...Neuroscience Community blog to read reports from bloggers at the meeting – my report is currently in the works....I have an important question: How much coffee does it take to fuel more than 30,000 neuroscientists over...community. It has been great to hear all the words of support from scientists using Addgene in their labs. And...scientific community. All of this speaks to the importance of scientific sharing to the neuroscience community... left for you to make the most of this great opportunity – so if you’re running out of energy, then it...

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...enrich and select for cells that had successfully incorporated the desired mutation, and then derive mice from...handling embryos ex vivo, the components can be electroporated into the oviduct of pregnant females, a technique...gRNA, Cas9, and donor oligonucleotide can be electroporated into the mouse zygote (Qin et al., 2015).  ... it a single nucleotide change, insertion of a reporter gene, or replacement of the murine sequence with... microinjectionist, who has the strategically important job of delivering the payload! Last but not least...-Mediated Genome Editing in Mice by Zygote Electroporation of Nuclease. Genetics 200:423–430 . https:/... R (2013) One-Step Generation of Mice Carrying Reporter and Conditional Alleles by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated...

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