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TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m....cleaves a substrate, which will then form a blue precipitate. GUS is usually the first choice for establishing...transformation success. Luciferases are great quantitative reporters and use a substrate to produce bioluminescence...
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New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m....calmodulin-dependent kinase II alpha (aCaMKII; excitatory neurons) and Synapsin-1 (pan-neuronal) promoters...cell types (microglia are a notable exception) necessitates such molecular gymnastics for sensitive applications... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m....structures in 10 closely related yeast strains. Adaptation to changing conditions - Organisms often need...sometimes (but not always) be noted in in the “mutation” field on the plasmid page (see plasmid 87904 ... -
Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m....were designed to target genomic sites with no annotated function, i.e. sites that lack open chromatin ...safe-targeting guides, which target genomic sites with no annotated function. In the growth screen, safe-targeting... -
Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m....amount of marker that is present, which would be annotated like so: CD14high or CD14low. Don’t be intimated...liver and kidney recipients. World Journal of Transplantation, 8, 23–37. https://doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v8.i1.23... -
CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... E. coli B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella citrea, with a total of 70 sites edited. We optimized...strain library with different gene dosages to facilitate swift optimization of strains. Multiple induction... -
5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m....definitely glad we did - you can see some of the stats from the AMA to the right - the Reddit community...r/Science has a great team of moderators who facilitated scheduling, filtered out inflammatory questions... -
Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m....storage may be a bit dubious due to lack of documentation and high turn-over of lab personnel. If you ...These binding events can be impaired by the electrostatic repulsion of the negatively charged cell with... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m....the architecture of my cells,” or “How does this mutation impact the types of cells found in my tissue.”...are using secondaries with fluorophores whose excitation/emission spectra do not overlap. Multiplexed ... -
Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m....Nature report from researchers at Amgen, it was stated that only 11% of the academic research in the literature...with them including reports and protocols. To facilitate this, some ELNs allow you to invite people and... -
Plasmids 101: Biotinylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.... in the lab are protein purification and immunoprecipitation experiments. Biotinylated proteins or complexes...non-selectively label DNA and RNA. Photobiotin acetate consists of a biotin molecule attached to a photoreactive... -
Filming Science Videos in the Age of Social Distancing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m....zoom on a camera lens without having to physically rotate the rings around the lens. It allowed me to focus... 4). Learn: This works great for on-camera presentations and interviews. But how can I adapt this setup... -
CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Medicago truncatula and several crop species including potato, corn, tomato, wheat, mushroom, and rice (Khatodia...Lew TTS, Sweeney CJ, Koman VB, Wong MH, Bohmert-Tatarev K, Snell KD, Seo JS, Chua N-H, Strano MS (2019)... -
Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2025, 2:15 p.m....AAV receptor (AAVR)2 Laminin receptor (LR)3 Putative integrin3 AAV11 Carboxypeptidase D (CPD).... (2006). Α2,3 and α2,6 N-Linked Sialic Acids Facilitate Efficient Binding and Transduction by Adeno-Associated... -
Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... signal from low abundance targets. Analysis/Presentation Once you’ve captured your images, various software...each cell. When making figures for a paper or presentation, make sure the images are accessible to all ... -
Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2023, 2:15 p.m....the transformed bacterial culture into the late stationary phase. Growing the culture at a lower temperature...low metabolic burden seed-stock and fed-batch fermentation processes. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2009 Aug 15;103... -
A Guide to Getting Started in Undergrad Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2021, 1:15 p.m....project to earn a degree "Rotation student" - some PhD programs have students rotate through a few labs, ~... -
Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....gene is also useful in case the gene has a weird mutation that you didn’t know about (which could affect...theory you could use densitometric analysis to quantitate the intensity of the bands on your gel and get... -
Typing CRISPR Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 18, 2025, 1:15 p.m....resembles cas10. All type IV subtypes are missing adaptation genes, Cas1 and Cas2, which are critical for ... become the most engineered Cas enzyme, with adaptations for increased fidelity, activation/repression... -
Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 11, 2017, 2:30 p.m....cells used and the readout, this could be a major limitation. An alternative to the full genome CRISPR screen...PhD student. In particular, one slide of the presentation made a lasting impression on me. The slide showed...