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<li>Ligated pLac-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA. | <li>Ligated pLac-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA. | ||
<li>IPTG experiment started on pLacI-RBS-RFP </li> | <li>IPTG experiment started on pLacI-RBS-RFP </li> | ||
| + | <li>Worked on the color schemes for the new Oligator | ||
| + | <li>Created a new construct that might be helpful for the biologists | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pLac-RBS-RFP in pSB1A7 vector. | <li>EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pLac-RBS-RFP in pSB1A7 vector. | ||
<li>IPTG experiment started on plates with pLac and pLacI constructs. </li> | <li>IPTG experiment started on plates with pLac and pLacI constructs. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Began working on a Java code that will run simulations for all the constructs | ||
| + | <li>Researched on NP-Complete problems | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment. | <li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment. | ||
<li>Ligated pLacI-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA. </li> | <li>Ligated pLacI-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Worked on graphics of the Java program | ||
| + | <li>Studied specific NP-Complete problems and brainstormed ways to incorporate them in our project | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Picked 4 colonies from pLacI-RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA plates. | <li>Picked 4 colonies from pLacI-RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA plates. | ||
<li>IPTG experiment started using newly created IPTG. </li> | <li>IPTG experiment started using newly created IPTG. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Debugged the Java program | ||
| + | <li>Created a new page for the GCAT server | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Digested TetA with EcoRI/NheI. | <li>Digested TetA with EcoRI/NheI. | ||
<li>Annealed oligos for optimized and deoptimized TetA segment 1. </li> | <li>Annealed oligos for optimized and deoptimized TetA segment 1. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Improved the Java program | ||
| + | <li>Began categorizing the knapsack problem into subparts | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Ligated annealed TetA oligos into digested TetA. | <li>Ligated annealed TetA oligos into digested TetA. | ||
<li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs. </li> | <li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Added buttons to the java program | ||
| + | <li>Brainstormed biological implications in different NP-Complete problems | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Preparative NheI/BamHI digest performed on TetA. | <li>Preparative NheI/BamHI digest performed on TetA. | ||
<li>Preparative EcoRI/NheI digest performed on TetA. </li> | <li>Preparative EcoRI/NheI digest performed on TetA. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Restructuring and reorganizing the Java program | ||
| + | <li>Reviewed numerical algorithms and its relation to NP-Complete problems | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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| - | <li> Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 1 TetA ligated into vector. | + | <li>Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 1 TetA ligated into vector. |
<li>Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 2 TetA ligatied into vector.</li> | <li>Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 2 TetA ligatied into vector.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Added weight characteristic to the fluorescent proteins in the Java code | ||
| + | <li>Continued exploration of NP-Complete problems | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
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<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs. | <li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs. | ||
| + | <li>Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Added histograms to the Java Code | ||
| + | <li>Researched and analyzed the effectiveness of Cre | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''June 28, 2010''' | ||
| + | <hr> | ||
| + | <ul>Added the option for the user to input the weights of the various modules and began work on custom construct builder | ||
<li>Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates. </li> | <li>Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates. </li> | ||
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<li>Screened segment 1 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP | <li>Screened segment 1 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP | ||
<li>Screened segment 2 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP </li> | <li>Screened segment 2 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP </li> | ||
| + | <li>Finished the simulation program and exported it | ||
| + | <li>Explored the set covering problem | ||
| + | <li>Researched applications of the knapsack problem in cryptography | ||
| + | <li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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<li>Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA. | <li>Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA. | ||
<li>Ligated TetA onto pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA with no terminator. </li> | <li>Ligated TetA onto pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA with no terminator. </li> | ||
| + | <li>Some final work on the simulation program | ||
| + | <li>Discussed new ideas such as integer programming | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 27 July 2010
Notebook
June 1, 2010
- Tested to find lethal concentration of Tet in plated and liquid mediums
- Verified RCBS with our sequences and researched codon optimization methods
- Analyzed probabilities for constructs A and B
June 2, 2010
- Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
- Researched different ways to optimize a gene
- Began simulation for Constructs A and B
June 3, 2010
- Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
- Researched restriction sites and created proposal for gene optimization
- Continued work on simulation in Java and Matlab
June 4, 2010
- Mini prepped RBS-TetA-TT
- RX Fragment digestion for RBS-TetA-TT
- Analyzed the optimization of tetA sequence and researched properties of Lox sites
- Debugged Simulations
June 7, 2010
- Ligate and plasmid check for pSB1A2 or pSB1AK3
- Began working to improve the Lancelator and created histograms for simulations
June 8, 2010
- Double digest on pBAD-RBS-RFP to make an RS fragment insert.
- Worked on a Perl program that check for Bio Brick Restriction Sites
June 9, 2010
- EcoRI and PstI digest on pLac and pBad colonies.
- Arabinose and IPTG concentration experiments started.
- Continued work on the Lancelator program and began working on a different simulation for Construct C and D
June 10, 2010
- Picked 14 colonies from pLac-RBS-RFP and pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS plates.
- Started inducer curve experiments.
- Linked Lancelator code to the website and continued simulations
June 11, 2010
- Ligated S03736 into pSB1A7 vector.
- EcoRI/PstI digest on pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS colonies.
- Added new features to the Lancelator and worked on numerically representing Construct C for the Matlab simulation
June 14, 2010
- EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pBad-RBS-RFP colonies.
- Inducer curve experiment started on pBad and pLac constructs.
- Debugged Lancelator and finished numerical representation for the simulation
June 15, 2010
- Ligated pLac-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA.
- IPTG experiment started on pLacI-RBS-RFP
- Worked on the color schemes for the new Oligator
- Created a new construct that might be helpful for the biologists
June 16, 2010
- EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pLac-RBS-RFP in pSB1A7 vector.
- IPTG experiment started on plates with pLac and pLacI constructs.
- Began working on a Java code that will run simulations for all the constructs
- Researched on NP-Complete problems
June 17, 2010
- Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment.
- Ligated pLacI-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA.
- Worked on graphics of the Java program
- Studied specific NP-Complete problems and brainstormed ways to incorporate them in our project
June 18, 2010
- Picked 4 colonies from pLacI-RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA plates.
- IPTG experiment started using newly created IPTG.
- Debugged the Java program
- Created a new page for the GCAT server
June 21, 2010
- Digested TetA with EcoRI/NheI.
- Annealed oligos for optimized and deoptimized TetA segment 1.
- Improved the Java program
- Began categorizing the knapsack problem into subparts
June 22, 2010
- Ligated annealed TetA oligos into digested TetA.
- Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs.
- Added buttons to the java program
- Brainstormed biological implications in different NP-Complete problems
June 23, 2010
- Preparative NheI/BamHI digest performed on TetA.
- Preparative EcoRI/NheI digest performed on TetA.
- Restructuring and reorganizing the Java program
- Reviewed numerical algorithms and its relation to NP-Complete problems
June 24, 2010
- Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 1 TetA ligated into vector.
- Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 2 TetA ligatied into vector.
- Added weight characteristic to the fluorescent proteins in the Java code
- Continued exploration of NP-Complete problems
June 27, 2010
- Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs.
- Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates.
- Added histograms to the Java Code
- Researched and analyzed the effectiveness of Cre
June 28, 2010
- Added the option for the user to input the weights of the various modules and began work on custom construct builder
- Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates.
June 29, 2010
- Screened segment 1 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP
- Screened segment 2 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP
- Finished the simulation program and exported it
- Explored the set covering problem
- Researched applications of the knapsack problem in cryptography
June 30, 2010
- Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA.
- Ligated TetA onto pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA with no terminator.
- Some final work on the simulation program
- Discussed new ideas such as integer programming
July 1, 2010
- Preparative BamHI/NheI digest performed on TetA.
- New experiment protocol developed for reduced vector background noise.
July 2, 2010
- Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
July 6, 2010
- Ligated S04446 and S04447 to J31007.
- Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA.
July 7, 2010
- Ligated S04448 to RBS-TetA.
- Ligated S04449 to RBS-TetA.
July 8, 2010
- IPTG experiment started using pre-induced method.
- IPTG experiment started using varying levels of tetracycline.
July 9, 2010
- Picked optimized and deoptimized TetA colonies.
- Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment.
July 10, 2010
- Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones.
- Transformed various pLac and pLacI constructs into MG1655 cells.
July 13, 2010
- Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones.
- EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on K199150.
July 14, 2010
- Ligated segment 2 optimized and deoptimzed TetA behind segment 1.
- IPTG experiment started on I715039-1 and I715039-2.
July 15, 2010
- Cell count data collected from IPTG experiments.
- Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiments.
July 16, 2010
- Tet titration experiment started using pSB3T5 vector.
- Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA.
July 19, 2010
- Cell count data collected from Tet titrations.
- Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA.
June 3, 2010
- Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
July 20, 2010
- Flourimeter data collected on IPTG experiment.
July 21, 2010
- IPTG experiment started on optimized and deoptmized TetA constructs.
- Passage I715039-1 and I715039-2 experiments started.
July 22, 2010
- IPTG experiment started using varying tetracycline concentrations.
- Cell count data collected on IPTG TetA experiment.
July 23, 2010
- Cell count data collected from IPTG experiment..
- Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment.
July 26, 2010
- Presented Missouri Western data to Davidson colleagues.
- Presented Davidson data to Missouri Western colleagues.
July 27, 2010
- Worked on team wiki.
July 28, 2010
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July 30, 2010
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