By Jennifer Tsang
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Every few months we highlight a subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles provide brief summaries of recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need. ...
We’re excited to welcome Julie Cicalese to the Addgene Board of Directors. Cicalese served as the Chief Human Resource Officer for Harvard Medical School. The addition of Cicalese to the Board of Directors brings human resources experience and insight to the now 13 member board ...
Update (May 1, 2021): The application period has now passed. We will notify applicants in the upcoming months. Are you a research technician, undergraduate or graduate student, or postdoc using fluorescent proteins in your research? Consider applying for the Michael Davidson and ...
You’ve gotten the plasmid encoding your protein of interest from Addgene, transfected it into your target cells, now what? How can you tell if the protein you are so keen to study is expressing in your cells? Immunoblotting or simply the western blot, or western, is one of the ...
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 ...
My son is an engineer and my daughter has a business degree. From the very start of their undergraduate experiences, they were provided with ample resources and a positive perspective on the transition to a post-academic career. This training was “included” with their tuition, ...
I didn’t plan to get a master’s degree. I wanted to be a scientist and you need a PhD to be a scientist, or so I thought. So I entered a molecular and cellular biology PhD program in 2011, which I left four years later with a master’s. At the time my degree felt like a ...
