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  2. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...attention on social media. I gained a concrete example to use to promote future attempts and learned a...roles of scientists outside of academia One recent example: Don't call me a dropout: Why science needs more...

  3. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
    ... table below lists the four common 2A peptides employed by scientists. 2A cleavage is universal in eukaryotic...reporter cloned in. In these plasmids you would simply clone your gene of interest into the multiple cloning...

  4. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    July 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m.
    ...correct genetic conditions over 25 years ago when completing her PhD and medical training in Ophthalmology... kb cannot be delivered using this vector. For example, although researchers know that Usher Syndrome ...

  5. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    July 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
    ...low RNA editing. To increase A->G editing, they employed hyperactive ADAR constructs, like ADAR2DD(E488Q...ADAR will preferentially edit an adenine if the template has a cytosine mismatch at that position. PspCas13b-ADAR2DD...

  6. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...editing in squid is possible nonetheless - the first example was of a pigmentation gene.   Genus Microtus (Zoe...Donaldson) Voles have fascinating social behavior. For example, two similar species have very different social...

  7. How to Be an Excellent Trainee

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    Sept. 26, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...experience In research there is a saying that if the sample prep is poor, then the data will be poor. The same...you remember where the equipment, reagents, and samples are. Do: Ask your bench mentor if they have time...

  9. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...relied on deaminase enzymes, either to directly accomplish the base edit or to create the substrate for ...to repair the DNA using the edited strand as a template — in this case, encouraging it to incorporate ...

  10. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
    ... solve an issue specific to that country. ‌For example, when we began offering temperature-sensitive materials...inclusive design in our digital content. We have implemented proactive measures to find potential barriers...

  11. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... understand the process, we’ll walk through an example experiment where we might use Gateway cloning to...into destination vectors. The cloning process is simple -  no restriction, ligation or gel purification...

  12. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...avoid rousing the trolls. 3. The AMA process was simple and well organized. You can check out the r/Science...posters (this advice included leaving out the term “implicit bias” which is apparently a troll trigger phrase...

  13. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ...light inducible ion channels (plasmid # 20298 for example) have revolutionized Neuroscience. They are the...within neuronal networks in living animals. To accomplish such cell specific manipulations in vivo, FLEx...

  14. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...in mice is possible (Guy et al., 2007). They accomplished this using Cre-Lox mouse models in which the...Cre not only halted the neurological damage but completely reversed it, regardless of age or symptom severity...

  15. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... purified from the system, researchers can run samples on SDS-PAGE gels containing Phos-Tag, a small molecule...substitution. Alternatively, you can express the completely wild type protein from the same plasmid.  Upon...

  16. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...regularly. Dystrophin and genome editing Since complex oligonucleotide treatment comes with many challenges...therapy, it’s important to realize that DMD is a simpler case than other genetic diseases we’d like to treat...

  17. Is this the right place for me? 8 tactics for choosing a lab

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 2, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    ...emotions and assumptions. I’m not just talking about simple things like “Which route should I take to get to...choosing a training lab, I strongly suggest you complete a work rotation in the lab if at all possible....

  18. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...epigenetic modifications across the genome) has been implicated in disease states, and targeting the epigenome...more frequently inherited by daughter cells. For example, KRAB induced silencing was transient and quickly...

  19. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...specific list of the candidate off-target sites. For example, if there are 10 putative off-target locations ...confounding your results should be minimal. For example, if your goal is to generate a knock-out cell line...

  20. CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors

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    Feb. 13, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...the cell to use the deaminated DNA strand as a template. To do so, they used a Cas nickase, instead of...repairs the DNA using the U-containing strand as a template, copying the base edit. Figure 2: Cytidine...
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