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  1. Better Dyeing Through Chemistry & Small Molecule Fluorophores

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    Sept. 8, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chemistry is dead, long live chemistry! The discovery.... These impressive advances lead to an obvious question: In this age of GFP and its ilk, why should cell...Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He would rather be in the lab making new fluorophores...PubMed PMID: 26575238. 5. Crivat, Georgeta, and Justin W. Taraska. "Imaging proteins inside cells with...
  2. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ... vector (deposited by David Root of the Broad Institute) has consistently been one of the repository’s...have used the protocol for this plasmid, and if it still being used. After learning of it's continued popularity...is the creation of ZappyLabs. Currently in beta testing, the software aims to be a life science protocol...bring your phone in the lab, though, honestly, this still grosses me out. Maybe it’s just me – I didn’t get...
  3. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with a different editing window than existing CGBEs. This distinct approach means researchers can now select...the adenine transversion editor AYBEv3. This tool still retained considerable A → G editing activity at ...rates ranging from 4.7% to 30% at tested sites. Still, it opened a new avenue for base editor development...
  4. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    April 11, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Understanding the characteristics of natural plasmids and how they function in nature can inform us on...other hosts. For example, the pJD4 plasmid harbors distinct origins (ori1, ori2, ori3) and replication initiation...these plasmids are compatible with.  Table 1: Non-exhaustive list of common broad host range plasmids and ... P. C., & Wong, H. L. (2023). Development of constitutive and IPTG-inducible integron promoter-based expression...
  5. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
    ...methods measure different characteristics of the solution. These characteristics give us information on ... tries to get the other to guess a category by listing off things that fall into that category? Okay, ...do our best to send you a particular lot (if we still have it available). References 1. Fagone, Paolo...
  6. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ... delve deeper and look specifically at the characteristics and capabilities an ELN needs to facilitate...Goettingen, and several other large research institutions. The following graphic depicts the ways in which...banks and sequencing files is likely stored in institutional and lab servers specifically designed to hold...illustrated in this video, and to data stored on institutional and lab servers. Connectivity to other tools...
  7. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ... PMC5726555. 4. Xie, Kabin, Bastian Minkenberg, and Yinong Yang. "Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing... a single base. If you heard about CRISPR, one question probably comes to mind: can CRISPR be applied ...Ag-biotechnologist in the National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. Currently Kutubuddin ...
  8. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...there are still many more features to consider when designing a full gene. A non-exhaustive list includes...be many possible ways to encode them and what constitutes the “appropriate” codon is not necessarily obvious...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2970903. 6. Pechmann, Sebastian, and Judith Frydman. "Evolutionary conservation...
  9. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    Jan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m.
    ...same blind spots, and there wouldn’t be anyone to question these blind spots. Blind spots often result in...collaborates with stakeholders to resolve the questions.  After the code is written, it is reviewed by...these libraries as ingredients to a recipe. It’s unrealistic to plant, grow, and harvest grains every time...news Resources on Addgene.org Check out our job postings Learn more about Addgene's mission ...
  10. Rett Syndrome: A History of Research and Therapeutic Outlooks

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    Nov. 19, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cardio-respiratory dysfunction, distinctive hand movements, and show autistic-like behaviors.  The role of...animal models results in rapid symptom onset, suggesting that MECP2 is also essential after development...). Beam Therapeutics, co-founded by Harvard Investigators and Addgene depositors David Liu, PhD, Keith...
  11. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. CRISPR/Cas9 is an enormously plastic tool and... University and former researcher at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.     Alejandro....2014.09.039 Wong N, Liu W, Wang X (2015) WU-CRISPR: characteristics of functional guide RNAs for the CRISPR/Cas9...
  12. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... It can be so overwhelming that you might just stick with the protocol your labmate handed you — after... contain any denaturing agents. However, you’ll still have to lyse your proteins. For this post, we are...stronger reducing agent than BME and has a less… distinctive smell. BME smells like rotting eggs but has a...However, these systems are expensive, generate plastic waste, and limit the amount of optimization that... may only have access to one or another. Most institutes have moved towards CCD cameras over the past ...
  13. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...interneurons across species and will undoubtedly constitute a valuable tool for the research community. You...CaMKII and RhoA during induction of structural plasticity in single dendritic spines. The set of CyRFP ...variants to develop five new base editors with distinct PAM sequences, expanding the number of available...xylose-inducible dCas9 paired with a single, unique, and constitutively expressed sgRNA targeting the 5’ end of each...to premature aging and cancer. The Denchi lab investigated an aspect of telomere length regulation called...
  14. Antibodies 101: Beyond Surface Labeling

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    June 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...membrane to enter cells. Depending on the research question and downstream application, one or several of ...are protected. Amine-binding viability dyes can still bind free amines on the cell surface, which yields...As a result, the largely negative live cells can still be easily gated on during the analysis. Conclusion...Harvard Medical School. His projects include investigating negative regulators of T cells and cytokine ...
  15. March for Science

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    April 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of the world functions. Experiments come next, testing the correctness of the hypothesis. The results ...Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Institutes of Health endanger scientists’ ability to uphold...and inclusion through funding and at their own institutions, while many also seek to honor and credit women... funding is required. This is by no means an exhaustive list and every marcher is not necessarily marching...
  16. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    Nov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cellular world. The technique allows you to ask questions like: “Where does my protein of interest live ...corresponding secondary antibodies conjugated to distinct fluorophores to visualize multiple targets at ...Even with all of the resources available, it may still be difficult to find an antibody in which you are...not only answers to your most pressing research questions, but also stunning images (am I the only one with...
  17. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    Jan. 4, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...customer support, but there are eight other teams who still retain a customer support element amongst their ...manager to explicitly assign the responsibility in question to a specific person or team. What Makes You ... will not be great at resolving conflicts.  Institutional Knowledge: Of the tools I’m mentioning here,...have used your empathy, listening skills, and institutional knowledge to resolve conflicts. Conflict in ...
  18. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    June 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Niemi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wisconsin. It is commonly...events on its activation loop, but can be made constitutively active through phosphomimetic mutation of these...phosphoserine) to control for effects of the amino acid substitution. Alternatively, you can express the completely...Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wisconsin. She is particularly...
  19. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...infection, including both common infections and opportunistic infections not usually seen in healthy individuals...infected cells, an idea that became much more realistic with the advent of CRISPR. Using CRISPR/Cas9 SAM...approach, Zhang et al. turned to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediators (SAM) system available from...Young WB, Khalili K, Hu W. CRISPR/gRNA-directed synergistic activation mediator (SAM) induces specific, persistent...
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