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TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m....the impacts of neural circuits on behavior. Figure 1: An overview of the chemogenetics system. ...characterize the compound, or compounds, you choose to ensure reliable results (Goutaudier et al., 2019). Using...Yang X, Stone O, Roth BL, Jin J (2015) The First Structure–Activity Relationship Studies for Designer Receptors...designed Gi-coupled receptor in transgenic mice. Nature Biotechnology 17:165–169 . https://doi.org/10.1038...
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CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m....an anti-CRISPR protein. Nature 546:436–439 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22377 Harrington LB, Doxzen ... species of bacteria. A note on anti-CRISPR nomenclature Acr family proteins are named for the type of... DNA cleavage (Harrington et al., 2017). Figure 1: Anti-CRISPR proteins (Acr's) can block CRISPR... -
Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m....gene delivery, but it has a drawback: how do you ensure your gene goes where you want it to? Knowing that...transcriptionally active in retinal cell types in mice. Figure 1: The four strategies used to design synthetic...AAVs would express Cre-mCherry and GFP. Figure 2: Synthetic promoters can be paired for targeted...promoter AAVs in mice, non-human primates and humans. Nature Neuroscience, 22, 1345-1356. https://doi.org/10.1038... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m....efficiently and accurately in a “single pot.’ Figure 1: Single-Pot Assembly: a) Graphic depiction of... sensor modules targeting a specific chromatin feature (e.g. a methylated histone such as H3K27me3), a...neuron-astrocyte, and cancer-stromal cell pairs. Figure 2: Schematic of the interaction between the sender...quantification of this depletion using imaging-based measurements (Ashley et al., 2021). Schematic showing... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2019, 12:55 p.m....inheritance: 1. Genotype your parental mice In order to ensure that your genetic modification will be passed along...genotype all of your F1 mice, as well as progeny from future generations. 4. Continue breeding your colony You...they are likely to stay on separate chromosomes in future generations as well, a concept known as linkage...expression of Cre, loxP, and your gene of interest. To ensure that the effects you see in your experiment are... -
Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m....et al. "cGAL, a temperature-robust GAL4–UAS system for Caenorhabditis elegans." Nature methods 14.2 (2017... detailed information about C. elegans 3’UTRs structures, alternative polyadenylation for all protein ... novel findings. These results are normally one figure and can be negative and/or even replicated studies... -
CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 6, 2020, 1:15 p.m....engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex. Nature 517:583–588 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14136 Perez-Pinera P, Kocak ...acetyltransferase domain capable of rearranging chromatin structure. This method has shown higher activation levels...C, Hsu PD, Habib N, Gootenberg JS, Nishimasu H, Nureki O, Zhang F (2014) Genome-scale transcriptional ... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m....animal’s skull using dental cement (a similar procedure as implanting a guide cannula). A fiber optic ...optogenetics but may become the standard in the future. Now that your animals are all wired up and expressing...long-term optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits. Nature protocols. 2012;7(1):12-23. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2011.413...Neuroscience research. 2011;70(1):124-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.01.007. PubMed PMID: 21238511. 6. Jeong, ... -
CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 7, 2019, 2:16 p.m.... explain the thinking behind the tool, its key features, how it works, and how to use it. Background on...frequency determination (CFD score) is used to measure specificity of a guide to the target. The CFD score...Optimal mutation in-depth One the most sophisticated features of CrispyCrunch is how it mutates guide sequences...more detailed information on using CrispyCrunch, be sure to check out the How To Guide. Conclusion CrispyCrunch... -
Academic vs. Industry Postdocs
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 13, 2018, 1:22 p.m....graduate school who were at AstraZeneca and could assure me that they were having a positive experience,... years. This time limit can feel like a lot of pressure. However, it means that your manager (and you)... choose. If publishing is important to you, make sure that your project will not involve proprietary compounds...reviewed by an internal committee before submission to ensure that it does not divulge any propriety information... -
Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m....been used to track protein localization, cell structure, intracellular trafficking, and protein turnover...plasmids to fluorescently tag markers of cellular structures in mammalian cells. These plasmids use fluorescent...reversibly degraded after the addition of auxin to the culture medium. Any number of regulatory sequences, including...“A Comprehensive Toolbox for Genome Editing in Cultured Drosophila melanogaster Cells.” G3 (Bethesda) ... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 1: Getting Started with Flies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... 25°C. At low temperatures like 18°C, flies take longer to develop. At high temperatures like 30°C, flies...drift away with each passing generation. Another feature of balancer chromosomes is that they produce dominant... during meiosis. This can sometimes be a handy feature when setting up genetic crosses. More importantly... -
Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 19, 2018, 1:25 p.m....the same time, this project gives Snapgene great exposure to the community of biological scientists who ...institutions personally on conference calls and make sure to maintain these relationships by keeping in touch...an internal to an external connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues...interesting events, articles and newsletters I make sure to share them with a short note - this creates a... -
Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m....stages (i.e. postdoc level) and can include the pressure to publish in high-impact journals, and the requirement...with a custom-made reagent to manipulate cells (manufactured by one of the larger biotech companies), and...company, less exposed to the fast dynamics and pressure which are often found in sales or lab-based roles...name a few). Depending on the particular company structure you may be able to move into one of these departments... -
New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m....sent to the AbuGoot lab for testing, they weren’t sure what they would find… but it was safe to say the...dual activities: processing pre-CRISPR RNA into mature CRISPR RNA and cleaving RNA at positions defined.... But they weren’t done engineering quite yet – surely, they thought, the integration rate could be improved...with the single-protein CRISPR effector Cas7-11. Nature. 2021 Sep;597(7878):720-725. doi: 10.1038/s41586... -
What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.... new experimental species. Discovering ways to culture, propagate, transform, store, and share all of ... "for development of tools, approaches, and infrastructure necessary for direct tests of cause and effect...was excited to be invited to attend. My job is to ensure that, in general, these labs all include materials...from Old Faithful in 60 °C soils. Dendrobatidae (Lauren O’Connell) Poison frogs are great for studying... -
Five Popular Model Organisms
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.... than studies in other model organisms or cell culture. For example, Scott Lowe’s lab utilized mice to...double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans." nature391.6669 (1998): 806. PubMed PMID: 9486653. Hesselson... and its relationship to the human genome." Nature496.7446 (2013): 498. PubMed PMID: 23594743. PubMed ...organism for studying somatic mutations and cancer." Nature Education 1.1 (2008): 183. Zuber, Johannes, et ... -
March for Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m....Makes Better Science Nature: What Trump’s new travel ban means for science Nature: Meet the scientists...job of having evidence”, scientists want to make sure having evidence is the job of everyone in government...all you need to do is select your state. State Legislatures: To find the website to contact representatives... -
Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m....painstakingly cloned into the perfect empty backbone, made sure to add the right tags to your gene, and may have...provide enough background for you to distinguish the features of any common lab strain and determine whether... DNA, and more. Many mutations that make these features possible are present in most commercial strains...of protein expression in E. coli and the common features found in those bacteria. Check our our blog post... -
Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... either category, but those are a subject for a future post! How are repressible promoters regulated...commonly used in yeast. In the first 24 hours of culture, when glucose is abundant and ethanol concentrations...during the late ethanol consumption phase of yeast culture. Repressible Binary Systems GAL4/UAS In Drosophila...the system, researchers have used split GAL4 architecture or combined the system with Flp/FRT, as reviewed...