Bio111: Molecules, Genes and Cells Lab Syllabus Spring 2008
Prof Bernd:Sections B and C

Week Beginning
Topic: Study Guide also includes Lab Manual
Jan 14

Enzymes: What are they? How do we study them? What parameters affect their function?
Introduction to the lab; safety issues; using a Pipetman: Introduction to spectrophotometry standard curves 

Jan 21
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr Day 
Please checkout campus activities in observance of this holiday
No Lab this week (make sure all calculations and prep are ready for next week)
Jan 28
Enzymes: Determining conditions needed to study IDH activity
Feb 4
Enzymes: Parameters that affect IDH activity
Feb 11

Data Analysis and Oral Presentation Preparation
Consider all of your audience (make sure your figures are accessible to the colorblind)
Suggestions for appropriate figure construction
Departmental statement on plagiarism

Feb 18
DUE: 1) Oral presentation of Enzyme study;
2) Experimental procedures and results sections
(grading rubrics: make sure yours measures up)

Molecular biology and genetics: Profiling your genome
What is your genotype? PCR: DNA extraction and reactions
Feb 25 PCR results and analysis
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Gene expression to function: Building an Organelle
Chlamydomonas and microscopy: How does this model system relate to the next experimental question?
Mar 3
No Lab this week Spring Break
Mar 10
Protein production and localization studies: Building a Chlamydomonas Flagella
Mar 17
Variations that Affect Flagellar Regeneration
Mar 24
No Lab: Easter Break
Mar31
A Beginner’s Guide to Statistics and Excel
Apr7
DUE: 1) Oral presentation of protein production and localization study
2) Introduction and results sections of protein production and localization studies
(grading rubrics)
Apr 14
 Random mutations and cancer : Ames test with your favorite potential mutagen
Apr 21
Ames test with your favorite potential mutagen
Apr 28 DUE: Full Written Scientific Paper on Ames test experimentation
(grading rubric)
Course Evaluations