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  1. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    ...a fusion construct or by co-transfection. HMCES forms a chemical crosslink with DNA abasic sites, protecting... DNA for Cas9 to bind.   R-loop The structure formed by Cas9 binding to DNA and separating the two strands...hypothesized that the adenosine deaminase could also perform cytidine (C) deamination, converting the C base...uracil (U). This is the same chemical reaction performed by CBEs. However, most CBEs include an inhibitor...
  2. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    ... colonies are called satellite colonies and they form when all the antibiotic has been used. Don’t worry...the specific reaction you are running. Transformation Transform a few microliters of your ligation reaction...The PCR could fail to produce a product, the transformation may not result in any cells, or all the colonies...primer to 40-60 bp. It is always a good idea to perform primer optimization, especially if you are having...fragments If you don’t get any positive clone, try transforming the ligation mix in different bacterial strains...
  3. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...base editors that can be reconstituted in vivo to form a protein identical in sequence to the unmodified...promoters, CRISPRi parts, selectable markers, transformation acceptor vectors, and sequences for genomic...plasmids using the Cyanogate Kit and subsequent transformation into cyanobacteria. Image from Vasudevan et...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    ...components of the virus are now delivered in other forms (mRNA, DNA, etc.) to raise immunity. Viral vectors...PMC2075523. Bulcha, J.T., et al. Viral vector platforms within the gene therapy landscape. Sig Transduct...
  5. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    ...“chewed back” overhangs, they can be annealed, forming a circular product with four nicks easily repairable...strong enough to hold a plasmid together through transformation, so the cloned vector must be ligated. But ...repairable by the bacteria after transformation. LIC is a reliable cloning method, but it is limited by its...recombination intermediate to bacteria, so it can be transformed as-is into cells. The cells then get to work ...is long enough to hold it together, it can be transformed into bacteria, which will efficiently repair ... annealed. The recombination intermediate is transformed into bacteria, which repair the plasmid. Created... To overcome this limitation, one option is to perform a hierarchical assembly, assembling fragments in...
  6. Clear and Accessible Writing

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    ... focus on practicing with a short and accessible form of writing: alt text (pun intended.)  Steps to clear...present the image and information. Where is the reader accessing the information? This can be physical...readers to provide visually impaired visitors with information about images that a sighted reader would glean...were many barriers between our audience and the information in the paper.  Of course, when you think about...helps visually impaired readers receive the same information as sighted readers.    Figure 1: An image... or digital. For instance, you would present information differently in a poster compared to an online... when writing your alt text, use all of this information to describe the image helpfully. You and your...
  7. A Quick Guide to a Career in Software Product Management

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    ...product managers collate and organize that information and form it into a roadmap--a plan for future features... needed to know information from the lab folks, it was my job to get it into a format that helped the ...programs, or tools to build. After organizing the information, a software product manager works with software...translate complex lab operations workflows into a format the developers could understand, so they could ... Then, I distill and translate that valuable information back to the rest of my team in Oxford (UK) to...frameworks to use. I mostly sit and listen to stay informed on the details, but the developers have it under...
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