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  1. Streaking for Single Colonies: The Streak Plate Challenge

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    Blog Post
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    March 2, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... 1. Lab B needs a redo :-( @SandTBioSci #CompetitiveStreaking @Addgene pic.twitter.com/mk44J4Gcj9 — Dave...species for the challenge, but one species always outcompeted the other species.  When he found the chromoprotein...

  2. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 16, 2014, 8:01 p.m.
    ...learn more about. Our post on “Making Your Own Competent Cells” has been extremely popular, generating ...Morgan Save Time and Money by Making Your Own Competent Cells By Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter...

  3. Future of Research Conference - Remarkable Opening Session

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 7, 2014, 3 p.m.
    ...dire:  The current system is unsustainable, hypercompetition is corroding values, we are shifting away ...such as the National Postdoc Association Core Competencies and the Science Careers’ myIDP). Dr. Galit Lahav...

  4. Genetically-encoded Sparse Cell Labeling - A SPARC of Innovation

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    Blog Post
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    May 21, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Sparse Predictive Activity through Recombinase Competition (SPARC), a genetic tool that allows for the labeling...PhiC31 irreversibly recombines one of the two competing attP sites to drive expression of either a stop...

  6. The Stingy Scientist: How the Baby Gel Box Was Born

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    Blog Post
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    April 15, 2014, 3:11 p.m.
    ... Fan, recently shared our protocol for making competent cells to save time and money. My other stingy ...this apparatus for 15 years before I hung up my pipets.   ...

  7. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...overnight. 4. Transform TOPO Cloning Reaction into Competent Cells: You can use your standard lab protocol ...transforming your reaction into chemically or electro-competent E. coli - excess salt causes arcing during electroporation...

  9. Cultivating Community Science at BosLab

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 2, 2017, 1:35 p.m.
    ...filing cabinets, a rickety old incubator, a few pipettes, and some home-made equipment. It was humble in...year with a computer science degree and had zero pipetting experience. However, after a few months of dedicated...

  10. Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 26, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ...during transformation First, use enough DNA and competent bacteria to ensure all components of the library...library are represented. Typically, Addgene uses electrocompetent Stbl4 cells when performing amplifications...

  11. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    Blog Post
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    April 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...of armor to protect their host from predation (Petroni et al 2000). With a better understanding of how... Plasmids from This Publication at Addgene 4. Petroni, G., Spring, S., Schleifer, K.-H., Verni, F. & ...

  12. Finding and Joining Your Dream Lab

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    Blog Post
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    April 8, 2014, 2:50 p.m.
    ...guide for the quest of a perfect "fit". How competitive is the lab? Some labs have only one author plus...labs around the world. You may prefer a more competitive style to spur you to succeed or you might enjoy...

  13. Sweating the Small Stuff: Details in the Lab

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...help manage details. For example, setting up your pipette tips to match your plate layout can help you track...too - one of my coworkers would build a wall of pipette tip boxes when she particularly needed to focus...

  14. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...-mutagenesis also requires making your own electrocompetent cells in which the phage recombination machinery...Purified Enzymes Required No No Yes Yes Lab Made Competent Cells Required Yes No No No Comparison of REPLACR-mutagenesis...

  15. 3 Challenges in Plant Synthetic Biology

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    Blog Post
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    July 22, 2014, 5:46 p.m.
    ...(anthocyanins), and the plant circadian clock. Petunias have been a model organism for plant research ...mechanisms and components of the circadian rhythm in petunias. Because of the extensive research that has come...

  16. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...particularly enriched in highly transcribed regions and repetitive regions, such as telomeres and centromeres. These...presumably due to their abundance of R-loops and repetitive sequence. All of the R-loops described above...

  18. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    Blog Post
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    June 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...into the host genome, the virus is replication incompetent, meaning it can’t replicate and continue the ...Viral cargo-specific safety   After replication competency, the second concern with virus safety is the ...

  19. Science communication: 9 Strategies to Get Your Foot in the Door

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 27, 2017, 1:23 p.m.
    ... get on stage for a Science Slam – a sort of competitive TED talk – to win the audience’s applause with...photography and participate in a science photo competition. Or nominate yourself as an educator for a short...
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