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= Protocols =
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellculture| Cell culturing/cloning protocols]]==
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Miniprep |<b>CC1</b>]]: Miniprep
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Midiprep |<b>CC2</b>]]: Midiprep
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* <b>CC3</b>: Making cells competent
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* <b>CC4</b>: Ligation
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* <b>CC5</b>: Transformation into BL21 using electrical shock
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellculture/TransTop10| <b>CC6</b>]]: Transformation into Top10 using chemical competence
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/LB_Plates |<b>CC7</b>]]: Making LB plates
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*  [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Registry_Extraction |<b>CC8</b>]]: Extracting DNA from the registry
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* <b>[[Team:Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellculture/CC9| CC9]]</b>: Preparation of XL1-Blue electrocompetent cells & XL1-Blue quality control
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* [[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/PCR |<b>CC10</b>]]: PCR
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* <b>[[Team:Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellculture/CC11| CC11]]</b>: SLIC
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*<b>[[Team:Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellculture/CC12| CC12]]</b>: Biobricking parts from oligos
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/GenomePrep |<b>CC13</b>]]: Genome Prep for Restriction Assay
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==Absorbance calibration==
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Calibration| Calibrations]]==
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Abs |<b>CA1</b>]]: Optical Density Calibration
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* GFP fluorescence calibration
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** [[Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/FluorEx| <b>CA2</b>]]: External GFP fluorescence
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** [[Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/FluorIn| <b>CA3</b>]]: Intracellular GFP fluorescence
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===Aim===
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/PromoterCharacterisation| Promoter Characterisation]]==
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*To produce a calibration curve to aid in the normalising of absorbance values.  The relation of absorbance reading to number of cells varies with different cell strains. We are therefore doing one for Top-10. <br>
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===Assay===
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/IPTG-RFP |<b>PP1</b>]]: Lac Promoter Characterisation
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Cultures of the E.coli with the relevant vector are grown to various cell densities. A sample of these cultures are taken and a dilution plate is carried out to work out approximate colony forming units per ml of culture. This data set is then combined with absorbance readings to create a graph relating the number of colony forming cells per ml to their absorbance measurements. <br>
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This curve then allows us to convert absorbance of a known volume of culture to colony forming units within the culture sample. <br>
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/Autoinduction| Autoinduction]]==
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/SecondaryCarbon |<b>AI1</b>]]: Secondary Carbon Source Experiment
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Glucose_delay |<b>AI2</b>]]: Glucose Time Delay
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[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Abs| See the protocol for more details]]
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/M1| Protein Production]]==
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/IPTGgrowth |<b>PP1</b>]]: IPTG Toxicity
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/IPTG-RFP |<b>PP2</b>]]: IPTG characterisation
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellulase |<b>PP3</b>]]: Cellulase
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/PAH |<b>PP4</b>]]: PAH
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellulase|Cellulase]]
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/PAH|PAH]]
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/M2| Encapsulation]]==
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* <b>EN1</b>: Colanic acid production amount
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* <b>EN2</b>: Colanic acid protection from pH
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* <b>[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Trehalose | EN3]]</b>: Trehalose production
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=Autoinduction assays=
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==[[Team:Imperial College London/Wetlab/Protocols/M3| Killing]]==
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* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Thermoinduction |<b>KI1</b>]]: Thermoinduction
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* <b>KI2</b>: Restriction Enzyme activity
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==Secondary Carbon Source and Diauxie growth assay==
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[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/ColanicAcid|Colanic Acid ]]
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# Trehalose Production
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# Thermoinduction
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#* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Thermoinduction| Thermoinduction Assay]]<br>
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# Genome Restriction
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#* [[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Restriction|In Vitro Restriction Assay]]
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* To generate the diauxie growth curves, as well as normal growth curves for Top-10 for modelling
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Cells are allowed to grow at 28°C, and their growth ie OD would be monitored using a plate reader, at 600nm, at regular intervals overnight. A plot of OD vs time will be generated. This result is to be fitted to a diauxie growth model. A control with only glucose and no secondary carbon source is used. This control will give us normal growth curves of Top-10 cells.
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==Glucose time delay==
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* Characterise the tunable time duration it takes before GFP expression (M2 activation)
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*The cells will be grown until OD= 0.7. 
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*The RFP value will be monitered, although it is the GFP values that are more critical in this assay.
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*OD and fluorescence data for GFP which can be converted in [http://partsregistry.org/cgi/measurement/new_batch.cgi Specific Promoter Units (SPUs)].
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*The secondary carbon source will be taken from the previous experiment (see Secondary carbon source selection for CRP promoter)
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*The IPTG concentrations will be taken from the previous experiment (see Determining concentration of IPTG)
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[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Glucose delay|See Glucose time delay for details]]
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==[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Cellulase| Cellulase Assay]]==
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==IPTG effect on growth==
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* Measure growth rates at 28 degrees Celsius on minimal growth media so that subsequent testing timings etc. can be streamlined  
* Measure growth rates at 28 degrees Celsius on minimal growth media so that subsequent testing timings etc. can be streamlined  
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* Determine the effect of IPTG toxicity on growth w/o any protein production complications
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[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/ColanicAcid| Click here for Colanic Acid assay details]]<br>
[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/ColanicAcid| Click here for Colanic Acid assay details]]<br>
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[[Team:Imperial_College_London/Wetlab/Protocols/Thermoinduction| Thermoinduction Assay]]<br>
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Contents

Protocols

Cell culturing/cloning protocols

  • CC1: Miniprep
  • CC2: Midiprep
  • CC3: Making cells competent
  • CC4: Ligation
  • CC5: Transformation into BL21 using electrical shock
  • CC6: Transformation into Top10 using chemical competence
  • CC7: Making LB plates
  • CC8: Extracting DNA from the registry
  • CC9: Preparation of XL1-Blue electrocompetent cells & XL1-Blue quality control
  • CC10: PCR
  • CC11: SLIC
  • CC12: Biobricking parts from oligos
  • CC13: Genome Prep for Restriction Assay

Calibrations

  • CA1: Optical Density Calibration
  • GFP fluorescence calibration
    • CA2: External GFP fluorescence
    • CA3: Intracellular GFP fluorescence

Promoter Characterisation

  • PP1: Lac Promoter Characterisation

Autoinduction

  • AI1: Secondary Carbon Source Experiment
  • AI2: Glucose Time Delay

Protein Production

  • PP1: IPTG Toxicity
  • PP2: IPTG characterisation
  • PP3: Cellulase
  • PP4: PAH

Encapsulation

  • EN1: Colanic acid production amount
  • EN2: Colanic acid protection from pH
  • EN3: Trehalose production

Killing

  • KI1: Thermoinduction
  • KI2: Restriction Enzyme activity


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