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*We repeated the transformation for BBa_C0079, BBa_C0179 and C0161. We used 6 µl of DNA in TE for BBa_C0179, while we used 3 µl of DNA + glycerol for BBa_C0079 and BBa_C0161.
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*We repeated the transformation for BBa_C0079, BBa_C0179 and C0161. We used 6 µl of DNA in TE for BBa_C0079, while we used 3 µl of DNA + glycerol for BBa_C0179 and BBa_C0161.
*We plated transformed bacteria and incubated them at 37°C overnight.  
*We plated transformed bacteria and incubated them at 37°C overnight.  

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Notebook



Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7



Week 3: 06/03/08 - 06/06/08

06/03/08

  • We transformed 60 µl of TOP10 with 2 µl of the 6 parts (DNA + glycerol) we received from IGEM HQ:
BBa_C0179 BBa_C0161 BBa_R0051 BBa_I14032
BBa_I15008 BBa_I15010
  • NOTES: We noticed that IGEM 2007 teams which used luxI or lasR parts choosed BBa_C0061 instead of BBa_C0161 (for luxI) and BBa_C0079 instead of BBa_C0179 (for lasR). So, we decided in addition to amplify BBa_C0061 and BBa_C0079; we shall see later which luxI and lasR to choose for our project.
  • So, we cut paper spots for BBa_C0061 and BBa_C0079 and resuspended them in 10 µl of warmed TE buffer.
  • We transformed these 2 parts using 4 µl of DNA in TE.
  • We plated transformed bacteria and incubated them at 37°C overnight.



06/04/08

  • After overnight incubation, the following 5 plates showed colonies:
BBa_C0061 BBa_R0051
BBa_I14032 BBa_I15008
BBa_I15010
BBa_R0051 plate: very high yield from IGEM HQ DNA + glycerol
BBa_C0061 plate: medium yield from paper spot
  • while the following 3 plates did not:
BBa_C0079 BBa_C0179
BBa_C0161
  • We repeated the transformation for BBa_C0079, BBa_C0179 and C0161. We used 6 µl of DNA in TE for BBa_C0079, while we used 3 µl of DNA + glycerol for BBa_C0179 and BBa_C0161.
  • We plated transformed bacteria and incubated them at 37°C overnight.
  • While we were preparing our 5 ml cultures for the 5 working plates, we noticed that LB + Amp was contaminated! We decided to prepare a big quantity of LB + Amp and also of LB + Kan: we prepared 0.5 l LB + Amp and 0.5 l LB + Kan for liquid cultures; 0.5 l LB + Amp and 0.5 l LB + Kan for plates.
A lot of just prepared LB plates
  • We picked up one colony from BBa_C0061, BBa_R0051, BBa_I14032, I15008 and I15010 plates to grow 5 ml cultures of transformed bacteria overnight.
  • We also infected 5 ml of LB + Amp with 15 µl of BBa_B0030 glycerol stock. We incubated the 5 ml cultures overnight at 37°C.
  • We received QIAGEN QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit!!! We will inaugurate it tomorrow on these 5 ml cultures;)



06/05/08

  • We received Euroclone Antartic Phosphatase: we will use it in the afternoon before ligation reaction!
  • We prepared 6 glycerol stocks taking 800 µl from 5 ml cultures containing:
BBa_R0051 BBa_I15008 BBa_I15010 BBa_I14032
BBa_C0061 BBa_B0030
  • We performed miniprep for these 6 parts with our new splendid kit;) Plasmid quantification confirmed a higher yield than our previous QIAGEN kit.
  • We performed plasmid digestion for these parts (20 of 30 µl).
  • We had to insulate excided fragments for:
BBa_I15008 (X-P) BBa_I15010 (X-P) BBa_I14032 (X-P) BBa_C0061 (X-P)
BBa_B0030 (X-P)
  • While we had to insulate opened plasmids for:
BBa_R0051 (S-P)
  • Due to the different dimension of the DNA we had to insulate, we ran 3 different gels:
    • one for BBa_R0051 (S-P)
    • one for BBa_I14032 (X-P) and BBa_B0030 (X-P)
    • one for BBa_C0061 (X-P), BBa_I15008 (X-P) and BBa_I15010 (X-P).
  • We could see and cut all the bands we wanted, except for BBa_I14032, for which we couldn't see any band.
  • We performed gel extraction for:
BBa_R0051 (S-P) BBa_B0030 (X-P) BBa_C0061 (X-P) BBa_I15008 (X-P)
BBa_I15010 (X-P)
  • All the 3 overnight plates worked (low yield for all).
  • We picked up one colony from BBa_C0161, BBa_C0179 and BBa_C0079 plates to grow 5 ml cultures of transformed bacteria overnight. We did the same thing for BBa_I14032 6/3/08 plate; we didn't use glycerol stock for BBa_I14032 because we thought there was something wrong with the colony we picked on 6/4/08.
  • We calculated the amount of vector/insert for ligation reaction to have a molarity ratio of 2:1 (insert:vector).
  • We performed ligation reaction for (vectors are embolded):
  1. BBa_J23100-BBa_E0240        (Pcon(E-S)-assGFP(E-X))
  2. BBa_J23100-BBa_B0030        (Pcon(E-S)-RBS(E-X))
  3. BBa_R0051-BBa_B0030        (Plam(S-P)-RBS(X-P))
  4. BBa_B0030-BBa_E0040        (RBS(S-P)-GFP(X-P))
  5. BBa_B0030-BBa_C0051        (RBS(S-P)-cI(X-P))
  6. BBa_B0030-BBa_E1010        (RBS(S-P)-RFP(X-P))
  7. BBa_B0030-BBa_C0061        (RBS(S-P)-luxI_LVA(X-P))
  8. BBa_B0030-BBa_C0078        (RBS(S-P)-lasI(X-P))
  • We incubated ligation overnight at 16°C.



06/06/08

  • We took 800 µl of BBa_C0161, BBa_C0179, BBa_C0079 and BBa_I14032 overnight cultures to prepare glycerol stocks.
  • We prepared 4 glycerol stocks taking 800 µl from 5 ml cultures containing:
BBa_C0161 BBa_C0179 BBa_C0079 BBa_I14032
  • Miniprep for BBa_C0161, BBa_C0179, BBa_C0079 and BBa_I14032.
  • We performed plasmid digestion for these 4 parts (20 of 30 µl).
  • We ran two different gels:
    • one for BBa_C0161 (X-P), BBa_C0179 (X-P) and BBa_C0079 (X-P)
    • one for BBa_I14032 (X-P), smaller than the other 3 parts
  • For the second time we couldn't see any band for BBa_I14032.
  • We performed gel extraction for:
BBa_C0161 (X-P) BBa_C0179 (X-P)
BBa_C0079 (X-P)
Mattia cutting BBa_C0161 (X-P), BBa_C0179 (X-P) and BBa_C0079 (X-P) gel
  • We decided to sequence BBa_I14032 to check if the sequence is correct. Unfortunately we had not enough plasmid and so we picked another colony from 6/3/08 plate, infected 9 ml LB + Kan and incubated it overnight at 37°C.
  • We transformed the whole ligation volume (30 µl) for all the 8 overnight ligations.
  • We plated transformed bacteria and incubated at 37°C overnight.



06/07/08

  • Only BBa_J23100-BBa_B0030 (Pcon(E-S)-RBS(E-X)) plate showed colonies. We put it at 4°C.
  • We took 800 µl of BBa_I14032 overnight culture to prepare a glycerol stock.
  • Miniprep for BBa_I14032 9 ml culture to prepare the sample for sequencing.
  • We sent BBa_I14032 sample and VF2 primer to Primm for sequencing.