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  1. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    Jan. 25, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...requirement, gRNA, and multiplex ability Experimental guidelines and applications Protein structure and properties... documents the target substrate (DNA/RNA and strandedness) along with its action on the substrate (nick...can I use it? CasPEDIA operates like many search engines, featuring both a general search bar tool and an...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    July 6, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...quantifiable readouts for levels of different chemicals, hormones, proteins, etc., that you are interested in. The...potentials; it’s an ion of interest for many disciplines! Most of the sensors designed for calcium generate...are sensors available for other ions including magnesium, potassium, and zinc. These ion sensors can be...

  3. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...due to their propensity to integrate into proto-oncogenes and disrupt their expression (Robinson, 1982)....biological research, you might have an idea which ones could be helpful to you. Interested in learning ...Therapies in the New Era of Personalized Medicine. Genes Dis. 2017 Jun;4(2):43-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2017.04.001...

  4. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    Nov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...sensing domain from the oat plant (Avena sativa). In darkness, the AsLOV2 domain folds back on itself in a closed...that expressed membrane-localized mCherry. With darkness, SOS binds Ras and initiates the extracellular...These results demonstrate that OptoNBs can be harnessed to regulate signaling pathways such as the Ras...

  5. Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 18, 2014, 4:22 p.m.
    ...through my work with the renowned Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) Boston Chapter and the Massachusetts... 3 topics and write them on a board to see which ones get the most hits. Commit to a meeting schedule ... get to present formally often enough) and give honest, critical feedback for improvement. Go to a science...

  6. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Brook Pyhtila One drawback to the commonly used S. pyogenes CRISPR/Cas9 system is that it is too large to ...Find the SEND plasmids    Figure 1: SEND combines an endogenous Gag homolog, cargo RNA, and fusogen...editing to correct mutations in a variety of target genes and cell types. Their Nature Biotechnology paper...

  7. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    July 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... the same isotype. But together, all the B cell clones in the immune system make different isotypes of... starts with selecting just one of these B cell clones for further antibody production, polyclonal antibodies...antibody increases the likelihood that one of the clones will still recognize your protein. For the same...

  8. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...capacity of 4-5 kb limits the delivery of larger transgenes, such as base editors which have a gene size ...to GFP-based sensors in terms of response and brightness. They also do not spectrally separate from green...(ex: tamoxifen). As the name suggests, CreLite combines the Cre/lox system with optogenetics. Cre activity...

  9. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...overcome by screening a higher number of potential clones. Golden Gate assembly has a few advantages over... allows for multiple DNA components (promoters, genes, terminators, etc) to be assembled in the correct...ligated following a heat inactivation step. If your genes of interest or destination vector contain multiple...

  10. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    April 22, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
    ...malignant cell, then you’d need the ability to turn on genes at different times. It requires more complex synthetic...on an engineering project including hundreds of genes and regulation and resource control - everything...gives us enough hardware to control hundreds of genes. We’ve created enough regulatory elements, CRISPRs...

  12. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    July 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
    ...Nme) (Pawluk et al., 2016). While Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpyCas9) is the most used and well studied... Selection marker while engineering viruses Acr genes can be used as positive selectable markers in engineering...viruses. For example, an Acr gene was used to replace genes in the difficult-to-engineer Sulfolobus islandicus...

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

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...institute’s blog. The Wellcome Trust blog or the John Innes Student Voice are two examples. Many blogs like ...Londonist. BBC provides a peak into their day-to-day business with popular work experiences of 3-10 days. And...started writing three years ago on a field trip in Indonesia. Since then, I have tried many things: photography...

  14. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    June 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with those particles. Since the Env, Gag, and Pol genes are not encoded in the transfer plasmid, the component...also have a propensity to integrate into proto-oncogenes, which can lead to cancer. These viruses need ...attention to the trainings!), even if you know guidelines for best practices and have been trained elsewhere...

  15. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Plasmids designed to express genes in a given host cell type are generally broken down into two broad...Increases Expression Levels of Lentivirus-Delivered Transgenes but Has the Potential to Reduce Viral Titer in...Posttranscriptional Regulatory Element Enhances Expression of Transgenes  Delivered by Retroviral Vectors. Journal of ...

  16. Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization

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    Aug. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...management-for-scientists-managing-vs-leading. The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) outlines 6 Core Competencies that all postdocs (but also...actionable tasks and I made a point of sticking to deadlines and performing the work I agreed upon (just as...accommodate many different types of people in order to harness their strengths and work effectively. Leadership...

  17. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
    ...panelists will negatively affect timing and the liveliness of the discussion (see below on timing). Get ...what happens to the attention of the audience – phones come out, postures shift, they are checking out...more great tips on running panel discussions see Guidelines for Great Panels by Scott Kirsner and How to ...

  18. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...and departments will have qPCR machines available for use. ddPCR machines are not as commonly available...measurement of the low-affinity Fc gamma receptor genes FCGR3A and FCGR3B. PloS one, 10(1), e0116791. https...

  19. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    Aug. 10, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...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...

  20. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...system, in which the required adenoviral helper genes are supplied on two different packaging plasmids...pHelper plasmid containing Ad E2A, E4, and VA RNA genes; and the pRepCap plasmid containing replication ...replication factors and serotype-specific capsid genes.  In this helper-free system, HEK293T cells, expressing Ad...
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