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LB Agar
We used a premade Becton, Dickinson and Comapany mix to make our LB agar.Adding Antibiotics to LB
How to make LB liquid plus antibiotics:- Ampicillin – The frozen stock solutions of ampicillin are at 50mg/ml and 100mg/ml in H2O, and are marked with a red sticker. The final concentration for LB liquid culture is 50ul/ml. To obtain this in 100ml (the amount in each LB bottle), add 100ul stock solution.
- Kanamycin – The frozen stock solutions of kanamycin are at 50mg/ml in H2O, and are marked with green. The final concentration for LB liquid culture for growing plasmids is 50ug/ml, and for cosmids is 20ug/ml. To obtain 50ng/ml in 100ml of LB, add 100ul stock solution, and to obtain 20ug/ml, add 40ul stock solution.
- Tetracycline – The frozen stock solutions of tetracycline are at 15mg/ml in methanol and are marked with black. The final concentration for LB liquid culture is 15ug/ml. To obtain this in 100ml of LB, add 100ul stock solution.
- Chloramphenicol – The frozen stock solutions of chloramphenicol are at 25mg/ml in 100% ethanol and are marked with purple. The final concentration for LB liquid culture is 25mg/ml. To obtain this in 100ml of LB, add 100ul stock solution.
- Follow the recipe card in box for making LB plates, being sure to add the agar. After autoclaving, and when the agar has cooled enough that it’s not too hot to touch (about 1 to 1.5hrs), add antibiotics as follows:
- Ampicillin – add 1ml ampicillin (at 100mg/ml) per liter of agar to obtain a final concentration of 100ug/ml. Mark the plate with a single red line on the side.
- Kanamycin – add 1ml kanamycin stock (at 50mg/ml) per liter of agar to obtain a final concentration of 50ug/ml. Mark the plates with a single green line on the side.
- Tetracycline – add 1ml tetracycline stock (at 15mg/ml) per liter of agar to obtain a final concentration of 15ug/ml. Mark the plates with a single black line on the side.
- Chloramphenicol – add 1ml chloramphenicol stock (at 25mg/ml) per liter of agar to obtain a final concentration of 100ug/ml. Mark the plates with a single purple line on the side.
SOB Media Recipe
- 2% w/v bacto-tryptone (20 g)
- 0.5% w/v Yeast extract (5 g)
- 8.56mM NaCl (0.5 g) or 10mM NaCl (0.584 g)
- 2.5mM KCl (0.186 g)
- ddH2O to 1000 mL[4]
SOC Media Recipe
In addition to the contents of SOB media- 10mM MgCl2 (0.952 g) or 20mM MgSO4 (2.408 g)[2]
- 20mM glucose (3.603 g)
- Alternatively, SOC can be made by adding small amounts of concentrated magnesium chloride and glucose solutions to pre-prepared SOB.
Creating Chemically Competent Cells
The protocol for creating chemically competent cells is provided by the parts registry and can be found here.Transforming Chemically Competent Cells
The protocol for transforming chemically competent cells is provided by Open Wet Ware and can be found here.Updated Protocol for Transforming Chemically Competent Cells (as of 6/20)
Due to our low yield from our previous transformations and minipreps, we are now using the following protocol.- Thaw cells on ice ( the cells must be kept on ice as much as possible to work properly)
- Gently mix approximately 25μL of cells into chilled polypropylene tube (if ligation then 50μL)
- Add 1.25μL or less plasmid DNA
- Swirl and flick with finger
- Heat shock at 42°C for approximately 45 seconds (no shaking)
- Put tubes back on ice for 2-5 minutes
- Add 900μl of SOC
- Gently shake and incubate at 200 rpm for 30-60 minutes at 37°C
- Spread on LB plates
- Place in 37°C for 14 hours
Miniprep Procedures
For this procedure, we used the QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit by Qiagen.Original Miniprep Procedure
- Add 1.5mL of overnight culture to a micorcentrifuge tube
- Spin for 3 minutes at 800rpm
- Decant the supernatant so that the DNA pellet is all that remains
- Repeat steps 1-3 three times
- Add 250μL of buffer P2 and invert several times to mix (do not allow the solution to sit for more than 5 minutes)
- Add 300μL of buffer N3 and immediately invert to mix
- Centrifuge at 13,000rpm for 10 minutes
- Apply the supernatant to the QIAprep spin column by decanting or pipetting
- Centrifuge at 13,000rpm for 1 minute and discard flow through
- Wash the QIAprep spin column by adding 500μL buffer PB
- Centrifuge at 13,000rpm for 1 minute and discard flow through
- Wash the QIAprep spin column by adding 750μL Buffer PE
- Centrifuge at 13,000rpm for 1 minute and discard flow through
- Centrifuge at 13,000rpm for 1 minute
- Place the QIAprep column in a clean 1.5mL microcentrifuge tube
- Elute the DNA by adding 50μL of Buffer EB to the center of the QIAprep spin column
- Let stand for 1 minute
- Quantify DNA concentration with nanodrop
Alterations to Miniprep Procedure (as of June 19)
- The P2 and N3 steps (steps 5 and 6) were done twice
- The final elution (step 16) was completed using 50°C nanopure water
PCR protocol
- For a 25ul rxn:
- Use 1ul of 60ng/ul or 100ng/ul DNA
- Use 1ul of each primer at 3.2pmole/ul concentration or 1.25ul of each primer at 100ng/ul concentration
- 2.5ul 10x PCR Buffer w/ Mg (1.5mM)
- 0.5ul 25mM MgCl2
- 0.5ul dNTP
- 0.125ul Taq
- 18.375ul sterile water to equal a 25ul rxn
- if not making master mix, dilute Taq so that you can add 1ul of Taq and 17.5ul sterile water to equal a 25ul rxn
- For a 50ul rxn:
- Use 2ul of 60ng/ul or 100ng/ul DNA
- Use 2ul of each primer at 3.2pmole/ul concentration or 2.5ul of each primer at 100ng/ul concentration
- 5ul 10x PCR Buffer w/ Mg
- 1ul 25mM MgCl2
- 1ul dNTP
- 0.25ul Taq
- 36.75ul sterile water to equal a 50ul rxn
- if not making a master mix, dilute Taq so that you can add 1ul of Taq and 36ul sterile water to equal a 50ul rxn
- Keep the reagents on ice.
- Add the Taq last, and keep it in the freezer until you are ready to add it.
- Vortex briefly and quick spin.
- Cycle:
- 95°C for 1-5minutes (usually 4min)
- 95°C for 1min
- 55°C for 1min. Cycle 30 times
- 72°C for 1.5 to 2min (usually 2min)
- 72°C for 10min
- 4°C hold
3A Assembly
The protocol for 3A assembly is provided by Open Wet Ware and can be found hereGibson Assembly
Prepare a master mix, as detailed below. Store them in 15 ul aliquots at -20 °C. Then:- Thaw a 15 μl assembly mixture aliquot and keep on ice until ready to be used.
- Add 5 μl of DNA to be assembled to the master mixture. The DNA should be in equimolar amounts. Use 10-100 ng of each ~6 kb DNA fragment. For larger DNA segments, increasingly proportionate amounts of DNA should be added (e.g. 250 ng of each 150 kb DNA segment).
- Incubate at 50 °C for 15 to 60 min (60 min is optimal).
- Transform as usual
Silica Creation
- Obtain 14.4g of nanopure water
- Obtain 50µL of .04M HCL and combine it with the water. Put this solution in an ice bath
- Obtain 7.6g of tetramethyl orthosilicate (TMOS) in a separate container
- Combine the TMOS and HCL/water
- Immediately begin the vortex the solution. The solution will be cloudy while the reaction is taking place. Once the solution is clear again, the reaction is finished. This will take approximately 5 minutes
- When the reaction is finished, let the solution set for 1-2 minutes
- Use a rotary evaporator at 47ºC to remove the methane from the solution. This should take 2-3 minutes. The final solution volume should be approximately 13mL
- If the silica is to be used immediately, put it on ice. It can be stored for up to a week if it is refrigerated.
- Filter the silica before use