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TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m.... sometimes at odds with the space needed to be creative. “You need a lot of time to let you mind process...Sometimes finding that uninterrupted time to be creative is challenging,” says Susan. Another difficulty...
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Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m....excitation light less efficiently. Similarly, decreasing the power of the excitation light reduces the... excitation/emission cycles per unit of time, decreasing the likelihood that a fluorophore will bleach... -
Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m....synthesized at the ER, delivered to the vacuole via the secretory pathway, and then cleaved to generate an active...In both cases, red fluorescence in the vacuole increased with longer exposure to autophagy-inducing conditions... -
Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.... or phosphate molecules of the RNA backbone to increase stability. Nature has evolved ways to prevent...surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein and can increase on-target efficiency. In the same vein, locked... -
Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....germane cognitive load refers to the work put into creating a permanent store of knowledge (a schema).” In...images, noises and music, spoken words, and any onscreen text. Be aware of the effort the audience is expending... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m....skills such as critical thinking, decision making, creativity, or data analysis. Conveniently, these are all...details. Or challenge yourself to think of more creative solutions. Ultimately, problem solving is less... -
To Each HIS Own
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m....function, however longer histidine strings can increase that risk. Number of residues Deciding... very low level, try a longer histidine tag to increase capture. Longer histidine tags are also recommended... -
Antibodies 101: Fab Fragments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 5, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Light chain. C = Constant domain. H = Heavy chain. Created with biorender.com The modularity of antibodies...antibody and common antigen binding fragments. Created with biorender.com. Why Fabs? Antibody fragments... -
Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m....delivery into recipients by conjugation. The labs screened for the host-range of the plasmids and suitability...of cells containing the particle exponentially decreases over time and the number of elapsed generations... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 29, 2015, 1:25 p.m....Most coaches have websites you can review and most create useful online content in the form of blogs or articles...us) offers a free report on her website called “Secrets to Success in Graduate School”. She has also launched... -
5 Steps to Writing Grant Proposals for Grad Students
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2014, 12:13 p.m....institution. Moreover, avoidance of ‘to be’ verbs creates strong, well-directed meaning and delivers strength...for funding improves the associated skill sets. Increased experience in communicating and motivating research... -
Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m....The Bethune Lab has overcome this limitation by creating Split-BioID, a spatiotemporally controllable version... are expressed in cells via plasmids or by the creation of stable cell lines and these cells are then ... -
Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....PAM site, Cpf1 cleaves in a staggered fashion, creating a 5 nucleotide 5’ overhang 18-23 bases away from...mediated editing, as Kleinstiver et al. saw no decrease in Cpf1 activity with 4-6 base deletions at the... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m....resulted in a cell migration defect. They have created a circRNA website so scientists can view public...developments. Using the Tet-on system, his lab has created a tetracycline cas9 inducible knock-out system.... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m....-pot system will allow investigators to rapidly create multiple synthetic chromatin-modifying proteins...cells (Zhang et al., 2015). Recently the Ward lab created a tool-kit to expand upon these original tools ... -
Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m....for NRN PAMs and to a lesser extent NYN. This increases the flexibility of gRNA placement significantly...NYN PAMs; it just isn’t always ideal. But the increased flexibility helps even when it’s not an ideal ... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2023, 3 p.m...., use a broadly reactive secondary antibody to increase the chance of primary/secondary antibody binding...cross-adsorption process filters out off-target antibodies increasing specificity and reducing cross-reactivity. For... -
CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.... off-target effects Prolonged Cas activity can increase the chance of off-target editing particularly ...Adenovirus Vector Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic Stem... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 22, 2019, 12:20 p.m....participants can identify you. You may also wish to make creative use of a footer in your poster. This is a section...scientific poster, you shouldn’t hesitate to be creative. After all, your poster is a representation of... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... with diamond polishing paper of sequentially increasing fineness helps to maintain a consistent stream... rate of movement of the animal significantly increases. Before you get your experiment started, you will...