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TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 21, 2018, 2:06 p.m....including rapidly depleting a protein-of-interest, increasing target selectivity, overcoming resistance to ...molecule binders. To overcome this limitation, we created a generalizable tag-based strategy, which we refer...
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Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m....excitation light less efficiently. Similarly, decreasing the power of the excitation light reduces the... excitation/emission cycles per unit of time, decreasing the likelihood that a fluorophore will bleach... -
Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m....synthesized at the ER, delivered to the vacuole via the secretory pathway, and then cleaved to generate an active...In both cases, red fluorescence in the vacuole increased with longer exposure to autophagy-inducing conditions... -
Career Coaching for Scientists: Why and Where Do I Find One?
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 29, 2015, 1:25 p.m....Most coaches have websites you can review and most create useful online content in the form of blogs or articles...us) offers a free report on her website called “Secrets to Success in Graduate School”. She has also launched... -
5 Steps to Writing Grant Proposals for Grad Students
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2014, 12:13 p.m....institution. Moreover, avoidance of ‘to be’ verbs creates strong, well-directed meaning and delivers strength...for funding improves the associated skill sets. Increased experience in communicating and motivating research... -
Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m....The Bethune Lab has overcome this limitation by creating Split-BioID, a spatiotemporally controllable version... are expressed in cells via plasmids or by the creation of stable cell lines and these cells are then ... -
CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.... off-target effects Prolonged Cas activity can increase the chance of off-target editing particularly ...Adenovirus Vector Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic Stem... -
A Guide to Designing a Scientific Poster: Content, Layout, and More
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 22, 2019, 12:20 p.m....participants can identify you. You may also wish to make creative use of a footer in your poster. This is a section...scientific poster, you shouldn’t hesitate to be creative. After all, your poster is a representation of... -
Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m....for NRN PAMs and to a lesser extent NYN. This increases the flexibility of gRNA placement significantly...NYN PAMs; it just isn’t always ideal. But the increased flexibility helps even when it’s not an ideal ... -
Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2023, 3 p.m...., use a broadly reactive secondary antibody to increase the chance of primary/secondary antibody binding...cross-adsorption process filters out off-target antibodies increasing specificity and reducing cross-reactivity. For... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m....-pot system will allow investigators to rapidly create multiple synthetic chromatin-modifying proteins...cells (Zhang et al., 2015). Recently the Ward lab created a tool-kit to expand upon these original tools ... -
Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....PAM site, Cpf1 cleaves in a staggered fashion, creating a 5 nucleotide 5’ overhang 18-23 bases away from...mediated editing, as Kleinstiver et al. saw no decrease in Cpf1 activity with 4-6 base deletions at the... -
Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2015, 3:30 p.m....resulted in a cell migration defect. They have created a circRNA website so scientists can view public...developments. Using the Tet-on system, his lab has created a tetracycline cas9 inducible knock-out system.... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m.... with diamond polishing paper of sequentially increasing fineness helps to maintain a consistent stream... rate of movement of the animal significantly increases. Before you get your experiment started, you will... -
7 Simple Strategies to Resolve Conflicts with Difficult Supervisors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m....discussion will get side-tracked, and you might create even more conflicts. 4) Define in advance how you...graduate students since 2009. Dora is also the creator of the “Finish Your Thesis” online course. To ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Managing a Team
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2018, 2:42 p.m....your team you will have a much better chance of creating a high-performing team - which is every manager...! Remember that delegating is not just a way to create more time for yourself, but it will help develop... -
PCR Applications for Copy Number Variation Assays
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.... you have either made a pipetting error or an incredible discovery. The range of RQ values used to call...to be amplified in the same reaction. Taqman’s increased sensitivity allows for a more confident determination... -
Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2021, 1:15 p.m....This amplicon can be used in molecular cloning to create a plasmid of interest, for detecting the presence...detected via a fluorescent signal. The signal increases proportionally to the amount of product produced... -
Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m....Pre-made viruses have become increasingly accessible and are useful for saving time and avoiding potentially... collected over the course of a couple days to increase yield. The collection process is a cycle of collecting... -
Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m....better suited for genome-wide CRISPRi library screening experiments where maintaining library diversity...of antibiotics are often essential genes which creates a challenge when studying them since their complete...