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Learn how the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd) engages with various communities on biological science and technology. Get tips on how to work at a similar organization from pgEd's director of new initiatives, Johnny Kung.

Sept. 20, 2018, 12:17 p.m.

Learn all about how to regulate cell growth dynamics with optogenetics, the Riboglow platform for visualizing RNA production and localization, mCarmine, a new and improved red fluorescent protein, and the ACE reporter system for quantifying base-editing and Cas9 cleavage activity.

Sept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m.

Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens are a high-throughput systematic approach for identifying genes involved in a biological process. Recently the Bassik Lab at Stanford developed a new genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen to analyze unanswered questions about CRISPR screen design by including safe targeting guides and short gRNAs.

Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.

Learn the basics of CRISPR ribonucleoprotein (RNP) preparation and delivery for your next gene editing experiment.

Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.

Learn how the Journal of Emerging Investigators enables high school students to learn more about the scientific process and scientific publishing.

Sept. 5, 2018, 12:01 p.m.

Gene expression is often imprecise due to variations in gene copy number within the cell (either on plasmid or genome). New promoters from Chris Voigt’s lab enable stable gene expression regardless of copy number regardless of growth phase and whether they are expressed on the plasmid or chromosome.

Sept. 4, 2018, 12:53 p.m.

Though microbes are microscopic, there are many ways to visualize microbes. In this blog post, we summarize the latest tools in science communication to showcase microbes - foldscopes, agar art, and GIFs have all been recently use to bring microbiology to diverse audiences.

Aug. 28, 2018, 12:04 p.m.

GFP is the most widely used fluorescent protein, but there are several instances that limits its use. GFP requires oxygen, is sensitive to acid, and its large size can be problematic. When thinking about ways to label proteins, a different probe may be more appropriate.

Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.

There are many plasmid tools available in molecular biology so how do you chose the right cloning method for you? Here, consider speed, cost, difficulty, efficiency, and the number of inserts when designing your cloning strategy.

Aug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m.

Learn how you can use RaPID to detect RNA-protein interactions and its applications in infectious and human genetic diseases.

Aug. 16, 2018, 12:40 p.m.