Less quick 'n less dirty CaCl2 comp cells preparation - glasgowlab/home GitHub Wiki
Day 1
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Place the following items at 4°C overnight:
- >50 mL "rinse buffer" (100 mM CaCl₂)
- >8 mL "storage buffer" (60 mM CaCl₂, 10 mM Tris, 15% glycerol, pH 7.5)
- 1 50 mL pipet
- 1 10 mL pipet
- >80 PCR tubes
- tips for aliquoting (repeater is easier)
- tube rack
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Pick a colony and grow overnight in 4 mL LB at 37°C with shaking.
If you want to do the prep in one day, you can pick a colony and grow it in 2 mL LB until it reaches log phase (probably 5-6 h, but variable) instead of doing an overnight culture.
Day 2
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Inoculate 100 mL LB with 1 mL overnight culture.
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Grow the cells at 37°C with shaking at 225 rpm to an OD600 of 0.375 (~1h30).
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Spin the cells at 3500g for 10 min at 4°C.
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Gently resuspend the pellet in 50 mL rinse buffer.
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Rest the cells on ice for 1h.
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Spin the cells at 3500g for 10 min at 4°C.
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Gently resuspend the pellet in 8 mL storage buffer.
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Rest the cells on ice for 30 min.
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Aliquot the cells in ~80 100 μL portions.
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Flash-freeze in N₂(ℓ) and store at -80°C.