| Week |
Date * |
Lab Topics |
| 1 |
Aug 28/29 |
No
Laboratory. |
| |
Aug 30/31 |
Introduction,
Safety, Orientation, Units of Measurement. |
| 2 |
Sept 4/5 |
No laboratory
(Labor Day) |
| |
Sept 6/7 |
Light
Microscope, pH meter, Balance, Pipettor |
| 3 |
Sept. 11/12 |
Spectroscopy:
Absorption Spectra Molar Extinction
Coefficient |
| |
Sept. 13/14 |
Light
Microscopy/Electron Microscopy |
| 4 |
Sept. 18/19 |
Cellular
Fractionation |
| |
Sept. 20/21 |
Protein
Quantitative Analysis |
| 5 |
Sept. 25/26 |
Enzyme Markers
of Fractional Purity |
| |
Sept. 27/28 |
EXAM I:
Enzyme Kinetics: Determining Km and Vmax |
| 6 |
Oct. 2/3 |
Osmosis and
Osmotic Effects on Cells |
| |
Oct. 4/5 |
Anaerobic
Respiration: Fermentation |
| 7 |
Oct. 9/10 |
Aerobic
Respiration |
| |
Oct. 11/12 |
Photosynthesis:
Plant Pigments |
| 8 |
Oct. 16/17 |
Photosynthesis:
Hill Reaction |
| |
Oct. 18/19 |
Mitosis |
| 9 |
Oct. 23/24 |
Meiosis |
| |
Oct. 25/26 |
Mendelian
Genetics: Drosophila Genetics. Virtual
Fly Simulation |
| 10 |
Oct. 30/31 |
Multi Media
Laboratory on Transcriptional Regulation of
Gene Expression (Drosophila counting) |
| |
Nov. 1/2 |
Multi Media
Laboratory on Translation and Point Mutations
(Drosophila counting) |
| 11 |
Nov. 6/7 |
Differential
Gene Expression (Drosophila counting) |
| |
Nov. 8/9 |
EXAM II (Drosophila
counting) |
| 12 |
Nov. 13/14 |
DNA Restriction
Analysis by Gel Electrophoresis |
| |
Nov. 15/16 |
DNA
Fingerprinting |
| 13 |
Nov. 20/21 |
Bacterial
Culture Techniques |
| |
Nov. 22/23 |
NO
LABORATORY: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| 14 |
Nov. 27/28 |
Isolation of
Plasmid DNA |
| |
Nov. 29/30 |
Transformation
in E.coli. |
| 15 |
Dec. 4/5 |
Natural
Selection and EvolvIT Simulation |
| |
Dec. 6/7 |
EXAM III.
Check out of lab |
