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06 - Introducing Your Students to CRISPR with Sickle Cell Gene Editing

Module II: Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, continued

RUNNING THE GEL

8. PLACE the gel (still on the tray*) into the electrophoresis chamber. COVER the gel with 1X Electrophoresis Buffer (See Table B for recommended volumes). The gel should be completely submerged.

9. PUNCTURE the foil overlay of the QuickStrip™ with a pipet tip. LOAD the entire sample (35 µL) into the well in the order indicated by Table 1, at right. 10. PLACE safety cover on the unit. CHECK that the gel is properly ori- ented. Remember, the DNA samples will migrate toward the posi- tive (red) electrode. 11. CONNECT leads to the power source and

REMINDER: Before loading the samples, make sure the gel is properly oriented in the apparatus chamber.

Tube A Tube B Tube C Tube D Tube E Tube F TABLE 1: GEL LOADING

PERFORM electrophoresis (See Table C for time and voltage guidelines). Allow the tracking dye to migrate at least 3 cm from the wells. 12. After electrophoresis is complete, REMOVE the gel and casting tray from the electro- phoresis chamber and PROCEED to gel staining.

Lane 1 2 3 4 5 6

DNA Standard Marker gRNA #1 gRNA #2 gRNA #3 gRNA #4 gRNA #5

Time and Voltage Guidelines (0.8% Agarose Gel)

1x Electrophoresis Buffer (Chamber Buffer)

EDGE™

M12 & M36

Volts

Min/Max (minutes)

Min/Max (minutes)

EDGE™

150 mL

3 mL

147 mL

150 125 100

10/20

20/35 30/45 40/60

M12

400 mL

8 mL

392 mL

N/A

M36

1000 mL

20 mL

980 mL

15/25

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