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  1. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ...larger target, such as a protein. Such flexibility makes aptamers ideal candidates for biosensors. Aptamer... of how they actually “report” as biosensors. Making aptamers glow The flexibility of aptamers means...rather than separate them (Fig. 1b). One can also make “signal-off” biosensors in which the aptamers fluoresce...decrease background in vivo. The nature of aptamers makes them excellent candidates for developing assays ...
  2. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...nowadays, we cannot make it a full month without a new, drug-resistant ‘superbug’ making headlines in one... develop survival mechanisms. Some microbes even make their own antibiotic compounds. In such a case, ...resistant bacteria to over-take the population and making them more difficult to treat in the future. Patients...
  3. Changing Labor Laws Bring Increased Postdoc Wages

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    ... for talk is over and instead we must make real changes to make the system sustainable. For years, there...Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, soliciting feedback by Sept 4th.  They proposed...opportunity to accept these recommendations, and make gradual adjustments towards this new level. Indeed...
  4. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    ...preference, some people like to make stricter gates while some like to make looser ones (Figure 3). A more...free to use SSC for a single cell gate. However, make sure to compare H and A (or W and A).   Live... type of stain whether a tighter or looser gate makes sense. Here, luckily, the vast majority of my cells...
  5. Western Blot

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    ...lid of the device. Select the desired method and make sure the parameters are correct. Transfer for 5–...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    ...used for delivering your light stimulus. This can make or break your experiments!  First, closely read ....2021.778900 Mattis, J., Tye, K. M., Ferenczi, E. A., Ramakrishnan, C., O’Shea, D. J., Prakash, R., Gunaydin, L... B., Kadmon, J., Raja, C., Chibukhchyan, A., Ramakrishnan, C., Inoue, M., Shane, J. C., McKnight, D. J...science.aaw5202 Mattis, J., Tye, K. M., Ferenczi, E. A., Ramakrishnan, C., O’Shea, D. J., Prakash, R., Gunaydin, L...
  7. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    ... of DNA as inert. It generally stays put, which makes it easy to locate in a genome. But there is a type...genomes of many other prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and make up ~45% of the human genome (Munoz-Lopez et al.,...considered replicative since every time they jump they make a copy of themselves. This increases the number ... by their nature, are mutagenic elements, which makes them a great tool for mutagenesis screens that detect...
  8. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    ...you get the idea. What if there were a way to just make one fusion protein that switches to any color or...experiment (Figure 3). And using self-labeling tags makes updating your labels easy! Instead of taking the...ligands is more expensive than letting the cells make a fluorescent protein for you. And some ligands ...Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible Addgene's Genetic...
  9. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...non-dividing cells, including stem cells. These properties make lentiviral vectors fantastic options for delivering...such as macrophages and microglia. This property makes the lentivirus an attractive choice for a gene transfer...the accessory factors in HIV positive cells could make the virus replication competent. The 3rd generation...transgene resulting in low inducibility and potentially making it difficult to interpret your results. This can...
  10. Custom CRISPR Screens & the Green Listed Software

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    ...differentially expressed genes can be the next stage in making sense of such data. These targeted screens can ...you have your list of genes, Green Listed can help make the gRNA design process quick and easy. Green Listed...information that you have input in the web interface, making it convenient for you to later identify how you...letting us use their reference libraries thereby making it possible to put together this software. To me...
  11. Addgene at SfN23!

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    ...you go!  Tips to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference Poster Session TipsHow to Make Friends and Meet...Specifically, Jo, Brook, and Angela are co-leading "Making a Greater Impact Using Clear and Accessible Scientific...
  12. #DeckTheLab with Tinsel and Test Tubes, Fa La La La La La La La La

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    ...CVRHutchinson #SciArt #STEAM #WinterWonderlab @Addgene Make your own here!: https://t.co/AnltWfKuQg pic.twitter.com... wrapped gifts using life science catalog pages. Make your WFH space feel a little more festive this holiday... entering in (if you don’t include this, we will make our best guess). Follow @Addgene, use the hashtag...
  13. Activate Addgene's "Find Plasmids" Badge on Pubmed Abstracts

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    ...experiments. Best practices!). Making the find plasmids badge appear So how do you make this magical Addgene badge...favorite topic. If you have any other cool tricks to make PubMed browsing even easier and more useful, let...
  14. Celebrating One Million Plasmids Shared!

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    ...recent blog post, we looked at how long it takes to make one plasmid and how much time Addgene has saved ...researchers. Assuming 5 hours of hands-on time to make each plasmid, we would have saved 5 million hours...will be moving into a bigger space so that we can make an even bigger impact - we are always on the lookout...
  15. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    ...topics you want to learn more about. Our post on “Making Your Own Competent Cells” has been extremely popular...additional questions. We’re happy to see scientists making their own cells to save money and create the tools...Replication By Kendall Morgan Save Time and Money by Making Your Own Competent Cells By Melina Fan Plasmids...
  16. Fueled by Coffee at #SfN14

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    ...Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C., we must be making a dent in the global coffee supply… My back-of-...we've spoken with are excited and passionate about making such tools open-access. Though it is time for me..., remember there are only 2 days left for you to make the most of this great opportunity – so if you’re...
  17. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    ...PFA-saponin, PFA-triton). The fix/perm solutions can make a significant difference in the efficacy of your... and the small difference in protein expression makes confirmation of antibody selectivity even more challenging...used has endogenous levels of expression, this can make the results more difficult to interpret, and a knockout...Antibodies. The Only Good Antibodies community works to make best practices in research antibody selection and...
  18. Top Requested AAV of 2017: pmSyn1-EBFP-CRE

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    ...control of an otherwise ubiquitous promoter. You could make an entirely new mouse line with mCherry controlled...paired with any Cre-controlled gene of interest makes pmSyn-BFP-Cre highly modular. Further uses of pmSyn1...other viral vector tools in the years to come. We’ll make many more viral vector tools and resources available...
  19. Stepping into a Virtual Internship: My Experience at Addgene

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    ...is being an overthinker. Being an overthinker can make me scared of taking risks, afraid of leaping forward...in a life sciences career but life has a way of making unexpected decisions. As someone who was not necessarily...additional person each day. It felt like I could actually make connections with people. These were some of the ...
  20. Modulate the Activity of 17 Signaling Pathways with One Kit!

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    ...expression vector and attached a DNA barcode to each to make the library usable for pooled screens. Applications...different contexts.” It’s also possible you could make use of these plasmids in living animals, to explore... that’s thrilling to us,” Wood says. “We want to make these available as widely as possible.” The researchers...
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