Notebook

Week 1 (4-10 July)

  • Lab safety training
  • Lab sorting
  • Growth Media preparation

Week 2 (11-17 July)

  • Primers receive and preparation
  • Chemically competent E.coli and Agrobacterium Tumefaciens preparation

Week 3 (18-24 July)

  • iGEM 2021 Distribution Kit troubleshooting

Week 4 (25-31 July)

  • OmpA PCR amplification 
  • Gel electrophoresis of OmpA PCR product and DNA purification

Week 5 (1-7 August)

  • PCR amplification of LRR, NB-LRR and Nsm115-135
  • Gel electrophoresis for LRR, NB-LRR and Nsm115-135

Week 6 (8-14 August)

  • Golden Gate Cloning to assemble pLCH86988:OmpA:LRR and pLCH86988:OmpA:NB-LRR
  • Transformation of E.coli cells
  • Plasmid DNA extraction and purification

Week 7 (22-28 August)

  • Diagnostic restriction enzyme digestion and gel electrophoresis

Week 8 (29 August - 4 September)

  • Golden Gate Cloning to assemble pLCH86988:Nsm115-135:YFP
  • Transformation of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens cells

Week 9 (5-11 September)

  • Agroinfiltration of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens into N. Sylvestris leaves
  • Protein extraction from N. Sylvestris leaves

Week 10 (12-18 September)

  • Colony PCR
  • PCR for OmpA:LRR and OmpA:NB-LRR

Week 11 (19-25 September)

  • Cloning with restriction enzymes
  • Cloning product clean-up

Week 12 (26 September - 2 October)

  • Transformation of E.coli cells to surface display the constructs
  • Plasmid DNA extraction and purification
  • Restriction enzyme digestion

Week 13 (3-9 October)

  • Final Experiment