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Grow ~ 5 mL of E. Coli overnight with appropriate antibiotics. | ==DMSO== | ||
Centrifuge for | *Grow ~ 5 mL of E. Coli overnight with appropriate antibiotics. | ||
Resuspend in 900 uL of HY (hypho) and 100 uL of filter-sterilized DMSO. | *Centrifuge for ~2+ minutes & pour off supernatant. | ||
Store at -80oC. | *Resuspend in 900 uL of HY (hypho) and 100 uL of filter-sterilized DMSO. Hypho is better than LB for this; I hear it buffers. | ||
Test stock after frozen a while. | ** ''' must use a filter that won't dissolve in DMSO '''. Most of the filters we have are not appropriate. | ||
*Store at -80oC. | |||
*Test stock after frozen a while. | |||
=== Filtering DMSO: don't dissolve the filter === | |||
* Pure DMSO dissolves many of the filters common in our lab. | |||
* "To prepare a sterile solution, use a teflon or nylon membrane to sterile-filter the DMSO; do not use a cellulose acetate membrane." [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/etc/medialib/docs/Sigma/Product_Information_Sheet/d8779pis.Par.0001.File.tmp/d8779pis.pdf Sigma/Source] | |||
==Glycerol== | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:15, 6 June 2013
Back to protocols
DMSO
- Grow ~ 5 mL of E. Coli overnight with appropriate antibiotics.
- Centrifuge for ~2+ minutes & pour off supernatant.
- Resuspend in 900 uL of HY (hypho) and 100 uL of filter-sterilized DMSO. Hypho is better than LB for this; I hear it buffers.
- must use a filter that won't dissolve in DMSO . Most of the filters we have are not appropriate.
- Store at -80oC.
- Test stock after frozen a while.
Filtering DMSO: don't dissolve the filter
- Pure DMSO dissolves many of the filters common in our lab.
- "To prepare a sterile solution, use a teflon or nylon membrane to sterile-filter the DMSO; do not use a cellulose acetate membrane." Sigma/Source