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DNA extracted from kit
 
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We poured our Kan, Amp, Tet, Kan+Amp, Kan+Tet, Amp+Tet antibiotic agar plates.
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Resuspended 12O and 6G DNA from the iGEM Kit and transformed them into our competent cells.
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Let 1 12O and 1 6G plate incubate at RT. Let 1 12O and 1 6G plate incubate at 37°C. Intended to observe lawn growth.
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern|<font color="#2B3856">'''Home'''</font>]]
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern/Brainstorm|<font color="#000000">'''Brainstorm'''</font>]]
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern/Team|<font color="#000000">'''Team'''</font>]]
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern/Acknowledgements|<font color="#000000">'''Acknowledgements'''</font>]]
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern/Project|<font color="#000000">'''Project'''</font>]]
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!align="center"|[[Team:Northwestern/Notebook|<font color="#000000">'''Notebook'''</font>]]
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===6/25/10===
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[[Brainstorming April-June 2010]]
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Low DNA yield; Plan to redo DNA extraction from Kit
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Found red/pink colonies in 12O plates. Thought to be contaminations. Plates were thrown out.
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NOTE: All work done by the undergraduate students of NU iGEM.
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=='''June'''==
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[[Week1 6/13/10-6/19/10]]
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===6/28/10===
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[[Week3 6/27/10-7/3/10]]
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Kit to Stock
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=='''July'''==
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[[Week4 7/4/10-7/10/10]]
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[[Week5 7/11/10-7/17/10]]
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[[Week6 7/18/10-7/24/10]]
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[[Week7 7/25/10-7/31/10]]
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===6/29/10===
 
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Selected single 1-12O, 1-6G, 3-20M colonies and grew them in Amp-LB broth for 18 hours (starting at 4:15 pm).
 
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[[Week8 8/1/10-8/7/10]]
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[[Week9 8/8/10-8/14/10]]
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[[Week10 8/15/10-8/21/10]]
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Sent emails regarding biofilm and biofilm imaging: Aaron Packman, Wei Zhang, Kimberly Grey
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[[Week11 8/22/10-8/28/10]]
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[[Week12 8/29/10-9/4/10]]
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[[Week13 9/5/10-9/11/10]]
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Re-miniprepped after growing in liquid LB for 3 hours; nanodrop -> around 50ng/μL, 2 around 100ng/μL; stored in -20°C
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[[Week14 9/12/10-9/18/10]]
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[[Week15 9/19/10-9/25/10]]
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[[Week16 9/26/10-10/2/10]]
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=='''October'''==
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[[Week17 10/3/10-10/9/10]]
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Removed overnight cultures from incubator at 10:00am. Miniprep (let the elution buffer sit for 10 minutes with the DNA before centrifuging)  --> 1 around 30ng/μL, mostly around 75ng/μL.
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[[Week18 10/10/10-10/16/10]]
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[[Week19 10/17/10-10/23/10]]
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[[Week20 10/24/10-10/30/10]]
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=='''November'''==
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[[Jamboree at MIT 11/05/10-11/07/10 :: Team Perspectives]]
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Latest revision as of 05:54, 20 March 2011


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Notebook

Brainstorming April-June 2010

NOTE: All work done by the undergraduate students of NU iGEM.

June

Week1 6/13/10-6/19/10

Week2 6/20/10-6/26/10

Week3 6/27/10-7/3/10


July

Week4 7/4/10-7/10/10

Week5 7/11/10-7/17/10

Week6 7/18/10-7/24/10

Week7 7/25/10-7/31/10


August

Week8 8/1/10-8/7/10

Week9 8/8/10-8/14/10

Week10 8/15/10-8/21/10

Week11 8/22/10-8/28/10

Week12 8/29/10-9/4/10


September

Week13 9/5/10-9/11/10

Week14 9/12/10-9/18/10

Week15 9/19/10-9/25/10

Week16 9/26/10-10/2/10


October

Week17 10/3/10-10/9/10

Week18 10/10/10-10/16/10

Week19 10/17/10-10/23/10

Week20 10/24/10-10/30/10


November

Jamboree at MIT 11/05/10-11/07/10 :: Team Perspectives

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