Team:Cambridge/Lab book/Week 8

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===Thursday (16/08/12)===
===Thursday (16/08/12)===

Revision as of 17:46, 15 August 2012

Week: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Contents

Monday (13/08/12)

Tuesday (14/08/12)

Gibson assembly of positive control


  • Fragments used:
  • Protocol changed slightly: 0.5 μl of each DNA fragment solution mixed in with master mix to make up 4 μl total volume (1μl DNA and 3μl master mix).

Transformation of e.coli with positive control DNA


  • Chemically competent e.coli cells transformed with plasmid DNA produced by Gibson assembly step.
  • Transformants plated out on 50 μg/ml kanomycin plates. Incubated overnight at 37 °C.

Wednesday (15/08/12)

PCR of positive control fragments


  • Standard PCR settings used

Extraction of positive control DNA


  • Positive control DNA from gel excised and purified.
  • Additional elution steps used to concentrate resultant solution.
  • Verified with nanodropper - final DNA concentrations:

Characterization of fluoride riboswitch construct


  • Strain of bacillus lacking fluoride transporter system tested. Concentrations used:
  • 0mM - 0.5mM - 1mM - 2.5mM - 5mM - 10mM - 20mM - 30mM

Thursday (16/08/12)

Friday (17/08/12)