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The LMU-Munich team is exuberantly happy about the great success at the World Championship Jamboree in Boston. Our project Beadzillus finished 4th and won the prize for the "Best Wiki" (with Slovenia) and "Best New Application Project".

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Weekly Journal

February	May	August
March	June	September
April	July	October

	Team news
	BacillusBioBrickBox

	Sporobeads
	GerminationSTOP

September

24-28 September 2012

17-21 September 2012

Finished cloning of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823029 mKate2] constructs. Now the evaluation of this reporter BioBrick with three different promoters, [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P_lepA] and the Anderson promoter [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823005 J23101], can start.

Finished cloning of Sporo vector in pSB1C3. Now, this device will be cloned into pSB_Bs4S.

10-14 September 2012

To clean up our Sporobeads from vegetative B. subtilis cells we tried three different methods: French Press, sonification and lysozymes. A significant difference was observed after the treatment with lysozyme! Furthermore the lysozyme did not damage our fusion protein as GFP fluorescence was still obtained in microscopy!

3-7 September 2012

All our CotZ-GFP variants were examined with fluorescence microscopy! The brightest spores derived from our P_cotyz-cotZrep-gfp-terminator mutants!

Plates of our spores diluted at 10^-2, 10^-4 and 10^-6 from the germination assay show NO GERMINATION for our triple and quadruple mutants, and plenty of germination for the WT168 positive control! We will try plating undiluted mutant spores to see if any germination occurs.

A collection of useful tags in Freiburg standard and with RBS included was cloned into pSB1C3. The tags are: 3xFlag, HA, cMyc, 10xHis and Streptavidin.

August

26-31 August 2012

Finally, we got our first glowing spores!! After 4 months of hard work we have the first proof that this module works.

Jara created quadruple mutants using two variations on past mutants: cwlD::kan + cwlJ::spec + gerD::cat + sleB::mls and gerD::cat + sleB::mls + cwlJ::spec + cwlD::kan. Germination assay was performed on triple and quadruple mutants.

The BioBrick [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K823019 lacZ] for B. subtilis was shown to be functional in pSB_Bs0K-P_spac in E. coli and B. subtilis. (blue color on plates with IPTG and X-Gal)

The genes [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K823028 luc+] and [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K823029 mKate2], synthesized by GeneArt were successfully cloned into pSB1C3 and sequenced.

20-24 August 2012

Double negative loop with lacZa was finished and works qualitatively (Julia).

Good and bad news this week. First the good one: Another big step towards the GFP-Sporobeads is done! We have the CotZ constructs in pSB_BS1C! Hopefully it will integrate easily! :D Now the bad one: Finally we could start with the P_cgeA evaluation! But contrary to our expectations this promoter did not show any activity :(

13-17 August 2012

Jara and Jenny used last week's double mutants to create triple mutants as follows: cwlD::kan + sleB::mls + cwlJ::spec ; cwlD::kan + sleB::mls + gerD::cat ; cwlD::kan + cwlJ::spec + gerD::cat ; gerD::cat + sleB::mls + cwlJ::spec.

ß-glactosiase assay of the Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103] in pSB_Bs1C-lacZ in B. subtilis. The xylose-inducible promoter with the according repressor (which has a constitutive promoter, RBS and terminator) P_Xyl + XylR was cloned into pSB1C3 and sequenced.

At last Bacillus was keen on integrating the pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cgeA!! And the clean deletions of CotZ and CgeA worked out, too!

6-10 August 2012

Jara and Jenny created four double-mutants using resistance-cassettes to knock out germination genes as follows: cwlD::kan + sleB::mls ; gerD::cat + sleB::mls ; gerD::cat + cwlD::kan ; cwlJ::spec + cwlD::kan. We also created the resistance cassette knockout cwlB::kan.

Finally, the last PstI site could be removed and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 pSB_Bs3C-luxABCDE] was completed. Also, the double terminator B0014 was cloned into pSB1C3.

The final Promoter-CotZ-GFP-Terminator constructs in pSB1C3 are ready!! And Promoter-CgeAmut constructs are finally finished too.

July

30 July - 3 August 2012

GFP-Terminator is ready for use and the AgeI site in CgeA is mutated!

23-27 July 2012

This week is our Human Practise week! Form 23^rd to 25^th of July we enjoyed the CAS SynBio conference and the visit of 10 iGEM teams! This weekend, high school students participated in our Students Practical Course for three days and developed their ideas for useful Sporobeads! It was a great week!

Plate reader measurements of the Bacillus promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P_liaG], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P_lepA] finished. Look at Data!

16-20 July 2012

Not many of us are working on our modules this week, as we are helping out for CAS SynBio conference and organising the Students Practical Course.

Plate reader measurements of the Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823005 J23101], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823008 J23106], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823009 J23107], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823010 J23113], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823011 J23114], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823012 J23115], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823013 J23117], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823014 J23118] in the Bacillus reporter vector pSB_Bs3C-luxABCDE completed. Look at Data Anderson promoters!

Cloning of the Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823008 J23106] in the reporter vector pSB_Bs1C-lacZ for β-galactosidase assays finished.

9-13 July 2012

The vectors pSB_Bs4S-P_Xyl , pSB_Bs1C-lacZ and pSB_Bs4S were succesfully completed and tested by restriction digest as well as red colony color.

We started with the clean deletions of CgeA and CotZ this week, seems like it will take for ever if you judge from the protocoll length... What took even longer is the pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cgeA, but it is finished now!

2-6 July 2012

Clean deletions of germination genes sleB and cwlB from PCR accomplished. DNA purified and frozen to be later transformed with Bacillus.

β-galactosidase assays of the promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P_liaG], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P_veg] are finished. Look at Data!

Cloning of the Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823005 J23101], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823008 J23106], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823009 J23107], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823010 J23113], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823011 J23114], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823012 J23115], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823013 J23117], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823014 J23118] in pSB1C3 finished.

Our first plate reader experiments with P_cotyz and P_cotv are running! Like expected they both show activity in the late stationary phase, thus during sporulation!

June

25-29 June 2012

pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cotyz and pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cotv integrated into the B. subtilis genome! Bad luck, we found an additional AgeI site in cgeA, seems like this is the reason why we could not fuse gfp to it... Mutagenesis primers are designed and ordered!

18-22 June 2012

CotZ and GFP constructs are finished, now we can try to fuse them together!

11-15 June 2012

Clean deletions of germination genes cwlD, cwlJ, and gerD from PCR accomplished. DNA purified and frozen to be later transformed with Bacillus.

4-8 June 2012

Still working on the Promoter-Gene and now GFP-Terminator constructs!

May

28-1 June 2012

GFP in BioBrick standard is readyyyy!

21-25 May 2012

pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cotyz and pSB_BS3C-luxABCDE-P_cotv are ready for transformation into Bacillus!

Promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P_liaG], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P_veg] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P_lepA] are now in the vector pSB1C3 as BioBrick standard for the registry.

The Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823005 J23101], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823008 J23106], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823009 J23107], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823010 J23113], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823011 J23114], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823012 J23115], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823013 J23117], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823014 J23118] are now in the Bacillus reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 pSB_Bs3C-luxABCDE] for measuring their activity as luminescence.

The Bacillus promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P_liaG], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P_lepA] are in the Bacillus reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 pSB_Bs3C-luxABCDE].

14-18 May 2012

Combining the BioBricks and integrating them into different vectors works good! But still there are constructs missing, we'll keep on working! The fusion of the up and down fragment of CotZ finally works!

7-11 May 2012

The last weeks we tried to fuse the up and down fragment of our spore crust gene together for its clean deletion. For CgeA we have the first fused fragments! CotZ needs a little more attention :)

Cloning of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P_liaG], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P_liaI], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P_veg] and in vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823021 pSB_Bs1C-lacZ] finished.

April

30 April-4 Mai 2012

We have the first essential BioBricks for this module: pSB1C3-CotZ, pSB1C3-P_cotV, pSB1C3-P_cotYZ, pSB1C3-P_cgeA, pSB1C3-CgeA! Still working on the pSB1C3-GFP.

23-27 April 2012

pSB_Bs3C-luxABCDE with still one PstI site was created with RFP in the multile cloning site to have a vector for promoter measurments. edit: This PstI site was removed later and only that backbone is submitted to the registry.

16-20 April 2012

The Sporobead team starts the work in the lab!

The cloning of the reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823021 pSB_Bs1C-lacZ] </b> was finished.

9-13 April 2012

Jara created the single mutant cwlD::kan.

2-6 April 2012

Jara successfully created our first single knockouts of germination genes using a resistance cassettes: sleB::mls, gerD::cat and cwlJ::spec. Jara tried knocking out cwlB using the kan resistance cassette. Mutants of cwlB::kan grew very poorly.

With pSB_Bs0K-P_spac our first vector for our Bacillus BioBrick Box was completed.

March

26-30 March 2012

Jara tried knocking out cwlB using the tet resistance cassette. Mutants of cwlB::tet grew very poorly.

19-23 March 2012

We decided which genes to knock out for the germination stop. Based on the work of [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19554258 J. Kim and W. Schumann (2009)], we decided to knock out genes cwlB, gerD, cwlJ, and sleB. From the research of [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11466293 B. Setlow et al (2001)], we also chose cwlD.

12-16 March 2012

5-9 March 2012

February

27 February - 2 March 2012

20-24 February 2012

Team fully formed!

Antibiotic abbreviation legend:

cat: chloramphenicol

kan: kanamycin

mls: Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B

spec: spectinomycin

tet: tetracycline

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-Finally, the last PstI site could be removed and <b>pSB<sub>Bs</sub>3C-<i>luxABCDE</i> </b> was completed.
+Finally, the last PstI site could be removed and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 <b>pSB<sub>Bs</sub>3C-<i>luxABCDE</i>] </b> was completed.
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-β-galactosidase assays of the promoters P<sub>''liaG''</sub>, P<sub>''liaI''</sub> and P<sub>''veg''</sub> are finished. Look at [https://2012.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich/Data Data]!</p>
+β-galactosidase assays of the promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P<sub>''liaG''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P<sub>''liaI''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P<sub>''veg''</sub>] are finished. Look at [https://2012.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich/Data Data]!</p>
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-pSB<sub>BS</sub>3C-luxABCDE-P<sub>''cotyz''</sub> and pSB<sub>BS</sub>3C-luxABCDE-P<sub>''cotv''</sub> are ready for transformation into Bacillus! </p>
+pSB<sub>''BS''</sub>3C-''luxABCDE''-P<sub>''cotyz''</sub> and pSB<sub>''BS''</sub>3C-luxABCDE-P<sub>''cotv''</sub> are ready for transformation into Bacillus! </p>
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 The Anderson promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823004 J23100], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823005 J23101], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823006 J23102], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823007 J23103], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823008 J23106], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823009 J23107], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823010 J23113], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823011 J23114], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823012 J23115],
-[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823013 J23117], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823014 J23118] are now in the ''Bacillus'' reporter vector pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>3C-''luxABCDE'' for measuring their activity as luminescence.</p>
+[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823013 J23117], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823014 J23118] are now in the ''Bacillus'' reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>3C-''luxABCDE''] for measuring their activity as luminescence.</p>
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-The ''Bacillus'' promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P<sub>''liaG''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P<sub>''liaI''</sub>] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P<sub>''lepA''</sub>] are in the ''Bacillus'' reporter vector pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>3C-''luxABCDE''.</p>
+The ''Bacillus'' promoters [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P<sub>''liaG''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P<sub>''liaI''</sub>] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823002 P<sub>''lepA''</sub>] are in the ''Bacillus'' reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823025 pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>3C-''luxABCDE''].</p>
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-Cloning of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P<sub>''liaG''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P<sub>''liaI''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P<sub>''veg''</sub>] and in vector pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>1C-''lacZ'' finished.</p>
+Cloning of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823000 P<sub>''liaG''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823001 P<sub>''liaI''</sub>], [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823003 P<sub>''veg''</sub>] and in vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823021 pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>1C-''lacZ''] finished.</p>
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-The cloning of the reporter vector <b>pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>1C-<i>lacZ</i> </b> was finished.</p>
+The cloning of the reporter vector [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K823021 pSB<sub>''Bs''</sub>1C-''lacZ''] </b> was finished.</p>
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