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Team:Alberta/Notebook/TransformingCells
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Transforming Cells
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Transformation typically requires expensive equipment and storing competent cells is difficult for many high schools who do not have -80oC freezers. We tried a few methods of transforming cells and making them competent to attempt to solve this problem in our kit.
TSS Transformation Protocol
The TSS transformation was tested. The procedure is listed here.
- Acquisition of reagents- June 3, 2010
- Preparation of buffer - June 7, 2010
- Cell preparation - June 7, 2010
- Protocol trial - June 10, 2010
- Assessment of efficiency - June 11, 2010
Results: Transformation with pSB1C3 gave a transformation efficiency of 4.8*10^7 colonies/&muL.
Rubidium chloride competent cells and lyophilization
This method was adapted from a method used by Justin Fedor.
- Preparation of transformation buffer - July 6, 2010
- Preparation of cells - July 10, 2010
- Preparing competent cells - July 11, 2010
- Lyophilization - July 13, 2010
- Transformation of FD cells - July 14, 2010
- Preparation of cells 2 - July 30, 2010
- Lyophilization - August 2, 2010
- Transformation - August 5, 2010
