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Harvard-Yale

[The Game] Go Harvard! (- and Dartmouth)

Goals for 11/18

1. • Progression
     • Step 1: Midiprep
       1. B0015
       2. J04500+KaiB
       3. J04500+KaiC
       4. J04500+KaiA+J04500+KaiC
     • Step 2: Digestion
       1. B0015/SP important
       2. J04500+KaiB/XP important
       3. J04500+KaiC/XP
       4. J04500+KaiA+J04500+KaiC/SP

Efficient Midiprep Protocol (for HC plasmid)

Pre-Midiprep

1. Put buffer P3 in the refrigerator.
2. Check buffer P2 for precipitate; if there is then redissolve @ 37°C.

Midiprep

1. Harvest the bacterial cells by centrifugation at 6000 x g for 15 min at 4°C.
   • • Big centrifuge: SLA-1500; Rotor code 28; 6290 rpm.
     • Big centrifuge: HB6; Rotor code 23; 6060 rpm.
   • Alternatively, centrifuge cultures in 50 mL falcon tubes for 15 minutes at 4400 rmp in room 5096, and dump supernatant. Simultaneously, turn on the big centrifuge in room 5088, fill a bucket of ice, and place the medium rotor into the big centrifuge.
     • Medium rotor: SS34, rotor code 05.
2. Resuspend the bacterial pellet in 4 ml Buffer P1.
3. Add 4 ml Buffer P2, mix by inverting 4-6 times, then incubate at room temperature for 4 minutes.
4. Add 4 ml Buffer P3, mix by inverting 4-6 times, then incubate on ice for 15 minutes.
5. Mix the sample again.
6. Centrifuge at 13,000 rpm for 30 min at 4°C, and remove the supernatant promptly. Concurrently, equilibrate a QIAGEN-tip 100 by applying 4 ml Buffer QBT, and allow the column to empty by gravity flow.
   • Centrifuge in non-glass tube. '<~ this should be all of the tubes present in lab'
7. Centrifuge the supernatant again at 13,000 x g for 5 min at 4°C, and remove the supernatant promptly.
8. Apply supernatant to QIAGEN-tip and allow it to enter the resin by gravity flow.
9. Wash the QIAGEN-tip twice with 10 ml Buffer QC, and allow to move through the QIAGEN-tip by gravity flow.
10. Elute DNA with 5 ml QF.
11. Collect the eluate in a 10 ml tube.
12. Precipitate DNA by adding 3.5 ml room-temperature isopropanol to the eluted DNA.
13. Mix and centrifuge immediately at 11210 rpm for 30 minutes at 4°C, and carefully decant the supernatant. Then make sure all of the isopropanol is out.
14. Wash DNA pellet with 2 ml of room-temperature 70% ethanol and centrifuge at 11210 rpm for 10 minutes.
15. Carefully decant the supernatant, and don't disturb the pellet - nevertheless, make sure that no ethanol remains.
16. Air-dry the pellet for 5-10 min, and redissolve the DNA in 250 ul ddH2O

Estimated time: 170 minutes/ 2h 50m

Adapted from the QIAGEN Midiprep protocol.

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