Section E meets every Monday, 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm
Section F meets every Wednesday, 1:30 pm - 4:20 pm
in Watson Life Sciences, Room 147
Part One: Methods Used for Cell Biology - Enzyme Measurements |
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| Section E Monday |
Section F Wednesday |
Topics | Pre-lab Reading |
| Jan 14 | Jan 16 no lab |
1. Safety, safety, safety! 2. How to use a Pipetman 3. Introduction to spectrophotometry |
Study Guide: LM 1 - 15 Link: practice calculations |
| Jan 21 no lab |
Jan 23 | 1. Safety 2. How to use a pipetman 3. Introduction to spectrophotometry |
Study Guide: LM 1 - 15 Link: practice calculations |
| Jan 28 | Jan 30 | 1. Measurement of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) enzyme activity | Study Guide: LM 17 - 35 Link: isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) |
| Feb 4 | Feb 6 | 1. IDH physical models 2. Parameters that affect IDH activity |
Study Guide: LM 35 - 44 Link: IDH dimer movie |
| Feb 11 | Feb 13 | 1. Preparation for presentations and written reports | Study Guide: LM 45 - 55 Link: Assignment Help Guide |
Part Two: Methods Used for Genetics - PCR and Gel Electrophoresis |
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| Section E Monday |
Section F Wednesday |
Topics | Pre-lab Reading |
| Feb 18 | Feb 20 | 1. Presentation 1: your IDH research 2. Turn in Written Report 1 3. Genotyping by PCR |
Study Guide: LM 56 - 58 Links: Gel electrophoresis, PCR method |
| Feb 25 | Feb 27 | 1. Analyzing PCR results 2. Using microscopes 3. Chlamydomonas flagella introduction |
Study Guide: LM 58 - 62 Study Guide: LM 63 - 67 Link: The PCR Song |
| Mar 3 | Mar 5 | SPRING BREAK (no lab) | none |
Part Three: Methods Used for Biochemistry - Organelle Regeneration Kinetics |
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| Section E Monday |
Section F Wednesday |
Topics | Pre-lab Reading |
| Mar 10 | Mar 12 | 1. Chlamydomonas flagellar regeneration | Study Guide: LM 68 - 77 |
| Mar 17 | Mar 19 | 1. Conditions that affect flagellar regeneration | Study Guide: LM 78 - 80 |
| Mar 24 | Mar 26 no lab |
EASTER BREAK (no lab) | none |
| Mar 31 | Apr 2 | 1. Statistics with Excel |
Study Guide: LM 81 - 86 |
| Apr 7 | Apr 9 | 1. Presentation 2: your Chlamy flagella research 2. Turn in Written Report 2 3. Prepping your favorite potential mutagen for the Ames test |
Study Guide: LM 45 - 55, 87
Link: Assignment Help Guide |
Part Four: Methods Used for Cancer Research - Mutagen Detection |
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| Section E Monday |
Section F Wednesday |
Topics | Pre-lab Reading |
| Apr 14 | Apr 16 | 1. Pouring agar plates 2. Ames test - assay 1 |
Study Guide: LM 87, 89 - 96, 97 - 98, 88 |
| Apr 21 | Apr 23 | 1. Counting colonies 2. Quantifying a mutagen - assay 2 (count colonies on your own after 4 days of growth) |
Study Guide: LM 98 - 101 |
| Apr 28 | Apr 30 | 1. Presentation 3: your mutagen research *Deadline for revised Written Report 3 is Wednesday May 7 (final exam day)* End of lab - Have a Great Summer! |
Study Guide: LM 49 - 54 Link: Assignment Help Guide |
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