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<p>Table shows absorbance measurements (at 600 nm) for LUDOX CL-X and dd-H2O using a plate reader. The corrected Abs<sub>600</sub> is the difference between the LUDOX CL-X  reading and dd H2O reading. Reference OD<sub>600</sub> is a measurement by a spectrophotometer (provided on iGEM excel sheet). OD<sub>600</sub>/Abs<sub>600</sub> is the correction factor to convert Abs<sub>600</sub> to OD<sub>600</sub>, calculated by dividing Reference OD<sub>600</sub> by Abs<sub>600</sub>.</p>
 
<p>Table shows absorbance measurements (at 600 nm) for LUDOX CL-X and dd-H2O using a plate reader. The corrected Abs<sub>600</sub> is the difference between the LUDOX CL-X  reading and dd H2O reading. Reference OD<sub>600</sub> is a measurement by a spectrophotometer (provided on iGEM excel sheet). OD<sub>600</sub>/Abs<sub>600</sub> is the correction factor to convert Abs<sub>600</sub> to OD<sub>600</sub>, calculated by dividing Reference OD<sub>600</sub> by Abs<sub>600</sub>.</p>
 
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Revision as of 01:12, 26 July 2018

INTERLAB

Calibration 1: OD600 Reference point
  • Purpose of this calibration: To transform absorbance data to a OD600 measurement, calculate a plate-reader specific (Tecan Infinite 200 Pro) conversion factor for OD600 from Abs600 calculated for Ludox CL-X on a mass spectrophotometer.
  • Beer-Lambert’s law of absorbance dictates that optical path length plays a fundamental role in determining absorbance:
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  • This is necessary because cuvettes (used in photometer) have a fixed path optical path length when using light scattering to measure absorbance as opposed to the varying path lengths of wells in a 96-well plate which change as the volume of sample added in them changes.
  • Results: Cell density readings can thus be converted to OD600 by multiplying correction factor value, 4.138.
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Table shows absorbance measurements (at 600 nm) for LUDOX CL-X and dd-H2O using a plate reader. The corrected Abs600 is the difference between the LUDOX CL-X reading and dd H2O reading. Reference OD600 is a measurement by a spectrophotometer (provided on iGEM excel sheet). OD600/Abs600 is the correction factor to convert Abs600 to OD600, calculated by dividing Reference OD600 by Abs600.

LUDOX_CL_X

Calibration 2: Particle Standard Curve

Construct a standard curve of Abs600 for microsphere particle concentration Purpose of calibration: iGEM distributed microspheres that mimic the size, shape and volume of cells which have a known amount of microspheres per volume. This calibration was required to generate a Particle Standard Curve which helped us determine the number of cells (as modelled by microspheres) in a sample.

  • Use standard curve to convert Abs600 measurements to an estimate of number of cells.
  • Monodisperse silica microspheres are used in the calibration because they have similar size and optical characteristics as cells.
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Figure 1. Calibration of particle count to absorbance measured by plate-reader (a) A particle standard curve of Abs600 for known particle count/100ul measurements. (b) Graphical depiction of logarithmic scaling of particle standard curve in Figure 1.(a).

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