Your oral presentations should be divided into four sections: Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion. Each person will present one section and the assignments will change for each report so that everyone presents three different sections. The oral presentation must be pledged to indicate each member participated substantially.
For your written lab reports, each person must write his or her own, though you may confer about the content. They must be turned in immediately after your oral presentations. However, if you discover a serious problem during your oral report, you may request a 48 hour extension for your written report. This extension is not intended to be for minor typos, grammatical fixes, etc. The extension is intended to help you fix a major problem that became clear to you during your oral presentation. The written presentation must be pledged to indicate the author wrote the entire work, including any figure legends.
Grading will be based on these grading rubrics.
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Date
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Topics
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Pages
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| January 17 | NO LAB FIRST WEEK |
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Methods Used for Cell Biology - Enzyme Measurements |
Learning Goals | |
| January 24 | 1) Safety Issues |
1-15 Practice Calculations |
| January 31 | Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH): Measurement of Enzyme Activity | 17-35 |
| February 7 | 1) IDH Physical Models 2) Parameters that Affect IDH Activity IDH dimer movie (10 MB) |
35-44 |
| February 14 | Preparation for Oral
and Written Presentations Department's Policy on Plagiarism Color blind consideration |
45-55 |
Methods Used for Genetics - PCR and Gel Electrophoresis |
Learning Goals | |
| February 21 | 1) Oral and
Written Presentations on IDH Parameter Introduction + Results (with figures) + References 2) What is Your Genotype? A PCR Answer. Gel electrophoresis (animation) PCR method (animation) |
56-58 |
| February 28 | 1) PCR Results and Graphing Data 2) Using Microscopes 3) Chlamydomonas flagella introduction |
58-62 63-67 |
| March 6 | Spring Break |
Sunscreen!! |
Methods Used for Biochemistry - Organelle Regeneration
Kinetics |
Learning Goals | |
| March 13 |
Chlamydomonas Flagellar Regeneration |
68-77 |
| March 20 |
Variations that Affect Flagellar Regeneration
|
78-80 |
| March 27 | Easter Break |
Sleep!! |
| April 3 | A Beginner's Guide to Statistics with Excel Department's Policy on Plagiarism |
81-86 |
| April 10 | 1) Oral
Presentations and Written Reports on Flagella Regeneration Variations Results (with figures) + Discussion + Abstract + References 2) Bring Ames Materials (YFPM) |
|
Methods Used for Cancer Research - Mutagen
Detection |
Learning Goals | |
| April 17 | 1) Spot-Overlay Ames Test of YFPM (Your Favorite
Potential Mutagen) |
87, 89-96 97-98 88 |
| April 24 |
Quantifying a Mutagen Department's Policy on Plagiarism |
98-101 |
| May 1 |
Oral Presentations and Written Reports
on Ames Testing Full Scientific Paper |
49-54 grading rubric |
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