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  1. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    Oct. 3, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...viruses, with a linear genome between 26–45 kb in length. Human adenovirus type 5 (hAdV-C5) can be considered... like other viral vectors, though significant challenges remain (Wold & Toth, 2013).  While the pre-existing...

  2. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    July 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...transcriptase (RT) is present in the capsid, as the engineered, recombinant genome is (thankfully) gutted of...2008). Pseudodiploid Genome Organization Aids Full-Length Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 DNA Synthesis...

  3. A Guide to Starting Your Own Journal Club

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    Feb. 6, 2020, 3 p.m.
    ...success” of the journal club. This can be a challengingly vague metric but there are a few things you ...scientists of all types to stay up to date and engaged with new advances in published science. They also...

  5. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Oct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Cpf1-mediated cleavage are 42-44 nucleotides in length, about the same size as Cas9’s, but with the direct...Figure from Kleinstiver et al., 2016. Cpf1’s strength may lie in its low off-target editing rates, determined...

  6. Antibodies 101: Reading a Flow Plot

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 6, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
    ...from flow cytometry experiments can be a little challenging to understand if you’ve never done any flow. ... showing frequency of events on the Y axis and strength of signal read on the X axis may be presented....

  8. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...distinguish between Zika and a closely-related virus, Dengue from multiple sample sources. SHERLOCK could also...://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5573 Broughton JP, Deng X, Yu G, Fasching CL, Servellita V, Singh J, Miao...

  9. Bioinformatics at Addgene

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    July 14, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...on-site, but now we were presented with a new challenge: automating the bioinformatics steps needed to... reviewing and testing several platforms for engineering pipelines, we selected Nextflow, a workflow management...

  10. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    July 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
    .... During a transient leaf transformation, the engineered Agrobacterium strain is brought into contact ..., 2006. 225-229. PubMed PMID: 16739580. Li, Jian-Feng, et al. "The FAST technique: a simplified Agrobacterium-based...

  11. Lab to Office Culture Shock

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    Feb. 5, 2019, 1:04 p.m.
    ...counter-intuitive, but I find office work more mentally challenging than lab work at times.” Sometimes a desk job...to non-scientists can be a fun and gratifying challenge. You’re also getting the opportunity to learn ...

  12. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    Jan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
    ...response to requirements that emerged from intensive engagement with a wide range of people at the University... The two guiding principles emerging from the engagement with the Wisconsin research community were to...

  13. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    Nov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ... less time consuming and/or less technically challenging. Alongside there is a second-line team that takes...are just so many things which can go wrong in a lengthy protocol. And customers may tell all sorts of details...

  14. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
    ...Central PMCID: PMC384129. Aizenman, Einat, Hanna Engelberg-Kulka, and Gad Glaser. "An Escherichia coli chromosomal...PMID: 12718874. Yang, Junjie, Weihong Jiang, and Sheng Yang. "mazF as a counter-selectable marker for unmarked...

  15. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    Jan. 23, 2020, 2:45 p.m.
    ...Addgene blog Learn about what went into our search engine update Find all Addgene news Resources on Addgene.org... Sophia K. Cheng...

  16. 5 Reasons to Use Reddit for Science Communication

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 20, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...to the right - the Reddit community is active, engaged, and has great questions! 2. The r/Science subreddit...Getting on a good science career path can be challenging these days, but for many of us, scientist is ...

  17. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...multiple genes by CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome engineering." Cell 153.4 (2013): 910-918. PubMed PMID: 23643243...Addgene Blog Get the Basics of Mouse Genome Engineering with CRISPR Validate Your Genome Edit Learn about...

  18. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
    ... cytoplasm. Generally, FPs evolved in or were engineered for use in cytoplasmic environments. However,...problems of popular fluorescent proteins and were re-engineered by mutating cysteine residues and N-glycosylation...

  19. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    Feb. 10, 2015, 3:06 p.m.
    ...suited for recombinant protein expression. Many challenges can arise when over-expressing a foreign protein...recombinant proteins are typically expressed in E. coli engineered to accomodate high protein loads using inducible...

  20. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    Nov. 5, 2014, 3:41 p.m.
    ...linking the quantity of absorbed light, at a given wavelength, to the concentration of fluorophore in solution...method, where the donor is excited by a specific wavelength of light and the signal is collected by using...
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