Team:Hawaii/Notebook/2008-08- 4

= Things we did today =

Plasmid Prep

 * Margaret


 * I14032, oriT

Quantification of Parts with Gel

 * Margaret


 * I14032, oriT, L51020, pSB1A7, B015, B0034

PCR

 * Margaret


 * Rep, oriV, verification of I14032, oriT(just to make sure)

Materials & Methods


 * Reaction Conditions: 3.5ul water, 0.5ul template, 1.0ul f&r primer, 5ul econotaq
 * Running conditions (I14032, oriT): 94&deg;C hold, 94&deg;C 2', (95&deg;C 30", 62&deg;C 30", 72&deg;C 30") x 30cycles, 72&deg;C 10', 4&deg;C hold
 * Running conditions (oriV + controls): 94&deg;C hold, 94&deg;C 2', (95&deg;C 30", 51.3&deg;C 30", 72&deg;C 30") x 30cycles, 72&deg;C 10', 4&deg;C hold
 * Running conditions (rep + controls): 94&deg;C hold, 94&deg;C 2', (95&deg;C 30", 53.9&deg;C 30", 72&deg;C 3'20") x 20 cycles, (95&deg;C 30", 53.9&deg;C 30",  72&deg;C 3'30") x 10 cycles72&deg;C 10', 4&deg;C hold

Results

Lane 2: PCR verification of I14032: There are two bands. The top band does not correspond to Plac, while the bottom band is just above 0.4kb, about 50bp more than would be expected. Lane 3: PCR verification of OriT: The band is just above 0.4kb, and the verification part is 0.415 kb. Lane 4: Amplification of oriV from pRL1383a:The band is at 4.5kb, as expected. Lane 5&8: pSB1A7 was used as a (+) control: While the same size was amplified in both positive control reactions, I would expect a band at 1265bp, but the amplicon is just below 0.9kb. Lane 6&9: VF2 and VR were used to amplify water. As expected, nothing was amplified. Lane 7: The rep region was amplified correctly. I expected a band at 3.352kb and the band occurred in this region.

Discussion


 * I did some trouble shooting on this PCR with advice from: [].
 * In most cases, I just got as close to the recommended annealing temperature and extension time in order to decrease the amount of unspecific products.
 * I only ran 30 cycles as opposed to 35 in the past. I think this has made the efficiency of my taq more consistent, especially with the longer products.
 * I also added an additional 10 seconds to last 20 cycles of the rep region, [], recommends this extra time because the taq supposedly loses efficiency and thus there will be multiple products of suspicious size. This seems to have worked for the rep region, which contains only one product.

Transformation

 * Margaret


 * pSMC121 (we were running out of template)
 * re-streaked transformants on 8-5. There was a lawn of transformants.

Re-streak Library

 * Margaret


 * pSB1A7, L51020, psb3k3, psb1a3, oriT, psb1a2, db3.1 strain, i14032

Construction of p+r, g+t

 * Grace


 * Gel purified nir1, GFPf1, GFP, E0240, I14032, slr1, slr2, pilA PCR products
 * RE digest
 * nir, GFP, GFPf, I14032 digested with EcoRI and SpeI
 * E0240 digested with EcoRI and PstI
 * slr1, slr2, pilA digested with PstI and XbaI
 * Ran RE digests on gel
 * Incomplete digestion of nir, slr1, slr2, pilA


 * Krystle


 * Gel purified RE digests of nir1, GFPf1, GFP, E0240, I14032, slr1, slr2, pilA
 * Ligated at 37C overnight:
 * nir + B0030
 * I14032 + B0030
 * GFP + B0015
 * GFPf + B0015
 * Supposed to ligate at 25C

PCR

 * Grace


 * Redid Saturday's PCR of BB-pRl1383a and pRL1383a alongside test of PCR contamination
 * Ran on 2.5% gel for 1 hour at 95V
 * Gel doesn't match that from Saturday
 * Redid PCR again to verify Saturday/today's PCR

= Discussion =

= Quote of the Day = "History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought. - Étienne Gilson"