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  1. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    Oct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m.
    ...briefly describe some tips for a successful postdoc fellowship. 1. Reverse engineer success On Day 1 of your...typically writes the grants that fund your research, guides the research directions of the lab, gives you constructive...Thesis committee members provide expertise in designing and interpreting experiments, as well as career... there a tractable question or are you simply describing a phenomenon? Exploration can be important, but...presentations benefit from practice. If you simply recycle slides from the last time you gave a presentation to a...story I can tell with my data?  Can I make better slides that more effectively tell a story? Generally,...or functional models or more helpful background slides. If you don't have much new data, speculate on ...
  2. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    Jan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... antibody recognizes and binds to.   Figure 1: Labeled diagram of an antibody including Fc, Fab,...45. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012198382-6/50026-1 Wang R, Xiang S, Feng Y, Srinivas S, Zhang Y, Lin ...been infected with a microbe, to trigger immune cascades that clear these infections. Anything that generates...immune response and initiates different immune cascades. In the research setting, antibodies of different...antibody, which recognizes the primary antibody and provides the method of detection. You’ll also want to use...used for. Addgene’s Antibody Plasmid Collection includes plasmids that express antibodies, nanobodies, ...
  3. A Tour of Addgene's Most Popular Pooled Libraries

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    Nov. 19, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...library, or by sequencing the unique DNA barcodes. Figure 1: Schematic of barcoding with a pooled ... Just as physical barcodes help librarians track individual books, genetic barcodes allow researchers ...to identify specific cells — as well as their descendants. This makes them useful for lineage tracing, ...CRISPR pooled libraries! Addgene’s collection also includes a base editing sensor library, a base editing ...the only game in town! Pooled libraries can be designed for all kinds of different high-throughput experiments...elements using golden gate cloning. This toolkit is designed to be used across many species of bacteria. Surface...Libraries has tips on using these libraries and designing screens with them. All pooled libraries are available...
  4. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ...Figure 1: Map of a plasmid with its elements described below.   Vector Element Description Origin...molecular biology lab will undoubtedly be asked to design, modify, or construct a plasmid. A plasmid is a...why each is important. Our “Plasmids 101” series designed to educate all levels of scientists and plasmid...basics and spend more time developing cleverly designed experiments and innovative solutions necessary...utilized in the lab are usually artificial and designed to introduce foreign DNA into another cell. Minimally...the lab. Addgene’s Molecular Biology Reference includes information about molecular cloning, how to choose...
  5. Antibodies 101: Fc Effector Functions

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    May 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...into three main effector functions.  Figure 1: Fc effector functions in an immune response to a ...know that the Fc domain provides structure, determines isotypes, and provides a place for secondary antibodies...yes, it does! While the Fc domain’s functions, besides structure and isotype determination, don’t generally... 2022). So the next time you see an antibody description with the Fc domain as only providing structure...
  6. Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program

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    Feb. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...help you decide if a master’s might be for you. 1. Are you interested in master’s-level jobs? Ultimately...a job search website like Indeed. Do the job descriptions sound interesting? Is the work something you... types of jobs people with master's have Job descriptions often fail to capture all of the responsibilities...responsibilities of a role, so it helps to see how people describe their actual work. To do this, try looking at ...and industry, often means moving from the lab to a desk, although there’s often technical career tracks ...
  7. Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone

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    Aug. 19, 2014, 3:39 p.m.
    ...vectors (e.g. pBV-Luc) and gene silencing (e.g. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector). Check out our complete guide...vast collection of empty backbones that have been designed, tested, and published by academic scientists....find the vector that fits your experiments, I've described below some of the most frequently requested vectors...protein with a specific resin (e.g. 6xHis containing pDEST-HisMBP). After purification the protein can be released...vectors. Consider your applications and experimental design. You can create a new strain with a disrupted gene...
  8. Scientific Sharing in the Time of COVID-19: Databases and Resources

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    May 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... towards understanding this disease. Figure 1: Scientists are continuing to do essential research...internationally COVID-19 Resources Canada is a database that provides information about reagents, funding and volunteer...
  9. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    March 10, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...plasmids CRISPRi in Caulobacter crescentus Figure 1: Serial dilutions of CRISPRi in Caulobacter cells ... whose expression varies depending on transgene design and delivery. They generated hPSC lines with AAVS1...
  10. We're Updating Our Hold for Publication Policy

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    June 24, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... email in a busy inbox. Updated policy As of July 1, 2025, we are updating our Hold for Publication policy... release plasmids on hold if they are clearly described in a journal publication. Plasmids will be released...
  11. New Viral Vectors - Fall 2024

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    Oct. 3, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... serotonin, and much more. Check them out! Table 1: New ready-to-use viral vectors in the Addgene repository...available in the Addgene viral vector repository! This includes the first Addgene prep packaged in the AAV9-X1.1...
  12. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    May 18, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of experiments they are commonly used for.  Table 1. Points to Keep in Mind When Performing Biosensor ...These sensors generally follow the same pattern described above - a sensing domain induces changes in a ...
  13. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    July 30, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
    ...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...
  14. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    Dec. 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...updated version of BRET called BRET2. Figure 1: TRUPATH measures heterotrimeric G protein dissociation...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...
  15. Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies

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    March 28, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
    ...ScFvs, based on community demand. Figure 1: Antibody against PSD-95 from the Trimmer Lab. Information...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...
  16. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    Jan. 11, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ... to just that particular assay.      Fig. 1: A native protein (left) is denatured, allowing the...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...
  17. Why Add Sucrose? Improved Yields for Adeno-associated Virus Preparation

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    Dec. 13, 2018, 1:14 p.m.
    ...materials to the research community. References 1. Coroadinha, A. S., et al. "Effect of osmotic pressure... 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...
  18. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    Dec. 7, 2015, 6 p.m.
    ...year and happy reading! Top 10 blog posts of 2015 1. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair Addgenie Chari...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...
  19. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    Aug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m.
    ...do researchers track fluorescently labeled cells? 1. Epifluorescence microscopy This technique uses a ...of the immune system and its dynamics. References 1. Peters, Nathan C., et al. "In vivo imaging reveals...their specificity or from the thymus to the lymph nodes. These methods gave researchers much more information...expressing cells. For example, by harvesting lymph nodes at different times after antigen challenge, scientists... cellular dynamics in lymphoid organs. In lymph nodes, for example, two-photon microscopy allowed scientists...extravasate from the bloodstream to invade lymph nodes and scan antigen presenting cells, but two-photon...interactions in diverse tissues, including lymph nodes, brain, liver, gut and skin. Two-photon intravital...
  20. CUT&RUN: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-DNA Interactions

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    Feb. 13, 2018, 2:51 p.m.
    ...targeting MNase to antibody bound proteins (Figure 1). Importantly, since Protein A has weaker affinity...when a high degree of signal to noise is desired. It also provides an excellent additional measure of DNA...
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