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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    ...safety features   When viruses were first being engineered as biological tools, thought was given on how...replication of virus and its infectivity in check. Engineering controls, safety systems that are built into ...

  3. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    ...Makerspace is composed of computer scientists, engineers, and biologists working together on a variety ... case.   Funding Makerspaces One of the main challenges when starting a new project at a makerspace is...

  5. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    ...and deliver a variety of cargoes, genetically engineered neurotropic viruses emerged as powerful tools...Watabe-Uchida et al., 2012). They could also quantify the strength of the inputs by counting the monosynaptic inputs...

  7. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ...Hongkui Zeng Additional Resrouces on the Addgene Blog  Read about Other Means of Genome Engineering Using...

  8. How to Prepare for an Industry Interview

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    ... time out of their day to talk with you, so be engaged with their conversation. Send thank you emails ...carefully. And even if you don’t have technical challenges, your interviewers might.  You’ll probably still...

  10. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    ...tasks, both of which are factors in the technical challenges they can present. Many researchers find themselves....2 (2003): 141. PubMed PMID: 12705861. 3. Chen, Sifeng, et al. "Freeze-thaw increases adeno-associated...

  11. The Scientific Conference Poster Session: Tips for Success

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    ...entire time talking to the poster, as opposed to engaging with you? Be sure to use your poster as a visual...they are following along. This will not only re-engage you with those who sought out your poster, but ...

  12. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...Cpf1-mediated cleavage are 42-44 nucleotides in length, about the same size as Cas9’s, but with the direct... at the 3’ end of the target sequence. Cpf1’s strength may lie in its low off-target editing rates, determined...

  16. Transferable Skills: Negotiation

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    ...natural. Creative negotiation skills will help you strengthen relationships with your colleagues and supervisors...help you get more of what you want and can also strengthen your relationships with others who know that ...

  17. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ...and protein turnover rates. Additionally, by engineering FP fusions associated with cellular organelles...the tag for each insertion. Also, it remains challenging to screen for the genetically modified strains...

  18. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    ...mouse knockout lines should increase. New genome engineering tools also offer hope for the creation of new...models in species that were previously difficult to engineer, like rats. If you have tools for creating knockout...

  20. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ...viruses, with a linear genome between 26–45 kb in length. Human adenovirus type 5 (hAdV-C5) can be considered... like other viral vectors, though significant challenges remain (Wold & Toth, 2013).  While the pre-existing...
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