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TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m....Find plasmids for blue-white screening at Addgene! Some bacterial strains contain lacZ in their genome, ...sequencing primers in our Molecular Biology Reference. Sometimes common primers can't provide all of the information...
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The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2020, 2:15 p.m.... difficult to replicate. Unclear methods Until someone attempts to replicate the results of another’s ...original research finding we can be more certain that some important, previously unknown variable actually ... -
Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2019, 12:41 p.m....travels through a host organism, the expression of some genes can change depending on the location. Current...reporters have limited deep-tissue performance, and sometimes require an alternative such as a radioactive tracer... -
Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m....RNA sequence (in this case, norovirus RNA), the ribosome binding site is inaccessible. When the target ...however, it binds to the switch and exposes its ribosome binding site, allowing for the gene on the toehold... -
Antibodies 101: Isotypes
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 19, 2021, 1:15 p.m....constant domains, and the hinge region length. Now for some essential isotype nomenclature. Antibody heavy chain... the lower-case Greek letters μ, δ, γ, ε, and α. Some isotypes have different versions or subclasses that... -
Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m....adjusted voltage and compensated your colors. Here are some good practice tips on adjusting voltage: During ...would be shifted to the right in comparison, say somewhere between a 104–105 signal intensity. If your samples... -
Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m....number of emerging viral applications and give you some recommendations for putting viruses to work. Viral...targeting an exon in your gene of interest, for example. Some customization is required, but many viral constructs... -
Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 6, 2024, 1:50 p.m.... gating your target population (b). There is some debate in the literature as to when you need isotype...them to gate our populations, but others do not. Some journals require isotype controls, while others ... -
How Addgene Creates Content
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 17, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... should be included and what basic information someone new to antibodies might need to successfully start...separate from the author, and a second review from someone less familiar with the subject for clarity. Our... -
GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2021, 2:15 p.m....activate many GPCRs are still unknown. To identify some of these unknown ligands and their GPCR binding ...off-target effects thus scientists then modified some GPCRs further to respond to specific, pharmacologically-inert... -
Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 5, 2019, 1:28 p.m....we will focus on the most recent advances and how some of these variants may be appropriate for your specific...these off-target effects can be genome-wide and, in some cases, difficult to determine, the potential for... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m....a lot of space and don’t tell you why you did something or what the result was, so try not to do this.... that I try to follow in my own research. Again, some of this may not apply or may not work for you. The... -
Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m....abilities to turn genes on and off,” he said. “Some are strong and some more moderate; there is an allelic series... -
3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 22, 2014, 5:46 p.m....like a lot of specialized science, these tools sometimes have limited distribution. We hope that will change...navigate when mapping out a new project. We’ve shared some of the concerns that Revolution Bio had to address... -
Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 10, 2014, 7:17 p.m....explained that the data must be reproducible by someone else. Second, "an entrepreneur must be OK with ...importantly, “the company does not become real until someone takes the risk full-time and abandons all safety... -
Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m.... a homologous template provided by the sister chromosome. As cells take those two ends and put them back...there is a possibility of introducing a mutation somewhere else in the genome. It remains to be seen which... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....individuals with similar ideas to actually do something about it. Building a diverse team with different... industry partners, not the other way around. Sometimes, due to misconceptions and stereotypes, solving... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m....order aggregates. This property can be tolerated in some applications (e.g. labeling of cells or tracking...uploading it as a preprint, or documenting it in some other way. Besides the data, new plasmids and/or... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m....light. Any fluorescent molecule will photobleach at some point. For live-cell imaging, it is desirable to...different ways. We describe a number of issues with some of the experimental designs used to make these measurements... -
Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m....strains ultimately perform the same function, there is some evidence that ccdB Survival™ can be more difficult...plasmid CcdB protein involves poisoning of DNA-topoisomerase II complexes.” J Mol Biol. 1992 Aug 5;226(3)...