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Aliyah Weinstein

Aliyah Weinstein was formerly Addgene’s Marketing and Communications Manager. She has a research background in cancer immunology and is engaged in science writing and advocating for equity in STEM. Outside of science, Aliyah enjoys yoga, board games, and traveling. You can find Aliyah on Twitter @YourTurnAliyah .

Blog articles by Aliyah Weinstein

Science Careers

Fostering communication in remote collaborations

Aliyah Weinstein April 21, 2020

Science is a global endeavor, and that can often mean that scientists who live across the country or around the world from each other are collaborating on projects. When I was a graduate student, I led a collaborative project between my lab in Pennsylvania and a team in Paris, ...
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Celebrate National Book Month with Addgene

Aliyah Weinstein October 3, 2019

From Addgene Book Club to our on-site book swap/library, reading is part of the culture here at Addgene. Since it’s National Book Month, we’ve asked some Addgenies to share their favorite books - both scientific and not - to inspire you to read a little more this October.
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Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

Aliyah Weinstein August 6, 2019

In Part 1 of our mouse modeling blog series, we covered techniques that can be used to introduce genetic modifications into mouse embryos. But once you generate a growing colony of genetically engineered mice, what can you do? In this post, we’ll cover why and how to cross mice ...
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Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

Aliyah Weinstein July 11, 2019

Mice are a common model organism used to understand mammalian traits and genetically engineered mouse models provide researchers with useful and adaptable tools to perform basic and preclinical research. For scientists new to using mouse models, the possibilities may seem ...
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Fluorescent Proteins

Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior

Aliyah Weinstein March 5, 2019

Stochastic multicolor labeling is a popular technique in neuroscience and developmental biology. This type of cell labeling technique involves the introduction of a transgene construct containing fluorescent proteins (XFP) of different colors to label an organ or entire ...
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Fluorescent Proteins

The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

Aliyah Weinstein January 29, 2019

If you’re been following Addgene on #souptwitter or if you just enjoy a warm meal on a winter day, you should be happy to learn that many DNA-based reagents are named for soup ingredients! From pSOUP to mCherry, satisfying ingredients reagents permeate the molecular biologist’s ...
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