October
October 1, 2010
KG
Objective: PCR of xylE for conformation of transformation.
Component | 1X(µL) | Master Mix(x24)(µL)
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Milli-Q H2O | 13.8 | 331.2
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10x Pfu Buffer with MgSO4 | 2 | 48
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dNTPs | 1 | 24
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Forward VF2 Primer | 1 | 24
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Reverse VR Primer | 1 | 24
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Template DNA | 1 |
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Pfu polymerase | 0.2 | 4.8
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Ran with PFV program on thermocycler with extension time of 3 minutes.
October 2, 2010
ADS
Objective: Purify plasmid DNA from transformed Mr. GENE synthesized DNA
- <partinfo>K331022</partinfo>
- <partinfo>K331023</partinfo>
- <partinfo>K331024</partinfo>
- <partinfo>K331025</partinfo>
Method: Use Qiagen miniprep method with BioBasic EZ-10 Spin columns.
Objective: Create 20 new biobricks using recently arrived synthesized DNA and terminator <partinfo>B0015</partinfo>, pLac <partinfo>R0010</partinfo>, and pTet <partinfo>R0040</partinfo> to create the following new biobricks:
- 1)R0010 + K331022 to obtain <partinfo>K331026</partinfo>
- 2)R0040 + K331022 to obtain <partinfo>K331030</partinfo>
- 3)K331022 + B0015 to obtain <partinfo>K331034</partinfo>
- 4)K331022 + K331024 to obtain (NAME BIOBRICK!!!!)
- 5)R0010 + K331023 to obtain <partinfo>K331027</partinfo>
- 6)R0040 + K331023 to obtain <partinfo>K331031</partinfo>
- 7)K331023 + B0015 to obtain <partinfo>K331035</partinfo>
- 8)K331023 + K331025 to obtain (NAME BIOBRICK!!!!)
- 9)R0010 + K331024 to obtain <partinfo>K331028</partinfo>
- 10)R0040 + K331024 to obtain <partinfo>K331032</partinfo>
- 11)K331024 + B0015 to obtain <partinfo>K331036</partinfo>
- 12)K331024 + K331022 to obtain (NAME BIOBRICK!!!!)
- 13)R0010 + K331025 to obtain <partinfo>K331029</partinfo>
- 14)R0040 + K331025 to obtain <partinfo>K331033</partinfo>
- 15)K331025 + B0015 to obtain <partinfo>K331037</partinfo>
- 16)K331025 + K331023 to obtain (NAME BIOBRICK!!!!)
- 17)K331022 to obtain <partinfo>K331022</partinfo>
- 18)K331023 to obtain <partinfo>K331023</partinfo>
- 19)K331024 to obtain <partinfo>K331024</partinfo>
- 20)K331025 to obtain <partinfo>K331025</partinfo>
All parts will be inserted into pSB1C3.
Method: Use BioBrick Assembly Method
Results: Obtained RESULTS!!! positive colonies.
HB
HB
Objective: PCR mms6 from Mr. Gene to attach fusion standard to the N-term.
Component | 1X(µL) | Master Mix(x6.5)(µL)
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Milli-Q H2O | 12.8 | 83.2
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10x Pfu Buffer with MgSO4 | 2 | 13
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dNTPs | 1 | 6.5
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mms6 Prefix Fusion Forward Primer | 1 | 6.5
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Standard Suffix Reverse Primer | 1 | 6.5
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Template DNA | 2 | 13
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Pfu polymerase | 0.2 |
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Prefix fusion sense primer has melting temperature of 56.1oC. Standard suffix primer has melting temperature of 61.3oC.
PCR- Conditions:
1. 95oC for 180 sec
2. 95oC for 30 sec
3. 56.3oC for 30 sec
4. 72oC for 150 sec
5. 72oC for 600 sec
(35 cycles)
Gradient -
1. 54.3oC 2. 55.4oC 3. 56.0oC 4. 56.6oC 5. 57.8oC 6. 58.7oC
October 5, 2010
ADS
Objective: Purify plasmid DNA from successfully assembled biobricks.
Method: Use Qiagen miniprep method with BioBasic EZ-10 columns.
Will send these minipreps for sequencing at Macrogen.
October 16, 2010
JV
Objective: Separate different fractions of the cytosol of cells containing catechol 2,3-dioxygenase
Method:
- Grow DH5α cells in 500mL of LB media with Amp+.
- Optical density of cell suspension (measured at 600nm): 4.55
- Spun cells down: 10 minutes, 4oC, at 5000RPM
- Cell pellet weight is 3.03g
- Flash froze cells and stored at -80oC
Plasmid DNA was also isolated using QIAGEN spin column protocol. DNA was eluted to 60µL.