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<li> Square pulse electroporator (we use the BTX 830 Squarporator)
<li> Square pulse electroporator (we use the BTX 830 Squarporator)


==Procedure:==
# Put cuvettes on ice, and cool down Steinberg's on ice
# Put cuvettes on ice, and cool down Steinberg's on ice
# Trypsinize cells as normal, stop reaction with high serum media and spin down at 1000 rpm, 3 minutes  
# Trypsinize cells as normal, stop reaction with high serum media and spin down at 1000 rpm, 3 minutes  
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# Plate cells as normal
# Plate cells as normal


==Steinberg's==
''Steinberg's''
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Revision as of 08:45, 5 September 2014

Materials:

  • Ice
  • 4 mM cuvettes, N+1 cuvettes
  • Steinberg's, at 4 C.
  • Square pulse electroporator (we use the BTX 830 Squarporator)

    Procedure:

    1. Put cuvettes on ice, and cool down Steinberg's on ice
    2. Trypsinize cells as normal, stop reaction with high serum media and spin down at 1000 rpm, 3 minutes
    3. Wash pellet with Steinberg's solution and resuspend in 300 µl of Steinberg's, keep on ice
    4. Before electroporation, make sure to electroporate a cuvette with no cells to discharge device
    5. Electroporate cells in following conditions and put back on ice: Myoblasts: 100V, 35 msec, 5 pulses, Myotubes: 75 V, 35 msec, 5pulses
    6. Plate cells as normal

    Steinberg's

    1x FW (MW) 5x/500 ml
    58 mM NaCl 58.44 8.47 g
    0.67 mM KCl 74.56 1.68 ml (1M)
    0.44 mM Ca(NO3) 236.20 1.1 ml (1M)
    1.3 mM MgSO4 246.47 3.25 ml (1M)
    4.6 mM Tris pH 7.8-8.0 5.75 ml (2M)