...Welcome to our Summer SciComm Series, where we’ll be talking about science communication, best practices in ...science communication research.   This summer, we’re making time to talk about my favorite thing - science ...but the foundation of all good communication is making sure everyone’s on the same page. So for our first... endless.    Activity Example audience  Talking about your career as a scientist underrepresented...enjoy listening to podcasts A series of Tweets breaking down a new publication that could advance treatments...Communication - 9 Ways to Get Your Foot in the Door Taking Science to Elementary and Middle Schools   Image...

...cell membrane.  Picking the Right Antibody  It can get even more complex if you’re looking for proteins ...keep epitope availability in mind whenever you're working with antibodies.) Conformation changes usually ...Processes  If you’re feeling relieved that you’re working with native proteins instead of denatured ones ...are interacting with one another, or if you’re looking for a protein of interest while it’s in a transition...validated for ELISAs, it has a good chance of also working for a Western because they both typically use denatured...

... sponsors a global competition for researchers working on rare diseases, offering them the chance to win...Claudio Aguilar (right) at Purdue University and is working to understand Lowe Syndrome, a devastating genetic...great for us,” Wang said. “We were planning on and looking at a bunch of different strategies with CRISPR-...hearing loss and changes in coloring of the hair, skin, and eyes. The researchers found that seven patients... budget is approximately 20,000 USD and we are working on several genetic diseases at the same time. The...studies.” Thank you to all the BeHeard Awardees for speaking with us! Additional Resources Find out more ...

... to email strangers asking to meet. I have cold emailed hundreds of people asking for meetings to discuss... carry a heavy price tag, especially if you're working on something other than software.  If you are a... your entire career in science, you are likely lacking the necessary business background and/or connections... Start with your network You've spent your life making connections and finding mentors -- well, it's time...discuss each project and business decision before making it, to have an internal review system.  On top ...

... and high resolution functional tracking of T lymphocytes, too, making them a versatile tool for application...Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology has been working on genetically encoded indicators of calcium and...has a particular advantage for observing events taking place inside cells that are on the move, such as...element-binding protein (CREB) in living cells. “Now we are making this really good,” Griesbeck said. “We know CREB...genetically encoded magnesium sensor, the first of its kind. “I hope by depositing at Addgene, people will start...

... optogenetic tools in a deep part of the brain, making it sensitive to light. When they illuminated this...patients? Over a quarter of a million people have some kind of neural implant already. If we can use light to...maybe we could treat patients suffering from Parkinson's, chronic pain, deafness, or other conditions.... emotions, to see how a monkey changes decision making, to cure a human patient. We can't do it all by...you have any special tips or tricks for someone looking to try these optogenetic tools out for the first...always tell people, 'Be driven by your science.' Looking for Optogenetics Plasmids? Plasmids for Optogenetics...

...gene edit. I wanted to inactivate the gene BRAF (a kinase implicated in several human cancers) in A549 cells...Vinculin is a loading control. 3. In terms of making the monoclonal line: I had never done it before...found here. Figure 3: A surprise for the author. Checking Cas9 expression Overview: By Western blotting ...difficult part of the assay was designing primers flanking my edits in genomic DNA and doing PCR on genomic...agarose to get sharper bands. Conclusion Overall, making a human cell line with a gene knockout was straightforward...who you are, you could quickly be on your way to making new scientific observations. References 1. Rago...C, Vogelstein B, Bunz F. Genetic knockouts and knockins in human somatic cells. Nature Protocols 2007;...

...like multi-color imaging (Figure 2). If you’re working with purified proteins in vitro, you can even use...tags makes updating your labels easy! Instead of taking the time to clone a new construct for every new-and-improved...time points.   Figure 3: Single-molecule tracking of actin filament assembly-regulating proteins...developed over the years; improving the labeling kinetics or the fluorophore’s microenvironment to enhance...A., Juillerat, A., Heinis, C., Corrêa, I. R., Kindermann, M., Beaufils, F., & Johnsson, K. (2008). An ...Reinstein, J., Hiblot, J., & Johnsson, K. (2021). Kinetic and Structural Characterization of the Self-Labeling...Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible Addgene's Genetic...

...something difficult, be excited about the prospect of working toward a solution. At the end of the meeting, make...person to add a bullet or two about what they are working on. Building this into the agenda ensures that ...items, and Accountability Agendas: Send around talking points for the meeting a day in advance. This gives...Accountability: At your next meeting, start by checking in on the action items from last meeting. Use ...project moving. Use time wisely Meetings are for talking, not reading: Send around relevant documents, like... Executive Director Joanne Kamens FInd Tips on Picking a Research Project Read Other Inside Addgene Posts...

...the day you defend to start thinking about your next step. Start thinking now. Start browsing job postings...in your resume. If the job posting says “French-speaking is an asset,” mention “speaks French.” Employers...groups? Perhaps you had some supervisory experience working with undergraduate students? On top of that, perhaps...universal. Some universities even have officers working specifically to assist graduate students in job...postings and salary expectations public, so start by looking at these university postings to give yourself a...

...you build your lab team and foster an effective working environment? Tom Ellis was offered a start-up package...ideas, and ways to improve the lab. “An effective working environment for research is totally dependent on...communication amongst the team so getting everyone talking to each other cannot be undervalued.” Connie Cepko...of slowly building up your lab and selectively picking the first couple of hires to build a strong, collaborative...resources for Early Career Scientists, including their "Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientifıc... Dr. George Church (Harvard Medical School) for taking the time to speak with us about adding new scientists...

... these files to your working directory (the folder that you are currently working in) every time you use...notebooks just won't cut it for bioinformatics. All kinds of biologists are finding themselves using computational... task will keep you from repeating your work or making similar mistakes in the future. Stay organized...comment in C++ and Java Command line history: Tracking command line history by recording all commands...system that does is through trial and error, and by asking for tips from others. Comment below to add your...

...Blog Mentoring for Scientists Series. I have been thinking a lot about Mentoring for over 10 years. Many ...Cepko to learn about her mentoring style. While working on this project, I read the book “Every Other Thursday...Form your own peer mentoring group In my travels speaking to grad students and postdocs I have started to...example, a group of people who are all interested in making a transition. Schedule your first meeting and get...breakfast once a month. All participants must commit to making the meetings a scheduling priority (and last minute...career paths and get their advice. Attend a local networking event together and help each other practice meeting...

..., consider making you own DNA ladders with these plasmids from Penn State Need help picking the right ...cells due to their IgGκ signal peptide sequence, making them easy to harvest from cell culture media. Their...HA staining is weaker than reporter staining. Picking the right reporter for your RANBody While all three...staining GFP, RFP, H2A2B   Are you ready to start making your own RANbodies? Great! All of the RANbody plasmids...learn more about nanobodies Additional Resources Looking for primary monoclonal antibodies to use with the...

...heavily with other skills such as critical thinking, decision making, creativity, or data analysis. Conveniently...researchers do learn MANY transferable skills while working in the lab and by offering advice on areas where...you spend time in a lab learning techniques and taking on independent projects, you will inevitably develop... skills passively. But I have always found that taking a conscious or active approach can be hugely helpful...are, while also practicing systematic, logical thinking.  If you are already a lab veteran at this point...

... Research. On December 1st 2016, many postdocs working more than 40 hours per week could expect to see... salaried workers receive overtime payment for working more than 40 hours per week increasing from $23,660... postdocs were at institutions focused only on tracking hours, and 22% of postdocs were at institutions...going ahead with their planned raises, some are taking the opportunity of the lapsed mandate (or are being...University of Massachusetts Medical School. We are working with postdocs at other institutions to see if we...that many postdocs already made plans and budgets working around issues such as childcare using money from...

... be useful. Mainly because, well, antibodies are kind of hard to see. To solve this issue, researchers...post, where you can find some additional tips for working with these tools.          Enzymes An equally, ...properties allow for efficient signal amplification, making biotin conjugated antibodies good options for detecting...lead perfectly blissful, productive lives without thinking about these chemical reactions. After all, there... are ready to use off the shelf. So why are we talking about this? Even though there are so many commercially...antibodies’ performance after the reaction.  If you are looking to conjugate antibodies yourself, there are kits...

...Novartis Oncology.  Bhang did her PhD work at Johns Hopkins and came to Novartis for her post-doc in January...after treatment with EGFR inhibitor, erlotinib. Looking at barcode abundances among multiple replicate ...Pharmacology group at Novartis Oncology, Bhang has been working on using the ClonTracer library to monitor clonal...their own work. She says, “I spend a lot of time packing, shipping, and sharing protocols one by one,” and...is a “really great way of broadly sharing these kinds of reagents.” Here at Addgene, we’re excited to ... to use! Many thanks to Carrie and Novartis for taking the time to talk with us and for providing this...

...proteins had to be re-engineered for each gene, making wide-scale gene activation seem next to impossible...activation uses dCas9, a CRISPR protein variant lacking its endonuclease ability, to bind to genes without...there are multiple options to choose from when looking to activate genes across diverse cell lines.   ...activation compared to other CRISPR activators, making it a popular method for gene activation experiments...design (SunTag). This streamlines its delivery, making it a common choice for CRISPR activation. Newer... Larson MH, Gilbert LA, Doudna JA, Weissman JS, Arkin AP, Lim WA (2013) Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided...

...started working in the pharmaceuticals industry after earning my Master’s in 2016 and then working four ...prepare 1-2 unique questions for each interviewer by looking at their LinkedIn profiles. This can help spark...your 1-hour presentation to your audience Start by asking the hiring manager or recruiter what presentation...improving a process or procedure, solving a problem, or making a key decision. Even deciding to stop pursuing ...sharing your screen and won’t be able to see who’s asking a question. Maybe you ask for questions after completing...