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  1. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    June 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
    ...until it is triggered to enter the lytic cycle.   During both of these life cycles bacterial DNA can be ...in a wild type E. coli (Griffiths et al., 2000). During conjugation, genetic material is transferred from...Guillemin. "Multiple phases of competence occur during the Helicobacter pylori growth cycle." FEMS microbiology...
  2. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    Nov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...approaches can be found. As an example, say you are considering either a cellular screen or a selection. A selection...scene, there are other options which are worth considering. RNAi screens are similar to CRISPR, but instead...temperature sensitive screens. These involve raising or lowering the culture temperature to exacerbate a mutant...
  3. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...creates challenges for in vivo delivery and cell engineering applications. CasMINI, a new miniature CRISPR-Cas... Figure 4: Overview of CasMINI for genome engineering applications. Image from Xiaoshu, et. al. 2021...system opens up new possibilities in both cell engineering and gene therapy.  Xiaoshu X, et al. Molecular...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats

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    Oct. 19, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...an issue as they are thought to be self-repaired during the AAV replication process (Chen et al., 2004)... ITR integrity and prevent unwanted mutations?  During propagation, mutants rapidly replicate in a growth...help to reduce the likelihood of ITR deletions occurring. Check out our blog post for additional tips to...
  5. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    Sept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ends to insert genes into plasmid backbones, base pairing between these ~4 base overhangs isn’t strong enough... be accessible to allow for complementary base pairing, so SLIC can’t be used if the overhangs would have...ligase! This post was originally written by Mary Gearing in December 2015 and was updated by Emily P. Bentley...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...do not require breakdown of the nuclear envelope during cell division to enter the nucleus as gamma-retroviruses...AAV also has multiple serotypes (12 naturally occurring and more synthetic capsids are routinely being...lentivirus, retrovirus, adenovirus, and AAV. If you’re wondering more about what applications these viruses are...
  7. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    June 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m.
    ...terminator. These relatively large cassettes (considering the gRNA itself is ~100 bases) limit the number...examined editing efficiency in intact rice plants, comparing traditional gRNA constructs with PTGs. In PTG ... Mary Gearing...
  8. How to Make Friends and Meet People at a Scientific Conference

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    Aug. 7, 2014, 1:58 p.m.
    ...of experimental problems or questions you are pondering and be ready to talk about them. People love to... to help especially when solving problems.  During the conference The conference may start in the airport...post. Stay in touch by liking, commenting and re-sharing their posts. LinkedIn users notice this sort of...
  9. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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    July 10, 2014, 7:17 p.m.
    ...Sample6, for advice on how to take an idea developed during graduate school and turn it into a biotech company...changed, but Sample6 still leverages the core engineering and scientific concepts to engineer bacteriophages...co-founders raised $6 million. The biggest challenge during this time was learning to communicate effectively...
  10. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    Aug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m.
    ... really, and what new questions does this paper bring up? We’ll sift through the paper to understand what...results in fewer eggs. However, the potentially staggering costs of such a treatment on top of the expense... Mary Gearing...
  11. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    June 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...placing on your audience when you're in the midst of sharing your science - which can drive away even the most... them restate or summarize the concepts you’re covering. Don't show frustration if they're incorrect; ...as people discuss their experiences. If you’re hearing multiple people with similar misconceptions, it...
  12. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    July 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...polyclonal antibodies include any antibodies produced during the immune response.   Polyclonal antibodies...If your protein might become slightly denatured during your experimental protocol, using a polyclonal ... (2019) Antibody Purification and Storage. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2019:pdb.top099101. https://doi.org...
  13. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...within both the synthetic biology and genome engineering fields. We’ll walk you through how to apply this... Engler & Marillonet. Golden Gate and genome engineering In early 2011, the Bogdanove and Voytas groups... Mary Gearing...
  14. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...mining tool, Transcriptomine. We are currently nearing the completion of an 18-month effort to overhaul...identifying plasmids in the research literature and acquiring them in a timely manner. Addgene represents an...an excellent solution to the problem of sharing plasmids, providing researchers with a one-stop shop for...
  15. Engaging with science and society at pgEd

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    Sept. 20, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...disparities. But as the science moves forward at a blistering pace, it is becoming ever more urgent for scientists...ways of collaborating, and to organize events that bring different voices together to talk about genetics...running these events will be important both in preparing you for future work in these areas, and in helping...
  16. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    May 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.
    ...characterized in an unrelated worm (C. elegans) [2]. Delivering dsRNA matching a specific mRNA sequence triggers...and silences its expression. More specifically, during the process of RNAi, an enzyme dubbed Dicer cuts...smaller dsRNA fragments are referred to as small interfering RNAs (siRNA) and they bind to a class of Argonaute...
  17. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...create a successful science blog  5) Get creative – Bring your knacks into play Perhaps writing just isn’t...projects, you can set up a citizen science project. Answering the big science questions around climate change...guest blogger, Sarah Schmidt! Sarah Schmidt is engineering resistance against Fusarium wilt disease in bananas...
  18. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    Jan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m.
    ...publications in the fields of research they support. Monitoring these types of accounts can help you find papers...papers later. Pro tip Learn more about authors by exploring author pages (for example, Melina Fan’s author... Instead, you create your own research feed by entering keywords, concepts, journals, and/or papers of...
  19. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    Aug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m.
    ...faster in the following test and skew results measuring locomotion. Mice may need to be given some time...optional handling animals Experiment Behavioral scoring systems (experimenter differences in behavior observation...of our viral vectors blog posts Find tips for preparing AAVs View our Beginner's Guide to Viral Vectors...
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