Team:SPSingapore/Notebook-Week-10


Research Notebook

Week 10 (26/7 - 1/8)

▪ July 26

esa Quorum Sensing    ☀ Yun Ting & Chi Yan ☀

Midiprep of esaR plasmid.
Airdry ON.


esa Quorum Sensing    ☀ Adrian ☀

BBPprefix_esaRBS PCR synthesis

PCR Reaction
H2O 22ul
Buffer 80ul
MgCl2 32ul
dNTP 32ul
FP_Biobricks_Prefix 16ul
ORP_esaRBS_fragsyn 16ul
synpartBBP_esaRBS 1ul
GoTaq polymerase 2ul
Total 400ul

esaRBS_GFP_BBsuffix
H2O 221ul
Buffer 80ul
MgCl2 32ul
dNTP 32ul
RP_BiobricksSuffix 16ul
OFP_esaRBS_GFPver2 16ul
pSB1A2_BBa_0040 1ul
GoTaq polymerase 2ul
Total 400ul

PCR for esa
H2O 220ul
Buffer 80ul
MgCl2 32ul
dNTPs 32ul
FP_BB_Prefix 16ul
RP_BB_Suffix 16ul
BBPrefix_esaRBS 1.2ul
esaRBS_GFPBBSuffix 0.5ul
GoTaq 2ul
Total 400ul

PCR for RNG
H2O 220ul
Buffer 80ul
MgCl2 32ul
dNTPs 32ul
FP_BB_Prefix 16ul
RP_BB_Suffix 16ul
BBPrefix_esaRBS 1.5ul
esaRBS_GFPBBSuffix 0.5ul
GoTaq 2ul
Total 400ul


Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Yi Han ☀

No colonies for FNRgfp
Hotstart fusion PCR (8X reaction)
10X Buffer 80ul
dNTPs 16ul
FP Biobricks Prefix 8ul
RP Biobricks Suffix 8ul
FNR Pcr product 12ul
GFP PCR product 4ul
MgCl2 3ul


esa Quorum Sensing    ☀ Adrian, Clarice, Kenneth ☀

REdigest of esaR and RNF after PCR purification and gel extraction

esaR-gfp RE digest
Buffer 2ul
PstI 1ul
EcoRI 1ul
2ug Template 5.4ul
H2O 10.6ul
Total 20ul

RNG RE digest
Buffer 2ul
PstI 1ul
EcoRI 1ul
2ug Template 3.9ul
H2O 12.1ul
Total 20ul

Ligation of pSB1A2 with esaR and RNG
10X T4 Ligase Buffer 2ul
Vector (pSB1A2 EcoRI/PstI) 1ul
Insert (esaR and RNG) 5ul
H2O 11ul
T4 DNA ligase 1ul
Total 20ul

▶ Ligation for 30min at room temperature


▪ July 27

Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Yi Han ☀

Ran gel to determine FNR gfp size
(1kb 100bp FNRgfp PCR)

Result: Faint band of correct size
Gel extract


Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Chi Yan ☀

RE of extracted product with EcoRI/PstI for 300ng of DNA
RE (1X)
FNR-gfp 0.9ul
EcoRI 1ul
PstI 1ul
Buffer 2ul
Water 15.1ul
Total 20ul


Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Yi Han ☀

Ran gel with cut vector and cut PCR product
▶ 1kb 100bp cut vector (wells 3-5) FNR-gfp (wells 6-8)
▶ However, PCR product was not detectable


RE digest for FNRgfp EcoRI/PstI
150ng PCR 5ul
Buffer 2ul
EcoRI 0.5ul
PstI 0.5ul
H2O 12ul
Total 20ul

▶ Gel extracted

Ligation reaction was performed overnight

Ligation reaction (1X)
100ng vector 8.3ul
85ng insert 16ul
T4 ligase 2ul
Buffer 4ul
H2O 9.7ul


▪ July 28

Maintenance    ☀ Yi Han ☀

1. Trialling transformation of 10ul BL21 with 100ng pGFPuv plasmid for workshop. Using 200ul LB broth for the growth in 1hour step
▶ i. 10ul BL21 + 10ul plasmid
▶ ii. Heatshock for 300s
▶ iii. Shake for 1hour at 37 degC 225rpm
▶ iv. Plated 40ul on LB, 40ul on LB+amp plate


2. Transformation of ligation reaction into BL21 with control of cut vector (100ng) into BL21
▶ Plated 40ul on LB+amp plate, 20ul on LB plate


▪ July 29

Maintenance    ☀ Yi Han ☀

Colonies on pGFPuv plate with amp -> LB works for reviving bacteria
small colonies with FNRGFP plasmid


▪ July 30

Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Yi Han ☀

12 colonies grew for FNRGFP plate
No colonies on control with cut vector
Colony PCR to screen 12 colonies and negative control using universal primers


PCR Mastermix (13X)
H2O 42.25ul
PCR Buffer 65ul
VF2 Primer 13ul
RP VR Primer 13ul
MgCl2 32.5ul
GoTaq 3.25ul


▪ July 31

Anaerobic Promoter    ☀ Chi Yan & Yi Han ☀

When gel was run, primer dimers and 700-800bp band were present in the negative control with no template added
Fresh buffer, MgCL2, dNTP and fresh diluted primers were used to repeat colony PCR.
Diluting dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP to 2.5mM
Repeated colony pcr with Prefix-suffix primers using TC pipettors


▪ Aug 1

esa Quorum Sensing    ☀ Chi Yan & Yi Han ☀

esaR PCR check

PCR reaction
H2O 222ul
Buffer 80ul
MgCl2 32ul
dNTPs 32ul
VF2 16ul
VR 16ul
GoTaq 2ul

▶ Cycle conditions
   95ºC (3min) -> 95ºC (30s) -> 60ºC (30s) -> 72ºC (1.5min) -> 72ºC (5min)
   for 25 cycles


▶ Result: FP_Biobricks_Suffix and RP_Biobrick_Suffix primers are contaminated -> rediute from stock