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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m....and Bester 2021). For example, inserting a polyadenylation signal downstream of the transcription start...fragment. (D) Knock-in: insertion of a synthetic polyadenylation (spA) signal. Figure and caption adapted from...
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A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... the reverse transcriptase, protease, and Bst polymerase constructs from their assay to Addgene. Drew...expressing MMLV reverse transcriptase and Taq polymerase that can be used in a one-step RT-qPCR reaction...Nguyen AW, Park J, Wang N, Amengor D, Lavinder JJ, Ippolito GC, Maynard JA, Finkelstein IJ, McLellan JS (2020... -
Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m....In addition the transfection method (i.e. polyethyleneimine, calcium phosphate or liposomal methods), ...centrifugation on a sucrose gradient, spin columns, and polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation. All of these methods... -
Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 9, 2022, 1:15 p.m....). mAbs and rAbs have higher homogeneity than polyclonal antibodies because of their immunoglobin component...circumvents the batch-to-batch variability found in polyclonal antibodies, creating a potentially unlimited ... -
Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 19, 2015, 3:30 p.m....can influence the transcription of genes by RNA polymerase II, or by the addition of methyl- groups to the...9 methylation, while the K27 reporter uses the polycomb chromodomain to recognise lysine 27 methylation... -
Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 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... -
The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 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... -
Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... panelists including: Kate Stoll, PhD - Senior Policy Advisor MIT Washington Office Ben Corb - Director... in the intersection between science and public policy. Follow David on Twitter @driglar. References... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....While monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies are readily available from several sources, fewer sources ...Antibodies Plasmid-based Recombinant Antibodies Polyclonal Antibodies Resources on addgene.org Addgene's... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....viral vector particles are made while missing the polymerase gene may seem like a mystery. But it’s simple... M., & Bishop, J. M. (1973). RNA-directed DNA polymerase of Rous sarcoma virus: Initiation of synthesis... -
Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m....allows for the following to occur: A) Multiple polyclonal secondary IgGs can bind to different epitopes... Reagent Pros Cons Antibodies Bivalent Polyclonal Can be labeled with multiple dyes Commercially... -
AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m....CREATE cap plasmid, loxP sites flank the downstream polyA sequence. When viruses produced from this plasmid...into an animal with cell-type-specific Cre, the polyA sequence is inverted only in the Cre-expressing ... -
CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m..... People commonly think of DNA as a linear polymer of A,T,G, and C nucleotides arranged in a double...two main criteria: no TTTTT allowed (this is a polymerase terminator), and no off-target effects for the... -
Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2019, 12:26 p.m....conference If the conference has a social media policy, this should be on their website or the program...program booklet. Make sure you’re familiar with the policies before posting something on social media. If someone... -
Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... myidp.sciencecareers.org mentioned museums. Indianapolis is home to one of "The world’s biggest and best...children’s museum", The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. I drove passed these dinosaurs every day. They... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m....single mRNA. IRES was originally discovered in poliovirus RNA, where it promotes translation of the viral...eukaryotic mRNA directed by a sequence derived from poliovirus RNA. Pelletier et al (Nature. 1988 Jul 28;334... -
Hot Plasmids Spring 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m....ensure this tRNA processing only occurs on the RNA polymerase III transcript, the sgRNAs were encoded on the...donor site; SAS, splice acceptor site; pA, polyadenylation signal. Image reused from Riedmayr et al. 2023... -
Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m....producing lentivirus in Lenti-X 293T cells using a polyethyenimine transfection protocol. I also recommend searching...incubation time, antibiotic conditions, and amount of polybrene. (psst…didn’t get your library pre-made from Addgene... -
Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2020, 1 p.m....sample is first amplified using RPA (recombinase polymerase amplification) or reverse transcriptase (RT)-...as well as health-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from human saliva. SHERLOCKv2 provides... -
CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m....inosine), which is treated as ‘G’ by cellular polymerases. Subsequently, an original genomic A-T base pair...promoter driven expression system. We use a single polycistronic tRNA-gRNA (PTG) gene system to clone multiple...