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  1. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...molecular biology toolbox to identify new target genes for drug discovery or to understand the intricacies...the targeting of hundreds to tens of thousands of genes with minimal effort. The versatility of Cas effectors...constraining for some experiments, particularly in vivo ones. In those cases, AAV vector screens may be AAVantageous...). Next-generation sequencing (NGS) to identify genes of interest. Figure 1: Overview of in vitro...
  2. Antibodies 101: Flow Compensation

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    May 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...other, you should be able to draw perpendicular lines that intersect your populations. If you see a diagonal...needs to be shifted, consider your perpendicular lines. In this case, the population on the left is a horizontal... Inputting compensation values differs between machines or the program you’re using, but usually you can... the plot. However, because we can see straight lines in the populations in the other corners of the dot...
  3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    May 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...knowledge of protein structure and saturation mutagenesis. mK-GO matures from green to red, and the FT ...absorption spectra). Subach et al’s directed mutagenesis also produced the three separate timers shown... al. Protein Excitation (nm) Emission (nm) Brightness pKa Maturation Plasmids Fast-FT 403 (blue),...Protein Timers Browse All Fluorescent Protein Empty Backbones Check Out Our Fluorescent Protein Guide ...
  4. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    Dec. 12, 2013, 3:35 p.m.
    ...forward-engineering the central dogma across many genes simultaneously. These parts have been carefully ...used over and over again in combination with novel genes to get very precise expression levels. The BIOFAB... for someone to forward engineer a system of 10 genes. You can now forward engineer a 10-gene system to...our testing of these parts that the chance your genes will be expressed at the level you want is 93 percent...
  5. A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club

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    Feb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m.
    ...recurring journal clubs on Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis that occurred once a week for several months...of the discussed topic, and level of general busy-ness will most likely the primary drivers of frequency...attendance slumps below a certain level or interest wanes off such that attendees are not actively participating... with any recurring meeting, a journal club’s usefulness should be continually evaluated and assessed ...
  6. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    May 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
    ...Transgenic mouse lines expressing the 3x FLAG‐dC as9 protein for enCh IP analysis." Genes to cells 23.4 ...technology using recombinant CRISPR ribonucleoproteins." Genes to Cells 21.4 (2016): 370-377. PubMed PMID: 26848818...interactions between genomic regions by enCh IP‐Seq." Genes to Cells22.6 (2017): 506-520. PubMed PMID: 28474362...
  7. Summer SciComm Series: Modes of Communication

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    July 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Easy to host guests remotely. Easy access from smartphones with low data requirements.  No visuals. Variety... audience interpretation. Infographics Low Combines both words and images; especially useful for conveying... to be staffed. Mixed Media Medium to high Combines pros of multiple channels/balance out cons. Flexible...in multiple ways from the same experience.  Can combines cons of multiple medias. Switching from one media...
  8. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    Aug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...system, cell lines typically used include Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) cells and Chinese Hamster Ovary... depending on whether the heavy and light chain genes are contained to one plasmid or if they’ve been ...have multiple contaminating bands or a few strong ones, consider increasing the number of washes performed...
  9. Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster

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    Aug. 14, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...with the development of methodologies to deliver genes to the CNS have recently made it much easier to ..., and the long-term expression of AAV delivered genes. AAV serotypes have been extensively studied in ...experiments with tag-specific antibodies. The most famous ones are influenza hemagglutinin (HA), myelocytomatosis...been used to visualize “thorny excrescence” (TE) spines in the Hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons which ...
  10. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    May 8, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...ice.synthego.com. We rigorously evaluated the effectiveness of the ICE tool by analyzing thousands of edits...performed over multiple experiments and comparing the robustness, accuracy, and speed with existing tools. For..., ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). ICE Score - The editing efficiency (...green (edited sample) and orange (control sample) lines should be close together before the cut site. A ...
  11. Transferable Skills Guide: External Collaborations

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    April 19, 2018, 1:25 p.m.
    ...become popular. There are only so many methods and machines one team can learn so linking together expert ...external connection is to make sure you keep open lines of communication with colleagues who move on to ...conference attendance, and I scout for potential business partners. I am glad that I was able to build experience...hallmark for jobs focusing on: Science Policy, Business Development, Administration and Intellectual Property...
  12. Binning Singletons: Tackling Conference Networking When You Don’t Know Anyone

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    Feb. 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...inspiration  I look back at the meeting with such fondness, knowing that, as a 38 year-old with many years... that only appear once) in our analysis. Many pipelines toss these singletons out, and there is healthy...Finding mentors for the meeting Just like analysis pipelines for DNA that group similar sequences together ...bacteria of different evolutionary lineages share genes that can improve chances of survival for an individual...
  13. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    Feb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ... and Cas13 systems in a range of mammalian cell lines. However, in those same comparisons, the AbuGoot...using Cas7-11. This included tests done in cell lines known to be more sensitive to toxicity from RNA ...activity. They now had a system that could integrate genes up to 36 kb in length, with an integration rate ...primary cells, and can be easily programmed for new genes. In comparison with other large insert techniques...
  14. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    Feb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
    ...Thus, contour lines that are close together show a high density of cells, while contour lines that are spread...can also be presented as contour plots. Contour lines, which you may have seen on elevation maps, are ... of cells (Figure 7).  Figure 7: Contour lines in flow data from Jhunjhunwala et al., 2015. Used...
  15. How to Write a Scientific Review Article

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    Feb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... you have these rules (word limit, formatting guidelines, etc.) you have some criteria to shape the document...To find reviews, I just searched online and found ones that I thought “looked good” by no definitive criteria...This could be in the form of lists, streams of consciousness, or anything else. Like I mentioned, I also ...T-cell development, physiology and malignancy." Genes & cancer 6.5-6 (2015): 184. PubMed PMID: 26124919...
  16. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ...to interfere with the function of resident ER chaperones and may impact cellular function or possibly ... blue or cyan and yellow moxFPs. The inherent brightness and spectral characteristics of the moxFPs are...negative bacteria periplasm. Efforts to tag endogenous genes for proteins in these compartments using CRISPR ...tagging to detect proteins expressed from cloned genes: deletion mapping functional domains of Drosophila...
  17. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    May 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...typical PCR machines, the authors use affordable, field-ready, Bluetooth-enabled PCR machines that can even...approximately 1-2 hours Equipment needed: Mini PCR machines by DIY-Bio, P51 cardboard fluorescence visualizer...mentioned, likely ~1-2 hours Equipment needed: PCR machines/Heat blocks, Lateral flow strips, Agarose gel ...
  18. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...   Some phage display libraries screen antibody genes from B cells of immunized animals, but it's possible...screening scFv generated from the B cell antibody genes from diseased or vaccinated humans. How do you produce...cytoplasm. expression in the presence of molecular chaperones that help scFvs fold properly in the cytoplasm...also be fused to cellular toxins, radioisotopes, cytokines, and enzymes for cancer, autoimmune, and/or inflammatory...
  19. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...s group created Spinach2 using site-directed mutagenesis of Spinach. In doing so, they identified the ... intracellularly due to a lower dependency on magnesium and higher thermal stability, making it a potentially...and were presented in the study to support the uniqueness of the photostability of the Corn-DFHO complex...biotin. Two of these variants exhibit increased brightness compared to Mango, and all are photostable and...
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