...and Casɸ-3. This system is notable for several reasons. Casɸ is only ~70kDa, with a molecular weight roughly...the library here New from the viral service By Jason Nasse We regularly add new viral aliquots from our...

...of data together indicate that 35-pieces is a reasonable upper limit for Golden Gate Assembly size. Ultimately...  Rachel Leeson...

... Maya Peters Kostman in May 2020 and updated by Jason Nasse in July 2023.  References and Resources References...Ramirez M, Hu X, Galvan A, Basu J, Michaelides M, Sternson S (2019) Ultrapotent chemogenetics for research...

...antibodies recognize some rat primary antibodies (Erickson 1993). It is always better to choose primary antibodies...Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/002215549804600813 Erickson, P. A., Lewis, G. P., & Fisher, S. K. (1993). ...

...! it, or Bing it, but, let’s face it, there’s a reason nearly 70% of all internet searches are done via...potentially faulty product. Please remember that the person at the other end of that email you’re writing is...

...and so should be handled with care (4). For this reason, viral vectors often employ other non-poly(A) transcript-stabilizing...Schambach A, Kräusslich H-G. Multiple copies of the Mason–Pfizer monkey virus constitutive RNA transport element...

...panelist or audience member from taking over. My own personal rule is that I do not let the panelists introduce...stop talking and redirect the conversation. The person you cut off might be miffed but the other 200 audience...

...to capitalize on your experience. No matter the reason for attending, your preparation and day-of game...hear or understand what we are being asked. I am personally guilty of this, and have many times answered ...

...consider performing PEG precipitation. Instead of sonicating the cell pellet, I lyse the cells with this AAV... Stone and Harshana de Silva Feelixge at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for teaching me about AAV production...

...between two molecules more closely is Förster Resonance Energy Transfer, FRET. Additional opportunities...Gene Tagging in Human Cells Check Out the Michael Davidson Fluorescent Protein Collection Get Tips for Using...

...Why do these organisms have chromoproteins? One reason may be that chromoproteins protect corals from ...fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy-based Förster resonance energy transfer (FLIM-FRET) in living cells (Figure...

...these therapeutics. Jesse Bloom’s lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed a pooled plasmid...identified.     New from the viral service By Jason Nasse We regularly add new viral aliquots from our...

...Yoshimi, K., Okuzaki, Y., Gee, P., Kunihiro, Y., Sonpho, E., Xu, H., Sasakawa, N., Naito, Y., Nakada, S...INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons Additional resources on Addgene.org CRISPR ...

... A., Sousa, A. A., Tsai, S. Q., Bengtsson, N. E., Lööv, C., Ingelsson, M., Chamberlain, J. S., Corey, ...

...resources References Pyhtila, B., Kasowitz, S., Leeson, R., & Barrangou, R. (2023). The Expanding Dissemination...  Rachel Leeson...

...Thankfully, this is a hot topic with many resources! In Bondeson et al, they review all the tags discussed here...informed choice! References and Resources References Bondeson, D.P., Mullin-Bernstein, Z., Oliver, S. et al....

...Byron Rubin, a crystallographer working with Jane Richardson, provided an initial solution to this problem...are interested in experiencing Cas9 up close and personal, visit the 3D Molecular Designs web site. Or, ...

...S, Li Y, Hough S, Tran K, Li J, Yin H, Anderson DG, Sontheimer EJ, Weng Z, Gao G, Xue W (2015) Adenovirus-Mediated...

... figure by figure organization with a different person responsible for each figure. Others still are more... avenues including casual request via email, in person, or instant messaging but we as scientists often...

...science and society." Science 376, (2022): 250-252. Carlson J, Henn BM, Al-Hindi DR, Ramachandran S. Counter...  Rachel Leeson...

...why should cell biologists talk to chemists? One reason is something called “the photon budget”: each sample...Protein Fusions Request Plasmids from the Michael Davidson Collection Find Fluorescent Protein Kits ...

...opposed to four separate plasmids), there are a few reasons arguing against this approach. First, this would...PMCID: PMC3586226. 4. Mühlberger, Elke, et al. "Comparison of the transcription and replication strategies...

...philosophy of  “work hard, play hard.” Part of the reason we sincerely like spending time together is that...work” all the time. She was a wise lady for many reasons, but this saying is especially true. If your event...

... and for a very brief period of time, the only, person to know a brand new fact is often enough to keep...learning to “speak science,” and virtually every person you talked to during the day was also a scientist...

...becoming an expert in your field and are the perfect person to be writing the review! Doing so is a great way...Good luck! References 1. Haery, Leila, Ryan C. Thompson, and Thomas D. Gilmore. "Histone acetyltransferases...

...regulatory elements or use a non-canonical code (Gustafsson et al., 2004), such as Hoogsten base pairs and...Biol 13:30–34 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb1031 Gustafsson C, Govindarajan S, Minshull J (2004) Codon bias...

...References Lock, M., Alvira, M. R., Chen, S.-J., & Wilson, J. M. (2014). Absolute determination of single-stranded...https://doi.org/10.1089/hgtb.2013.131 Wang, Y., Bergelson, S., & Feschenko, M. (2018). Determination of ...

...Pk1] in a western blot assay. Image reused from Anderson et al., 2024 under CC BY license.    Find ...Find Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5-Pk1] Antibody here!   Anderson, Z., Zhu, H., Riedel, T., Moshinsky, D., Meijers, R...

...proteins, and modifications to the pegRNA. The Britt Adamson Lab recently used a CRISPRi screen to identify ...useful materials for research into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and Huntington’s Disease, including plasmids...

... Quick tips for writing a good cover letter Personalize your cover letter to the job and job requirements...Soriano-Carot in September 2016 and was updated by Rachel Leeson in May 2024.     Additional Resources on the Addgene...

...Langan, E., Siebert, S., Li, J., Greiner, D., & Anderson, D. (2015). Neutrophil Responses to Sterile Implant...  Rachel Leeson...

...of false interpretation in cell culture for this reason. Unreproducible results are rife. Misidentified...PMID: 12001993. 4. Lucey, Brendan P., Walter A. Nelson-Rees, and Grover M. Hutchins. "Henrietta Lacks,...

...consider using moxFPs over standard FPs for the reasons listed above. In addition, because the moxFPs are...11736655. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC1222268. 7. Aronson, Deborah E., Lindsey M. Costantini, and Erik L....

...summarized in a short blog post, but some examples I’m personally interested in include: intracranial self-stimulation... to proceed with your behavioral experiments. Comparison of c-fos amongst animals that receive different...

...act on DNA, or are enzymatically active. For this reason, recombinant proteins are typically expressed in...culture from reaching the desired density within a reasonable time-frame. For these cases, some strains carry...

...arguably the most widely and productively used  (Thomason et al., 2014). In recent years, CRISPR-Cas9 technology...reports 5 (2015): 15096. PubMed PMID: 28060411. Thomason, Lynn C., et al. "Recombineering: genetic engineering...

...When both orientations are available, a direct comparison of these fusion proteins may reveal which of ...Unbiased, random insertions can be generated with a transposon-based strategy (Sheridan, 2002). Avoiding protein...

...do aptamers! Corn was recently described in 2017 (Song et al., 2017). Corn naturally dimerizes, and this...PMID: 28747322. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5602116. Song, Wenjiao, et al. "Imaging RNA polymerase III transcription...

...detection ranges of multiple targets. Convenient! Comparison of loading control approaches Cartoons are nice...all, but we’ll leave you with this real-world comparison of different loading control approaches from ...

...’s software in order to generate signals in a reasonable range. If colleagues in your group already have...interest can still be gated out later. Based on personal preference, some people like to make stricter ...