NovaSeq4 1Step PCR and qPCR

Prepare two ITS and two 16S PCR plates for the following template plates:

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “NovaSeq4 PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR NovaSeq4_Plate1

• Make 1:1000 dilutions of column 3 from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates (column 3):

4AH1_16S: 11.86 nanomoles

4AH1_ITS: 15.74 nanomoles

4AH2_16S: 36.27 nanomoles

4AH2_ITS: 43.5 nanomoles

4PA1_16S: 4.72 nanomoles

4PA1_ITS: 22.76 nanomoles

4PA2_16S: 8.58 nanomoles

4PA2_ITS: 84.66 nanomoles

Results from the first qPCR plate look good. We will continue by checking one pooled plate on the iSeq for further validation. Full qPCR results are below:

MasterMix (make for 16 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed labeled “NovaSeq4 PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR NovaSeq4_Plate2

• Make 1:1000 dilutions of column 3 from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates (column 3):

4PA3_16S:

4PA3_ITS:

4PA4_16S:

4PA4_ITS:

4PA5_16S:

4PA5_ITS:

4PA6_16S:

4PA6_ITS:

MasterMix (make for 12 plates in 15mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed labeled “NovaSeq4 PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR NovaSeq4_Plate3

• Make 1:1000 dilutions of column 3 from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates (column 3):

4MR1_16S:

4MR2_ITS:

4SC1_16S:

4SC1_ITS:

4SC2_16S:

4SC2_ITS:

MasterMix (make for 10 plates in 50mL conical tube)

• Add 11 ul to each well of a hard shell, full skirt plate. Seal with bubble strips and store in refrigerator until needed label “NovaSeq4 PCR”. (If doing manually, one needs 2 ul of template and 2 ul of the primers).

Run on Thermocycler Program GSAF36:

MagBead Cleanup:

Some plates were cleaned up using the Nimbus platform protocol “AxyPrep MagBead PCR1 No MM”

Manually, it was done:

• Equilibrate Beads to room Temperature

• Add 24 ul of MagBeads to each well and 15 ul of replicate to same well of replicate

• Pipette mix up and down 10 times.

• Incubate at RT for 5 minutes

• Secure plate on magnet plate; incubate at RT for 5 minutes (until wells are clear)

• Remove 65 ul from each well; keep tips to left or right depending on the column to avoid bead pellet.

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Add 100 ul Fresh 80% EtOH to each well. Incubate 30 seconds. Remove 100 ul from each well

• Reaspirate from each well to assure maximum EtOH removal

• Allow plate to air dry for 7 minutes.

• Remove sample plate from magnet plate.

• Add 40 ul TE; pipette mix 10+ times. Incubate 2 minutes at RT.

• Place sample plate back on magnet for 5 minutes or until all wells are cleared.

• Transfer 40 ul to labeled transparent plate (Plate name_PCR_MIDs)

qPCR NovaSeq4_Plate1

• Make 1:1000 dilutions of column 3 from the PCR plates by adding 1 ul to 999 ul TE in a deep well plate:

• Add 16 ul of Illumina Library Quantification MasterMix to each well:

• Add 4 ul of template, pool, or standards to each well:

Results:

Average results for the following plates (column 3):

4LVD1_16S:

4LVD1_ITS:

4LVD2_16S:

4LVD2_ITS:

4LVD3_16S:

4LVD3_ITS: