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1 Notes
2 Week 1: from 07/21/08 to 07/27/08
3 Week 2: from 07/28/08 to 08/03/08
4 Week 3: from 08/04/08 to 08/10/08
5 Week 4: from 08/11/08 to 08/17/08
6 Week 5: from 08/18/08 to 08/24/08
7 Week 6: from 08/25/08 to 08/31/08
8 Week 7: from 09/01/08 to 09/07/08
9 Week 8: from 09/08/08 to 09/14/08
10 Week 9: from 09/15/08 to 09/21/08
11 Week 10: from 09/22/08 to 09/28/08
12 Week 11: from 09/29/08 to 10/05/08
13 Week 12: from 10/06/08 to 10/12/08
14 Week 13: from 10/13/08 to 10/19/08
15 Week 14: from 10/20/08 to 10/26/08
16 Week 15: from 10/27/08 to 10/29/08

Notes

Here's all our lab work: week by week you can find all the procedures, links to the registry of standard parts and protocols. The chronological structure of this section, organized as a notebook, mirrors the real development of our project and respects the pure iGEM style.

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Week 1: from 07/21/08 to 07/27/08

General Preparations

Preparation of chemiocompetent cells from E. Coli DH5α, Top10 and DB 3.1
Preparation of antibiotic stocks for Ampicillin and Kanamicin
Preparation of LB medium and LB plates for cloning.

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Week 2: from 07/28/08 to 08/03/08

Eluition and Amplification from 2008 Registry Collection: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0082 R0082], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0083 R0083], [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php/Part:BBa_M30109 M30109] in TOP10 strain to build and characterize the Light response system to be our spatial selective trigger.

Eluition and Amplification from 2008 Registry Collection: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_E0240 E0240], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_P1010 pSB3K3_P1010]in DB3.1 and the Practice Promoter Set ([http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_J23103/ J23150, J23151, J23102]) to test and set up the new [http://partsregistry.org/Measurement Biobrick Standard Measurement Protocol]

Transformation and Amplification from our Lab Stock of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_S0100 S0100],[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_I763020 I763020], [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_I763005 I763005],[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_C0051 C0051] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_C0040 C0040]

Growth Curves of Dh5 Alpha, Top10 and XL1 Blue with Low Medium and High Copy Numbers to assay and define the different kinetics (Further Detail)

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Week 3: from 08/04/08 to 08/10/08

In the beginning we decided to use light stimulation. The light-sensitive protein taken from the registry was not consistent, and also the Biobrik sent back from the registry cause us many problems. Finally we opted for UV stimulation first for the space selectivity.

Digestion and Control Gel Run of the previous amplified constructs :

1.[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_S0100 S0100] E/S
Consistent Part Length
2. PLAC-CI X/P
Consistent Part Length
3. R0083 S/P
Single Vector Band as Expexted. Is Hard to verify the Part length correctness given the small size
4. R0082 S/P
Single Vector Band as Expexted. Is Hard to verify the Part length correctness given the small size
5. C0051 X/P
Consistent Part Length.
7. M30105 E/S
The Part appears not consistent. The Gel has unexpected multiple bands.
8. RBS GFP TAG X/P
Consistent Part Length
9.Pλ GFP X/P
Consistent Part Length.
10.C0040 X\P
Consistent part length.

Calibration of the fluorescence acquisition system

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Week 4: from 08/11/08 to 08/17/08

HOLIDAY

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Week 5: from 08/18/08 to 08/24/08

Problems with restriction enzymes

Eluition and Amplification from 2008 Registry Collection of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J22106 J22106]

Bacteria growth curves for the following strains:

TOP10
DH5ALFA
XL1BLUE

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Week 6: from 08/25/08 to 08/31/08

Starts the protein construct cloning

Digestion and Control Gel Run of the previous amplified part (J22106)

Ligations: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_I763020 I763020] + [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015]
Trasformation of the ligations in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Enzymatic digestion and construct gel run: GFP T x\p
Gel extraction of the parts

Ligation: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0034 B0034]+ GFP T
Trasformation of the ligations in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Enzymatic digestion and construct gel run: RBS GFP T x\p
Gel extraction of the parts

Ligation: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J22106 J22106] and RBS GFP T
Trasformation of the ligations in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Enzymatic digestion and construct gel run: RBS GFP T x\p
Gel extraction of the parts

Ligations: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_S0100 S0100] + [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_C0040 C0040] + [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015] and RBS + C0040
Trasformation of the ligations in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Enzymatic digestion and construct gel run:S0100 T x\p, C0040 T x\p, RBS C0034 e\s
Gel extraction of the parts

Fluorescence imaging of the J22106 RBS GFP T construct in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 5,10,30 seconds and grow in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 5,10,30 seconds and grow in presence of light

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Week 7: from 09/01/08 to 09/07/08

Ligations: B0034 + C0040 T
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run of the constructs: RBS C0040 T x\p
Gel extraction of the parts
Ligations: RBS GFP T + S0100, RBS GFP T + RBS C0040
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run of: RBS C0040 RBS GFP T x\p, S0100 RBS GFP T x\p
Gel extraction

Final cloning step:

Ligations: J23118 + RBS GFP T,J23105 + RBS GFP T, J23100 + RBS GFP T
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run of: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079031 J23118 RBS GFP T], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079030 J23105 RBS GFP T], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079032 J23100 RBS GFP T]
Gel extraction

Bacteria tracking test on agarose gel

Fluorescence imaging of the construct J22106 RBS GFP T in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 5,10,30 seconds. Stationary phase of growth and in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 5,10,30 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth and in the dark

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Week 8: from 09/08/08 to 09/14/08

Arrival of the operator library ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079045 Lac], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079046 Tet], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079048 LexA], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079047 Lambda]) from GeneArt

Protocol design for isolation of single operators from the library.

Single digestion with PstI and gel run. In this way we open the plasmid in 3 points,loosing the Lac Operator1 and 2, and keeping the lac Operator 3 into the plasmid.
Gel extraction of the upper band containing [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079017 Lac Operator3].
Single digestion with XbaI and gel run
Gel extraction of the upper band containing [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079019 Lac Operator1].
Single digestion with EcoRI and gel run. In this way we open the plasmid in 2 points,loosing the Lac Operator3, remaining the lac Operator1 and 2 into the plasmid.
Gel extraction of the upper band containing [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079019 Lac Operator1] e [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079018 Lac Operator2].
Further single digestion with PstI and gel run.
Gel extraction of the upper band containing [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079018 Lac Operator2]

This protocol was executed for all of the operator library members, [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079046 Tet], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079048 Lex] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079047 Lambda].

Fluorescence imaging of the construct J22106 RBS GFP T in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5,10 seconds. Stationary phase of growth and in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5,10 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth and in the dark

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Week 9: from 09/15/08 to 09/21/08

Execution of protocol design for isolation of single Tet, Lex, Lambda operators from the library.

Fluorescence imaging of the J22106 RBS GFP T construct in different conditions:

UV Irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5,10 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth with different LB volumes and in presence of light
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5,10 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth with different LB volumes and in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5,10 seconds. Logaritmic phase after different grow times

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Week 10: from 09/22/08 to 09/28/08

Assembly of the constructs

Ligations: Lac2 operator + S0100 RBS GFP T, Lac2 operator + S0100, Lac1 operator + S0100
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run
Gel extraction of: Lac2 S0100 T x\p, Lac2 S0100 RBS GFP T x\p, Lac1 S0100 T x\p

Fluorescence imaging of the J22106 RBS GFP T construct in different conditions:

After anaerobic growth
After aerobic growth

Bacterial growth in an environment saturated with nitrogen

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Week 11: from 09/29/08 to 10/05/08

Ligation of the previous purified constructs and the promoters J23118, J23100
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run
Gel extraction of: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079026 J23118 S0100 RBS GFP T], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079020 J23118 Lac2 S0100 RBS GFP T], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079023 J23118 Lac2 S0100 T], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079023 J23118 Lac1 S0100 T]

Fluorescence imaging of the J22106 RBS GFP T construct in different conditions:

After growth in nitrogen saturated enviroment an UV irradiation for 1,10,15 seconds
After growth in standard condition, an UV irradiation for 1,10,15 seconds
After growth in standard condition in a batch

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Week 12: from 10/06/08 to 10/12/08

Start preparing to [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079040 LEXA_2] operator reporter construct:

X/P digestion of B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
S/P digestion of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079040 LEXA_2] operator
gel run of B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested and LEXA_2 operator S/P digested
gel extraction of B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested and LEXA_2 operator S/P digested
ligation: B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested + LEXA_2 operator S/P digested
trasformation in E.coli
inoculation of LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
miniprep of LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
X/P digestion of LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
S/P digestion of J23118
gel run of LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested and J23118 S/P digested
gel extraction of LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested and J23118 S/P digested
ligation: LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012 X/P digested + J23118 S/P digested
trasformation of J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
inoculation of J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012
miniprep of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079049 J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012]
UV testing of J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012

since test construct was successfully working, we planned to clone the same construct for the other two [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079048 LEXA operators] to test the repressor- operator binding affinity, in order to choose the one that better suites the implementation of the bistable toggle switch.

Fluorescence imaging of the J22106 RBS GFP T construct in different conditions:

After overnight anaerobic growth in a nitrogen saturated enviroment, an UV irradiation for 1,5,10,15,30 seconds was performed, interposing different water thicknesses between the sample and the UV lamp
After overnight anaerobic growth in a nitrogen saturated enviroment, an UV irradiation for 1,5,10,15,20 minutes was performed

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Week 13: from 10/13/08 to 10/19/08

Ligation: J23100 + LexA2 RBS GFP T
Trasformation in E.coli
Inoculation and miniprep preparation
Digestion and gel run
Gel extraction of: [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079050 J23100-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012]

Fluorescence imaging of the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079050 J23100-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012] construct in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 10,15,20 minutes. Logaritmic phase of growth and in persence of light
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 10,15,20 minutes. Logaritmic phase of growth and in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 10,15,20 minutes. Logaritmic phase of growth with different LB volumes

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Week 14: from 10/20/08 to 10/26/08

Starting from our operator library, we need to extract every single operator to insert these in standard plasmids.

To achieve that we try some methods:

Agarose gel 3% for electrophoresis run: no results, the bands are too feeble and yield problem with QIA quick gel extraction kit. The spin columns are optimized for parts ≥ 60bp.
Low melting gel 3% and extraction with Phenol Clorophorm: no results, complicated method and high toxicity.

Developed of a new experimental protocol in course of study at our laboratory

Fluorescence imaging of the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079049 J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012] construct in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 12 minutes. Logaritmic phase of growth in a LB volume of 1 ml and in the dark

Sample UV irradiation in different media:

Petri dish
15ml tube
Agarose gel matrix

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Week 15: from 10/27/08 to 10/29/08

Fluorescence imaging of the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K079049 J23118-LEXA_2-B0034-J04031-B0010-B0012] construct in different conditions:

UV irradiation with an exposure time of 10,20,30 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth in a LB volume of 1 ml and in the dark
UV irradiation with an exposure time of 1,5 seconds. Logaritmic phase of growth in a LB volume of 1 ml and in the dark

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