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TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m....More recently, online journal clubs have become popular, including those based on Twitter. At my former...interest from relevant parties, and the company at large, by polling and informal communications we made ...winding down. Perhaps other projects have taken on a larger priority for the participants. Perhaps people feel...carefully organized. Most importantly, they should be regularly assessed for continued relevance and if needed...
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Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m....and I guarantee you have developed them through similar experiences in graduate school. These skills will...they use, you’ve gained experience working with similar protocols, and look - they’re seeking someone who... be assured that you will contribute openness, clarity, approachability, and professionalism to team meetings...strength until it is identified by another person. Similar reasoning may also apply to other acquired skills... -
Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2024, 1:15 p.m..... Standard curves are critical for a number of popular scientific applications, and the quality of a standard...sample(s) in the same buffer if possible, or very similar buffers if not, since buffer components can affect...pipetting small volumes (< 2 µL) or volumes too large for a standard micropipette (> 1,000 µL). The standard...consistent dilution factors, change pipette tips regularly, and mix samples very well. Use duplicates or... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....produce your own recombinant antibodies with some molecular biology and cell culture experience. Let’s go ...further processing. It may be helpful to incorporate regular feeds during this incubation time to maintain cell...cells, and debris. Affinity chromatography is a popular choice for this. Chromatography columns containing...Grimsley G, Gray T. How to measure and predict the molar absorption coefficient of a protein. Protein Sci... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....developed into some of the most widely used tools in molecular biology. “Retroviruses” is an umbrella term which...mutagenesis (which HIV does not do). Furthermore, molecular biologists working with vectors are, in most cases...on addgene.org Addgene's Lentiviral Guide Most popular lentiviral plasmids γ-Retrovirus Guide References...synthesis with 70 S viral RNA as template. Journal of Molecular Biology, 79(1), 163–183. https://doi.org/10.1016... -
Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m....groups or, by extension, race. Many researchers do large-scale CRISPR screens in cancer cell lines, looking...be good targets for therapeutic development, particularly in cancers that are more common in individuals...address this issue, but it still points to a far larger and more complex problem endemic to biomedical ...confounding factor when interpreting findings, particularly when researching ancestry groups. And, of course... -
Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m....lab bench, we will know that a particular barcode and therefore particular sample is missing so that we ...information in a small space and is ideal for tracking large collections. Many companies, such as Thermo Fisher...preparation, and analysis from our protocols and molecular biology reference pages! Resources Avaliable on... -
A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m...., mid- to late-career grant professionals have similar stories about a time when their passion for an ...was asked if I would consider consulting for a particular grant by another state. With the blessing of ...professional development. Do you want to work in a particular area, e.g. education, poverty, environment, early... Associates have secured more than $70 million dollars in grant funding. Jo serves on the Board of the... -
An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m....so great. If we all came from similar backgrounds, we would have similar cognitive biases and this would... information. It is quite possible that the clarifications lead to the story being scrapped or broken ...While writing the code, we may need additional clarification and again we collaborate with the Product Team... -
Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m....for these faults. However, it’s still unclear if similar pitfalls exist for CRISPR screens and how best ...off-target cutting patterns in genome-wide screens similar to patterns seen in single-guide studies? Many ... Short gRNAs have lower off-target cutting and similar on-targeting cutting as full-length gRNAs Lastly...gold standards for human functional genomics." Molecular systems biology 10.7 (2014): 733. Pubmed PMID:... -
AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.... Physical titer is typically calculated by two popular PCR-based methods: Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Digital...generating a standard curve of known concentration. We regularly make and validate fresh plasmid standards. We...). However, because purified AAV preps contain similar and low levels of background protein and chemical...email us and we can do our best to send you a particular lot (if we still have it available). References... -
CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m....from the David Liu and Dali Li labs reported a similar tool shortly thereafter, using mouse instead of...the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular processes. Created with BioRender.com. The...mitochondrial base editing to base editors optimized for particular species and more, base editors are getting smaller... programmable T-to-G and T-to-C base editing. Molecular Cell, 84(7), 1257-1270.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016... -
Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m....ubiquitin E3 ligase cereblon (CRBN), including popular new approaches like PROTAC targeted protein degraders...useful addition to the toolkit for visualizing cellular processes in C. elegans: mScarlet3 for applications...luminescence wavelength (460 nm) is shorter than many popular fluorescence markers like GFP (510 nm), allowing...Prakash, M., & Dunn, A. R. (2024). Split Luciferase Molecular Tension Sensors for Bioluminescent Readout of ... -
Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 7, 2021, 2:15 p.m.... interfering with downstream assays. This is particularly advantageous if the antibody used for IP is ... and structure. Their porous surface provides a large area for binding, but antibodies conjugated within...despite the size difference. Magnetic beads are particularly advantageous because they do not require centrifugation...binding proteins involved in histone modification. Similarly, RNA IP (RIP) can be used to isolate proteins ... -
Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 13, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... the symptoms of mesothelioma are usually very similar to the symptoms of other diseases, such as asthma...diagnosis indicate, for Stage 3, that the cancer is large in size and may have spread while Stage 4 indicates...with new ways to discover the cancer earlier, in particular before it starts to spread beyond its point of...tumors. Studies have shown that bevacizumab is particularly effective when used in conjunction with standard... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m....and debris. The side scatter roughly measures granularity, a proxy for nucleic complexity of the cell. ...antibodies conjugated to fluorescent markers and/or cellular dyes and stains. These will be used in a series...they did in their experiments and determine if a similar approach would be good for your work. Hopefully...., Pons, J. A., & Muro, M. (2018). In vitro intracellular IFNγ, IL-17 and IL-10 producing T cells correlates... -
New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m....Going Deeper: Biomolecular Tools for Acoustic and Magnetic Imaging and Control of Cellular Function. Biochemistry...difficult. The first-generation mARGs also had a large genetic footprint (two cassettes + a booster cassette...experiments, simply induce injected engineered cells via regular intraperitoneal doxycycline injections to enable... -
Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m....transcription factors, therefore promoters play a large role in determining where and when your gene of ...between cell types or organisms, promoters must be similarly variable. Bacterial promoters only work in prokaryotic...related species from which they were derived. Similarly, the various eukaryotic cell types (mammalian,...Repressible Gets turned off with high levels of cellular tryptophan. lac General expression Promoter ... -
Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 5, 2019, 1:08 p.m....Stochastic multicolor labeling is a popular technique in neuroscience and developmental biology. This... enough for all applications. To resolve this, similar systems have been developed for tracking various...animals only permits visualization of two colors. Similarly, Flybow adapts Brainbow 2.0 for use in Drosophila...making this system useful for visualization of cellular extensions, such as neurons in the fly visual ... -
Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 2, 2019, 2 p.m....that strongly binds the glycoprotein, avidin or a similar protein, streptavidin. This strong interaction ...bait protein can even target BirA* to specific subcellular locations, such as the nuclear envelope, allowing...29169465. Ge, Yun, et al. "Enzyme-Mediated Intercellular Proximity Labeling for Detecting Cell–Cell Interactions...smaller biotin ligase for BioID proximity labeling. Molecular biology of the cell, 27(8), 1188-1196. PubMed ...