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  1. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    March 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... by PCR has error rates that range from roughly 1 per 500bp to roughly 1 per 10 million bp depending on...chance for mis-priming, so you can use a pretty wide range of annealing temperatures, but you may need to increase...
  2. Scientific Peer-review: Providing Critical and Kind Feedback and Advocating for Open Science

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    Aug. 8, 2019, 1:19 p.m.
    ...the journal-specific guidelines.  Peer-review step 1: The first read At the first read of the paper, I ...group of Prof. Mark Tester, where she focuses on (1) salt-induced changes in root-to-shoot ratio in Arabidopsis... discipline and reduces the dissemination of unwarranted claims or unacceptable interpretations. A good...studying plant development and abiotic stress tolerance, I have been peer-reviewing journal submissions...
  3. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    July 7, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
    ...sequences are inserted into the genome. Figure 1: Self-excising cassette schematic from Dickinson et...):1028-34. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2641. Epub 2013 Sep 1. PubMed. Find plasmids from this publication at ...can generate a fluorescent protein fusion, transcriptional reporter, and loss-of-function allele in just...markers. Bob Goldstein’s lab previously used a transgene selection strategy for their C. elegans/CRISPR...
  4. Revamp Your Lab Meetings With Creative Virtual Collaboration

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    Feb. 9, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...those ideas and build from those.   Figure 1: Virtual lab meeting? No problem! You can still creatively... on it – so it is important to take breaks. After 1 hour (or another designated time) of meeting, someone... creativity are pivotal in writing publications/grants too. As described by several works (Wuchty et al...and do a quick break to chat. This can be done randomly or manually assigning which participants to group...
  5. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    Jan. 18, 2018, 2:34 p.m.
    ...Hsp70, the heat shock releases heat shock factor 1 (HSF-1), which subsequently binds to heat shock elements... polymerase and transcription factors. Since the promoter region drives transcription of a target gene...promoter to induce transcription of the phage repressor cI. Repressor cI inhibits transcription from phage promoter...lag time due to the time needed for transcription/translation. Many thanks to Nicole Zurcher who contributed... the promoter, turning it ON and initiating transcription.     Negative inducible In the OFF state, the...a bound repressor protein actively prevents transcription. Once an inducer binds the repressor protein...the DNA. With the repressor protein absent, transcription is turned ON. Types of inducible promoters Chemical...
  6. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...blotting, named for its inventor Edward M. Southern (1), can be used to detect DNA identity, size, and abundance...hours at low cost with restriction mapping (Figure 1). Though some labs may prefer to send DNA directly... serotonergic system and behavior.     References 1. Southern, Edwin Mellor. "Detection of specific sequences...into smaller pieces, run on a gel, and transferred to a membrane for analysis through hybridization of ...researchers generating transgenic animals may choose Southern blotting to screen founder transgenic animals for ...techniques used to generate transgenic mouse lines, such as BAC transgenic or traditional knockins/knockouts... control sample. Southern blotting applications range from confirming the results of cloning or knockout...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ...sticks out and can be considered a linker (figure 1). In fact, for several FRET biosensors (yellow cameleon...fluorescent protein are relatively close together (figure 1). Where should the fluorescent protein be inserted...fluorescent protein database." Nature methods (2019): 1. PubMed PMID: 30886412. Mastop, Marieke, et al. "A...et al., 2018). Unbiased, random insertions can be generated with a transposon-based strategy (Sheridan...fluorescent fusion proteins: random insertion of GFP with an in vitro transposition reaction." BMC neuroscience... This type of interference is known as steric hindrance. For instance, GFP may occlude catalytic sites...sites or motifs that are necessary for post-translational modifications. Despite these potential issues...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    April 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... There are two methods of neuronal tracing (Fig. 1): one to visualize neurons that send information to...significantly updated in 2023 by Jason Nasse.  References 1. Tervo, D. Gowanlock R., et al. "A designer AAV variant...neurons! Neurons are really cool because they can transmit information, for example, from one of the 180 ...associated virus (AAV) shows relatively low retrograde transport efficiency in most serotypes. Some viruses (e....e.g., rabies) naturally exhibit retrograde transport and can therefore perform retrograde tracing, but...efficiently infects neurons, directs high-level transgene expression, and has retrograde functionality to...genetically controlled function. By using AAVrg in Cre transgenic mouse lines, you can access and manipulate an...
  9. CRISPR Guide Update

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    Oct. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...refreshed figures made using BioRender.com. Figure 1: PRIME editing Please check out the updated guide... to use CRISPR plasmids in the lab and the vast range of possibilities at their disposal. With this update...CRISPR’s ability to make large genome edits using transposases or the Cascade-Cas3 system. We also describe...
  10. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    April 5, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
    ...restriction digest and colony PCR.   Fig. 1: (A) Schematic of cloning, expression and validation... doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038313. Epub 2012 Jun 1. PMID: 22675541; PMCID: PMC3365890....-mAbs. It was recognized that an aberrant IgG light chain transcript was expressed by some of the hybridomas...heavy (blue) chains as driven by two CMV promoters (orange). Figure from Andrews, et. al., Elife  A limitation...IF-ICC.) This method was chosen because cells transfected with a plasmid to express the target antigen ...the restriction enzyme BciVI was present in the aberrant light chain sequence, but was predicted to occur...express multiple subclasses of IgG antibody. Broad range secondary antibodies are commonly used in research...
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