CRISPR-associated protein Cpf1 cleaves double-stranded DNA under the guidance of CRISPR RNA (crRNA), generating sticky ends. Because of this characteristic, Cpf1 has been used for the establishment of a DNA assembly standard called C-Brick, which has the advantage of long recognition sites and short scars. On a standard C-Brick vector, there are four Cpf1 recognition sites - the prefix (T1 and ...

Arturo Pérez is a senior undergraduate psychology student at Universidad Diego Por-tales in Santiago, Chile. In the Fall term of 2012, Arturo spent 3 months at the Universi-ty of Alberta, hosted by Dr. Michael Dawson and the Biological Computation Project (BCP). The general goal of his visit was to establish collaborative ties between this U of A laboratory and the Centro de Estudios de la Argu...

mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals present in aquatic systems, exhibiting a complex behaviour in the environment, where it may persist for decades after the source of pollution is stopped. hence, it is important develop new techniques for its removal from the aquatic systems. in this context, a particularly promising line of research is the use of new materials capable of up taking m...

background: faculty development programs have received considerable investment of resources from medical institutions, though the effect and output of them has been infrequently studied. this study was design to measure the effect of the mashhad university of medical sciences’ faculty development workshops. methods: three faculty development workshops on educational research were conducted to i...