IGEM:MIT/2006/Notebook/2007-6-29

From OpenWetWare
Jump to navigationJump to search

Things to Do Today

1. Get streaked plates out of the warm room- DONE (all look good except J45120 & J45250 (no isolated colonies))

2. Make LCs of J45995, J45996, R0040.E0840, and B0015 for plate reader experiment tomorrow- DONE

3. Reserve plate reader for tomorrow- DONE

4. Research leucine pathway

http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/136/1/1?view=long&pmid=361681

Use of plasmids: http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/63/12/4651?view=long&pmid=9406383

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20040091980.html

5. Email leucine calculations to Endy/Knight/grad students- DONE

6. Heard back from Yale stock center. Need to clarify what I heard on the phone in my conversation with Tribe. Send Tribe an email- DONE

7. Order a chorismate-overproducing strain from Yale

8. Restreak J45120 & J45250

9. HPLC isoamyl acetate with Andreas at neutral pH- DONE (DID NOT WORK, TOO MANY PEAKS, MUST LOOK INTO GC/MS OPTIONS)

10. Found another GC in the geobiology lab. Contact their lab technician inquiring about using the GC- DONE