...experiment. (And you’re certainly not alone – we’re all looking for high-quality antibodies and reagents that work...and sorting. Reference images can be viewed by clicking on the links in the "Agree" and "Disagree" columns...associated metadata adapted from the Affinity Reagent Working Group of the Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (...community when designing the IBEX Knowledge-Base, seeking to create an iterative process that is constantly...

...excited to finally share with you what we’ve been working on behind the scenes here at Addgene.  Addgene's...messaging, as well as simplifying the page, and making it all look clean and easy to use.  Easily search...global navigation and menus over the past year, making it much easier to get around our site.  Community...smile, but occasionally you might notice Blugene looking sad, especially if an experiment doesn’t go as ...

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...,” said Addgene’s Lianna Swanson, who has been working with members of Davidson's lab to coordinate the...For more information on choosing a backbone and making fusions, see this blog post from Joachim Goedhart...Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection.  mEmerald plasmids and many... many more! Baird has a helpful tip for anyone looking to peruse the collection without getting overwhelmed...

...paper they’re reading has been linked in a ReFigure making it easy for others to discover your insights on...researcher Christa Osuna collated Zika case studies, making a meta analysis available to the community on ReFigure...PubMed Central, eLife, PLOS and Figshare but we are working on expanding our reach. We can’t save you the hard...career researcher and cofounded ReFigure with Joe Akin. She envisions a world where the impact of teaching...

...faster kinetics. The opsin ChETA, for example, is a ChR2 opsin mutated to have faster off kinetics and allow...set of tools therefore depends on what you are looking to study. Figure 1: A schematic showing the...receptors in the brain. One way to address this is by working with organisms with light accessible brains, such...

...and you are smart, you can be a good manager. The kind of smarts and the type of skills that it takes to... from being included in organizational decision-making. It is imperative that employees are thanked for...manager keeps these factors in mind at all times when making decisions, assignments and polices. Sometimes the...priorities for advancement in science Have their own working schedules and may not necessarily be comfortable...

...persuing milestones and working hard. Being patient, being selective, and talking to peers and mentors will...with the current technology to identify a problem, asking what approach will I take and what can I learn,... Dr. George Church (Harvard Medical School) for taking the time to speak with us about adding new scientists...

...features provide extra layers of risk management when working with viral vectors. Typically, one day after transfection...particles are secreted into the cellular media, making viral collection fairly easy. Producer cell media...transfect’ cells lines are amenable to transduction, making it a logical choice for efficiency. Where viruses...with alternative methods. Ready, set, transduce! Making virus can sound daunting, but it is easier than...

...immunohistochemistry images that are crisp, bright, and lacking in non-specific staining can be a challenge in ... mixing your primary and secondary antibodies, blocking excess secondary with serum from the same species...problem.  Pre-block with Fab fragments (Figure 2C) Speaking of Fab fragments… Another strategy for species-on-species...0022155413511620  Lu QL, Partridge TA (1998). A New Blocking Method for Application of Murine Monoclonal Antibody...