Team:Aalto-Helsinki/LabBook

Lab Book

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Construct
worked with

Things done

Lab 1.1.2015
Monday

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Ado?

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Ado cont.

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Week 1

Construct
worked with

Things done

May 18th -
May 22nd

Preparations
Plates

Making Cm
plates

Stored in
+4°C

Preparations
Competent Cells

Preparing
solutions for
competent cells

Stored in
+4°C

o/n culture
of E. coli
TOP10

Chemical
competent
cells protocol

Tranformation
efficiency kit

o/n culture
of E. coli
BL21(DE3)

Chemical
competent
cells protocol

Tranformation
efficiency kit

Colonies are
the wrong color

Preparations
Propagations

Transformed
  AH001-AH008
into TOP10

 AH001-AH004
& AH006

Stored in
+4°C

No colonies for
   AH005, AH007
or AH008

Week 2

Construct
worked with

Things done

May 25th -
May 29th

Preparations
Propagations

Transformed
AH007-AH009,
AH005 & AH019
into TOP10

AH007-AH009
& AH019

o/n cultures

MiniPrep

o/n culture of
 AH001-AH004
& AH006

MiniPrep

No colonies
for AH005

Re-transform
into TOP10

Plates in rt
over weekend

Checking
Competent Cells

o/n culture
of BL21(DE3)
transformants

MiniPrep

PCR with
VF2 & VR

  Smeared gels

AH001+
   AH003+AH008
-> AH013

Repeat
ligation

Restrict &
extract
from gel

 Transformation
into TOP10

Plates in rt
over weekend

Testing RBS's
Assembly

Restrict
AH001-AH004
& AH006-AH008

Ligation

AH002+
  AH004+AH008
-> AH014

Repeat
ligation

Restrict &
extract
from gel

 Transformation
into TOP10

Plates in rt
over weekend

AH001+
   AH006+AH008
-> AH011

Repeat
ligation

Restrict &
extract
from gel

 Transformation
into TOP10

Plates in rt
over weekend

Week 3

Construct
worked with

Things done

June 1st -
June 5th

Preparations
Propagations

Transform
    AH020 & AH021
into TOP10

Plates in rt
 over weekend

Testing RBS's
Assembly

No colonies
for AH011
or AH014

re-assemble

Restrict &
extract
from gel

Ligate &
tranform
into TOP10

No colonies

AH005 &
AH013 OK

o/n cultures

MiniPrep

Week 4

Construct
worked with

Things done

June 8th -
June 12th

Preparations
Propagations

o/n cultures
for AH020
& AH021

MiniPrep

Testing RBS's
Assembly

Re-assembling
  AH011, AH013
& AH014

Transform into TOP10

o/n cultures

MinPrep

Assembling
AH015

  Ligate AH002+
  AH005+AH008

Restrict &
extract
from gel

Transform into TOP10

o/n cultures

MiniPrep

Week 5

Week 6

Construct
worked with

Things done

June 22nd -
June 26th

Testing RBS's
Assembly

Re-assembling AH016 &
AH018

Transform
into
BL21(DE3)

No colonies

Testing RBS's
Propagation

o/n cultures of
 AH016 & AH018
in TOP10

MiniPrep

Transform
into
BL21(DE3)

Plates in rt
over the
weekend

Testing RBS's
Measurement

AH018 in
BL21(DE3)

o/n culture

IPTG induction &
    blue chromoprotein
measurement

No blue chromoprotein

Refresh on
IPTG plate

No blue chromoprotein

Preparations
Linearized Backbones

o/n cultures of
AH007-AH009

MiniPrep

Restrict &
extract
from gel

Week 7

Construct
worked with

Things done

June 29th -
July 3rd

Preparations
Linearized Backbones

Transform
AH007-AH009
into TOP10

No colonies
(mistake in
protocol)

Use iGEM's
linearized
backbones

Testing RBS's

o/n cultures of
  AH016&AH018
in TOP10

IPTG
induction

No Blue
chromoprotein

Testing RBS's
Measurement

Refresh AH016 &
AH018 on
IPTG plate

No blue
chromoprotein

Violacein Plasmid
Construction

PCR AH20
with
P012&P013

PCR
purification

VioA waits
for 2nd PCR

PCR AH20
with
P024&P025

PCR
unsuccesful

PCR AH20
with
P034&P035

PCR
purification

VioE waits
for 2nd PCR

Week 8

Construct
worked with

Things done

July 6th -
July 10th

Preparations

Preparing
  PK BL21(DE3)
competent cells

Cells stored
in -80°C

Cellulose Plasmid
Construction

PCR AH021
with
P019&P020

Problem with
PCR machine

Re-do PCR

PCR
purifcation

BglX waits for
2nd PCR

AH029 into
TOP10

Transformants
stored in
+4°C

Testing RBS's

Transform AH016
& AH018 into
PK BL21(DE3)

Refresh
transformants
on IPTG plates

No blue
chromoprotein

Violacein Plasmid
Construction

Gradient PCR for
AH020 with
P024&P025

PCR
purification

Week 9

Construct
worked with

Things done

July 13th -
July 17th

Preparations
Propagations

o/n culture
of AH029

MiniPrep

CAR2 OK

PCR
purification

Propane Plasmids 1&2 Construction

PCR for
CAR1-3 &
AtoB1-2

CAR1,3 &
AtoB1-2
unspecific bands

Gradient PCR
for CAR3 & 4

PCR with DMSO
for CAR1, 3
& AtoB1, 2

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GFP Brick Construction

o/n culture
of AH044

MiniPrep

Propane Plasmid 2 Construction

PCR for
AtoB3-4

Unspecific
bands

AtoB 4
extracted
from gel

Low
concentration

Gradient
PCR for
AtoB3

Extract &
purify
from gel

Week 10

Week 11

Construct
worked with

Things done

July 27th -
July 31st

Propane Plasmid 1 Construction

Continue CAR1
colony
screening

Screen more
colonies

PCR purification

PCR for
new CAR2

Gradient PCR
with KAPA
polymerase

PCR
purification

Preparations Linearized Backbones

Re-restrict
AH043

Gel purification

Low yield

Re-restrict

Propagations

o/n culture
of AH031

MiniPrep

Transform
AH033 into
TOP10

o/n culture

MiniPrep

Low yield

o/n culture

MiniPrep

Low yield,
but stored
in -20°C

Propane Plasmid 2 Construction

TOPO Blunt End
Cloning for AtoB1
and transformation
into TOP10

Screening
with colony
PCR

PCR
purification

Cellulose Plasmid Construction

PCR for
Cen1 & Cen2

Gradient PCR
with KAPA
polymerase

PCR
purification for
Cen2

Gel purification
for Cen1

2nd PCR
for BglX
(from AH021)

Stored in -4°C
over the
weekend

Propane Plasmid 1 Construction

Re-do colony
PCR for CAR3
successful TOPO colony

Re-do
colony PCR

o/n culture of
the colony

MiniPrep

PCR

Violacein Plasmid Construction

2nd PCR
for VioA
(from AH020)

Stored in -4°C
over the
weekend

KAPA gradient
PCR for AtoB3,4
& CAR3

Gel purification
for AtoB4 & Car3

PCR
purification
for AtoB3

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Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18