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# Evaluate remaining funds | # Evaluate remaining funds | ||
# Continue butanol experiment | # Continue butanol experiment | ||
## Placed colony from 3.2% butanol plate into 2.4% butanol broth | |||
# Maxi prep construction vectors (A/K, A/C) | # Maxi prep construction vectors (A/K, A/C) | ||
# Re-transform failed vector (A/T) | # Re-transform failed vector (A/T) | ||
#* Transforming DB3.1 Cells: | |||
## Thaw competent cells on ice. Place required number of 17 × 100 mm polypropylene tubes on wet ice. | |||
## Gently mix cells, then aliquot 100 µl competent cells into chilled polypropylene tubes. | |||
## Refreeze any unused cells in the dry ice/ethanol bath for 5 minutes before returning them to the -80°C freezer. Do not use liquid nitrogen. | |||
## Add 5uL of biobrick construction plasmid DNA to cells, moving pipet through cells to mix. Gently tap to mix. | |||
## Incubate cells on ice for 30 minutes. | |||
## Heat-shock cells 45 seconds in a 42°C water bath; do not shake. | |||
## Place on ice for 2 minutes. | |||
## Add 0.9 ml of room temperature S.O.C. Medium (Cat. No. 15544-034). | |||
## Shake at 225 rpm (37°C) for 1 hour. | |||
## Plate transformed cells @ 75uL and 150 uL on ampicillin plates | |||
## Plate control cells @ 100uL on control and ampicillin plates (for a total of 8 plates) | |||
## Incubate overnight at 37°C. | |||
# Finish ''E. coli'' model | # Finish ''E. coli'' model |
Latest revision as of 12:32, 13 August 2007
Things to accomplish
- Order top system/ cellulase system
- Discuss GCMS standards
- Design fermentation experiment
Things accomplished
- Evaluate remaining funds
- Continue butanol experiment
- Placed colony from 3.2% butanol plate into 2.4% butanol broth
- Maxi prep construction vectors (A/K, A/C)
- Re-transform failed vector (A/T)
- Transforming DB3.1 Cells:
- Thaw competent cells on ice. Place required number of 17 × 100 mm polypropylene tubes on wet ice.
- Gently mix cells, then aliquot 100 µl competent cells into chilled polypropylene tubes.
- Refreeze any unused cells in the dry ice/ethanol bath for 5 minutes before returning them to the -80°C freezer. Do not use liquid nitrogen.
- Add 5uL of biobrick construction plasmid DNA to cells, moving pipet through cells to mix. Gently tap to mix.
- Incubate cells on ice for 30 minutes.
- Heat-shock cells 45 seconds in a 42°C water bath; do not shake.
- Place on ice for 2 minutes.
- Add 0.9 ml of room temperature S.O.C. Medium (Cat. No. 15544-034).
- Shake at 225 rpm (37°C) for 1 hour.
- Plate transformed cells @ 75uL and 150 uL on ampicillin plates
- Plate control cells @ 100uL on control and ampicillin plates (for a total of 8 plates)
- Incubate overnight at 37°C.
- Finish E. coli model