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  1. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    ... you when you need it. The opportunity to be creative and think critically. One of the very first times...defined as sitting down at a computer and just creating, which for many scientists is the most enjoyable...

  2. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ...microbes would be affected (possibly killed), thus increasing the initial microbe’s chances of survival. This...antibiotic-free, farmed meats. We can focus on creating new antibiotic therapies, and investigate more...

  3. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...the presence of your targeted nucleic acid. To increase the sensitivity of the assay, targeted DNA or ...non-specific (trans) ssDNA and harnessed this ability to create a DNA detection platform called DETECTR. How does...

  4. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...gene disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus, an increasingly common human pathogen notorious for its high...adhesion to a PILATeS-functionalized coverslip creates mechanical tension, and the luminescence colocalizes...

  5. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    ...released Viral Vectors 101 2nd edition — I was incredibly excited when we picked our viral vector service...GCaMP6. It could be a matter of the size of the incremental improvements between generations: jGCaMP8 allows...

  6. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    ...trolling: The art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, ...excellent. Finally, as I said in the AMA, it’s incredibly important to find good mentors and incentivize...

  7. The Challenges of Cell Culture

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    ...line you will need to grow this initial stock and create a set of vials of ‘Master’ stock, which can be ...thawed, it is time to reorder this cell line to create new Master and Working stocks to work from. The...

  8. Getting the Most from Your Lentiviral Transduction

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    ...subtle and may include reduced saturation density, decreased rates of growth, or clumping. To ensure the best...Viral Vector Elements Learn How to Do Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Lentiviral Vectors Additional Resources...

  9. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...Plasmid A is the decreased expression of Gene X. Ergo the positive control(s) should decrease the expression...

  10. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ...interest is toxic. To combat this, scientists have created synthetic promoters, which typically include some...with somewhat weak expression. lacIq mutation increases expression of the repressor 10x, thus tightening...

  12. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    ...immunofluorescence and indirect immunofluorescence work. Image created with BioRender.com   Indirect IF is a much ...with key considerations about each step. Image created with BioRender.com   The first couple of steps...

  13. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) and biosensors have been created recently. As developers of many of these probes..., A.A., Oliinyk, O.S. & Verkhusha, V.V. How to Increase Brightness of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins...

  14. Tips for Getting a Faculty Position

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    ...completing the research will advance the field, create a new field, impact disease treatment, etc., again... His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, optimization...

  15. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    ...A., Tao, Y. A., Duby, J. E., Steinbeck, B. J., McCreary, J., Pierce, S. E., … & Liu, D. R. (2024). Efficient...variety of DNA-targeting proteins, so the team created versions using dCas9, zinc finger proteins, and...

  16. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ... S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness...fluorescent probes, recent engineering efforts have increased the brightness of these genetically encoded light...

  17. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    ... (Jambor et al., 2021) for more guidelines for creating clear and informative figures. Pro-tip! If you..., Wissink, E. M., & Weissgerber, T. L. (2021). Creating clear and informative image-based figures for ...

  18. Antibodies 101: The Basics of Western Blotting

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    ...proteins, use a higher percentage of acrylamide to increase migration resistance and improve separation. For...enhance resolution. In this setup, gels have an increasing range of acrylamide content from top to bottom...

  20. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    ...process. To deposit plasmids online, you will need to create an account with Addgene before starting the process...plasmids, and adding all the plasmids at once increases the likelihood that the plasmids are given sequential...
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