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  1. Meet Aavery, Blugene's New Virus Friend!

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    Feb. 13, 2020, 2:34 p.m.
    ...months of input and polling, Blugene's new virus friend finally has a name! We thank you for your participation...December, we introduced you to Blugene’s new virus friend (they/them/theirs). But, they didn’t have a name...
  2. Help Us Name Blugene’s New Virus Friend

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    Jan. 7, 2020, 1:55 p.m.
    ...hashtag #BlugeneVirusFriend on Twitter. As with Blugene’s name, we’d like to give their virus friend a gender...supported us over the past eight years now has a new friend to join them. Blugene would like you to meet......help in finding a good name for Blugene’s virus friend.  During the month of January, we’ll be taking...Have fun! Suggest a name for Blugene's new virus friend here Additional resources on the Addgene blog ...
  3. How to Make Friends and Meet People at a Scientific Conference

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    Aug. 7, 2014, 1:58 p.m.
    ...seek out scientists your own age. Some will be friendly so stick with those. Don’t miss social opportunities...but having lunch twice turns a stranger into a friendly colleague. Recommended Reading & More: Scientist...
  4. Science Career Options

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    Feb. 23, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
    ...aspects to determine are working hours (9am-5pm Mon-Fri or overtime and weekends, part time or full time)...
  5. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    Feb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...before they had even established their own labs.  Fried chicken with a side of inspiration  I look back ...had subsequently changed fields and my cohort of friends and colleagues had moved on as well, so I knew ...great dinner at Pittypat’s Porch with old and new friends while attending ASM Microbe in Atlanta, GA, in ... time at the #BinningSingletons mixer with new friends @iprophage @robincagle5 pic.twitter.com/52KQDMeSjO...
  6. Same Addgene, New Look - Why We Redesigned Our Homepage & Mascot

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    Dec. 5, 2019, 1:49 p.m.
    ...wanted to make sure our friend matched our core branding. Blugene needs to be friendly, personable, fun, and...science-inspired friends. As you can see on the homepage, Blugene is now accompanied by an AAV friend.  We encourage...big update on the homepage. Blugene, our trusted friend and mascot, has undergone a make-over as well. ...now has a full expression. You’ll mostly see a friendly smile, but occasionally you might notice Blugene...
  7. Uncovering Ancestral Bias in CRISPR Research

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    Nov. 29, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...lines (European, East Asian, Indigenous American, Africa, or South Asian) used in the screens based on the...CRISPR libraries. Samples are divided into those of African ancestry(orange) and those of other ancestry groups...work revealed that cell lines from individuals of African descent have approximately 20% more single nucleotide...found more ancestry-associated dependencies in African cell lines than in any other ancestry group. With...the existing methodology, they estimate that the African ancestry-associated cancer dependencies are undercounted...cancers that are more common in individuals of African descent.Correcting the bias  While their thorough...
  8. Negotiating Work and Life: How to Find the Joy

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    March 20, 2014, 3:04 p.m.
    ... some tips and tactics that have worked for my friends, my colleagues and me. To that end, here are my...working and come home happy in the evening, your friends and family will truly sense and appreciate this... more often than not. You want your family and friends to know you care, but they need to know that you...your career and life as well as your family and friends. If there is any guilt, you should be sharing it...easier and to have more time to relax and be with friends and family. #7 Thou shalt create community to help...massage – no guilt. Have recreational time with your friends – no spouses or kids. The bottom line We don’t ...
  9. Our New Antibody Mascot is....

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    Feb. 24, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...we introduced you to Blugene and Aavery's newest friend, our Addgene antibody mascot, here to help us with...Blottie? Which name best fits our new immunoglobulin friend? Please help us decide by voting for your favorite... attention, please, as they introduce their new friend…  Fig. 1: Meet...well, frankly, we're not...not sure yet!   This as-yet–unnamed friend is a huge fan of scavenger hunts. In fact, they’ve been...distributing affinity reagents. Name Our New Antibody Friend We need your help naming our latest mascot, an...
  10. Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management

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    Dec. 5, 2017, 1:52 p.m.
    ...some food with friends and come back to the lab to split my cells later. Eating with friends has a somewhat...mammalian cell culture, I would often respond to friends asking me to dinner saying something like, “I’ll...prioritized splitting cells over meeting up with friends, but didn’t realize it until it was too late. I...somewhat immediate deadline - even the best of friends get hangry at some point. My cells, on the other hand...but I lost all the utility (fun) of eating with friends by splitting my cells first. Time management through...
  11. Countdown to Halloween @Addgene

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    Oct. 29, 2014, 5:26 p.m.
    ...competition. And our Halloween celebration this Friday will combine all of these. Addgenies have been ...Halloween costume, so I expect some great costumes this Friday. So if you’re interested in finding out who wins...like us on Facebook and checkout our FB page on Friday for more photo evidence.        ...
  12. 10 Ways to Share Your Science!

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    May 13, 2014, 8:34 p.m.
    ...the lab with your mother or father or your best friend who isn’t a scientist, start. If they don’t seem...write regularly and, when you are ready, tell your friends or others in the field where to find it. A good...who participated was surprised to find that his friends and family finally understood why he cared to study...
  13. 7 Tips to Secure a STEAM Internship This Summer

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    Feb. 2, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...letter revised by your network, which includes your friends, family members, and professional network such ...your own spot. True! But you create a network of friends, and future colleagues that can help pull one another...positive outcome for the both of you. Next year, your friend can circle back and lend you a hand to get you ...
  14. Will You Be My Mentor? Finding and Asking for Mentoring Support

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    Feb. 4, 2014, 3:50 p.m.
    ...should I be looking for? Be on the lookout for friends or colleagues that have the training or skills ...on the hunt for career advice. Your family and friends know you well and might have good ideas for who...mentoring relationships grow naturally out of friendships or work interactions. Watch for the people that...
  15. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    Jan. 31, 2019, 1:32 p.m.
    ...up tumors. “Friendly” microenvironment cells Not all is bad news – we also have “friendly” cells in microenvironments...Schmitt. "Microenvironment in breast tumorigenesis: Friend or foe?." Histology and histopathology (2018): ...
  16. Savvy Advocates Needed to Navigate a Scientific Enterprise in Flux

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    Sept. 13, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...the MIT Graduate Student Council will be held on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th September respectively. ...tangible skills necessary for affecting change. On Friday, the symposium includes a panel discussion and ...develop the efficacy of their advocacy skills. Friday’s symposium will include a discussion on effective...
  17. 7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors

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    Jan. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
    ...ignore you and your questions, Super-agreeable friendly types, who don’t follow through on their promises...nice people, but poor mentors (super-agreeable friendly types, indecisives, and super busy types). If ...assertiveness skills is Dale Carnegie’s book “How To Win Friends and Influence People.” Thank you to our guest ...
  18. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    Oct. 18, 2018, 12:37 p.m.
    ...protocol In Vivo Assembly (IVA) cloning (Garcia-Nafria et al., 2016) uses the bacterial recombination ...    Follow them on Twitter @jakefwatson and @JGarciaNafria.  References 1. Jones, Douglas H., and Bruce...2003926. 2. Bubeck, Peter, Monica Winkler, and Wilfried Bautsch. "Rapid cloning by homologous recombination...
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