Team:University of Ottawa/12 June 2008

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Today in the lab
Dan and Matt
 * Results from the gel
 * <li>Showed that PCR did not work
 * <li>Source of problems can be from:
 * 1. The sequence that we have on hand is not the plasmid that we have
 * To resolve this we will digest the plasmid with HindIII
 * 2. The PCR is not working
 * We will run a PCR temperature gradient.
 * <li> If the second test is inconclusive we will order new primers.

Digestion of 7/8 plasmids using HindIII'
 * <li>Worked out as expected, there is a high probability that we have the correct plasmid

PCR gradient between 55 and 70 degrees C
 * <li>Gel showed that there are very faint expected PCR products between ~56-60 degrees C
 * <li>We will narrow our gradient and try the PCR optimization again, although we think that it is unlikely that there is a problem with the PCR because we are using the enhanced phusion enzyme.