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| − | In our directed evolution approaches PREDCEL and PACE, we select for beneficial mutations in a protein of interest encoded on a M13 phage genome. In order to generate a pool of protein mutants to select from in the first place, the efficient introduction of mutations during phage genome replication is essential. Mutagenesis-inducing plasmids (MPs) that enhance the mutation rate in <i>E. coli</i> by inhibiting DNA repair mechanisms have been described <x-ref>badran2015development</x-ref>. When transformed into <i>E. coli</i> hosts, these plasmids should cause mutation rates several orders of magnitude higher than usually expected under laboratory conditions.
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| − | The exact mutation rate induced by different mutagenesis plasmids could, however, vary between laboratories, as <i>E. coli</i> growth conditions and hence expression strength of the mutagenic proteins (e.g. error-prone polymerase subunits) could differ. However, robust induction of high mutation rates are critical for the success of PREDCEL and PACE and hence of major importance for other teams to reproduce our directed evolution methods. Therefore, we performed a small inter-lab study to evaluate the performance of different mutagenesis inducing plasmids and find the construct setup most robust and hence suitable for future iGEM teams to use for in vivo directed evolution. To enable an inter-lab comparison, we developed a standardized <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Collaborations/InterLab_HD"> mutagenesis plasmid test kit and assay
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| − | We shipped 3 mutagenesis plasmids (#1-3). All mutagenesis inducing plasmids contain an arabinose inducible promoter P<sub>BAD</sub>. Upstream of P<sub>BAD</sub> the araC protein is encoded in the opposite direction and regulates the activity of the P<sub>BAD</sub> promoter. The expression cassette downstream P<sub>BAD</sub> comprises multiple, different mutagenesis supporting elements, e.g. error-prone polymerase subunits. According to literature <x-ref>badran2015development</x-ref> the mutagenesis plasmids #1-3 were expected to cause increasingly high mutation rates.
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| − | Due to exceptionally high mutagenesis levels of <i>E. coli</i> cells transformed with one of the mutagenesis plasmids, these cells can more quickly adopt to environmental changes. Hence, one way to measure the mutagenesis levels is simply to quantify the level of spontaneous antibiotic resistance acquisition. Therefore, <i>E. coli</i> were transformed with mutagenesis plasmids or remain untransformed (as control) followed by incubation in presence or absence of different antibiotics on agar plates. After 18-21 hours of incubation at 37 °C, colonies are counted. A higher number of colonies (i.e. clones with spontaneous resistance acquired) thereby indicates a higher mutation rate in the corresponding <i>E. coli</i> population due to the presence of the mutagenesis plasmid.
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| − | To decide which mutagenesis plasmid to recommend to future iGEM teams for in vivo directed evolution approaches such as PREDCEL, it was essential to determine the mutagenesis plasmid setup most robustly functioning across different laboratories. The <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Collaborations/InterLab_HD">results</a> of iGEM team BOKU Vienna, ETH Zürich, Freiburg and Stuttgart indicate that MP #1 induces mutations most reliably .
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| − | Hence, we recommend to use mutagenesis plasmid #1 for PREDCEL experiments, which is also noted in our corresponding <a href="RFC https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/RFC">RFC</a>. The results are shown and described on our <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Collaborations/InterLab_HD"> MP InterLab page</a>
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| − | As we had several PCR problems ourselves in the beginning of our project, we asked our advisors for help and created a PCR troubleshooting protocol, which you can find on our <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Experiments">protocol section</a>. Because we considered it to be helpful for other teams as well, we decided to offer help for all other iGEM teams: our <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Community/Collaborations">First Aid Service for PCR Problems</a>. Happily we could help some teams overcoming their PCR problem.
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| − | Bringing science closer to the public is a major goal in iGEM. As communicating scientific content can be challenging because complex issues need to be unraveled to easy understandable terms, one step could be translating scientific texts into <a href:"https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Collaborations/Translation">many languages</a>. Following this idea, the iGEM Team KU Leuven started a translation center and asked all teams to participate. Each team uploaded its <a href:"https://2017.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Collaborations/Translation">project description</a> and translated other project descriptions into their mother tongue. This is a first step towards simplification and easier communication with the general public because one barrier, namely the language barrier, can be overcome with the translation center. We translated several project descriptions into German and could thereby hopefully contribute to a better communication between scientists and a broad public.
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| − | Participating in the Postcard campaign of Duesseldorf-Cologne was a real success. Thanks to the inspiring and eye-catching designs of all postcards we started talks about synthetic biology, GMOs and other issues addressed by over 36 postcards we received.
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| − | Respect is an essential iGEM value and tolerance an important aspect of it. We were thus very happy to support the tolerance campaign by iGEM Team Technion (Israel). All our creativity was used to draw this lab-associated tolerance lettering and we can hopefully contribute to draw more attention to the fundamental value of tolerance in the scientific community and in public.
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