Team:UIUC Illinois/Notebook
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PROJECT NOTES
- NOTES BY MONTH
Monday 9th June
ASDF Made LB broth using 10 grams of bacto agar + 12 grams HiVeg LB broth + 600 mL ddH2OAutoclaved 1.5 mL Eppendorf tubes as well as LB
Poured plates of LB and chloramphenicol (CAM)
Streaked 2 plates with E. coli DguaB (pDCAF3)
Incubated in 37 degrees celsius
Aliquoted kanamycin (KAN) in four 1mL tubes
Tuesday 10th June
ASDF Autoclaved at 1:30pm- 0.8 grams of YNB + 156 mL H2O
- 28 grams of salts + 490 mL H2O
Used sterile filter for 1M MgSO4 and 1M CaCl2
Suspended 5 uL of CM34 (antibiotic) + 5 mL of LB + 1 colony of pDCAF3 E. coli
Added .5 grams of caffeine + 400 uL of 1M MgSO4 + 20 uL 1M CaCl2 + 40 mL M95x salts + H2O to YNB + H2O mixture
- Labeled this "M9 media"
Inoculated frozen stock of E. coli guaB pDCAF3 in 5 mL of M9 media
Placed sample in 30 degree celsius shaker for culturing
Wednesday 11th June
ASDF Inoculated CBB1 frozen stock in 5 mL of M9 mediaPlaced sample in 30 degree celsius shaker
Purified pDCAF plasmid using DNA mini kit
- Plasmid concentration was 132.9 ng/uL
Friday 13th June
ASDF Added 10 uL deionized H2O into the J23114 promoter plasmid (Ampᴿ)Followed bacterial transformation protocol to prepare/grow culture overnight
Inoculated 5 mL of M9 with CBB1 and placed it in 30 degree celsius shaker for 3 days
- Previous CBB1 culture did not grow, showed slight growth
- pDCAF3 strain in M9 did grow in the 30 degree celsius shaker
Monday 16th June
ASDF No growth in M9 by CBB1To grow the promoter plasmid:
- 5 mL of LB + 1 uL Amp
- Label tubes
- Grow in 30 degree celsius shaker overnight
- 2 tubes of 1 mL M9 + 2 tubes of 1 mL LB each with 10 uL of sample
Purify genomic DNA plasmid following the Wizard Protocol
- Added lysis buffer before centrifuging. So we separated (translate) sample into 2 tubes and will (translate) accordingly
- We put our 2 promoter plasmid plates in the 4 degree celsius shelf
Tuesday 17th June
ASDF Quantified gDNA with TECAN- Result: 5.4 ng/uL
Made 2 plates of M9 culture and 2 plates of CBB1 culture (100 uL used) then placed them in 37 degree celsius shaker
Wednesday 18th June
ASDF Autoclaved 50% glycerolMade four 25% glycerol stock solutions (stored in the -80 degree celsius freezer):
- CBB1 in M9 (x2 1.5 mL tubes)
- Promoter 1
- Promoter 2 (both promoter plasmids are J23114 Ampᴿ)
- Stored in the -20 degree celsius freezer in the DNA box
Thursday 19th June
ASDF Quantified promoter plasmid (J23114 #1 and #2)-
#1: 342.9 ng/ul with a ratio of 1.9
#2: 373.2 ng/ul with a ratio of 1.91
Checking to see if expired enzymes work: Using the J23114 promoter plasmid, we will see if the 3-year expired SpeI works
- We combined 1 uL of 2.1 buffer, 1 uL of Spe1, and 6 uL of J23114 promoter
- Heat bath at 37 degrees celsius for 1 hour because 2.1 buffer is <100% effective on this enzyme
- Then we will run gel electrophoresis: Concluded that the enzyme works
Cutting the promoter with restriction enzymes
- Combined 24 uL of J23114 promoter + 3 uL of CutSmart buffer + 1 uL of each EcoRI and SpeI
- Heat bath at 37 degrees celsius for 1 hour + 20 minute heat-kill at 80 degrees celsius
Cutting linearized backbone
- Linearized backbone with chloraphenicol marker (12 uL) + 12 uL water + 1 uL of each EcoRI, PstI, and DpnI + 3 uL 2.1 buffer
- Heat bath at 37 degrees celsius for 1 hour + 20 minute heat-kill at 80 degrees celsius
Wednesday 9th July
ASDF Made 400mL of M9 solution- Made 40% glucose solution of 50mL: 2g glucose
- Added the following to 316mL of DI H2O: Na2HPO4: 13.56g Na2HPO4, 2g NH4Cl, 1g NaCl, 6g KH2PO4
- Added 80mL 5x M9 salt solution (20% of 400mL)
- Added 800uL MgSO4 + 40uL CaCl2
- Added 4mL glucose solution using syringe
- Stirred until all dissolved
Removed competent cells from the -80 freezer
Thawed on ice for 30 minutes
Removed CAM agar plate from 4 degree cold room
Mixed 4uL of pDCAF3 plasmid with 30uL competent cells in microcentrifuge tube, placed on ice for 30 minutes
Placed mixture in water bath (42C) for 45 seconds
Placed mixture on ice for 2 minutes
Added 300uL LB to mixture
Placed in 37 degree shaker for 45 minutes
Plated cells on CAM plate, placed in 37 degree drawer overnight
Thursday 10th July
ASDF GuaB/pDCAF suspension in caffeine/theobromine- 0.0975g/10mL caffeine, 0.09g/10mL -> 50 mM
- 2.5mL of M9 (with Glucose) + 2.4875mL of H2O + 12.5uL of caffeine/theobromine
- Use syringe to filter out 10mL of caffeine/theobromine into new conical test tubes
- Take out guaB/pDCAF from -80C freezer, suspend it using 10uL pipette tips
- Place them into 37C inclubator overnight
Wednesday 16th July
ASDF Incubate 4 tubes with LB+CM- Red 1 and 2
- Green 1 and 2
- Placed in shaker at 12:20pm
Thursday 17th July
ASDF Made 1mg/mL Erm of 50mLUsed syringe to filter out
25mL Erm into LB agar
Made 13 places
Erm is in -20C
Friday 18th July
ASDF Streak out Erm-R onto Erm plates (made 2)Put them into incubator (start: 9:35am)
Monday 21th July
ASDF cdh PCR redo: Made 4 master mixes: 5uL gDNA CBB1, 45uL DDH2O Master Mix 1: Regular-
20uL Buffer G
4uL forward primer
4uL reverse primer
0.4uL Q5 polymerase
2uL template
9.6uL H2O
Wednessday 23th July
ASDF-
50M EDTA solution
- 0.166g of EDTA
- pH at 8.3
- Pro.bb rev
- pdCAF3.bb for
- Pro pdCAF3 for
- BB.pdCAF3 rev
- Transferred 1mL of I4/I5 LB cultures into microcentrifuge tubes
- Centrifuged, poured out supernatant
- Resuspended in M9 + glucose
- Diluted 50uM caffeine slution and 50uM theobromine solution down to 2000uM solutions, sterile filtered
- Created 6 total culture tubes/placed in 37C shaker
- 5uL I4 + 5uL M9+glucose
- 5uL I4 + 3.75uL M9+glucose+1.25uL 2000 uM caffeine
- 5uL I4 + 3.75uL M9+glucose + 1.25 uL 2000 uM theobromine
- 5uL I5 + 5uL M9+glucose
- 5uL I5 + 3.75 uL M9+glucose + 1.25uL 2000 uM caffeine
- 5uL I5 + 3.75uL M9+glucose + 1.25uL 2000 uM theobromine
- 30uL H2O
- 10uL Phusion HF
- 1uL dNTP
- 2.5uL BB.pDCAF3 rev primer
- 2.5uL pro.pDCAF3 for primer
- 3.5uL pDCAF3 template
- 0.5uL 5x Phusion DNA Polymerase
- 6uL H2O
- 2uL Phusion HF
- 0.2uL dNTP
- 0.5uL pro.BB rev primer
- 0.5uL pDCAF3.BB for primer
- 0.7uL shuttle vector template
- 0.1uL 5x Phusion DNA polymerase
- Entire falcon tube was used
- Optional 2nd wash with DNA wash was done
- DNA is in -20C
Plasmid purification of shuttle vector -> 16.6 ng/uL
Primers diluted + converted to 5uL stocks
M9, caffeine, theobromine for I4/I5
Placed 2 tubes in PCR cycler labeled ‘P’ and ‘S’
Tube P
Tube S - Shuttle vector
Redid plasmid purification protocol on Red 1 and Green 1
Wednessday 23th July
ASDF-
50M EDTA solution
- 0.166g of EDTA
- pH at 8.3
- Pro.bb rev
- pdCAF3.bb for
- Pro pdCAF3 for
- BB.pdCAF3 rev
- Transferred 1mL of I4/I5 LB cultures into microcentrifuge tubes
- Centrifuged, poured out supernatant
- Resuspended in M9 + glucose
- Diluted 50uM caffeine slution and 50uM theobromine solution down to 2000uM solutions, sterile filtered
- Created 6 total culture tubes/placed in 37C shaker
- 5uL I4 + 5uL M9+glucose
- 5uL I4 + 3.75uL M9+glucose+1.25uL 2000 uM caffeine
- 5uL I4 + 3.75uL M9+glucose + 1.25 uL 2000 uM theobromine
- 5uL I5 + 5uL M9+glucose
- 5uL I5 + 3.75 uL M9+glucose + 1.25uL 2000 uM caffeine
- 5uL I5 + 3.75uL M9+glucose + 1.25uL 2000 uM theobromine
- 30uL H2O
- 10uL Phusion HF
- 1uL dNTP
- 2.5uL BB.pDCAF3 rev primer
- 2.5uL pro.pDCAF3 for primer
- 3.5uL pDCAF3 template
- 0.5uL 5x Phusion DNA Polymerase
- 6uL H2O
- 2uL Phusion HF
- 0.2uL dNTP
- 0.5uL pro.BB rev primer
- 0.5uL pDCAF3.BB for primer
- 0.7uL shuttle vector template
- 0.1uL 5x Phusion DNA polymerase
- Entire falcon tube was used
- Optional 2nd wash with DNA wash was done
- DNA is in -20C
Plasmid purification of shuttle vector -> 16.6 ng/uL
Primers diluted + converted to 5uL stocks
M9, caffeine, theobromine for I4/I5
Placed 2 tubes in PCR cycler labeled ‘P’ and ‘S’
Tube P
Tube S - Shuttle vector
Redid plasmid purification protocol on Red 1 and Green 1
Thursday 24th July
ASDF-
Ran gel for shuttle vector PCR, pDCAF3 PCR, Green 1, Red 1
- 25mL 100% ethanol
- 25mg Erm
- Stored in -20C
- 2mL LB + 20uL BL2 + 0uL Erm
- 2mL LB + 20uL BL2 + 50uL Erm
- 2mL LB + 50uL BL2 + 100uL Erm
- 2mL LB + 20uL DH + 0uL Erm
- 2mL LB + 20uL DH + 50uL Erm
- 2mL LB + 20uL DH + 100uL Erm
- 3 glycerol stocks each strain
- 500uL glycerol + 500uL strains
- Took 1mL of I4/I5 LB cultures into microcentrifuge tubes
- Spun for 2 min at 8000 rpm
- Removed supernatant
- Added 1mL of M9 media, resuspended
- Spun for 2 min at 8000 rpm
- Removed supernatant
- Resuspended in 1mL of M9 media
- Total of 4 culture tubes, put in 37C
- I4 (50uL) +M9 (5mL) +CM34 (5uL)
- I4 (50uL) + M9 (5mL) + Caffeine (500uL) + CM34 (5uL)
- I5 (50uL) + M9 (5mL) + CM34 (5uL)
- I5 (50uL) + M9 (5mL) + Caffeine (500uL) + CM34 (5uL)
- 4mL LB + 200uL Erm (1mg/mL)
- Inoculate shuttle vector from agar stab
- Incubate it on 37C shaker for 2-3 hours
- 4 gradient test tubes
- Incubate overnight at 37C
Created new Erm stock at 25mL and 1mg/mL
Divided LacBa competent cells into 24 PCR tubes, most having 90uL
E. coli strain media with Erm
BL2
DH5
Glycerol stock of BL2/DH5
M9 Caffeine, I4/5
Shuttle vector media
Monday 28th July
ASDF Diluted caffeine and theobromine solutions for HPLC- 500uM Caffeine (10mL)
- 500uM Theobromine (10mL)
- 100uM Caffeine (10mL)
- 100uM Theobromine (10mL)
- 250uM Caffeine + 250uM Theobromine (10mL)
(page 169 on bottom, can’t read XW’s part)
- Take 1mL of I4/I5 LB cultures and spin for 2 minutes at 8000 rpm
- Removed supernatant
- Added 1mL of OH salt, resuspended
- 2 minutes at 8000 rpm
- Removed supernatant
- Resuspended in 1mL of M9 media
Thursday 31th July
ASDF gDNA qualtify: 97.5 ng/mL, 1.76 ratiocdh PCR
- 30uL H20
- 10uL Phusion HF
- 1uL dNTP 10x
- 2.5uL rev.
- 2.5uL for.
- 3.5uL template
- 0.5uL polymerase
- Made 4 10uL samples from master mix
- Gradient: 44.9, 50.8, 58.9, 65.1C
- Cycle 3 was used
- pdCAF3
- .5uL Cutsmart buffer
- .5uL Saci
- .5uL EcoRI-HF
- 7.52uL pdCAF3
- 36.48uL H2O
- Green .5uL Cutsmart buffer .5uL NcoI .5uL NheI 8.4uL Green optogene 35.1 uL H2O
- Incubated at 37C waterbath for 1 minute
- Gel run at 120V for 25 minutes with a 1kb ladder
- 3mL M9, 300uL Caffeine, for only IG4, 30uL cells
- Placed in 37 degree shaker
Performed restriction digestion of pdCAF3 and green optogene
Cultured IG4/IG5 in M9 and no CM
Monday 4th August
ASDF M9 Caffeine Media- 200uM 200mL caffeine
- 50 M9 5x salts
- .5mL MgSO4
- .025mL CaCl2
- 1.25mL 40% glucose
- 200mL 200uM Theobromine
- 50mL M9 5x salts
- .5mL MgSO4
- .025mL CaCl2
- 1.25mL 40% glucose
- 5uL cutsmart buffer
- 1uL PstI
- .5uL XhoI
- 7.52uL pdCAF3
- 35.98uL H2O
- 1 hour 37C incubation
- 20 min 80C heat inactivation
M9-Theobromine Media
pdCAF3 Digestion
Tuesday 5th August
ASDF- Added 50uL caffeine M9/theobromine M9 to 250mL flasks
- Added 50uL of CM34 to 4 of 6 flasks
- Added 500uL of cells to flasks
- Took 1mL of each culture as zero time point, placed in -20C
- Placed flasks in 30C shaker
Ran gel of pdCAF3 digestion
Set up feeding experiment cultures
Wednesday 6th August
ASDF- 5uL cutsmart buffer
- .5uL XhoI
- 7.52uL pdCAF3
- 36.98uL H2O
- 1 hour 37C incubation
- Ran gel
Digsted pdCAF3 using XhoI
Took 24 hour time point for feeding experiment, stored in -20
Friday 8th August
ASDF- 20.75uL of 1M K2HPO4
- 4.25uL of 1M KH2PO4
- 2.25uL of H2O
- 5g casamino acids + 50mL H2O
Made 250uL 100uM (7.5pH) KPi buffer
Centrifuged, washed experimental cultures of IG4 with KPi buffer
Resuspended in 25uL KPi buffer
Made 10% casamino acid solution
Monday 11th August
ASDF-
Resuspended primers in water
- Spin down for 5 seconds
- Inverted several times, set for 3 minutes
- Inverte again, let sit for 3 more minutes
- Invert before use
- 57uL H2O + 1.6uL dNTP + 16uL buffer + 0.8uL polymerase in tube 1
- 9uL of 1 + 0.25uL BB primer for + 0.25uL primer rev + 0.5uL template (PSBC13) in tube 8
- Add 0.5uL pdCAF3 to tube 1
- 9uL of 1 to tube 2-7, 0.25 rev + 0.25 for to each of the tubes respectively
- Spin down for 5 seconds
- Put tube 2-8 in PCR machine
PCR
Tuesday 12th August
ASDF-
456uL H2O, 128uL buffer, 12.8uL dNTP, 6.4uL polymerase into tube A
9uL of A + 0.25uL BB for + 0.25uL BB rev + 0.5uL purified green in tube 8
0.5uL pdCAF to tube A
72uL A to tube 1-6, 9uL A to tube 7, 0.25 BB rev/for to 7, 2uL for/2uL rev to 1-6 respectively
Spin down for 5 seconds
PCR in cycle 1
Tube | Primers | Template | Volume(uL) |
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1 | ndmA 1 | pdCAF | 80 |
2 | ndmA 2 | pdCAF | 80 |
3 | ndmB 1 | pdCAF | 80 |
4 | ndmB 2 | pdCAF | 80 |
5 | ndmC | pdCAF | 80 |
6 | ndmD + gst9 | pdCAF | 80 |
7 | BB | pdCAF | 10 |
8 | BB | Green Optogene | 10 |
Wednesday 13th August
ASDF- Add 114uL H2O, 32uL buffer, 3.2uL dNTP, 1.6uL polymerase to tube 1
- 72uL of A to tube 10 + 20uL BB for + 2uL BB rev + 0.5uL purified green
- 72uL of A to tube A + 2uL ndmD + gst9 + 2uL for/rev
- Spin for 5 seconds
- Put in PCR machine
- Cut one gel piece as small as possible
- Add 500uL of buffer QG to tube 1-4, 10, 11, incubate at 50C for 10 minutes - invert several times until dissolved
- Load liquid in column, spin 1 minute at full speed
- Discard flow through, add 500uL QG, spin 1 minute at full speed
- Discard flow through, add 750uL DNA wash buffer, spin 1 minute at full speed
- Discard flow through, spin 1 minute at full speed
- Discard flow through, add 40uL H2O, move column to fresh tube, spin 1 minute at full speed, sit for 1 minute
PCR
Gel Purification
Tube | ng/uL | H2O(uL) | uL |
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ndmA 1 | 55.8 | N/A | 0,448 |
ndmA 2 | 64 | 14 | 0.55 |
ndmB 1 | 37.9 | 12 | 0.79 |
ndmB 2 | 55.4 | 4 | 0.9 |
ndmC | 41.9 | N/A | 0.6 |
ndmD/9 | 85.6 | N/A | 0.6 |
BB | 2.5 | 20 | 0.76 |
Thursday 14th August
ASDF- Throw Top 10 cells on ice for 10-20 minutes
- Add 5uL of GG rxn mix then stir it gently on pipette
- Leave cells on ice for 20-30 minutes
- Heat shock at 42C for 5 minutes
- Put 1mL LB into the tube, mix it, then transfer it and leave it in 37C for 1 hour
- Plate 20uL and 200uL on LB+CM
Ran gel
Transformation
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Friday 15th August
ASDF- 4-10 middle colony
- 17-24 small colony to 50uL LB
- 260uL PCR
- 52mL buffer
- 5.2uL dNTPs
- 0.5uL for ndmB
- 1.5uL rev ndmB
- 2.5uL polymerase
- 180uL H2O
Pick 1-8 big colony
Set up 24 10uL PCR reactions
Tuesday 19th August
ASDF- Centrifuge 3200g for 10 min
- Discard the culture media
- Add 250uL solution 2/RNAse A, pipet up and down to mix thoroughly
- Transfer suspension into a new 1.5mL microcentrifuge
- Add 250uL solution II, invert until a clear lysate appears
- Add 350uL solution II, then immediately invert several times until a white precipitate forms
- Centrifuge at maximum speed for 10 minutes
- Insert a mini column tube into a 2mL collection tube
- Transfer the cleared supernatant to the column
- Centrifuge at maximum speed for a minute
- Discard the filtrate and reuse the collection tube
- Add 50uL HBC buffer
- Centrifuge at maximum speed for one minute
- Discard the filtrate and reuse collection tube
- Add 700uL DNA wash buffer
- Centrifuge at maximum speed for 1 minute
- Discard the filtrate and reuse the collection tube
- Centrifuge the column for two minutes at maximum speed to dry the column matrix
- Transfer the mini column to a clean 1.5mL microcentrifuge tube
- Add 60uL elution buffer to the column
- Sit at room temp for 1 minute
- Centrifuge at maximum speed for 1 minute
- Store DNA at -20C
- 1mL to fresh tube
- 2.5 minutes at 8000g
- Remove all but the pellet, resuspend the salt
- 2mL salt + 8mL H2O
- 500uL 40% glucose
- 100uL MgSO4
- 5uL CM
- 10mL 5x salts
- 1mL casamino acids
- 34mL H2O
- Make 9 test tubes, 3 with IG4, 3 with IG5, and 3 with IG4, each having caffeine, theobromine, or water
Purification
Wash cells
Make M9
Monday 25th August
ASDF- 120uL Buffer G
- 105uL H2O
- Backbone: 80uL x2 (purified green and associated primers)
- cdhA: 40uL (CBB1 with Xba + cdhBA)
- cdhBC: 40uL (CBB1 with Nsi + cdhAB)
- Inoculated Top 10, IG4, and IG5 in LB
- Autoclaved 3 250mL flasks
- Ran gel of iGEM BB PCR
- Inoculated E. coli in 3uL LB + 3uL CM
- 37C shaker
240uL
PCR
Feeding assay
Inoculation
Tuesday 26th August
ASDF- Use purification protocol from 8/19
- 2-mm cuvette, 1.7kV, ~5ms, ~200uL competent cells, 20uL plasmid DNA
- Recovered in 1900uL MRS medium, incubated for 2.5 hours at 37C
- Plated on various CM MRS plates at 30C (25uL Lactobacillus shuttle vector cells)
- 1 plate with 0 CM
- 1 plate with 5ug/mL CM
- 2 plates with 10ug/mL CM
- 2 plates with 20ug/mL CM
- 5mL LB
- IG4/5 inoculations involved 5uL of CM solution (1000x dilution)
- Placed in 37C
Purifying the shuttle vector plasmid (yielded 34.3 ng/mL, 1.83)
Electroporated plasmid into lactobacillus (shuttle vector)
Made CM-MRS plates
Inoculated IG4, IG5, Top 10
Wendesday 27th August
ASDF- 10mL 1x M9 salts (2mL 5x + 8mL H2O)
- 40mL concentrated M9 + 1% casamino acids
- 50mL 2mM caffeine solution (58mg caffeine + 50mL H2O)
- 50mL 2mM theobromine solution (54mg theobromine + 50mL H2O)
- 100mL H2O
- 20mL 10% casamino acids
- 20uL 1M cach(?)
- 400uL 1M MgSO4
- 40mL 5 M9 salts
- 290mg caffeine + 50mL H2O
Prepared the following:
Washed overnight cultures using 1x M9 salts
Prepared feeding assay as follows (in chart)
Removed 500uL of each culture, labeled with date and time 0, in -20C
Cultures placed in 37C
Tube1 | Tube2 | Tube3 | Tube4 | Tube5 | Tube6 | Tube7 | Tube8 | Tube9 | |
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Conc. M9+CA(mL) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
2mM Caff(mL) | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 |
2mM Theo(mL) | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A |
H2O(mL) | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Cells(50uL) | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 | Top 10 |
CM34(uL) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
160mL M9 + 1% casamino acids
10mM caffeine