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==16/8/06==
===Aims===
Due to the protocol dilution after the overnight culture, it was thought that any AHL could have been diluted away. Here we have skipped dilution steps, and measured the AHL content of the supernatent directly from the overnight culture.
==15/8/06==
===Aims===
The aim of this experiment was to reassess this part. This was done with a set of spun down control cells.
===Results===
*Data Files:
**[http://openwetware.org/images/1/1c/J37015GFP2a.xls GFP] and [http://openwetware.org/images/4/48/J37015OD2a.xls Abs490] after 0h
**[http://openwetware.org/images/d/da/J37015GFP2b.xls GFP] and [http://openwetware.org/images/8/89/J37015OD2b.xls Abs490] after 3h
**[http://openwetware.org/images/4/48/J37015GFP2c.xls GFP] and [http://openwetware.org/images/e/ee/J37015OD2c.xls Abs490] after 3h20
==11/8/06==
==11/8/06==



Revision as of 08:16, 16 August 2006

16/8/06

Aims

Due to the protocol dilution after the overnight culture, it was thought that any AHL could have been diluted away. Here we have skipped dilution steps, and measured the AHL content of the supernatent directly from the overnight culture.

15/8/06

Aims

The aim of this experiment was to reassess this part. This was done with a set of spun down control cells.

Results

11/8/06

Aims

Due to difficulty in both the PCR screen and Mini-preping of the final J37015 construct it was decided to test the cells for production of AHL, which should be produced in large quantities if the ligations had been successful.

Results

Comment

  • From the results the T9002 Control actually has a greater Fluorescence/OD490 than the T9002 resuspended in J37015 supernatent
    • This could be due to the fact that the T9002 cells that were used in the J37015 assay had to be spun down whereas the control cells were not
    • The T9002 J37015 assay cells were also in the fridge for a period of around 2 hours due to a protocol error. This could have effected the cells ability to produce GFP.
  • The results do not indicate any AHL at all in the supernatent of J37015 culture
    • This possibily indicates the ligation wasn not successful
    • However, due to the reasons above, it may simply be that being in the fridge/spun prevented the T9002 cells from responding to AHL
  • In order for J37015 to work, we have presumed a level of leakiness in pLuxR. If this level were too low no AHL would be produced.

Conclusions

  • The experiment to determine whether the ligation was successful was inconclusive
  • The protocol should be changed to make sure both assay and control T9002 cells are spun and resuspended