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<li id="nb"><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our Project/Notebook/Week 7">week 7</a></li>
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<li id="nb"><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our Project/Notebook/Week 8">week 8</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our Project/Protocols">protocols</a></li>
<li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our Project/Protocols">protocols</a></li>
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<h4>PCR amplification of phs </h4>  
<h4>PCR amplification of phs </h4>  
<li> Because the gel run the previous day was no longer good, had to run a second 0.8% agarose gel of the PCR products to determine the success of the PCR reaction. Below is the image of the gel, with a 1 kb ladder in the leftmost lane, phsC in next lane, phsAB in lane 3, and phsABC in lane 4. </li>
<li> Because the gel run the previous day was no longer good, had to run a second 0.8% agarose gel of the PCR products to determine the success of the PCR reaction. Below is the image of the gel, with a 1 kb ladder in the leftmost lane, phsC in next lane, phsAB in lane 3, and phsABC in lane 4. </li>
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The phsC fragment seems to have been amplified with decent success, but phsABC and phAB are only present in trace amounts, so the thermocycler protocol will have to be tweaked. <br/>
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The phsC fragment seems to have been amplified with decent success, but phsABC and phAB <br /> are only present in trace amounts, so the thermocycler protocol will have to be tweaked. </div> <br />
<li> In the mean time, gel extract the phsC from lane 2 and the phsABC from lane 4 using the microcentrifuge variant of the  <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our_Project/Protocols/gel_extract">standard gel extraction protocol </a> </li>
<li> In the mean time, gel extract the phsC from lane 2 and the phsABC from lane 4 using the microcentrifuge variant of the  <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our_Project/Protocols/gel_extract">standard gel extraction protocol </a> </li>
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<li>Ran 1.0% agarose gel of four 6/30 PCR products at 90 V.</li>
<li>Ran 1.0% agarose gel of four 6/30 PCR products at 90 V.</li>
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Gel of phsABC and phsAB PCR products or a demonstration of the utility of DMSO Lane 1: 1 kb ladder and 3.6 kb spillover from Lane 2, Lane 2: 3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 4: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 6:3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO, Lane 8: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO
Gel of phsABC and phsAB PCR products or a demonstration of the utility of DMSO Lane 1: 1 kb ladder and 3.6 kb spillover from Lane 2, Lane 2: 3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 4: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 6:3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO, Lane 8: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO
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       Gel of phsABC and phsAB PCR products or a demonstration of the utility of DMSO Lane 1: 1 kb ladder and 3.6 kb spillover from Lane 2, Lane 2: 3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 4: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 6:3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO, Lane 8: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO <br/>
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       Gel of phsABC and phsAB PCR products or a demonstration of the utility of DMSO Lane 1: 1 kb ladder and 3.6 kb spillover from Lane 2, Lane 2: 3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 4: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol without DMSO, Lane 6:3.6 kb phsABC fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO, Lane 8: 2.9 kb phsAB fragment from PCR protocol with DMSO
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<li>Based on gel, it appears that the phs50 thermocycler protocol is an improvement from phs protocol and that including DMSO also improves yield</li>
<li>Based on gel, it appears that the phs50 thermocycler protocol is an improvement from phs protocol and that including DMSO also improves yield</li>
<li>Cut out largest band for each lane and ran through <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our_Project/Protocols/gel_extract">standard gel extraction protocol.</a></li>  
<li>Cut out largest band for each lane and ran through <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Yale/Our_Project/Protocols/gel_extract">standard gel extraction protocol.</a></li>  
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<li>Slant inoculated with the LE392 transformants containing pSB74 showed a mass of black precipitate near the surface, definitively confirming the production of hydrogen sulfide (!), the smell of which was by now very strong. The DH5alpha transformants did not exhibit the same H<sub>2</sub>S odor.</li>
<li>Slant inoculated with the LE392 transformants containing pSB74 showed a mass of black precipitate near the surface, definitively confirming the production of hydrogen sulfide (!), the smell of which was by now very strong. The DH5alpha transformants did not exhibit the same H<sub>2</sub>S odor.</li>
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       <div id="caption">blurry (apologies!) image of LE392 slant showing FeS precipitate(right) next to un-inoculated slant (left)</div>
        
        
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lab notebook: week 4 (6/28 -7/4)

  • Monday 6/28--PCR amplification of thiosulfate reductase operon phsABC
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  • Tuesday 6/29--Gel extraction of PCR amplified phs, TSI agar slant assay for hydrogen sulfide production, & pre-ligation double digestion
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  • Wednesday 6/30--Troubleshooting PCR amplification of thiosulfate reductase gene & continued work toward ligation
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  • Thursday 7/1--Smelly bacteria (yay!) & ongoing ligation efforts
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  • Friday 7/2--Confirmation of hydrogen sulfide production plus more ligation work
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  • Saturday 7/3--More attempts to put a terminator on thiosulfate reductase and a promoter on lacI
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  • Sunday 7/4--Ligation attempt #2 transformants
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