BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY SCHEDULE - FALL 2010

Due to the unpredictable nature of laboratory courses, it is anticipated that this schedule will require modification as the semester progresses. 

Date Lecture Laboratory Exercises Assignments

UNIT ONE: GENERAL LABORATORY SKILLS

Aug 24   Class Introduction/Safety Talk  
Aug 26   Lab Notebooks and Lab Calculations  
Aug 31   Intro to Lab Equipment/Pipetting

LECTURE

 
Sep 2   LECTURE

LAB 7: DNA Sequencing

 

UNIT TWO: DNA

Sep 7   NO CLASS  
Sep 9   LAB 1: DNA Extraction; LAB 2:  Analysis of Lambda DNA Kit Pre-Lab quiz (1 and 2, 20 points total)
Sep 14   LAB 3:  Who done it?  
Sep 16   LAB 4: Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA - LECTURE  
Sep 21   Exam 1  
Sep 23   LAB 4:  Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA - LAB Pre-Lab Quiz
Sep 28 - Sep 30   LAB 5:  SNP to Predict Bitter Tasting Ability Pre-Lab Quiz
Oct 5   LAB 6:  DNA Chips: Genes to Disease Pre-Lab Quiz
Oct 7   Exam 2  
Oct 8   Last day to withdraw  

UNIT THREE: PROTEIN

Oct 12   Lab 8: Got Protein?  
Oct 14   Lab 9:  Elisa Immuno Explorer  
Oct 19 - Oct 21   Lab 10:  pGLO Bacterial Transformation  
Oct 26 - Oct 28   Lab 11: GFP Protein Chromatography  
Nov 2 - Nov 4   Lab 12:  Protein Profiler Part 1

Lab 13:  Protein Profiler Part 2

Lab 12 and 13 will be preformed concurrently on Nov 2 and Nov 4.
Nov 9   CATCH UP DAY  
Nov 11   Exam 3  
Nov 16 - Nov 19   Lecture Days/Tie-up loose ends  
Nov - 23   Catch up day (no class if day not needed)  
Nov - 30   Final Exam