Master plasmid fundamentals, CRISPR techniques, AAV serotype selection, and antibody applications. Written by scientists, for scientists.
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We often think of DNA as inert. It generally stays put, which makes it easy to locate in a genome. But there is a type of mobile DNA, called a transposon, that’s a bit hyperactive and likes to jump around from one location in the genome to another. This jumping is what caught ...
If you’re just getting started using antibodies in your experiments, you may be curious about all of the different kinds of antibodies that are available. One common type of antibody is a monoclonal antibody. But what does that mean, and how do monoclonal antibodies differ from ...
Over the past several months, we’ve seen the emergence of several SARS-CoV-2 variants coincide with increased vaccination efforts. So, how effective are the current vaccines against the variants?
🎶 “Bye bye L-arabinose drive Put your cultures in the shaker Turn the LEDs on And when you want You can just turn them off No need for any wash No need for any wash…” 🎶 - Barbara Di Ventura If you follow Barbara Di Ventura on Twitter, you might have seen the video of her ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Eleanor Wang, a Research Specialist in Patrick Hsu's lab at UC Berkeley. Most of the scientists I’ve met began doing research in their undergraduate years. We each have a unique “origin story,” but taking the first step into the world ...
When you think of antibodies, you probably think of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). mAbs have been around since 1975 thanks to the Nobel prize winning work of Milstein and Köhler who developed hybridoma technology. But what about single chain fragment variables (scFvs)? scFvs ...
This post was contributed by Ignacio Amigo and María Hernández Sánchez from Crowdfight. In March 2020, while most of the world was locked down, a South African company wanted to test if a type of antibodies from an Andean mammal called alpaca could neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 ...
