... done and we’re onto the next story. Figure 1: Addgene’s Agile Approach Sharing is caring There...diverse group of ethnicities, cultures, genders, educational, and professional backgrounds. Sometimes this... information. It is quite possible that the clarifications lead to the story being scrapped or broken ...While writing the code, we may need additional clarification and again we collaborate with the Product Team...

...inclusion bodies and is folding properly. References 1. Angov, Evelina, et al. "Heterologous protein expression...ribosome may therefore stall at inappropriate locations or fail to make it through the entire transcript...generally segregate with the cell pellet during purification procedures. Even if you produce a large amount...

...commandments for making it all work – most of the time. #1 Thou shalt find enjoyment in your work If you are ...other activities. Take care of yourself. Take a vacation alone with your partner – no kids. Get a massage...

...indel formation and phenotypic changes as early as 1 week post-injection. Livers from these mice were histologically...described above showed successful target modification, indicating that AAV is a good delivery vehicle for... with AAV. This system fuses catalytically dead dCas13b to the catalytic domain of RNA deaminase ADAR2...overall packaging capacity but necessitating purification and co-infection of two AAVs. Cas9 orthologs...Streptococcus thermophilus and a rationally-designed truncated Cas9. Unfortunately, certain drawbacks limit the...that limits the number of targetable loci, and truncated Cas9 has much lower efficiency than its wild-type...the AAV-SaCas9-sgRNA constructs mediate genome modification, but they did so without a substantial immune...

...email Ryan at [email protected]   References 1. Larivière, Vincent, Yves Gingras, and Éric Archambault...be part of the answer. Problems with written publications Online tools like ResearchGate, GoogleScholar... that the big breakthroughs in my discipline, education, will come from ideas garnered from research in...from the science of others. Improving science communication through video     Video abstracts about research... to be that video is the future in terms of communicating ideas. In 2012, for example, 3 billion hours...scientific videos were for entertainment or basic education (i.e., learn why water freezes) there was a growing...video usurps the written word as the means for communicating research. Short videos of 3 to 5 minutes provide...

...yourself in a creative rut, read on!   Fig 1: Blugene using creative problem-solving in the lab...resources you’ll need ahead of time and mute your notifications during. (Boyes, 2019) If you’ve taken the time... particularly relevant to you. Elect a devil’s advocate. This is the person whose job it is to disagree...think about alternative options. When a devil’s advocate is elected, others may feel they can share opposing...dissenting opinions or ideas. While the best devil’s advocate is one who truly disagrees with the group (because...adamantly for their solution), selecting a devil’s advocate is a good option for any meeting in which the ...other way,” you probably have reason to continue advocating for your idea. Our product team has implemented...

... over again. Here’s that process!   Figure 1: The Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle adapted for video...Creating great educational science videos is tough. Is the content accurate? Are we conveying complex... had set up involved multiple people in tight locations. Conference rooms for on-screen presenters! Labs...wasn’t going to work for the majority of our educational videos. In addition, it’s really asking a lot...receiver, to beam the camera’s image to my remote location, live. After doing a bit of looking, I found an...

...therapies to clinical trials in 2021. Figure 1: Schematic of the human MECP2 locus and MECP2 protein...detrimental as too little, resulting in MECP2 duplication syndrome or Rett Syndrome, respectively. One ...Efficient and Precise CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated MECP2 Modifications in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Front..., Hector RD, Cobb SR, Bird A (2017) Radically truncated MeCP2 rescues Rett syndrome-like neurological ...

...complex. So how exactly does this work? Figure 1: APOBEC- and Cas9-mediated editing (ACE) reporter ...2019). TREE is a real-time, fluorescent based identification system for the isolation of base-edited cell...to BFP Conversion: A Versatile Assay for the Quantification of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Genome Editing. Molecular...Harris RS (2018) A fluorescent reporter for quantification and enrichment of DNA editing by APOBEC–Cas9...

...collaborations, keep these jobs in mind! References 1. Sinche, Melanie, et al. "An evidence-based evaluation...hesitation to ‘approach strangers’ and learn how to communicate outside my scientific expertise. Organizing a...will lead! Read our blog post about fostering communication in remote collaborations! Stay in touch: Maintaining...connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues who move on to new organizations...

...conference for any reason was a Singleton. Figure 1: The Binning Singletons logo. Image: James et al.,... written up in mSphere. A post-meeting survey indicated that the program was largely a success, but also...

...and biotin plasmids at Addgene!     Figure 1: Indirect detection of target markers can be achieved...labeling can be subdivided into two categories, depending on the location of the targeted markers. Some commercially...proteins, such as receptors, or post-translational modifications on those proteins, like glycosylation patterns...Depending on the research question and downstream application, one or several of those techniques can be used...your flow analysis. However, certain downstream applications, like an in vivo adoptive transfer of those ...labeling Oftentimes, a marker of interest is not located on the cell membrane but inside the cell. Due to...but preserving the cellular state (think of mummification). Permeabilization, as the name suggests, perforates...

...’re not one of these people yourself.  Fig 1: Quote from Michael Ende, courtesy of morefamousquotes.com...conflict is not always what was communicated but how it was communicated. The next step is to come up with...of lapsed communication. Making some assumptions about how something should be communicated is necessary...skill in and of itself. Conflict can also be categorized as either “personal” or “substantive”. A personality-based...traced back to one of a few trouble spots:  Communication (or lack thereof): Information sharing gets ...organization gets, and creating new avenues of communication can create as many problems as it can solve....meeting? Different teams frequently prefer to communicate in different ways, so the source of the conflict...

... filters. Figure 1: Contamination! Tissue culture media often have indicators included in the media... difficult to eradicate. You can suppress the growth of mycoplasma but cannot eradicate it completely....important to prevent contamination rather than eradicating it later. Don’t be scared when mycoplasma infects...the first person to face this kind of problem. Educate others when you can and help them understand the...Cc, Drexler Hg (2002) Comparative Antibiotic Eradication of Mycoplasma Infections from Continuous Cell...

...halorhodopsins to silence neuronal activity (Figure 1) (Wiegert et al., 2017). How to get an opsin into...and Jinfang Zhu. "Immunologic applications of conditional gene modification technology in the mouse." Current...contributed by Alessia Armezzani, scientific communication manager at genOway. A few decades ago, the brain...École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Her love for educational science led her to pursue a teaching career, ..., and she now is a very happy scientific communication manager at genOway.     Acknowledgement:Through...Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. Purification and properties of the Cre recombinase protein...): 7025-7030. PubMed PMID: 18614669. Belzung, Catherine, Marc Turiault, and Guy Griebel. "Optogenetics...

...Bachelor's degree Generally a short-term position (1-2 years) Often a gap-year position taken to transition...entire page dedicated to different career options from science policy to science communication and much ...), about their experiences. Research requires dedication and effort, so building a strong understanding...critically about whether it’s something you want to dedicate your time and energy to. How can I make the most... feel less confident in their abilities and qualifications. Studies on imposter syndrome have also found...universities often have scholarships and funds dedicated for undergraduates interested in doing research...the experience would improve my scientific and application writing skills, and ended up with the award. ...

...experience in cancer research After graduating with a 2:1 BSc in Molecular Biology (roughly a B average in the...at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, located on the edge of London to gain relevant experience...recession. As each advertised job received many applications, employers were requesting that only scientists...commercial company. In my particular situation, communication between departments was sometimes difficult ... order to have meetings between teams. This communication is vital because otherwise I’d lose touch with...