...happening inside cells for at least a couple of decades. Green is the classic color, but fluorescent proteins... greater than any fluorescent protein earlier described. “Until our proteins, there were lots of fluorescent...illumination with far-red light. As the researchers described in Nature Communications last year, “The capability...

...the region of the brain where DA quantitation is desired (Figure 1). The probe perfuses liquid, which causes...et al., 2018). These sensors also exhibit high magnitudes of fluorescent responses. Studies on the kinetics...Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors." Science 360.6396...

...ve just discovered that your favorite gene was described in a CRISPR screen publication. You see this mentioned...This format is inherently flexible and allows the broadest possible scope of screens to be curated, for example...other than cell viability. The following video provides an in-depth walk through of how to use ORCS:   ...

...instrument. They are the oldest sibling in a Guatemalan family of Mayan descent.   ...teaching me the basics of physics and sustainable design while allowing me to do my internship in the daytime...

...in the initiation of a vast number of signaling cascades, inducing different cellular responses. One of...localization of the Rluc8 insertion within the Gα. Despite exhaustive refinement, it was not possible to generate...protein signal transducers. The TRUPATH collection provides scientists with a toolkit to gain an understanding...

.... MBP has a similar function as GST in that it provides a method to express a foreign protein in bacteria...protease. The carboxyl-terminus of the fusion protein includes an AviTag and a 6X HisTag for affinity purification...biotinylation and purification strategy outlined here provides a basis to determine binding kinetics using a ...

... to improve viral vector production. Whether redesigning viral packaging plasmids, investigating different...untreated and sucrose treated viral preparations.    Despite observing a positive effect on our overall yield...due to impaired endocytosis. In parallel assays designed to test the endocytosis of a fluorescent dye and...

...Addgene is building our antibody resource, which includes recombinant antibodies, educational materials,...California Davis School of Medicine. This deposit includes frequently cited antibodies for use in brain imaging...supporting hybridoma sharing within the community for decades. Educational Resources The Basics of Western Blotting...

...available for binding change as well. If this change hides the epitope that the antibodies used to recognize...conditions. In those cases, pay special attention to designing your controls in validation, as you may need to...help you avoid a great deal of frustration when designing and troubleshooting immunoimaging assays. It can...

...blocks of polymers are heated up and pulled to a desired thickness. The fibers are drawn with microelectronics...whistles’ – including microscale light emitting diodes, thermal sensors, and microfluidic channels. These...using NeuroStack and the fibers as previously described, then measured electrophysiological potential ...

...retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, or AAV. Then, your desired DNA to be integrated can be cloned into the vector...packaged, when the vector is expressed. Once the design and construction steps are complete, it’s time ...weeks, depending on the virus, cell type, and/or desired event.   Figure 1: Transduction to expression...

... mountain – with many routes up and only one destination – a career in the sciences is more like an intergalactic...time working through the details of experimental design and data with authors and referees. And I am constantly...visualization of science? Look at our graphics and design editors. How about condensing a week’s worth of...

...inversions, deletions, and translocations. It also provides researchers with many different ways to control...the right one. In this post, Addgenie Melina Fan guides us through the basics of the validation process...experiment? In this post, Addgenie Chari Cortez guides us through some common controls and why you might...

... the summer of 2013, a remarkable nine papers describing CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering methods for C....America. To use this SEC-based system, first design and clone 500-700 bp homology arms for your gene...injected 60-80 animals per gene, they obtained the desired insertions on the first attempt for 6/7 genes. ...

...As with other works of Dr. Sacks, Musicophilia includes case studies of relevant neurological atypicalities... Joanne Kamens, Executive Director  I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong "Microbes are everywhere and this ...shocking at times."     - Jason Snair, Product Designer Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd...

...distribution of cell lines from repositories on opposite sides of the world shows that science is truly a global... et al., 2006), the hACE2 transgenic mice were designed after it was discovered that SARS-CoV, which entered...dedicated facilities and manpower that a repository provides. Repositories around the world facilitate the ...

...s time, we’ve published an article on BioRxiv describing a comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 virus-human interaction... viral proteins except for Nsp3 and Nsp16, and includes an additional catalytically dead version of the...the viral protease, Nsp5. Our set also includes a GFP construct as a control. For easier portability, ...

...abstracts were driven by the quality of the study design or by their preconceived ideas about the controversial...transmission and how different fabrics and mask designs could work to slow the spread of illness. I later...Series: Masters of SciCommSummer Scicomm Series: Modes of CommunicationCareers in Science Communication...

...phrase gram negative or positive being used to describe a species of bacteria, but what does it actually...bacteria. In a gram negative bacteria, the alcohol destroys the outer lipid membrane, and the thin inner peptidoglycan... is also useful in a laboratory setting. When designing a plasmid to be inserted into a specific bacterium...

...transcription factor library The human genome encodes approximately 1,800 TFs, with >3,500 unique isoforms... and screening mechanisms, although the unique barcodes for each TF help streamline identification. While...a disease in a model system. TF screens can be designed to identify custom TF programs to acutely initiate...