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  1. Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student to Entrepreneur: The Story of Sample 6

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    Jan. 21, 2016, 4:52 p.m.
    ...Novophage to Sample 6. To learn more about Novophage's successful transformation into Sample 6 and Dr. Koeris...25 : Introduction 1:25 - 6:19 : Dr. Koeris' graduate work in the Collins' lab 6:19 - 8:26 : Dr. Koeris'...food products prior to Sample 6 16:27 - 18:02 : Benefits of the Sample 6 technology and how It works 18...56 : Why Sample 6's first test was for Lysteria 19:56 - 24:41 : Who is using Sample 6 and why? 24:41 -...Visit the Sample 6 website Check out Dr. Koeris' Website, biotechstart.org Read Sample 6's Paper on Bacteriophage-based...use in a biotech startup 12:16 - 15:15 : Why Sample 6 began to develop tests for food products as opposed...Directors. We're excited to watch both Addgene and Sample 6 grow with his help! Special thanks to our sound engineer...
  2. 6 Tips for Grant Writing

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    Oct. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...productive with the granting agency’s investment. 6. Failure is part of the process, keep your head up...introduction to my area, a line about the research I will be doing, and a line about what I hope to discover....themselves many times and will have useful advice about what reviewers in your area are looking for. Remember...One way to add originality to your work is to collaborate with specialists in different fields that can...the field. 3. Highlight your network and your collaborators It’s a good idea to move around to different...outcomes can include poster presentations, talks about your work, or even the successful use of your preliminary...quality application. Even following this advice, only about 50% of my grant applications have been successful...
  3. Who Gives a Tweet? 9 Facts About Scientists on Twitter

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    June 26, 2017, 1:31 p.m.
    ... tweeted 6 times: #fail. I’d hoped to use Twitter professionally to network, learn more about alternative... Figure 3: Top 20 Domains Tweeted by Scientists. 6. The top scientific domains tweeted by biologists ...fields than scientists outside their fields Figure 6: Follower Network of Scientists on Twitter. Each dot...Check out this post. Resources on the Addgene Blog 6 Tools & Tips: Online Social Networking for Scientists....” This paper addresses the following questions about scientists on Twitter: who are they? What do they...
  4. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    March 28, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...-Integrin alpha V beta 6 [IPI-ITGAV/ITGB6.2] Integrin alpha-V,Integrin beta-6 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...-Integrin alpha V beta 6 [IPI-ITGAV/ITGB6.3] Integrin alpha-V,Integrin beta-6 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...-Integrin alpha V beta 6 [IPI-ITGAV/ITGB6.4] Integrin alpha-V,Integrin beta-6 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...-Integrin alpha V beta 6 [IPI-ITGAV/ITGB6.12] Integrin alpha-V,Integrin beta-6 Human, Mouse IgG1 Rabbit...roles of individual integrins. The Ha lab — in collaboration with the Springer lab, the Jaumouillé lab, the...recombinant antibodies and plasmids. To encourage collaboration and education in protein science, IPI hosts ...events and training courses on technologies and laboratory techniques related to antibody discovery. You...
  5. 6 Steps to Submitting a Resume That Gets Seen

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    July 9, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...position.  Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA Here are 6 steps to submitting a resume that will give you a ...letter the first page of your resume pdf document. 6) Use your network! During the entire process, use ... your strengths in your resume and don't be shy about asking for help. The worst thing that can happen...
  6. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    Nov. 19, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...mCherry nanobody. Only insertion into loops 1 and 6 resulted in light controlled binding, but with opposite...into loop 1 caused dark-induced binding while loop 6 insertion caused blue-light induced binding. The lab...with dark-induced binding, but insertion into loop 6 generated both blue light inducible and dark-inducible...Loop 1 dark-induced dark-induced dark-induced Loop 6 blue-light induced dark-induced blue-light induced...Addgene blog Learn about using nanobodies to control protein activity Read about RANbodies, reporter ...reporter nanobody fusions Learn more about using the secondary nanobody toolbox for immunodetection Resources...Find nanobody expression plasmids here Learn more about optogenetics in Addgene's optogenetics guide ...
  7. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...and optimized Sep-OTSλ and can recommend its use (6).  2. C321, a specialized bacterial host strain for...E17TAG GFP has been achieved with the Rinehart system (6); however different proteins will likely achieve different...context-specific effects of UAG suppression, as described (6). To determine the stoichiometry of phospho-incorporated...expression vector used for phosphoserine incorporation (6). This will give the researcher both a phosphoserine...333.6046 (2011): 1151-1154. PubMed PMID: 21868676. 6. Pirman, Natasha L., et al. "A flexible codon in genomically...programmable protein phosphorylation." Nature communications 6 (2015). PubMed PMID: 26350500. PubMed Central PMCID... one of the MEK1 phosphomimetic residues in the above study with phosphoserine (to create a pSer/phosphomimetic...
  8. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    Oct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...positions available in academia (5, 6). Academic data and the labor market for PhDs Later this week, postdocs...number of graduate students accepted in STEM fields (6). Melanie Sinche is a STEM career counselor, Director...science Master’s programs. This will be the one of 6 great panels at the Future of Research Symposium Boston...PMID: 24137543. Pubmed Central PMCID: PMC3787295. 6. Marder, Eve. "Looking out for future scientists."... the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and a Senior Research Associate at the Labor and Worklife...increasing data collection about the scientific workforce, in particular about postdocs. Among other involvements...Research Symposium Boston 2015 – Academic Data and the Labor Market. For more information on the symposium as...
  9. To Each HIS Own

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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...polyhistidine tag? The polyhistidine tag is a string of 6 or more histidine residues expressed in frame on the...string of histidines in the tag is typically between 6 to 9 residues long. The small size of the polyhistidine...Novel Metal Chelate Adsorbent. Bio/Technology. 1988; 6: 1321–1325. Janknecht R, de Martynoff G, Lou J, Hipskind...virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991;88(20):8972-6. Moks T, Abrahrnsen L, Oesterlof B, Josephson S, Oestling...that this blog has answered all of your questions about polyhistidine tags. For more antibody-related information...
  10. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    Oct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...526–534. https:/doi.org/10.1016/S1525-0016(03)00023-6. PMID: 12727116. Borkenhagen, L. K., Fieldhouse, J...Surface to the Nuclear Pore Complex. PLoS Pathog, 11(6), e1004821. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004821...adenoviruses. J Clin Pathol Suppl (R Coll Pathol)., 6, 39. https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.s3-6.1.39. PMID: ...implications for their use as vaccines. Blood, 110(6), 1916–1923. https://doi.org/10.1182/BLOOD-2007-02...Vaccination and Cancer Gene Therapy. Curr Gene Ther, 13(6), 421–433. https://doi.org/10.2174/1566523213666131125095046...this introduction gives a sense of what AdVs are about – and we hope that it inspires further use of existing...
  11. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    June 26, 2014, 2:23 p.m.
    ... column. They can be pricey, but well worth it. 6. Edit your DNA sequence Finally, when you do see a...and troubleshooting your DNA sequencing results Above (top right corner of this post) is an example of...
  12. Oh, The Places You Can Go: Careers in Science Communication - Product Development

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    Oct. 18, 2017, 1 p.m.
    ...hustle on the side. “I actually stumbled upon, about 6 months in, this opportunity to do scientific editing...” But Caitlin’s persistence paid off: “I spent about 6 months just editing and searching for a job and... day and editing at night. It was not the easiest 6 months. But it gave me the foundation to be a much...Science Communication blog series, you’ll learn about Caitlin Runne-Janczy, a Product Development Manager...G-proteins at the time. This program takes what you know about it [your area of research], and teaches you how ...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn more about alternative science careers here Be like Caitlin...just for good measure, here’s a few other posts about developing transferable skills while in grad school...
  13. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Nature Methods. 2011 Mar;8(3):260-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1567. Epub 2011 Feb 6. PubMed. Improved tools for the...Methods. 2013 May 5:10(6):540-7. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.2450. Epub 2013 May 5. PubMed. Zebrabow: multispectral cell...Sanes JR. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2008 Jun;9(6):417-22. doi: 10.1038/nrn2391. Epub 2008 Apr 30. PubMed...(3):253-9. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1566. Epub 2011 Feb 6. PubMed. Flybow: genetic multicolor cell labeling ...integration of multiple copies of the construct (about 8 in Brainbow-1.0 mice.) The combinatorial effect...with the goal of overcoming the limitations listed above. First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins...method has become very useful in lineage tracing; “Zebrabow” was used to trace the development of the corneal...
  14. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    March 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Your chosen restriction site for cloning (usually 6-8bp) Hybridization Sequence: The region of the primer...more information). Thus, we recommend that you add 3-6 bases upstream of your restriction site to improve...improve cutting efficiency. You can generally add any 6 bases, but you should ensure that the bases do not ...In its simplest form, PCR based cloning is about making a copy of a piece of DNA and at the same time...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn About Other Cloning Techniques Catch Up on All Things ...
  15. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    June 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...development of genetic targets and RNA therapies. [6]. In 2014, we wrote a blog post on CRISPR’s potential... also possible through the use of nanoparticles. [6].    References 1. Zhang B. 2021. “CRISPR/Cas gene...Parkinsonism. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0460.1000439 6. Wu et al. 2020. . “Advances in CRISPR/Cas-based Gene...therapeutic.” There are many fundamental questions about CRISPR/Cas biology still left to answer as well,...
  16. Finding Your Perfect Job After University

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    Jan. 12, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...finishing my MSc. The masters program was 6 months of classes and 6 months of hands-on lab work for a dissertation...I started  looking for other career options after 6 months. Returning to university to study a Masters...VISA, which means I can gain employment for up to 6 months in Australia or another country of the Commonwealth...University of Queensland required a scientist for a 6 month project to validate some genomic changes, so...really passionate about during my degree. I loved parasitology. However, when I enquired about roles in this...with an overview of my experience and how I felt about the different positions to enable them to decide...
  17. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    Jan. 10, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...corresponds to the supercoiled plasmid monomer, and at <6 kb, consistent with the size of a supercoiled plasmid...recombination of plasmids. Nature. 1981 Nov 12;294(5837):184-6. doi: 10.1038/294184a0. PMID: 7029308. Goebel W, Helinski...catastrophe hypothesis. Mol Microbiol. 1993 Jun;8(6):1031-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01648.x. ...Apr;36(4):1097-103. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(84)90060-6. PMID: 6323019. Williams JA, Carnes AE, Hodgson CP... processes. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2009 Aug 15;103(6):1129-43. doi: 10.1002/bit.22347. PMID: 19408315; PMCID...colonies using one of the detection methods described above can help ensure the isolation of the monomeric version...plasmid DNA production platform incorporating low metabolic burden seed-stock and fed-batch fermentation processes...
  18. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    Dec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m.
    ... ThermoFisher Scientific and can be used for only 6-8 reprogramming reactions. Another drawback of using...virus is the persistence of residual viral material [6]. The complete removal of the residual viral particles...Protoc, 2012. 7(4): p. 718-28. PubMed PMID: 22422317. 6. Diecke, S., et al., Recent technological updates ...non-integrating episomal vectors. PLoS One, 2011. 6(11): p. e27956. PubMed PMID: 22132178. PubMed Central...successfully to derive iPSCs from PBMCs. Most laboratories use Sendai virus to reprogram PBMCs efficiently...establishment of virus-free hiPSCs usually require about 5-10 passages. Furthermore, working with Sendai ...source of somatic cells. This translates to only about 16 hiPSC colonies per 100 ml of starting blood sample...
  19. Screening for Successful Genome Editing with Digital PCR

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    March 30, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...provirus. Sci. Rep. 6, 20064 (2016). PubMed PMID: 26829887. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4735761. 6. Fu, Y. et al...detection limits of about 5% mutant targets have been reported for mismatch nuclease assays (2, 6, 7). Ability...advantages over mismatch nuclease assays that will be elaborated below. Digital PCR Digital PCR (dPCR) involves...
  20. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    Feb. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...individual colors to 6. A gRNA with all three hairpins generates white light. All 6 gRNAs can be expressed...characterizing the 4D nucleome. CRISPRainbow: Scaling up to 6 colors + white Color Hairpin Blue MS2-MS2 Green...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Read More about Fluorescent Protein-Based Tools Learn Some of the...
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