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  1. How-to: 5 Steps to a Great Panel Discussion

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    Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
    ...advantage of the program. Start the program by polling the audience with a few questions. Who is out there...in response. I am always ready with some written poll questions to get things started. Give a couple of...want to take over? It is the moderator's job to politely but firmly get them to stop talking and redirect...
  2. Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method

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    Aug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ...fragments are then combined with an exonuclease, a polymerase, and a DNA ligase to carry out a pooled set of...topoisomerase I cut site, toposisomerase I, and a taq polymerase-generated insert. When mixed, topoisomerase I... could also be a great choice, because the T4 polymerase needed for this method is relatively inexpensive...
  3. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    June 7, 2018, 1:17 p.m.
    ... can then be translated at the ribosome into polypeptide chains that make up the primary structure of ...purified for use in molecular biology research (eg. polymerases and other enzymes might be purified and used ...translation machinery. These include ribosomes, RNA polymerase, tRNAs, ribonucleotides and amino acids. Cell-free...
  4. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Addgene blog   Droplet Digital PCR for AAV QuantificationPolymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications...Applications Resources on Addgene.org Protocol: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Protocol: How to Design a primer...SYBR Green I and TaqMan quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction methods for the determination ...
  5. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    Aug. 15, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...versus the response and use that information to extrapolate the concentration of an unknown sample. For example...sigmoidal. Once the trendline is calculated, you can extrapolate the concentration of the unknown sample based...sample is determined by using the trendline to extrapolate its x value, 0.963 mg/mL, from its y value, 0.651...
  6. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    May 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...set up a standard PCR reaction (primers, dNTPs, polymerase) using the supernatant of lysed bacteria as template...standard PCR reaction: combine template, primers, polymerase, and dNTPs and then incubate with a standard ...heating step of the PCR reaction. A standard Taq polymerase is sufficient. Controls: Controls can make ...
  7. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...No transformation techniques are available yet. Polistes (Amy Toth) These wasps are like the ones that ...Crepidula atrasolea juvenile, light microscope with polarizing filter. Development is direct in this species...actually silence this gene with RNAi to make a polygamous species monogamous. Anolis sagrei (Doug Menke...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    April 20, 2021, 2:30 p.m.
    ...which contains a promoter, the envelope gene, and a polyA tail.   Figure 1: Lentiviral production uses... inactivated by the complement system in serum (DePolo et al., 2000). Other envelope proteins for pseudotyping...–398 . https://doi.org/10.2174/1566523054546224 DePolo NJ, Reed JD, Sheridan PL, Townsend K, Sauter SL...
  9. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Samples of viral preparations are subjected to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) followed by silver...centrifugation and then by filtration through a 0.45 µm polyethersulfone (PES) membrane. The preparations are then ...lentiviral preparation by precipitation in 10% polyethylene glycol (PEG) followed by centrifugation. Precipitated...
  10. 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...
  11. 10 Steps to a Perfect Science Talk

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    Aug. 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of useful, entertaining science lab, career, and policy content. Watch Joanne give her "Not" Networking...almost anyone with enough practice. I always take a poll of scientists in training to see how many in my ...other ways to engage the audience. Take an informal poll by asking for a show of hands on a particular question...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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....
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
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