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  1. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    Nov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m.
    ...as “sample,” “material,” “item,” and “format” all received formal definitions in our lexicon. We created...container, when applicable Any other relevant information Prescribing an official name to all of our plates...
  2. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    June 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
    ...relevant host biomarkers. The lab validated their platform on clinical stool samples by comparison to qPCR...Gilliamella apicoli. The plasmids could also be transformed into Alphaproteobacteira, Betaproteobacteria,... al. "A low-cost paper-based synthetic biology platform for analyzing gut microbiota and host biomarkers...
  3. Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools

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    April 23, 2018, 2 p.m.
    ...control of gene expression, Aranda-Díaz et al transformed yeast with both a GAL4/estradiol controlled transcription...factor. They then induced cultures of these transformants with various concentrations of estradiol and...factors 1 and 2. See Aranda-Díaz et al. for more information. The El-Samad lab predicts that this level of...
  4. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    Jan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
    ...very interesting talk by Prof. Erin M Schuman, a former Caltech researcher, now Director at the Max Planck... from them at the MPI in Frankfurt am Main and perform similar experiments. Visualizing newly synthesized...provides both quantitative and spatio-temporal information about the turnover of specific endogenous proteins...
  5. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...methods where binding relies on a specific protein conformation, the polyhistidine-metal ion interaction is ...this one developed by Dr. James Trimmer’s lab, to perform assays that they otherwise would not be able to...polyhistidine tags. For more antibody-related information, sign up to receive alerts for antibody posts...
  6. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    July 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...immunogen. A different type of purification can be performed to isolate antibodies only recognizing your protein...steps keep the cost low compared to other antibody formats. This low barrier to entry makes polyclonal antibodies... detect a protein in low abundance or whose conformational state may change. If your protein might become...
  7. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    March 19, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
    ...the LOV2 domain unfold, disrupting the protein conformation and thus, inhibiting function of Acr. This allows...photoswitchable proteins, which change in protein conformation in response to light, offers a way to spatially...of the photoswitchable cPYP, which changes in conformation in response to blue light (445nm). The discovery...
  8. Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning

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    Dec. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...gene in frame with an MCS. E. coli that were transformed with the empty vectors expressed the ccdB gene...applications. While these two strains ultimately perform the same function, there is some evidence that ...that ccdB Survival™ can be more difficult to transform, depending upon the specific plasmids being used. ...
  9. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    March 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cloning strategy designed by synthetic biologists to perform large scale, one-tube cloning reactions. In this...used to assemble multigene constructs capable of performing production and subsequent necessary modification... them to these organisms via another optimized platform. Gene Stacking As the name implies, gene stacking...
  10. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    June 25, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the six months of my co-op, I have conducted informational interviews with nine Addgenies. There are a ...interested to learn more when I was introduced to bioinformatics in the previous programs. I thought, ‘Let me...flexibility and be up to date with the current world. Bioinformatics it is.’” Though she misses the bench, the change...
  11. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    July 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...CeNGEN is planned for August 15th, 2019. For more information about the aims and approach of CeNGEN, check ... C. elegans. This database provides detailed information about C. elegans 3’UTRs structures, alternative...PMC3531189. Mangone, Marco, et al. "UTRome. org: a platform for 3′ UTR biology in C. elegans." Nucleic acids...
  12. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    Aug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...packaging systems were designed to prevent the formation of replication competent lentivirus (RCL). Replication...requires the viral transactivator, Tat. For more information on the different generations of lentiviral packaging...to obtain the best titer possible. While this information provides a great starting point, it may not translate...
  13. Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells

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    March 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... containing the active promoters at Addgene. Performance of synthetic promoter AAVs in mice All of these...promoter plasmids! Comparing synthetic promoters performance in mouse, monkey, and human retinas Next, the...in monkey and human retinas. By comparing the performance of promoters across these three species, the ...
  14. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    Sept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...symposium includes a panel discussion and keynote by former congressman and CEO of the American Association...bootcamp” for a focused group of participants. More information can be found at http://futureofresearch.org/advocating-for-science-boston...symposium will culminate with a keynote address by former congressman and CEO of the American Association...
  15. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    Nov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
    ...understanding the differences can help you make an informed decision. Mammalian cells Mammalian cells are ...Ararat, M., & Graham, F. L. (2002). Preferential transformation of human neuronal cells by human adenoviruses... S., & Ng, S. K. (2021). HEK293 cell line as a platform to produce recombinant proteins and viral vectors...
  16. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    June 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...thousands of designs in parallel. To do this, we performed high-throughput ‘self-targeting’ screens with ...PRIDICT2.0 score. For the best prime editing performance, we suggest that users select some of the best...learning–based model with high generalization performance. Science Advances, 5(11), eaax9249. https://doi.org...
  17. Academic vs. Industry Postdocs

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    Nov. 13, 2018, 1:22 p.m.
    ...project will not involve proprietary compounds or information. Where publication is expected, the process is...ensure that it does not divulge any propriety information. Working as a team: Industry is all about teamwork...at once. Many companies will hire a postdoc to perform a specific project, while others will hire a group...
  18. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    Aug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...consider Gibson cloning. In this technique, you first perform a round of PCR to generate DNA fragments with 15...your insert, DpnI digest away the templates, and transform the PCR products into E. coli. Ligases within ...available cloning kits that one could choose from to perform these experiments. In most cases, there will be...
  19. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...submitted was hilarious, full of interesting information, and received a lot of attention on social media...Museum and others when I was trying to find local informal science educators, and ever since, the State Museum...the network I built during graduate school is my informal advisory board. Although my goals may not have...
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