From 2011.igem.org

General Transformation Protocol

1. Thaw 20 μl of frozen competent cells on ice. Do not use glass tubes, which adsorb DNA.
2. Add 20 μl DNA, pipette gently to mix (keep volume of DNA less than 5% of the cell volume)
3. Incubate on ice for 30 minutes

Note: If you are in a rush, you can shorten this incubation time to 5-10 min.

1. Incubate cells for 45-90 seconds at 42°C.
2. Incubate cells on ice for 2 min.
3. Add 200mL of room temperature TB.
4. Incubate for 1 hour at 37°C on shaker.

Note: Can also save some time here by reducing incubation to ~45 min.

Note: Step can be eliminated if plating on Amp plates, but not other antibiotics

1. Spread 100-300 μl onto a plate made with appropriate antibiotic.
2. Grow overnight at 37°C.

Adapted from [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Transforming_chemically_competent_cells_%28Inoue%29 OpenWetWare protocol].