...is difficult to replicate.  Why is replicating previous research findings so difficult to do?  There are... so it is unlikely to be caught during the peer review process, which often focuses more attention on ...between the original setting and the new one, previously unaccounted for, may lead to different results...finding we can be more certain that some important, previously unknown variable actually makes a big difference...of Open Science. With a Registered Report, peer review occurs before results are known. The author submits...journals before a study is conducted. Editors and reviewers recommend changes, and if everyone agrees that...proposed experiment. Furthermore, the journal and reviewers are incentivized to make sure that any possible...

... Learn more about Revolution Bioengineering Follow RevBio on Twitter Like RevBio on Facebook Read...Keira Havens, co-founders of Revolution Bioengineering. Read their previous blog post about how they started...the public in an open, responsible manner. At Revolution Bio, we are addressing this challenge directly...project. We’ve shared some of the concerns that Revolution Bio had to address as we developed the color-...

... tips for a successful postdoc fellowship. 1. Reverse engineer success On Day 1 of your postdoctoral ...these goals. Planning is often more easily done in reverse. Assuming you want to become competitive for a ... typically takes 6-12 months depending on the revisions and the amount of time spent shopping a manuscript...conversations with senior investigators. Discussions can reveal mutual scientific interests, complementary perspectives...more positive grant application and manuscript reviews, etc. You'll also meet future collaborators and...impressions on potential manuscript or fellowship reviewers, expose your research to search committees, and...Seek opportunities to write manuscript drafts, reviews, cover letters, fellowships, etc. Second, get constructive...

...decisions to alter postdoc salaries - in some cases reversing these decisions entirely. At Future of Research...resource leading up to this date, as discussed in a previous Addgene blogpost and more recently in a paper ...initially cancelled their plans, but have since reversed their position and decided to allow individual... in Boston also just announced that they were reversing their plans to cancel raises). A further 9 institutions...What will these further changes mean? The abrupt reversal in salary raises at institutions will likely have...where salaries had already been raised higher previously and all 6,000+ postdocs at the University of ...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Read Gary's Previous Article: Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc...

... have its structural proteins expressed from a reverse-transcribed piece of DNA called a “provirus.” This...target cell” (or host cell) by the viral protein reverse transcriptase (RT). In the case of a natural virus...virus, both the protein and the genetic code for reverse transcriptase are packaged (Wu et al., 1997) inside...vector! For viral vectors, only the protein for reverse transcriptase (RT) is present in the capsid, as...translation of proteins because they integrate this reverse-transcribed DNA into the host cell’s genome and... in step 2 during uncoating. After uncoating, reverse transcription follows the release of the two strands...encoded by complex retroviruses. Microbiological Reviews, 56(3), 375–394. https://doi.org/10.1128/MR.56.3.375...

...reporter gene transcription by the EBOV polymerase (reviewed in 2, 5). The minigenome is capable of being replicated... many nonsegmented negative sense RNA viruses (reviewed in 2, 3). Other important components of the Zaire...replication and transcription: NP, VP35, VP30, and L (reviewed in 5). The RNA genome is encapsidated by the nucleoprotein...arguing against this approach. First, this would prevent the study of the proteins independently from each...Central PMCID: PMC103829. 2. Conzelmann, K. K. "Reverse genetics of mononegavirales." Biology of negative...negative strand RNA viruses: The power of reverse genetics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. 1-41. PubMed...replication competent virus-like particles and beyond: reverse genetics systems for filoviruses and other negative...

... any preventive measure designed to help keep you from getting sick can be helpful in preventing the spread... on preventing the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, check out this resource on preventing antibiotic...because ‘antibiotic’ merely means that the drug prevents the growth of a living organism. As for multi-...standpoint, we can all work together to try and prevent outbreaks of drug resistant bacteria within communities...standards. Handwashing is an essential component of preventing infection, as is cleaning and disinfecting frequently...

...individuals with Rett syndrome experience regression of previously acquired skills such as speech, coordination,...landmark paper in Science showed that dramatic reversal of disease symptoms in mice is possible (Guy et... halted the neurological damage but completely reversed it, regardless of age or symptom severity. This... exciting finding injected hope that a similar reversal may be possible for children and adults with Rett...RNA trans-splicing, and protein replacement to reverse the impacts of this disease.  As a non-degenerative...non-degenerative, monogenic disease that has shown reversibility of symptoms in animal models, Rett syndrome is ...Guy J, Gan J, Selfridge J, Cobb S, Bird A (2007) Reversal of Neurological Defects in a Mouse Model of Rett...

... and the promoter to prevent leaky expression of this resistance. Unlike previous systems, pUCXKT does...can do so in a very specific, precise manner. Previously, scientists have been successful in regulating...enzymes (e.g. nucleases, recombinases) which irreversibly excise or invert a specific chunk of DNA. However...deposited a set of 11 phage integrases which act irreversibly on their cognate attB/attP sites with no cross-talk...subcellular localization in mammalian cell culture and reversible control of signalling pathways. These LIDs are... powerful tools which allow you to easily and reversibly switch off and on your favourite signalling pathways...the MCS has several options) and a pUCX-specific reverse primer containing the missing codons from the antibiotic...

... have taken researchers to the threshold of a revolution in modern neuroscience, an era in which technologies...antisense orientation with respect to the promoter to prevent its expression, and is flanked (“floxed”) by two...electroencephalography evidences of arousal in mice previously subjected to steady-state general anesthesia ...behaviors. The high spatio-temporal precision and reversible modulation of FLEx vectors combined with the ...functions, and molecular mechanisms." Chemical reviews 114.1 (2013): 126-163. PubMed PMID: 24364740. PubMed...development and application of optogenetics." Annual review of neuroscience 34 (2011). PubMed PMID: 21692661...of cre-loxp site-specific recombination." Annual review of biophysics and biomolecular structure 30.1 (...

...plant hormones called auxins to conditionally and reversibly degrade proteins of interest fused to a degron...2009, Natsume et al., 2016).  The Kanemaki lab previously developed a CRISPR/Cas9 based method to tag endogenous... be used to engineer specific sites that were previously difficult. Find SpCas9 and Target-AID-NG plasmids...promoter and an enhancer. What makes LADL unique from previous iterations is the addition of CRY2, another Arabidoposis...hours of blue light induction (6-fold faster than previously developed systems). The LADL system promises ...it’s briefer time scale and its inducible and reversible nature. Find the LADL plasmids at Addgene Kim...

...Turn it on? Turn it off? Turn it down, but not forever? You don’t need to resort to the force to control...biological tools are abundant! In this post, we will review tried-and-true protein expression control tools...the options together. Turn it off Turn it off forever If you want to turn off protein expression, you...for transient knockouts!  Turn it on Turn it on forever Permanently increasing or turning on expression...amounts of tetracycline. Tetracycline regulation is reversible (when the drug is removed expression goes back...doesn’t require this level of control, one of the previous options may be better suited for the job. Whether...

... issue is reviewed yearly at a best practices meeting, where the QC team updates and reviews our sequencing...caught prior to distribution. Catching these errors prevents future experimental issues, saving time and money...encountered in plasmids deposited to Addgene. This review process also highlights other QC topics that may...team suspects an assembly issue, they manually revisit the raw NGS reads and reassemble using a program... issue, they will contact the depositing lab to review the discrepancies. Often, the identified issues...

...that relies on a fusion enzyme of Cas9 nickase + reverse transcriptase and a prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA...binding site (PBS) complementary to the genome and a reverse transcriptase (RT) template including the desired...Anzalone et al., 2019). Test different lengths of reverse transcriptase template, starting with about 10–...optimizing your pegRNA primer binding site (PBS) and reverse transcriptase template (RTT). Created with BioRender.com...Edit the PAM along with your intended edit. This prevents the Cas9 nickase from re-binding and nicking the... al., 2019). Figure 4: Editing the PAM prevents the prime editor from re-engaging with DNA it ...

...is published. Plasmids can be linked to a peer-reviewed manuscript OR a preprint. In the case of a preprint...information once the manuscript is published in a peer-reviewed journal. To start this process, simply enter your...Step 5: Verification On this page you will see a preview of the final plasmid page that will appear on Addgene...once your plasmids are available online. Please review all of the information on this page to make sure...easily update the information by navigating to the previous pages using the links at the top of the page. .... Figure 11: A completed plasmid page for review before submission. Once you are satisfied with the plasmid...backbone, you can copy some information from a previous plasmid in your deposit by selecting the plasmid...

...one mistake can be enough. Reversal drives are designed to overwrite a previous gene drive and thereby undo...by the earlier intervention2. While an initial reversal drive cannot restore the exact original sequence... sgRNAs and possibly cas9 gene). An immunizing reversal drive is a variant that also spreads through the...should consider building an appropriate immunizing reversal drive at the same time to mitigate the potential...M. RNA-guided gene drives can efficiently and reversibly bias inheritance in wild yeast. bioRxiv 013896...

...fill the prop with something of value. They are reviewers of content. On the other hand, the goals of the...defined by their trust in the piñata builders - the reviewers. After some physical exertion on the part of the... the value of each item changes from what the reviewers so painstakingly assessed to something a bit more...”, it is the disconnect arising between those reviewing the contents of the piñata and the audience blindly...software development has caught up with it. The peer review process has been challenged with many closely spaced...variations on a theme without many resources to review them. Collectively, the pool of CRISPR software...view and get a sense of which sgRNA designs have previously worked and under what conditions. Such resources...

... to review grant proposals from others. Dr. Cook was asked to serve on review panels and to review education...profession? I asked Deborah Cook, Ph.D., GPC, previously a college biology professor, how she became a...development? Volunteer as a grant writer and/or grant reviewer with a local nonprofit that aligns with your passion...Profession. Whether you’re transitioning from a previous career or you’re starting your first career, a...

...invert or ‘flip DNA’, is derived from the yeast S. cerevisiae (Gronostajski and Sadowski 1985). The FLP system...recombination events mediated by FLP or Cre are reversible. Whereas the excision of a piece of DNA flanked... within that sequence and should therefore be prevented. The loxP and FRT target sites have been engineered...sites (Schnütgen et al. 2003). Flex vectors revolutionize neuroscience Manipulation of specific cell types...channels (plasmid # 20298 for example) have revolutionized Neuroscience. They are the only means to target...1985. “The FLP Recombinase of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 2 Micron Plasmid Attaches Covalently to DNA via...

...activating genes that cause differentiation and to reverse HIV viral latency (Bialek et al., 2016). Additionally...2015). These types of CRISPR activation are also reversible: once the environmental trigger leaves, gene ...activated. However, there are several factors that may prevent your gene from being up-regulated. For instance...This is believed to be true given the results of previous RNA-seq experiments (Konermann et al., 2014, Chavez...Hauber J, Lange UC (2016) Targeted HIV-1 Latency Reversal Using CRISPR/Cas9-Derived Transcriptional Activator...10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.029 Konermann S, Brigham MD, Trevino AE, Joung J, Abudayyeh OO, Barcena C, Hsu PD, Habib...