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|On June 1st 2007, a group of undergraduates of various disciplines and from around the country assembled at NCBS, to attempt a 'proof of principle' demonstration. Their mission: to assemble and test a 'genetically engineered machine', a complex network assembled from simple biological parts. You will be amazed how much they managed to achieve in just six weeks!
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''The National Centre for Biological Sciences is a research institute located in Bangalore, India. In 2006, a team of graduate students from NCBS was the first from India to participate in iGEM. This year, we are very excited to compete as an all-undergraduate team of six students, from six different colleges located in four cities around India. Now that the summer is over, we hope to take the excitement of iGEM back to our home institutions, and create new teams across India who will participate in future iGEMs.''
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The following is the record of all the experiments done by us, each followed by graphs obtained by analysis of the corresponding microscopy and flow cytometry data. Note that, with flow cytometry, signals obtained from each filter do not exactly correspond to CFP or YFP amount inside a cell, because of spectral overlap of their excitation and emission spectra. We used a [[Media:Analysis.pdf|linear transformation]] to separate CFP and YFP from autofluorescence and noise.
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== Experiment ==
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=== Equivalences ===
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*pL.Cfp
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*pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (0 ng/ml aTc)
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*Calibration of the number of colonies obtained at different optical densities.
*Calibration of the number of colonies obtained at different optical densities.
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 24 October 2007

On June 1st 2007, a group of undergraduates of various disciplines and from around the country assembled at NCBS, to attempt a 'proof of principle' demonstration. Their mission: to assemble and test a 'genetically engineered machine', a complex network assembled from simple biological parts. You will be amazed how much they managed to achieve in just six weeks!
Ncbs Logo.jpg

The National Centre for Biological Sciences is a research institute located in Bangalore, India. In 2006, a team of graduate students from NCBS was the first from India to participate in iGEM. This year, we are very excited to compete as an all-undergraduate team of six students, from six different colleges located in four cities around India. Now that the summer is over, we hope to take the excitement of iGEM back to our home institutions, and create new teams across India who will participate in future iGEMs.

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[http://www.ncbs.res.in/ National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore]


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The following is the record of all the experiments done by us, each followed by graphs obtained by analysis of the corresponding microscopy and flow cytometry data. Note that, with flow cytometry, signals obtained from each filter do not exactly correspond to CFP or YFP amount inside a cell, because of spectral overlap of their excitation and emission spectra. We used a linear transformation to separate CFP and YFP from autofluorescence and noise.

Experiment

Equivalences

  • pL.Cfp
PLC dup.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp
PTIC dup.png Details...
  • pL.luxI.Cfp
PLIC dup.png Details...
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PLRY dup.png Details...

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  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (0 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 0.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (1 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 1.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (5 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 5.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (10 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 10.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (20 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 20.png Details...
  • pT.luxI.Cfp::pL.luxR.Yfp.pR.Cfp (50 ng/ml aTc)
Openloop 50.png Details...

Closed loops

Protocols

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  Grow in LB for 10 hours
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               +ve control: pL YFP in 50,100 uM IPTG 
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  Take microscopy images

2) Open loop experiments: 

  i) Morning imaging (followed usually)
     Day 0: 0000: Inoculate pTLuxI.C in LB
     Day 1: 0100: Transfer to Glu M9 in 250 mL flask with a particular [aTc] and inoculum [x3]
            1230: Inoculate pLLuxR.Y pRC in LB
            2200: Filter required OD flask
            2230: Make 7 dilutions for pLLuxR.YpRC with 50 old:50 new 2xM9
                          -ve control: K12z1    
     Day 2: 1000: Take microscopy images
  ii) Night imaging
     Day 1: 1100: Inoculate pTLuxI.C in LB
            2100: Transfer to Glu M9 in 250 mL flask with a particular [aTc] and inoculum [x3]
            2330: Inoculate pLLuxR.YpRC in LB
     Day 2: 0900: Filter required OD flask
            0930: Make 7 dilutions for pLLuxR.YpRC with 50 old:50 new 2xM9
                          -ve control: K12z1 in 50 old:50 new 2xM9
            2130: Take microscopy images

Notes

  • All inductions with IPTG: 0,5,10,50,100,500,1000 uM
  • All inductions with aTc: 0,1,5,10,20,50 ng/mL
  • The open loop experiments to be carried out with following aTc concentrations:

[A] : 20 ng/ml

[B] : 10 ng/ml

[C] : 5 ng/ml

[D] : 1 ng/ml

[E] : 50 ng/ml

[F] : 0 ng/ml

[AA] : 20 ng/ml (repeat A)

[FF] : 0 ng/ml (repeat F)


The DUPLICATES for each of the above experiments are denoted by [Aa], [Bb], [Cc], [Dd], [Ee] and [Ff] respectively.

This Week 

 Mon, July 2: pL LuxI.C for IPTG-aTc equivalence (morn)
 Tue, July 3: pL LuxR.Y for cfp-yfp equivalence, 
              pT LuxI.C for IPTG-aTc
 Wed, July 4: Open loop [E],[F] (aTc) 
              At OD 0.1: To prove scaling argument for AI.
 Thu, July 5: aTC 10,20 ng/mL   [X,Y]
 DUPLICATES:
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 At OD 0.2: 
 Fri, July 6: Open loop: aTC 20,10 ng/mL  [A',B']  
 Sat, July 7: Open loop: aTC 5,1  ng/mL    [C',D']


Experiments Record

  • Calibration of the number of colonies obtained at different optical densities.
  • Transformation of competent E.coli (strain K12Z1) cells with constructs.
  • Induction of the construct pLac cfp

E.coli cells transformed with the construct pLac cfp were cultured for 10 hours in Luria Bertani medium containing 50mg/ml Ampicillin.

The cells were then transferred into a minimal medium (M9 medium) and were induced with the following concentrations of IPTG. A stock concentration of 100mM was used.

Sample 100mM IPTG (ul) 1mM IPTG (ul) Inoculum volume from LB (ul) Volume of M9 added (ml)
pLac cfp (0 uM) - - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac cfp (1 uM) - 3 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pLac cfp (10 uM) - 30 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pLac cfp (50 uM) 1.5 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac cfp (100 uM) 3 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac cfp (1000 uM) 30 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
K12Z1 (Autoflourescence) - - 3 ul 3 ml

Cells were allowed to grow till the optical density was in the range of 0.05-0.1 (early exponential phase) and were imaged using a phase contrast microscope.

Results: The mean fluorescence of CFP was seen to increase with increasing concentrations of the IPTG.

  • Induction of the construct pLac yfp

E.coli cells transformed with the construct pLac yfp were cultured for 10 hours in Luria Bertani medium containing 50mg/ml Ampicillin.

The cells were then transferred into a minimal medium (M9 medium) and were induced with the following concentrations of IPTG. A stock concentration of 100mM was used.

Sample 100mM IPTG (ul) 1mM IPTG (ul) Inoculum volume from LB (ul) Volume of M9 added (ml)
pLac yfp (0 uM) - - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac yfp (1 uM) - 3 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pLac yfp (10 uM) - 30 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pLac yfp (50 uM) 1.5 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac yfp (100 uM) 3 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
pLac yfp (1000 uM) 30 ul - 3 ul 3 ml
K12Z1 (Autoflourescence) - - 3 ul 3 ml

Results: The mean fluorescence of YFP was seen to increase with increasing concentrations of the IPTG.

  • Induction of the construct pTet.luxI.cfp

E.coli cells transformed with the construct pTet.luxI.cfp were cultured for 10 hours in Luria Bertani medium containing 50mg/ml Ampicillin.

The cells were then transferred into a minimal medium (M9 medium) and were induced with the following concentrations of aTc. A stock concentration of 1mg/ml was used.

Sample 10ug/ml aTc (ul) Inoculum volume from LB (ul) Volume of M9 added (ml)
pTet luxI cfp(0 ng/ml) - 3 ul 3 ml
pTet luxI cfp(1 ng/ml) 0.3 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pTet luxI cfp(10 ng/ml) 3 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pTet luxI cfp(25 ng/ml) 7.5 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pTet luxI cfp(50 ng/ml) 15 ul 3 ul 3 ml
pTet luxI cfp(100 ng/ml) 30 ul 3 ul 3 ml
K12Z1 (Autoflourescence) - 3 ul 3 ml

Results: The mean fluorescence of CFP was seen to increase with increasing concentrations of aTc.

  • Open Loop Trial

E. coli cells containing pTet.luxI.cells were first cultured in Luria Bertani medium for 10 hours following which they were transferred to M9 medium where they were induced with aTc (50 ng/ml). The cells were then allowed to grow in M9 for 12 hours.

The medium (now containing the autoinducer) was filtered and was added to an equal volume of freshly prepared M9 medium containing twice the concentration of glucose. E.coli cells containing pLac.luxR.yfp.pR.cfp (previously grown in LB medium) were inoculated into the M9 medium prepared and were induced with different concentrations of IPTG. Cells were allowed to grow for 12 hours.

  • The Scaling Argument

Two sets of experiments would be carried out, where cells would be grown to an optical density of 0.257 & 0.015 respectively in order to check for density dependence of autoinducer production. The supernatent would be filtered out and the one from the OD=0.257 would be scaled down to OD=0.015. The cells would then be imaged using a phase contrast microscope. The scaling argument would be proved if we get the same cfp expression from both.

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