Team:UT-Tokyo/Transformation

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UT-Tokyo

Transformation

Preparation

  • iGEM parts / ligation products
  • LBbroth (No antibiotic) 500μL
  • TE 15μL
  • plates
  • ice box
  • heat block(42℃)
  • competent cells

→ always onice! Melt on ice! Mix DNA as soon as cells melt!

Protocol

to thaw out igem parts

  • 1. With a pipette tip, punch a hole in the foil
  • 2. Add 15uL of TE (MilliQ),and pipetting
  • 3. Pipette 1uL of the resuspended DNA Transformation into your desired competent cells
  • 4. Hold on ice for 30 mins
  • 5. Heat shock at 42°C for 45 seconds (and on ice after it)
  • 6. Add 300uL of LBborth in each epp
  • 7. Wait for 10 mins
  • 8. Hold at 37℃ for 30 mins
  • 9. Plate out
  • 10. Incubate at 37°C