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'''Between Day 1 and Day 2:'''
 
'''Between Day 1 and Day 2:'''
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to be edited by George
  
 
'''On the instructors' bench:'''
 
'''On the instructors' bench:'''
 
*50 mL conical tubes
 
*50 mL conical tubes
 
*15 mL conical tubes
 
*15 mL conical tubes
*tweezers
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*tweezers (2 per team)
*TEM grids for practice
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*TEM grids for practice (some)
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*new TEM grids (2 per team)
 
*sign-up sheet for location of samples in TEM holder
 
*sign-up sheet for location of samples in TEM holder
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*100% ethanol (20 μL per team, so a couple of 1.5 mL eppendorf tubes suffice)
  
 
'''On students' benches:'''
 
'''On students' benches:'''
 
*Na:PO<sub>4</sub>
 
*Na:PO<sub>4</sub>
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*M13 phage with(NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Fe(SO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
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quantities to be updated by George

Revision as of 22:26, 17 November 2015

Day 1

The week preceding the lab:

  • Make LB:
    • 10 g tryptone
    • 5 g yeast extract
    • 10 g NaCl
    • 1 L deionized water
    • autoclave 30 minutes with stirbar.

On the instructors' bench:

  • 50 mL conical tubes
  • 25 mL pipets
  • a couple of motorized pipet aids
  • 2 mL eppendorf tubes
  • TBS: 500 mL
  • PEG/NaCl: 500 mL
  • deionized water: 50 mL
  • quartz cuvettes

On the students' bench:"

  • bucket of ice
  • 2 x 40 mL overnight culture of XL1-Blue infected with M13 phage
  • 250 mL erlenmeyer flask

By the scale:

  • (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2
  • stirbars

In 4 °C fridge:

  • orbital shaker (speed 120)

Day 2

Between Day 1 and Day 2: to be edited by George

On the instructors' bench:

  • 50 mL conical tubes
  • 15 mL conical tubes
  • tweezers (2 per team)
  • TEM grids for practice (some)
  • new TEM grids (2 per team)
  • sign-up sheet for location of samples in TEM holder
  • 100% ethanol (20 μL per team, so a couple of 1.5 mL eppendorf tubes suffice)

On students' benches:

  • Na:PO4
  • M13 phage with(NH4)2Fe(SO4)2

quantities to be updated by George