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  1. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...a lot of attention on social media. I gained a concrete example to use to promote future attempts and ...learning from the careers of others were key to creating my career path. Luckily, in grad school much of...

  2. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ... plates due to the fact that beta-lactamase is excreted. Satellite colonies are small colonies of bacteria...Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids 101: Blue-White Screening Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone  ...

  3. SciComm: Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools

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    July 9, 2019, 12:52 p.m.
    ... itself in terms of what they do with their discretionary money. They also usually have a good event-planning...students, postdocs, and other working scientists, creating a presentation for 8th graders was a little intimidating...

  4. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ...gRNA.  While this methodology has proven to be incredibly valuable to scientists, there are some potential...Harrington, Lucas B., et al. "A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma." Nature Communications8.1...

  5. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    Sept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...researcher experiences and that it often provides incredibly valuable insight into one’s work. As a community...information can be cited, tracked, and appropriately credited, broadening the knowledge base of AAV vector performance...

  6. Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence

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    Aug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...epitopes previously hidden within the protein. Created with BioRender.   Permeabilization What is ...better at permeabilizing organellar membranes. Created with BioRender.   How do I choose?! Ok, so ...

  8. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Oct. 14, 2015, 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...

  9. The Importance of a Fun Workplace: Company Culture at Addgene

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    Sept. 3, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...EVER confirmed this with me). While things were incredibly busy in those early years, the founders knew ...aspect of Addgene. As our size has drastically increased, it would have been a tight squeeze for all of...

  10. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...gene disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus, an increasingly common human pathogen notorious for its high...adhesion to a PILATeS-functionalized coverslip creates mechanical tension, and the luminescence colocalizes...

  11. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    July 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...released Viral Vectors 101 2nd edition — I was incredibly excited when we picked our viral vector service...GCaMP6. It could be a matter of the size of the incremental improvements between generations: jGCaMP8 allows...

  12. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    Feb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
    ... you when you need it. The opportunity to be creative and think critically. One of the very first times...defined as sitting down at a computer and just creating, which for many scientists is the most enjoyable...

  13. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...the presence of your targeted nucleic acid. To increase the sensitivity of the assay, targeted DNA or ...non-specific (trans) ssDNA and harnessed this ability to create a DNA detection platform called DETECTR. How does...

  14. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...microbes would be affected (possibly killed), thus increasing the initial microbe’s chances of survival. This...antibiotic-free, farmed meats. We can focus on creating new antibiotic therapies, and investigate more...

  15. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    Oct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...trolling: The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, ...excellent. Finally, as I said in the AMA, it’s incredibly important to find good mentors and incentivize...

  16. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    May 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...line you will need to grow this initial stock and create a set of vials of ‘Master’ stock, which can be ...thawed, it is time to reorder this cell line to create new Master and Working stocks to work from. The...

  17. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    April 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...subtle and may include reduced saturation density, decreased rates of growth, or clumping. To ensure the best...Viral Vector Elements Learn How to Do Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources...

  18. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    April 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m.
    ...Plasmid A is the decreased expression of Gene X. Ergo the positive control(s) should decrease the expression...

  19. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ...interest is toxic. To combat this, scientists have created synthetic promoters, which typically include some...with somewhat weak expression. lacIq mutation increases expression of the repressor 10x, thus tightening...

  20. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...A., Tao, Y. A., Duby, J. E., Steinbeck, B. J., McCreary, J., Pierce, S. E., … & Liu, D. R. (2024). Efficient...variety of DNA-targeting proteins, so the team created versions using dCas9, zinc finger proteins, and...
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