Biology Newsletter – November 2018

Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
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CRISPR Guide RNA Cloning for Mammalian Systems
Dr. George Church’s lab, at Harvard University, describes streamlined methods for the simple, efficient and cost-effective generation of Cas9-associated guide RNAs

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Laser-assisted Lentiviral Gene Delivery to Mouse Fertilized Eggs
Dr. Charles Romeo’s lab, at NIEHS, demonstrates a protocol for perforating the zona pellucida in mouse fertilized eggs with a laser to transduce embryonic cells to create transgenic mice.

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Production, Crystallization, and Structure Determination of Human IKK1/α
Dr. Gourisankar Ghosh’s lab, at UCSD, describes the main steps necessary for the production and crystal structure determination of IκB Kinase 1/α.

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Binding Dynamics of the Phospholipid Binding Protein Annexin A2
Dr. Ursula Rescher’s lab, at the University of Münster, presents a protocol to determine the binding affinities of annexin A2 with immobilized solid-supported bilayers by simultaneously measuring mass uptake and the viscoelastic properties.

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Probing Cell Mechanics in Drosophila Embryo
Dr. Pierre-François Lenne’s lab, at Aix-Marseille Université, presents a setup of optical tweezers coupled to a light sheet microscope, to probe cell mechanics without beads in the Drosophila embryo.

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High-throughput Measurement of Gut Transit Time Using Larval Zebrafish
Dr. Todd Cole’s lab, at AbbVie, presents a protocol to measure the transit time of fluorescently labeled food through the gut of larval zebrafish in a high throughput fashion.

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Prostate Organoid Research Techniques and Methods: Three-dimensional (3D) Culture, Spin-down, Dimpled Parafilm, and Fusion Method
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Protein-Protein Interaction Methods
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Techniques for high throughput lifespan measurement in invertebrate model systems
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Current Research Methods in Rabies Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment, and Control
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