Team:Illinois/Antibody GPCR Fusion Notebook
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Recipes
- Tris-Cl, 1M
- Dissolve 121g Tris base in 800ml H2O
- Adjust to desired pH with concentrated HCl
- Mix and add H2O to 1 liter
- (Approximately, 20ml HCl for pH 7.4 and 42ml for pH 8.0)
- EDTA, 0.5M (pH 8.0)
- Dissolve 186.1g Na2 EDTA-2H2O in 700ml H20
- Adjust pH to 8.0 with 10M NaOH(~50ml)
- Add H2O to 1 liter
- Breaking buffer - 100ml
- 2ml Triton X-100
- 1ml Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)
- 0.5844g NaCl (100mM)
- 1ml 1M Tris-Cl pH 8.0 (10mM)
- 200uL 0.5M EDTA (1mM)
22nd July
- Yeast obtained from Dr. Zhao
24th July
- Prepared liquid culture for DNA extraction
- Made 1M Tris. Cl pH 8.0
- Made 4M ammonium acetate
22nd August
- Attempted DNA extraction
- Result: Failed
- Obtained more yeast from Dr. Zhao
25th August
- Prepared overnight culture for DNA extraction (3:27pm)
26th August
- Attempted DNA extraction
- Prepped overnight culture
27th August
- Performed PCR: PGK Terminator
Buffer G | 12.5uL | x4 | 50uL | |
Forward Primer | 0.5uL | x4 | 2uL | |
Reverse Primer | 0.5uL | x4 | 2uL | |
H2O | 10.8uL | x4 | 43.2uL | |
Taq | 0.2uL | x4 | 0.8uL | |
template | 0.5ul | |||
Negative control | 3 H2O |
- PCR program:
- 4 min 94 degrees
- 25-30x 30s 94 degrees
- 30s Tm primers
- 1 min/KB 72 degrees
- 7 min 72 degrees
- For the gel: 5uL loading dye gel is in cold room
- Prepped 3 overnight cultures
28th August
- Extracted DNA from 4 cultures
- Ran gel of PCR products (1.5% agarose, 200V)
- Result: No bands present
2nd September
- PCR: PGK Terminator
Mastermix | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
Forward Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Reverse Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Template | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
H2O | 10.8uL | x4 | 43.2uL |
Negative control | 25uL H2O |
3rd September
- Ran gel
- Ladder lane 7
- Sample 7 spilled
- 1% agarose
- 120V
- Too low
- 50 minutes
8th September
- PCR: PGK Terminator
Mastermix | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
Forward Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Reverse Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Template | 14uL | x3 | 42uL |
- Prepped 4 overnight cultures
- Yeast dried out again
9th September
- Signs of life in 3 of the cultures
- Wait until tomorrow
- Ran gel on PCR from 8th September
- 150V, 50 minutes
- No sign of DNA
- Ladder from Courtney
10th September
- Split culture
- Ran gel from 8th September again
- 150V, 50 minutes
- 0.75% gel
- Ladder from Courtney
11th September
- PCR: PGK Terminator
Mastermix | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
Forward Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Reverse Primer | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
Template | 14uL | x3 | 42uL |
12th September
- Isolated genomic DNA from 8 cultures of W303a yeast cells
- Protocol from Wiley's Current Protocols in Molecular Biology
- Labeled templates 1,2,3,4 and 1a,2a,3a,4a
- Ran gel of PCR from 11th September
- 1% agarose
- 150V
- 38 mins
- Poor results
15th September
- PCR PGK Promotor
- Finnzymes Phusion High Fidelity DNA Polymerase
- F-530, 20V (2V/uL)
- Finnzymes Phusion High Fidelity DNA Polymerase
5x Phusion HF Buffer | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
10mM dNTPs | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
Primer A(Forward) | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
Primer B(Reverse) | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
Template(1) | 10uL | x3 | 30uL |
Phusions DNA polymerase | 0.5uL | x3 | 1.5uL |
H2O | 26.5uL | x3 | 79.5uL |
18th September
- Ran reaction mentioned on 15th September
- Extracted DNA from gel from 8th September (PGK Terminator)
Tube | Gel(g) |
1 | 0.332 |
2 | 0.278 |
3 | 0.307 |
4 | 0.349 |
5 | 0.385 |
19th September
- Gel of PGK Promotor has no DNA present
23rd September
- PCR: Fus1 Downstream
- EPICENTRE Bioetechnologies - MasterAmp(TM) Taq DNA Polymerase
- Per 50uL of reaction,
MasterAmp Taq 10x PCR Buffer | 5uL | x3 | 15uL |
1mM dNTPs | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
Primer 1 | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
Primer 2 | 1uL | x3 | 3uL |
25mM MgCl2 | 6.75uL | x3 | 20.25uL |
MasterAmp 10x PCR Enhancer | 0 or 15uL | x3 | 45uL |
Taq DNA Polymerase | 0.25uL | x3 | 0.75uL |
template 2 | 20uL | x3 | 60uL |
- PCR Settings:
- 4mins, 94 degree celcius
- 30s, 94 degree celcius
- 30s, 56 degree celcius
- 1 min, 72 degree celcius -- to step 2 -- 30x
- 7 min, 72 degree celcius
24th September
- Ran gel of Fus1 Downstream
- Result: No DNA present on gel
25th September
- PCR: Fus1 Upstream
- same settings as September 23rd
- Template 3
30th September
- PCR: Fus1 Upstream
- same settings as September 23rd
- Template 4 and 1a
1st October
- PCR: Ste2
8th October
- PCR: PGK Terminator
- Use DNA extracted from gel on 18th September
- Also extracted DNA from gel from 30th September
9th October
- PCR: Ste2
- Template used is product from 1st October
- FIll IN TABLE
- PCR: Fus1 Upstream
- Template used was extracted from 30th September on 8th September
- Fill in PCR TABLE
- Ran Ste2 gel
14th October
- Fus1 PCR
- Template is reaction from 12th October
15th October
- Gel of Fus1 -> 3 streaks -> no ladder
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