Adjust the distance from phone to the sample making sure the picture is in focus and the distance is greater than 4 cm away.
Distance between the smart phone cradle and drop = 4.1 cm
Solutions Used for Calibration
Placing Samples onto the Fluorimeter
1. Pipet 80 milliliters of SYBR Green I solution in the middle of the 2 circles farthest away from the camera.
2. Pipet 80 milliliters of calibration solution onto the first drop.
3. Make sure the slide is lite by the blue light.
Data Analysis
Representative Images of Negative and Positive Samples
Image J Values for All Calibrator Samples
Concentration
Area
Mean
RawIntDen Drop
Raw IntDen Background
Raw IntDen Drop- Background
0
582
30
17609
2428
15181
0.25
582
39.7
23098
6099
16999
0.5
582
39.6
23071
4984
18087
1
582
26.321
15319
909
14410
2
582
126.3
73506
4821
68685
5
582
112.4
65415
2478
62937
Calibration curve
PCR Results Summary
Our positive control PCR result was 5 μg/mL
Our negative control PCR result was 0 μg/mL
Observed results
Patient 73039 : The sample did not contain the allele so it did not glow green. The sample was observed to be 0 μg/mL.
Patient 40429 : The sample did contain the allele so it glowed green. The sample was observed to be 2 μg/mL.
Conclusions
Patient 73039 : This patient does not have coronary artery disease.
Patient 40429 : This patient does have coronary artery disease.
SNP Information & Primer Design
Background: About the Disease SNP
The disease SNP is associated with lipoprotein lipase, which helps regulate phospholipase activity. It caused by a genetic mutation in the 8th chromosome. More specifically, in the 5' strand, changing AAT to AGT. As a result, it causes coronary artery disease in homo sapiens. Coronary artery disease, or heart disease, is one of the deadliest diseases in America.
Primer Design and Testing
At the end of the primer test, the non-diseased primer test gave a 220bp reading, while the diseased primer had no match.