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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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...
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Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 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... -
Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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... -
Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 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... -
Lab to Office Culture Shock
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 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... -
5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 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... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 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... -
Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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... -
Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m....Plasmid A is the decreased expression of Gene X. Ergo the positive control(s) should decrease the expression... -
Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 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... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 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... -
Tips for Getting a Faculty Position
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m....completing the research will advance the field, create a new field, impact disease treatment, etc., again... His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, optimization... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m....immunofluorescence and indirect immunofluorescence work. Image created with BioRender.com Indirect IF is a much ...with key considerations about each step. Image created with BioRender.com The first couple of steps... -
Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m....fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) and biosensors have been created recently. As developers of many of these probes..., A.A., Oliinyk, O.S. & Verkhusha, V.V. How to Increase Brightness of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins... -
Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m....plus one additional split vector strategy for increasing the size of the AAV donor template for CRISPR-mediated... AAV vector approaches Split vector approaches increase the size of the gene delivered by splitting the... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.... S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness...fluorescent probes, recent engineering efforts have increased the brightness of these genetically encoded light... -
Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... (Jambor et al., 2021) for more guidelines for creating clear and informative figures. Pro-tip! If you..., Wissink, E. M., & Weissgerber, T. L. (2021). Creating clear and informative image-based figures for ... -
Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 8, 2021, 2:41 p.m....proteins, use a higher percentage of acrylamide to increase migration resistance and improve separation. For...enhance resolution. In this setup, gels have an increasing range of acrylamide content from top to bottom... -
Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m....antibody” can be used for downstream IP/ChIP assays. Creating epitope-tagged clonal cell lines remains a challenge...crRNA complementary to the template strand could increase knock-in efficiency.Note: Our TAG-IN tool can ... -
A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2024, 1:15 p.m...., while REC includes most of the bridge helix. Created with BioRender.com. Cas9 has two major lobes...guide RNA, dark blue; DNA, gray; PAM site, yellow. Created with BioRender.com. The exact conformational...