...network of the participants Can be a lot of fun! Form your own peer mentoring group In my travels speaking...My advice has been to find 5 interested peers and form your own peer mentoring circle. In a Peer Mentoring...Center and Brandeis University. 5 easy steps to forming your own peer mentoring group Find 5-8 colleagues..., the group mentoring format could work wonders.  I have now seen the formation of hundreds of mentoring...mentees who meet together for an 8 month formal program. After the formal program ends, some 50% of these groups...supporters and advisors? I tried to start a more formal mentoring program at my company, but there weren't...mentees. So I experimented with a group mentoring format where 1 mentor met with a group of mentees to get...

...with the tracrRNA forms the scaffold portion of a gRNA and the “spacer region” forms the target sequence...protein. Upon target binding, Cas9 undergoes a conformational change that positions the nuclease domains ...

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...We’re big fans of all forms of research sharing and with Open Data Day 2020 coming up on March 7th, what...input your data for sharing on the site. The entry form has 5 general question types and it takes approximately...all, we’d appreciate you sharing it through this form. In honor of Open Data Day we’d like to give a shoutout...launched this pilot in 2019 as an open science platform for scientists using Addgene AAV viral preps to...handy?  Contact info: Give us your contact information so we can follow up with you if we have any questions...injection. How long post-injection did you wait until performing the experiment? What detection methods did you...

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...site. Four proteins (TniQ, Cas8, Cas7, Cas6) that forms the QCascade DNA-targeting module together with ... The requirement for multiple Cas proteins to form the Cascade targeting complex is a hallmark of Type... or have its own nuclease activity. Instead, it forms a novel co-complex with the transposition protein... using RNA-DNA base pairing. Separately, TnsABC forms a transposase complex with the mini-transposon, ...single-plasmid INTEGRATE (pSPIN), which offer simple transformations for smaller cargos, and the ability to easily...Clone desired DNA cargo into the mini-transposon Transform plasmid(s) into cells and plate overnight Screen...

...RepA to link iterons from two different plasmids, forming a pair of “handcuffs” that blocks replication of...plasmid, is complementary to part of the sequence forming this pseudoknot, so its binding prevents the mRNA...replication. At high copy numbers, RepA proteins form complexes between iterons on different plasmids ...replication. RepZ is translated from an mRNA that forms a pseudoknot. At high copy numbers, high levels ...plasmid ColIb-P9 by competition between pseudoknot formation and antisense RNA binding at a specific RNA site...

...creative. However, if we think of creativity as a form of innovation, it’s clear that creativity is absolutely...company-wide New Ideas Survey. Anyone could fill out the form at any time and a member of our Business Development...in charge of implementing it. The purpose of this form was to encourage the sharing of ideas, not to give...out on the open sea Creativity comes in many forms. Whether you can paint like Frida Kahlo or you’re...PhDs found that many researchers feel they lack formal training in a variety of transferable skills. At...References Grant, A. (2017). Originals how non-conformists move the world. Penguin Publishing Group. Day...

...right? RNA performs almost all of its biological functions in our cells in the single strand form, but double...within the R-loop that is now vulnerable to various forms of DNA damage, and these structures can in turn ...in several autoimmune disorders, including some forms of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. These types ..., why it’s important for cells to sense their formation, and how clinicians, researchers, and even farmers...Still others use dsDNA to store their genetic information. All of these viruses have one thing in common...genomic regions are prone to persistent R-loop formation, presumably due to their abundance of R-loops ...or mechanisms which suppress endogenous dsRNA formation are dysregulated, immune responses can mount in...

...most difficult form, which makes it the perfect transferable skill. Almost every other form of presenting...will have to learn this skill in its most difficult form. You’re presenting complex data, to a group of peers...goal.   As a scientist, public speaking isn't a performance art. You’re (usually) presenting either to share...public speaking gig. Being able to give a clear, informative presentation, speak at conferences, or even just...

... pathway, and then cleaved to generate an active form of the protein. To monitor autophagy, the Pho8Δ60... Pho8Δ60 localizes to the cytosol in an inactive form unless autophagy is induced. Then non-selective ...weight shift of Pho8 from its uncleaved to cleaved form is the final read out of this assay. This is also... provide information about the contents of the autophagosome nor does it provide information about what...

...AAV1, AAV5, and AAV retrograde (the most popular form), this viral vector is used to deliver DNA encoding...-FRT. Additionally, you could use the retrograde form to specifically express Cre in neurons with axons...

...Practice your presentation skills (as much as you can), form a peer mentoring group to get real feedback Write...peer mentoring group? "What Makes a Good Mentor?" Form Your Own Peer Mentoring Group: A How-To Guide for... create and stick to timelines Be a mentor in a formal program Start something (a journal, a science lunch...

...neutral (protonated) and anionic (deprotonated) forms of the chromophore which contribute to the 2 peaks...chromophore photoconverts predominantly to the anionic form, causing increased fluorescence when excited with... the chromophore from the neutral to the anionic form, which allows PA-GFP to exhibit up to a 100-fold...violet light, both variants are photoconverted to forms that emit brighter red fluorescence. Since emission...another monomeric PA-FP which unlike mEosFP, can form it’s chromophore at a more comfortable 37°C (5)....scientists later developed red fluorescent PA-FPs by performing several rounds of random mutagenesis screening...are preferred over the monomeric one since the formation of mEosFP’s chromophore requires a temperature...

... which is available in both liquid and powdered forms. Due to improper handling or poor lab techniques...techniques, mycoplasma can spread through this form of powdered media. Filtration does not ensure complete sterilization...fluorescent microscope, the mycoplasma DNA appears in the form of small clusters, apart from the cellular DNA. ...apart from mycoplasma. Always have a backup in the form of cryopreserved vials of the cell lines even though...laminar airflow before and while you are working. Perform routine checks for mycoplasma contamination, before...the problem of contamination through aerosols. Perform culturing without the use of antibiotics since ...

...interplay of these two ideas he said “science is a form of art to me… The problem is that scientists sometimes...of conservation.” Appreciating science as an art form taps into an emotional response within the viewer...They can study molecules, analyze terabytes of information on black screens, but not to know even the life...

...chains and two small light chains that stick out to form the “arms” holding the highly variable regions that...directly provide the three sybody libraries in the form of mRNA for academic research. The template plasmids...ribosome to pause at the end of the mRNA molecule, forming a ribosome complex consisting of the translated...For more information read our secondary nanobodies blog post.  A rapid selection platform for generating...weeks (Zimmermann et al., 2020). This selection platform was designed so that any standard lab can quickly...proteins. The full protocol for this sybody selection platform can be found here and relevant plasmids are available... Synthetic single domain antibodies for the conformational trapping of membrane proteins. eLife 7: . https...

...derivatives of all three germ layers, form embryoid bodies, and form teratomas [11]. iPSCs also possess ...ESCs are pluripotent stem cells that are able to form all adult cell types and are obtained from the inner...afterwards for ESC research purposes, with the informed consent of the donor [7]. Adult stem cells (ASCs... somatic cell conversion: conversion via iPSC formation, commonly referred to as reprogramming and, direct...

...titer: (Plaque Forming Units (PFU) or Infectious Units (IU), per mL)  Plaque formation assay: permissive... is further protected by histone-like proteins forming the nucleocapsid. B) Three generations of adenoviral...counted and titer is calculated in terms of plaque forming units (pfu), taking initial vector dilution into...presence of RCA in the viral stock by doing a plaque formation assay on A549 cells . Alternatively, antibody-...correct recombinant pAdV plasmid is identified, re-transform into a bacterial strain not prone to recombination...