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InterLab Study

our construct BBa promotor strength
pILS 1 J23117 162
pILS 2 J23106 1185
pILS 3 J23101 1791
positive J23151
1bp mutant from J23114
256 (J23114)

12.08.2015

TOP10 pILS2 and pILS3 10°C

  • because not all the colonies grew properly the experiment was repeated for TOP10 pILS2 and pILS3 at 10°C

11.08.2015

  • the protocol on the iGEM website was followed:
  • The samples were diluted to OD600 = 0.5:
    • From all 60 samples the OD600 was measured using a nanoDrop
    • samples were diluted to achieve a final OD600 of 0.5
    • dilution was checked by again measuring the optical density of the samples
    • in case of a value outside 0.5 +- 5% the diluation was repeated based on the new values
  • fluorescence was measured using a platereader an an excitation of 485nm with a bandpassfilter of 20nm and emission at 530nm with the filter width.
    • all fluorescence data was measured three times in three 96-well plates (technical replicates)

10.08.2015

  • AS the BL21 strain carries the same resistance (Cml) as the plasmid does and it wasnot possible to sort out transformed colonies by using the fluorescence as guide we decided not to use BL21 in the study
  • from each plate two test tubes with 5 mL LB medium (+Cml) were inoculated
  • grown them for 8 h on 37°C, 220 rpm
  • after 8 h transfered half of the test tubes to 10°C

09.08.2015

  • For the other 2 strains: Three colonies of each strain were picked and stricken out on plate
  • incubation o/n @ 37°C

08.08.2015

Used E.coli strains are TOP10 (cloning strain) and Bl21pLysS + Arctic Express (expression strain) Each construct was transformed into the different strain. Constructs:

  • Interlab positiv
  • Interlab negativ
  • pILS 1 (2)
  • pILS 2 (2)
  • pILS 3 (1)

The antibiotic resistance of the plasmid is chloramphenicol. The expression strain Bl21pLysS has the same resistance. For o/n cultures only the visual positiv colonies (expression of gfp → greenish colonies will be choosen. Due to the fact of having no resistance (TOP10) and another antibiotic resistance (gentamycin) for Arctic Expression the selection by these strain is easier.

  • transformation was performed according to the protocol Transformation

2015/08/05

Inoculation of 5 ml liquid culture (RE)

  • pILS_1 (LB_cml)
  • pILS_2 (LB_cml)
  • pILS_3 (LB_cml)

2015/08/04

Transformation (RE)

  • pILS_1
  • pILS_2
  • pILS_3

2015/08/03

Test digest: Interlab Study (LS)

  • Interlab Study: pILS1, 2 and 3–>EcoRI HF and SpeI HF
6xMasterMix
6µlEcoRI HF
6µlSpeI Hf
12µlCut smart
66µldH2O

2015/08/02

Picked colonies from ligation plate (interlab study) (?)

Miniprep: pILS1,2,3 (JN)

  • qiagen kit
  • eluted in 30µl dH2O
plasmidconcentration
pILS1 (1)84,4
pILS1 (2)51,7
pILS2 (1)60,7
pILS2 (2)107,3
pILS3 (1)11,2
pILS3 (2)5,1

2015/08/01

Digest of the ILS plasmids (RE)

  • Bba_K823013 with SpeI and PstI-HF
  • Bba_K823008 with SpeI and PstI-HF
  • Bba_K823005 with SpeI and PstI-HF
  • Bba_I13504 with XbaI and PstI-HF
  • 1 µl of each restr. enzyme
  • 5 µl CutSmart
  • 10 µl DNA
  • 33 µl dH2O
  • incubated for 1 h at 37°C

analysis on 1 % agarose gel:


Ligation (RE)

  • InterLab study:
Backbone Bba_K823013 Bba_K823008 Bba_K82_3005
Backbone amount [µl] 2.17 1 2.08
GFP (Bba_I13504) amount [µl] 3.09 3.09 3.09

Transformation of the ligation products (5 µl) into E.coli TOP10 (RE)

  • pILS1-3 were plated on LB-cml

26.07.2015

  • from the first miniprep another try for GFP (miniprep with 105.1 ng/µL) digest was done
volume [µL]
DNA 10
10x cutSmart 5 µL
Xba1 1 µL
Pst1-HF 1µL
water 33 µL
  • NEB Cloner proposed 5-15 min @ 37°C but digest over night should also be possible
  • digest was carried out for 2.5h @ 37 in Thermocycler
  • sample was loaded on a free lane of a before used 1% agarose gel
    • 5µL 1kb ladder was used

Results

Lane of digested GFP.
  • Only one band is visible so the digest was not succesfull
  • Additionally the 1kb-ladder was not visible on the gel.

Before further experiments are carried out, the DNA from the second miniprep has to be sequenced to prevent the right digest of the wrong DNA!

25.07.2015

  • A miniprep for all 4 InterLabStudy-constructs was carried out
construct yield [ng/µL]
BBa_I13504 111.9
BBa_K823005 176.6
BBa_K823008 76.3
BBa_K8230 109.0
  • From each o/n culture a plate culture was stroken out to have cells for further minipreps

24.07.2015

  • from all four constructs colonies still stored @ 4°C cells were taken and put into 3 mL LB-medium + Cml
  • cells were grown o/n for miniprep the next day

23.07.2015

  • samples were digested with the right volumes
K823005 K823008 K823013-2 I13504-1
Plasmid 42 µL 30 µL 28 µL 30 µL
Pst1 1 µL 1 µL 1 µL 1 µL
Spe1 1 µL 1 µL 1 µL
Xba1 1 µL
5x buffer 5 µL 5 µL 5 µL 5 µL
aqua dest 1 µL 13 µL 15 µL 13 µL
  • 1% agarose gel was loaded and run 45 min @ 110V
Digest of the samples with Pst1 and Spe1 (for the backbones) and Xba1 (for the insert) respectively. Sample loading should have been all three backbones and then the insert, but samples seem to be swapped.

Results

  • samples seem to be swapped
    • The GFP insert was assigned to the first construct with about kbp length → There the digest may not have worked and therfore only one band is visible
    • The other bands were cut out and marked as Insert 1 to 3 because assignment to the different samples was not clear.
    • It is additionally unclear, if there has been succesfull digestion because the loss of 35 bp can't be seen on the gel
  • The GFP-insert digest will be done again
  • Backbone samples were stored @ 4°C

22.07.2015

  • samples were loaded on a 1% agarose gel and run @ 110V for 30 min
  • there were no bands visible
digest of the InterLab constructs failed.

21.07.2015

  • constructs were diluted to reach final concentration of 1µg/µL
starting construct dilution
Bba_K823005 46.4 µg/µL 45.4 µL aqua dest + 1µL
Bba_K823008 67.9 µg/µL 66.9 µL aqua dest + 1µL
Bba_K823013-2 72.7 µg/µL 71.7 µL aqua dest + 1µL
Bba_I13504-1 66.8 µg/µL 65.8 µL aqua dest + 1µL
  • digestion was carried out for 1.5 h @ 37°C following the scheme and the protocol
K823005 K823008 K823013 I13504
Plasmid 3 µL 3 µL 3 µL 3 µL
PstI 1µL 1µL 1µL 1µL
SpeI 1µL 1µL 1µL
XbaI 1µL
5x buffer 5µL 5µL 5µL 5µL
aqua dest 40µL 40µL 40µL 40µL
  • after digestion enzymes were inactivated by 2min 80°C treatment
  • samples were stored @ 4°C