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  1. Mentoring for Scientists: I Have a Mentor, What Now?

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    Blog Post
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    March 6, 2014, 7:12 p.m.
    ... Listen to our podcast interview with Harvard Medical School researcher Connie Cepko to learn about her...mentoring meetings a priority. Schedule meetings or calls regularly and don’t cancel, so that you drive progress...

  2. Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 21, 2014, 3:08 p.m.
    ...developed a web-based, career-planning platform called the Individual Development Plan (IDP) and uses ... Outreach activities (e.g. Volunteer at a local high school science class: Science Club for Girls...

  3. Components of CRISPR/Cas9

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 2, 2016, 5 p.m.
    ... to modify the desired genomic locus.   Some historical notes CRISPR arrays in bacterial genomes consist...arrays, they did not know their functions and simply called the repeated elements “direct repeats” and the ...

  4. How Dry Ice Affects Viral Vector Sample pH & How to Avoid It

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    Blog Post
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    June 20, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...aqueous samples might be affected by dry ice, and specifically how dry ice can affect virus from Addgene. ...never stored on dry ice/exposed to CO2 (Fig. 5). Basically, the CO2 goes in and the CO2 goes out. Conclusions...

  5. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    Blog Post
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    May 26, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...end joining (NHEJ). In these reporters, editing typically results in a change in the fluorescent readout...stimulated homology-directed repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry 292:6148–6162 . https://doi.org/10.1074...

  7. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...anti-FLAG-FB-GFP binding to FLAG-tag H2B for nuclear localization. (c) Applications of anti-FLAG-FB-GFP labeling...4xFLAG-mCherry-β-actin), and mitochondrial (mito-mCherry-1xFLAG) localization. Adapted from Liu et al. 2021. Anti-FLAG...

  8. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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    Blog Post
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    June 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... the following, which are later printed for my physical lab notebook, along with any figures generated...between each word can make it difficult to accurately call a file. Version control your commonly used scripts...

  9. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    Blog Post
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    June 29, 2017, 1:06 p.m.
    ...powered plasmid maps far easier to navigate. These practical and effective changes will give you the ability... and “Sequence” tabs. BLAST Use the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) via the NCBI website...

  10. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... a downregulation of signal, though it’s hard to call from this plot. The red (bottom) peak overlaps with...Research Assistant in Arlene Sharpe’s lab at Harvard Medical School.   More resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies...

  11. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...transfer plasmid sequences into the host genome. Typically, it is the sequences between and including the...pseudotyping.   Figure 1: Genome of a prototypical gamma-retrovirus.    Frequently asked questions...

  12. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    Blog Post
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    June 6, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
    ...sample. The isotype antibody will be virtually identical to the antibody for your marker of interest. It...research technician in Arlene Sharpe's lab at Harvard Medical School.   More resources on the Addgene blog Introduction...

  13. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m.
    ...out the sources of miscommunication and b) find practical solutions.  My PhD prepared me remarkably well...answer to these questions--which were real, not hypothetical--was clearly “no.” When there was room for misinterpretation...

  14. Summer SciComm Series: Cognitive Load

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    Blog Post
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    June 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...intuitive, or logical to a biologist that are not at all obvious, intuitive, or logical to a layperson...

  15. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...once it is engaged by its target, it will non-specifically cut ssDNA. This feature is shared by other Cas... potential as a viral therapeutic that could specifically degrade target viral RNA. For more information...

  16. New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...library, propagated it, separated it into roughly identical replicate groups, and treated these groups with...would have different labels - i.e. they would stochastically arise from different cells throughout the treatment...

  17. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Another strength of Golden Gate cloning is its scalability. Unique 4 base overhangs can be used to assemble...design of flanking overhangs. Although there are theoretically 256 distinct flanking sequences, sequences that...

  18. Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 29, 2015, 1:25 p.m.
    ... will provide an initial consultation meeting or call for free.  Take advantage of this to get the information...blogged for us) offers a free report on her website called “Secrets to Success in Graduate School”. She has...

  20. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    Blog Post
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    April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
    ...given the data provided by the depositing lab, we call these “quality control (QC) issues.” We then ask..., Brigham MD, Sanjana NE, Zhang F (2017) Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation...
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