Team:UT Dallas/week3

From 2013.igem.org

7/14/2013        Room temp for 1 hr

Ligation

I5-6-5 insert        i5-6-6 vector

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3:1

0:1

DNA vet

2.6

2.6

Insert

6.25

0

Buffer

2

2

Ligase

1

1

Water

8

14.4

7/15/2013

Transformation Experimentation

Two types of cells

NEB 5-Alpha (High Efficiency)

  • Heat shock 30s
  • Ice for 5 mins
  • 450 ul pre-warmed SOC
  • 1hr incubation
  • Plate 150 ul

Subcloning Efficiency (Invitrogen)

  • Mix cells gently before remaining from tube
  • Don’t mix DNA into cells by pipetting, tap gently
  • Heat shock 20s
  • Ice for 2 mins
  • 450 ul SOC
  • 1 hr incubation
  • Plate 150 ul

[pLac]        i5-6-3         NEB: i5-7-1        invitrogen: i5-7-5

[RFP] Kit plate 3. Well 12 W. NEB: i5-7-2. invitrogen: i5-7-6

[wintergreen] kit plate 3. Well 5E. NEB: i5-7-3. Invitrogen: i5-7-7

I4.47.5                                Neb: i5-7-4. Invitrogen:i5-7-8

7/16/2013

Transformation Results

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# of colonies

# of colonies

NEB

Invitrogen

[pLac] i5-6-3

50+

0

[RFP] for plate

30+

4

[wintergreen] from plate

22

2

I4.47.5

TMIC at least 100+

10+

[RFP] from plate (i5-7-2) →  30+ colonies →  picked 2 colonies → i5-8-3

                                                                        →  i5-8-4

Ligation

Insert: i5-6-5        Vector: i5-6-6

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3:1

0:1

Vector

2.6

2.6

Insert

6.25

0

Buffer

2

2

Ligase

1

1

Water

8

14.4

Total

20

20

Room temperature for 1 hr

Transformation

→ NEB5X cells; 30 secs heat shock

3:1 →  i5-8-1

0:1 → i5-8-2

7/17/2013

Miniprep

I5-8-3        120.5 ng/ul        [RFP]

I5-8-4        160.0 ng/ul        [RFP]

Transformation

I5-6-3 (positive control) →  i5-9-1 [pLac] →  0 colonies

3:1                        → i5-9-2 [pLac-GFP] → 0 colonies

0:1                        → i5-9-3 [pLac vector] → 3 colonies

7/19/2013

Inoculation from glycerol stock:

[Lac I-RBS-RFP] – I3-5-10

[Promoter-RBS-GFP] – I3-7-7 and I3-7-8

Population 1: I3-60-4

Population 2: I3-46-6

Population 3: I3-46-4

Transformation

Positive Control

[pTet] Kit plate 5-2013. Well 6I. Resistance chlora. I5-9-4.

[RBS] Kit plate 5-2013. Well 2M. Resistance Amp. I5-9-5.

[Constitutive Promoter] Kit plate 5-2013. Well 18C. Resistance Amp. I5-9-6.

7/20/2013

0 colonies on all transformations