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<h2>Wet Lab</h2>
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Revision as of 19:14, 26 June 2016

Our weekly progress

Week 1: May 23 - May 27

Wet Lab

  • Training begins
  • Grow Top 10 competent cells.

Dry Lab

  • Brainstorm genetic circuits for a thallium sensor
  • Lab safety training
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Week 2: May 31 - June 3

Wet Lab

  • Test efficiency of competent cells

Cell Free Extract

  • Test cell free extract reaction with T7-GFP plasmid

Dry Lab

  • Contact museums and summer programs for outreach opportunities
  • Lab safety training
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Week 3: June 6 - June 12

Wet Lab

Reporter

  • Transform T7 promoter, amilCP, and terminator
  • Begin assembly by ligating linearized T7 promoter and amilCP

Dry Lab

  • Contact museums and summer programs for outreach opportunities
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Week 4: June 13 - June 17

Wet Lab

Reporter

  • Transform T7-GFP plasmid, lacZ alpha fragment, and eGFP
  • Send promising T7 promoter -- amilCP ligations to be sequenced
  • Perform double digest of T7 promoter and terminator from last week
  • Ligate double-digested T7 promoter to new reporters (lacZ and eGFP)

Dry Lab

  • TECBio, DiSCoBio, and Tissue Engineering Camp outreach opportunities set
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Week 5: June 20 - June 26

Wet Lab

Reporter

  • Ligate T7 promoter -- amilCP construct to terminator
  • Extract successful ligations of T7 promoter to eGFP
  • Ligate T7 promoter -- eGFP construct to terminator

Cell Free Extract

  • Reaction volume can be reduced to 5 μL with 5 ng/μL of DNA

Toehold Switch

  • Collins triggers activate the switches (both in plasmid form) to express LacZ

Dry Lab

  • Reach out to teams to collaborate based on last year's projects
Week 5 Notebook
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