...have advantages: they are convenient and provide uniform, consistent results. But they are also less accessible...remove RNA contamination and you can use a phenol chloroform extraction to remove remaining proteins and RNase...when the kits buffers ran out. Homemade buffers performed the same as those provided with the kit. Although...the results of transfection assays. Go forth and perform your DNA extractions without kits! Regardless of...

... up after trying out the new protocols.io beta platform for sharing, annotating, and storing life science...associated protocols. When you upload your plasmid information, you’ll have the option to add additional documents...restriction digest of plasmid DNA, and bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources...easy for you to begin using. For the novice, the format does have a learning curve, but OWW walks you through...

...all over the world looking for some additional information or clarification on these vectors. Read on to... for packaging (that's gag, pol, and env), the isoforms of these proteins, as well as the viral long terminal...shown to repress expression of HIV-1 LTRs (more information is available here). 2nd vs. 3rd Generation Lentiviral...with respect to the specific experiments being performed and you should understand the guidelines for using...

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...protocol(s). Is there enough information there for you to be independent performing the technique you trained...benefits: you may learn faster and retain more information plus your mentor will get you up to speed easier...you need from them, and you can understand the information in your training. Bench mentor-mentee relationships...

...the BP and/or LR reactions are performed, the next step is to transform competent E. coli cells and select...our recent Plasmids 101 Post on CcdB for more information. How to clone using Gateway technology To better...sequencing or restriction digest! Then, you can transform or transfect the cells that you want to use for...

..., our volunteers have been helping to gather information for our FLSA and postdocs resource on what institutions...postdoctoral salaries are changing. Transparent salary information for postdoctoral positions is very hard to find... may face greater challenges. Current salary information that we have been able to find suggests that ...Please also feel free to contact us if you have information that you think would help our resource. In the...

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... the reference section provide more in depth information. Technical replicates An example of a technical... to the consistency of the reagents and hands performing the experiment, not the reproducibility or consistency...independent aliquots of cells and plasmids, be performed on different days, etc, but outside constraints...incorporating additional positive and negative controls, performing multiple replicates, and ultimately getting interpretable...

... virus directly using saliva without having to perform RNA extraction but that may work only if there ... Motif) for target cleavage. This test can be performed in two steps for challenging samples as in Two-Step-SHERLOCK...fluorescently labelled substrate, gets activated and performs non-specific collateral cleavage. This cleavage...emission reader Approach: FnCas9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay (FELUDA) is a technique that uses...

...mapping and modern sequencing Restriction mapping informs on DNA sequence through the use of restriction ...upon the incorporation of a ddNTP. Researchers perform four different reactions, one for each radiolabelled...techniques still have useful applications and have informed many current techniques. For example, restriction...sequencing technology." Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics 13.1 (2015): 4-16. PubMed PMID:  25743089 ....

...several brain regions where other serotypes may perform better (3). Brain Region  Optimal Serotype ...expressed that anatomical assessments can be easily performed too. While I implied that axoplasmic transport...vectors that will have substantially improved performance profiles and should be suitable for genome editing...and Mark A. Kay. "Future of rAAV gene therapy: Platform for RNAi, Gene Editing and Beyond." Human Gene...

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...shared information about recent CRISPR deposits from Arlene Sharpe’s lab. X-Chime and Performing In Vivo...Embracing Serendipity Nicolas Mathis, who shared information on his open software that predicts efficiencies...

...students transform them into different strains of E. coli,” says Westenberg. During the transformation experiment...genetic backgrounds of the host strains affect transformation efficiency.  Aside from the Streak Plate Challenge...

... ship individual plasmids as transformed bacteria in stab culture format. Our lab team creates stabs for... for each plasmid being shipped based on the information in our lab software, labeling stabs with barcodes...

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