Jennifer Tsang was the Science Communications and Marketing Coordinator at Addgene and manages the blog and social media. She is particularly interested in science communication and microbiology. Follow her on twitter @jw_tsang.
Streaking for single colonies is an integral part of any bacteriologist’s skill set. So when Dave Westenberg taught this concept in his microbiology lab course, he decided to add a bit of fun. He mixed together 10 E. coli strains producing different pigments, and tasked the ...
Say hello to the new Addgene blog! Same URL, same great articles to help you with your experiments, but a new look.
Good bye 2020! What a year it has been for all of us. As we eagerly await 2021, we've looked back on the year would like to highlight some of the top articles from the Addgene blog this year. Spoiler alert: many of the top 10 posts from this year were influenced by COVID-19 and ...
🎶 On the 12 days of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me… 🎶 A few years ago we used the #12DaysOfCRIPSR hashtag to share new CRISPR content designed to help you with your CRISPR experiments and to learn about new CRISPR tools. Since the CRISPR field keeps changing, we’ve been updating ...
Mark your calendars for November 16-20, 2020 for #DepositorWeek on Twitter! That’s today through Friday. There will be trivia, prizes, and more! We wanted to take a week to celebrate the scientists who make a big impact in open science. Depositors consistently contribute to our ...
If you’re cloning a plasmid, you’ll need a way to find the needle in the haystack: the one perfect clone that contains the plasmid you’re looking for out of the many cells that don’t. One way to begin the search is by using selection strategies, where only cells that have gained ...
The Rare Genomics Institute BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) Challenge provides grants for rare disease research. This year is our fourth year working with the Rare Genomics Institute by providing plasmid-based tools for rare disease research. ...
You’ve prepped your DNA and you’re ready to get started on the next step of your experiment. But in many cases, you won’t see any signs of DNA in your final tube after purification. How do you know if you actually have DNA in your tube without seeing it? There are many ways to ...
