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  1. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    Aug. 22, 2019, 12:43 p.m.
    ... cells containing the plasmid construct you’re seeking. Fortunately, there are many ways to do this involving... a successful uptake of your DNA of interest by taking advantage of bacterial characteristics such as ...for specific amino acids. When plated on media lacking the essential amino acid, the bacteria will only...
  2. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    Blog Post
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    July 30, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
    ...also involved in reinforcement learning, decision making, and motor control.  What do we understand about... 100 nm) of DA. In addition, they exhibit fast kinetics (10 ms on and 100 ms off), enabling detection ...magnitudes of fluorescent responses. Studies on the kinetics of these sensors showed rapid response (60 or ...
  3. Fostering communication in remote collaborations

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    April 21, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
    ...Especially when your collaboration includes scientists working in different time zones, it’s important that everyone...accountable to these expectations once they’re set by checking in about them at your recurring meetings and reaching...common. I hope these tips are useful whether you’re looking to improve communication within an existing collaboration...
  4. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Product Development

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 18, 2017, 1 p.m.
    ...bunch. They don’t really know where I came from.” Working at eScience Labs, an educational company that creates...that provides scientific editing services. “I was working during the day and editing at night. It was not...moved out here, I was still editing from home and looking for a job.” But Caitlin’s persistence paid off:...
  5. Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 19, 2014, 3:39 p.m.
    ...expressing a selection cassette with 5′ and 3′ flanking sequences matching the sequences upstream and ...to be assayed (e.g. pPD95_86 and pPD57_56), or knocking down YGOI through RNA-mediated interference (e.g... applications used to study gene function. From making transgenic animals, gene targeting and genome modifications...
  6. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.
    ... used at high concentrations (and vice versa). Looking around the lab, you'll likely find many of the ...mammalian cells.   Name Class Mode of Action*   Working Concentration** Kanamycin aminoglycoside Binds...their mechanism for killing bacteria, and general working concentrations. For instructions on how to prepare...
  7. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 28, 2020, noon
    ... no fear - plasmids from Addgene depositors are making it easier than ever to use CRISPR  in E. coli and...gene body can repress transcription by physically blocking the elongation complex from binding the DNA or...Patino R, Heussler GE, Hearne CC, Qu J, Inclan YF, Hawkins JS, Lu CHS, Silvis MR, Harden MM, Osadnik H, Peters... Larson MH, Gilbert LA, Doudna JA, Weissman JS, Arkin AP, Lim WA (2013) Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided...
  8. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    Blog Post
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    March 9, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
    ...frequently with little notice or choice Always working on a team/in a matrix - can be frustrating for ...but good performers move around easily  Table 1: Taking it a Step Further - Big Company v. Small Company...on what paths to pursue. Spend some time really thinking about your motivations and what parts of being...
  9. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...species). This feature is advantageous if you’re working with small capacity viral vectors such as AAV. ... “recovering” its original sequence. If you’re looking to disrupt gene function via indel formation, this...targets. Are you using NgAgo? Let us know how it’s working in the comments section! Read About NgAgo User'...
  10. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    March 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...In its simplest form, PCR based cloning is about making a copy of a piece of DNA and at the same time adding...restriction site (GAATTC) to the 5’ end of this primer, making our Forward Primer 5'-GAATTCATGTGGCATATCTCGAAGTAC... get PCR amplification. We can start similarly, taking the final 18 bases of the ORF, including the stop...
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