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  1. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    July 9, 2019, 12:52 p.m.
    ...students learned something. Based on the initial guidelines I received from the teachers, I formulated the...own wonderful tangents. Some groups asked about vaccines, others were curious about the agricultural repercussions...special thanks to Joanne Marks, Jonathan Marks, and Vanessa Bullard of Chenery Middle School for their tremendous...
  2. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ...adapted for a wide variety of applications - as mutagenesis tools for genetic studies (e.g. using mariner...method of tagmentation for next-gen sequencing pipelines (e.g. using Tn5), and as knock-in tools for human...plasmid (pEffector) expresses all seven required genes and the CRISPR RNA under the same promoter, and ...
  3. Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

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    Jan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
    ...teammates want to be assured that you will contribute openness, clarity, approachability, and professionalism...you can learn more about possible strengths and weaknesses, and view everything as a learning experience... weaknesses...
  4. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    Oct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...hybrid system (also called the interaction trap), genes encoding proteins of interest(POI’s) are fused to...variations, including many that use auxotrophic rescue genes as reporters and some that repress instead of activate... Vectors Read our Blog Post About Tagging Yeast Genes ...
  5. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
    ...sharing information through the use of popular Chinese social media platforms.  As you can imagine, shipping...compare their options for tools such as empty backbones, lentiviral packaging systems, and luciferase ...Plasmids Tetracyline Inducible Plasmids Empty Backbones Bacterial Expression Systems AAV Plasmids ...
  6. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...27, 2020. CRISPR, and specifically Cas9 from S. pyogenes (SpCas9), is truly an exceptional genome engineering...analysis, they identified 53 potential candidate genes that fell into 3 categories based on the architecture... to bind and cleave target RNAs, although its usefulness in bacterial cells will likely be limited by ...
  7. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...(Chen et al., 2018). Both SHERLOCK and DETECTR harness the promiscuous cleavage and degradation of neighboring...ability to cleave non-specific (trans) ssDNA and harnessed this ability to create a DNA detection platform...Kellner MJ, Tan AL, Paul LM, Parham LA, Garcia KF, Barnes KG, Chak B, Mondini A, Nogueira ML, Isern S, Michael...
  8. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ...areas (protected) as opposed to brightly illuminated ones (risky). They also prefer to explore novel environments... (BDNF). BDNF is a small protein involved in neurogenesis, neuronal survival, and synaptic plasticity.... insights into the complex relationship between genes, neurons, and behavior. There are several other ...
  9. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Austrian physician, Andreas Rett, who tried to raise awareness and published his observations in a German medical...global transcriptional regulator of thousands of genes. Studies have suggested roles in transcriptional..., Zoghbi HY (2013) An AT-Hook Domain in MeCP2 Determines the Clinical Course of Rett Syndrome and Related...
  10. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    Feb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
    ...coat! These are the things the rest of the world imagines when they think “scientist.” But leaving the bench...that at a desk, it is much easier to stick to timelines. This is probably because you don't have to worry...transferable skills guide Read blog posts about career readiness Resources at Addgene.org Find careers at Addgene...
  11. Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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    Dec. 13, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...options: Early detection, immunotherapy, and angiogenesis inhibitors New research is also going into two...bevacizumab (Avastin). This drug (known as an angiogenesis inhibitor) prevents the growth of new blood ...asbestos. Nonprofits like the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) are working toward such a ...
  12. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    Sept. 16, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...efficient in human cells on average, but its effectiveness varied depending on the chromosomal location...cell type. Multiple labs worked to improve its effectiveness through directed evolution, introducing mutations...Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9. While the wild-type enzyme requires a PAM...
  13. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    Nov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...signal amplification. Another reason is cost effectiveness. Generating and validating primary antibodies...outcome of your assay. So how do you choose good ones? Choosing a secondary is often much more straightforward...non-fluorescent IHC/ICC assay are similar to the ones you plan to use, then the primary antibody will ...
  14. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    Dec. 6, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... post. Figure 2: iGluSnFR3 displays enhanced brightness, expression, and sensitivity compared with earlier...2P has faster response kinetics and increased brightness, sensitivity, and photostability under two-photon...screen, selected for increased voltage response, brightness, and photostability. It enables sustained deep-tissue...
  15. Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management

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    Dec. 5, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
    ...my days as an undergrad working with cancer cell lines. As I started planning out my own experiments in...when prioritizing, you should always be aware of deadlines and think about what they mean in terms of the...favorite podcasts. JUST GET STARTED - One Harvard Business Review article on procrastination recommends testing...
  16. Antibodies 101: Validation

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    March 24, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...are amenable to genetic manipulation, nor can all genes be easily knocked down or out.   Example: You just...data that convinced you of your antibody’s trustworthiness. You may also consider sharing your validation..., Anderson AP, Cordell JL, Cragg MS, Šerbec VČ, Jones M, Lisnic VJ, Kremer L, Li D, Koch-Nolte F, Pascual...
  17. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
    ... possible in a wide range of organisms and cell lines. In C. elegans, one of the model organisms which...several aspects of editing. First, they devised guidelines for designing single-stranded repair templates...on gene regulation in nematode molting and spermatogenesis. His group also builds tools to improve genome...
  18. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    April 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...amino acid peptide contains a cluster of four cysteines (CCXXCC, where X is any non-cysteine amino acid...the fluorophore’s microenvironment to enhance brightness, stability, or other properties is an active ...find self-labeling fusion proteins or cloning backbones to study your gene of interest with these tools...
  19. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    March 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...transition Base changes between purines (A ↔ G) or between pyrimidines (C ↔ T).   Base transversion  ...conducted a CRISPRi screen to identify endogenous genes that impact CGBE efficiency. In addition to using...
  20. CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors

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    Feb. 13, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...above 30% for a variety of targets in human cell lines, with an average indel frequency of only 1.1%. These...which is significantly more effective at editing cytosines preceded by guanine (Thuronyi et al., 2019). Following... of Tad-CBEs that can precisely target single cytosines in the base editing window, reducing bystander...
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