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TypeBlog Post... packaging cell line. This system provides the greatest flexibility to pseudotype γ-retrovirus using different...post‐transcriptional regulatory element; sequence that stimulates the expression of transgenes via increased nuclear...U5 and the rest of the provirus. 3’ LTR Terminates transcription started by 5' LTR by the addition...
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Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls
TypeBlog Post...companies or check the literature. Pro tip! Early gates, like your live/dead markers or commonly used markers...specific cell populations, often used in the later gates, are more likely to require FMOs. Isotypes Isotype...rather than for setting up your initial voltages and gates. Ashlyn has a research background in CD8+ T cells... -
How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
TypeBlog Post...together. I also prefer the number system to using dates as labels, since I often work on multiple projects...sure that the original code remains in tact! Take notes Comment in your scripts: Comments on what a given...who are still learning the basics. However, these notes take up a lot of space and don’t tell you why you... -
3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology
TypeBlog Post...infancy. A long timeline from transformation to testing and a lack of well-characterized genetic tools ...excited to see how this exchange of genetic tools facilitates plant science. Challenge #3: Intellectual property...in 2004, she accepted a commission in the United States Air Force. She left active duty to pursue a degree... -
Lentiviral Vector Guide
TypeGuide...incompetent by using four plasmids instead of three and eliminates the requirement for Tat. Always includes deletion... transfer plasmids may have limited restriction sites or may only be compatible with certain cloning methods...target species. Although chromatin availability facilitates integration, it does not explain the lentiviral...more accurately predict and understand integration sites have led to the development of multiple genome-wide...al. (2020) for examples). Pseudotyping Tropism dictates which types of host cells the lentiviral vector...glycoprotein — transduce airway epithelium and cardiomyocytes in utero Rabies glycoprotein — transduce neural...for genome-wide mapping of lentiviral integration sites. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development... -
Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog Post... oxygen concentration may affect photobleaching rates (Shaner et al, 2008). This brings us to the key ...application (Goedhart et al, 2012). The third issue relates to the environment of the fluorescent protein. ...The issues with quantification of photobleaching rates can be summarized as follows: Instead of determining... -
CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization
TypeBlog Post... cross-talk with the other orthologs. Ma et al. tested their dCas9 variants using gRNAs specific for telomeric...individual colors to 6. A gRNA with all three hairpins generates white light. All 6 gRNAs can be expressed in a...separate vector. Figure 2: CRISPRainbow generates 6 unique colors and a white composite. gRNAs with... -
Uncertainty about Labor Law Brings More Uncertainty to Postdoc Wages
TypeBlog Post...a new legal minimum of $47,476 per year, under updates to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This was...22nd a preliminary injunction against the FLSA updates was granted nationwide. Again, we at Future of ...getting paid, which we will be analyzing for future updates. But suffice it to say, salaries are showing surprisingly... -
Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist
TypeBlog Post...keep track of how you met the connection, as these notes are saved in the messaging stream. Unfortunately...LinkedIn is not the platform for politics, family updates, or click bait of any kind. For more on inappropriate...However, do comment on other people’s news and updates. Share your own good ideas, events and favorite... -
Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment
TypeBlog Post...antibiotic in your plate might not work. Check the plates! Streak on them an E. coli strain known to be ...growing fine, it is probably time to prepare new plates with a fresh stock of antibiotic. Many small colonies... different temperature (30°C) for the growth on plates and in liquid culture. If you don’t get any positive... -
Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins
TypeBlog Post...CASANOVA responds to blue light quickly. Within minutes of inactivating the CASANOVA complex, fluorescent...genes-of-interest (GOI) into two independent expression cassettes on a single plasmid (Grefen and Blatt, 2012). ...proteins that bind to either the light- and dark- states of the photoswitchable cPYP, which changes in conformation... -
The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team
TypeBlog Post...caveolin 1, also known as CAV 1. Usually, caveolin 1 promotes the cell life cycle progression and enhances tumor... TAK 1, an enzyme that controls apoptosis and regulates transcription. Without TKA1, cells proliferate... 2004). In fact, Sanford H. Barsky and his team tested the influence myoepithelial cells had on the conversion... -
Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog Post...Photo courtesy of Henry Mühlpfordt, under a CC BY-SA license. Many scientists and advocates have argued...manuscript is drafted. Preprints were one of the key routes for researchers to share information about the ... -
Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents
TypeBlog Post...large number of targets, and can require specific conjugates. And, of course, once you have them, you’ll need... along with a higher likelihood of aggregation (Bates, 2019). They are small enough to be produced in ...delivery systems. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. Bates A, Power CA. David vs. Goliath: The Structure, Function... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog Post...options. With limited time and budget you cannot test them all, so how do you know which ones to try? ...immune complexes are smaller than a primary:secondaries:conjugates complex. If you are trying to visualize.... The 5 pillars include genetic strategies that test expression in knock-out or knock-down down tissues... -
What's New in CRISPR - November 2021
TypeBlog Post...with the desired resolution of prime editing intermediates. Building upon the PE2 and PE3 systems of their...introduce epitope tags and RNA transcription start sites. The lab further demonstrated that PRIME-del can...RT), which induces two double-strand breaks and deletes the intervening sequence. As with other prime editing... -
Click Biology: How to Click and Play to Explore Biology
TypeBlog Post...the idea of general interfaces and the freedom to test out lots of combinations, to end up finding something... which are useful for connecting proteins in the test tube or in cells. There are also SNAP-tag and HaloTag...template VirD2 HUH-tag For creating DNA-protein conjugates rHUH HUH-tag (RNA) Covalent protein tag for... -
Working with Nuclear Receptors
TypeBlog Post...and disease states, their circadian regulation, as well as in important physiological states such as adipogenesis...therapeutic indices, including hypertension, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol gallstone... -
Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research
TypeBlog Post... Viruses are intracellular parasites and natural vehicles for genetic information. Therefore they make...Addgene: Follow our viral vector blog posts for updates on the most recent deposits, protocols, and tips...MuLE (Multiple Lentiviral Expression) system facilitates the simultaneous introduction of multiple genetic... -
Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post...BioID, BirA* is fused to a bait protein and it biotinylates proteins that are within a ~10 nm radius of ...the bait proteins were tagged with. It’s best to test all combinations and pick the conditions that give...interactome. Further characterization of these candidates is critical to understanding how they interact...