Team:Aalto-Helsinki/InterLabBook

Interlab Measurement Study Lab Book

Before reading our Interlab lab book, take a look into this excel file to find the nomenclature we used for our devices.

Week 1

Worked With

WorkFlow

June 22nd -
June 26th

Preparations

Transform
AHD1-AHD4
into TOP10

o/n culture

MiniPrep

Use iGEM's
linearized
backbones

Assembly

3A assembly
for D1-D3

Stored
in -20°C

Click here to read the full lab notes of week 1.

Week 2

Worked With

WorkFlow

June 29th -
July 3rd

Preparations

Transform
AHD6 & AHD7
into TOP10

o/n culture

MiniPrep

Assembly

Transform
D1-D3
into TOP10

D2
expressing
GFP

Refresh
positive
colonies

No GFP

No colonies
for D1 & D3

Re-assemble
D1-D3

Transform
into TOP10

D2
successful

o/n culture

MiniPrep

No colonies
for D1 & D3

Click here to read the full lab notes of week 2.

Weeks 3-5

Worked With

WorkFlow

July 6th -
July 24th

Checking D2

Transform D2
into TOP10

GFP
expressed

Assembly

Re-restrict
AHD1 & AHD3-AHD5

Stored
in -20°C

Click here to read the full lab notes of weeks 3-5.

Week 6

Worked With

WorkFlow

July 27th -
July 31st

Assembly

Ligations
for D1 & D3

Transform
into TOP10

Checking

Check AHD1
& AHD3-AHD5
restrictions on gel

AHD4 & AHD5
OK

Too little
restriction mix
for new ligation

Re-restrict

Stored
in -20°C

Assembly

Ligations
for D1 & D3

Transform
into TOP10

AHD1 & AHD3
unclear

Re-restrict

Stored
in -20°C

Click here to read the full lab notes of week 6.

Week 7

Worked With

WorkFlow

August 3rd -
August 7th

Assembly

Ligations
for D1 & D3

Transform
into TOP10

D1
expressing
GFP

o/n culture

MiniPrep

No GFP
expression
in D3

Re-restrict
AHD3-AHD5

Ligate &
transform
into TOP10

No GFP
expression

Checking

Mistake in AHD4
restriction
protocol

Check AHD4
restriction
on gel

Restriction OK

Click here to read the full lab notes of week 7.

Weeks 8-10

Worked With

WorkFlow

August 10th -
August 28th

Measurement

Transform
D1 & D2
into TOP10

o/n cultures

Measure GFP

Checking

Restrict & check
D1 & D2
on gel

Click here to read the full lab notes of weeks 8-10.

Due to the limited time we had to use for our project, we were only able to construct two devices and measure the GFP from these. We were unable to build the device with J23106 promoter.

Our results can be found on our Interlab Study main page.