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   <ul><h4>Week 1- Familiarising ourselves with the labs</h4>
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   <ul><h4>Week 1 - Familiarising ourselves with the labs</h4>
 
   <li>Transformation + Overnight of PSBIC3</li>
 
   <li>Transformation + Overnight of PSBIC3</li>
 
   <li>Mini Prep of PSBIC3</li>
 
   <li>Mini Prep of PSBIC3</li>
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   <li>Mini Prep of PSBIC3</li>
 
   <li>Mini Prep of PSBIC3</li>
 
   <li>Restriction Digest of PSB1C3</li>
 
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   <ul><h4>Week 2-Carrying on with cloning</h4>
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     <ul><h5>PCR’s:</h5>
 
     <ul><h5>PCR’s:</h5>
 
       <li>Hfq <i>E. coli</i>- Unsuccessful</li>
 
       <li>Hfq <i>E. coli</i>- Unsuccessful</li>
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   <ul><h4>Week 3 - Made our first BioBrick</h4>
 
   <li>Redid all 3 PCR’S – Hfq <i>E. coli</i> and osmY both worked. Hfq <i>Serratia</i> did not.</li>
 
   <li>Redid all 3 PCR’S – Hfq <i>E. coli</i> and osmY both worked. Hfq <i>Serratia</i> did not.</li>
 
   <li>Colony PCR of the successful PCR’s, overnight, mini prep, sent away for sequencing and then stocked.</li>
 
   <li>Colony PCR of the successful PCR’s, overnight, mini prep, sent away for sequencing and then stocked.</li>
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   <ul><h4>Week 4 - Started to make gene fragments</h4>
 
   <li>PCR of Hfq <i>Serratia</i> - successful</li>
 
   <li>PCR of Hfq <i>Serratia</i> - successful</li>
 
     <ul><li>Sequenced and Stocked.</li></ul>
 
     <ul><li>Sequenced and Stocked.</li></ul>
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   <li>Digestion of Rhamnose promoter</li>
 
   <li>Digestion of Rhamnose promoter</li>
 
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   <ul><h4>Week 5 – Started to add Ha tags</h4>
 
   <ul><h4>Week 5 – Started to add Ha tags</h4>
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     <ul><h5>Overnights of:</h5>
 
     <ul><h5>Overnights of:</h5>
 
     <li>rbs-osmY-Hfq- Ha tag</li>
 
     <li>rbs-osmY-Hfq- Ha tag</li>
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   <li>We did our first western blot test with no timed samples.</li>
 
   <li>We did our first western blot test with no timed samples.</li>
 
   <li>We also completed a timed western blot by adding different concentrations of Rhamnose and taking samples every hour</li>
 
   <li>We also completed a timed western blot by adding different concentrations of Rhamnose and taking samples every hour</li>
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   <ul><h4>Week 8 - Final week</h4>
 
   <li>Performed another Western Blot to get a much cleaner image for the whole cell</li>
 
   <li>Performed another Western Blot to get a much cleaner image for the whole cell</li>
 
   <li>Overnights with Ec-SRNA Fli C in MG1655 and Ec-SRNA Vir F</li>
 
   <li>Overnights with Ec-SRNA Fli C in MG1655 and Ec-SRNA Vir F</li>
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   <ul><h4>Week 1-</h4>
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   <li>Started off discussing our topic of bacterial infections and brainstorming how we could target them; settled on RNA interference.</li>
 
   <li>Started off discussing our topic of bacterial infections and brainstorming how we could target them; settled on RNA interference.</li>
 
   <li>Split the team into 2 groups, wet team (Matthew, Bartosz, Albert) and dry team (Mia, Beth, Darryl).</li>
 
   <li>Split the team into 2 groups, wet team (Matthew, Bartosz, Albert) and dry team (Mia, Beth, Darryl).</li>
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     <ul><p>The dry team began to contact various people/organisations:</p>
 
     <ul><p>The dry team began to contact various people/organisations:</p>
 
     <li>Colalife</li>
 
     <li>Colalife</li>
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   <li>Had a phone call with Brian Walshe of Mercy Ships</li>  
 
   <li>Had a phone call with Brian Walshe of Mercy Ships</li>  
 
     <ul><p>Started organisation for Northern meet up:</p>
 
     <ul><p>Started organisation for Northern meet up:</p>
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   <li>Spoke to Rob Porter (prof. of Microbiology) via email.</li>
 
   <li>Spoke to Rob Porter (prof. of Microbiology) via email.</li>
 
   <li>Planned a skype call with Simon Berry of Colalife.</li>
 
   <li>Planned a skype call with Simon Berry of Colalife.</li>
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   <li>Attended the Edinburgh Northern meet up & presented our project there, to which we were met with excellent feedback.</li>
 
   <li>Attended the Edinburgh Northern meet up & presented our project there, to which we were met with excellent feedback.</li>
 
   <li>Carried on working in the lab and progressing with our presentation.</li>
 
   <li>Carried on working in the lab and progressing with our presentation.</li>
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   <li>Contacted British Pharmaceutical Society</li>
 
   <li>Contacted British Pharmaceutical Society</li>
 
   <li>Contacted Mark Mcculloch (Army Doctor)</li>
 
   <li>Contacted Mark Mcculloch (Army Doctor)</li>
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   <li>Set up meeting with Mark</li>
 
   <li>Set up meeting with Mark</li>
 
   <li>Finished poster</li>
 
   <li>Finished poster</li>
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   <li>Attended the UK meet up in London – presented our talk and our poster to multiple UK iGEM teams.</li>
 
   <li>Attended the UK meet up in London – presented our talk and our poster to multiple UK iGEM teams.</li>
 
   <li>Got our hoodies and t-shirts for Boston.</li>
 
   <li>Got our hoodies and t-shirts for Boston.</li>

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Notebook

Wet Team

    Week 1 - Familiarising ourselves with the labs

  • Transformation + Overnight of PSBIC3
  • Mini Prep of PSBIC3
  • Restriction Digest of PSB1C3
      • PCR’s:
    • Hfq E. coli- Unsuccessful
    • Hfq Serratia- Unsuccessful
    • osmY- Unsuccessful
  • Mini Prep of PSBIC3
  • Restriction Digest of PSB1C3


    Week 2 - Carrying on with cloning

      PCR’s:
    • Hfq E. coli- Unsuccessful
    • Hfq Serratia – Unsuccessful
    • osmY- Unsuccessful
      3rd PCR set up:
    • Hfq E. coli – Successful
    • Hfq Serratia – Unsuccessful
    • osmY - Successful
      PCR’s:
    • Hfq Serratiax 2 at 49°C - Successful
    • Hfq Serratiax 1 at 65°C - Successful
  • Ligation into PSBIC3 and transformed
  • The 3 successful PCR’s were plated at concentrations of 2.1 and 3.1 with vector; no plates grew colonies


    Week 3 - Made our first BioBrick

  • Redid all 3 PCR’S – Hfq E. coli and osmY both worked. Hfq Serratia did not.
  • Colony PCR of the successful PCR’s, overnight, mini prep, sent away for sequencing and then stocked.
    • First 2 BioBricks made: OsmY + Hfq E. coli
  • PCR of osmY Hfq E. coli fusion and PCR of osmY Hfq Serratia Fusion - successful
    • Digested and Ligated etc.… sequenced then stocked.
    2 BioBricks made: osmY Hfq E. coli Fusion + osmY Hfq Serratia Fusion


    Week 4 - Started to make gene fragments

  • PCR of Hfq Serratia - successful
    • Sequenced and Stocked.
    1 Bio brick made: Hfq Serratia
  • Gene fragments – EC-SRNA and sma-SRNA digested and ligated into PSBIC3
  • Digestion of Rhamnose promoter


    Week 5 – Started to add Ha tags

      Ligations:
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq-E. coli
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq-Serratia
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq-E. coli- Ha Tag
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq-Serratia- Ha Tag
      PCR’s:
    • rbs-osmY- Ha Tag - Successful
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq E. coli- Ha Tag- Successful
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq Serratia-Ha Tag – Successful
  • All PCR’s transformed and overnighted.


    Week 6 - Phage outbreak

      Overnights of:
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq- Ha tag
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq E. coli- Ha tag
    • rbs-osmY-Hfq Serratia- Ha tag
  • Mini preps, sequencing and transformations of the above
  • Phage outbreak on Thursday; due to this all transformations were lost, but re-done the next day
  • All sent away for sequencing
  • Ec – SRNA and sma SRNA – both stocked.


    Week 7 - Western blots

  • We did our first western blot test with no timed samples.
  • We also completed a timed western blot by adding different concentrations of Rhamnose and taking samples every hour
      • Primers:
    • Fli C for Ec- sRNA
    • Vir F for Ec-sRNA


    Week 8 - Final week

  • Performed another Western Blot to get a much cleaner image for the whole cell
  • Overnights with Ec-SRNA Fli C in MG1655 and Ec-SRNA Vir F
  • Plates grew colonies – colony PCR with colonies.
  • Sent away for sequencing




Dry Team

    Week 1 -

  • Started off discussing our topic of bacterial infections and brainstorming how we could target them; settled on RNA interference.
  • Split the team into 2 groups, wet team (Matthew, Bartosz, Albert) and dry team (Mia, Beth, Darryl).
  • Decided what each team had to do for that week
  • Started with general research on our chosen infections (Cholera and Shigellosis)
  • Darryl started and completed learning basic HTML and CSS via tutorials on the site Codecadamy, then began the initial stages of the wiki so as to get to grips with it.


    Week 2 -

      The dry team began to contact various people/organisations:

    • Colalife
    • Mercy Ships
    • Water Aid
    • Lifeline Express
  • Had our first meeting about maths modelling and discussed how we could incorporate it into our project.
  • Further developed wiki.


    Week 3 -

  • Had a phone call with Brian Walshe of Mercy Ships

      • Started organisation for Northern meet up:

    • Began developing presentation content and layout
    • Work began on poster


    Week 4 -

  • Spoke to Rob Porter (prof. of Microbiology) via email.
  • Planned a skype call with Simon Berry of Colalife.
  • Contacted British red cross.


    Week 5 -

  • Attended the Edinburgh Northern meet up & presented our project there, to which we were met with excellent feedback.
  • Carried on working in the lab and progressing with our presentation.
  • Further development of poster.


    Week 6 -

  • Contacted British Pharmaceutical Society
  • Contacted Mark Mcculloch (Army Doctor)
  • Carried on with making our poster for the UK meet up.


    Week 7 -

  • Set up meeting with Mark
  • Finished poster
  • Carried on with our wiki content
  • Received our FBI sunglasses and pens for the Jamboree.


    Week 8 -

  • Attended the UK meet up in London – presented our talk and our poster to multiple UK iGEM teams.
  • Got our hoodies and t-shirts for Boston.
  • Had our agent photoshoot.