Team:Penn/Notebook

June 6th

• Set up some lab equipment
• Autoclaved for a while
• Organized biobrick stuff
• Called Vinoo about DNA planning

June 7th

• Transformed Cph8, pLsr, and LuxS
• Placed order with Vinoo
• Developed idea using PGY/PCN system to activate a gene

June 11th

  

Wet Lab

• PCR'd mCherry from NAS157
• Ran 1% Gel and purified product

  

Dry Lab

• Designed primers for LsR promoter
• Meeting with Dr. Sarkar

June 12th

  

Wet Lab

• Digested mCherry PCR product with BamHI and NotI
• Column purified mCherry and ligated into NAS152 backbone
• Transformed NAS152-mCherry into DH5alpha
• Poured 25 LB-Kan plates

  

Dry Lab

• Research more information about bacterial drug delivery system
• More research into biofilm project

June 14th

  

Wet Lab

• Fill in later....

  

Dry Lab

• Met with Dr. Goulian, obtained pDawn and pDusk
• Identified inaK as a surface display gene we can use

June 18th

  

Wet Lab

• Miniprep pDawn and pDusk
• Test cut pDawn and pDusk with XmaI, analytical gel was correct
• Prep cut pDawn and pDusk with BamHI and NotI, gel purified

  

Dry Lab

• Ordered and picked up PCR purification kit from cell center
• Additional orders through cell center
• Designed primers for one of Peter's components (forgot which)

June 20

  

Wet Lab

• Picked 2 colonies of pDawn-mCherry, innoculated in 5 mL of LB and 50 ug/mL of Kan
• PCR purified fragments (Peter), then ran gel?

  

Dry Lab

• Researched DARPin binding domains and linkers
• Finalized some biobrick orders
• Finalized synthesis order (minus linker)

June 22

  

Wet Lab

• Ashwin - Repeated miniprep on pDawn and did test cut
• Peter - Miniprepped pet26b and digested with BglII and EcorRI
• Avin - Miniprepped pet26b, made glycerol stock and digested with BamH1 and Not1

  

Dry Lab

• Avin - Finalized and sent in synthesis order (still awaiting order confirmation)

June 25

  

Wet Lab

• Ashwin/Avin - Column purification, ligation, and transformation of Pet26b-mCherry
• Peter -run gel of eGFP/plsr ligation

  

Dry Lab

• Avin - Sent in final gene synthesis order
• Mike - reviewed pDawn protocol, reviewed TetR sequences
• Peter- Order restriction enzymes from cell center

June 26

  

Wet Lab

• Avin - Picked colonies for Pet26b-mCherry and pJT106b
• Mike/Ashwin - Plated pJT122

  

Dry Lab

• Everyone - Brainstormed human practices, Wiki design

June 27

  

Wet Lab:

• Miniprepped pet26b-mCherry and pDawn-mCherry
• Test cut pet26b-mCherry with HindIII and ClaI (picture temporarily saved in MEAM folder of pqiao account), bands looked okay, chose C2 for remainder of experiments and made a glycerol stock, transformed both pet26b-mCherry and pDawn-mCherry into BL21(DE3)- Gold (10 ul cells, ~1ng DNA) Plated 200 ul and 20 ul
• Inoculated colonies for pJT122, pJT106b, PhyB (BBa), PIF3 (BBa), and Cph8 (BBa)

  

Dry Lab:

• Started exploring possible wiki designs and coding

June 28

  

Wet Lab:

• Miniprepped pJT122, pJT106b, PhyB, PIF3, Cph8, made glycerol stocks
• Picked colonies for pET26b-mCherry and pDawn-mCherry, innoculated, grew up, then diluted Measured OD along the way

   

Dry Lab:

• Set up light and dark incubators

June 29

  

Wet Lab:

• Tested pDawn-mCherry and pET-mCherry, pDawn-mCherry expressed mCherry only after light induction
• Nanodropped pJT122, pJT106b, PhyB, PIF3, Cph8
• Performed digest of pET-26b, eGFP, and plsr
• Spread Biobrick shipment on Amp plates (lsrR, lsrK)

  

Dry Lab:

• Opened Bio-Rad shipments