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This post was contributed by guest blogger, Robert Orr, who recently received a Ph.D. in Biology and Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. What is RNAi? The loss-of-function (LOF) experiment functions as the building block of our understanding of complex biological ...
Here we are seven months past a worldwide shift to work-from-home and just now realizing that we can’t bide our time and wait for it to be over to work on career skills development. Back in March, we posted these 25 great tips for scientists working at home, and you will still ...
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. If ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger, Kaustubh Kishor Jadhav, a Research Assistant at MGMs Institute of Biosciences and Technology. If you are reading this article then you probably suspect mycoplasma contamination in your cell culture or you are about to begin a new cell ...
Prior to the discovery of CRISPR/Cas systems, gene activation across multiple loci was an arduous process. When using zinc finger proteins or TALE proteins, proteins had to be re-engineered for each gene, making wide-scale gene activation seem next to impossible. The development ...
By Justin Ng and Alyssa Cecchetelli Science is a constantly evolving and demanding field, requiring a variety of biological and molecular tools. One such tool is the model organism, an essential aspect of biological research that has defined our understanding of biological ...
Originally published Mar 3, 2016 and last updated Apr 13, 2021 by Will Arnold. Although CRISPR systems were first discovered in bacteria, most CRISPR-based genome engineering has taken place in other organisms. In many bacteria, unlike other organisms, CRISPR-induced double ...