... humanity were the two most popular topics that sparked the imagination of most of the authors during ...engineering in pop culture SciFi is one of the most imaginative and most important genres of literary fiction. ...

...different DNA sequences or target sites. Integration of most transposable elements (TEs) results in the duplication...they do not use an RNA intermediary when they move. Most Class II transposons have a non-replicative “cut...different types of transposons, DNA transposons are most commonly used in the laboratory for genome manipulation...for both delivery methods, but since TEs insert mostly in intergenic regions, gene disruption is less ...

... you officially call it a “project team” or not, most scientific collaborations fall within this category...-game here, unless we manage to make Addgene the most environmentally friendly organization on the planet... Kennedy once famously said “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...don’t understand to this day, my post-doc adviser almost never had lab meetings. In my nearly 4 years in...

...without a high number of samples (~5). Tukey’s test – Most conservative test. Higher false negatives, lower... false positives. Duncan’s multiple range test – Most powerful. Low false negatives, high false positives...detailed in this article. These are just some of the most common parametric comparison tests along with some...tool belt. To analyze your hard-earned data in the most effective and accurate way possible it’s important...

...self-labeling protein tags. The basics These tags most often consist of an enzyme that has been mutated...variants run up to HaloTag11. HaloTag is now the most popular self-labeling tag in Addgene’s collection...aren’t going to work in certain applications — the most common limitation is that certain probes are not...Jing & Cornish, 2011). HaloTag and SNAP-tag are the most popular self-labeling enzymes in Addgene’s collection...

...that is more neutral, causing PA-GFP to display almost no fluorescence when illuminated with 488nm light...emission of green light is more phototoxic to cells, most scientists working on in vivo imaging models perfer...photoactivatable fluorescent proteins Some of the most important applications for PA-FPs involve enhancing...0.5-1% osmium tetroxide). These conditions destroy most PA-FPs, but, in 2015, the Looger Lab designed 2 ...

...range of parts, including copy number machinery, chromosomal integration modules, and many more of the usual...conditional gene expression, multiplexed CRISPR, and chromosomal integration of larger expression cassettes (Shaw...addition to additional elements for S. cerevisiae chromosomal integration and gene expression, the system includes...both targetability and effectiveness. Perhaps the most intuitive CRISPR MoClo application is to assemble...

...experiment. You may find yourself defaulting to the most popular or familiar options without even realizing...directly impact the way you can utilize these dyes. The most-used fluorescent dye is fluorescein isothiocyanate...matched with the experimental setup and objectives. Most systems can only excite and read a set number of...such as superior brightness, photostability, and most importantly, a photoswitching ability. This photoswitching...

...consider the donor first where labeling specificity is most important. Donor labeling and the need for specificity...changes due to this bulky insertion are inevitable. Most FP fusions for FRET studies are at the N- or C-terminus...is required and thus far, this method has proven most effective only in a few cell types (E. coli and ... in chemical warfare [Vilensky & Redman, 2003]). Most importantly, these compounds cross cell membranes...

...various tools and components necessary to run it? And, most importantly, what are the methodological and experimental...one: Deciding how you want to use optogenetics The most important question to consider is what exactly do...neuronal promoters such as synapsin or camKIIα drive most of the constructs. As an alternative, some constructs...of interest (as shown in the figure below). Since most of the precision of optogenetics is dependent on...

...year of first reagent sent, year with most reagents sent, and the most recent full calendar year When the... information can provide valuable insight to the most requested plasmid, the number of requested plasmids...

...Editor's Choice" series. Each month, I'll summarize the most popular post of the month and point out one or more...excitement surrounding anything to do with CRISPR, our most popular post in July (with over 700 views) was an...and similar on-target editing when compared to the most commonly used Cas9 variant, SpCas9. These properties...

...Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank. Antibodies are the most widely used class of protein-binding reagents. In...monoclonal antibodies obtained from serum.  Our most popular monoclonal antibodies include those directed...More Blog Posts about Scientific Sharing: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies in Addgene's First...

... of all citations in 1995 to 47% in 2013 – yes, almost half.   The effect of online access on scientific...interesting aside, Nature recently reported that the most cited work in history is a 1951 description of an...Prize-winning research typically weren’t among the most cited. And, as scientific discourse has increasingly...

...Marketing Coordinator Networking “Many, perhaps most of the most interesting jobs are never advertised. You...favorite career tip is, or what has helped them the most. Take a look below! In the lab “Have two projects...

... Protein purification can be one of the most stressful lab activities. Working with proteins requires...proteins are overexpressed from a plasmid construct, most often in special E. coli strains designed for protein...few different vectors to see which gives you the most functional protein. The pCri system, recently deposited...

...coding, labels, and post-its to make finding your most used protocols & references easy to find It’s happened...know where to start your search. Then identify the most frequently used pages in your notebooks and go wild..., or references that your labmates ask to borrow most frequently. Copy these into an electronic file sharing...

... 50 base pairs of sequence homologous to the chromosomal site of insertion. The linear PCR product is ...associated with plasmid-based overexpression. Tim Formosa, at the University of Utah, has built a complete...terminator-(selection marker). Additionally, Dr. Formosa has deposited six plasmids with a multiple cloning...

...my interest was renewed in part due to FOMO  but mostly because of this article: “A systematic identification...2017. 1. Among scientists, historians have the most Twitter users. Biologists rank #8. Figure 1: Highly...than other disciplines. The majority of tweets for most disciplines contain scientific domains between 0...

... Unfortunately, unless they’ve worked in a lab, most people don’t get to experience this very human side...the stop motion format for our videos as it is the most approachable for LEGOs. Stop motion consists of ...takes an entire week of our free time. After taking almost a thousand pictures, my husband Enzo will spend...