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1. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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   Feb. 2, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

   ...and entry-level positions post graduation. Many thanks to our guest bloggers Roodolph (Roo) P. St Pierre...

2. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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   Nov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m.

   ...light-controlled protein purification is now a reality thanks to OptoNBs. Recently designed by the Toettcher ...

3. How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses

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   June 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

   ...from others. Comment below to add your tips! Many thanks to our guest blogger Kate Palozola! Kate Palozola...

4. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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   July 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

   ...special collection of CRISPR tagging systems.   Thank you to Professors Mendenhall and Myers for speaking...

5. 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology

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   July 22, 2014, 5:46 p.m.

   ...more efficient engineering of a better tomorrow. Thank you to our guest bloggers! Nikolai Braun grew up...

6. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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   July 10, 2014, 7:17 p.m.

   ...Julia Phillips and Fiona Beckman Acknowledgments Thank you to Dr. Mike Koeris (Co-founder and formerly ...

7. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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   Feb. 4, 2014, 3:50 p.m.

   ...their wisdom and they might just not have the time. Thank them anyway and move on. If they say yes, be prepared...

8. Transferable Skills Guide: Problem Solving

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   Nov. 30, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

   ....  How do you develop problem solving skills? Thankfully, as scientists, the scientific method is a core...

9. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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   May 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m.

   ...Fusion Proteins – Making the Right Connection.     Thank you to our guest blogger! Adriana Galvan is an associate...

10. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    Oct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m.

    ...met before, I’d be much more likely to say  “Hey, thanks for looking me up on LinkedIn!” resulting in just...

11. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    Sept. 24, 2019, 12:55 p.m.

    ... project. Good luck with your experiment! Many thanks to our guest blogger Oskar Laur from Emory University...

12. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    Jan. 31, 2019, 1:32 p.m.

    ...just as important of a role if not more.  Many thanks to our guest blogger, Bárbara Pinho! Bárbara Pinho...

13. RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions

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    April 10, 2018, 12:56 p.m.

    ...Check out the NIH’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB). 1 ml of antibody-containing hybridoma supernatant...

14. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Writing for a Research Institute

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    Feb. 2, 2018, 3:20 p.m.

    ...really good environment to be looking for a job.” Thanks to Susan for not only being part of this series...

15. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.

    ...(inverted terminal repeats – the sequences that flank the deliverable DNA) are removed, resulting in recombinant...

16. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.

    ...excision. Essentially, LoxP sites are knocked in flanking a gene of interest (or a single exon) and everything...

17. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency

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    June 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

    ...fluorescent proteins under specific conditions. Many thanks to our guest bloggers Joachim Goedhart and Marieke...

18. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability

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    June 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

    ... photostability of the probes in check.   Many thanks to our guest bloggers Joachim Goedhart and Marieke...

19. Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m.

    ...a lack of available academic positions.   Many thanks to our guest blogger Gary McDowell! Gary S. McDowell...

20. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    July 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

    ...cannot return to a world that ignores gender. Many thanks to our Guest Blogger Londa Schiebinger. Londa Schiebinger...

21. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    April 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

    ...gRNA sequences targeting your genes of interest. Thanks to the tremendous efforts made by various research...

22. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    Oct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

    ... the event on October 22nd and 23rd here. Many thanks to our guest blogger David T. Riglar! David T ...

23. Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing

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    May 5, 2015, 3:54 p.m.

    ...Scientific Manuscripts series on Johnna's blog. Thank you to our guest blogger! Johnna Roose is a biochemistry...

24. CRISPR Meets Synthetic Biology: A Conversation with MIT’s Christopher Voigt

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    April 22, 2015, 2:06 p.m.

    ...That will be an outcome of genetic engineering.   Thank you to Chris Voigt for speaking with us! Find the...

25. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.

    ... either side of a gene (called “floxing”, for “flanked by loxP”), will permit gene expression until Cre...

26. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.

    ... the benefit of the entire research community. Thank you to our guest bloggers! Neil McKenna, Ph.D.,...

27. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 3, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

    ...oligomerisation. Eastwood T, Baker K, Brooker H, Frank S, Mulvihill DP. FEBS Lett. 2017 Dan Mulvihill ...

28. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    Dec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

    ... that simple! Good luck and happy editing!    Thank you to our guest blogger!Daniel M. Sapozhnikov is...

29. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.

    ...available. These libraries encode target sites flanked by randomized nucleotides in place of a protospacer...

30. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.

    ... donor template containing the desired sequence flank by homology arms must be delivered to cells along...

31. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    July 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m.

    ...associate, self-excise, and covalently ligate their flanking peptides together (Wang et al., 2018).” With the...

32. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

    ...determined the function of many protein-coding genes thanks to systems like CRISPR/Cas9 that allow them to ...

33. Antibodies 101: Stripping and Reprobing Western Blots

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    Aug. 1, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

    ... in western blotting that you’re looking for a “blank” result! If some signal remains, you may want to...

34. BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development

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    June 26, 2018, 1:33 p.m.

    ...better treatment of these related syndromes. Many thanks and best of luck to the 2018 BeHeard Award winners...

35. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    May 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.

    ...Notably, this plasmid harbors a multi-cloning site flanked by T7 promoters to allow for bidirectional transcription...

36. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.

    ...Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology Website. Many thanks to our guest blogger, Clare O'Connor! Clare O'Connor...

37. Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools

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    May 15, 2018, 12:43 p.m.

    ...using a construct in which TagRFP-T and Dronpa flanked a PKA substrate fused to the phosphopeptide binding...

38. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.

    ...exciting endeavor is starting to write a book.  Many thanks to our guest blogger, Sarah Schmidt! Sarah Schmidt...

39. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.

    ...to become ideal vectors for gene delivery. Many thanks to our guest blogger, Harshana S De Silva Feelixge...

40. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    Oct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

    ...your application for the next grant cycle.  Many thanks to our Guest Blogger, Sean Mac Fhearraigh! Seán...

41. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    March 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

    ...to learn more about this cloning technique! Many thanks to Rob Hurt for his help on this piece. Rob is ...

42. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.

    ... also likely inspire further-improved versions. Thanks to Christophe Leterrier, whose FocalPlanes piece...

43. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    Jan. 9, 2020, 1:45 p.m.

    ...you expand your search. Results in your feed are ranked based on their influence on the network, or body...

44. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    Sept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m.

    ...experience, also let us know! Sometimes those few “thank you”s are what get a customer service agent through...

45. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    Sept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

    ...upcoming Advocating for Science Symposium. Many thanks to our guest blogger, David T. Riglar. David T ...

46. Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus

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    Aug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m.

    ...future emerging pathogens or health crises. Many thanks to our Guest Bloggers Keith Pardee and Alexander...

47. Gaining Leadership Skills Volunteering at a Professional Organization

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    Aug. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.

    ...leadership role or in a track towards one.  Many thanks to our guest blogger Juliet Moncaster! Juliet ...

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

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    Oct. 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.

    ... miffed but the other 200 audience members will thank you. Own it. For more great tips on running panel...

49. Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments

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    Feb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

    ... from fluorescent jellyfish, bioluminescent phytoplankton, and colorful corals, to name a few. What’s ...

50. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    Aug. 29, 2019, 12:50 p.m.

    ...successfully navigate poster sessions with ease. Many thanks to our guest blogger Brittany L. Uhlorn from the...