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OUR TEAM
LAB 5 WRITE-UP
Procedure
Smart Phone Camera Settings
- Type of Smartphone: Iphone 4
- Flash: none
- ISO setting: Automatically Set
- White Balance: Automatically Set
- Exposure: Automatically Set
- Saturation: Automatically Set
- Contrast: Automatically Set
Calibration
To set up our camera in front of the fluorimeter we first had to place the lighted platform and glass slide at the back of the box with a tray under the platform to increase the height. Next, we took the phone and placed it into the phone cradle. Then we took the phone cradle and placed it in front of the glass slide, varying the distance until the drop was in focus. Once in position, the phone was not moved.
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- Distance between the smart phone cradle and drop = 2in
Solutions Used for Calibration
| Initial Concentration of DNA solution(µg/mL) |
Volume of DNA solution(µL) |
Volume of SYBR Green(µL) |
Final DNA Solution in SYBR Green(µg/mL)
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| 5 |
80 |
80 |
2.5
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| 2 |
80 |
80 |
1
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| 1 |
80 |
80 |
0.5
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| 0.5 |
80 |
80 |
0.25
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| 0.25 |
80 |
80 |
0.125
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| 0 |
80 |
80 |
0
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Placing Samples onto the Fluorimeter
- Place 80µL of the SYBR green solution as a drop in between the middle two dots on the glass slide and add 80µL of one of the DNA solutions in the first column of the table
- Position the drop of solution so that the LED light shines directly through the center of it
- Set the timer on the camera and quickly close the light box to prevent any stray light from entering
- Take three focused images of the drop
- Open the lid of the box and without moving anything inside of it, micropipette the 160µL drop off the slide.
- Repeat steps 1-5 for each concentration of DNA solution
Data Analysis
Representative Images of Negative and Positive Samples
Negative Samples
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Positive Samples
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Image J Values for All Calibrator Samples
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Area
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Mean
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StDev
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Mode
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IntDen
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RawIntDen (Drop)
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RawIntDen (Background)
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Drop - Background
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| Water T1
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28484
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29.191
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28.401
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13
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831470
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831470
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158266
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673204
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| Water T2
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28680
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31.555
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33.786
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13
|
904985
|
904985
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202411
|
702574
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| Water T3
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27404
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33.69
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40.547
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13
|
923237
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923237
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137517
|
785720
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| Calf Thymus 0.25 T1
|
19910
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42.983
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23.499
|
41
|
855792
|
855792
|
117585
|
738207
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| Calf Thymus 0.25 T2
|
21006
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42.528
|
23.132
|
42
|
893342
|
893342
|
119887
|
773455
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| Calf Thymus 0.25 T3
|
22096
|
44.823
|
23.529
|
47
|
990417
|
990417
|
149789
|
840628
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| Calf Thymus .5 T1
|
26576
|
54.056
|
33.842
|
49
|
1436601
|
1436601
|
122697
|
1313904
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| Calf Thymus .5 T2
|
25638
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51.179
|
32.873
|
49
|
1312135
|
1312135
|
144343
|
1167792
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| Calf Thymus .5 T3
|
26148
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52.014
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31.669
|
54
|
1360057
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1360057
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161701
|
1198356
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| Calf Thymus 1 T1
|
24056
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83.603
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37.424
|
89
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2011156
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2011156
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173370
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1837786
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| Calf Thymus 1 T2
|
24948
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79.871
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36.813
|
95
|
1992628
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1992628
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166804
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1825824
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| Calf Thymus 1 T3
|
24436
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80.677
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36.227
|
89
|
1971426
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1971426
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155532
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1815894
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| Calf Thymus 2 T1
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28154
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111.768
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41.791
|
139
|
3146720
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3146720
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228364
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2918356
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| Calf Thymus 2 T2
|
31122
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111.973
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42.206
|
143
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3484820
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3484820
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203899
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3280921
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| Calf Thymus 2 T3
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29404
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105.723
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43.869
|
135
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3108670
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3108670
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210787
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2897883
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| Calf Thymus 5 T1
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24263
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163.781
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55.723
|
255
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3973807
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3973807
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225008
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3748799
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| Calf Thymus 5 T2
|
24835
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161.367
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56.173
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255
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4007539
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4007539
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180646
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3826893
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| Calf Thymus 5 T3
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25503
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164.135
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57.517
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255
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4185938
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4185938
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159026
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4026912
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Calibration curve
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PCR Results Summary
- Our positive control PCR result was 28.29804534 μg/mL
- Our negative control PCR result was -1.136261815 (0) μg/mL
Observed results
- Patient 58961 : Images glowed bright green, had a high amount of green saturation; Initial PCR Concentration determined to be an average of 31.48969805 μg/mL.
- Patient 79602 : Images glowed bright green, had a high amount of green saturation; Initial PCR Concentration determined to be an average of 37.50745806 μg/mL.
Conclusions
- Patient 79602 : Since this patient's sample resembled the positive control and is much closer to the positive control concentration than the negative, it can be concluded that the sample tested positive.
- Patient 58961 : This patient's results are also fairly close to the concentration of the positive control so it can be concluded that they also tested positive.
Background: About the Disease SNP
The disease SNP is found in homo sapiens and is located on the chromosome 21. It is associated with the gene KCNE2 which is a potassium voltage-gated channel that regulates neurotransmitter release, hear rate, insulin, neuronal excitability and other important functions. SNP has a clinical significance because is it pathogenic and linked to the disease long QT. Long QT is a rare inherited heart condition that causes a risk of episodes of torsades de pointes, irregular heartbeat originating from the ventricles. The disease is identified by a change in the allele sequence TTC to CTC.
Primer Design and Testing
From our primer test we were able to locate the forward and reverse primer sequences to take us to the desired SNP gene. To mutate this gene, the last base sequence in the forward primer was changed from TTC to CTC. This single base mutation is the cause of the SNP disease long QT. The test below demonstrates how the non-disease primers lead directly to the desired SNP gene and the diseased ones come up with no results. This lack of results confirms that the disease primers result in a mutation and change on the gene.
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