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  1. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...variety of environmental conditions, and double every 2 hours. Yeast are also the first eukaryotic genome ...Transgenic animals can be made by simply micro-injecting DNA into the worm, such as animals that express...musculus) Let’s start with the most preferred mammalian model organism of many researchers: the mouse ...Mus musculus). Mice have many advantages as a mammalian model organism for scientists as they have a relatively... relatively short generation time for mammals - the time between being born and giving birth - of about... a set of modular vectors that can be used to optimally control gene expression in specific cells of the...in zebrafish (Howe et al., 2013). Zebrafish are small, easily maintained as they are housed in large groups...
  2. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    Oct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... iRFP713, % Oligomeric state Photo-stabilityc, t1/2, s pKa Brightness in HeLa cells vs. iRFP713, % d ...spatial scales from sub-cellular to whole-body in small animals, such as mice (Matlashov et al., 2020). Enhanced...intensities in NIR. Usually, mercury lamps are suboptimal, metal halide lamps are better, and xenon lamps...combined in two-color and multicolor NIR imaging.  Small miRFPnano A separate class of NIR FPs, named miRFPnanos...engineered to incorporate BV. Their advantages are their small size (17 kDa for miRFPnanos, 35 kDa for miRFPs, ...aExtinction coefficient. bQuantum yield. cDetermined in mammalian cells. dDetermined as effective NIR fluorescence...cells with no supply of exogenous BV and after normalization to fluorescence of co-transfected EGFP. e Originally...
  3. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
    ...Nutr, 129 (2009a): 477–484. PubMed PMID: 10064313. 2. Chapman-Smith, A., & Cronan, J. E. “The enzymatic... by plants, most bacteria and some fungi, thus mammals must obtain the vitamin through external sources...Humans absorb most of the biotin they need in the small intestine from the microflora that reside there.....   In the late 1930s it was observed that animals fed a diet of primarily egg whites would develop...B7/biotin. Egg white injury would plague these animals even if their diet was being supplemented with ...biotin in molecular biology Biotin is a relatively small, water soluble molecule that does not interfere ...expressing proteins in bacteria, yeast, insect and mammalian cells. Check out Kay et al., 2009 for methods ...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...start selecting and testing systemic capsids! Figure 2 contains a decision tree for selecting a capsid, while... highlighted below the table.     Figure 2: This decision tree can help guide your choice on ...transfer to the adult brain. Nature Biotechnology, 34(2), 204–209. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3440 Goertsen...total dose between 1 x 1011 and 5 x 1011 vg per animal (i.e., 10 and 50 µL of vector at 1 x 1013 vg/mL... Hudry et al, 2023; Hinderer et al, 2018). The optimal dose for each particular experiment is determined...validate the capsid for your specific application and animal model.  Other model organisms Tropism and efficacy...transduces BALB/cJ, CBA/J, and FVB/NJ mice, with minimal liver transduction observed in both BALB/cJ and...
  5. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... more from the authors in this blog post. Figure 2: iGluSnFR3 displays enhanced brightness, expression...new genetically encoded calcium indicator using small monomeric NIR fluorescent proteins (miRFP670nano...calcium reporters iGECI and NIR-GECO2G, and its small size (~1500 bp) makes iGECInano suitable for AAV...et al. Design and Initial Characterization of a Small Near-Infrared Fluorescent Calcium Indicator. Front...two bright fluorescent proteins with different thermal quenching rates (mNeonGreen and tdTomato), they...variety of imaging conditions (155 μs and <0.1 °C in optimal conditions). While B-gTEMP itself is a significant...  Lu K, et al. Intracellular Heat Transfer and Thermal Property Revealed by Kilohertz Temperature Imaging...
  6. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ...two visible blue or magenta chromoproteins (Figure 2) (Liljeruhm et al., 2018). This system is a nice confirmation...There’s an astounding number of ways to create chromosomal mutations in bacteria, so many that it may be...introduced from a conjugative plasmid replaces the chromosomal copy. This is a versatile technique, and is less... with excellent efficiency using a commercial isothermal assembly master mix. Introduction of the strong...interest, from the day primers arrive, the desired chromosomal modification can be made in 5 days. Counter-selection...lambda red recombineering enables simplified chromosomal gene replacement in Escherichia coli." Appl. ...
  7. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...excise the HIV-1 genome from every infected cell and 2. prevent reinfection of those cells. Kaminski et al...the HIV-1 genome had been excised, leaving only a small portion of the LTRs joined together. Clonal Cas9...preclinical HIV-1 research that should be pursued in animal models, and it’s difficult to tell if one approach...both cases, translating the in vitro work into an animal model comes with two key hurdles. The first is ...genomes will need to be sequenced to determine the optimal gRNAs for either “shock and kill” or viral excision...to determine if CRISPR/Cas9 escape occurs in an animal model. If these escape mutations are frequent, ...
  8. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of concept for further development. Figure 2: Mechanisms of deaminase-based adenine transversion... most common type of base excision repair. But mammals also have an enzyme to remove inosine from DNA:...particular species and more, base editors are getting smaller, more accurate, more efficient, and more diverse...precise, efficient A•T-to-C•G base editing in mammalian cells and embryos. Nature Biotechnology, 42(4)...editors for efficient T-to-G and C-to-G editing in mammalian cells. Nature Biotechnology, 42(10), 1538–1547...
  9. Transferable Skills Guide: Creativity

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    Jan. 18, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...to the break room for a sip of water.  Fig 2: Blugene likes to spark creativity in out on the open...PhDs found that many researchers feel they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ..., whereas the mVenus-APT1 fusion does not (figure 2). In the mVenus-APT1, a lipidation motif, which is...fluorescent proteins that behave as monomers in mammalian cells include: mTurquoise2, mEGFP, mNeonGreen,...therefore consisted of glycines, serines and other small, non-aliphatic amino acids. However, long linkers...
  11. Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods

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    March 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Methods 2009; 6, 343-345. PubMed PMID: 19363495. 2. Wang JW, Wang A, Li K, Wang B, Jin S, Reiser M, Lockey...assembly order of the fragments as compared to the smaller overlapping sequences left with a restriction digest...incubation times, or the ability to accommodate smaller fragments. Know your cloning methods There are ...
  12. A Control for All Seasons

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    Oct. 5, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...as the protocol remains the same.    Figure 2: Microscopy-based antibody experiments should include...antibody is replaced with pre-immune serum from the animal the antibody was produced in or an isotype-matched...primary antibody is incubated with its antigen or a small epitope-containing peptide to block the antigen-...
  13. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... from damage (Abe & Lim, 2024).    Figure 2: A) When proteins (blue) interact with the air-water...adding Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins, small proteins that naturally adsorb to the AWI, can protect...RvLEAMshort here!    Abe, K. M., & Lim, C. J. (2024). Small LEA proteins as an effective air-water interface...editing to rescue a genetic disease phenotype in an animal model. Find PE-eVLP plasmids here! The lab’s other...Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases and...variants, including a “miniCRISPR” version, are much smaller proteins than SpyCas9, allowing them to be packaged...types in the nervous system By Ashley Waldron The mammalian nervous system is composed of myriad cell types...
  14. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    Sept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...improvement in muscle physiological performance.  2. Trans-splicing Overview: For trans-plicing, splice...vector like AAV? By breaking the transgene into smaller pieces. Reassembly of fragmented genomes is the...lower than expression of wild-type dystrophin in normal muscles, mice treated with the overlapping split...and acceptor sequences were tested and with the optimal sequences, the group achieved ~80% of muscle cells...application (Trapani et al., 2015).  Expression of smaller fragments of the transgene have been seen with ...
  15. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    Jan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Single-chain variable fragment (ScFv) Figure 2: Comparison between the IgG antibody and scFv. ...antibodies are derived from animals, such as rabbits or goats; the animals are injected with the antigen...of the target protein: instead, it recognizes a small portion of the protein, known as an epitope. Epitopes...recognize. This triggers an immune response within the animal, and its B cells will churn out antibodies against...injected protein. Several weeks later, blood from the animal is drawn and the antibodies are extracted. These...multiple epitopes on the protein. However, each animal will make antibodies against different protein ...by fusing B cells that have been extracted from animals injected with protein antigen to myeloma cells....
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...become a valuable asset yourself.     Fig 2: A diagram of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model, courtesy...Substantive conflict occurs when people or teams who normally get along well with each other disagree about ...
  17. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    May 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...signal separately for each target.   Figure 2: Examples of simultaneous multiplex IF labeling of... frozen or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, methanol- or paraformaldehyde-fixed cell...
  18. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...module_attribute "schema_version" is_json="true" %}{% raw %}2{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...the TSS but you can worry less about sequence optimality because you generally have fewer sequences to...dramatically when the cut site is >30nt from the proximal ends of the repair template (Yang et al., 2013...have a dozen or so gRNAs to choose from in the optimal location. It is also important to have good information...there are fewer gRNA to choose from, and thus an optimal sequence may not be available. Predicting gRNA ...explanation of our CRISPR resources. He really likes small RNAs.     References Anzalone AV, Koblan LW, Liu... L, Guell M, Byrne S, Yang JL, De Los Angeles A, Mali P, Aach J, Kim-Kiselak C, Briggs AW, Rios X, Huang...
  19. 9 tips for a successful postdoctoral experience

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    Oct. 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m.
    ...ask new and interesting questions in your own lab. 2. Seek multiple mentors during your postdoc At the ... will be able to provide letters of reference, informal recommendations, more positive grant application... not know.... 6. Go to science meetings big and small Meetings give you and your research exposure. Use...Eat well- a diet rich in vegetables, foods with minimal processing, and low in empty calories will make...
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