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University of Aberdeen iGEM 2009


Contents

LacI-Latch Notebook

Week 1: Research and Planning 08/06/09 - 12/06/09



Day 1 Monday (08/06/09)

  • Researching the Registry for Biobricks
    • Identified K182022, K112808, R0062, I712074, I14015 for further disccusion.



Day 2 Tuesday (09/06/09)

  • Researching the Registry for Plasmids.
    • Identified pSB3T5, pSB3C5, pSB1AC3, pSB1AT3 for further discusion.



Day 3 Wednesday (10/06/09)

  • Literature search for Parameters of T7 promoter and the Holin system.
    • Conlusion: T7 feedback mechanism of Wiring diagram 1 is unliekly to be functional without further regulations.
    • Identified the novagen plasmids pLysS and pLysE as possible solutions.



  • Researching the Registry for LacI Repressor and T7 Polymerase
    • Identified K145014, K145001, I732100 for further discusion




Day 4 Thursday (11/06/09)

  • Parameter search for the Modeling effort.




Day 5 Friday (12/06/09)

  • End of week meeting
  • Discussion and planning of following week



Week 2: BioBrick Rescue 15/06/09 - 19/06/09



Day 1 Monday (15/06/09)

  • Prepared LB medium for Lab

  • Planning of LacI-Latch

  • Inoculated J23100, K145001, B0034 for Miniprep the following day



Day 2 Tuesday (16/06/09)

  • Miniprep of J23100, K145001, B0034

  • Restriction Digest


Day 3 Wednesday (17/06/09)

  • Lambda Digest with HindIII for use as a Ladder

  • Gel Electrophoresis of B0034, K145001, J23100, I732100.


Day 4 Thursday (18/06/09)

  • Gel Electrophoresis of C0051, R0062, C0040, J37033, K145001, I732100.

  • Innoculation of C0051, R0062, J37033, I732100 or miniprep.


Day 5 Friday (19/06/09)

  • Miniprep of C0051, R0062, J37033, I732100.

  • End of week meeting

Week 3: Edinburgh iGEM meeting and BioBrick Rescuing 22/06/09 - 26/06/09

Day 1 Monday (22/06/09)

  • Rescued BBa_1732820, S03518, B0030


Day 2 Tuesday (23/06/09)

Risat:

  • Research for Plasmids and J series Promoters

  • Rescued and Transformed Psb4k4 and Psb3K5.

  • Restriction Digest of B0015, R0040, E0840, R0011, K093005, R0051, K081008, J37033, R0062,

Daniel:

  • Edinburgh Igem Meeting

Day 3 Wednesday (24/06/09)

Risat:

  • Gel Electrophoresis of B0015, R0040, E0840, R0011, K093005, R0051, K081008, J37033, R0062,

Daniel:

  • Edinburgh Igem Meeting


Day 4 Thursday (25/06/09)

Risat:

  • Gel Electrophoresis of K112808, K112022, I732100

Daniel:

  • Edinburgh Igem Meeting


Day 5 Friday (26/06/09)

  • Restriction Digest of E0840

  • Gel Electrophoresis of E0840

  • End of week meeting


Week 4: Analysis of BioBrick's for Cloning 29/06/09 - 03/07/09

Day 1 Monday

  • Run Gel of E0840 ( Testing of digests)


  • Innoculate for miniprep.
    • I732820 (LacI,) R0051 (CI operator), S03518 ( TetR), K112808 ( Holin), PSB3k3, PSB3T5.


  • Rescue I13600 and I13601
    • Required for testing of constructs


Day 2 Tuesday

  • Miniprep
    • I732820 (LacI) R0051 (CI operator) S03518 ( TetR) K112808 ( Holin) PSB3k3, PSB3T5.

  • Planning for Restriction digest
    • R0051, S03518, R0040, PSB3k3, I732820.

  • Restriction Digest
    • R0051, S03518, R0040, PSB3k3, I732820.


  • Gel Electrophoresis
    • R0051, S03518, R0040, PSB3k3, I732820.


  • Transformation (using XL1-Blue)
    • I13600, I13601
      • Result : Failed (no growth)

  • Innoculation for Miniprep
    • PSB4K5, PSB3K3


Day 3 Wednesday

  • Miniprep
    • PSB4K5, PSB3K3


  • Restriction Digest
    • PSB4k5, PSB3K3, S03518, R0040


  • Gel electrophoresis
    • PSB4K5, PSB3K3, S03518, R0040

  • Innoculate for Miniprep
    • PSB1AT3, PSB1AC3


Day 4 Thursday

  • Transformation (using Xl1-Blue)
    • I13600 and I13601
      • Result : Worked

  • Gel Electrophoresis
    • R0040

  • Incoculate for Miniprep
    • PSB3AT3, PSB3AC3


Day 5 Friday

  • Miniprep
    • PSB3AT3, PSB3AC3


  • End of week meeting

Week 5 : Construction of K182001 and K182002 05/07/09 - 10/07/09

Day 1 Monday (06/07/09)

  • Gel Electrophoresis
    • I732820 (LacI), R0040 (Tet O), PSB1AC3, PSB1AT3,

  • Ligation calculation.

  • Inoculation for Miniprep
    • I13600 and I13601

  • Heat inactivation of week 4 Friday digestions.


  • Preparation of LB medium and LB agar medium.

  • Added BioBricks to the Wiki
    • BBa_K182001 and BBa_K182002

Day 2 Tuesday (07/07/09)

  • Alkaline phosphatise treatment of PSB1AC3

  • Plasmid Miniprep
    • I13600 and I13601

  • Pouring of 15 Chlorampenicol plates

  • Ligation
    • PSB1AC3(Plasmid Backbone +RFP -CCDB), I732820 (LacI)(Upstream), R0040 (Tet O)(downstream)

      • The succesful ligation would create the intermediate BioBrick K182001

  • Transforming Ligated plasmid into XL1-Blue.

Day 3 Wednesday(08/07/09)

  • Restriction digest
    • S03518, K112808, I13600 and I13601.

  • Gel Electrophoresis
    • S03518, K112808, I13600 and I13601
  • Made Colony counts for K182001.

  • Transferred 50 colonies of K182001 for color screening

Day 4 Thursday (09/07/09)

  • Digestion for ligating of K182002
    • S03518 and R0051

  • Gel Electrophoresis for S03518 and R0051

Day 5 Friday (10/07/09)

  • Preparation for ligation.
  • Preperation for PCR
  • Write Up
  • Friday Meeting

Week 6 13/07/09 - 16/07/09

Week 7 20/07/09 - 24/07/09

Week 8 27/07/09 - 31/07/09

Week 9 03/08/09 - 07/08/09

Week 10 10/08/09 - 14/08/09

Week 11 17/08/09 - 21/08/09

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