00:50Specifying Parts to be Used in DNA Device Library and Generating Using User/Liquid Handler Instructions
02:24Preparing Plasmid DNA and Reagents for Assembly
03:55Executing the Assembly Script on the Liquid Handler
05:47Transforming the Reactions
07:56Clone Verification
08:50Results: Automated DNA Assembly Reactions Yield Correct Clones with Comparable Frequency to Reactions Prepared Manually and with Significantly Less Hands-on Time
Here, an automated workflow to perform modular DNA "device" assembly using a modular cloning DNA assembly method on liquid-handling robots is presented. The protocol uses an intuitive software tool for generating liquid handler picklists for combinatorial DNA device library generation, which we demonstrate using two liquid handling platforms.