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  1. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    Aug. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...tethered to bring them into close proximity (Figure 1). Formation of the complete FP results in a fluorescent...detected by fluorescence microscopy. Figure 1: How BiFC works. A split FP (e.g., yellow fluorescent... protein interactions in living cells. Nat Protoc 1:1278–1286. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.201 ...Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET). Through the non-radiative transfer for energy between neighboring...Whether BiFC constructs are expressed transiently by transfection or stably impacts the success of BiFC..., kinase signaling, integrin signaling, and transcription factor interactions (Kerppola, 2006). One of...interactions between basic leucine zipper and Rel transcription factors (Hu et al., 2002). This would be more...
  2. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...microscopic resolution for studying colloidal gold (1).  The method was based on using a thin plane (sheet...Siedentopf, and R,. Zsigmondy.  (1902) Ann. Phys.  315, 1 – 39.
 A. H. Voie, D. H. Burns, F. A. Spelman. (1993...microscopy/en_de/products/imaging-systems/lightsheet-z-1.html ...microscopy coupled with techniques that make tissues transparent are enabling microscopes to visualize the cellular...the cortico spinal tract, CST, spinal cord and cranial nerve afferents labelled with a AAV8 expressing...sectioning (OPFOS) (2). Arne Voie, David Burns and Francis Spelman focused a laser beam into a thin sheet ...of clear specimens and for in vivo imaging of transparent organisms. Advances in tissue clearing Similar...
  3. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    Nov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
    ...centrifugation (lenti) Centrifugation Titration time ~1 day (AAV); ~1 week (lenti) 2–10 days Initial titers Higher...will help you decide which is right for you. Table 1: Mammalian versus insect cells for viral production...only have to worry about cloning your transfer plasmid. The transfer plasmids have different packaging capacities...AAV and lentivirus requires three plasmids — a transfer plasmid containing your gene of interest plus ...in mammalian cells is relatively quick. After transfection, HEK-293T cells start producing virus within...systems, it is standard to do only one passage (transfection). This differs from typical insect cell preparations...an additional couple of days, as it requires transduction of more cells, while AAV can be titrated following...
  4. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2025

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    Aug. 28, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... high brightness and fast maturation time (Figure 1). See the paper for more details on small differences...mGold2t depending on the application. Figure 1: Super-resolution imaging of actin filaments with ...proteins for extended imaging. Nature Communications, 16(1), 3241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58223-5...non-selective anterograde transport to a lack of genetic control. ATLAS (anterograde transsynaptic label based on...of the color spectrum more powerful, the lab of Francois St-Pierre recently developed a pair of new yellow...in other plant species, thanks to the broad host range of TRV. Find TRV-TnpB plasmids here! Weiss, T.,...Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants...
  5. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...’re not one of these people yourself.  Fig 1: Quote from Michael Ende, courtesy of morefamousquotes.com... blog Management for ScientistsTransferable Skills Guide: LeadershipTransferable Skills Guide: Teamwork...the right time. Like many of the posts in our Transferable Skills series, this post is not meant to be ... that you could strengthen. The right set of transferable skills, coupled with your technical skills, ... can help, and if and when you find yourself transferring this skill to another job, it will be important...also aggravate long-term personal conflicts.  Transitioning a conflict into a collaboration may not be the...willing and able to solve, don’t take that skill for granted. When you go on interviews or are looking for a...
  6. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...acceptable. Aims should be mechanistic, doable by 1-3 people in 1-5 years, and contribute to resolving the overarching...possible, do at least two full length practices (~1 h) and get feedback. It’s also helpful to practice...aims do not need to be grant aims. Each aim could be the basis of a single grant. Either way, think realistically...talk could be your plans for your first NIH R01 grant proposal or a 10-year research plan. I suggest preparing...is a significant need for healthy livers for transplants. Growth of new livers in culture could resolve..., neither of these can substitute for a liver transplant. My lab will combine bioengineered scaffolds ... for presenting a science talk Check out our transferable skills guide Read all of our career blog posts...
  7. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1). When behaving properly, FPs enable researchers ... disulfide bonds in the secretory pathway (Figure 1) [4,6–8]. Additionally, FPs that encode N-glycosylation... sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.       References 1. Snapp, Erik. "Design and use of fluorescent fusion...excellent choice for fusions with integral membrane proteins and membrane associated proteins (i.e. GPI-anchored...these compartments undergo significant post-translational modifications including glycosylation, disulfide... addition of N-glycans [9]. Both of these posttranslational modifications can disrupt FP folding rendering...including the secretory pathway (Figure 2), the inner membrane space of mitochondria and chloroplasts, the extracellular...
  8. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ...Recently I learned that Addgene’s pLKO.1 cloning protocol is viewed around 3,000 times each month. I ...on the Addgene website in December 2006, the pLKO.1-TRC cloning vector (deposited by David Root of the...would the thousands of other scientists using pLKO.1 variants learn about those updates? This is a problem...restriction digest of plasmid DNA, and bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources...
  9. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...environments such as live cells and tissues (Figure 1). These flexible strategies give you the best of both...majority of in-cell labeling strategies have two parts: (1) a genetically encoded “tag” expressed as a fusion...Follow him on twitter @rhodamine110.   References 1. Liu, Zhe, Luke D. Lavis, and Eric Betzig. "Imaging...requires more photons. For example, moving from transient overexpression of protein fusions to gene-edited... lipoic acid ligase, biotin ligase, phosphopantetheinyltransferase) – These enzymes catalyze the covalent... tag (Figure 1c). Click chemistry (e.g., transcyclooctene–tetrazine)– Nonnatural amino acids can be ...improved brightness, photostability, and spectral range. Nevertheless, these fluorophores were designed ...
  10. Five Questions to Ask If You're Deciding Between a Master's or PhD Program

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    Feb. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...my master’s, I worked in an academic lab where I ran a handful of assays over and over. Everyday was the...help you decide if a master’s might be for you. 1. Are you interested in master’s-level jobs? Ultimately...your work at conferences, help with manuscript and grant preparation, and lead your own research project....
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