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  1. Advice on Career Paths and the Green Card Process for International Researchers and Entrepreneurs

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 20, 2017, 2:33 p.m.
    ...your own company, work in a bench research career or a non-bench research career such as law, medical/technical...nonprofit entity, or nonprofit research organizations or governmental research organizations. Since there ...Law has seen that research institutions are willing to sponsor postdoctoral researchers for the EB-1B using...part of career development for foreign national researchers and entrepreneurs who are looking to continue...first 3 quarters of 2017. As an international researcher and aspiring entrepreneur, you have many career...complete your Ph.D. or postdoc. Foreign national researchers who require visas, permanent residence or citizenship...aligned with their education/experience, i.e. a research role, for a Ph.D. trained scientist. If the candidate...
  2. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    Blog Post
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    June 11, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
    ...publications. Google Image Search Google image search is a great tool for searching the entire internet for...you can search for images “Labeled for reuse with modification.” Occasionally Google Image Search results...illustrators with input from life scientists. It’s easy to search the collection and drag and drop an icon onto the...graphics. The tools settings let you tailor your search to particular types of images. For example, by ...resources on the Addgene blog Read our Early Career Researcher Toolbox blog post on social media for scientists...
  3. Ghanaian Researchers to Receive Plasmid Awards from Addgene and Seeding Labs

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    Blog Post
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    June 15, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
    ...with Seeding Labs to provide plasmid grants to researchers in developing countries. Today we’re proud to... to use plasmids from Addgene to advance their research. Louis Bengyella Dr. Bengyella’s work has focused... As previously, these awards will be open to researchers who have received equipment through Seeding Labs... Addgene Blog Learn about Plasmid Awards to Researchers Working on Rare Diseases Read About Some of Our... search...
  4. Providing Plasmids to Researchers in Developing Countries: Addgene and Seeding Labs Team Up

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    Blog Post
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    April 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Researchers in developing countries often find themselves on the front lines of emerging global challenges...challenges. However, these same researchers face significant barriers to scientific discovery and career ... see it as part of our mission to enable all researchers and are proud to announce that we are teaming...opportunities and scientific resources available to researchers in developing countries--because scientific talent...supply surplus lab equipment to carefully-screened research and teaching departments at universities around...working with Seeding Labs to award plasmids to research labs that have received Instrumental Access equipment... these plasmids will effectively advance their research. The map below shows all the countries that have...
  5. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    Blog Post
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    March 19, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
    ... team identified Archon1, a novel opsin-based fluorescent voltage indicator. Archon1 can embed itself ...compatible with optogenetic control. The researchers also showed that Archon1 is functional in a wide range of...activity using the fluorescent voltage indicator Archon Article contributed by Shreya Vedantam  Listen ...membrane where cell voltage can then be measured. Archon1 is  bright, exhibits good localization, has high...models such as mice, C.elegans, and Zebrafish. Find Archon1 plasmids at Addgene! Piatkevich KD et al, Nat Chem...
  6. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...inhibition of action potential generation. Archaerhodopsin (Arch) is activated at a similar spectrum as HR...through hydrogen ion efflux; evidence suggests that Arch may more effectively silence neurons than HR. Delivering... the first time in the history of neuroscience research we have a technology that allows us to show causality...discarded but clearly we are in an era of neuroscience research where optogenetics will be a standard tool used...the National Institutes of Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program (NIH-NIDA IRP), with the stated goal of...they can be used is to consult the many primary research papers that have been published at this point....construct using stereotaxic surgery is a neuroscience research technique often used beyond just optogenetics....
  7. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...actuator. In 2012, Adam Cohen's lab presented Archaerhodopsin 3 (Arch) as a new rhodopsin based voltage indicator...potentials. The Cohen lab wished to improve on the Arch indicator and their collaborators in Robert Campbell...five rounds of random mutagenesis on a library of Arch mutants screening for improved brightness. The brightest...indicators: QuasAr1 and QuasAr2 (quality superior to Arch). Both QuasAr1 and QuasAr2 possess mutations for... electrodes. The Cohen lab has made the original Arch indicator (pJMK004), as well as the CheRiff, QuasAr...domain. Feng Zhang's group utilized the bi-lobed architecture of Cas9 to engineer a series of "split" cas9...Chao, Robert Singer, and Anne Ephrussi allows researchers to observe when and where translation occurs ...
  8. Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 10, 2019, 1:58 p.m.
    ...these constructs available at Addgene. These include Arch(D95N) and QuasAr, as well as the eFRET sensors, ...systems for mammalian screens, which enables researchers to maximize the chance of transducing a only ...downstream of the apoB gene. Using this reporter, the researchers explore many aspects of ApoB-LP biology, including...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    Blog Post
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    June 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...concentration gradient, and of activation inhibitory (ArCH) proton pump passing ions against the concentration...blue light-activated cation channel, from the archaebacteria Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. When exposed to ...combination with retinal) variations designed to give researchers flexibility in using optogenetic tools in their...proteins activate their signaling pathways allowing researchers greater control over when and where to activate...
  10. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...based on research that has been published, but many discuss in-progress research, proposed research looking... like ResearchGate, GoogleScholar, Academia, ORCID, and MyScienceWork all help us share research. Open... Article, since the 1980s researchers have been increasingly citing research from outside of their disciplines...support researchers as they try to keep up with the growing amount of interdisciplinary research while ...their own work. Of course not all research has to be influenced by research in other disciplines. But there...video     Video abstracts about research, especially published research, have grown in popularity over ...publishers and researchers have Facebook pages, few share any details about their research itself. Pinterest...
  11. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ... data sources used in research; (2) connectivity to other tools used in research; and (3) connectivity...inter-operability with other research tools and infrastructure in use at research universities not only today...the record of research compiled in the ELN. Without such references the record of research is incomplete... Connectivity to other tools used in research Just as researchers need to access and reference external...used in producing research data, and without access to them, the record of research captured in the ELN...about research that can take place in Slack normally never become part of the permanent research record...for making research data available for public access, review, and query. Gates Open Research and Wellcome...
  12. Scientific Sharing in the Time of COVID-19: Databases and Resources

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    Blog Post
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    May 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...shift towards prioritizing research into this disease. A key reason this research has been able to progress...COVID-19 research? We decided to give it a try, by creating a service for COVID-19 researchers. So far,...translational impact of research Universities have also been stepping up to support COVID-19 research. The new Center...to any researcher studying COVID-19. “Open scientific sharing is important for creating research synergies...impact of research activities. By streamlining the development and accessibility of research resources...on methods for coronavirus research, sharing resources for COVID-19 research in their field including datasets...other research, scientific sharing will remain an extremely important part of the future of research. To...
  13. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    Blog Post
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    July 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of biological research that are often forgotten or ignored. If we wish to conduct research that fails less...gender analysis into research. Why are sex and gender analysis important? Doing research wrong costs lives...experiments—which can lead to failed research. For example, an international research team from Norway and Australia...variable in all NIH-funded research. Janine Clayton, Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health, emphasizes...common worry for researchers wanting to consider sex is cost. Especially in animal research, they worry about...of doing the research correctly from the get go. The future of sex and gender in research There is much...innovation and discovery. Tackling sex and gender in research Governments, universities, and, increasingly, ...
  14. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    Blog Post
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    March 12, 2019, 1:37 p.m.
    ...proposal or a 10-year research plan. I suggest preparing for both types. Your research vision is your approach...Organize your research vision into the chalk talk format Once you have developed your research vision, you...Student and Postdoctoral Programs at the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute....hour. You will get 5-10 minutes to present your research vision uninterrupted and then you will begin working... steps to chalk talk preparation: Define your research vision. Organize your vision into a chalk talk...talk format. Practice. Define your research vision A chalk talk could be your plans for your first NIH ... A well-defined outcome makes it easier for the search committee to understand your goal, what you expect...
  15. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    Blog Post
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    May 18, 2018, 7:32 p.m.
    ...these solutions to your own research and thereby help move the biological research enterprise towards greater... reliable reagents for future research. I’ve talked to many researchers who have complaints about the ...working hard to enable researchers by making it easier to find information about research tools. BenchSci collates... Reproducibility Overview - Jeffrey S. Flier, Researcher at Harvard Medical School, former dean of the... every study should be reproducible. Indeed, researchers are pushing the limits of knowledge as they develop...irreproducibility undermines public trust in science and research. Nonetheless, I’d like to steer clear of saying...Inability to repeat previously performed experiments Researchers should be able to follow one another’s protocols...
  16. Replacing Paper: Tips for Choosing an Electronic lab Notebook

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    Blog Post
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    July 10, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
    ...careers of its researchers are on the line. With these priorities in mind, many researchers go to great ...Nature report from researchers at Amgen, it was stated that only 11% of the academic research in the literature...down when doing scientific research? Electronic lab notebooks and researcher's needs The familiar paper-...hundreds of researchers. The full story is available here. Our questions focused on researchers’ current ... designed for a specific research area, due to anxieties that their research ‘doesn’t fit neatly into ...enables researchers to store everything in one place. From pictures to excel sheets, researchers today ... records, but given the complexities of modern research, it’s often not enough. A 2013 study showed that...
  17. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    Blog Post
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    June 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...collaborative platform to help researchers working on COVID-19. Its origins trace back to March 2020, when the first...areas of scientific research. We continue to support those involved in COVID-19 research, but our new platform...and María Hernández Sánchez from Crowdfight. In March 2020, while most of the world was locked down, a... while the early results were promising, the researchers did not have access to a P3 laboratory (BSL-3...a few weeks, we were able to connect them to a research group in Scotland, who had just the right infrastructure...which despite the competitiveness of cutting-edge research, is still one of the most valuable features of...science in our view. And it was this very idea that research is done better with others than by oneself that...
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