June
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Week 1 (May 30 - June 5)
Wetlab
Yarowia lipolytica PO1f Δku70 was obtained from Cory M. Schwartz, cultivated and freeze stocked for future use.
Compute
Hardware
Our Arduino starter kits arrived! Make an LED blink. that’s how it begins.
Week 2 (June 6 - June 12)
Wetlab
Molecular Toolbox
CRISPR-Cas9 induced PEX10knockout
Y. lipolytica PO1f genome sequence was annotated and protospacer for targeting PEX10 was designed and ordered from IDT. Protospacer for Gibson Assembly with CRISPRyl plasmid (Addgene plasmid #70007) SCR1'- tRNAGly (bold), Protospacer (underlined), sgRNA (italic) 5'-GGGTCGGCGCAGGTTGACGTGTACAAGGAGGAGCTGGAGAGTTTTAGAGCTAGAAATAGC-3' Oligos designed to amplify a 1kb region upstream and downstream PEX10 and anneal together by fusion PCR were also ordered from IDT.
CRISPR-Cas9 induced URA3insertion
The Y. lipolytica PO1f genome sequence was annotated and uploaded to Benchling for sgRNA design. sgRNAs targeting the SUC2 gene were designed. Primers were designed that amplify the functional URA3 gene including 1 kb upstream and downstream flanking regions.
pSB1A8YL
Ran a bunch of PCRs to amplify the pUC19 part of our plasmid, but it’s not working - nothing but smear. Tried to transform the pUC19 plasmid into Escherichia coli.
Substrates
We did an initial experiment determining the full growth cycle of Y. lipolytica W29. This will be used to plan and time the following growth experiments. Waste glycerol from the industrial biodiesel producer DAKA is acquired for late screening.
Compute
Hardware
We started building light sensors using photoresistors. Shortlisting ideas for our final project: - A microtiter plate reader - Hack a printer to build a membrane homogenizer - Chemostat bioreactor