| WEEK |
DATE * |
LABORATORY
EXERCISE |
| 1 |
Sept 3/4 |
No Laboratory
(Labor Day). |
| |
Sept
5/6 |
Introduction,
Safety, Orientation, Units of Measurement |
| 2 |
Sept
10/11 |
Instrumentation: Light Microscope, pH
meter, Balance, Pipettor |
| |
Sept
12/13 |
Spectroscopy:
Absorption Spectra Molar Extinction
Coefficient |
| 3 |
Sept.
17/18 |
Light
Microscopy & Electron Microscopy |
| |
Sept.
19/20 |
Cellular
Fractionation |
| 4 |
Sept.
24/25 |
Protein Quantification of Cellular
Fractions |
| |
Sept.
26/27 |
Enzyme Markers
of Fractional Purity |
| 5 |
Oct.
1/2 |
Enzyme Kinetics: Determining Km and
Vmax |
| |
Oct.
3/4 |
LABORATORY
PRACTICAL EXAM I: Manual check |
| 6 |
Oct.
8/9 |
Anaerobic
Respiration: Fermentation (Report) Fire
Drill 1.30 p.m. |
| |
Oct.
10/11 |
Aerobic
Respiration (Fire Drill
1:15 p.m.) |
| 7 |
Oct.
15/16 |
Library workshop & F1 cross for Mend. Genetics |
| |
Oct.
17/18 |
Photosynthesis:
Plant Pigments |
| 8 |
Oct.
22/23 |
Photosynthesis:
Hill Reaction (remove adult flies) |
| |
Oct.
24/25 |
Mitosis &
Meiosis |
| 9 |
Oct.
29/30 |
Mendelian
Genetics: Drosophila Genetics. 1st
Draft report due |
| |
Oct.
31,Nov.1 |
SDS
PAGE |
| 10 |
Nov.
5/6 |
Differential
Gene Expression |
| |
Nov.
7/8 |
LABORATORY EXAM II |
| 11 |
Nov.
12/13 |
Veteran's Day- Campus Closed |
| |
Nov.
14/15 |
Bacterial
Culture Techniques/ Lac
Operon |
| 12 |
Nov.
19/20 |
Examine
Cultures, Isolation of
Plasmid DNA |
| |
Nov.
21-23 |
NO
LABORATORY: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| 13 |
Nov.
26/27 |
DNA Restriction
Analysis by Gel Electrophoresis |
| |
Nov.
28/29 |
Restriction
Analysis data analysis and PCR Preparation |
| 14 |
Dec.
3/4 |
PCR Gel,
start PCR applications. |
| |
Dec.
5/6 |
PCR gel results; run gel on PCR applications;
Transformation |
| 15 |
Dec.
10/11 |
Transformation results & Natural Selection |
| |
Dec.
12/13 |
EXAM III.
CHECK OUT OF LABORATORY |
