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...available at Addgene, also gives the option to stack several expression cassettes onto a single T-DNA in subsequent...rounds, dramatically reducing the time required to generate multi-construct transgenic plants. In the most...choice, BsaI, which can be very sensitive to temperature fluctuations. He says their lab learned the hard...into the public domain in the process. “We had several motivations for making GreenGate available through...

...towards the objective is collected and focused onto a camera for visualization. Illuminating a sample in the...is excited at one time and captured in a single camera exposure. This is much faster than relying on raster...fast, sensitive detector such as a scientific CMOS camera. If plasma membrane dynamics are the main focus... excitation occurs through the fluorophore’s interaction with an evanescent energy field. Lightsheet microscopes... to a higher photon flux via the more efficient camera detector and lack of a light-reducing pinhole. ...

...s how science progresses after all, with each generation of scientists standing on the shoulders of their...Technology Policy issued a memorandum calling on Federal agencies with over $100 million in annual R&D expenditures...support increased public access to the results of federally-funded research. 2)      In June, the White House...Bohannon published an article describing a sting operation in which he submitted a phony paper to a list ...

...then formulate a plan to further develop your transferable skills and reach your career goals.      Although...subject matter discussed at the meeting, but the overall tone of the meeting is almost more important. As...Wunderlich Z, Estrada J, Park J, Bragdon MD, Lopez Rivera F, Biette KM, DePace AH. Mol Cell. 2015 Jun 4;58... What Makes a Good Manager Anyway Developing Transferable Skills During Science Training ...

... the interactive photo graffiti wall. I had a lot of fun playing the prototype of an interactive game ...about her grandfather’s humble beginnings as an operator of a printing press. Just as her grandfather used...the newspaper, Addgene uses E. coli bacteria to generate copies of plasmids. The community of scientists...

...opportunities, protocols, publications, and more to accelerate the pace of research into COVID-19. While this...opportunities, and community response initiatives. Accelerate the translational impact of research Universities...important for creating research synergies and accelerating the translational impact of research activities...Alliance at the CCRP2. Other groups have focused on iterating on methods for coronavirus research, sharing resources...

...from the standard UAS/GAL4 system is toxic to proliferating cells. A Cre-estrogen receptor ligand binding...about new recombinases suitable for this system. Gerald Rubin’s lab sought to make complex genome modifications...specific recombination site for each enzyme, were generated to test recombination efficiency. When expressed...PubMed. Reduction of Cre recombinase toxicity in proliferating Drosophila cells by estrogen-dependent activity...

...and Dr. Paul Stoffels from J&J. The panel was moderated by a non-scientist from Bloomberg news. Given ...who shared first authorship on their seminal, cooperative paper in Science.  Interestingly, this project...finding they have been able to use CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice with genes knocked out in the insulin signaling..., open academic exploration in this area will accelerate the launch of clinical applications. During ...

... brand new Europe office located in London and operated in collaboration with LGC Standards. And now you... VII. During my years in research, I developed several new plasmids, including: plasmids to study the ...and shared by others to develop an anti-tumour therapy using antibodies targeting dendritic cells. These...sharing those ideas with others. This love of interacting with people and talking about science makes her...

...blot and immunofluorescence. GST  Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) is a 26 kDa tag which can be isolated with...Purification of His fusion proteins from E. coli is generally more straightforward and of a higher purity than...washing. Nonetheless, this tag can be purified with several different resin types and is a fairly small tag...and other qualities of each tag class, they are generally best suited for their primary application. Ready...

...cell line collections websites and catalogues Literature searches utilizing Google Scholar alerts and ...feature to know if your lines may be especially vulnerable can be very informative. Spoiler alert: HeLa ...information on the known features and relevant literature, or to decide which line is best for your experiments...Josef Reischig.  Contributing to Cellosaurus Generated a new cell? Or finding errors in the available...

...behaviors. Scientists continue to engineer opsins to operate at increasingly faster kinetics. The opsin ChETA...body. Administering the drug once can result in several hours of neuronal excitation or inhibition. This...sustained activation period is beneficial for use in therapeutic or behavioral applications where drawn out effects... by Designer Drugs): Chemogenetic Tools with Therapeutic Utility. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology...

...of time, especially at room temperature or at 4°C. Storing DNA: temperature and longevity You should consider...molecular biology like restriction enzymes and polymerases. In the situation where you need to use plasmid...Plasmid DNA can be stable at 4°C or even room temperature for a short period, and there are indications...

...escape reflex. These traits, coupled with short generation times and high fecundity, make zebrafish ideal...lights (Baier et al., 2009).  Zebrafish behaviors Several behavioral assays can be done on zebrafish at 5...neurons that trigger the CPG (central pattern generator) (Wyart et al., 2009). The CPG is a neural circuit...circuit involved in locomotion that generates periodic motor commands for rhythmic movements like spontaneous...

...receptor ACVR1. ACVR1 triggers appropriate bone regeneration in healthy patients. However, the R206H mutation...including Activin A. A commercially developed therapeutic antibody that binds Activin A and interferes ...interferes with inappropriate activin-ACVR1 interactions prevents FOP bone growth in mouse models. As this biologic...experience is in both vaccine subunit design and therapeutic biologic design (ADCs) along with pre-clinical...

...the the University of Cambridge and within the general public. The society organises talks by prominent...graduate students, postdocs, faculty members, and the general public. Chemical Society in University College ...studying to earn a PhD. The society encourages interactions between undergraduates and PhD students so that...develop a range of talks for both students and the general public, career events, and networking meetups. ...

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...study which can be accessed here at bioRxiv. AAV2 interacts with the packaging cell's cell membrane When packaging...blocked following sucrose treatment. Moreover, several reports have shown that cells treated with sucrose...    Despite observing a positive effect on our overall yield, we were unable to demonstrate that these...-associated virus manufacturing." Human gene therapy21.10 (2010): 1251-1257. PMID: 20649475. PubMed Central...