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Miniprep Protocol 9/23/13 TO Total Time: 1 day to grow up the plasmid and about 1 hour to miniprep. Purpose: The purpose of the miniprep protocol is to isolate plasmids from cells. We can then use these plasmids to perform any number of operations from PCR, to transformations. We keep miniprepped plasmids in the 20 freezer in the “Lab Plasmid Stock” box. Check this box to see if your plasmid is already miniprepped. 1.) Grow up a patch of the plasmid you want to isolate from either the 80 stocks or a transformation you have completed yourself. 2.) From the patch (or colony) take a swipe of cells with a pipette tip. Colony will give you about 115 ng/μl while patch will give you about 300 ng/μl. 3.) Eject this tip directly into a 5ml tube that has 3mls of LB + Antibiotic. (We add 1μl of a 100 ng/μl of Amp per 1ml of LB.) 4.) Grow this up overnight at 37° shaking at about 200230 rpm. 5.) After growth phase, remove 1.5 mls into the provided centrifuge tube. Centrifuge for 1 min at 13,000 rpm. 6.) Descant the fluid and tap on a clean paper towel. 7.) Add the remaining 1.5 mls into that same centrifuge tube. Spin for another min at 13,000 rpm. Descant the fluid and tap on clean paper towl. 8.) Resuspend cells in 400μls of COLD LYSIS BUFFER. Vortex at least 30 seconds until all cells are in solution. Make sure cells are not in pellet at the bottom. This step is critical to get good yield. 9.) Incubate at Room Temp for 5 min. Colony Patch

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Miniprep  Protocol  9/23/13  TO  

 Total  Time:  1  day  to  grow  up  the  plasmid  and  about  1  hour  to  miniprep.    Purpose:  The  purpose  of  the  miniprep  protocol  is  to  isolate  plasmids  from  cells.  We  can  then  use  these  plasmids  to  perform  any  number  of  operations  from  PCR,  to  transformations.      We  keep  miniprepped  plasmids  in  the  -­‐20  freezer  in  the  “Lab  Plasmid  Stock”  box.  Check  this  box  to  see  if  your  plasmid  is  already  miniprepped.    1.)  Grow  up  a  patch  of  the  plasmid  you  want  to  isolate  from  either  the  -­‐80  stocks  or  a  transformation  you  have  completed  yourself.    2.)  From  the  patch  (or  colony)  take  a  swipe  of  cells  with  a  pipette  tip.  Colony  will  give  you  about  115  ng/μl  while  patch  will  give  you  about  300  ng/μl.

   3.)  Eject  this  tip  directly  into  a  5ml  tube  that  has  3mls  of  LB  +  Antibiotic.  (We  add  1μl  of  a  100  ng/μl  of  Amp  per  1ml  of  LB.)    4.)  Grow  this  up  overnight  at  37°  shaking  at  about  200-­‐230  rpm.    5.)  After  growth  phase,  remove  1.5  mls  into  the  provided  centrifuge  tube.  Centrifuge  for  1  min  at  13,000  rpm.    6.)  Descant  the  fluid  and  tap  on  a  clean  paper  towel.    7.)  Add  the  remaining  1.5  mls  into  that  same  centrifuge  tube.  Spin  for  another  min  at  13,000  rpm.  Descant  the  fluid  and  tap  on  clean  paper  towl.    8.)  Resuspend  cells  in  400μls  of  COLD  LYSIS  BUFFER.  Vortex  at  least  30  seconds  until  all  cells  are  in  solution.    Make  sure  cells  are  not  in  pellet  at  the  bottom.  This  step  is  critical  to  get  good  yield.        9.)  Incubate  at  Room  Temp  for  5  min.  

Colony   Patch  

 10.)  Centrifuge  1  min.  at  13,000  rpm    11.)  Add  400μl  of  Wash  Buffer    12.)  Centrifuge  1  min.  at  13,000  rpm    13.)  Dump  flow  through  and  tap  on  clean  paper  towel.    14.)  Centrifuge  for  an  additional  1.5  min  at  13,000  rpm  to  dry  the  filter.    15.)  Transfer  filter  to  a  new  GeneMate  1.5μl  microcentrifuge  tube.  Add  50μl  of  Elution  Buffer  to  each  sample.      16.)  Let  incubate  at  room  temperature  for  5  min.    17.)  Centrifuge  for  1  min.  at  13,000  rpm.  You  MUST  bend  back  the  cap  on  the  microcentrifuge  tube  so  that  it  is  flat,  or  else  the  cap  will  break  off.  The  GeneMate  brand  tend  to  break  less  than  the  FastPlasmid  brand.    18.)  Nanodrop  your  samples.  A  miniprep  done  from  a  colony  will  yield  about  113  ng/μl  whereas  a  minipred  done  from  a  patch  will  yield  about  300  ng/μl.