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  1. Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs

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    March 14, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...vector-exosomes), exosome AAVs, or exo-AAVs (Figure 1). The researchers discovered that these particles ...the classical purification protocol involving iodixanol gradients. The current purification protocols for...particles accumulate inside the producer cells and purification protocols often describe a process that begins...lysis to release AAV particles with subsequent purification steps. It’s also possible for AAV vectors to... This is particularly useful for therapeutic applications in vivo where endogenous anti-AAV antibodies...Adrienn, et al. "Virus vector-mediated genetic modification of brain tumor stromal cells after intravenous...
  2. From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD

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    Jan. 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...pitfalls? Here's what you need to know.   Figure 1: Management can seem a mystery at first! Image used...cohesive team environment. Neglecting communication skillsClear communication is the backbone of effective management...management. Miscommunication often arises when managers fail to set expectations or provide timely feedback...firsthand when it took me some time to adapt to the communication style of a new, junior team member who had values...and leveraging tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or DISC assessments can help you navigate team...
  3. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    April 18, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...the guides are relatively unstable.   Figure 1: CRISPRainbow labeling. Two MS2, PP7, or boxB sequences...The catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) is well known for its ability to bind DNA targets without...has been widely adapted for a wide variety of applications: base editing, CRISPR activation and inhibition... (B) CRISPR-Sirius used to visualize relative locations of the subtelomeric region of the pericentromeric...al. “CRISPR-Sirius: RNA scaffolds for signal amplification in genome imaging.” Nature Methods 15 (2018)...
  4. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    Jan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...as an endogenous RNA imaging tool.   Fig. 1: Csm, shRNA, and Cas13 were compared head-to-head ...antibodies may just not perform as well in one application as another, so it is always best to have options...for mEGFP-HRas (from Plasmid 18662). See the Applications section on the Anti-GFP [N86/8R] page for more...fluorescent proteins (FPs) necessary for many of these applications have lagged. Fixation, chemical staining, and...well-suited for the demands of advanced microscopy applications such as super resolution, electron, and expansion...
  5. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    July 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... genes with a single viral vector.   Fig. 1: Schematic of multiplex gene editing with DAP array...packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex CRISPR screening.   Using tRNAs...multiplex genome engineering of crops or allow for sophisticated CRISPR screenings that would perturb the unprecedented...and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA sequences must be avoided...construct DAP array for multiplex gene editing applications, we provide detailed manual and online design...
  6. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    Nov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...databases, EENdb (published 1 Jan 2013, no longer available), is a simple catalogue of reported sgRNA designs...follow him on Twitter @CMacPhD.          References  1. Ghorbal, Mehdi, et al. "Genome editing in the human...into this category describe how the user is expected to interact with the software. This category is important... CRISPR software submissions. With few prior publications to go on, a submitted manuscript could only ... solutions that facilitate most experimental applications in CRISPR engineering. When compared to that...easy to fault the lack of features in a single application. The question is then, should we use all tools...novo sgRNA design, I again separate it into two categories. On the one hand we have software tools that ...
  7. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    June 6, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
    ...settings with experimental samples. Figure 1: Example flow plots for a single color control. A)...ll need a few controls specific to flow as an application. These controls will allow you to distinguish...commercial antibody pages. Flow cytometry can be a complicated and daunting process. Controls like single color...
  8. Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening

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    June 4, 2015, 1:03 p.m.
    ...and also by a lactose analogue, IPTG (isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside). (To be completely accurate...insert. All colonies on this plate should be blue, indicating that your IPTG and x-gal are working as they ...of false positives: Blue-white screening only indicates the presence of AN insert, not necessarily YOUR...
  9. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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    Feb. 4, 2014, 3:50 p.m.
    ...Networking 101-Building Relationships for Success”. Choose 1-2 tactics to try. One of my favorites is making the...great way to get started with mentoring. Read this Catalyst Report “Making Mentoring Work” to learn about ...tapping into it and helping make it work by being an educated mentee. Other opportunities: Try virtual mentoring...
  10. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...usually 1-3 of the first 3 bps are modified) for optimal stability and efficacy.    Base modifications What...switches. Stabilizing gRNA modifications  Sugar phosphate backbone modifications The recognition sequence...phosphorothioates with 2’-O-methyl modifications, proved more stability than just one modification alone (Hendel, et al...ordered as synthesis modifications when purchasing your gRNA. Pro tip: modifications are typically incorporated...stabilizing modifications listed above were developed before CRISPR-Cas9, for use in applications like siRNA...worrying about the status of your RNA. gRNAs modifications are even going beyond stability, adding color...cellular RNA molecules with post translational modifications. One of the most common of these is 2’-O-methylation...
  11. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    Aug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...medRxiv.org) in the past few years.   Figure 1: Stand aside, CERN — it's a new age of accelerating...their CV or grant applications. A number of organizations (such as ASAPbio) advocate for preprints, and...the most important part of your research is communicating the results of the work. Yes, those control ...any impact! There are lots of ways scientists communicate with each other: from formal mechanisms like ...poster or talk, or submitting patent or grant applications; to informal settings like lab meetings, social...of the most significant shifts in scientific communication is the rising use of preprints, or scientific...publishing in a journal.  Accelerating scientific communication Preprints have been common in fields like math...
  12. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    March 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...antibody that doesn't work for your application.      Fig. 1: Antibody Selection Flow Chart  ...your specific application. Consider also that there may be variations within an application. Take immunohistochemistry...website highlights a variation of your application, a publication successfully used it in a similar way...choosing an appropriate antibody first look at the application-specific data provided on the manufacturer’s ... a linear antigen tend to work very well for applications that denature a protein to its primary (linear...the most similar to yours. Take a look at the publications cited on the manufacturer’s website, which may...plan to. To secondary or not to secondary?  The application will also determine whether you should use an...
  13. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
    ...techniques?  Let us know in the comments! References 1. Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. I. ...recombinase catalyzes the site specific recombination event between two loxP sites, which can be located either...maintained).  Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a translocation event is generated...important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic resistance markers...creating (excuse the pun) specific, targeted DNA modifications in transgenic animals, embryonic stem cells,...proteins or co-factors, thus allowing for broad applications in a variety of experiments. LoxP (locus of ...and the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur...
  14. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    Jan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m.
    ... contact her at [email protected]. References 1. Dieterich, Daniela C., et al. "In situ visualization...This application of AHA labeling is known as fluorescence noncanonical amino acid tagging (FUNCAT, Dieterich...experiments. Visualizing newly synthesized proteins with FUNCAT Professor Schuman’s technique applies metabolic...the whole de novo synthesized proteome. However, FUNCAT alone cannot be used to determine the turnover ...specific protein. Professor Schuman’s lab showed that FUNCAT’s usefulness can be extended to determine the turnover...ligation assay (PLA). The clever combination of FUNCAT and PLA PLA was originally published by the Söderberg...DNA strands take part in rolling circle DNA amplification. The amplified DNA segment is labeled with fluorescent...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...efficiently with adenovirus and AAV.   Table 1: Types of viruses and their features Choosing ...injections, or the location of a specific cell type doesn’t always lend itself to direct application of virus. ...addition of a helper virus or plasmid allows it to replicate episomally, essentially remaining an extrachromosomal...extrachromosomal part of the host genome that can replicate and divide along with the endogenous DNA. AAV also...gamma-retro viruses. This is large enough for many applications, but in some cases multiple AAVs (co-infection...and AAV. If you’re wondering more about what applications these viruses are good for, we have plenty of...Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery: Potential Applications for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies in the New...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    July 25, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...guide outlines these components.     Fig. 1 - Viral vector components of retrovirus  Adeno-associated...ITRs serve as a type of origin of replication to initiate replication of the dsDNA virus. Viral packaging...plasmid while the other plasmids with packaging or replication components are called helper plasmids. Below,... production, they can be helpful for certain applications and aid in ease of use. Our lentiviral guide...AAV are rep and cap. Rep is required for viral replication and also aids in infrequent genome integration...a helper plasmid and mediate efficient viral replication. More information on these viral genes is available...particles. E2A/E2B are responsible for viral replication, with E2B being the primary viral polymerase....
  17. GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible

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    June 15, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...non-canonical amino acid at the site of interest (figure 1). While the codon used is often one of the three stop... its function, mimic a biologically relevant modification, or add in fluorescent or chemically reactive...function relationships or, in more practical applications, allow a protein to be more effectively used... you do to any number of experiments with. The catch The rapid expansion of GCE led to the creation of... of many new tools and potential applications. But this focus on development, along with the inherent ...’t give it a try. Optimization Why is GCE so complicated? Well, while the techniques are straightforward...ligation through introducing ncAAs with protein modifications of interest or any of a huge variety of ncAAs...
  18. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    Feb. 2, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...advice below:  1. Eligibility check Scrutinize every opportunity prior to starting an application to assess...your application a whole week before the deadline. The day of submission, review your application with... their dream.  To help students focus on the application process, and simplify access to academic resources... detailed. Beyond the resume, a cover letter communicates your interest in a specific program, and institution...February represent peak season for internship applications. Thus these noble individuals are inundated ... with a stellar letter of support.        5. Application submission  Set a calendar reminder for every...about outreach among low-income communities to educate parents about resources that can help their children...
  19. A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management

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    Nov. 24, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...PM--Catch up. Finish any communications with my UK team members before they log off for the day. 1:45 ...getting to talk to so many different people! I communicate with customers, software developers, as well ...from interacting with others, and have strong communication skills to tailor your message to any type of... to solve is clear, but the solution is more complicated. You’ll need to be creative to be able to work...team in the UK is five hours ahead, so I’m always catching up in the morning! 9:00 AM--Technical implementation...out. 4:00 PM--Respond to customer help tickets. Catch up on customer help tickets, and respond when I ...technology, software, and science. She loves to advocate for the customer and help build software and technology...
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