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  1. Q&A with Karen Katz and Carl Paratore, the Newest Members of the Addgene Board of Directors

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    ...I would be interested in joining the audit committee about five years ago. I was interested in what she...there will always be an interest in sharing, there will always be an interest in protecting intellectual...the open science movement is that it provides interesting and unique challenges for intellectual property...that balance is, and will continue to be, an interesting legal and professional challenge.Paratore: The...
  2. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...and see one of two results for your antibody of interest: two clear populations or a huge smear across ...on the smeary dot plot shows the population of interest. Created with biorender.com.   In such cases... all cells that are positive for the marker of interest. MFI would be higher for a signal peak that shifts..., you can still continue gating populations of interest with normal gates, just based on a histogram plot...peis the baseline expression of the protein of interest. Created with biorender.com. The plot above...positive and negative populations for your marker of interest, a dot plot would serve you well. Percentage of...
  3. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    ...using in the experiment except for one marker of interest. This allows you to more easily and accurately...schematic to easily determine where your cells of interest are (B).   Using FMO controls In an experiment...virtually identical to the antibody for your marker of interest. It will be from the same host species, have the...isotype antibody will not target your marker of interest. Using isotype controls An isotype sample is prepared...using in the experiment except for your marker of interest, and then add in your isotype control for that...positive cells are truly positive for your marker of interest (Fig. 3).   Figure 3: Isotype flow plot...
  4. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies

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    ...depending on your interests. You can look at something as basic as survival. For those interested in development...straightforward. Basically, you place your gene of interest in a plasmid and get the vector incorporated into...transgene. One such marker is the white gene, which restores eye color to fly lines where the endogenous white...fly and downstream experiments Once your gene of interest is cloned into a plasmid, you can send your plasmid...development, organs of interest, such as the intestines, can be dissected at various times throughout the lifespan...
  5. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    ...identify. Improved Restriction Enzyme Handling - SnapGene’s software positions restriction enzyme annotations...paste functionality. Restriction Enzymes Here you'll find a table of restriction enzymes that cut the...previous mapping software and now includes Type IIS restriction enzymes that are commonly used for Golden Gate...clicking on column heads. Clicking on a particular restriction enzyme here also highlights it in the “Map” and...
  6. Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for Scientists

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    ...willing to step up and be matched with the many interested mentees. So I experimented with a group mentoring...available to go around. My advice has been to find 5 interested peers and form your own peer mentoring circle... Find 5-8 colleagues that you think might be interested and willing to commit to the group. The group...problem. For example, a group of people who are all interested in making a transition. Schedule your first meeting...and get organized. Discuss your general areas of interest and what you want to cover during the year. Suggest...Invite guests from a lab, career or industry of interest – learn about their career paths and get their...
  7. dTAG - You're it!

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    ...compounds that enable selective removal of proteins-of-interest from the proteome. Rather than inhibiting protein...inhibitors including rapidly depleting a protein-of-interest, increasing target selectivity, overcoming resistance...functionality of your fusion chimeras For each protein-of-interest, it is important to determine which terminus can...C-terminal fusions and degradation in a cell line of interest prior to starting knock-in experiments. Test dTAG...degradation of the FKBP12F36V-fusion chimera of interest. In the cell lines we have evaluated to date, ... Cancer Institute. He is a chemical biologist interested in targeted protein degradation, and lead author...
  8. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ... your gene of interest pLenti-puro (Plasmid #39481) You can clone your gene of interest into this tetracycline...vectors that are used for gene regulation, gene of interest expression, knockout, and screening. There are...gamma-Retroviral Transfer Vectors   Expressing your gene of interest pBABE-puro (Plasmid #1764) Retroviral vector for... for cloning and expressing your gene of interest with puromycin selection. One of the scientists who ...analysis of cells pre-treated with a compound of interest. Lentiviral vectors Popular Lentiviral Transfer...
  9. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    ...primers to detect your targeting vector or gene of interest. 2. Breed your parental mice to generate F1 Once...parental mice were all homozygous for your genes of interest, your F1 mice will be carriers at those alleles...harbor homozygous alleles at both of your genes of interest. About 1 in 4 mice will be homozygous for the ...The shorter the distance between the two loci of interest on the chromosome, the less likely crossing over... with a strain that expresses a floxed gene of interest. Cre may be expressed globally (in every cell ... for expression of Cre, loxP, and your gene of interest. To ensure that the effects you see in your experiment...
  10. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    ... to meet people with similar interests! Especially as someone interested in doing science outreach, not...professional development opportunities for researchers interested in connecting with the public. My experiences...amazingly supportive. I talked to them about my interests and my ideas all the time. Once, I had this crazy...The article submitted was hilarious, full of interesting information, and received a lot of attention ...University School of Medicine. She is particularly interested in science communication and fundamental molecular...
  11. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    ...Rather than try to directly detect your gene of interest, scientists have instead developed novel methods...select for cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high levels. Unlike vectors that express screenable... If you are looking to co-express your gene of interest along with a fluorescent protein or selectable...these plasmids you would simply clone your gene of interest into the multiple cloning site up or down stream...reporter genes above with your gene or genes of interest. Some of the plasmids listed in the table above...peptides could be PCR-cloned between your genes of interest and you can then insert the whole multicistronic...
  12. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    ...infect an animal expressing Cre in a cell type of interest, a scientist can isolate DNA from the infected...capsid gene successfully infected the cell type of interest. Repeat rounds of infection and screening by PCR...with increased ability to infect the cell type of interest, which, in the case of Chan et al, was neurons...of a transgenic mouse. 2. Cell-type-specific restricted transgene expression in the CNS and PNS Previously...promoter or enhancer now allows for cell-type-restricted expression in both the CNS (figure 5 in Chan ...These capsids can serve as powerful cell-type-restricted gene vectors for neurons, no transgenic mouse...
  13. Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names

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    ...in what they can name a gene and many of the interesting ones come from the fly community. Not surprising...aptly named groucho (Fisher and Caudy, 1998). Interested in plasmids that contain the groucho gene? Check... that express sqh.   cookie monster, a meiotic arrest gene required for spermatogenesis One of our smaller...monster (comr) is actually a Drosophila meiotic arrest gene that is necessary for spermatogenesis. Flies...and Frasch, 1993).  Tinman, which is spatially restricted to the dorsal mesoderm, is necessary to activate...mutually dependent function of aly and a novel meiotic arrest gene cookie monster." Development 130.3 (2003):...
  14. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    ...workable DNA sequence to encode your peptide of interest and produce that peptide in your organism of choice...heterologous hosts. If you simply amplify a gene of interest from the human genome, for instance, it may not... cognate tRNA abundance Repetitive sequences Restriction sites Sequences prone to create secondary structures...You may be able to avoid getting your genes of interest codon optimized by ordering plasmids containing...synthesize a codon optimized version of your gene of interest, it’s possible to overexpress low abundance tRNAs... express sufficient amounts of your protein of interest. Regardless of which method you choose to overcome...
  15. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ... protein of interest to elucidate the subcellular localization of your protein of interest. Find all ...transiently silencing and/or overexpressing a gene of interest in the plant. A common method for silencing genes...-transcriptional machinery to silence genes of interest (Unver and Budak, 2009). This method works well...the genes on the T-DNA region with our gene of interest or a reporter gene so that the transformation ...leaf tissue and the T-DNA region with the gene of interest is transferred into the cells. But for C. roseus...
  16. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    ...organization also known as external collaborations. Interestingly, the ability to work with others outside one... in Strategic Partnership Management, a very interesting and exciting part of my work. However, this is...collaborating with your neighboring lab, you've met interesting people at conferences and you have successfully...many of them involve personal meetings and common interest so naturally this may be easier to accomplish ...connector and virtual meeting place: You can follow interesting people on twitter and maintain a connection by... or for professional updates. Whenever I see interesting events, articles and newsletters I make sure ...
  17. Tips for Writing a Good Cover Letter

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    ...and use that information to explain why you are interested in working for that organization or group. This...publications on [specific topic]. I am extremely interested in pursuing research in [specific topic] and ...highlight what specific skills, qualities, or interests make you a good candidate for the job. The body..., it's also a good place to state why you are interested in working for this lab and/or company. Remember...commitment to the organization's mission, or your deep interest in the lab's research. Quick tips for writing ... needs of the job. Make it clear that you are interested in the specific position you are applying to....
  18. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ...Erik L. Snapp and Lindsey M. Costantini. "You underestimate the power of the Dark Side." --Darth Vader in...cloning an FP fusion with your favorite protein of interest is exciting and rewarding. But, what if an FP ...protein function and this could lead to under and overestimation of fusion protein activity. We encourage investigators...functionally relative to the untagged protein of interest. To avoid the accumulation of dark fluorescent...filter sets, users can label multiple proteins of interest with a combination of green and blue or cyan and...Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology. His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins...
  19. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    ...macromolecule of interest To utilize the natural binding of biotin and avidin, macromolecules of interest first ...secondary antibody that targets your protein of interest or primary antibody respectively. Avidin bound...biotin-avidin complexes bound to your protein of interest leading to amplification of the reporter signal...methods to chemically biotinylate macromolecules of interest both in vitro and in vivo. Biotinylation reagents...AviTag. Using AviTag, one can label a protein of interest with biotin by simply creating a fusion in which...
  20. Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping

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    ...scientists to probe interactions in locations of interest.  Try BioID for your proximity labeling experiment... a split BirA* molecule that can reassemble to restore activity when fused to two interacting proteins...purifying additional proteins from a complex of interest. For more information, read the Split-BioID blog...an RNA component that contains an RNA motif of interest. Any proteins that bind the RNA motif will be ...variant can be displayed on the surface of a cell of interest, where it can label interacting cell surface proteins...of mitochondria in living cells via spatially restricted enzymatic tagging." Science 339.6125 (2013): ...
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