Team:WashU/Notebook

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Notebook

You should make use of the calendar feature on the wiki and start a lab notebook. This may be looked at by the judges to see how your work progressed throughout the summer. It is a very useful organizational tool as well.

May 31

  • Preliminary Shopping List
    1. PCR buffer w/o MgCl - 5ML - $45.00
    2. M8787- 5ML -MgCl Reagent- $49.30
    3. D7295-.5ML - dNTP - $73.00
    4. D4184-250UN - Taq Polymerase - $150.00
    5. D8045-250UN - AccuTaq - $300
    6. E1385-5ML – Ethidium Bromide – $23.70
    7. T8280-1L – Tris Acetate EDTA Buffer – $45.10
    8. NA1020-1KT – PCR Clean-Up Kit -$102.50
    9. NA1111-1KT - Gel Extraction Kit - $102.00

Subtotal: $890.60

  • Met with Cohen Lab grad students to finalize plan and get cassettes.
  • Received Leu2 cassette in pRS305 plasmid.
  • Received Ura3 cassette in pRS306 plasmid.

June 1

  • Lesson from Bert Berla on how to design primers
  • Codon Optimized the four genes using tool at: http://www.encorbio.com/protocols/Codon.htm
    • Double checked gene and restriction sites to make sure enzyme does not cut in the middle of the gene
  • Design Primers for cassettes
    • Ura3, Leu2, KanMX4, and NatMX4

June 2

  • Made two liters of LB solution
    • 25g of LB Broth per Liter (10g Tryptone, 5g Yeast Extract, and 10g NaCl)
    • Autoclaved solutions: 30 minute sterilization.
    • Refrigerated after cooling.

June 3

  • Made YPD
    1. In 800ml water in 1 L bottle dissolve 10g of BactoYeast extract
    2. Dissolve 20g of BactoPeptone in the above solution
    3. In 200ml water in 500ml bottle dissolve 20g Dextrose
    4. Autoclave both, combine after autoclaving. (30 minute sterilization)
  • Made 1000X Ampicillin Stock
    • Added 2g Ampicillin to 20ml water.
    • Added NaOH until dissolved.
    • Sterile filtered.
    • Frozen in -20C Freezer
  • Made cultures of E. coli strains with KanMx4 and Natmx4 inserts.
    • In culture tubes, added 5ml LB and 5ul 1000X Ampicillin Stock.
    • Transferred one colony per strain from plates to culture tubes.
    • Incubate at 30 degrees Celsius shaking at 225rpm overnight.
  • Made cultures of Yeast strains BC177 and BC178
    • Added 5ml YPD to two culture tubes.
    • Transferred one colony per strain from plates to culture tubes.
    • Incubate at 30 degrees Celsius shaking at 225rpm overnight.
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