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  1. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...screening blog post for more information.   Figure 1: Result of a blue-white screen. Image from Stefan...more about colony PCR in this blog post.   Figure 2: The steps of colony PCR.   Sanger sequencing...in this case a plasmid. Sequencing is one of the surest ways to know that your insert is what you expect...
  2. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...molecules of the RNA backbone to increase stability.  Nature has evolved ways to prevent degradation of important...and rendered useless after less than a minute of exposure to the appropriate light. The photoactivatable...to engage a target sequence. Upon a brief light exposure (several seconds) the gRNA is released and the...
  3. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    Feb. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...consolidate several steps into one. Soon you’ll figure out what prompts you need to consistently and accurately... accurately run a protocol.   Figure 1: Evolution of a Western blot protocol, from a full page ...experimental steps are worth doing, and doing well, so make sure you’re taking time to do them carefully and thoroughly...
  4. The Many Reasons for Irreproducible Research- and a Vaccine to Eradicate It

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    Jan. 30, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...and you think there are four important times to measure that growth rate, you report the results of all...between hypothesis testing and generation, can be sure that results will be reported regardless of outcome...the journal and reviewers are incentivized to make sure that any possible null is really a true null and...
  5. Communicating Your Science With Help From ComSciCon

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    Blog Post
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    July 19, 2018, 1:12 p.m.
    ...results you've measured should change established theory. So, what can you do to ensure that your skills...our website and social channels to apply for our future events. In addition to this annual event, graduate...
  6. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...processes directly affected by light. Long-term light exposure can also lead to cellular phototoxicity, and experimental...substrate like coelenterazine is supplied in the culture medium to allow RLuc8 to produce photons. The original...wavelength to specify which FP emission you’ll capture. Since the Nano-lantern system does not use external...
  7. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    Feb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...won’t work if the fragment ends have secondary structure or too much sequence similarity. REPLACR-mutagenesis...expressing recombineering proteins Red/ET from a temperature-sensitive plasmid. Homologous recombination then...also well suited for insertions and deletions. The figure above shows guidelines for primer design; a desired...
  8. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    July 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...at all 1,500 or 1,600 transcription factors and figure out where they bind to the genome. We’ve been doing...other scientists quickly? Myers: We were hoping to figure out how to do this for many hundreds of transcription...as well. We would also like to put some social pressure on many other labs that may be doing something...
  9. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    Oct. 29, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
    ... known as the resting potential (Vmem), can be measured as the imbalance of electrical charge between ...of the pHLuorin fluorescent protein. This GEVI features increased brightness and improved plasma membrane...Levin, Director of the Allen Discovery Center. The future of this field has a high potential for the advancement...
  10. Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration

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    Feb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m.
    ...These workshops illustrate the open and modular nature of the workshop content: different parts could ...for securing funding to support this effort. The future of reproducibility workshops and lessons learned.... Be on the lookout for upcoming workshops at future conferences this year. Workshops are confirmed ...
  11. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    April 22, 2015, 2:06 p.m.
    ..., with the expectation for major advances in agriculture, materials, chemicals, and medicine. As they’...and where all of it is likely to lead us in the future. Building circuits from CRISPRs Addgene: What...interactions. That’s relevant if you want to make sure you don’t target anywhere else, but for synthetic...
  12. High Complexity Golden Gate Assembly with NEB’s DAD

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    Aug. 1, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Golden (Gate) pot (Pryor et al., 2022).     Figure 1: Workflow for high complexity Golden Gate Assemblies...cycling conditions (see Table 1).   Enzyme Temperature Incubation time/cycling Overhang length ...also optimized the thermocycler protocols and made sure that T4 ligase was the correct choice for the job...
  13. Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype

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    April 6, 2023, 3 p.m.
    ...IgG2a antibody. When using a monoclonal antibody be sure to use a highly specific secondary antibody, rather...IgG2a > IgG2b > IgG1 (Manning 2012).      Figure 1: Broadly reactive versus subclass-specific antibodies...antibodies rather than generally reactive ones. And make sure to check for any reported cross-reactivity when ...
  14. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ... have reached labs in over 75 countries. Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 proteins and other components. Image... the spike protein was developed based on 100 structure-guided spike designs and has improved protein ...Maynard JA, Finkelstein IJ, McLellan JS (2020) Structure-based design of prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-...
  15. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    March 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Level 1 TUs into multigene constructs. Figure 2: The three assembly levels of MoClo. Image courtesy...modification of these chemical products. The flexible nature of MoClo allows users to test a variety of different....pone.0016765.  Hahn, F., Korolev, A., Sanjurjo Loures, L. et al. A modular cloning toolkit for genome...
  16. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    March 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
    ...including propensity for off-targets, secondary structures, etc., as well as the presence of a Protospacer...one of several Cas9s that recognize NG PAMs. The Nureki lab generated SpCas9-NG, a rationally engineered...lab sought to address the PAM problem through structure-guided engineering of the PAM-interacting domain...
  17. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ...communications and loves talking about science, nature, agriculture and bananas. You can follow her on Twitter...Plant Science today, Soapbox Science (hosted by Nature), and Addgene are open to guest contributions. ...
  18. Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference

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    May 23, 2019, 12:26 p.m.
    ...depending on the size of the conference). This made sure I didn’t zone out and kept me engaged throughout...If you’re presenting a poster at a conference, be sure to practice beforehand. Generally, two types of ...be on their website or the program booklet. Make sure you’re familiar with the policies before posting...
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