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  1. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    Blog Post
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    July 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m.
    ...genetic manipulation more hands on While teaching courses about gene therapy and genetic manipulation, I and...on genetic manipulation of human stem cells when students are not even allowed to manipulate prokaryotic...transfer plasmid that could be used to genetically manipulate human stem cells. Then they had 10 minutes to...explain why they selected a certain target cell population. Who is the winner? Ultimately, society should...

  2. FPbase: A new community-editable fluorescent protein database

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    Blog Post
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    May 16, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...Kurt Thorn (UCSF at the time) began an effort to collate some of the current “best” FPs, and I collaborated...using simple web forms) while also maintaining a relatively strict database design (schema).  Registered ...allows for visual comparison of FPs and how they relate to one another. .  In addition, the FPbase Fluorescence...feature filter spectra and collection efficiency calculations.  With ~80 FP spectra (and rapidly growing, ... page with all the information in the database relating to that specific protein (for instance: EGFP)....retrieve all of the information in the database relating to that set of proteins.  For computer-savvy users...

  3. Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider

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    Blog Post
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    July 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...might not have to do the calculation yourself as many fluorometers will calculate your sample concentration...than 1.5. Then, using the A260 reading, you can calculate the DNA concentration. Generally, A260 of 1.0 ... start by pouring your gel containing a DNA intercalating dye (ex: ethidium bromide) and choosing a DNA...quantify based on band intensities of your DNA relative to the intensity in the ladder. It’s best to compare...quantified over time using a fluorescent dye that intercalates into the DNA such that smaller fragments are...

  4. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 28, 2014, 3:34 p.m.
    ...Watch out for methylation issues. Enzymes like XbaI and ClaI are sensitive to methylation and their activity... Congratulations, you have a plasmid expressing your gene of interest (YGOI) and are ready to dive into...the reaction on an agarose gel to determine the relative sizes of the resulting DNA fragments. Restriction...will need to purify your DNA from a dcm or dam methylation-deficient bacterial strain such as JM110 or INV110...enzymes are working. When uncut plasmid DNA is isolated and run on an agarose gel, you are likely to see...

  5. Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 28, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...devices for research. There are a number of new platforms (such as openUC2, which I am a co-founder of),...that make everyday microscopy much easier. On platforms such as Github, users can download the software...example, can also be printed quickly in Madagascar. Platforms that allow for on-going creativity with the construction...organizations and companies to provide problem-solving platforms.     Fig. 3: Different workflows involved...their work on the shoulders of giants. The still relatively young movement of sharing open hardware has a...Prakash, "Squid: Simplifying Quantitative Imaging Platform Development and Deployment." bioRxiv. 2020. Diederich...

  6. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    Nov. 5, 2019, 1:28 p.m.
    ... Sensitivity Cas9 sensitivity is often closely related to specificity. Sensitivity is a measure of the...site. A specificity ratio can be measured by calculating the on-target activity divided by the off-target... SpCas9 described the PAM specificity of Cas9s isolated from different organisms and engineered Cas9 variants...the enzymes showed decreased off-target activity relative to Cas9. Since then, the Joung and Jennifer Doudna...showed decreased or similar off-target activity, relative to eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF across a number of different...research due to its small size and specificity relative to Cas9. As scientists continue to characterize...

  7. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m.
    ...limited to: rapid growth, ease of replica plating and mutant isolation, a well-defined genetic system, and ...and animals. Unlike bacteria, yeast can post-translationally modify proteins yet they still share many of...a previous post, we briefly discussed how the regulation of bacterial ORIs determines plasmid copy number...these vectors can also be controlled if specific regulatable elements are included (reviewed here). Plasmids...complementation is weak. yes   LYS2 L-lysine yes - Grow on plates containing alpha-aminoadipate in the absence of...

  8. Antibodies 101: Designing Your First Flow Panel

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    Blog Post
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    May 28, 2024, 1:45 p.m.
    ...brightness for a few commonly used fluorophores in relation to the laser type. Table adapted from: https:/...are absorbed and then emitted, which creates a relatively stronger — or brighter — signal.   Figure...use brighter fluorophores for markers that are relatively lower in abundance. In contrast, when you expect...the spectra of enhanced GFP (eGFP) and FITC, the latter being a commonly used fluorophore for antibody-...again. In the beginning, we talked about the relationship between a photon's wavelength and energy, how... into different levels of brightness and their relation to the fluorophore's excitation efficiency, and.... His projects include investigating negative regulators of T cells and cytokine signaling in tumor immunity...

  9. Seven Tips for Using LinkedIn as a Scientist

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 1, 2019, 1:21 p.m.
    ...is the question. When presenting on building relationships (also known as “networking”), one of the most...networking to start, build, and track professional relationships. Here are my seven best tips beyond the basics... “Joanne Kamens, PhD viewed your profile.”  The latter is much less creepy. If we’ve met before, I’d be...on LinkedIn!” resulting in just a little more relationship. Pro tip: Once you are connected with someone...connection requests LinkedIn is a place to build relationships. If you don’t add a personal note, you waste...volunteer organizational work. LinkedIn is not the platform for politics, family updates, or click bait of...

  10. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 4, 2018, 12:53 p.m.
    ...Unfortunately, plasmid copy numbers vary within cell populations and over time resulting in variable gene expression... use of stabilized promoters. In contrast to unregulated promoters that are always on, stabilized promoters...expression. However, if you introduce negative regulation by using a promoter that is responsive to a repressor...that the stabilized promoters were able to better modulate gene expression during shifts in growth rate as... as compared to a constitutive promoter. To simulate the increase in plasmid copy number during the transition...generation of the desired product while avoiding the accumulation of toxic intermediates or the shuttling of the...

  11. To Each HIS Own

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    Blog Post
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    March 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...purification. In this strategy a single protein can be isolated from a complex mix using affinity chromatography...variety of methods can be used to successfully isolate proteins, this blog will focus on one of the most...the protein of interest and it is successfully isolated.   Prior to the polyhistidine tag, alternative...binding of untagged proteins. Despite being a relatively low frequency amino acid, proteins containing...questions about polyhistidine tags. For more antibody-related information, sign up to receive alerts for antibody...Purification of Recombinant Proteins with a Novel Metal Chelate Adsorbent. Bio/Technology. 1988; 6: 1321–1325. ...

  12. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 20, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...future prospects. Among the topics discussed, many related to the structure of the biomedical workforce. Quotes...results, not scientists”  These comments are well correlated with published data. For example, in 2010, less...compulsory internship to be taken in an industry, regulatory, or clinical environment. It remains contested...6). Academic data and the labor market for PhDs Later this week, postdocs and students will again gather...grants through the Sloan foundation for postdoc-related data collection and analysis. He is also a strong...training to reflect the workforce." Science Translational Medicine (2015): 285ED4. Pubmed PMID: 25925677...

  13. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    Jan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m.
    ...have adapted the components for use in genome manipulation. Cre recombinase, originally named because ...because it “causes recombination” (although later referred to as the “cyclization recombinase”), is a 38 kDa... in a DNA sequence allows for very specific manipulations as discussed below. How does it work? As alluded...expression – placing a series of transcriptional and translational termination features with loxP sites on either... can be used to easily perform this eviction. Regulated Cre expression – placing Cre downstream of promoters...express Cre under a variety of ubiquitous and regulated promoters, and many loxP-containing alleles have...

  14. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Nobody’s perfect! This is a platitude I’m sure we have all heard. It’s a truth that extends to both people... of tools that rely on DNA amplification and manipulation to produce and edit plasmids. These are prone...polymerases can make mistakes and lead to the accumulation of errors in DNA sequences. In research, these...and identifying mixed plasmid and nucleotide populations. All of these topics require additional considerations...sequence and assemble using the Illumina MiSeq platform, such as GC-rich regions and highly repetitive...Plasmidsaurus for long-read nanopore sequencing. This platform sequences the entire plasmid in one read and thus...

  15. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    Blog Post
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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...field as it provides a noninvasive method for manipulating cell activity, especially neuronal firing. ...approved drugs so that your results are viable for translation to human patients. Picking receptors The receptor...dependent on what cellular response you aim to manipulate. It is important to consider that the same receptor... in. The most common target for chemogenetic manipulation are neurons where chemogenetic receptors can...control ion flux. The system allows you to directly manipulate ion channels. When working with PSAM receptors...BL, Jin J (2015) The First Structure–Activity Relationship Studies for Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated...

  16. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    Blog Post
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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...received over 13,000 plasmids requests for COVID-19 related plasmids. These plasmids have reached labs in over...expression and pseudotyping efficiency. This plasmid was later used by another team of researchers for neutralization...opportunities to evolve. Several variants are now circulating and plasmids containing these mutations have ...are inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 entry and become upregulated during viral infection.  Expression of SARS-CoV...their work, head over to their blog post. Months later, we partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks to provide synthesized...screens identify mucins as critical host factors modulating SARS-CoV-2 infection. bioRxiv. https://doi.org...

  17. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 20, 2016, 2:39 p.m.
    ...calls, I feel compelled to share my years of accumulated wisdom so that you, the customer, can get the...these tips and tricks will apply to any biology-related customer support interaction. Before contacting...paperwork associated with a product only to realize later that everything I could have wanted to know was ... science, but we don’t have the resources to recapitulate the experiments performed by our thousands of...use a particular reagent.  We also have links to later papers that successfully used said plasmids. We ...support scientists wear many hats at this still relatively small nonprofit. If you do go longer than a few...

  18. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...City The conference was located in the modern, relatively new “Science City” area on the outskirts of Guangzhouon...human tRNA genes and, until now, we've overlooked regulatory fragments of these transcripts. I remember when...have allowed them to begin understanding complex regulation of and by tRNAs and tRNA-derived RNAs. Stay tuned...Medicine presented another unexpected finding in the regulatory RNA field. The Rajewsky lab is studying circular...of Georgia studies the CRISPR/Cas system as it relates to its natural role in prokaryotic immunity to ...against both DNA and RNA viruses - 2 cas systems regulate at the DNA level and 1 at the RNA level. Udi Qimron...

  19. PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays

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    Blog Post
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    April 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...DNA in your sample relative to your normal control - you can set up your calculations so that your assay... one-copy ‘housekeeping’ gene), and quantified relative to a 'normal' sample with known copy number set...nice thing about qPCR is that since it measures relative quantification - that is, since you’re looking...all double-stranded DNA, while Taqman uses an intercalating dye, with a fluorescent probe and quencher to...provides absolute quantitative data, instead of relative quantification.  Even though no one option is ...

  20. Antibodies 101: Conventional vs Spectral Flow Cytometry

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...any antibody (positive population) or won’t bind anything (negative population). It is strongly recommended...immunologists, allowing for the rapid analysis of cell populations within a heterogenous tissue type, such as PBMCs...moreso than other methods, the identification and isolation of rare cell types. In recent years, full spectrum...for better resolution of positive and negative populations, Careful panel design In both conventional and...create difficulty when trying to resolve those populations. PE/Cy7 and BB515, on the other hand, have a ...
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