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<p><h3><B> June 14, 2016:</B></h3></p>
 
<p><h3><B> June 14, 2016:</B></h3></p>
 
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<a href="#exp4"><h4> 8. Make a culture of DH5&alpha; pET43.1 to monitor the growth curve </h4></a></br>  
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<a href="#exp4"><h4> 8. Make a culture of DH5&alpha; pET43.1(a+) to monitor the growth curve </h4></a></br>  
 
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             <U>Aim:</U> To check the transformation and the digestion of the plasmids by electrophoresis on agarose gel.</br> Seed pET43.1 DH5&alpha; in LB + carbenicillin media to make stab culture. Indeed, the validity of transformants needs to be verified by checking if an insert is present in the transformed plasmid. Secondly, verified plasmid-DH5&alpha combinations need to be stored beyond the lifetime of plate colonies. </br></br>
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             <h6><U>Aim:</U></h6> To check the transformation and the digestion of the plasmids by electrophoresis on agarose gel.</br>  
             <U>What we did in the lab:</U></br>Counting of colonies on petri dish: overnight grown plates at 37°C, supplemented with carbenicillin 50 &#181;g/ml (LB + CB50) or with chloramphenicol 34 &#181;g/ml (LB + CM34) were counted for the presence of individual distinct colonies. </br></br>LB + CB50</br></br>
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Seed pET43.1 DH5&alpha; in LB + carbenicillin media to make stab culture. Indeed, the validity of transformants needs to be verified by checking if an insert is present in the transformed plasmid. Secondly, verified plasmid-DH5&alpha combinations need to be stored beyond the lifetime of plate colonies. </br></br><br />
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             <h6><U>What we did in the lab:</U><h6></br>Counting of colonies on petri dish: overnight grown plates at 37°C, supplemented with carbenicillin 50 &#181;g/ml (LB + CB50) or with chloramphenicol 34 &#181;g/ml (LB + CM34) were counted for the presence of individual distinct colonies. </br></br>LB + CB50</br></br>
  
 
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<caption align="bottom" align="center"><i><p><U>Table 3 :</U> LB + CM34</p></i></caption>
 
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<center>Table 3</center></br> LB + CM34</br></br>
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<center>Table 4</center></br>  
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  <U> Protocol:</U> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/6/60/T--Pasteur_Paris--Gel_electrophoresis_protocol.pdf">link</a></br></br>
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  <h6><U> Protocol:</U></h6> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/6/60/T--Pasteur_Paris--Gel_electrophoresis_protocol.pdf">link</a></br></br><br />
<U>What we did in the lab:</U></br>
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<h6><U>What we did in the lab:</U></h6></br>
           <U>Materials:</U></br>
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           <h6><U>Materials:</U></h6>
 
&bull; 1X TAE buffer </br>
 
&bull; 1X TAE buffer </br>
 
&bull; Agarose </br>
 
&bull; Agarose </br>
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&bull; Ethidium Bromide</br>
 
&bull; Ethidium Bromide</br>
 
&bull; Gel caster, and power supply</br>
 
&bull; Gel caster, and power supply</br>
&bull; Precision balance </br>
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&bull; Precision balance </br></br>
 
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           <h6><U>Method:</U></h6>
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1. Buffer solution: we have 1.0X stock TAE (Tris Acetate EDTA) solution and we prepared 1.0X TAE gels with 0.5X TAE running buffer. </br>
           <U>Method:</U></br>
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1. Buffer solution: we have 1.0X stock TAE (Tris Acetate EDTA) solution and we prepared 1.0X TAE gels with 0.5X TAE running buffer </br>
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2. Agarose gel: We prepared 0.7% w/v agarose in 1X TAE and allow it to set.</br></br>
 
2. Agarose gel: We prepared 0.7% w/v agarose in 1X TAE and allow it to set.</br></br>
  
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<I>Samples:</I></br>
 
<I>Samples:</I></br>
 
&bull; pSB1C3 plasmid (obtained with Midiprep on June 8, 2016)</br>
 
&bull; pSB1C3 plasmid (obtained with Midiprep on June 8, 2016)</br>
&bull; pSB1C3 plasmid (digested by SpeI/XbaI)<br>
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&bull; pSB1C3 plasmid (digested by SpeI/XbaI)<br />
 
&bull; pET43.1a plasmid (obtained with Midiprep on June 8, 2016)< /br>
 
&bull; pET43.1a plasmid (obtained with Midiprep on June 8, 2016)< /br>
 
&bull; pET43.1a plasmid digested by BamH I/Hind III</br>
 
&bull; pET43.1a plasmid digested by BamH I/Hind III</br>
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<caption align="bottom" align="center"><i><p><U>Table 5</U></p></i></caption>
 
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<center>Table 5</center></br></br>   
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<h6><U>Results</U></h6></br>
<U>Results</U></br>
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The digestion has worked since the plasmids digested have moved faster. </br></br>
The digestion has worked since the plasmids digested have moved faster. </br></br>NB: the gel suffered from overheating. </br>
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&emsp; NB: the gel suffered from overheating. </br>
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Figure 1: </br></br>
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               <U>Aim:</U> Repeat Midiprep for pET43.1a(+). </br>Since we need a lot of pET43.1a(+) we have to repeat the Midiprep.</br></br>
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               <h6><U>Aim:</U></h6> Repeat Midiprep for pET43.1a(+). </br>Since we need a lot of pET43.1a(+) we have to repeat the Midiprep.</br></br>
             <U> Protocol:</U> follow in this <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Pasteur_Paris/Science">link</a></br></br>
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             <h6><U> Protocol:</U></h6> follow in this <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Pasteur_Paris/Science">link</a></br></br><br />
               <U>What we did in the lab:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>What we did in the lab:</U></h6></br>
               <U>Materials:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>Materials:</U></h6>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml</br>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml</br>
 
&bull; Petri dish with DH5&alpha; transformed with pET43.1a(+)<br>
 
&bull; Petri dish with DH5&alpha; transformed with pET43.1a(+)<br>
 
&bull; LB (Luria Broth) medium autoclaved (5 ml) </br>
 
&bull; LB (Luria Broth) medium autoclaved (5 ml) </br>
 
&bull; Shaking incubator (INFORS HT)</br>
 
&bull; Shaking incubator (INFORS HT)</br>
&bull; Antibiotic: carbenicillin 100 mg/ml<br>
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&bull; Antibiotic: carbenicillin 100 mg/ml<br />
 
&bull; Pipetman P10 and 5 ml graduated pipet</br>
 
&bull; Pipetman P10 and 5 ml graduated pipet</br>
 
&bull; Bunsen burner </br>
 
&bull; Bunsen burner </br>
&bull; Cones for P10<br>
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&bull; Cones for P10<br />
 
&bull; Propipet</br>
 
&bull; Propipet</br>
 
&bull; Rack for 50 ml tubes </br></br>
 
&bull; Rack for 50 ml tubes </br></br>
               <U>Method:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>Method:</U></h6>
  
 
1. Pick one colony and put it into 5 ml of LB medium + 2.5 &#181;l of carbenicillin stock, to obtain 50 &micro;g/&micro;l.
 
1. Pick one colony and put it into 5 ml of LB medium + 2.5 &#181;l of carbenicillin stock, to obtain 50 &micro;g/&micro;l.
 
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2. Grow overnight at 37°C in a shaking incubator at 150 rpm.</br>
 
2. Grow overnight at 37°C in a shaking incubator at 150 rpm.</br>
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               <U> Aim:</U> Use the preculture of June 13, 2016 to start the new culture.</br></br>
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               <h6><U> Aim:</U></h6> Use the preculture of June 13, 2016 to start the new culture.</br></br>
             <U> Protocol:</U> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/4/4b/T--Pasteur_Paris--Bacterial_culture_protocol.pdf">link</a></br></br>
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             <h6><U> Protocol:</U></h6> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/4/4b/T--Pasteur_Paris--Bacterial_culture_protocol.pdf">link</a></br></br><br />
               <U>What we did in the lab:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>What we did in the lab:</U></h6></br>
               <U>Materials:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>Materials:</U></h6>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml</br>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml</br>
&bull; LB autoclaved 500 ml<br>
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&bull; LB autoclaved 500 ml<br />
 
&bull; 3 precultures performed on June 13, 2016 (redundant cultures in case colonies don’t grow)</br>
 
&bull; 3 precultures performed on June 13, 2016 (redundant cultures in case colonies don’t grow)</br>
 
&bull; carbenicillin 100 mg/ml</br>
 
&bull; carbenicillin 100 mg/ml</br>
&bull; swing bucket centrifuge (JOUAN GR4i)</br>
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&bull; swing bucket centrifuge (JOUAN GR4i)</br></br>
 
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               <h6><U>Method:</U></h6>
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1. Get back preculture performed on the June 13, 2016, put it in the swing bucket centrifuge during 7 minutes (3500 RPM) and remove the supernatant. </br>
               <U>Method:</U></br>
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2. Add 5ml of fresh LB, resuspend the pellet and centrifuge again at 3500 rpm during 7 minutes. </br>
1. Get back preculture performed on the June 13, 2016, put it in the swing bucket centrifuge during 7 min (3500 RPM) and remove the supernatant. </br>
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2. Add 5ml of fresh LB, resuspend the pellet and centrifuge again at 3500 RPM during 7 min. </br>
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3. Repeat one more time step 2.</br>
 
3. Repeat one more time step 2.</br>
4. Resuspend the pellet into 5 mL of fresh LB+ 2.5 &micro;l of carbenicillin 100 mg/ml.</br>
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4. Resuspend the pellet into 5 ml of fresh LB+ 2.5 &micro;l of carbenicillin 100 mg/ml.</br>
5. Grow in the shaking incubator (T= 37 °C / 130 RPM) overnight.</br>
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5. Grow in the shaking incubator (T= 37 °C / 130 rpm) overnight.</br>
 
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We overshot the 0.7 OD, set point therefore we continued overnight. </br>
 
We overshot the 0.7 OD, set point therefore we continued overnight. </br>
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               <U> Aim:</U> To make a stab culture we need to capture the bacteria growing at the exponential phase </br> In order to do that we need to take optical density at 600<sub>nm</sub> (OD600<sub>nm</sub>).</br></br>
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               <h6><U> Aim:</U></h6> To make a stab culture we need to capture the bacteria growing at the exponential phase. </br>  
             <U> Protocol:</U> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/b/b1/Stab_culture_Pasteur_Paris_2016.pdf">link</a></br></br>
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In order to do that we need to take optical density at 600<sub>nm</sub> (OD600<sub>nm</sub>).</br></br>
               <U>What we did in the lab:</U></br>
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             <h6><U> Protocol:</U></h6> follow in this <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/b/b1/Stab_culture_Pasteur_Paris_2016.pdf">link</a></br></br><br />
               <U>Materials:</U></br>
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               <h6><U>Materials:</U></h6>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml </br>
 
&bull; Falcon of 50 ml </br>
 
&bull; LB autoclaved 500 ml<br>
 
&bull; LB autoclaved 500 ml<br>
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&bull Precultures performed on the June 14, 2016</br>
 
&bull Precultures performed on the June 14, 2016</br>
 
&bull; Antibiotic: carbenicillin 100 mg/ml</br>
 
&bull; Antibiotic: carbenicillin 100 mg/ml</br>
&bull; Microbiology equipment</br>
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&bull; Microbiology equipment (type of incubator, Bunsen burner, water bath, etc… Follow this <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Pasteur_Paris/Science">link</a>)</br></br>
 
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               <h6><U>Method:</U></h6> Before starting the culture we need to have molten LB-agar so we need to place the solid LB agar on a hot plate with stirring. </br>
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1. During growth of the bacterial culture, take one ml aliquot and measure the absorbance at OD600<sub>nm</sub> every hour for the first three hours, then every 20 minutes onwards. We recorded OD600<sub>nm</sub> for this specific experiment after 3 hours.</br></br>
               <U>Method:</U></br> Before starting the culture we need to have molten LB-agar so we need to place the solid LB agar on a hot plate with stirring. </br>
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1. During growth of the bacterial culture, take one ml aliquot and measure the absorbance at OD600<sub>nm</sub> every hour for the first three hours, then every 20 min onwards. We recorded OD600<sub>nm</sub> for this specific experiment after 3 hours.</br>
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<U>Growth curve :</U>
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</br> Figure 2: Growth curve for DH5&alpha;-pET43.1a(+) by measurement of  OD600<sub>nm</sub>. O-time point corresponds to 12h37</br>
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             <U> Aim:</U> We received our gene block synthesized DNA constructs in lyophilized form. In order to ligate them in our plasmid, we need to resuspend them in buffer. </br></br>
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             <h6><U> Aim:</U></h6> We received our gene block synthesized DNA constructs in lyophilized form. In order to ligate them in our plasmid, we need to resuspend them in buffer. </br></br>
<U>Method:</U></br> Add TE (Tris 10 mM pH 8.0 EDTA 1 mM) buffer in each tubes and refer to the next table for volumes.
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<h6><U>Method:</U></h6> Add TE (Tris 10 mM pH 8.0 EDTA 1 mM) buffer in each tubes and refer to the next table for volumes.
 
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