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  1. Using Video to Share Your Science: We Share Science

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    Nov. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...about research: www.WeShareScience.org. WeShareScience is a free platform for sharing short, 3 to 5 minute...Washington University and developer of wesharescience.org. Sharing your research with the world can be challenging... use to share ideas – with the general goal of seeing if and how they are being used to share science....appeal, instant sharing across multiple other sites), I created a new platform for sharing video abstracts...journal Current Biology. Video on We Share Science: http://wesharescience.com/pin/7472 Article: http://www.cell.com...embryo survival rates. Video on We Share Science: http://wesharescience.com/pin/7439 Research Website: https...aquaculture/ The goal of the WeShareScience project is to find new and exciting ways to share ideas derived from...
  2. Celebrating 15 Years of Scientific Sharing

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    Jan. 14, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
    ...We must keep spreading the word about materials sharing, but we don’t have to worry about getting support...are increasingly seeking us out on their own to share reagents. I love the way scientists starting their...False, type='scriptV4', hide_playlist=True, viral_sharing=False, embed_button=False, width='1280', height...
  3. Twenty Years of Sharing Science!

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    Jan. 8, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
    ...resources. We've got twenty years of experience we're sharing through blogs, eBooks, videos, guides, protocols...
  4. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    May 13, 2014, 8:34 p.m.
    ...started sharing your science with the community. Some of them you can do today! 10 ways to share your science... up your own twitter feed or talking about and sharing some science on the one you already have. Read ...University. At Addgene we're committed to scientific sharing – both your plasmids and your research stories....  sharing your science... scientific sharing...
  5. Celebrating One Million Plasmids Shared!

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    Sept. 25, 2018, 2:39 p.m.
    ..., Addgene edged passed our one million plasmids shared milestone by ending the day with 1,000,002 plasmids...plasmids shipped. Reaching one million plasmids shared might have you wondering how many plasmids leave ... September 13, 2018 This massive scale reagent sharing led us to calculate how much time we have saved...would have saved 5 million hours through reagent sharing. How much is 5 million hours? A colossal 547 years...plasmids to the repository and for the scientific sharing community (check out the infographic below for ...the past month, we’ve enjoyed seeing scientists sharing their contributions on social media as well the...
  6. Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPR

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    April 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...also a story of community, cooperation, and sharing. Sharing this story is a truly special way to celebrate...As we celebrate twenty years at Addgene, we are sharing stories of our repository’s positive impact on ... that developed CRISPR tools were committed to sharing them with the rest of the community. They did this... and, in turn, to develop tools of their own to share. Over the years, Addgene’s repository has grown ... CRISPR plasmids in our repository, and we have shared almost 300,000 CRISPR plasmids and 12,000 CRISPR...community. Our depositing labs continue to develop and share new tools, while our requesting labs continue to... community?  Addgene exists to help researchers share useful tools, and as such, we’re always looking ...
  7. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
    ...Addgene blog Twenty Years of Addgene Sharing: CRISPRTwenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service...focused on creating a repository that made it easy to share plasmids, both for people depositing plasmids and...available and accessible weren’t always the same thing, shaped both Addgene’s founding and our growth into the...anniversary celebration, we thought it only fitting to share some stories of ways we’ve turned the available ...control. Partnering with a distributor allowed us to share materials and accept deposits from scientists in...in China. They were also able to help with sharing information through the use of popular Chinese social...like CRISPR, lentivirus, and optogenetics — and shared the protocols we use in our own labs. By 2023, ...
  8. Scientific Sharing in the Time of COVID-19: Databases and Resources

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    May 12, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...been able to progress so rapidly is scientific sharing. Already we’ve seen articles about COVID-19 on ...centralized databases and centers to support the sharing of materials and data associated with COVID-19 ... these resources and why they value scientific sharing as the scientific community strives to understand... motivations vary, everyone we spoke with sees sharing and collaboration as the best way that the scientific...researcher studying COVID-19. “Open scientific sharing is important for creating research synergies and...iterating on methods for coronavirus research, sharing resources for COVID-19 research in their field ... reopen and restart other research, scientific sharing will remain an extremely important part of the ...
  9. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    Feb. 28, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...sustainable, easily sharable products. Open-Source Microscopy Sharing Hardware vs. Sharing Software In the...relatively young movement of sharing open hardware has a similar goal. The sharing of modules, ideas, and blueprints... or 3D printers are key to enabling this work. Sharing open-source plans that rely on such tools has allowed...enablers for making assemblies open-source. The sharing of digital representations of the 3D models, which...especially with regard to licensing models. Direct sharing of work from universities and research centers ...   Fig. 3: Different workflows involved in sharing open hardware. Upper left panel shows the path ...  Conclusion Addgene is a great example of how sharing of data and molecular tools can lead to faster ...
  10. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    July 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...from this process have shaped and supported our growth and development. We’ve shared what we’ve learned, ...anniversary celebration, we’ve been finding and sharing stories unique to our repository and resources....they still have a global reach. From 2016–2023, we shared 93,491 viral vector preps with researchers in 45...our AAV Data Hub as a community platform for the sharing of that exact data. Here, requestors can upload...their experimental data in a standardized format, sharing how well a given viral vector worked — or didn’...save time in selecting experimental conditions. Sharing our experiences Addgene’s plasmid repository gave...
  11. Data Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications

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    Aug. 5, 2014, 6:51 p.m.
    ...be mitigated by on-line services such as SlideShare, Figshare and Dataverse. Just as Addgene helps with...jwoodgett.     More Discussions About Data Sharing: PLOS Data Sharing Policy Discussion PLOS’ New Data Policy...this year when it announced its data access and sharing policy. Since early March, the open access publisher...reasonable. PLOS has since clarified their data sharing policy and recently announced that of the 16,000...funding agencies (e.g. Wellcome Trust, NIH Data Sharing Policies, etc.) and is founded on the principle...included? We should recognize that storing data in a sharable form is indeed a significant effort. Our standards..., PLOS appears to leave the scope of data to be shared to individual authors. Minimally, raw but sufficiently...
  12. Addgene’s New Way to Help You Share Science

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    Nov. 14, 2013, 4:10 p.m.
    ...school was that scientists have amazing stories to share. I spend a lot of time telling scientists about ...the conversation. Check-in with “A Better Way to Share Science” for: The inside scoop from scientists ...plasmid-based technologies. Commentary about scientific sharing and the open-access movement. At Addgene, we believe...
  13. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...     Here are some highlights of the plasmids shared over the last year and how these plasmids have ...academic and industry scientists through plasmid sharing and more. As you’ve read above, some of these plasmids...pandemic. Our mission to accelerate research through sharing reagents has never been so important.     ...2021.03.10.434840 Tsang J, LaManna CM (2020) Open Sharing During COVID-19: CRISPR-Based Detection Tools. ...
  14. ReFigure: Save Scientific Figures into Dashboards and Share Your Insights

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    Dec. 13, 2017, 3:20 p.m.
    ...Experiments Use video to share your science at We Share Science Learn more about Data Sharing Resources at Addgene.org...available on PubMed Central (also eLife, PLOS and Figshare). Some use cases include: Cataloging a reagent...publications. By submitting your data to a repository (Figshare is currently supported by ReFigure beta) you can...makes it easier for experts in a given field to share their specialized knowledge of which findings are...reviewers of your expertise and insight. We recommend sharing ReFigures on your Linkedin and ResearchGate profile...connect figures from PubMed Central, eLife, PLOS and Figshare but we are working on expanding our reach. We ...
  15. Spurred by COVID-19, Addgene Bridges Plasmid Sharing Between Academia and Industry

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    June 23, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...researchers started working with us to help them share their reagents, we knew our role in fighting the...members of the scientific community support open sharing. But, one critical part was missing when the COVID...limited to academic scientists. Expanding plasmid sharing during COVID-19 Realizing this limitation, we worked...have the support of the following organizations to share materials more broadly to accelerate COVID-19 research...available to industry scientists To make plasmid sharing more open for academic and industry scientists,...the past months, we’re excited to see our open sharing impact grow beyond COVID-19. But, we can’t do this...office to discuss the possibilities for expanded sharing. Is there a plasmid you're hoping will be come ...
  16. Find and Share AAV Data with Addgene's New AAV Data Hub

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    Oct. 8, 2019, 12:33 p.m.
    ...is an open platform for scientists using AAV to share practical information about their experiences. It...hope to mine the data to find patterns that we can share with you about promoters, serotypes, expression ...suggestions about the AAV Data Hub, we welcome you to share your thoughts through our Feedback Form.  Thank ...
  17. Thanks to Addgene Depositors, We’re Now Sharing over 100,000 Reagents!

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    April 8, 2021, 7:25 p.m.
    ...We’re so excited to share some good news with you: with contributions from depositors around the globe...globe, we’re now sharing over 100,000 reagents including plasmids, ready-to-use viral preps, pooled libraries...plasmids as of April 8, 2021) 1.5 million plasmids shared in total (currently at 1,484,507 as of April 8,...
  18. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ...platform for sharing, annotating, and storing life science protocols. Since we began sharing this protocol...plasmids and you decide to share them using Addgene’s repository, you can also share your associated protocols...accounts in which their members can share protcols, sign-up for shared equipment, and track inventory and...you can share protcols with your labmates, but the system does not appear to have a way to share your protocols...Developing Lab Management Software    Organizing and sharing your updated protocols So that’s great, but what...within their own lab. So what is the best way to share these improvements? You could publish a paper that...tools are available for scientists to organize and share their scientific protocols. Here are just a few ...
  19. Keeping Up With CRISPR/Cas9

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    March 11, 2014, 5:55 p.m.
    ... quickly followed by even splashier news: Jiahao Sha of Nanjing Medical University had successfully used...one step without producing off-target mutations," Sha was quoted as saying when the news first broke. "...first detailed picture of Cas9's three-dimensional shape via x-ray crystallography, an advance they say should...
  20. Summer SciComm: Preprints

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    Aug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...researchers to share information about the emerging SARS-CoV-2 virus quickly and openly. By sharing results ...you’re ready to write up the paper and share your results, share them as best you can! At the time of writing...rising use of preprints, or scientific manuscripts shared by the authors on a public server independent from...allow authors to avoid many of these issues, by sharing their work publicly and immediately once the manuscript...preprint as evidence of their productivity that can be shared with hiring and review committees, as opposed to...reviewers’ comments, and author responses can be shared directly alongside the preprint while the work ...working manuscript as a preprint too and you can share all the details that you couldn’t fit on your poster...
  21. The Blue Flame Award: Celebrating Addgene's Most Requested Depositors

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    Nov. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...who have generously shared their reagents freely with the research community. Sharing is caring We’re thrilled...hooked on sharing because, as UNC’s Bryan Roth says, Addgene has “literally enabled sharing with 100's...plasmids deposited at Addgene enhance scientific sharing worldwide but a select few are particularly special...honor the creativity, passion, and dedication to sharing epitomized by the creators of these plasmids with...pleased when scientists around the world choose to share their plasmids through our repository since we know...says, “Addgene has transformed the way in which we share plasmids and other molecular tools with the scientific...appreciate our depositor’s dedication to scientific sharing, we wanted to celebrate our depositing PI’s who...
  22. The MTA at Addgene

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    July 23, 2024, 2:17 p.m.
    ...you want to share your biological materials under! While most plasmids at Addgene are shared under the ...process. Even though this process is essential to sharing plasmids around the globe, it can be a bit of a...of use for a tangible research material that is shared between two parties. There are many different flavors...negotiate individual MTAs every time they wanted to share materials, and the process was time-consuming and..., which is the MTA most plasmids at Addgene are shared under, is well-understood and accepted by the majority...centralized tracking when biological reagents are shared — both at what time and with whom. Tracking these...scientific ecosystem, including understanding how shared materials are used to drive forward new discoveries...
  23. Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene

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    Sept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...4,7,9) - are asked why they don’t share, many express concern about sharing negative data they cannot explain...What AAV vector is best for my specific system?  Sharing data and community concerns AAV vectors are complex...particular importance to these efforts is the open sharing of negative data.  Negative AAV data is highly ...scientists who support open science, but do not share their own data - which seems to be the majority ...therefore actively work to remove the stigma around sharing negative data and instead focus on getting this...there?  The Addgene Data Hub is a free resource to share this data and help speed scientific progress, but...if many scientists choose to help each other by sharing their data. So take advantage of it and get your...
  24. Addgene Begins Distribution of Recombinant Antibodies

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    March 28, 2022, 4:30 p.m.
    ... to easily share plasmids with each other. Together, we can transform the antibody sharing landscape as...from Addgene. How Addgene is Reimagining Antibody Sharing Addgene is building our antibody resource, which...antibodies, educational materials, protocols, and shared data, on our values of transparency, reproducibility...community-building. The transparency begins with sharing sequence information for the antibodies in our ...excellent for reproducibility because they do not share hybridomas’ genomic drift or limited material from... toolmakers and tool users. We encourage you to share your recombinant antibodies via Addgene to maximize...accompany our antibody collection.  Addgene is sharing our protocols for recombinant antibody production...
  25. Celebrate Open Data Day with Addgene’s AAV Data Hub!

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    March 5, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...We’re big fans of all forms of research sharing and with Open Data Day 2020 coming up on March 7th, what... what better way to celebrate open data sharing than with Addgene’s AAV Data Hub! We launched this pilot...using Addgene AAV viral preps to easily find and share useful technical data. These data focus on experimental...injection site from the AAV data hub. How to share your AAV data Do you use Addgene AAV tools and want...ranks of our growing group of Addgene AAV data sharing champions? If you’ve recently used Addgene AAV ...simple steps you can take to input your data for sharing on the site. The entry form has 5 general question...questions and so that we can give you recognition for sharing your data. Materials: What virus and serotype did...
  26. Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Feb. 25, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...researchers worldwide. Countless breakthroughs enabled by shared resources. As we step into 2025, these milestones...impact that happens when scientists come together to share their work. The power of community in 2024 In 2024...scientific community's commitment to open science and shared progress. But numbers tell only part of the story...Building tomorrow’s science today Your voices helped shape our journey throughout the year. Through surveys... faster. We’re also building a portal to easily share sequences and characterization data for over 150,000...believe that innovation flourishes when data are shared. The scientific landscape is evolving rapidly, ...innovate with your help and guidance. Every plasmid shared, every collaboration formed, and every breakthrough...
  27. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    March 20, 2014, 3:04 p.m.
    ... making it all work – most of the time. #1 Thou shalt find enjoyment in your work If you are happy at ...Nobody wins, and you need to make a change. #2 Thou shalt sometimes put work ahead of life Sometimes, work...and with attention to those around you #4 Thou shalt not bear the burden alone You, alone, are not solely... friends. If there is any guilt, you should be sharing it absolutely equally, which means you only have...get enmeshed in a serious relationship. #5 Thou shalt not sweat the small stuff The house can be messy...yourself; you will make progress over time. #6 Thou shalt throw money at the problem If you can, pay someone...to relax and be with friends and family. #7 Thou shalt create community to help Involve family. If you ...
  28. In Living Color: The Skinny on In Vivo Imaging Tools

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    March 27, 2014, 5:14 p.m.
    ...you’ll pretty quickly notice the name Vladislav Verkhusha popping up again and again, and for good reason... those tools are great for many applications, Verkhusha and his lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine... mammalian tissues are nearly transparent. As Verkhusha explained it to me, the transparency window of...the transparency window of mammalian tissues,” Verkhusha said. “We developed near-infrared fluorescent ...deeper.” Adding to the toolbox In the last year, Verkhusha added two far-red light photoactivatable (PA) ...background.” Just last month in Scientific Reports, Verkhusha’s team reported another advance in the application...is because the light becomes very scattered,” Verkhusha explained. Ultrasound wavelengths, on the other...
  29. Addgene: The First Twenty Years

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    Dec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ... believe in openly sharing their plasmids. It’s been a privilege to find and share what stories we can...for our future. And while we’ve been excited to share them with you, we realized our 20th anniversary ...walk through some of our favorite milestones and share some thoughts from the community that makes us… ...open science nonprofit that would facilitate the sharing of plasmids between scientists. The service would...resource. I really appreciate the work you do to make sharing reagents and protocols so easy!” — Nina Jain, Harvard...2012, our repository was rapidly able to support sharing of CRISPR constructs and information across the...lentiviral and AAV vectors, as well as developing and sharing supportive educational resources. By 2017, we had...
  30. From our Table to Yours: An Inside Look at Lunch at Addgene

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    Nov. 27, 2013, 2:54 p.m.
    ...least a shared sense that we’re not alone in struggling with our western blots. Thoughts about sharing Addgene...helping scientists share between labs, and people work hard at Addgene to make plasmid sharing as easy as possible.... The four of us would eat together every day, sharing ideas for the company, but also talking about sports...table and we eat together Harry Potter-style.The shared lunches create a culture of openness and trust ... just as important to take a break from work to share time with the people around us. It makes the quality... every day. Do you have any traditions that you share with your labmates, be they food related or not?...
  31. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...environment and hence making it searchable and shareable, but some ELNs provide better support for reproducibility...the integration with protocols.io, the protocol sharing repository. As illustrated in this video the integration...RSpace becomes part of a workflow that enhances the sharing and reproducibility ecosystem protocols.io makes...Zenodo, Open Science Framework, Data Dryad, and Figshare. Any ELN that facilitates reproducibility has ...RSpace has been integrated with two of the five: Figshare and Dataverse, as well as the DSpace repository...integration is described in this video and the Figshare integration in this video.  The ability to link... RSpace using the RSpace datasets deposited in Figshare or Dataverse has access not only to the RSpace...
  32. 2023 and 2024: Reflections and Looking Ahead

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    Jan. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...believing, as we do, that sharing speeds science.  This year, Chonnettia will be sharing more of her perspective...reflect on our achievements in the last year and share the exciting things to come in the new year. I am...what we accomplished in 2023 and thrilled to be sharing our plans for 2024.  In 2023, Addgene distributed... of innovation and impact made possible by the sharing of tools for research: discovered and developed...and website.  In the coming months, we’ll also share our work in evolving Addgene’s strategic vision ...Addgene, it is my privilege to uphold the values that shape Addgene’s mission and work. In 2024, we will be ... to join me here, and on my LinkedIn page, as I share reflections throughout 2024 on Addgene’s work, mission...
  33. London Calling - Addgene’s New Europe Office in London

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    June 10, 2014, 3:20 p.m.
    ...of Plasmid Sharing: Interested in more statistics from Addgene's 10 years of plasmid sharing? Check out...our US counterparts are still sleeping). Plasmid sharing in Europe: Addgene’s request statistics Since 2004...do for them and how the repository can help them share their materials. The new office in London is dedicated...expression vectors. I also used plasmids made and shared by others to develop an anti-tumour therapy using...researchers are craving, like I was, for a better way to share their plasmids. Now I am on the other side of the...discussing a new scientific discovery or invention, and sharing those ideas with others. This love of interacting... blog post Or look at our "10 Years of Plasmid Sharing" Infographic!  ...
  34. Addgene at the ASM Microbe 2016 Conference

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    July 7, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...nice genes…" tshirts, and the lucky winner was Shagun Sharma from the University of Akron, Ohio. Congratulations...researchers who weren’t aware of Addgene’s plasmid sharing services, as well as #happydepositors who stopped...leverage their expertise as we advance our mission of sharing science. I got to check out many of the posters...research and we’d love to help more microbiologists share these valuable resources! Developing the Addgene...about our mission of open science and resource sharing and was also a great place to catch up with former...If you have a great new construct you’d like to share with the scientific community, contact [email protected] from all over the world easily access and share their materials! Resources on the Addgene Blog ...
  35. Twelve Amazing Guest Blog Contributors!

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    Nov. 26, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Marty LaFleur, who shared information about recent CRISPR deposits from Arlene Sharpe’s lab. X-Chime and...ligands. Illuminating Choices Paul Heisig, who shared his flow cytometry expertise in three posts. An...and Beyond Surface Labeling Ashlyn Lemmen, who shared her flow cytometry expertise in two posts. Flow...Flow Cytometry Readouts Toj, a summer intern who shared their experience working at Addgene. An Addgene...collection. Embracing Serendipity Nicolas Mathis, who shared information on his open software that predicts ...and Michael Biddle, of Only Good Antibodies, who shared their antibody validation expertise. Antibody ...
  36. Experimenting with New Careers while in Grad School

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    Feb. 25, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Ehmee, and David Shiffman @WhySharksMatter and see what kind of content they share and produce and how they...nontraditional,” helped prepare me to start CINSO. Here, I share some of the tips I learned along the way and hope...about their research? Then we could get everyone to share their articles on social media and have their friends...their favorite. This seemed like a great way to share some of the research taking place at our university...in doing science outreach, not only can I easily share science with the public, but I can watch and learn...the point at which my career path began to take shape, was when I started volunteering. I wasn’t sure ...Additional Resources I asked some colleagues to share valuable life lessons they have learned during their...
  37. Science Communication Snapshot: DayCon 2015

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    June 17, 2015, 9:04 p.m.
    ...other blog posts on sharing science: 10 Ways to Share Your Science More Scientific sharing posts! ...Here at Addgene, we’re dedicated to advancing and sharing science! In association with the Harvard graduate...first-year event’s success is evidence that, to share science, all you need is a great idea and a group...willing to make that idea a reality! How do you share your science with the community? Addgene would love... sharing...
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