仅有几
个克隆,送过去测序,要做的8个构建株里面只有一个对的,其他基本上都是在Bgl2那
一段的引物地方要么有突变要么就是缺失。
well, could you start with these wrong ones now and just do some mutagenesis
, like you did with dpn1 ones...it would be much easier if it were due to
digestion/ligation etc...but it won't solve the problem if your fragments
are toxic or have too many repeats etc...It is a bit strange that it only
happen to your primer region in all the constructions though...if it is
toxic or due to recombination, it could happen to any regions or the repeat
regions etc...please remember, there are so many alternatives to reach the
same Rome:))).one just has to be mindful and smart about it...
From your later responses, it seems you have done quite some home work/
exploration---have you reported in a very organized fashion what you have
done and how to approach the problems/trouble-shoot to him/her?, a
reasonable PI wouldn't only see the struggle without considering the
progression...When I have my own lab, I wouldn't kick out anyone just
because he/she fails but how/why he/she fails...
Nonetheless, could you elaborate more on what you are dealing with, the
goal of the experiments, the characteristics of your inserts(e.g: size,
repeats etc, or just post the sequences) and what exactly you did in term of
the experimental procedure, and exactly what reagents you have used...That
way, we might be able to help you in a concrete manner...
Unless you are dealing with some rare scenarios(but you have bumped into 7
of them, quite high incident, isn't it?), I couldn't believe cloning could
be that hard... My own experience with young folks including quite a few IDs
on this board tells me that most of times, the difficulties come with
either wrong strategies or technique problems or even human errors...some
are very simple ones...
BTW, if you are ok with it, send me all your sequence information and what
exactly you want, I won't mind spending some time to come up with several
strategies for you to try in parallel...I will for sure keep it confidential
if that's an issue...
我4个月前硕士毕业来德国
一个挺好的大学 拿的是老板给的奖学金 不是国家奖学金
老板是我们这行的大牛 说实话 人也不错
刚开始的课题1个是克隆,把一个蛋白加上不同的tag插到pQE8或者pQE60的载体里面去
载体选的位点是BamH1和Hind3,片段的酶切位点用的是Bgl2(因为片段里面有BamH1位
点)和Hind3,因为要在N段和C段加上10+aa大小的tag,所以一般引物都很长,50-80bp
本来想用pQE9而不是pQE8,但实验室里面没有9,BamH1和Hind3在8里面中间就隔了1个
碱基
第二个课题是用Dpn1酶构建不同的突变株
用pQE8的那个载体死活折腾不出来,前前后后大概4个月,另外2个倒是很顺利
第一次和老板谈活是在来这边3个月后,他说我是来读博士的,不应该在克隆这种小事
上折腾,应该很简单;第二次,就是昨天,他看到我pQE8最后一次克隆的结果:仅有几
个克隆,送过去测序,要做的8个构建株里面只有一个对的,其他基本上都是在Bgl2那
一段的引物地方要么有突变要么就是缺失。然后就发火了,叫我2个月以内结束实验室
课题走人。
来这边4个月,除了开始阶段适应外,基本上都在整这个克隆,想了好多的可能原因,
但是就一直没出来,自己心里也很郁闷。听有人说,如果到一个新的实验室,2周克隆
不出来,就会被赶走人;但是很郁闷,这个不管我怎么做,就是不出来;一次次看到光
秃秃的平板或者长满好多的对照板,就越觉得自己不该在这一行,自己的基础可能太差
了,这边除了实验汇报,生活基本是德语,交流又不多,所以生活也很郁闷。
看到周围那些同学不是旅游就是逛街,觉得人和人之间差距就是这么大。
生活就是一团糟糕,让人太难承受,上来抱怨一下。