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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....scientific publishing has a number of drawbacks, especially the increasingly growing time from submission... a few individuals. Early-career researchers especially enjoy the ability to post a preprint as evidence...editors’ comments, reviewers’ comments, and author responses can be shared directly alongside the preprint ...
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Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m....stimulates the overall immune response. Once the initial antibody response starts to wane about a month...include any antibodies produced during the immune response. Polyclonal antibodies are generated ... -
Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m....to a large family of solute channels that are responsible for maintaining the nutrient and ionic balance...of an autoinflammatory loop: keratinocytes both respond to and release IL-36 cytokines. Keratinocytes are...cell and translate those signals into cellular responses. For example, GPCRs and their downstream G protein... -
Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m....cyclization recombinase”), is a 38 kDa protein responsible for intra- and inter-molecular recombination ...lox system is a well-established research tool, especially in the field of mouse transgenics. A few of the... (FRT) site being analogous to Cre and loxP, respectively. The FLP-FRT technology can be an effective ... -
Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m....lack all viral genes, including those that are responsible for integration into host chromosomes, further... (HDR). This characteristic makes AAV vectors especially amenable to correcting disease-associated mutations...PMCID: PMC4450362. 4. Sun, J. Y., et al. "Immune responses to adeno-associated virus and its recombinant ... -
Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... and AsCpf1 are 3.7 kb and 3.9 kb in length, respectively, larger than SaCas9 but smaller than SpCas9....These nucleases should fit well into AAV vectors, especially given that Cpf1 gRNAs are also shorter than those...rate is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins... -
Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 14, 2018, 11:44 a.m.... using AdV is that it triggers a strong immune response after in vivo administration, which results in...expression ceases relatively quickly due to immune response against AdV. Importantly, recombination-competent...spectrophotometry. An absorbance of at 260nm corresponds to 1.1 x 1012 particles/mL. To calculate the ... -
Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m....communication and learning to work with people despite the distance improved my verbal and written communication...strengths and work effectively. Leadership responsibilities Being a leader in an organization, you need... different hats and came to understand the responsibilities that come with leadership. The NPA was a great... -
xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m....there’s a PAM near your insertion site, the corresponding gRNA might be undesirable due to potential off-target...than SpCas9, in this case, NNGRRT and NNNNGATT, respectively. Researchers also engineered SpCas9 variants..., resulting in lower overall genome frequency. Despite the progress we’ve made, there is still a need ... -
PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m....with the Krauthammer lab (University of Zurich), especially with my deep learning-wizard colleague Ahmed ...selecting the most promising pegRNA designs and especially facilitates the use of prime editing in pooled...true for any prime editor experimentalist, and especially shines once large-scale prime editing experiments... -
Transferable Skills: Negotiation
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 3, 2022, 2 p.m.... on which lab jobs needed to be done (Who is responsible for making the running buffer this week?). Scientists...what is most important to each person. It can especially be difficult to think creatively when you are...create a win-win situation? Learning about and respecting cultural differences is a crucial part of understanding... -
No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m....expensive to gain access to routinely, and it can be especially challenging when trying to develop antibodies... a defined set of different trinucleotides (corresponding to different amino acids) in the regions that...further characterization and analysis. In a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seeger lab demonstrated... -
Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m....fluorescent proteins, it’s important to note that despite their distinction by name, chromoproteins are actually...pTOX6 express the YhaV, MqsR, and Tse2 toxins, respectively, and all encode the amilCP chromoprotein. Vectors...pTOX9 express the YhaV, MqsR, and Tse2 toxins, respectively, and encode the tsPurple chromoprotein. Find... -
Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m....individual molecules. Poor photon budgets are a widespread issue with fluorescent proteins—even the thriftiest...student searching couch cushions for spare change, desperate to extract a few more photons from a sample. Chemical...have excellent properties inside living cells, especially for advanced imaging experiments. We continue... -
AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m....are also an important target for gene delivery, especially for the study of pain. While many new capsids...and AAV.PHP.S, that target the CNS or the PNS, respectively. Read on to learn more about these two new ...Cre-dependent selection yields AAV variants for widespread gene transfer to the adult brain. Nature biotechnology... -
AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m....without triggering a destructive inflammatory immune response. At the time, adenoviral vectors were the most...disease-causing genes, including the RPE65 gene responsible for an autosomal recessive, severe, childhood-onset...follow in the footsteps of Luxturna™. However, despite promising results in preclinical studies some potential... -
Interview: Hodaka Fujii on enChIP, New CRISPR Tools, and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 2, 2014, 7:23 p.m....and it would have been very difficult for us to respond to such a large number of requests by ourselves...with each other, which is critically important, especially for young researchers. It was a really nice incubator...Identification of Proteins Associated with an IFNgamma-Responsive Promoter by a Retroviral Expression System for... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Career Planning Resources
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 14, 2017, 2 p.m.... suggestions based on what I have found to be especially beneficial during my own graduate career – and...Attend smaller talks within the bigger conference, especially ones that are more career-focused. After these... important to realize that you have to take responsibility for your own professional development, not ... -
Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2016, 2:30 p.m....technical roles. Therefore, institutions are responsible for ensuring that either all affected scientists...is the only part of the Harvard group that has responded to the FLSA at the time of writing, and is raising... decision in FLSA, and at the time of writing responses to requests for the legal justification of this... -
The Challenges of Cell Culture
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2016, 2:30 p.m....culture in the present day Cell culture is a widespread tool used in the fields of oncology, virology...of reputation that can impede collaborations, especially with industry. Today we also have the appropriate...convince people of some of the basic tenets of responsible cell culture outlined in this article. Now many...