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<li>Prepared a bacterial culture containing constitutive GFP (K584001) to grow overnights (E. coli in LB with chloramphenicol)</li>
 
<li>Prepared a bacterial culture containing constitutive GFP (K584001) to grow overnights (E. coli in LB with chloramphenicol)</li>
 
<li>Performed a transformation in order to replicate our DNA with the constitutive GFP, and plated half of them on the plates containing chloramphenicol and used the other half for another overnight batch</li>
 
<li>Performed a transformation in order to replicate our DNA with the constitutive GFP, and plated half of them on the plates containing chloramphenicol and used the other half for another overnight batch</li>
<li>Miniprep<li>
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<li>Performed a mini-prep on our overnights with the constitutive GFP in order to isolate plasmids and verify that they were present through spectrophotometry<li>
<li>analyzed sequences</li>
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<li>Started two separate 3A assemblies in order to piece together the pBAD promoter with the miraculin gene and the constitutive GFP gene to the SRNBC gene (homolog to Hok/Sok)</li>
<li>prepared 3A assembly clone of pBAD-miraculin</li>
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<li>Performed a transformation in order to clone our new plasmids, one containing the pBAD promoter and miraculin gene and the other containing SRNBC and the constitutive GFP</li>
 
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<li>3A assembly</li>
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<li>Transformed β-cyclase, AppY, and CRTBEY genes in bacteria to grow on plates overnight</li>
<li>two backbones</li>
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<li>Started a new 3A assembly for the SRNBC and constitutive GFP construct along with pBAD, constitutive colicinFy, and lysostaphin</li>
<li>pSB1C3</li>
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<li>Final products were SRNBC + constitutive GFP, SRNBC + constitutive colicinFy, and pBAD + lysostaphin</li>
<li>pBAD promoter + genes for miraculin</li>
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<li>Prepared overnights for the pBAD + miraculin construct that grew on the plates and the β-cyclase, AppY, and CRTBEY genes</li>
<li>cut out pBAD with 2 enzymes (EcoRI and SpeI) and cut out miraculin (XbaI and PstI)</li>
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<li>Performed minipreps on the overnights we had prepared the day before (for the β-cyclase, AppY, and CRTBEY genes) and shipped them off to be sequenced</li>
<li>want to put pBAD in front of miraculin</li>
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<li>Performed transformations on the SRNBC + constitutive GFP, SRNBC + constitutive colicinFy, and pBAD + lysostaphin digests and let them grow overnight</li>
<li>put into backbone w/ different antibiotic resistance than original backbone: pSB1A3 (means of selection)</li>
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<li>plate had colonies<li>
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<li>Human Practices<li>
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Kevin got in contact w/ Bioacademy program @ Northwest High School
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Trying to set up a talk for this Wednesday
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Kevin + Adam + Dylan + Juhye going
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goal to target various age groups
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create game
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fundamentals of genetics via presentations, arts, etc.
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Conference scheduled for June 25th
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4 teams confirmed: UVA, UMBC, Stonybrook, Duke
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contact iGEM headquarters to inform them about meetup → Robert
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin got in contact w/ <span class=SpellE>Bioacademy</span>
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program @ Northwest High School <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Trying to set up a talk for this <span class=SpellE><span
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class=GramE>wednesday</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin + Adam + Dylan + <span class=SpellE>Juhye</span> going
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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>goal</span> to target various age groups <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>create</span> game <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>fundamentals</span> of genetics via
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presentations, arts, etc. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Conference scheduled for June 25th <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>4 teams confirmed: UVA, UMBC, <span class=SpellE>Stonybrook</span>,
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<span class=GramE>Duke</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>contact</span> <span class=SpellE>iGEM</span>
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headquarters to inform them about meetup &#8594; Robert</p>
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