Team:Caltech/Week 3

June 26

Start overnight cultures of T7 polymerase ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K145001 K145001]), mCherry ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J06702 J06702]), Lac Promoter ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0010 R0010]), double terminator ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0014 B0014] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015]) and Tet Promoter ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0040 R0040])

June 27

Miniprep of T7 polymerase ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K145001 K145001]), mCherry ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J06702 J06702]), Lac Promoter ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0010 R0010]), double terminator ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0014 B0014] and [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015]) and Tet Promoter ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_R0040 R0040]) and submit for sequencing
Transfer 0.5 mL aliquots of BPA and 5 mL aliquots 17a-ethynylestradiol cultures from June 23 to fresh minimal media
Check DDT and nonylphenol cultures, transfer to fresh minimal media if there is growth
Ethanol precipitation of DNA extractions from LA river samples
Streak out cells from fosmid kit
Fosmid kit first gel?
Prepare antibiotic stocks (Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol)

June 28

Send off continued forward sequencing for HER
Observe fosmid gel, conduct shearing and end repair, run size selection gel (if needed)
Start culture of fosmid cells overnight

This Week

PCR of parts for pNT001 (Test plasmid for [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K123000 K123000])
Purification/Gibson assembly for pNT001
Email other teams
PCR of parts for pNT002 and assembly
Use pNT001 and pNT002 to test degradation parts