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  1. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    ... vector and insert are (separately) digested to create 10–12 base “chewed back” overhangs, they can be...bacteria, which will efficiently repair the plasmid. Created with BioRender.com.   SLIC also opened up a...transformed into bacteria, which repair the plasmid. Created with BioRender.com. How does SLIC compare to...
  2. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...and their GPCR binding partner, Bryan Roth’s lab created an open source resource called PRESTO-TANGO (parallel...parallel receptorome expression and screening via transcriptional output - TANGO) (Kroeze et al., 2015...are ideal candidates for use in chemogenetics. To create chemogenetics receptors, GPCRs were first mutated...
  3. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    ...mutations through homologous recombination. To further increase the utility of CRISPR/Cas9, it will be necessary...that enhance pol III transcription, potentially increasing the levels of gRNA expression. Since tRNAs are... of multiple gRNAs targeting a single gene can increase the likelihood of gene knockout, or multiple gRNAs...
  4. 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology

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    ...funding and time. While institutions that focus on creative problem solving like the Howard Hughes Medical...plant research, more initiatives are needed to increase the body of knowledge. Organizations like Open...research and effectively carry out their mission of creating new forums and opportunities for open innovation...
  5. Dos & Don'ts When Publishing a Scientific Manuscript

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    ... the world of science publishing, and an ever increasing number of journals and publishers to choose from...them needing a subscription to the journal. An increasing number of funding bodies insist that the research...is beneficial for both the referees (as they get credit for their time and effort) and the scientific community...
  6. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    ...cells in the microenvironment. This results in increased expression of transforming growth factor-β signaling...signaling, possibly inducing the secretion of growth promoting proteins, such as human growth factor, vascular... (Kogure et al., 2011) believes that miRNA may decrease the expression of TAK 1, an enzyme that controls...
  7. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    ...publishing has a number of drawbacks, especially the increasingly growing time from submission to publication....for their efforts, inspire future research, and increase their impact. Open Access and Transparency Another...journal publication or an updated preprint, further increasing their findability. Now, go out there and finish...
  8. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    ...electric! After attending this meeting I had an increased appreciation for the role of ion channels and ... the entire worm during regeneration, the worm creates two heads. Subsequent cutting results in a two-...pHLuorin fluorescent protein. This GEVI features increased brightness and improved plasma membrane specificity...
  9. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    ... viewed your profile.”  The latter is much less creepy. If we’ve met before, I’d be much more likely to...borders on my first rule of networking--”If it feels creepy, don’t do it.” It’s just not a useful way to build...rules of good resume writing. Include examples of concrete accomplishments in both the technical and “plus...
  10. New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library

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    ...figure out how to optimize protocols for in vivo screening with lentiviral pooled shRNA libraries. Later,...reagents.” Here at Addgene, we’re excited to see the creative new ways you put the ClonTracer library to use... Blog Learn about the Sabatini and Wood Drug Screening Kit Find Out How to Best Utilize Our Cancer Resource...
  11. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...available on our FRET Resource page and can be used to create fusions with a gene of interest. These plasmids...biosensors too, as another laboratory may have already created the sensor that you need. FRET biosensors designed...multiple FRET biosensors simultaneously would further increase the amount of correlated information available...
  12. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Finding Relevant Papers

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    ...growth or decline of interest in a field over time. Creating an alert for a search term helps automate your...is not a traditional search engine. Instead, you create your own research feed by entering keywords, concepts...new papers that contain these terms. You can also create intersects in your feed which means only papers...
  13. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    ...Figure 1: Common functions of natural plasmids. Created with BioRender.com. Resistance (R) plasmids...resistance genes to help cells survive their own secretions. Pro tip! Historically, colicin-producing plasmids...years, and new classifications are still being created as whole-genome sequencing becomes more relevant...
  14. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ...  Neurogenetic alchemy: CAP-Mac unleashes the secrets of primate brains with brilliance By Hridaya Patel...authors used a multispecies approach to generate and screen a library of AAV9 variants (Chuapoco et al., 2023... Figure 3: Overview of library generation and screening that led to identification and characterization...
  15. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...using the plexWell technology to easily and quickly create Illumina sequencing libraries. From start to finish...ask the depositing laboratory to review the discrepancies. If the depositing laboratory confirms that ...-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening. Nat Protoc 12:828–863 . https://doi.org/10.1038...
  16. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...activation or repression, transgenic mouse line creation, and in vivo gene editing of mice, with the potential...cationic polymer. Polybrene has long been used to increase retroviral transduction efficiency by neutralizing...Nanoblades CRISPR has also been extensively used to create transgenic mice by microinjecting zygotes with ...
  17. Engaging with science and society at pgEd

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    ...this through a variety of activities, including creating educational materials and lesson plans that are...sterilization of women in marginalized communities have created a legacy of distrust between these communities ...communities, including those by researchers hoping to increase community participation in new precision medicine...
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