Team:TorontoMaRSDiscovery/Notebook

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=April 27, 2009=
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#Received from Rosa (SPiT):
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#*TM0785
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#**Plasmid containing encapsulin
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#**Recommend transfect into bacteria and re-sequence
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#**See email note regarding sequence error
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=September=
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#*0.5 microliters TMG DNA 100 microgram/microliter
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#**Use 0.4 microliter for 50 microliter PCR reaction =August 1, 2009=
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#Overnight encapsulin cultures 1 and 6 (randomly selected) and the negative control were miniprepped
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#The rest of the encapsulin cultures were stocked with 20% glycerol
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#6 digestions were done: Enc1, Enc6, Enc -ve, BB5, BB7, and C
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#*16ul of BB5 plasmid was used
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#*500ng of plasmid were used for the others
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#The digestions were run on a 1.3% agarose gel in TAE (from here on, unless otherwise specified, all gels were 1.3% agarose)
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#*BB5 was confirmed and all other parts were correct as well
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#Overnight ligation of 7+Enc in the PCR machine
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=May 15, 2009=
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#pH buffers received from VWR Mississauga
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#*pH 4 buffer (red) 500 ml
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#*pH 7 buffer (yellow) 500 ml
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#*pH 10 buffer (blue) 500 ml<Br />''Above are used for pH/mV Meter calibration''
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#pH/mV meter calibrated according to manual – recorded in index
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#Ethanol solution (70%) made from 85% ethanol
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=May 19, 2009=
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#2L of TE buffer made (10X TE)
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#:''Recipe for 2L from stock solution (10X TE)''
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#::a) 10 ml 1M Tris-HCl pH 7.5-80.0 x 2 = 20 ml
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#::b) 2 ml 0.5 M EDTA pH 8.0 x 2 = 4 ml
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#::c) 988 ml ddH20 x 2 = 1976 ml
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#::''To make Tris-HCl, Tris base is used and adjusted to desired pH using HCl'' <Br />
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#::''1 M Tris base is required of which 20 ml is required – thereby 2.4228 g Tris base (due to scale limitations, 2.42g of Tris Base was used''
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#500 ml of 1 M Tris Base made
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#:mass of Tris used = 1M/1000 ml x 500 ml x 121.14 g/mol = 60.57 g
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#:volume of water used = 500 ml
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#250 ml of 0.5 M EDTA solution was made
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#:mass of EDTA used = 36.53 g
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#:observations: EDTA did not dissolve in ddH2O on heat and being stirred
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=May 21, 2009=
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#Retrieved autoclaved ddH20, glycerol solution
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#Gel Electrophoresis (test run)
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#*1% gel: 0.5 g agar mixed with 50 ml of 1X TBE
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#*10X TBE diluted with 5 ml TBE + 45 ml ddH20 – did not use all 50 ml for 1 gel (gel will be too thick – make 2 instead)
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#*''Loading Dye'': add glycerol solution to 25 mg bromophenol blue then add dH20 to 10 ml (to make 6X)
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#*Running gel: match wells to black side, run at 120 mA
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#Visualize Gel in UV
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##Turn power on
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##Gel in machine face up
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##Close door securely
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##Turn white light on
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##Adjust zoom, contrast, focus from black dial on top of machine
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##Turn white light off (turns on UV)
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##Press ‘live’ toggle – acq. Should be 0.4 sec.
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##Print if desired or save on floppy disk
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##Turn power off
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##Dispose of gel in proper container
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##Close door
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=May 25, 2009=
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#Made overnight bacteria culture (200 ml LB: 20 microliters DB3.1)
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=May 26, 2009=
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#Took overnight cultures from incubator
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#Inoculated 2 500 ml flasks with 25 ml of overnight culture (1 flask/culture)
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#Placed 500 ml flasks into incubator at 37 degrees Celcius
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#Grew overnights of DB3.1 from Waterloo (thanks :))
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=June 3, 2009=
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#Plasmid transformed = pSB1AC3 (TEST)
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#*Note: team members were of mixed opinion as to whether the transform was likely due to low availability of DNA - DNA was split between a number of transformation reactions for at least 2 different DB3.1 strains. Plates incubated at 30 degrees Celsius overnight, temp. raised to 37 degrees approx. 10:30 a.m.
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=June 5, 2009=
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#Tet plates made
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#:Recipe for 200 ml (approx. 10 plates):
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#::2.2 g agar in 200 ml fresh LB
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#::Note: do not re-autoclave LB, it will caramelize!
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#:Recipe for 200 ml LB:
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#::a) 1 g yeast extract
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#::b) 2 g peptotryptone
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#::c) 2 g NaCl
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#::d) 200 ml water
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#Autoclaved at 11:20 a.m., picked up at 1:15 p.m. and cooled in water bath at 37 degrees Celsius
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#Added 200 microlitres tetracycline stock (from -20 freezer) to final concentration of 20 microgram/ml
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#Swirl and poured into prepared, labeled plates
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#*Note: label on plates reads June 3, 2009 but should be June 5, 2009 (8 plates in total - either I overpoured or these plates are a bit larger than I was used to)
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#Inverted and put in 37 degree incubator to dry
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=June 8, 2009=
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#Bacteria grown to log phase using sterile inoculating loop to inoculate approx. 200 ml of LB media with bacteria from 2 plates (approx. 3 colonies)
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#Bacterial liquid culture placed in shaker at 10:51 a.m. 
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=June 9, 2009=
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#Digested miniprepped gel with EcoRI and SpeI
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#Running gel to see if correct plasmid was purified - should expect to see bands at ~3200 bp
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#DNA Ladder made - 6 microlitres of stock used
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=June 10, 2009=
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#Poured 10 Tet plates following procedure on June 5, 2009
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#Due to problems with DNA ladder and restriction enzyme digest yesterday, procedures were followed again today with the following adjustments
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#*DNA was diluted and run on lanes 1-5 of gel:
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#**Lane 1 - 1X
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#**Lane 2 - 1/6X
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#**Lane 3 - 1/36X
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#**Lane 4 - 1/10X
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#**Lane 5 - 1/100X
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#*Restriction enzyme digest was repeated with an incubation time of 4 h at 37 degrees Celsius and heat shock at 80 degrees Celsius was done in hot water bath
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#*Results: Dilution did not work well (ladder could not be visualized). Digest appeared to work as 3 bands could be seen in last 2 lanes
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#*Adjustments for tomorrow:
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#**Spin down enzymes before using
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#**Overnight digest
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=June 11, 2009=
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*We did not have enough isolated plasmid DNA to justify doing another gel so we decided to perform another gel so we decided to perform another miniprep to get some more
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*Used DB3.1 transformed bacteria from shaker(measured spec 0.794)
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*Miniprep
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**potential issue our microcentrifuge only spins @ 10,000 not required 12,000
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*Binding DNA
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**did both optional steps preheated TE + washed w/ [[W10]]
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*measured UV absorbance = 4.2ng/ul
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*in all there is ~ 74 ul of TE should indicated ~370 ng of plasmid.
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*Digest
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** NOTE: plasmid length w/e biobric is 3189 bp biobrick length is 3255bp this can explain lack of 2 clear bands on gel after ligation.
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**nevertheless, we will perform another Gel to make sure we can properly run ladder to determine fragment sizes
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*digest measurements: 250ng plasmid all else half except BSA
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=June 12, 2009=
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* Ran Gel
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** Ladder and other bands were able to be visualized however were still a little wonky
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**Suggests for improvement
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***increase the glycerol [] in loading dye as there have been problems with diffusion when loading samples as the solution is not falling into the wells
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=June 15, 2009=
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*made 1ml and 200ul aliquotes of Kanamycin 10mg/ml stock and stored at -20C
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**Recipe: 250ug Kanamycin + 25ml sterile water
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**USE : 2x200ul for final working concentration of 20ug/ml
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Trouble shooting ladder
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*it was noted that the 1x TBE buffer recipe was off. The
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=August 1, 2009=
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#Overnight encapsulin cultures 1 and 6 (randomly selected) and the negative control were miniprepped
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#The rest of the encapsulin cultures were stocked with 20% glycerol
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#6 digestions were done: Enc1, Enc6, Enc -ve, BB5, BB7, and C
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#*16ul of BB5 plasmid was used
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#*500ng of plasmid were used for the others
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#The digestions were run on a 1.3% agarose gel in TAE
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#*BB5 was confirmed and all other parts were correct as well
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#Overnight ligation of 7+Enc in the PCR machine
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=August 2, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures of 1+2 (Sample 3 and 5) and 3+2 (Sample 1 and 2)
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#Digested these plasmid samples and ran on gel with negative control (straight from fridge)
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#*The 3kbp in the digest of 1+2 Sample 5 was not expected
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#*Comparing the 2 samples of 3+2, the digest of sample 1 did not have a 700bp band, and the undigested sample 1 was about 500bp shorter than the undigested sample 2. We suspect the plasmid in sample 1 did not take up the 3+2 part and somehow recircularized.
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#Transfected overnight ligations of 7+Enc into DH-5alpha cells and plated onto C plates
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=August 3, 2009=
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#No colonies were found on 7+Enc plates
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=August 4, 2009=
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#Started overnight cultures of BB1+2 sample 1,2, 4 and K stocks
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#Digested BB4, BB5 and C plasmid, and ran them on a gel
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#*All bands were of expected sizes.
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# Started overnight ligation of 4+5 into C plasmid
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=August 5, 2009=
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#Transfected overnight ligation and plated them on C plates
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#Plated new C plates (probably meant poured)
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures of BB1+2 and K plasmid
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=August 6, 2009=
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#Digested BB1+2 Samples 1,2,4 and K plasmid with restriction enzymes EcoR1 and Pst1
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#The digests along with negative controls were ran on a gel
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#*The 1+2 insert was not seen on the gel, probably because it is too small
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#*The ccdb gene (~600bp) was not seen on the gel
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=August 7, 2009=
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#Started overnight cultures of 1+2 sample 1,2,4
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#Retransformed BB1 using the iGEM 2007 Toronto team's protocol (heat shock for 90s) and plated on Amp plates
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#Plated DH5alpha cells as a control on plain LB plates
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#**This is thumotoga maritime genomic DNA for purpose of re-cloning <Br />
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#Microcentrifuge tubes 1 and 2 placed in -20 freezer
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=August 8, 2009=
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#BB1 transformants showed many colonies
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#*plates (a plate full of colonies)
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#*-> increasing heat shock to 90s increased efficiency (Note: 3x DNA used in this transformation)
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#*Calvin mentioned he does heat shock for 120s
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#*Calvin also suggested to increase tranformation time, ie. after adding DNA, hold on ice for an hour
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#DH-5alpha replates all grew on the plates, demonstrating LB can be re-autoclaved and poured as plates
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#*there was no difference between transformants directly plated after adding LB+glucose or incubating for an hour
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#Miniprepped overnights (1+2) samle 1,2,4, and K
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=August 10, 2009=
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#Digested plasmid samples miniprepped on Sat (1,2,4,K) and Enc, C plasmid with EcoR1 and Pst1
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#Ran a gel for the digests
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#*(1+2) Sample 1 appeared to have a ~100bp band
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#*K plasmid digest did not show the ccdb gene (~700bp) - will start another culture with antibiotics
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#Started overnight cultures of (1+2) Sample 1
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=August 11, 2009=
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#Digested 4, 5, Enc, C(E+P), C(X+S)
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#*BB4 did not digest
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#*5, C is stored in fridge
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#Calvin suggested increasing the concentration of enzyme and increase time of digestion due to thawing enzymes over weekend in fridge
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#Miniprepped 1+2(1) with new kit, got great yield ~100ng/ul
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#Gel extracted C (X+S) after it was CIPed
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#Overnight ligation of Enc+C in PCR machine
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#Calvin gave us 2 vials of RbCl cells in -80C
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#*one time use only
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#*thaw and add DNA
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=August 12, 2009=
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#Transformed Enc+C ligations
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#Digested BB4 again
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#Started overnight ligation of 4+5
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#started overnight culture of BB7
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#Problem was found in C plates: too soft
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#*not enough agar?
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=August 14, 2009=
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#Miniprepped 5, 7, C with normal protocol of BioBasics Kit
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#*Results were low ~30ng/ul
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#Digested C and CIPed it
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#Ran 4 digest and plasmid samples of 5, 7, C and the CIPed C plasmid samples of 5, 7, C and the CIPed C plasmid
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#Gel extracted CIPed C plasmid
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#Ligated 4+5 and Enc into C plasmid and plated
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=August 16, 2009=
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#Started overnight culture for BB5, 7, C
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=August 17, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures of 5, 7, C
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#*7 sample had a very low yield
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#*started another overnight for & and will miniprep again tomorrow
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#Digested (1+2) Sample 1, (3+2) Sample 2, 4, 5 and K plasmid
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#Started an overnight ligation for (1+2)+(3+2) and 4+5 in K plasmid
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#Ran digests on a gel
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=August 18, 2009=
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#Tranfected ligation products into DH-5alpha cells and plated on old plates
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#Miniprepped overnight culture of 7
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#Digested Enc6, C (E,P)
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#ran a gel with digests
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#Digested Enc 6, C (X,S)
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#Ran a gel with digests
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#Gel extracted C (CIPed)
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#Started overnight cultures for Tet, K plasmid
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#Started overnight digest for Enc6
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=August 19, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures of Tet, K
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#Ran a gel of the ligations and the overnight digest
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#Started overnight culture of 4+5 colonies
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#Ligated Enc into CIPed C backbone
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#Started overnight K and Tet digestion
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#Poured Tet plates
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=August 20, 2009=
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#Digested C plasmid
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#Ran gel of C, K, Tet digests
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#Miniprepped 4+5 overnight cultures -> 4+5?
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#Started overnight cultures of Tet and a negative control
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=August 21, 2009=
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#No growth of negative Tet overnight culture
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#Tet overnights were miniprepped
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#Digested 4+5?, Tet, and TetX with (EcoR1 and Pst1)
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#The digests were run on a gel with negative controls
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#*None of the samples were confirmed
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#Started overnights for Tet plasmid, 2 with tetracyclin and 1 with ampicillin
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=August 22, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnights:
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#*Tet1: Did 2 minipreps, one with normal protocol, one with low copy plasmid protocol
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#**Normal protocol gave a higher yield
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#*Tet with ampicillin: used low copy plasmid protocol, but cell pellet was much bigger therefore got the same yield as Tet1 normal protocol
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#Digested the 2 samples with higher yields (500ng)
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#Ran digests on gel, but still couldn't see ccdb gene
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#Started to doubt restriction enzyme function, therefore redigested Tet H (1ug) and C plasmid (500ng)
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#(1.5h digests for all digests today)
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#Ran Tet H and C digests on a gel
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#*A faint ~700bp band was observed in the Tet lane
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#*More plasmid should be used for plasmid digests
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#Started overnight ligation of 4+5 in Tet backbone
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=August 23, 2009=
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#Transfected 4+5, Enc+C (x2) ligations into 1 tube of Calvin's cells (aliquots of 33ul of cells)
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#plated Enc transformants onto C plates
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#Since there were no Tet plates, 400ul of tetracyclin was spread onto a plain LB plate and dried, before plating 4+5 transformants
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#Started overnight cultures of 1+2 and 3+2 in 5ml of LB
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=August 24, 2009=
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#Replated left over cells
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#Miniprepped 1+2 overnights, yielded ~40ng/ul
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#3+2(2) showed no growth
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#Plates in the incubator showed no colonies
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=August 25, 2009=
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#Enc replate showed 3 colonies
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#Started a log phase growth of 3+2(2), but it showed not growth again
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#Started overnight cultures:
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#*Enc A, B, C
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#*3+2 (2), (3), (4), (5), and a 3+2 (2) positive control (in LB only)
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#*BB3 and BB4
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=August 26, 2009=
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#4+5 plates showed 2 big colonies and 1 small colony
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#Started log phase for 4+5 (1), (2) (did not stock)
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#3+2 overnights did not grow
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#*They are not C-resistant?
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#*We have to redo the 3+2 ligations
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#Miniprepped Enc A, B, C, BB3 and BB4
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#Digested miniprepped samples and also BB2, 1+2 plasmid for 2 hours
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#Ran digests on a gel
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#*1ug of plasmid was digested for Enc A, B, C, BB2, BB3, BB4; and 1/5 was loaded on to gel (10ul of digest)
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#30x37.4=1122ng of plasmid was digested for 1+2; and 16.5ul was loaded (1122x16.5/50=370.26ng)
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#Miniprepped log phase of 4+5 (1), (2)
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=August 27, 2009=
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#Digested 4+5 (1), (2), BB7 with E+P
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#Ran digstes on gel
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#*wall between lane 5 and 6 was broken upon loading
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#religated BB3 digest and 3+2 into C plasmid for 2 hours at room temperature
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#plated ligations: 2ul of ligation in 25ul of cells
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=August 28, 2009=
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#Transfected 50ul of DH5 cells with 4+5(1) plasmid (2ul)
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#added 100ul of LB+glucose and plated all on a Tet plate
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#Mixed up LB+agar for pouring C plates on Monday (Aug 31)
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#Picked colonies growing on 4+5 plate and Enc plate and started overnight cultures
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=August 29, 2009=
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#Stocked Enc, 4+5 overnights and stored remaining culture in the fridge (4C)
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#4+5 retransfection plate did not show colonies
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=August 30, 2009=
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#4+5 retransfection plate had full plate of colonies
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#Overnight cultures of 4+5 and BB7 were started
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=August 31, 2009=
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#Stocked 4+5R culture (retransfection)
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures of 4+5 (3,4,5,R), BB7, and EncX,Y,Z
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#Digested EncC with E,S; 5 with X,P; Tet, 7, EncX,Y,Z with E,P
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#Ran digests on a gel
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#*5 digest lane shows a thick band the same size of the linear isoform in the control
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#Poured C plates
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#3+2 tranformation from Aug 27 showed a few colonies
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#3 largest colonies were picked to start overnight culture
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#Started overnight ligation of Enc+5/Tet with negative control
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=September 1, 2009=
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#only 3+2a overnight showed growth
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#Miniprepped 3+2a
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#Transfected EncC+5 and negative control into DH-5 cells, plated on Tet plates
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#mistakenly tranfected T, K plasmid into DH-5 cells (ccdb gene)
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#Ran digests on a gel
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#*3+2 still not confirmed, but all 4+5 samples showed expected band
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=September 2, 2009=
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#Transfected Tet, K (RFP) backbone plasmids and Amp, C (ccdb) plasmids into DH-5alpha cells and DB3.1 cells respectively and plated on appropriate antibiotic plates
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#Enc+5 showed larger colony -> started overnight
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=September 3, 2009=
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#only 1+2 (1), (4) showed growth in C
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#Miniprepped Enc+5, 1+2 (1), (4)
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#Digested Enc+5 with E,P, 1+2 (1), (4) with E,S, 3+2a with X,P for 1.5h
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#Ran digests and old Tet digest from Monday on a gel
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#*Forgot to add plasmid to controls
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#*Tet digest still good
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#*Enc+5 digest doesn't have ~900bp band -> not confirmed
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#Started overnight ligation of 1+2+3+2/Tet
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#Started overnight cultures: Ampx1, Kx2 Enc+5 x3, Tet, BB7
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=September 4, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnight cultures
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#stocked Amp, K1, K2, and Enc+5 (2), (3), (4)
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#Digested Enc+5 (1)-(4), K1,2, BB7
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#Transfected 1+2+3+2 into DH-5 cells (50ul)
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#*left on ice for 2.5h after adding ligation product
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#*incubated on shaker for about 2h
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#Started overnight of C plasmid (ccdb)
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=September 5, 2009=
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#Ran a gel of digests from yesterday with controls
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#Miniprepped C overnight culture
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#Tet plate (Tet with RFP) showed 2 red colonies
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=September 7, 2009=
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#Digested C plasmid and redigested Enc+5 (1), (3), K1, K2
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#Started Tet1, Tet2 overnight culture
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=September 8, 2009=
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#Ran a gel of the digests
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#*Enc+5 band still not showing may have to religate
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#*K and C plasmids digests showed inserts
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#Started log phase culture for Tet1, Tet2
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#1+2+3+2 plate still hasn't shown any colonies#Ran digests on a gel
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#Started overnight ligation of 1+2+Enc, 1+2+3+2 in K1
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=September 9, 2009=
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#Transfected cells with overnight ligations
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#*2 samples per ligation
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#*Plated and grew overnight at 37C
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=September 10, 2009=
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#Saw lots of growth on plates (no red colonies yet)
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#Prepared 10 overnight growth placed in incubator at 30C in K antibiotics
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#put plates back in incubator at 37C
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=September 11, 2009=
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#Overnight cultures (x5) were miniprepped
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=September 12, 2009=
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#Started 20h digest of miniprepped samples
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=September 13, 2009=
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#Ran digests and negative controls on gel, but no bands at all were seen.
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=September 14, 2009=
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#Started overnight cultures of same 5 samples
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=September 15, 2009=
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#only 1232 (3) showed growth, miniprepped
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#started overnight cultures of for 1232 (2), (4), 12E (2) and EncY
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=September 16, 2009=
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#Only EncY showed growth, miniprepped
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#picked streaks of cells from 12E plates and 1232 plates (2 streaks per plate) and started overnights along with controls
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#*Target cells: 1232 mix1, 1232 mix2, 12E mix1, 12E mix2
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#*Controls:
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#**positive control: no antibiotics
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#**negative control: Kanamycin and LB
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#**control control: LB only
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=September 17, 2009=
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#1232 mix1, 2 and 12E mix2 showed growth
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#PCRed EncY plasmid and ran on gel
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#*a huge ~700bp band was seen
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#Prepared EncY for sequencing
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=September 18, 2009=
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#Digested 1232 (3), 1+2, 7, EncY, K
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#Ran digests on gel
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#*7 did not show up on gel
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#*Enc band was faint/did not show up
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=September 19, 2009=
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#12E replates showed some colonies -> started overnights: 12E a,b,c,d,e
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#started overnight culture for EncY
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#1232 replates showed many colonies:
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#*1232 (1) had all pink colonies (does NOT contain insert)
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#*1232 (2) had no pink colonies (contains insert
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#*These plates were stored in the fridge
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=September 20, 2009=
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#Miniprepped overnights except 12E (which did not show any growth in LB with antibiotics)
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#Digested 7,K, EncY, 12E a,b,d,e
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#Ran digests on gel
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#*only Enc was confirmed on this gel
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#Started K1 overnight
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=September 24, 2009=
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#Made a new batch of chemically competent cells
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#*poured cells into 50ml falcon tubes
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#*350ul aliquots + 350ul 40% glycerol
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#Started 12E overnights from transfections done yesterday
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#*Named: 1-5, a-e, but these have been used already, hence 1-5 were renamed 6-10, a-e renamed f-j
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#Transformed ligation from Monday and negative control into new cells and plated on new K plates
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=September 25, 2009=
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#Miniprepped 12E 6-10, f-j
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#*overnights from 9,10,g,i had almost no growth (confirmed after 1st centriugation step: did not miniprep)
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#Digested miniprepes and ran on gel -> no bands
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#Started overnights again
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=September 26, 2009=
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#Only 12E (6),f,j,h
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#Digested minipreps
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#Ran a gel
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=September 28, 2009=
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#Started 5ml overnight cultures of 6,f,j,h with kanamycin
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#*added 5ul in 25ml LB then separated into 4 aliquots (1 aliquot left over)
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=September 29, 2009=
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#took 400ul aliquots of the 4 samples for storage as stocks
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#Miniprepped the rest of the samples
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#Ran gel saw no colonies
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#Rechecked plates: lack of red colonies is suspicious
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#*DH5 may be somewhat resistant to K (suggested by Calvin)
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#May need to gel extract backbone and parts before ligation
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#We are out of K plates; need to make more
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=October 1, 2009=
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#Miniprepped Tet, 5, EncY, C
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#Ran minipreps and K plasmid on a gel
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#*Besides Tet, all samples looked fine
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#Poured K plates
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=October 2, 2009=
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#Digested K, EncY and ran on gel
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=October 3, 2009=
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#Digested EncY and old Tet plasmid -> ran on gel
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#*EncY looked fine, but Tet did not show up on gel
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#Started overnight culture of Tet
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=October 4, 2009=
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#Miniprepped, digested Tet and ran on gel
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#*Tet was confirmed
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#gel extracted EncY, Tet and got low yields
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#Started overnight ligations
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#*1: Digested Tet + EncY + 5
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#*2: Gel extraced Tet + Digested EncY + 5
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#*negative controls were Tet plasmid alone
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=October 8, 2009=
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=October 9, 2009=
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#Miniprepped EncY overnight and digested with E,P
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#Ran digest on a gel
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#*Enc part confirmed
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#Transfected Enc+5 ligations from Sunday/Monday into competent cells from Invitrogen
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#*Used NEB Hight Efficiency Transformation Protocol C2987
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#**did one 10-fold dilution
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#**transformed 5ul of DNA
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#**spread 100ul of cells on plate
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#**shaker/incubator speed 232rpm
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=October 11, 2009=
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#Checked plates, no colonies yet
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#Picked colonies and started overnights from an old 12E plate that wasn't checked: 12E i,ii,iii
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=October 13, 2009=
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#12E i and iii showed growth -> miniprepped
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#Digested and ran on 1% agarose gel
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#*Stained gel for 1 hour in EtBr+buffer
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#*A faint ~700 band was observed! This could possibly be the 1+2+Enc insert that we want.
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#To confirm the insert, we decided to sequence it
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=October 15, 2009=
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#Primers for sequencing 12E insert was designed and ordered
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=October 16, 2009=
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#EncY prepped and ready to ship down to MIT to submit part to registry
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