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  1. Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting

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    March 8, 2021, 2:41 p.m.
    ... western, proteins are: (1) separated by size, (2) transferred to a membrane, and  (3) detected using ...using antibodies.   Figure 1: Overview of the Western blot process. The sample, a mixture of protein...systems efficiently transfer a range of protein sizes in minutes without any transfer buffer. These systems...protein is separated in a gel, transferred to a membrane, stained with antibodies, and finally visualized...a broad size range to be separated on a single gel.  Immobilizing proteins on a membrane Once separated...migrate out of the gel and attach to the membrane.  In a wet transfer system the sandwich is completely submerged...filled with a transfer buffer formulated to conduct the electric current. The wet transfer process is very...
  2. Bringing Sustainable Practices to the Lab: Innovations

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    March 7, 2019, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Consistency, and Transparency. This label scores products by their environmental impact on a scale of 1-10: the... but with the right incentives (for example, by grant agencies), we can shift toward a more sustainable...your RMV to the landfill, it’s collected and transferred to the Red2Green processing facility, where it...
  3. Three Tips to Organize Your Lab Notebooks in the New Year

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    Jan. 2, 2014, 3:44 p.m.
    ...organized and boost your productivity in 2014. Tip 1: Use color coding, labels, and post-its to make finding...pile of lab notebooks and binder on your desk. Arrange them in chronological order (or by project, if ...Organize you experiments, keep track of upcoming grant deadlines, and sync everything to your calendar....lists of your upcoming tasks, set deadlines, and arrange automatic email reminders. These programs can be...
  4. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...also available for lentiviral transduction. Lysine-specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1) Tatjana Sauka-Spengler's...P2A-PuroR for lentiviral expression. Figure 1: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter...light to regulate transcription, also includes light-regulated histone methyltransferases and deacetylases...CRISPR Epigenetics resource. Transcriptional activation p300 acetyltransferase dCas9 fused to the catalytic...other Tet1 delivery systems. Transcriptional repression DNA Methyltransferase 3 Alpha (DNMT3A) Vlatka Zoldoš... PuroR enable sorting and selection of transduced cells. Grant Challen’s lab also created constitutive...associated with transcriptional repression. Created with BioRender.com. DNA Methyltransferase MQ1 Margaret...
  5. Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025

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    June 3, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... and deep-brain fiber photometry.  Figure 1: Characterization of iGluSnFR4 in mice. A) Scheme ...CycT1 or PolII-CTD antibodies and unlabeled MS in DLD-1 cells (colorectal cancer). Image courtesy of Brianna...al., 2025). In retrotransposon insertion, a combined endonuclease-reverse transcriptase uses homology ...fused to a shortened R2Tocc transposon protein, and can "retarget" the transposon to new loci in the genome...genome. The modified transposon RNA has untranslated regions (U, blue) on the outside of the homology arms...-associated membrane protein 5 (LAMP5) — as well as cholinergic (choline acetyltransferase, ChAT) neurons...is one of the most important and abundant neurotransmitters, but it is challenging to monitor because ...
  6. Exploring Applications of the Bioluminescent HiBiT Tag

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    Oct. 2, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...reconstitutes a fully functional luciferase enzyme (Figure 1). Addition of substrate generates a proportionate ...questions before creating knock-ins.  Figure 1: Schematic of HiBiT tagging technology.   The...HiBiT-tagged targets in translational research Researchers can incorporate HiBiT with a wide range of workflows,...fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulators (CFTR) (Kamada et al., 2023). CFTR is a membrane protein ...reporter to show that the mutants abolished transcriptional activity, even in the presence of endogenous...editors Tracking factors that utilize exosomal transport is quite challenging. Work by Shibata et al. (...converts adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) within double-stranded RNA. They hypothesized that if ADAR1 were carried...
  7. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Presented in figure 1). More information on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation can be found in this...interest. Figure 1: Simplified schematic of agrobacterium-mediated transformation in plant cells. Agrobacterium...variants (hereafter referred to as Cas9) and a single stranded guide RNA (gRNA) is sufficient to modify the genome...variants have been created in an effort to increase translation in a particular plant species or cell type (Belhaj...CRISPR components can be expressed stably or transiently depending on the delivery method and cell type...CRISPR components can be delivered and expressed transiently using a standard detergent, Polyethylene Glycol...plant genome. B) The Ti plasmid and helper are transformed into agrobacterium tumefaciens and exposed to...
  8. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    Feb. 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...furimazine by Promega’s Chemistry group is a good story (1). From a deep sea shrimp to a compact powerhouse of...cellular analysis products at Promega.     References 1. Hall, M.P., et al. (2012) Engineered luciferase reporter...process known as bioluminescent resonance energy transfer (BRET). The fluor then emits light at a tissue-penetrating... consists of NLuc fused to the more penetrative orange fluorescent protein fusion (OgNLuc). Both fluorescent...for excitation. The result was the cyan-excitable orange fluorescent protein, CyOFP1. CyOFP1 was molecularly...and improved maturation time compared to similar orange fluorescent proteins. In their work, the authors...great imaging tools generate cyan, yellow, green, orange and red fluorescence. The paper reports a wide ...
  9. Finding Your Science Policy Path

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    Sept. 22, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...relations, advocacy, and writing legislation (see Figure 1 for career map). The beautiful part of science policy...about science policy as a profession. Figure 1: Science policy can lead you to many paths! For a ...AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Veterans Health Administration. “But, seriously, what even...Science and Technology Policy Fellow (STPF) at the Veterans Health Administration, I could never get one straight...variety of backgrounds with technical expertise that ranges from astronomy to bioethics to chemical engineering...happen at the national level within the executive branch or in Congress, or can also happen at the state... early career researchers who have decided to transition out of academia from graduate school or a postdoc...
  10. Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell

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    Aug. 28, 2018, 12:04 p.m.
    ...communication check out these SciComm blog posts. References 1. Bourdeau, Raymond W., et al. "Acoustic reporter genes...topics both interesting and approachable!   The grand finale of visual impressions was delivered by the...
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