...alternative” anymore.   Since most scientists start out in academia, it is especially important for ...article well worth reading on this topic, the authors state, “Both explicit and implicit aspects of today’s ...”.   In fact, there are a lot of good reasons to stay and good reasons to go.  Here are some questions...calendar Academic researchers must be extreme self-starters and especially good at self-promoting—No one is... is going to tell you to pick up the pace Constant worry about grants and renewals What is different ...about something like this without sufficient data? Starting to learn about the diverse options and how to ...Science Careers How to Negotiate a Successful Lab Start Up Budget Read Our Management for Scientists Series...

...Scintillon Institute, Allele Biotechnology, Florida State University, Indiana University, and the Karolinska...protein wavelengths, it can be imaged either with standard green fluorescent protein filters or yellow fluorescent...brightest teal fluorescent proteins that were photostable and had a high 480/530 nm emission ratio. They... in signal relative to mCerulean imaged with a standard CFP set. mTFP1 can be used as a FRET donor to ...CFP484. Collaborating with scientists from Florida State University, they used a mutagenesis approach and...mWasabi is 1.6-fold brighter than EGFP and is photostable. It also has narrow excitation and emission peaks...Directed evolution of a monomeric, bright and photostable version of Clavularia cyan fluorescent protein...

...collaboration for gene classification This inquiry started when Neil Thompson, a research scientist at MIT...at the time, got involved. Along with Philipp Pfingstag, a visiting graduate student from TU München at...was moved exactly as is from one organism to a distantly related organism, the gene may not express well...not rare codons and many genes where there are instances of rare codons, sometimes intentionally modulating...modulating expression in ways we don’t quite understand yet,” Kunjapur says. Percent sequence identity was...showed a growing trend of sourcing genes from distantly related organisms. In 2006, less than 1% of the...  References 1. Kunjapur, Aditya M., Philipp Pfingstag, and Neil C. Thompson. "Gene synthesis allows ...

... and conditions to understand exactly what your antibody recognizes.  Understanding how the available ...the protein folded, changing it from its native state to a less folded, or denatured, one. This enables... protein of interest while it’s in a transition state or specific configuration. So how do you ensure ...protein as it exists in your assay?  First, try to understand, to the best of your ability, what factors may...during your sample prep process, imagining how it starts and if any steps could affect its configuration...assay that uses similar sample preparation - for instance, if you cannot find an antibody validated for ...

...sales training and knew I had to start somewhere. I knew if I started with the Harvard Business Review... be to start reading a broad simple overview, learn some jargon and key phrases and understand enough ...and cloning, I decided to pack it in. I had just started month 8 of my 3 year Post-Doctoral contract at ...interview. The simplest place I could think of to start was “Marketing for Dummies”. The fastest way to ...academia, sales and marketing can be great places to start. Depending on what type of career you would like...

...system is to create stable transgenic cell lines. The traditional method of making stable cell lines is to...inserted into the genome fully intact, while, with a standard DNA plasmid transfection, a double-stranded break...with any integrated transgene). To overcome this obstacle, a positive selection cassette can be incorporated...containing a selection marker is included in a standard homology directed repair template to facilitate...use of negative selection largely overcomes this obstacle. Furthermore, we have found that transfecting ...Senior Scientist at Transposagen. He has a long-standing interest in molecular and cellular biology and.... Cooney, N. Malani, T. Brady, J. D. Sander, J. Staber, S. J. Wheelan, J. K. Joung, P. B. McCray, F. D...

...be on your feet constantly in a lab? Will regular travel be required or will you stay in one location...Manager Patent Lawyer Science Market Research Statistician   Attention to detail Patience, accuracy ...including: Science Reporter Technical Writer Statistician Bioinformatician Science Writer Grant Writer...the number of available roles). Make your resume stand out Before you begin to apply for a job, it is useful...think of other aspects of yourself that make you stand out. For every role you need to show that you have... skill set and done your research, it’s time to start sending out applications. Check out our other career...

...will find a bike kitchen on the first floor and upstairs you will find our fully-equipped laboratory for... in the space and decided to reactivate it. We started out by holding a few journal club events and soon... BosLab inc. as a nonprofit organization in the state of Massachusetts. Because we’re conveniently located...equipment and safety training prior to getting started. For example, Timothy Stiles joined BosLab last... entrepreneurs using our space to perform early-stage experiments. For example, Dave Grawoig is using ...Community projects at BosLab Not all of our members start out with personal projects in mind. Thus, to encourage...Recently, Timothy Stiles and Mrina Nikrad have started the Open Yeast Engineering Project (OYEP). Through...

...loci in the genome and the guides are relatively unstable.   Figure 1: CRISPRainbow labeling. Two...CRISPR-based loci visualization tools by increasing gRNA stability. First, they began with the Broccoli aptamer system... loop motif within the gRNA) resulted in a more stable gRNA than when they inserted the aptamer at the...through subsequent design iterations to increase stability and minimize misfolding and recombination during... visualize three loci and measure inter-locus distances. They tested this system out on chromosome 19 ...IDR3) as a reference loci to measure inter-locus distances of loci pairs from intergenic regions, intronic... the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 10 (2015): 3002-7. PubMed PMID: ...

...in a single day -- all while maintaining social distance.  From front to back: David Gordon, Jeff Guo, ...coronavirus We are just at the beginning of understanding how SARS-CoV-2 interacts with human proteins...replication. While we and our collaborators are starting these experiments, there's so much to do that ... to fight the new Coronavirus. To help get you started, here are a few key details. Our set of constructs...Additionally, they have an IRES-Puro marker to facilitate stable cell clone selection. Expression is driven by a...been quite the administrative headache receiving constant email requests and tracking their fulfillment ...follow us on Twitter (QBI_UCSF and KroganLab), Instagram, and Facebook. Find more COVID-19 and coronavirus...

...neurons are physically connected, we can begin to understand how the brain works. It’s kind of like “the head...in a powerful way. Using brain structure to understand brain function So far scientists have identified...itself across these regions is important for understanding how the brain functions. The basis for these...neurons are physically connected we can begin to understand how the brain works. There are two methods of... spinal cord (Wang, 2018, Metcalfe, 2022) and substantia nigra (Tervo, 2016). Discrepancies in transduction...such as those in the spinal cord. Now that you understand this new tool, go forth and trace some neurons... Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Get Started with AAV Learn more about Lentivirus Find out More...

...improving the maps further after this initial launch so stay tuned for more updates. Overview of SnapGene powered...of common plasmid features such as antibiotic resistance genes, selectable markers, promoters, origins...cloning. With this more functional display, you can start thinking about your next cloning experiment early...map, you also have the ability to to download the static image file (PNG, see above) for your own reference...hosted here retain all the features shown in the static maps discussed above, but also have interactive...For example, if you hover over the ampicillin resistance gene, you’ll find the full name of the gene, ...direction (if relevant), and types. Types listed are standard GenBank feature types. Clicking on a particular...

...Piggybac transposon to stably integrate a reporter gene that contains a puromycin resistance gene followed by...prevent alternative start site initiation, the lab removed the native methionine start site. This first ...CRISPR reporters in the near future.  SRIRACCHA (stable, but reversible, integrated reporter for assaying...:  A donor plasmid that contains a puromycin resistance gene linked to an in-frame H2B-GFP. This visual...Pruett-Miller SM, Blanc V, Davidson NO, Madison BB (2017) A stable but reversible integrated surrogate reporter for...

...same phosphate of your favorite kinase is a good start. Check out Joanne's Reddit AMA Perhaps you think...interests. I favor small conferences where the attendees stay onsite and eat together because scientists have ...scientific terms when socializing at a conference, but start with a more general intro until you know if the ...problems.  During the conference The conference may start in the airport. If you see someone traveling with...and put your phone away (did I say that already). Start with, “Is this seat taken? Can I join you?” Next...follow LinkedIn to see when your connections post. Stay in touch by liking, commenting and re-sharing their...connections when they get a new paper published. Stay in touch enough to plan to meet up at the next conference...

...chains and two identical light chains) each with a constant region and a variable region. The chains are covalently...protein that can be divided into the Fragment Crystallizable region (or the “Fc”) and two Fragment Antigen... of the antibody and comprises portions of the constant regions of the two heavy chains. In the lab, this...comprise the entire light chain and a variable and constant region of the heavy chain. As the name implies...labeled. V = Variable domain. L = Light chain. C = Constant domain. H = Heavy chain. Created with biorender.com...in super-resolution microscopy by reducing the distance between the target and reporter. They have fewer...tissue penetration. However, they tend to be less stable and have lower binding affinity than some of the...

...with physical map distances of 2 and 75 Mbp, with the calculated fluorescent distances correlating with... was developed in the lab of Addgene depositor Stanley Qi and used in Chen et al. to track telomere dynamics...relationship of the two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp. Labeling multiple, intrachromosomal...with the previously established physical map. In comparing pairs of targets ~2 Mbp apart, they noticed that...degree of chromatin compaction even for this small distance! To the authors’ knowledge, this work represents...gRNA will permit labeling, but a newly expressed standard length gRNA would “switch” the system and induce...

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...paper bring up? We’ll sift through the paper to understand what Shoukhrat Mitalipov and his colleagues have...from this work. Experiments & major findings Let’s start with the paper itself: Ma et al. were interested... the edited embryos proceeded to the blastocyst stage at similar rates to untreated controls. Ma et al...results in fewer eggs. However, the potentially staggering costs of such a treatment on top of the expense...Since the embryos produced were not being used to establish a pregnancy, the researchers were able to examine... some uncertainty. As biologists equipped to understand the results of this paper, we should be willing... paper represents a huge advancement in our understanding of how CRISPR will perform in embryos but also...

...and disease states, their circadian regulation, as well as in important physiological states such as adipogenesis...which then return information such as nutritional status. Within the animal kingdom, this information is..., one of our primary goals is to promote an understanding of how these processes are regulated at the ...central and peripheral organs because of their established roles as molecular sensors and governors of endocrine-hormone...that interact directly with NRs) exist in steady-state complexes with secondary coregulator (or co-coregulator...whole complex.  For example, the phosphorylation status of SRC-3 defines its association with other members...

...infected by a lab-grown virus, it's important to understand the risks of the specific virus you’re working...with before you work with it. This will help you understand what safety precautions to take, and if something...ethanol (other surfaces). For AAVs, which are resistant to ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, 0.5% peracetic...waste, and of course, if you are working with a substance in a biosafety cabinet, it needs to be decontaminated... organization’s reporting mechanisms before you start an experiment, just in case something does happen...‘off’ day – you are both more likely to make a mistake and more likely to want to cut a few corners. ...dangerous things they work with, and that can understandably induce some nerves. Following safety procedures...