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Revision as of 05:15, 8 June 2017

Notebook

June 2017
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Present: Micah, Maddie, Alex

Lab Work

  1. Prepared LB Media [Micah, Maddie, Alex]
  2. Re-suspended DNA (D. Radiodurans Uracil DNA Glycosylate 2) from iGEM kit [Micah, Maddie, Alex]
  3. Transformed Uracil DNA Glycosylate 2 in psB1C3 plasmid into MHD42 competent cells (Practice transformation) [Micah, Maddie, Alex]
  4. Prepared LB Agar [Micah, Maddie, Alex]
  5. Prepared overnight culture to make competent cells (MHD42) [Micah, Maddie, Alex]

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Present: Micah, Maddie

Lab Work

  1. Prepared MHD42 competent cells [Micah, Maddie]
  2. Checked on transformed MHD42 cells with Uracil DNA Glycosylate 2 [Micah, Maddie]
    • Transformation was a success with 100 colonies
    • Plate was stored in 4 deg. Celsius for future use
  3. Prepared TSS Buffer [Micah, Maddie]

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Present: Micah, Maddie, Alex, Mark, Collin

Lab Work

  1. Prepared LB + Chloramphenicol (CM) plates [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin]
  2. Prepared Ampicillin solution to be used for plates in the future [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin]
  3. Made more LB Agar [Alex]

Outside Work / Discussion

  1. Discussed shifting focus from Dsup gene to a variety of UV radiation resistance gene [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
  2. Found more genes to compare to Dsup (i.e. phrA in tardigrades and cyanobacteria) [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
  3. Met with Dr. Brennan to discuss updates [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]

Present: Micah, Maddie, Alex, Mark, Collin

Lab Work

  1. Prepared DH5α competent cells [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
  2. Tested MHD42 cells for competency [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
  3. Tested DH5α cells for competency [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]

Outside Work / Discussion

  1. Fleshed out project and decided specific parts to transform [BBa_B0034 (RBS), BBa_R0010 (lac promoter), and BBa_K1499200 (uvsE gene)] into MHD42 cells during the next day [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
    • The Deinococcus radiodurans UV DNA damage endonuclease (uvsE) gene is a UV radiation damage repair gene from the Stanford-Brown-Spelman 2014 team. We plan to use this to compare to other UV radiation repair genes.
  2. Planned out more long-term goals such as collaborations with other teams (especially those in the Midwest) [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]

Present: Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex

Lab Work

  1. Checked competency test for MHD42 cells [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
    • Test was successful!
  2. Checked competency test for DH5α [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]
    • Test showed that the cells were competent but had a low transformation efficiency
  3. Prepared LB + Ampicillin (Amp) plates [Micah, Mark, Collin]
  4. Resuspeded parts BBa_B0034, BBa_R0010, and BBa_K1499200 from current and past distribution kits [Maddie, Alex]
  5. Transformed part BBa_B0034 (with plasmid psB1A2) into MHD42 competent cells [Maddie, Alex]
  6. Transformed part BBa_R0010 (with plasmid psB1C3) into MHD42 competent cells [Maddie, Alex]
  7. Transformed part BBa_K1499200 (with plasmid psB1C3) into MHD42 competent cells [Maddie, Alex]
  8. Prepared overnight culture of DH5α competent cells [Mark, Collin]

Outside Work / Discussion

  1. Discussed modelling ideas [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin]
  2. Learned how to design primers from Eugene [Micah, Maddie, Mark, Collin, Alex]

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