Team:Cornell/Week 11

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==Friday, August 19==
==Friday, August 19==
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Lab work done by: Claire Paduano and Youjin Cho
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:'''Objective'''
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::PCR clean up VioB insert
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::Digest VioB insert and VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone, gel purify, and ligate overnight
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::PCR off GFP overnight
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:'''Digestion Setups'''
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::VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone
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:::19.05μL H2O
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:::23.2μL VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone (2μg)
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:::5μL 10x NEBuffer 2
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:::0.5μL 100x BSA
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:::1.25μL KpnI
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:::<u>1μL HindIII</u>
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:::50μL Total
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::VioB insert
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:::38.25μL H2O
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:::4μL VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone (1μg)
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:::5μL 10x NEBuffer 2
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:::0.5μL 100x BSA
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:::1.25μL KpnI
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:::<u>1μL HindIII</u>
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:::50μL Total
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::KpnI has only 75% efficiency in Buffer 2, so added 0.25uL more KpnI to digestion mixture
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::Incubate in 37°C water bath for 2 hours
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:'''Gel purification of VioB insert and Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone'''
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----
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:'''Ligation Reaction Setup'''
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::*'''vioB + Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone'''
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:::11.4μL pZE12 backbone (cut with KpnI & HindIII; former vioE gene digested out)
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:::3.3μL vioA gene insert (cut with KpnI & HindIII)
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:::2.3μL H2O
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:::2μL 10x T4 DNA ligase buffer
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:::<u>1μL T4 DNA ligase</u>
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:::20μL Total
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::*'''Control Ligation for vioB Gene Inserts'''
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:::11.4μL pZE12 backbone (cut with KpnI & HindIII; former vioE gene digested out)
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:::5.6μL H2O (gene insert volumes go toward water volume)
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:::2μL 10x T4 DNA ligase buffer
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:::<u>1μL T4 DNA ligase</u>
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:::20μL Total
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::Incubate all ligation reaction constructs overnight in 16°C waterbath.
==Saturday, August 20==
==Saturday, August 20==
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Revision as of 21:12, 19 August 2011

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August 14th - August 20th

Sunday, August 14

Afternoon lab work done by: Charlie Chung

  • Picked three colonies from the two (GFP + Avi-Tagged pZE12 backbone) plates
- GFP + Avi + BB (1) #1, 2, 3
- GFP + Avi + BB (2) #1, 2, 3
  • Incubating overnight in 37°C shaker of Room 304
  • Re-picked three colonies from the (RFP + Avi-Tagged pZE12 backbone) plate in order to retry subculturing, induction, and cell lysis
- RFP + Avi + BB #7, 8, 9
  • Incubating overnight in 37°C shaker of Room 304

Monday, August 15

Afternoon lab work done by: Youjin Cho, Maneesh Gupta

Objective
  • Miniprep GFP samples that were cultured overnight and send them off for sequencing.
  • Set-up the PCR for vioB using vio operon.
Miniprep & Sequencing
  • Miniprepped the GFP samples using standard Qiagen Miniprep protocol.
GFP+Avi-Tag+pZE12 backbone (1)- 1,2,3
GFP+Avi-Tag+pZE12 backbone (2)- 1,2,3
  • Set-up the samples for sequencing using the reverse primer.
Order number: 10254977
PCR Reaction
  • Set-up the vioB PCR using the vio operon (= 20.3ng/μL).
  • As Didi suggested, used the melting temperature of 53°C and annealing time for 3:30 minutes.

Evening lab work done by: Maneesh Gupta, Charlie Chung

Preparing a Subculture
  • Set up two cuvettes for preliminary optical density (OD) reading: (1) control (2) RFP sample from Sunday evening
- Purpose of preliminary OD reading is to determine how much RFP sample you need to add to a new 25mL culture
- Use a 1:10 dilution of sample to minimize error when running the spectrophotometer
  • Control: 1000µL LB
  • RFP Sample: 900µL LB + 100µL (RFP + Avi-Tagged pZE12) Colony #9
  • RFP Sample OD = 0.329 (treat as [bacteria with RFP]), which translates to actual OD of 3.29 in Sunday's 3mL culture tube (after undoing the 1:10 dilution)
  • Use dilution equation to determine how much RFP bacteria culture is needed for the 25mL culture
(3.29)(? µL) = (desired beginning [RFP bacteria] = 0.05)(25mL = 25000µL)
? = 380µL Sunday's RFP bacteria culture to 25mL LB + 25µL ampicillin
  • Incubate new 25mL RFP bacteria subculture in 37°C shaker for ~2 hours and 45 minutes (6:30pm start)
  • At end of incubation time, check OD. Target OD = 0.6-0.8, which means ready for induction of RFP production via IPTG
OD was 0.49 at 9pm. Let culture grow until 11pm for induction (IPTG addition).
  • Induce 25mL RFP bacteria culture with 25µL 1M IPTG for desired 1mM addition (completed at 11pm)
  • Incubate induced 25mL culture flask on room temperature shaker

Tuesday, August 16

Afternoon lab work done by: Maneesh Gupta, Charlie Chung

  • Repeated cell lysis protocol (see Saturday, August 13) on 25mL culture from Monday.
- However, after centrifuging, the pellet was not red.
Troubleshooting Possibilities
  • RFP being expressed in such little quantity that it cannot be confirmed by the naked eye
- Instead, RFP expression can be confirmed with a western blot on the cell lysate using an antibody for Avi-Tag
  • Distance between the ribosomal binding site (RBS) and the AUG start codon of the RFP mRNA may be too long
- Redesign primers for the sake of cloning and expressing RFP
What We Did
- Picked a culture sample from the pellet formed after the centrifuge step
- Incubated in the 37°C shaker of Room 304 for Miniprep and sequencing tomorrow
p.s. -- Submit Didi's sequencing samples along with RFP sample!

Wednesday, August 17

Morning lab work done by: Youjin Cho, Charlie Chung

Miniprep DNA Plasmid Purification
  • Miniprepped culture from bacterial cell pellet of (RFP + Avi-Tagged pZE12)
- Followed standard Qiagen Miniprep protocol
- NanoDrop spectrophotometry: 52.7ng/μL
Preparation for DNA Sequencing Submission
- 1μL reverse primer for pZE12
- 17μL Miniprep-purified (RFP + Avi-Tagged pZE12)
  • Order Number: 10255141

Thursday, August 18

Friday, August 19

Lab work done by: Claire Paduano and Youjin Cho

Objective
PCR clean up VioB insert
Digest VioB insert and VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone, gel purify, and ligate overnight
PCR off GFP overnight
Digestion Setups
VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone
19.05μL H2O
23.2μL VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone (2μg)
5μL 10x NEBuffer 2
0.5μL 100x BSA
1.25μL KpnI
1μL HindIII
50μL Total
VioB insert
38.25μL H2O
4μL VioE in Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone (1μg)
5μL 10x NEBuffer 2
0.5μL 100x BSA
1.25μL KpnI
1μL HindIII
50μL Total
KpnI has only 75% efficiency in Buffer 2, so added 0.25uL more KpnI to digestion mixture
Incubate in 37°C water bath for 2 hours
Gel purification of VioB insert and Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone
Ligation Reaction Setup
  • vioB + Avi-Tagged pZE12 vector backbone
11.4μL pZE12 backbone (cut with KpnI & HindIII; former vioE gene digested out)
3.3μL vioA gene insert (cut with KpnI & HindIII)
2.3μL H2O
2μL 10x T4 DNA ligase buffer
1μL T4 DNA ligase
20μL Total
  • Control Ligation for vioB Gene Inserts
11.4μL pZE12 backbone (cut with KpnI & HindIII; former vioE gene digested out)
5.6μL H2O (gene insert volumes go toward water volume)
2μL 10x T4 DNA ligase buffer
1μL T4 DNA ligase
20μL Total
Incubate all ligation reaction constructs overnight in 16°C waterbath.

Saturday, August 20

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