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  1. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    ...forward-engineering the central dogma across many genes simultaneously. These parts have been carefully ...used over and over again in combination with novel genes to get very precise expression levels. The BIOFAB... for someone to forward engineer a system of 10 genes. You can now forward engineer a 10-gene system to...our testing of these parts that the chance your genes will be expressed at the level you want is 93 percent...
  2. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...system, cell lines typically used include Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) cells and Chinese Hamster Ovary... depending on whether the heavy and light chain genes are contained to one plasmid or if they’ve been ...have multiple contaminating bands or a few strong ones, consider increasing the number of washes performed...
  3. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ...Transgenic mouse lines expressing the 3x FLAG‐dC as9 protein for enCh IP analysis." Genes to cells 23.4 ...technology using recombinant CRISPR ribonucleoproteins." Genes to Cells 21.4 (2016): 370-377. PubMed PMID: 26848818...interactions between genomic regions by enCh IP‐Seq." Genes to Cells22.6 (2017): 506-520. PubMed PMID: 28474362...
  4. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    ...Easy to host guests remotely. Easy access from smartphones with low data requirements.  No visuals. Variety... audience interpretation. Infographics Low Combines both words and images; especially useful for conveying... to be staffed. Mixed Media Medium to high Combines pros of multiple channels/balance out cons. Flexible...in multiple ways from the same experience.  Can combines cons of multiple medias. Switching from one media...
  5. A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club

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    ...recurring journal clubs on Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis that occurred once a week for several months...of the discussed topic, and level of general busy-ness will most likely the primary drivers of frequency...attendance slumps below a certain level or interest wanes off such that attendees are not actively participating... with any recurring meeting, a journal club’s usefulness should be continually evaluated and assessed ...
  6. Ligation Independent Cloning

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    ... and may provide counter-selection for negative clones as in the example shown here. The manufacturer ...
  7. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    ...Thus, contour lines that are close together show a high density of cells, while contour lines that are spread...can also be presented as contour plots. Contour lines, which you may have seen on elevation maps, are ... of cells (Figure 7).  Figure 7: Contour lines in flow data from Jhunjhunwala et al., 2015. Used...
  8. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    ...inspiration  I look back at the meeting with such fondness, knowing that, as a 38 year-old with many years... that only appear once) in our analysis. Many pipelines toss these singletons out, and there is healthy...Finding mentors for the meeting Just like analysis pipelines for DNA that group similar sequences together ...bacteria of different evolutionary lineages share genes that can improve chances of survival for an individual...
  9. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    ... you have these rules (word limit, formatting guidelines, etc.) you have some criteria to shape the document...To find reviews, I just searched online and found ones that I thought “looked good” by no definitive criteria...This could be in the form of lists, streams of consciousness, or anything else. Like I mentioned, I also ...T-cell development, physiology and malignancy." Genes & cancer 6.5-6 (2015): 184. PubMed PMID: 26124919...
  10. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    ...with the development of methodologies to deliver genes to the CNS have recently made it much easier to ..., and the long-term expression of AAV delivered genes. AAV serotypes have been extensively studied in ...experiments with tag-specific antibodies. The most famous ones are influenza hemagglutinin (HA), myelocytomatosis...been used to visualize “thorny excrescence” (TE) spines in the Hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons which ...
  11. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...ice.synthego.com. We rigorously evaluated the effectiveness of the ICE tool by analyzing thousands of edits...performed over multiple experiments and comparing the robustness, accuracy, and speed with existing tools. For..., ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). ICE Score - The editing efficiency (...green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines should be close together before the cut site. A ...
  12. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    ...become popular. There are only so many methods and machines one team can learn so linking together expert ...external connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues who move on to ...conference attendance, and I scout for potential business partners. I am glad that I was able to build experience...hallmark for jobs focusing on: Science Policy, Business Development, Administration and Intellectual Property...
  13. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    ... and Cas13 systems in a range of mammalian cell lines. However, in those same comparisons, the AbuGoot...using Cas7-11. This included tests done in cell lines known to be more sensitive to toxicity from RNA ...activity. They now had a system that could integrate genes up to 36 kb in length, with an integration rate ...primary cells, and can be easily programmed for new genes. In comparison with other large insert techniques...
  14. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ...to interfere with the function of resident ER chaperones and may impact cellular function or possibly ... blue or cyan and yellow moxFPs. The inherent brightness and spectral characteristics of the moxFPs are...negative bacteria periplasm. Efforts to tag endogenous genes for proteins in these compartments using CRISPR ...tagging to detect proteins expressed from cloned genes: deletion mapping functional domains of Drosophila...
  15. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    ...demonstrate a POI’s absence. It also helps confirm that lanes are loaded evenly. Created with BioRender.com. ...blot. So how can you accurately compare different lanes? In relative quantification, the POI bands are normalized...blue) to infer or calculate things about earlier ones. In practice, multiple sources of error (red) influence...detection range of the assay is between the two dotted lines. Created with BioRender.com. To see why this...
  16. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    ...typical PCR machines, the authors use affordable, field-ready, Bluetooth-enabled PCR machines that can even...approximately 1-2 hours Equipment needed: Mini PCR machines by DIY-Bio, P51 cardboard fluorescence visualizer...mentioned, likely ~1-2 hours Equipment needed: PCR machines/Heat blocks, Lateral flow strips, Agarose gel ...
  17. March for Science

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    ...functions. Experiments come next, testing the correctness of the hypothesis. The results of experiments...organisms (GMOs), the absence of a link between vaccines and autism, and other hypotheses mount yet policies...some non-political issues are split along party lines (18). Feeling like an apple will fall up instead...related to the following subjects: Climate change Vaccines GMOs Transgender issues Reproductive health Immigration...
  18. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    ...powerful site-specific knock-in tool that can be harnessed by researchers for many applications. Your favorite... chromosomal aberrations. Pfeiffer P, et al. Mutagenesis (2000). PubMed. Multiple Pathways of Recombination... Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. The Road Less Traveled: Strategies... Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. CRISPR References: Genome ...
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