Team:Cambridge/Lab book/Week 8
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Monday (13/08/12)
Ratiometrica-Lux: Miniprep of LuxBrick plasmid
- Miniprepped is done using miniprep kit supplied by Cambio
- Plasmids are miniprepped from 3 cultures
Ratiometrica-Lux: PCR of lux vector
- With split primers, similar conditions to last week (except no longer using E. coli colonies), each half in triplicates
- Results: Half of the vector (Fragment B) came out (gel 1), positive control worked (gel 2 lane 5)
Ratiometrica-Lux: Arabinose induction of Lux E. coli
- E. coli with the lux plasmid (K325909) O/N liquid cultures are induced with 3mM arabinose
- They did not produce visible bioluminescence after 7 hours. We suspect it to be a problem associated either with the concentration of cells in the culture or the amount of arabinose we added.
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.
Ratiometrica-Lux: Arabinose Induction of Lux E. coli
- After our failed liquid culture induction, we made LB agar plates with 3mM arabinose and the appropriate antibiotics.
- Cells are plated out on the arabinose plates and incubated at 37°C overnight.
- Colonies on plates show bioluminescence after overnight incubation
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:
Gibson assembly of positive control DNA
Transformation of positive control DNA into e.coli
- Chemically competent e.coli transformed with positive control Gibson products made previously.
- Transformants plated out onto 50 μg/ml kanomycin plates and incubated at 37 °C overnight.
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)
Characterization of fluoride riboswitch construct
- Eppindorfs containing the bacillus with the fluoride riboswitch removed from incubator and imaged.
- Now this definitely works, we will try quantifying this riboswitch with an ONPG assay and the plate reader.
PCR ran by paul - insert photos/discuss
- Only positive control and two sets of triplicates worked
- YFP and CFP extracted successfully
Friday (17/08/12)
- Team meet up today! No lab work was done.
Saturday (18/08/12)
PCR of Fluoride biobrick format
- Two sets of primers used: one to allow insertion into backbone by ligation, and one to allow insertion by Gibson assembly.
- Cycle settings:
- Melting - 98 °C - 10 seconds
- Annealing - 58 °C - 30 seconds
- Elongation - 72 °C - 100 seconds
- Products run on gel. Fragments produced of correct size, however they overlapped with the primer dimer band due to the small size of the fragments.
- DNA extracted and purified.
PCR of Mg2+ riboswitch construct vector
- Separate reactions for
- Cycle settings:
- Melting - 98 °C - 10 seconds
- Annealing - 58 °C - 30 seconds
- Elongation - 72 °C - 100 seconds
- Products run on gel. No fragments produced. Positive control worked however, so master mix clearly works.
- Given this PCR has worked in the past, will try to re-run with the same settings and hope for success in the future.