14th August 2008

Wet Lab

Parts C0012, J31005, B0015, J04650, I13401 taken from the registry and transformed by electroporation into XL1-Blue E.coli along with XL1-Blue controls and grown on Kanamycin and Ampicillin plates

Dry Lab

• Completed A More Complex Example of Bayesian Parameter Estimation of Tutorial 2.
• Sourced for better tracking algorithm, found SpotTracker which is more accurate than ParticleTracker.
• Went for microscope training, obtained 2 x videos on B.Subtilis motility, stored on server with James.
• Discussion with Dr. Suhail ( from Structural Bioinformatics Group,Imperial College London) on the computing requirements to analyse the cells motility. We will be allocated a linux 64-bit workstation, that we will be able to access remotely via SSH.