... the connection between LEGOs and science more concrete to help further unlock the potential contained...process One major challenge when we started was creating a LEGO stage that resembles a real laboratory.... your experiments to think outside the box, be creative, and put your inner child to work. If you have...

...provide advice. The society organizes numerous recreational and educational events throughout the year, ...iGEM alumni-industry networking to promote the creation of start ups and biotech spin offs. The Synthetic...Inspiring future scientists At Addgene, we’re incredibly glad to see these biological societies engaging...

...Was I jaded by my time in academia? Did I run screaming from the lab like the cartoon on the right?!? ...’t have to mean abandoning it or running away screaming, but instead can involve walking alongside it ...it and giving it a high five. While screaming can be therapeutic and I’ve certainly done my fair share ...

... these meetings in relatively isolated resorts creates a sense of camaraderie with fellow attendees from...depositor, discussed some of the many challenges of creating biological circuits, and I can only say this science...opportunity to share their cutting edge science in increasingly important field.  Interested in Addgene's ...

..., how can cells with that mutation be selected/screened? A4: Before starting your experiment, consider...sequencing, for example) on each colony in order to screen for positive ones.  -- OR -- If your HR template...would like to thank Le Cong for all his hard work creating amazing resources for the scientific community...

...R6K, and 15A. Not all origins of replication are created equal. Some will produce many plasmid copies and...because they will compete for the same machinery, creating an unstable and unpredictable environment. As ...plasmids if they contain large inserts or genes that create a toxic product. The E. coli strain Most E....

...the community, increasing the impact of the work, and as a collateral benefit, increasing the impact of...Tompson Institute.  References Baldwin, Melinda. "Credibility, peer review, and Nature, 1945–1990." Notes and...

...individual cells. Each cell is labeled with 3-4 tags to increase the diversity of the CellTag library. The fixed...detected over a 10-week period. Their expression decreased over time but they were not silenced.    Find ...retroviral overexpression cocktail yielded a three-fold increase of fully reprogrammed cells based on single-cell...

...University of Alberta and University of Oregon created mTFP1 by transforming E. coli with a gene library...tetramer-breaking mutations. The library was then screened through successive rounds of mutagenesis for the...filter. This combination results in a 2.6-fold increase in signal relative to mCerulean imaged with a ...

...collection of antibodies available at launch were created by James Trimmer, PhD, of the University of California...commitment to supporting your research, Addgene is creating an array of educational materials to accompany...more useful to everyone over time. Through our incredible community, including your support, we have enabled...

...to select against CRISPR positive plants, but screening these can be challenging and requires specialized...Willoughby   Using RUBY as a selection marker The creators of RUBY highlight its use in crop plants under...as positive selection of transformed plants to decrease the routine usage of antibiotics which may contribute...

...single-strand DNA incorporation (ssDI). "Easi-CRISPR for creating knock-in and conditional knockout mouse models...Protoc. 13(1) (2018):195-215. PubMed PMID: 29266098 Creating knock-in mouse models with CRISPR has been challenging...efficiency. Easi-CRISPR uses a long ssDNA template to increase efficiency of insertion and gene replacement. ...

...we found that adding a TEV linker dramatically increased accessibility of the AviTag and HisTag, which ...fusion protein in bacteria. Our initial attempt to create a plasmid based on the biotin ligase BirA backbone... inserting BirA into a pMal plasmid (NEB) thus creating the pMal-T-Avi-His/BirA plasmid now available ...

...primary antibody and endogenous IgGs in the tissue. Created with biorender.com. Strategies for avoiding...Some labs have found that you can significantly decrease background staining by mixing your primary and...you add your primary and secondary antibodies. Created with biorender.com. Proper tissue processing...

...Recombinant antibodies are plasmid-based and are created synthetically or derived from hybridoma antibody...antibodies against the new Fc region. In addition to increasing multiplexing capabilities this process is frequently...Although isotype conversion is routinely used to increase the utility of recombinant antibody tools, the...

... - not just for fiction! Image credit: Kenneth Rowe, under the creative commons license.    The introduction...is to find one or two roadblocks that sparked creativity, changed the outcome of the project, or illustrates...

...cassette allowing a researcher to perform blue-white screening after transformation - self joining of the vector...break down the steps needed for TOPO cloning: 1. Create Your PCR Product: Design standard primers (no need...unpaired 3’ ends in your PCR product. If you need to decrease error rate, please use one of these methods to...

...would rather fund excellent people with mediocre ideas than mediocre people with excellent ideas. I am lucky... your potential as an entrepreneur, not your credentials. If you have an idea, don’t wait.  Go for it....

...to keep the audience engaged through a computer screen. For the Reproducibility for Everyone Workshop,...author of the poster,” he says.Viewing a poster on a screen is challenging, requiring you to zoom in to different...canceled may be disappointing, but there are many creative ways to adapt and take advantage of the new conference...

...microvesicles (approx. 40 - 150 nm diameter) that are secreted from the cellular membrane into the culture medium...AAVs (Schiller et al., 2018). Exosomal vesicles secreted from producer cells also contain cellular macromolecules...open new ways of improving gene delivery. They increase the efficiency of transduction, broaden the use...