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  1. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...with a “sloppy” version of PCR that results in a polymerase error rate of up to 2% per nucleotide position...modifications: 1) increased concentration of Taq polymerase, 2) increased PCR extension time, 3) increased...degenerate primers and the high-fidelity Phusion polymerase are used to introduce point mutations into the...
  2. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...from Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he investigated how plants achieve polarized cell growth in... in Biology and Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. What is RNAi? The loss-of-function...
  3. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    Sept. 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...cation channel, activation of which results in depolarization and subsequent firing of an action potential...results in efflux of chloride ions, subsequent hyperpolarization, and inhibition of action potential generation...spectrum as HR and also results in membrane hyperpolarization but unlike HR, this is achieved through hydrogen...
  4. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    March 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...proteins whose fusion improved the CGBE: DNA polymerase D2 (POLD2), exonuclease 1 (EXO1), and RNA binding ...rXRCC1, or the DNA binding and lyase domain of DNA polymerase β (PB) (Chen et al., 2021). Both of these fusion...
  5. Celebrating the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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    Oct. 17, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with BioRender.com. Top7 gets its name from “topology of protein” diagrams, which show the interactions...seen so far!). They started by designing a novel topology, then iteratively generated 3D models and amino...
  6. 2018 #DeckTheLab Contest Winners

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    Jan. 15, 2019, 2:19 p.m.
    ...walking tour of Buddy the Elf’s journey from the North Pole to New York City. Check out their video below. ...interpretation of Buddy the Elf's journey from the North Pole to New York. #ELF #DeckTheLab #ProudPIhttps://t....
  7. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    Sept. 17, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...biorender.com.    Since antibodies, especially polyclonal antibodies, can vary lot-to-lot, this range needs...this starting point. You can also consider using polyclonal or recombinant multiclonal antibodies to increase... time Not enough antibody binding sites Polyclonal or recombinant multiclonal antibodies Protein...
  8. Future of Research Conference - Remarkable Opening Session

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    Oct. 7, 2014, 3 p.m.
    ...amazing postdocs, Kristin Krukenberg and Jessica Polka from Harvard Medical School and a long list of supporters...message delivered by many of the speakers.  As Dr. Polka said as she started things off, “We are all capable...
  9. Management for Scientists: What Makes a Good Manager Anyway?

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    Dec. 9, 2014, 2:22 p.m.
    ...include training or teaching others, research, and policy development. Every worker at every level does better...all times when making decisions, assignments and polices. Sometimes the boss has to be the boss and make...
  10. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    Jan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.
    ...Bacteriostatic 50-100 ug/mL in EtOH Polymyxin B polypeptide Alters outer membrane permeability Bactericidal...
  11. History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

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    Nov. 25, 2013, 10:12 p.m.
    ... bacterial genome. Cas genes, which code for polymerases, nucleases, and helicases, were also disrupted... into three distinct types and subtypes using polythetic classification based on evolutionary similarity...
  12. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    Nov. 18, 2016, 3 p.m.
    ...Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools In this post, Jessica Polka, formerly a postdoctoral researcher in the Silver... other chemical fuel sources.” In her work, Dr. Polka made R-body mutants that respond to different pH...
  13. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    Jan. 11, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ...one epitope. (It can sometimes be an issue with polyclonal antibodies, so it's good to keep epitope availability...Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies...
  14. Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly

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    Sept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m.
    ...HiFi so accurate (apart from the high-fidelity polymerase) is the ability to remove, reset and ligate mismatched...primer design based on fragment sequences and the polymerase used in the amplification. This tool allows instant...
  15. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ...and Oskar protein were detected at the posterior pole. Oskar protein levels were negatively correlated... translated, the SunTag sites on the nascent polypeptide recruit scFV-GFP, generating green puncta that...
  16. 5 Great Apps for Lab Life

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    Sept. 22, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... depending on the primer sequence and the NEB polymerase used. Overall, while much of the information ...allow you to write your colleagues’ names in a polypeptide chain, except if their names have a B, J, X, ...
  17. Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors

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    March 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m.
    ..., NIH3T3, CHO, 293HEK, Jurkat T cells Blocks polypeptide synthesis at 80S; inhibits chain elongation 100...hygB HeLa, NIH3T3, CHO, Jurkat T cells Blocks polypeptide synthesis at 80S; inhibits chain elongation. ...
  18. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    May 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m.
    ...Cassettes transfection gRNAs expressed from a polycistronic transcript  Requires co-transfection of Cas9...Cassettes transfection gRNAs expressed from a polycistronic transcript Requires co-transfection of Cas9  ...
  19. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    March 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m.
    ...incubate the sample with your antibody.  Both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies can work well in ChIP...Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation  Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies...
  20. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    Oct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...professor of economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, is an expert... in the intersection between science and public policy. Follow David on Twitter @driglar.     References...
  21. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    Oct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m.
    ...shoulder for the picture. It tends to look like a police photo if you look straight at the camera. Pro tip...organizational work. LinkedIn is not the platform for politics, family updates, or click bait of any kind. For...
  22. The time and cost required to make a plasmid

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    March 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...plasmid? Figure 2: Survey results from a Twitter poll run in 2023, n=194.   After the great Plasmid...much harder to calculate, in both our 2018 and 2023 poll, most people said it took them more than 22 hours...
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