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  1. Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025

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    ...Cultured rat hippocampal neuron expressing pan-membrane ASAP5. Solid blue circle marks the initiation ...via the Kv2.1 targeting motif as well as a pan-membrane construct without the Kv motif. Altogether, if...kinetics and high responsivity near the resting membrane potential, ASAP5 is a great new option. Find ASAP5...specifically binds to active (GTP-bound) Gα. Gα-YFP assembles into functional heterotrimers with endogenous ...optional accessory plasmids, the collection targets members of all four G protein families: Gs, Gi/o, Gq/11...
  2. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    ...pic.twitter.com/sIIoIsIFd1 — Henry Lab (@EvoEmbryo) September 24, 2018   Xenopus tropicalis (Gary Gorbsky..., mix them in a tank, and observe the beauty of embryo development in real time. I was already a biology...nucleus and put it in a fertilized egg to get edited embryos (replacing the nucleus is still very difficult)...female mosquitoes. Now they are trying to replace embryo injection (hard to do, expensive, not every lab...
  3. Transferable Skills Guide: Creativity

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    ...Anyone could fill out the form at any time and a member of our Business Development team would review it.... Identify your enemies In Felicia Day’s book Embrace your Weird, Day identifies nine enemies that stand...Frida Kahlo or you’re stuck drawing stick figures, remember your training as a scientist has been building...world. Penguin Publishing Group. Day, F. (2019). Embrace your weird face your fears and unleash creativity...creativity. Gallery Books. Boyes, A. (2019, November 13). 5 mental mistakes that kill your productivity. Harvard...
  4. How to Be an Excellent Trainee

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    ... place, learning something new. So how can you remember everything? Write it all down! And I mean everything...second rack in the corner freezer sounds easy to remember in the moment….but you’ll probably forget and ...going to each space in order to double-check you remember where the equipment, reagents, and samples are...to ask! Especially for those new to the bench, remember to let your bench mentor know what you don’t know...polite, appreciative, and clear about their needs. Remember, your bench mentor’s training time is time set...
  5. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    ...specific RNA site. The EMBO Journal, 17(17), 5201–5213. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/17.17.5201 del Solar...plasmid copy number. The EMBO Journal, 20(24), 7323–7332. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/20.24.7323 Resources...post was originally written by Jason Niehaus in December 2015 and was updated by Emily P. Bentley in June...
  6. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    ...start using. Prior experimenting with open source assembly algorithms meant that we already had a clear idea... individual steps to automate plasmid sequence assembly, and possible solutions for each in the form of...quality score analysis, k-mer counting, or sequence assembly), but the order and usage of the scripts needs...the freedom to use multiple open-source sequence assembly tools at the appropriate place in our workflow...Tower to augment our pipeline and enable our team members to automate their weekly sequencing tasks. More...
  7. Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2

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    ...and breed and they have large, easily modifiable embryos, which is ideal for observing and manipulating ...majority of studies involving axolotls focus on embryonics and biochemistry. Though limited at first, advances...humans so they are often used to study vertebrate embryology and cell development. One major resource for ...understand human disease alleles during and after embryogenesis. Addgene has over 600 plasmids that contain ... a Model Organism. News-Medical. Retrieved on September 18, 2020 from https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences...
  8. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ...By breaking the transgene into smaller pieces. Reassembly of fragmented genomes is the key to fitting large...full-expression cassette. AAV’s natural ability to reassemble fragmented genomes is the basis of several split...with both part A and part B AAVs, the fragments reassemble and produce the full-length gene. Below are overviews...Vector, Big Gene Transduction: Fragmented Genome Reassembly of Adeno-associated Virus. Molecular Therapy ...of large genes to the retina by dual AAV vectors. EMBO Mol Med 6:194–211 . https://doi.org/10.1002/emmm...
  9. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    ...mutagenesis, and low throughput.       Gibson Assembly: An easy-to-use technique that joins homologous...be cloned into an expression vector with Gibson assembly. While this is a comprehensive mutagenesis method...method, a drawback to using Gibson assembly is that the longer the oligo insert used, the more likely it...especially single basepair deletions. Therefore, Gibson assembly is better suited for creating small, focused scanning...in the first digest (step 1 in above diagram). Remember that the BbvCI enzymes nick the DNA strand that...
  10. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    ... common misconception is that search committee members are experts in your field. Not true. Even if you..., it's a safe bet that at least some committee members will NOT be in your area. Therefore, documents ...Talk? It is a 60-90 min session with department members to discuss your research plans for the next 5-10...," – you should show interest in other faculty members’ research. Still a Grad Student? Get Tips on Getting... running shoes and single malt whiskies, but I remember the days of modest postdoc salaries all too well...
  11. Congrats to the 2019 Deck The Lab Winners

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    ...pYBL3aLK4f — Tanne van der Wal (@TannevanderWal) December 18, 2019   Holiday door The Kravitz Lab went ....com/J5bjHQo565 — Jess Tooley 🧠 (@toodlejess) December 17, 2019   Lab material tree We often get submissions..._MCDB #christmastaco #frogsnowflake #xenopus #ASCBEMBO19 #MCDB 🎄🎅🎁🐸🐸🐸🐸 pic.twitter.com/2MPLawgNQl...2MPLawgNQl — Jennifer Landino (@jenelandino) December 3, 2019 Hope you’ve enjoyed the festivities in the ...
  12. Science Communication Snapshot: DayCon 2015

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    ...success, a true testament to the commitment of SITN members. SITN and DayCon Currently in its 16th year, Science...one organize a public scientific conference? As a member of the DayCon Executive Board, I was fortunate ...interactive lunch with student presenters and board members enabled attendees to engage in small group discussions...source and available on SITN’s website. 65 audience members gave up a beautiful summer Saturday to learn about...
  13. Quick, Versatile Plant Transgenesis with GreenGate Plasmids

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    ...time, it was possible to quickly and efficiently assemble a large number of building blocks with just two... the PLoS ONE paper that introduced the kit in December, GreenGate includes the six most frequently used...Plant Transgenesis." PLoS ONE. 8(12): e83043 (20 December 2013). 2. Carola Engler et al. "A One Pot, One...Throughput Capability." PLoS ONE. 3(11): e3647 (5 November 2008).  ...
  14. Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri

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    ...contains the MISTIC (membrane-integrating sequence for translation of integral-membrane protein constructs...includes a special feature for difficult-to-purify membrane proteins. pCri vector pCri-13a, designed for use...protein tag. MISTIC drags tagged proteins into the membrane and may improve expression of proteins that natively...
  15. SpyLigase Irreversibly Locks Peptides Together for Efficient Cell Capture

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    ...wanted to be able to build assemblies through covalent bonds so that the assemblies wouldn’t fall apart, even...advantage of peptide tags for building larger protein assemblies? Howarth: Peptide tags can be very generic; you...wanted to be able to build a highly multivalent assembly connected by covalent bonds, so there were no ...
  16. Choosing a Good Mentor for Scientists

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    ...about asking hard questions. Talk to as many lab members as possible. Try to get them in a setting out of...websites, ResearchGate and LinkedIn to find past lab members. Most scientists love to talk about their past ... lab meeting. Spend some time hanging out with members of the lab. It is a warning sign if the PI does...in Mentoring" Don’t ignore warning signs If lab members, neighbors or alumni give you information about...
  17. Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring

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    ...following year. Geoff Schiebinger, another Quake Lab member joined for half of the trip. Preparations ahead...sure the vehicle battery didn't run down. In September we arrived in YNP just as the weather was starting...Stephanie Schmidt not only produced partially assembled genomes, but also led to the discovery of IgnaviCas9...complexity with higher throughput and rigorous assembly. There, they found a CRISPR array in the resulting...
  18. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    ...as part of performing a specific function. A transmembrane protein that is being used as a marker for flow...cell, instead of when it is attached to a cell membrane.  Picking the Right Antibody  It can get even ...capture the protein bound to anything? Is it a transmembrane protein, or is it know to translocate or fold...doing or changing in different conditions. Just remember to keep good records on which antibodies are suitable...
  19. Improving Transduction Efficiency with Exosome AAVs

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    ...the widely used 293T. During vector production, assembled AAV vector particles accumulate inside the producer... are often found with cellular exosomes, small membrane vesicles or microvesicles (approx. 40 - 150 nm... diameter) that are secreted from the cellular membrane into the culture medium. AAV particles are either...found that the association of AAV particles with membrane vesicles protects them from antibody recognition...
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