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TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 31, 2023, 1 p.m....to me. What’s on the fiber horizon? The brain interfaces with the entire body, so the obvious next applications...Flexible fiber-based optoelectronics for neural interfaces. Chemical Society Reviews, 48(6), 1826–1852. ...
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Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Incubate 5 Minutes at Room Temperature: You can place your reaction on ice if you are planning to transform...polymerases with proofreading functionality are used in place of Taq to reduce error rates; however, proofreading... -
Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m....contacting YNP staff to arrange permits to visit places not accessible to the public and retrofitting our...protein is 1,241 amino acids long, has optimal sgRNA spacer length of 22-25 nts, and is thermostable between... -
Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 21, 2014, 3:08 p.m....professorship. But recently a downward trend in funding and space in academic research labs has more students looking...industry, and government on social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to learn about available jobs, fields, ... -
25 Work From Home Tips for Scientists
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 19, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... our mindfulness group is sticking with their Headspace practice even while working remotely. Social distancing...reproducibility best practices in your research. For a place to start, check out Reproducibility for Everyone... -
Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 3, 2019, 12:47 p.m....Return of Race Science is a terrifying and equally good wake up call about the science of race." - ... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m....susceptibility of biofilms formed on various structured surfaces. Plasmids expressing fluorescent proteins will...biomarkers, and recently, cancer research related to space medicine. Now he aims on tracking pollution in rivers... -
Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 1, 2021, 1:15 p.m....help researchers working on COVID-19. Its origins trace back to March 2020, when the first coronavirus lockdown...appealing, join us and help make science a better place. You will receive opportunities to collaborate with... -
Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m....movement. When the ribosome moves along an mRNA, it displaces other RNA-binding proteins to allow translation...translation to occur. For a TRICK reporter mRNA this displacement leads to a change in the fluorescent signal:... -
Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 8, 2014, 2:50 p.m.... hires initially based on those who notice and embrace the “odd and extreme openness” of the lab (i.e ...are engrossed in a task. Things seem to fall into place frequently and you sometimes feel confident in your... -
Developing a cold tolerant E. coli using specialized chaperones
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 28, 2020, 2:35 p.m....legends who not only survive, but thrive, in the face of some of Earth’s harshest environments: corrosive...out rapidly in warm weather. Psychrophilic enzymes face very similar issues when forced to express in mesophilic... -
Behind the scenes: Addgene’s new search engine and more
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 12, 2019, 2:22 p.m....information, however, did not improve at the same pace as the quantity and quality of the information. ...down, and zooming out — with an intuitive user interface. The team approached the issue from multiple... -
Communicating Your Science With Help From ComSciCon
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 19, 2018, 1:12 p.m....annual flagship workshop. Our 2018 workshop took place in Boston - you can revisit the activities of our...get in touch with ComSciCon, find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instragram, or send an email to [email protected]... -
Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m....adjustments in the physical organization of your workspace and your workflow can have a huge impact. Test... experiments at odd hours, used more secluded workspaces, or politely asked to not be disturbed when they... -
7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 2, 2021, 2:15 p.m....endeavor. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students will face a reduced supply of internships as a result of the...narrative that is positive, and forward-looking. Embrace it, and let your personality leap out of the page... -
Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m....amplified to add 5′ and 3′ homology regions to the adjacent fragment or vector. 5′ overhangs are generated...higher temperature at which Gibson assembly takes place may limit formation of secondary structures at the... -
Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2024, 1:15 p.m....can see from Figure 2 that determining where to place your gate based on the dot plot would be complicated...Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry Beyond Surface Labeling in Flow Cytometry Resource on addgene.... -
GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 15, 2023, 1:15 p.m....also sometimes called unnatural amino acids) are placed in a protein site-specifically to alter its function...using GCE in your experiments, GCE4All is a great place to start. They host monthly webinars, workshops,... -
A Deep Dive into BioBuilder
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 11, 2017, 1:44 p.m....focused on an emerging scientific field, BioBuilder embraces new opportunities for scientific exploration, ... opened in August 2017. This flexible teaching space offers STEM programming, workshops, and customized... -
Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2014, 3:50 p.m....outside your organization. The mentor in your own workplace is able to: Help you identify specific skills...can tap for email discussions. It is also a great place to practice your mentoring skills. Online mentoring... -
Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m....Figure 1). This light-induced excitation can take place in a tissue culture dish but can also happen in ... motor cortex (M2). Since M2 is located on the surface of the brain, to deliver light to the channelrhodopsin-expressing... -
Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m....understand so that we could possibly develop pharmaceutical interventions that would inhibit IL-36 release...intensity-based signaling biosensors to monitor intracellular signaling,” says Hébert. Previous research has... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m....communication, be it in your academic lab or your workplace, is an ongoing process. It is never really done...you try any of these approaches in your lab or workplace, let me know. If you have come upon any other ... -
Reproducibility for Everyone: Lessons from an Open Science Collaboration
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2019, 1:34 p.m....collaboration. The first iteration of these workshops took place at Caltech in Jan 2018 and involved presentations...dedicated website to host all the materials in one place and better serve researchers at all levels of the... -
Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....Lancaster et al. (2018) Of course, preprints don’t replace journals and other modes of scientific communication...journal and share it more widely! Not everyone embraces preprints as part of their scientific communication... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m....entails will help keep you motivated when you’re faced with yet another hurdle in your research journey...will always be room to improve. The next time you face a problem, try to be mindful of how you work through... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... on size is ultracentrifugation. Sedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation yields an affinity... -
Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m....in recombinant AAVs (rAAVs) with maximum “trunk” space for genetic cargo. Typically, when researchers speak...dependent switches control gene expression via switches placed in your cell type of interest. Careful combination... -
CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... RNA editing. Fast facts – PAM requirement: protospacer flanking sequence – A, U, or C. Best for: targeting...development and use. Fast facts – PAM requirement: protospacer flanking sequence – none. Best for: targeting... -
Synthetic promoter AAVs for cell-type specific expression in retinal cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... specific transcription factor binding sites interspaced with random sequences. Strategy #4 (ProD): ...where lower levels of labeling makes it easier to trace a neuron’s projections. Generating animal models... -
Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.... Viruses are intracellular parasites and natural vehicles for genetic information. Therefore they make....9 kb stuffer sequence that can be removed and replaced with an shRNA sequence of your choice. More information... -
Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.... to undergraduate students (1, 2), but educators face significant challenges in designing suitable projects...complementation should only occur when galactose replaces glucose as the carbon source. Student results ... -
A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m....SARS-CoV-2 virus depends on its spike protein to bind ACE2, the host cellular receptor. To more easily study...SARS outbreak, Hyeryun Choe’s lab identified that ACE2 is the functional receptor for SARS-CoV. The lab... -
Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 8, 2024, 1:15 p.m....developed to replace helper viruses in AAV production systems. We’re just skimming the surface of the natural... -
Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 8, 2017, 3:15 p.m....from the drop-down and add an explanation in the adjacent Patent/License Explanation field. Filling ...in the format: labname_addgene_batch_upload.xls Replace ‘labname’ with the name of your PI and send the... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m....co-founder of www.assaygenie.com. No matter what facet of academia you are in, grant writing can be the...clear that you are staying because it is the best place in the world for your research to rapidly progress... -
Tips for Technical Support Calls
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m....Google it...Or Yahoo! it, or Bing it, but, let’s face it, there’s a reason nearly 70% of all internet ...experiment, but a picture of a gel or a sequencing trace file can go a long way in helping us understand ... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m....gene cassettes. Thse vectors are engineered to replace the drug resistantance genes in the bacteria thus...known antibotics. These might be used on hospital surfaces and in hand sanitizers. There are many clever... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... scatters a great deal once it enters tissue, placement above the site of stimulation guarantees that ...brain tissue a short distance so ideal implant placement should be about 0.4-0.5mm above the site of your... -
Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m....teamwork, manage day to day operations within their workplace, and pursue leadership opportunities at the local...postdoc). I soon realized that many of the issues faced by postdocs and institutions are not local but are... -
Story of a SynBio Startup: RevBio's Epiphany (or Lack Thereof)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 5, 2014, 3:32 p.m....conferences, but after receiving her degree she was faced with a similar conundrum – she had the skills, training...color changing flower project was inspired by a Facebook comment. In our day job, we worked on plants ... -
Multiplexed Capture of Promoter-enhancer 3D Chromatin Structures Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2020, 12:40 p.m....that are distant linearly but close together in space. The chromatin “picture” is then developed by detecting...the following changes to create CAPTURE 2.0: Replace the biotinalatable tag on dCas9 with a BioTAP-tag... -
Plasmids 101: 5 factors to help you choose the right cloning method
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 21, 2018, 12:31 p.m....so many technologies currently available, you now face the challenge of trying to figure out what system...Scientific Inc., Origene, and NEB® are all good places to look for some helpful kits! Efficiency: Wouldn... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m....comfortable with awkward silences but I’ve learned to embrace them after one ended with the person in front of...your manager for advice if you’re not sure how to face a particular situation. But keep in mind that a ... -
The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m...., but those outside of your field can point out places where you gloss over essential details or omit ...avoid rushing out the door without your poster, place it by your keys a day in advance. Dress for the ... -
Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m....is typically purified using methods like ultracentrifugation, while lentivirus supernatants are centrifuged...collection 2–4 days 5–10 days Purification Ultracentrifugation (AAV); centrifugation (lenti) Centrifugation... -
Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m....applications across a wide range of topics. He embraces open science, self-publishing directly on his .... R., Evans, E. W., Déjean, V., Dodson, C. A., Wallace, M. I., Mackenzie, S. R., Timmel, C. R., & Hore... -
PhD Applications After COVID
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 5, 2023, 2:15 p.m....simply as it seems laid out above, there are many places where the PhD application cycle becomes much more...program will allow for you to have the time and space to delve into what matters to you. It can also be... -
Golden Gate Assembly Upgrades: More Fragments, Faster Assembly, and Higher Fidelity
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 11, 2018, 12:30 p.m....England Biolabs. Golden gate assembly limitations Embraced by the synthetic biology community, Golden Gate...efficiency, stability, and buffer compatibility have placed practical limits on single- or two-step assemblies... -
Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m....track protein localization, cell structure, intracellular trafficking, and protein turnover rates. Additionally...overexpressed fluorescent protein fusions is to replace the genomic copy of your gene of interest with ...