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2024-2025 WSSP Laboratory Notes and Videos

This web page provides links to materials for the Waksman Student Scholars Program for the 2024-2025 year. This information is intended for the students and faculty participating in the program during the 2024 summer institute and through the 2024-2025 academic year. It is not intended for general public use and access is password protected. The material on these pages is provided for educational purposes only. Unauthorized use of this material is prohibited.  If you are participating in the WSSP, and can not access the files, ask your teacher for the password.  If you are not a member of the WSSP and wish to download the files or have comments or questions about the material please contact wssp@waksman.rutgers.edu.  

Lab 2024-2025 Laboratory Protocols .pdf  Videos 
0 Introduction to the WSSP laboratory - Overview of the laboratory experiments (Lab set up) Lab 0 Lab 0
1 Pipeting and weighing Lab 1 Lab 1
2 Sterile technique and setting up ON cultures  Lab 2 Lab 2A
Lab 2B
  Entering information into Google Docs Clone Report Sheet
3A/B Processing cells from an ON culture to use in PCR and Minipreps at a later date Lab 3A/B  
3C Setting Up a PCR Reaction with Bacterial Cultures Lab 3C  
4 Running an Agarose Gel on the PCR Samples Lab 4  
   

A. Pouring an agarose gel 
B. Loading an agarose gel  Examples of gel loading video.
C. Mocking up a gel image in Powerpoint
PCR Gel template (PCRG-Template.ppt)
D. Uploading a gel image to Google Docs Report sheet 
PCR Gel Analysis 

 

Lab 4A
Lab 4B

Lab 4C
Lab 4D
Lab 4E

5

Plasmid DNA Minipreps (Qiagen) Use other protocols if using different kits

Lab 5 Lab 5
6 Setting up the Restriction Digests of Plasmid DNA Lab 6  
  See videos in Lab 4 for how to set up, run, mock up, and upload an agarose gel
7 Running an agarose gel for the restriction digests Lab 7

Lab 7

Lab 7B

  FAQ: Is there enough DNA in my miniprep to sequence? 
Restriction Digest Gel template (RDG-Template.ppt)
RD Gel Analysis 
  Material Safety Data Sheets    
  Guideline for Handling Bacterial Cultures and Waste    
  Required equipment and supplies