BME103:T130 Group 17

BME 103 Fall 2012	Home People Lab Write-Up 1 Lab Write-Up 2 Lab Write-Up 3 Course Logistics For Instructors Photos Wiki Editing Help
OUR TEAM Name: Jorge Jimenez Research Development Specialist Name: Ricardo Robles Research Development Specialist Name: Jennifer Begin Experimental Protocol Planner Name: Finola Roy Experimental Protocol Planner) Name: Kevin Zenner Open PCR Machine Engineer LAB 1 WRITE-UP Initial Machine Testing The Original Design (Add image of the full OpenPCR machine here, from the Week 3 exercise. Write a paragraph description for visitors who have no idea what this is) Experimenting With the Connections When the PCB board of the LCD screen was disconnected from the PCB circuit board the display output was turned off. When the white wire connecting the 16 tube PCR block to the PCB circuit board ability to regulate the temperature of the PCR was lost. Test Run (Write the date you first tested Open PCR and your experience(s) with the machine) Protocols Polymerase Chain Reaction (Add your work from Week 3, Part 1 here) Flourimeter Measurements (Add your work from Week 3, Part 2 here) Research and Development Specific Cancer Marker Detection - The Underlying Technology The r17879961 sequence will produce a cancer mutation at Chromosomes 22 of the gene sequence. The normal sequence has a T ( thymine) nucleotide at chromosome 22 while the mutation sequence has an associated C (cytosine) nucleotide. The Open PCR machine is able to determine whether or not the r17879961 sample has cancer by replicating the desired mutation exponentially. Positive and negative strands are inserted into the PCR with a certain primer. The primer in the reaction is designed to attach to the C nucleotide that signifies cancer mutation. One strand has the primer, while the other strand does not. Open PCR will replicate the strand with the certain primer, causing an exponential growth. The negative strand will grow in a linear fashion. The PCR process goes through 30 cycles to complete this. After the PCR process, fluorescent dye is added to the solutions. The fluorescent dye will cause the DNA with double strands to glow. Since the PCR has grown the double stranded positive DNA exponentially the fluorescent dye glows brighter. Therefore the cancer DNA is in the sample with the glow. Results (Your group will add the results of your Fluorimeter measurements from Week 4 here)