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A Miscalculated Step
As a graduate student, Tharin Blumenschein learned that too much sodium hydroxide breaks down more than just bacterial cells.
A Miscalculated Step
A Miscalculated Step

As a graduate student, Tharin Blumenschein learned that too much sodium hydroxide breaks down more than just bacterial cells.

As a graduate student, Tharin Blumenschein learned that too much sodium hydroxide breaks down more than just bacterial cells.

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Resolving Large DNA Fragments with Ease
Agilent | Mar 18, 2024 | 1 min read
Scientists quickly achieved superior bacterial artificial chromosome fragment separation using an automated pulsed field electrophoresis system.
Conceptual vector illustration depicting CRISPR gene editing by scientists for medical applications.
Optimizing Gene Editing with PARP1 CRISPR Plasmids 
The Scientist and Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. | Jan 24, 2024 | 3 min read
CRISPR plasmids provide a robust solution for streamlining human cell transfection workflows.   
Frozen laboratory test tubes in box container in a research lab.
Save the Sample
Meenakshi Prabhune, PhD | Dec 1, 2023 | 2 min read
Researchers must plan for the future of their lab materials long before they decide to move on.
Doug Hanahan worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1982. 
Cellular Competence: Making Recombinant DNA Accessible
Nathan Ni, PhD | Jun 1, 2023 | 2 min read
Coaxing bacteria into taking up recombinant DNA was arduous until Douglas Hanahan took action.
Discover How to Verify Plasmid Quality with the Agilent Fragment Analyzer System
Analyzing Plasmids with Automated Electrophoresis
Agilent | Mar 13, 2023 | 1 min read
Verifying plasmid quality is critical for molecular biology and biomanufacturing applications.
Multiplexed and Trackable CRISPR-Based Genome Engineering
A Platform for Automated CRISPR-Based Microbial Genome Engineering
Inscripta | Jan 25, 2022 | 1 min read
Discover how you can design and generate genomic edits to optimize heterologous protein expression and activity in E. coli.
Automating Bacterial Plasmid Purification
Automating DNA Extraction for High-Throughput Bacterial Plasmid Purification
Analytik Jena | Jan 19, 2022 | 1 min read
How automated liquid handling accelerates plasmid purification.
Technique Talk: Cell Transfection Techniques
Technique Talk: Cell Transfection Techniques
The Scientist | Nov 2, 2021 | 1 min read
Learn how to overcome common transfection challenges and optimize gene delivery.
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Researchers Find DNA “Borgs” in Methane-Chomping Archaea
Annie Melchor | Jul 20, 2021 | 3 min read
Massive extrachromosomal elements named after the hive-minded cyborg villains in Star Trek may be the first of their kind.
Optimizing Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Manufacturing
The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with OXGENE | Feb 16, 2021 | 2 min read
Scientists wield nature’s power to optimize adeno-associated virus (AAV) production and maximize gene therapy safety.
Taming the Transposon Hordes
Ruth Williams | Jan 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Researchers repurpose the CRISPR machinery to turn whole classes of transposable elements on or off.
Stanley Falkow, Father of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis, Dies
Catherine Offord | May 9, 2018 | 3 min read
The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.
Gene Editing Without Foreign DNA
Ruth Williams | Feb 1, 2016 | 2 min read
Scientists perform plant-genome modifications on crops without using plasmids.
Sharing Made Easy
Megan Scudellari | Sep 1, 2012 | 7 min read
Biological resource centers are bigger and better than ever before, storing and distributing shared reagents, plasmids, and more.
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