decontaminating liquid waste, remember that the percentage indicates the proportion of the decontaminate... -
Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.... exposure to increased intracellular calcium. It has been applied to mark active populations of neurons...using viral vectors! One of the most significant advantages of viral delivery is the potential for long-term...results in calcium assays. There’s another crucial advantage: tissue-specific targeting. By employing various... -
Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... Prize in Chemistry for his work. Since then PCR has become a standard and essential practice in molecular...generating mutated sequences for site-directed mutagenesis. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction, qPCR...interest Molecular Cloning Site-directed mutagenesis Molecular Diagnostics qPCR Quantify starting... PCR Plasmids 101: Colony PCR Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR Resources on Addgene.org Protocol: Polymerase... -
Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 11, 2020, 2:23 p.m.... proteins, respectively. A plasmid's copy number has to do with the balance between positive and negative...for single- and multiple-unnatural amino acid mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 2013 Mar 12... -
5 Uncommon Ways to Gain Career Skills During an Uncommon Time
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... interviews are 1:1 discussions with someone who has interesting experiences to share. The conversation...they can share on their resumes have a definite advantage in our process. We see candidates who have done... -
Plasmid Cloning by PCR
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m....plasmid by sanger sequencing. DNA replication by PCR has error rates that range from roughly 1 per 500bp to...final Reverse Primer sequence of 5’-TGCTTAGCGGCCGCTCAGTACTTCGAGATATGCCA-3’. Preparing the PCR product for... -
Management for Scientists: Delegating is Key
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2015, 8:30 p.m....individual who is a local expert in that task (or has the bandwidth to become an expert) the end result...get more done. There are also a host of other advantages to practicing effective delegation skills: ... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....regions of the gene is also useful in case the gene has a weird mutation that you didn’t know about (which...and is a testament to how far genome engineering has come. For comparison, in 2007 it took about 3 months... the bands on your gel and get an idea of the percentage of cells in the population that have an edit.... -
Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - Protein Variants, a Serotonin Sensor, and an Artificial Leaf Replica System
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2019, 1:02 p.m....internal ribosomal entry site and mCherry. If a variant has wild-type levels of abundance, the eGFP will be stable...modeling, directed evolution, site-saturation mutagenesis, and medium-throughput screening, she increased... -
How to Lead a Great Meeting
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 9, 2016, 3:30 p.m....this meeting is to _________." Everyone in the room has likely just run in from some other commitment. An... what you need to accomplish to get to the next stage, and then adjourn. Define the tone of the meeting... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m....replicate faster. For this reason, if your library has inserts of different sizes (such as a transcription... is less than that of electroporation, but an advantage is that chemical transformations are generally...Screening pCMV-Rep78/68 Scanning Saturation Mutagenesis (SSM) Pooled Library 80,962 1866 bp, plus... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m..... This can be helpful as you're learning! Ashlyn has a research background in CD8+ T cells and cancer ..., unlike voltages, you can adjust compensation values later in your analysis, unlike voltages. Figure... -
Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m....available at Addgene: psPAX2-D64V. This construct has the D64V mutation, a single amino acid change (from...of the cellular DNA… forever! This can be an advantage for researchers looking to generate long-lasting...lentiviral vector: 1. No risk of insertional mutagenesis Lentiviral vectors tend to integrate into transcriptionally...2002), thus increasing the risk for insertional mutagenesis. This integration could lead to an undesirable...harbor these unwanted interruptions. Insertional mutagenesis is especially concerning in clinical settings...acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to insertional mutagenesis (Howe et al., 2008). 2. Transient expression ...cells, as they avoid the risk of insertional mutagenesis while still allowing for stable expression of... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m....be used to determine how long a pool of FP timers has been expressed, either in whole cells or as a pool...knowledge of protein structure and saturation mutagenesis. mK-GO matures from green to red, and the FT ...absorption spectra). Subach et al’s directed mutagenesis also produced the three separate timers shown... -
INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m....technology potential enabled by CRISPR-transposons has yet to be fully realized. Many thanks to our guest...applications - as mutagenesis tools for genetic studies (e.g. using mariner), as a method of tagmentation for next-gen... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....Noninfectious ARK mouse embryo cell lines in which each cell has the capacity to be activated to produce infectious...namely that they can cause cancer via insertional mutagenesis (which HIV does not do). Furthermore, molecular...useful for viral reproduction, and for causing contagious infection; however this would not be great for... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m....since bacteria won’t divide immediately after it has been heat-shocked or electrically zapped. As a result...cleavage in human cells. Mutagenesis, 20(2), 111–114. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gei016I Resources on ...