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<p>The lab notebook chronicles our journey in the creation of the Genomikon kit.  Many paths were woven together in space and time to reach this finished masterpiece.  To help you navigate through these trials with us we have laid out our notebook in a layered fashion.  This page gives a sketch of each project and how it interacts with each other.  Then follow the links to a projects page for time line of the major landmarks and accomplishments.  If you require more details on the project the links within that page will take you to our day-by-day work log.
<p>The lab notebook chronicles our journey in the creation of the Genomikon kit.  Many paths were woven together in space and time to reach this finished masterpiece.  To help you navigate through these trials with us we have laid out our notebook in a layered fashion.  This page gives a sketch of each project and how it interacts with each other.  Then follow the links to a projects page for time line of the major landmarks and accomplishments.  If you require more details on the project the links within that page will take you to our day-by-day work log.
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<p>The Building Parts project was responsible to first build a plasmid (plasmid 01)that contained our own specialized prefix and suffix nested inside of the standard BioBrick prefix and suffix.  After plasmid 01 existed we inserted the CcdB gene (the "death" gene) between our prefix and suffix removing the gene for Kanamycin resistance (plasmid 02).  Plasmid 02 is fantastic base plasmid from which we are able to amplify any part at all because it provides a positive selection marker when transformed into DH5&alpha;. At this point we were able to make parts en masse to put in our kit. After obtaining a particular part in a plasmid we PCRed the part and digested it ready to use in Assembly or to Test the plasmid.</p>
<p>The Building Parts project was responsible to first build a plasmid (plasmid 01)that contained our own specialized prefix and suffix nested inside of the standard BioBrick prefix and suffix.  After plasmid 01 existed we inserted the CcdB gene (the "death" gene) between our prefix and suffix removing the gene for Kanamycin resistance (plasmid 02).  Plasmid 02 is fantastic base plasmid from which we are able to amplify any part at all because it provides a positive selection marker when transformed into DH5&alpha;. At this point we were able to make parts en masse to put in our kit. After obtaining a particular part in a plasmid we PCRed the part and digested it ready to use in Assembly or to Test the plasmid.</p>
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<p>Before we were able to test parts we created 2 base testing plasmids (vector 01 and vector 02).  Vector 01 is designed to test Open Reading Frame parts, or parts that code for proteins.  The part is flanked by a promoter and the start codon on one side and a stop codon and terminator on the other.  Vector 02 is designed to test linker parts, or parts that control the expression of the Open Reading Frame parts they are next two.  In Vector 02 the part is flanked by two distinct reporter genes, that by comparing the relative expression of the 2 reporter genes we can determine the behavior of the linking part.</p>
<p>Before we were able to test parts we created 2 base testing plasmids (vector 01 and vector 02).  Vector 01 is designed to test Open Reading Frame parts, or parts that code for proteins.  The part is flanked by a promoter and the start codon on one side and a stop codon and terminator on the other.  Vector 02 is designed to test linker parts, or parts that control the expression of the Open Reading Frame parts they are next two.  In Vector 02 the part is flanked by two distinct reporter genes, that by comparing the relative expression of the 2 reporter genes we can determine the behavior of the linking part.</p>
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<p>July 6, 2010</p><br>
<p>July 6, 2010</p><br>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p>Set up 5ml overnight tubes with 5ml LB broth, 5ul kanamycin, 2.5ul ampicillin from plates made on <a style="color: #fff200" href="https://2010.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Alberta/Notebook_June#30" onclick="" return false;">30-06-2010</a>. Results: All seven tubes had growth and no growth in control tube.</p>
<p>Set up 5ml overnight tubes with 5ml LB broth, 5ul kanamycin, 2.5ul ampicillin from plates made on <a style="color: #fff200" href="https://2010.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:Alberta/Notebook_June#30" onclick="" return false;">30-06-2010</a>. Results: All seven tubes had growth and no growth in control tube.</p>
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<p>July 7, 2010</p><br>
<p>July 7, 2010</p><br>
<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
<p>We made minipreps from the overnights from <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div6')" return false;">06-07-2010</a>. Followed Fermentas protocol to prepare 7 tubes. Restriction Digest with XbaI and PstI Protocol to check for orientation:
<p>We made minipreps from the overnights from <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div6')" return false;">06-07-2010</a>. Followed Fermentas protocol to prepare 7 tubes. Restriction Digest with XbaI and PstI Protocol to check for orientation:
<ul>Kan AB in pSB1A3 1ul</ul>  
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<ul> Total 11ul </ul></p>
<p>Incubated at 50C for 1 hour.</p>
<p>Incubated at 50C for 1 hour.</p>
<p>Ligation Protocol:
<p>Ligation Protocol:
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<ul>5X T4 DNA ligase buffer 6ul </ul>
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<p>Incubated at room temperature for 1 hour. </p>
<p>Incubated at room temperature for 1 hour. </p>
<p>Gel Electrophoresis:</p>
<p>Gel Electrophoresis:</p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div8')" return false;">08-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 8, 2010</p><br>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p>Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 ligated with tet or chlor made on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div7')" return false;">07-07-2010</a>. Plated 200ul and 600ul on chlor/amp plates for chlor insert and on tet/amp plates for tet insert. Results:      <ul>chlor/amp plate 1 (200ul): ~300 colonies </ul>
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<ul>chlor/amp plate 2 (600ul): TNTC colonies </ul>
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<ul>tet/amp plate 1 (200ul): ~20 colonies </ul>
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<ul>tet/amp plate 2 (600ul): ~30 colonies </ul></p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div9')" return false;">09-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 9, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p>Made overnights with 5ml LB, [20ul chlor and 2.5 ul amp] or [20ul tet and 2.5 ul amp] using transformation plates from <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div8')" return false;">08-07-2010</a>. Results were growth in all experimental tubes and no growth in control tubes. </p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div10')" return false;">10-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 10, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p> We prepared minipreps of tet in pSB1A3 (4 tubes) and chlor in pSB1A3 (7 tubes) from overnights <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div9')" return false;">09-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div12')" return false;">12-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 12, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p>Restriction Digest with EcoRI Protocol to determine plasmid size:
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<ul>pSB1A3 with chlor or tet insert 1ul (made on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div10')" return false;">10-07-2010</a>)</ul>
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<ul>Fast Digest EcoRI 1ul </ul>
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<ul>10X Fast Digest Buffer 2ul </ul>
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<ul>MilliQ H2O 16ul </ul>
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<ul> Total 20ul </ul></p>
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<p>Incubated at 37C for 5 mins. </p>
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<p>Gel Electrophoresis:</p>
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<p>Lanes 2-5 are pSB1A3 plasmid with tet AB insert. Lanes 6-13 are pSB1A3 plasmid with chlor AB insert. All plasmids were digested with EcoRI. All but the products of lanes 3,6,10,11,12 were correct. 1 out of the 4 tet in pSB1A3 tubes cut incorrectly and was discarded, 4 out of the 7 chlor in pSB1A3 tubes cut incorrectly and was discarded.</p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div14')" return false;">14-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 14, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p>Double Digest of chlor, kan and tet in PSB1A3 and amp is pSB1C3 with Xba and PstI protocol:
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<ul>10X NEBuffer 3 1ul </ul>
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<ul> XbaI 1ul </ul>
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<ul>PstI 1ul </ul>
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<ul>10X BSA 1ul </ul>
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<ul>Total 10ul </ul></p>
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<p>Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.</p>
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<p>Gel Electrophoresis:</p>
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<p>Digests of antibiotic AB fragments with XbaI and PstI. Lanes 2-3 are kanamycin AB, lanes 4-6 are chloramphenicol AB, lanes 7-9 are tetracycline AB, lanes 10-12 are ampicillin AB. All of the plasmids cut correctly except for one of the amp in pSB1C3, which was discarded.</p>
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<p>Experiment continues on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div15')" return false;">15-07-2010</a>.</p>
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<p>July 15, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts</span></p>
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<p> Antibiotic parts, made on <a style="color: #fff200" href="" onclick="return toggleMe('div14')" return false;">14-07-2010</a>, are now stored in the DNA box according to the BioBytes registry.</p>
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<p>Glycerol stocks were made of overnights from chlor, tet, and kan in PSB1A3 plates.</p>
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<p>July 19, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3</span></p>
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<p>Digest of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu AB kan fragments with NotI protocol:
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<ul>pSB1A3 (30.5ng/ul) 3ul </ul>
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<ul>10X REact 3 Buffer 1ul </ul>
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<ul>MilliQ H20 10ul </ul>
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<ul> Bfu Kan AB (38.1ng/ul) 3ul </ul>
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<ul>NotI 1ul </ul>
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<ul>10X BSA 2ul </ul>
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<ul>Total 20ul </ul></p>
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<p>Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.</p>
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<p>Digest of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu BA kan fragments with NotI protocol:
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<ul>pSB1A3 (30.5ng/ul) 3ul </ul>
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<ul>10X REact 3 Buffer 1ul </ul>
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<ul>MilliQ H20 10ul </ul>
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<ul> Bfu Kan BA 2ul </ul>
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<ul>NotI 2ul </ul>
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<ul>10X BSA 2ul </ul>
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<ul>Total 20ul </ul></p>
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<p>Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.</p>
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<p>Ligation of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu AB/BA kan fragments:
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<ul>Digests from above 10ul </ul>
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<ul>5X Ligase Buffer 4ul </ul>
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<ul>MilliQ H20 5ul </ul>
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<ul>T4 DNA ligase 1ul </ul>
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<ul>Total 20ul </ul></p>
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Incubated at room temperature for 1 hour.
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<p>July 20, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3</span></p>
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<p>Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 ligated with kan AB or BA. Plated on kan/amp plates.
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<p>July 21, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3</span></p>
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Transformation results:     
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<ul>kan AB 1: 3 white colonies </ul>
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<ul>kan AB 2: 50 white, 1 red colonies </ul>
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<ul>kan AB 3: 45 white, 2 red colonies </ul>
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<ul>kan BA 1: 25 white colonies </ul>
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<ul>kan BA 2: 17 white, 1 red colonies </ul>
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<ul>kan BA 3: 25 white, 1 red colonies </ul>
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<p>July 22, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3</span></p>
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<p>Miniprepped overnight tubes (growth in all).</p>
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<p>Digest of pSB1A3 with Bfu kan AB/BA inserts with XbaI and PstI enzymes protocol:</p>     
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<ul>10X NEBuffer 3 2ul </ul>
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<ul>MilliQ H20 12ul </ul>
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<ul>XbaI 1ul </ul>
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<ul>Pst I 1ul </ul>
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<ul> 10X BSA 2ul </ul>
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<ul> Total 20ul </ul>
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<p>Incubated for 1 hour at 37C. </p>
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<p>July 23, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts</span></p>
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<p>Digest of Bfu Kan AB/BA in pSB1A3 and pSB1C3 with BfuAI protocol:</p>
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<ul>psb1A3 with Bfu Kan AB/BA insert OR psb1C3 with Bfu Kan AB/BA insert 5ul </ul>
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<ul>BfuAI 1ul </ul>
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<ul> NEBuffer 3 10ul </ul>
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<ul> MilliQ H20 84ul </ul>
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<ul> Total 100ul </ul>
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<ul> Incubated at 50C for 1 hour. Heat inactivated at 65C for 20 minutes.</ul>
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<ul> Insert gel here </ul>
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<p>Digest of Bsa AB chlor, tet and amp in PSB1C3 with BsaI protocol:</p>
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<ul >psb1C3 with Bsa AB chlor, tet and amp 5ul </ul>
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<ul> BsaI 1ul </ul>
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<ul> NEBuffer 4 10ul </ul>
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<ul> MilliQ H20 84ul </ul>
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<ul> Total 100ul </ul>
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<ul> Incubated at 50C for 1 hour. Heat inactivated at 65C for 20 minutes.</ul>
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<ul> Insert gel here </ul>
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<p>Ligations of Bfu amp AB/BA into pSB1C3 and Bfu chlor and tet AB/BA into pSB1A3 protocol:</p>
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<ul> pSB1A3 or pSB1C3 10ul </ul>
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<ul> antibiotic insert 10ul </ul> 
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<ul> 5x ligase buffer 8ul </ul>
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<ul> T4 DNA ligase 1ul </ul>
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<ul> Total 40ul </ul>
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<ul> Incubate at room temperature for one hour. </ul>
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<p>July 26, 2010</p><br>
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<span class="h2">Building Parts</span>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts</span></p>
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<p>Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 or pSB1C3 ligated with AB and BA antibiotics. Plated on various antibiotic plates.
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<p>July 28, 2010</p><br>
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<p><span class="h1">Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts</span></p>
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<p>Overnights Results</p>
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<p>Growth: Bfu AB amp1,2,3; Bfu AB chlor1,2,3; Bfu BA chlor1,2</p>
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<p>No growth: Bfu AB chlor2, Bfu BA chlor3</p>
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<p>Tubes with growth were miniprepped.</p>
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iGEM 2010 Notebook

The lab notebook chronicles our journey in the creation of the Genomikon kit. Many paths were woven together in space and time to reach this finished masterpiece. To help you navigate through these trials with us we have laid out our notebook in a layered fashion. This page gives a sketch of each project and how it interacts with each other. Then follow the links to a projects page for time line of the major landmarks and accomplishments. If you require more details on the project the links within that page will take you to our day-by-day work log.

Building Parts

The Building Parts project was responsible to first build a plasmid (plasmid 01)that contained our own specialized prefix and suffix nested inside of the standard BioBrick prefix and suffix. After plasmid 01 existed we inserted the CcdB gene (the "death" gene) between our prefix and suffix removing the gene for Kanamycin resistance (plasmid 02). Plasmid 02 is fantastic base plasmid from which we are able to amplify any part at all because it provides a positive selection marker when transformed into DH5α. At this point we were able to make parts en masse to put in our kit. After obtaining a particular part in a plasmid we PCRed the part and digested it ready to use in Assembly or to Test the plasmid.

Testing Parts

Before we were able to test parts we created 2 base testing plasmids (vector 01 and vector 02). Vector 01 is designed to test Open Reading Frame parts, or parts that code for proteins. The part is flanked by a promoter and the start codon on one side and a stop codon and terminator on the other. Vector 02 is designed to test linker parts, or parts that control the expression of the Open Reading Frame parts they are next two. In Vector 02 the part is flanked by two distinct reporter genes, that by comparing the relative expression of the 2 reporter genes we can determine the behavior of the linking part.

Assembly Method

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Plates

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Competent Cells

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Software

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July 1, 2010


Building Parts

Made 5mL liquid cultures with Choramphenicol with streaks from plates of ccdB Bbs A/B', ccdB Bbs B/A', cddB BsaA/B', ccdB BsaB/A' part plasmids from 25-06-2010. Incubated at 37oC for 1 hour. Plated 25μL of 1/100 and 1/1000 dilutions of liquid cultures onto Chloramphenicol LB plates.

Miniprepped liquid culture of Kan BbsA/B' #1 made 30-06-2010.

Ran gel of Enzyme efficiency experiment performed on 30-06-2010.

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Ran gel of digests of Minipreps of ccdB part plasmids performed on 30-06-2010 to ensure they are as expected.

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<--AMANDA miniprep of ccdB BfuA/B', ccdB BfuB/A' part plasmids, digest with NotI?-->

July 2, 2010


Building Parts

The colonies on the 1/100 and 1/1000 dilution plates of ccdB Bbs A/B', ccdB Bbs B/A', cddB BsaA/B', ccdB BsaB/A' part plasmids made on 01-07-2010, were spaced appropriately so as to be able to pick individual colonies. We picked as many colonies as possible and streaked on both LB plates with Kanamycin and Chloramphenicol resistance and LB plates with only Choramphenicol resistance. Again to determine if ccdB was infact inserted.

July 6, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Set up 5ml overnight tubes with 5ml LB broth, 5ul kanamycin, 2.5ul ampicillin from plates made on 30-06-2010. Results: All seven tubes had growth and no growth in control tube.

Experiment continues on 07-07-2010.

July 7, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

We made minipreps from the overnights from 06-07-2010. Followed Fermentas protocol to prepare 7 tubes. Restriction Digest with XbaI and PstI Protocol to check for orientation:

    Kan AB in pSB1A3 1ul
    XbaI enzyme 2ul
    PstI enzyme 1ul
    NEBuffer 3 4ul
    MilliQ H2O 3ul
    BSA 4ul
    Total 14ul

Incubated at 37C for 1 1/2 hours.

Gel Electrophoresis:

This is a shared gel. Lanes 2-8 are pSB1A3 plasmids with AB Kan inserts from different tubes, digested with XbaI and PstI. The plasmids from lanes 2 and 3 produced proper fragments. The rest of the tubes were discarded.

Restriction Digest with BsaI Protocol:

    Kan AB in pSB1A3 (247.4 ng/ul or 255.8 ng/ul) 1ul
    chlor or tet AB fragment 1ul
    BsaI enzyme 0.5ul
    NEBuffer 4 3ul
    MilliQ H2O 5.5ul
    Total 11ul

Incubated at 50C for 1 hour.

Ligation Protocol:

    Digested pSB1A3 with Kan AB and chlor or tet 8ul
    T4 DNA ligase 1ul
    5X T4 DNA ligase buffer 6ul
    MilliQ H20 5ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated at room temperature for 1 hour.

Gel Electrophoresis:

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Experiment continues on 08-07-2010.

July 8, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 ligated with tet or chlor made on 07-07-2010. Plated 200ul and 600ul on chlor/amp plates for chlor insert and on tet/amp plates for tet insert. Results:

    chlor/amp plate 1 (200ul): ~300 colonies
    chlor/amp plate 2 (600ul): TNTC colonies
    tet/amp plate 1 (200ul): ~20 colonies
    tet/amp plate 2 (600ul): ~30 colonies

Experiment continues on 09-07-2010.

July 9, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Made overnights with 5ml LB, [20ul chlor and 2.5 ul amp] or [20ul tet and 2.5 ul amp] using transformation plates from 08-07-2010. Results were growth in all experimental tubes and no growth in control tubes.

Experiment continues on 10-07-2010.

July 10, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

We prepared minipreps of tet in pSB1A3 (4 tubes) and chlor in pSB1A3 (7 tubes) from overnights 09-07-2010.

Experiment continues on 12-07-2010.

July 12, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Restriction Digest with EcoRI Protocol to determine plasmid size:

    pSB1A3 with chlor or tet insert 1ul (made on 10-07-2010)
    Fast Digest EcoRI 1ul
    10X Fast Digest Buffer 2ul
    MilliQ H2O 16ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated at 37C for 5 mins.

Gel Electrophoresis:

Lanes 2-5 are pSB1A3 plasmid with tet AB insert. Lanes 6-13 are pSB1A3 plasmid with chlor AB insert. All plasmids were digested with EcoRI. All but the products of lanes 3,6,10,11,12 were correct. 1 out of the 4 tet in pSB1A3 tubes cut incorrectly and was discarded, 4 out of the 7 chlor in pSB1A3 tubes cut incorrectly and was discarded.

Experiment continues on 14-07-2010.

July 14, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Double Digest of chlor, kan and tet in PSB1A3 and amp is pSB1C3 with Xba and PstI protocol:

    plasmid with antibiotic part 1ul
    10X NEBuffer 3 1ul
    MilliQ H20 5ul
    XbaI 1ul
    PstI 1ul
    10X BSA 1ul
    Total 10ul

Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.

Gel Electrophoresis:

Digests of antibiotic AB fragments with XbaI and PstI. Lanes 2-3 are kanamycin AB, lanes 4-6 are chloramphenicol AB, lanes 7-9 are tetracycline AB, lanes 10-12 are ampicillin AB. All of the plasmids cut correctly except for one of the amp in pSB1C3, which was discarded.

Experiment continues on 15-07-2010.

July 15, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bsa AB Kan, Chlor and Tet Parts

Antibiotic parts, made on 14-07-2010, are now stored in the DNA box according to the BioBytes registry.

Glycerol stocks were made of overnights from chlor, tet, and kan in PSB1A3 plates.

July 19, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3

Digest of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu AB kan fragments with NotI protocol:

    pSB1A3 (30.5ng/ul) 3ul
    10X REact 3 Buffer 1ul
    MilliQ H20 10ul
    Bfu Kan AB (38.1ng/ul) 3ul
    NotI 1ul
    10X BSA 2ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.

Digest of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu BA kan fragments with NotI protocol:

    pSB1A3 (30.5ng/ul) 3ul
    10X REact 3 Buffer 1ul
    MilliQ H20 10ul
    Bfu Kan BA 2ul
    NotI 2ul
    10X BSA 2ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated at 37C for 1 hour.

Ligation of pSB1A3 and premade Bfu AB/BA kan fragments:

    Digests from above 10ul
    5X Ligase Buffer 4ul
    MilliQ H20 5ul
    T4 DNA ligase 1ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated at room temperature for 1 hour.

July 20, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3

Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 ligated with kan AB or BA. Plated on kan/amp plates.

July 21, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3

Transformation results:
    kan AB 1: 3 white colonies
    kan AB 2: 50 white, 1 red colonies
    kan AB 3: 45 white, 2 red colonies
    kan BA 1: 25 white colonies
    kan BA 2: 17 white, 1 red colonies
    kan BA 3: 25 white, 1 red colonies

Set up overnights with 5 ul kan and 2.5 ul amp per 5ml LB

July 22, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing a new plasmid with Bfu AB or BA Kan in pSB1A3

Miniprepped overnight tubes (growth in all).

Digest of pSB1A3 with Bfu kan AB/BA inserts with XbaI and PstI enzymes protocol:

    plasmid DNA ul
    10X NEBuffer 3 2ul
    MilliQ H20 12ul
    XbaI 1ul
    Pst I 1ul
    10X BSA 2ul
    Total 20ul

Incubated for 1 hour at 37C.

Insert gel here

July 23, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts

Digest of Bfu Kan AB/BA in pSB1A3 and pSB1C3 with BfuAI protocol:

    psb1A3 with Bfu Kan AB/BA insert OR psb1C3 with Bfu Kan AB/BA insert 5ul
    BfuAI 1ul
    NEBuffer 3 10ul
    MilliQ H20 84ul
    Total 100ul
    Incubated at 50C for 1 hour. Heat inactivated at 65C for 20 minutes.
    Insert gel here

Digest of Bsa AB chlor, tet and amp in PSB1C3 with BsaI protocol:

    psb1C3 with Bsa AB chlor, tet and amp 5ul
    BsaI 1ul
    NEBuffer 4 10ul
    MilliQ H20 84ul
    Total 100ul
    Incubated at 50C for 1 hour. Heat inactivated at 65C for 20 minutes.
    Insert gel here

Ligations of Bfu amp AB/BA into pSB1C3 and Bfu chlor and tet AB/BA into pSB1A3 protocol:

    pSB1A3 or pSB1C3 10ul
    antibiotic insert 10ul
    5x ligase buffer 8ul
    T4 DNA ligase 1ul
    Total 40ul
    Incubate at room temperature for one hour.

July 26, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts

Followed Inoue transformation protocol using 50ul DH5-alpha competent cells and 2ul of pSB1A3 or pSB1C3 ligated with AB and BA antibiotics. Plated on various antibiotic plates.

July 28, 2010


Building Parts

Constructing Bfu AB/BA chlor, amp and tet parts

Overnights Results

Growth: Bfu AB amp1,2,3; Bfu AB chlor1,2,3; Bfu BA chlor1,2

No growth: Bfu AB chlor2, Bfu BA chlor3

Tubes with growth were miniprepped.