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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 27, 2013, 2:54 p.m....is busy and has a To-Do list long enough that there is no hope of accomplishing it all. How do we encourage...teams at Addgene will forgo their regular To-Do lists (other than emergency items) and focus on a single... Hack Days, and we’ve seen great success at accomplishing “we-should-really-make-time-for-that” type projects...wonderful tradition for university departments to establish, with the goal of fostering better communication...
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"What Makes a Good Mentor?" and 6 More FAQs About Science Mentoring
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 17, 2013, 2:47 p.m....along the way in this ongoing series of blog posts. Listen to our podcast interview with Harvard Medical School...’ – inspire you.” “Also a mentor can give you realistic expectations. (Don't think you can finish that...is instructive (and entertaining) to review this list of bad mentor behaviors. Sadly, it is Yoda who is... concrete goals and helps you reach your goals Listens well and communicates clearly and openly Gives ...like to be validating without being coddling, to listen without being taken advantage of, and to respect... -
The Open Repository of CRISPR Screens: CRISPR Screen Data in One Place
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 21, 2020, 2:30 p.m....CRISPR-based phenotypic screen datasets. Original published CRISPR screen data is curated and deposited in...in BioGRID ORCS to allow facile queries of published data by biomedical researchers and ready access to...identifiers and links provided, in addition to a list of individual screens curated for the publication... approach serves to maintain consistency with published screen interpretations and allows users to query...curators at [email protected] to submit their published data for rapid curation review and upload. In ... -
Choosing a Good Mentor for Scientists
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2014, 2:56 p.m.... full picture and listen for hints at the same concerns from multiple people. Listen to what they say,...path and help you pursue any career alternative? Listen to our podcast interview with Harvard Medical School...Ask alumni of the lab. Most labs have websites listing alumi and it is easy to use publication records... end of this blog post. This document includes a list of questions to ask your potential advisors and ... -
Scientific Peer-review: Providing Critical and Kind Feedback and Advocating for Open Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 8, 2019, 1:19 p.m....seems like another dragon to slay on the way to publish your work in a scientific journal. The peer-review...touchstone of the scientific method, ensuring that published work meets the accepted standards of reporting...read, I pay more attention to details and use a checklist for individual sections of the paper (see figures...authors put in the manuscript. As a non-native English speaker, I sometimes miss the sensitivity to judge...sharing whatever she knows with whoever cares to listen. In March 2020 she will start her own research ... -
Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2018, 1:16 p.m.... a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen to the Hot Plasmids Podcast! MarathonRT: A highly...transcriptase Article contributed by Will Arnold Listen to the MarathonRT podcast segment Researchers from... surface Article contributed by Marcy Patrick Listen to the nanobody toolkit podcast segment Nanobodies...Caspex Article contributed by Susanna Bachle Listen to the Caspex podcast segment Steven Carr’s lab... C-BERST Article contributed by Klaus Wanisch Listen to the C-BERST podcast segment Similarly to the... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m.... Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Similarly, ELISA is used to detect the presence of a single...samples. Get more details on ELISAs in our article Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent ...example, cell lysate or media from cultured cells. ELISA can be used to quantitatively measure the amount...in a series of samples, such as Western blots or ELISAs, or for other experiments to study protein-protein... -
Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 8, 2014, 2:50 p.m....professors how they hire scientists for their labs. Tom Ellis selects new hires from a pool of CVs collected from...collaborations. Alternatively, perhaps the lab publishes and presents regularly with labs around the world...you might enjoy working closely with others to accomplish your goals. You must understand your own style...for Scientists". This post also includes a useful list of questions for a candidate to ask lab heads, lab... awhile. Acknowledgments Thank you to Dr. Tom Ellis (Imperial College London), Dr. Connie Cepko (Harvard... -
Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m....a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen to the hot plasmids episode! New, highly efficient...knockdown Article contributed by Alyssa Cecchetelli Listen to the C. elegans RNAi podcast segment RNA interference... miniTurbo Article contributed by Eric Perkins Listen to the TurboID and miniTurbo podcast segment A ... outbreaks Article contributed by Izzy Mueller Listen to the viral detection podcast segment As the ... motifs Article contributed by Michael Lemieux Listen to the SH3 domain podcast segment The human proteome... -
Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2018, 2 p.m....plasmid deposit please sign up here. No time to read? Listen to our Hot Plasmids Podcast! TRIM-Away: Targeted...degradation Article contributed by Mary Gearing Listen to the TRIM-Away podcast segment CRISPR and RNAi...nanoscopy Article contributed by Eric J. Perkins Listen to Endosomal pH Sensors podcast segment The first...epigenome Article contributed by Joanne Kamens Listen to the Fire-Cas9 Podcast Segment Jerry Crabtree... in yeast Article contributed by Tyler J. Ford Listen to the Synthetic Yeast Transcription Factors Podcast... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2019, 1:53 p.m....each listed: An “official” name for the container to be used in cross-team communication A list of “AKA...lexicon. The base lexicon was and continues to be a list of commonly used (and misused) words that clearly...the training frequently. In hindsight, getting a list of frequently used words like this when starting...Happier colleagues. Feeling like people aren’t listening to you or understanding you can be incredibly ... -
The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m....scientists” These comments are well correlated with published data. For example, in 2010, less than 15% of postdocs...many notable contributions in this area include publishing the book ‘How Economics Shapes Science’ and contributing... Biology at Brandeis University, has recently published an article arguing against reducing the number...postdocs. Among other involvements, he helped to establish grants through the Sloan foundation for postdoc-related...employ them, the diversity of trainee backgrounds, publishing from a young scientist’s perspective, and the... -
Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 15, 2018, 12:43 p.m....recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen to the Hot Plasmids episode! Expanding the optogenetics...CRY2clust Article contributed by Brook Pyhtila Listen to the CRY2clust podcast segment The Won Do Heo...optogenetics Article contributed by Meghan Rego Listen to the soCoChR podcast segment Optogenetic stimulation...operon Article contributed by Angela Kaczmarczyk Listen to the synthetic decaffeination operon podcast ...fluorescent proteins for use as FLIM-FRET acceptors Listen to the FLIM-FRET acceptor podcast segment Article... -
How to Prepare for an Industry Interview
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m....helped me remember them for the interview. Prepare a list of questions to ask your interviewers You’re interviewing...“questions to ask an interviewer,” you can find lists that have lots of general questions about job responsibilities...before the interview. If you are not provided with a list of who will be interviewing you, ask the hiring ... this information. I found it useful to write my list of questions in a notebook that I took with me to.... This is a chance to highlight your prior accomplishments and demonstrate your science communication ... -
6 Tips for Grant Writing
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... set up an ELISA kit company on whose website you can find some great information on ELISA troubleshooting...originality to your work is to collaborate with specialists in different fields that can provide different...insight into an area - not just working within the established network of your peers. Furthermore, using new...of the work was. Ideally this would be results published in a paper, but positive outcomes can include ... -
Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m....Biotechnology Communications Specialist at AsisChem Inc. and Social Media Content Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific...landscape facing all scientists, both young and established, as they embark on or continue their careers ...effective advocacy strategies on various levels, with panelists including: Kate Stoll, PhD - Senior Policy Advisor... Programs at Personal Genetics Education Project Lisa Coleman, PhD - Chief Diversity Officer Harvard University... -
Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... physical titer are direct p24 measurements via ELISA and qPCR for viral RNA. Measuring p24 levels in ...as there are several commercially available p24 ELISA kits that can quantify p24 levels in a matter of...drawback of this method, however, is that a p24 ELISA measures all p24 in the sample regardless of whether...alternative to direct p24 measurement. Like a p24 ELISA, this method is relatively quick, providing results...than a day, but tends to be less expensive than an ELISA kit. In this approach, viral RNA is first converted... -
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m....This post was contributed by Jae Lee and Pantelis Tsoulfas of the Department of Neurological Surgery ...semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, it takes only a few milliseconds to acquire one image, thereby significantly ... Thank you to our guest bloggers, Jae Lee and Pantelis Tsoulfas. Jae K. Lee is an assistant Professor...Medicine. Find plasmids from the Lee Lab here. Pantelis Tsoulfas is an Associate Professor at the University....janelia.org/lab/keller-lab http://www.physikalischebiologie.de http://www.lavisionbiotec.com/ultramicroscope-overview.html... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m....contribute openness, clarity, approachability, and professionalism to team meetings and projects. It is crucial...identify your transferable skills? PLoS One recently published an article identifying gaps in scientists' transferrable...communication skills quite a bit. Grab a piece of paper and list all the skills that your current or past job requires... get your mind working, take a look at the short list of transferrable skills here and consider which ...Leadership Problem Solving Creativity Data analysis Listening Negotiation Career Planning Resources Cross team... -
A Career in Grants: How To Become a Grant Professional
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m....path. A part of the career path story for most established grant professionals is learning to succeed in... with clear budget narratives, logic models, established partnerships and collaborations, and commitments... panels and to review education materials for publishers. When the community orchestra needed a grant ... to enter the grants profession? The four steps listed below can give you the resources and path to help...professional development strategy builds on the steps listed above and formalizes your development. You may ...