Team:Bio Without Borders/Notebook
Notebook
Below is the documentation of our daily lab work as well as our protocols.
9/27/2019
BwoB iGEM 2019
Project: 2019 iGEM
Authors: Ellen Jorgensen
FRIDAY, 5/24/19
Mentor: Craig
PI: Ellen
Administrator: Chris
●Introductions of members
●Biobuilder: download Riley
●iGEM Academy on Youtube
○Collection of videos: parodies of molecular biology
○Helpful for a basis
●Introduce iGEM competition description to BEAM center students
●Restriction Digest
○2017: targeted psyllid (vector) so it’d have trouble carrying virus
○Talking Biotech Podcast 185 by Dr. Steven Savage
■Reach out about citrus virus -- use Tristeza virus
○Tristeza: 1960s virus mutated inside citrus plant
●DNA Learning Center: educational videos of crystallography
●Intro to pipette usage -- hands-on practice
FRIDAY, 5/31/19
●Watched video on recombinant DNA (dnalc-mechanisms of recombination)
●Cut plasmids with restriction enzymes
FRIDAY, 6/7/19
●Showed video to introduce restriction enzyme
●Displayed process for agarose gel for electrophoresis (1% gel = 0.5 TAE Solution)
●Demonstrated how to prep gel, pour it, and add ethidium bromide
○Restriction digest products still in the fridge
FRIDAY, 6/14/19
●Introduced Google Classroom as main communication platform
○Google Hangout & Discord when unable to attend in person -- useful video broadcast over channels
○Four interns in lab to mentor students
●Safety lab forms: for iGEM and Biotech Without Borders
●Review Restriction Digest: enzymes = Bozeman Science video
●Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
●Walk through and introduced basic lab
FRIDAY, 6/21/19
●Safety agreements & forms (1): If under 18, need signatures of parents
○Classroom link with online version available
●Deliverables on iGEM ~ test: answer questions
○Team wiki (see 2017 fancy team wiki), team poster, team presentation, judging form, project attributors, safety, registry part pages, project inspiration
●iGEM account: igem.org → fill out personal info as prompted → login to account → membership code to team: 327718
○Pending queue -- need verification
●Keep up with Google Classroom account (3); Biotech Without Borders (4) forms
●Video call with Dr. Georgios Vidalakis of the University of California, Riverside
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○1998-2005: FL neglected severity of HLB insect - disease spread and threatens the citrus industry; FL has lost half the
industry; 2008: CA industries jeopardized
○Improve RATE of detection of bacteria in leaves; create a quiz that allows kids across the country to help diagnose millions of leaves (virtual game); trap the psyllids with traps (acetic acid); infrared cameras track disease
○Localized immunity issues? signals are systemic; surrogate bacteria in mango (cultures that can be sent over) ALSO can send over actual bacteria Diaphorina citri after arranging the permits; california suspecting peptides & concern with consumers; smaller virus RNA -> easier to work with the tristeza virus
○https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2019/04/01/plant-pathologist-leads-research-stop-spread-citrus-destroying-disease
●See Craig for head start with lab work → increases expertise & familiarity
○Start with scheduling with students -- genetic engineering tasks
FRIDAY, 6/28/19
●Established that the actual bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus would not be easily culturable
●Considered periwinkle as a cultured plant & discussed the surrogate bacteria as usable: Liberibacter crescens
●Reviewed restriction enzyme & bioengineering techniques with our team members
●Established that we will create a written protocol for new techniques for members away at Guatemala
●Introduced t-shirt design project & team project names
MONDAY, 7/8/19
●Practice lab techniques
○Pipet
○Ligation
○Colony PCR
○Gel Electrophoresis
○Transformation
○Restriction Digest
TUESDAY, 7/9/19
●PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
○Amplify a certain area of DNA
■1. Break Apart Double Helix (Heat it up)- Denaturing
■2. Primers sit on complementary base pair
■3. Extend the areas after primers
●1 X TAE contents:
○ C1V1=C2V2 (C is concentration, V is volume)
●Gel Electrophoresis:
○1. Pour out 50 mL 1 X TAE into flask
○2. Add .35 g agarose
○3. Cover Flask with Plastic Wrap
○4. Put in microwave for 1 minute 15 seconds (check every 30 seconds)
○5. Pour into gel mold and add 5 microliters of ethidium bromide
○6. Put in combs and let sit for 30 minutes
FRIDAY, 7/12/19
●Remove syllids as they pick up RNAi + cloning project
●Fluorescent protein genes picked out
●iGEM BioBrick
iGEM_Meeting_Notebook.pdf
TUESDAY, 7/16/19
● PCR Digestion (Restriction DIgest)
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○1 mL DNA
○5 mL NEB Buffer 2.1
○1 ml EcoR1 HF
○1 mL Pst 1
○50 mL MGBW
THURSDAY, 7/18/19
●DIstribution Kit 2019
●Transformation:
○2 types of transformations: Electric Shock and Heat Shock
○Wash cell in buffer solution to weaken the cell walls
●Mini Prep: (Mini Prep kit + Monarch)
○Spin colony to get the pellet on the bottom. Pellet 1-5 mL
MONDAY, 7/22/19
●Overnight Prep For Mini Prep (Grow Colonies)
○5000 microliters of LB
○5 microliters Chlor
○10 microliters colony PCR
■1. Mix everything together
■2. Parafilm the tube
■3. Put in the Rotissirie
THURSDAY, 7/25/19
●Transformation for Red Colonies
●Plasmid RFP + AMP
●DNA Distribution Kit
○Linearized back bones, competent cell test kit, measurement kit
●Reporter quantitizes how bright the colors are
●Insert conatins ribosome, binding site
●Bacterial Transformation: Method of foreign DNA being introduced into competent cells. Bacteria takes up the plasmids and expresses the specific gene in the DNA
●Colony PCR:
○Inside Thermocycler:
■Denaturation- separation of double stranded DNA
■Annealing- laying of primers on template DNA
■Extension- polymerase synthesizes new strands of DNA using dNTP's
○Check product by running a .7% gel
○Combine colonies with LB broth and antibiotics
○Rotate overnight
○Mini prep
■Method of extracting and purifying the plasmid DNA from bacterial cells. Results in large source of DNA that is pure and contains desired construction in a circulated form used for bacterial transformation or PCR reaction
TUESDAY, 7/30/19
●Another transformation
●Overnight prep (we want more bacteria with the plasmid)
WEDNESDAY, 7/31/19
●Transcription of DNA in bacteria
○DNA to RNA to Protien
●Mini Prep (followed given instructions)
●Nanodropped the concentrations made
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THURSDAY, 8/1/19
●Transformation (GFP + AMP) and Gel Electrophorises
●RNAi
○Used to control genes
MONDAY, 8/12/19
● Transformed Ecoli cells with Gblock+Chlor plasmids
TUESDAY, 8/13/19
●Looked at plates from transformation on 8/12
●We had a few colonies that succesfully transformed
●Took colonies from each plate and suspended them in seperate tubes with 20 microliters of MBGW (template)
○Tubes were labeled S1, S2, & S3, corresponding to plates that colonies were sourced from
●Performed PCR with 1 micro templates from
○12.5 microliters of Q5 Master Mix
○1.5 microliters of VR Primer
○1.5 microliters of VF2 Primer
○1 microliter of the template
○8.5 microliters of MBGW
●Loaded test tubest with Colony PCR reagents into the Thermocycler
●Cast a 0.7% Agarose gel to perform Gel electrophoresis with products from our PCR
●Replenished 1x working stock of TAE from 50x stock
○Performed C1V1 = C2V2
■(50) V1 = (1) 1000 mL
■V1 = 20
○Added 20 mL of 50x TAE stock into 980 mL of dH2O to create 1000 mL of 1x TAE working stock
●Mixed PCR products with gel
●Ran gel
●No bands
●Was most likely due to the fact that we did not spin down the the PCR reagents in their tubes prior to loading into thermocycler
●Will Evaluate tonight
WEDNESDAY, 8/14/19
●Performed mini preparation of plasmid DNA: GFP + C, RFP + A
●Repeatedly centrifuged and added wash buffers to DNA in order to isolate plasmid DNA from bacteria
○Known as alkaline lysis
THURSDAY, 8/15/19
●Made and poured plates
○Mixed 8.75 grams of agar with 250 milliters of distilled water
○Put the mixture in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes
○Let the mixture cool down for ten minutes
○Add antibiotic to the mixture
○Pour mixture onto plates
●Performed a transformation using Ecoli T7 Express cells
●Performed transformation on GFP + C made in mini prep on 8/14 to make sure we labled the tubes correctly
●Constitutive promoter: always displaying trait, inducible promoters, repressible promoters
●Initiation - Elongation - Termination (independent hairpin loop forms)
MONDAY, 8/19/19
●We found out that while ligating out backbone folded onto itself. This prevented out insert from ligating with the backbone to form a full plasmid. To troubleshoot this we decided to use an enzyme called "Antartic Phosphatase" to cut the ends of the backbone. This will dephophate the backbone and prevent it from folding onto itself.
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●Dephosphating Backbone - 2microliter buffer, 1 microliter ant(Antartic Phosphatase), 10 microliter backbone, 7 mucroliter mgbw
●Ligation- 2 microliter buffer, 1 microliter dephosphated DNA, 1 microliter ligase, 16 microliter insert
TUESDAY, 8/20/19
●We are transforming out newly made DNA from 8/19. If out dephophatase worked then the cells should grow with a blue flourescent color.
○Take out E-Coli(c2987) cells and defrost them from nitrogen.
○Put 4 chlor pretri dishes in an incubator and make an ice bath.
○Pipette 50uL of E-Coli and put them into tubeG-Block 1, G-Block 2, G-Block 3, and RFP control.
○Pipette our designated plasmids onto each of our tube. 3uL for G-Block, 1uL for RFP.
○Heat shock the tubes for 45secs at 42 ddegrees.
○Take them out and put them in icebath for 10 min.
○Add 950 uL of LB to the tubes.
○Put parafilm on the tube and place in rotisserie for a hour.
TUESDAY, 8/27/19
●Pasmid Prep (Mini Prep) for blue chromo protein
●Gel electrophoresis from the result of the plasmid prep
TUESDAY, 9/3/19
Workflow for the day was to inoculate colonies from separate plasmid cassette transformation into overnight culture, that will be used to create individual plasmid preps for Wednesday 9/4.
●First we counted all the colonies on the petre dishes, and got tubes for each colony (24).
●Next we placed the 3 millimeters of Lb +Chlor.
●Then we scraped each of the colonies off of the petre dishes using the loops and placed them into the tubes of Lb + Chlor.
●Then we used film to seal Oof the tubes and placed them into the shaker incubator to grow up overnight.
WEDNESDAY, 9/4/19
Plasmid Prep
●take out 24 large tubes of Lb + Chlor AK and SOB
●Pipette 2 microliter for each of the Lb + Chlor AK and SOB into the microcentrifuge tubes
●place them balanced and spaced eqally in centrifugation for 30 seconds
●Discard by pipetting liquid out and leave the cells at the bottom
●pipette 2 microliter of Lb + Chlor back inside the tube. Then repeat the process of placing in the centrifugation for 30 seconds
●Pipette 200 microliter of Plasmid Resuspension Buffer into the tube and slowly break or mix with the cells. (until the solid is gone)
●Add 200 microliter of Plasmid Lysis Buffer in the tube and shake it for 5 times. Set for 1 minute at a room temperature.
●Add 400 microliter of Plasmid Neutralization Buffer in the tube and shake it until the color completely changes. Set for 2 minutes at room temperatur
●Back to centrifugation (balanced and spaced equally) for 5 minutes.
●Transfer the supernatant to the plasmid column and place it into the centrifugation for 4 minutes.
●Transfer the column into a new tube and add 200 microliter of Plamid Wash Buffer 1. Then place it into the centrifugation for 1 minute.
●Add 400 microliter of Plasmid Wash Buffer 2 into the column and place it into the centriguation for 1 minute.
●Transfer the columns to a new microfuge tube and add 50 microliters of DNA Elution Buffer in the tube. Wait for 1 minute and place it into the centrifugation for 1 minute.
●Separate the columns. The leftover liquid is the DNA sample.
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THURSDAY, 9/5/19
Plasmid Prep through Gel
●Put the weigh paper on a gram scale. Then measure 0.35 g of agarose.
●50mL of 1X TAE and put it into a erlenmeyer flask. Put the 0.35 g of agarose in the flask and slowly swirl / mix it.
●cover the top of the elenmeyer flask with a clean wrap foil and poke the top.
●Put it into a microwave for 30 seconds.
●Then slowly swirl it and put it in the microwave again for 30 seconds.
●Then slowly swril it and put it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Cool it after it's done.
●Prepare the Gel electrophoresis / Gel box. Then pour the agarose liquid into the Gel box and cool it for a while.
●After cooling, put 5 microliter of Bromide in the gel liquid and swirl / mix it.
●Place the comb and make the wells. Wait for 30 minutes.
●Replace the Gel and put a black piece of paper under the gel box for better observations.
●pour the 1X TAE and fill the gel box until it covers the gel.
●prepare the parafilms, ladder, purple dye, and the AK and SOB DNA samples.
●Then pipette 6 microliter of ladder and slowly + gently place it in one of the wells.
●Then pipette 1 microliter of purple dye and place it on the parafilm.
●add 5 microliter of one of the DNA samples and mix it with the purple dye.
●Then pipette as 6 microliter of the mixed purple dye and DNA sample and place it to the next well of the ladder.
●*repeat the process for each of the DNA samples.
●After filling the wells, carry it to the power source and set as 80V. Put the cover on top of the gel box and set it as 'run' for 65minutes.
●After 65 minutes, take the gel out and pour out the liquid.
●Put the gel in the UV transilluminator and turn the power on.
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What should this page have?
- Chronological notes of what your team is doing.
- Brief descriptions of daily important events.
- Pictures of your progress.
- Mention who participated in what task.
Using DNA distribution kit plates: Rehydration of registry DNA from kit plate
Wells in the DNA distribution kit plates contain 2-3 ng of dry DNA. This should be enough DNA for a few transformation, but insufficient for immediate restriction and ligation.
Materials
- DNA distribution kit plates
- Sterile distilled water
- Micropipette
- Sterile micropipette tip
Protocol
- Locate the well with the DNA part you need
- Using a micro pipette, draw 10 μL sterile distilled water into a sterile pipette tip
- Use the pipette tip to puncture a hole through the cover foil and into the well containing DNA you need.
- Release the water into the well and pipette up and down a few times to rehydrate the DNA you need
- Store the re-hydrated DNA in the -20C freezer. You can either leave it in the original plate, or transfer it into a separate tube (make sure to label the tube!).
- The rehydrated DNA can be used immediately to transform competent cells. As little as 1 μL should be enough for one transformation.
Restriction Digest
This protocol is for cutting approximately 500ng of plasmid with two different restriction enzymes. This should provide enough cut DNA for both ligation and agarose gel electrophoresis.
Materials
- Plasmid DNA
- 10x Restriction buffet
- Sterile distilled water
- Restriction Enzymes(EcoR1, Spe1, Xba1, and Pst1)
- Thermocycler
- (0.6 mL) Microcentrufuge tube
- Microcentrifuge
- Ice
- Micropipettes and Sterile pipette tips
- Water bath and 37C
Protocol
- Thaw all solutions and buffers needed. Homogenize the contents by gently flicking the tube. If possible, collect all liquid at bottom of tube by spinning briefly in the microcentrifuge at maximum speed. Place tubes on ice.
- Label a sterile 0.6 mL microcentrifuge tube with an identifying label for the particular restriction digestion you’re doing. Make sure that you use a permanent marker and the tube fits inside the heating block of your thermocycler.
- Pipette the following into the tube in the order listed. It adds up to a total volume of 20 μL
- 7 μL sterile distilled water
- 10 μL plasmid DNA
- 2 μL 10x restriction buffer
- 0.5 μL Restriction Enzyme #1
- 0.5 μL Restriction Enzyme #2
- Mix gently by pipetting up and down a few times. You can bring all the liquid to the bottom of the tube by spinning it briefly in the microcentrifuge at maximum speed.
- Incubate at 37 °C in water bath or thermocycler for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Incubate at 80 °C for 20 minutes. This will denature the restriction enzymes, which otherwise may interfere with subsequent steps.
- Store the restriction digests in - 20 °C freezer, or proceed immediately with ligation and/or agarose gel electrophoresis.
Growing bacteria from agar stabs onto plates
This method allow us to grow bacteria colonies on pretri dishes
Materials
- agar stabs with the bacteria you wish to grow
- LB agar plates
- inoculating loop
- Bunsen burner
- incubator 37 °C
Protocol
- Obtain LB agar plates suitable for the bacteria you wish to grow. If bacteria carry plasmid DNA that makes them resistant to a certain antibiotic, use LB agar plates containing the respective antibiotic. For E. coli with no antibiotic resistance (e.g. NEB 10 beta or DH5 alpha cells), which you would need for making competent cells, use LB agar plates without any antibiotics.
- Warm up the plates to room temperature, and label them.
- Locate the sample of live bacteria inside the agar stab. Use an inoculating loop to scoop some of the bacteria and streak them onto a plate in a zig-zag line. Be gentle when drawing the line to avoid breaking the agar.
- Sterilize the loop, wait for it to cool and streak again starting from the end of the first line. This will spread out the bacteria further.
- Repeat previous step starting at the end of the second zig-zag line. This will spread out the bacteria even more.
- Repeat again, as needed.
- Incubate plates at 37 °C overnight (12 - 14 hours) or at room temperature for 24 hours. Make sure plates are incubated with agar layer on top (and lid on the bottom).
- Plates with colonies can be stored at 4 °C (fridge) and can be used for at least a couple of weeks. Make sure plates are sealed with parafilm, labeled and oriented correctly (agar on top) while stored in the fridge.
Transformation
A process in which we stress competent cells in a series of times heat shocks and ice baths. This allows the cells to take in the plasmids we want them to have.
Materials
- 100 μL aliquots of competent cells
- Ice block
- DNA ligation mix
- Micropipettes and sterile pipette tips
- Glass beads
- Control plasmid DNA
- Water bath at 42 °C (or 37 °C)
- Luria broth
- Incubator 37 °C with a rotisserie
- Luria Broth agar plates (with desired antibiotic)
- Heat block
- Obtain competent cells from a -80°C freezer and let it thaw on ice for 5 minutes .
- After labeling each tube, use a sterile tip to add 5 μL of the ligation mix to the competent cells and leave them on ice for one hour.
- Using a Heatblock for 45 sec. at 42 degrees C. (Remember to turn off the heatblock.)
- Immediately after heat schocking the cells, place them back on ice for 5 minutes.
- Using a sterile tip add 950 μL Luria broth to the cells and parafilm the tubes
- Place the parafilmed tubes into a rotisserie for 1 hour.
- Once the tubes are done incubating take off the parafilm.
- Warm the Luria broth agar plates with the desired antibiotic resitstance at room temperature.
- Label the plates with the desired product, name, and date.
- Plate 100 μL of the transformed cells in to seperate plates.
- Place 3 to 5 glass beads into the plate to spread the cells evenly.
- Shake the plates in an up and down motion for 2 minutes.
- Remove beads and dispose of them into a waste bin.
- Parafilm the plates and place in the rotisserie at 37°C for 16 hours.