Biology 376: Molecular Biology

Lab Syllabus

Spring 2010

Date   Lab Activity
Jan 19 Lab introduction Introduction to lab techniques
Jan 26 Hox lab

DNA preparation;

PCR

Feb 2

agarose gel electrophoresis;

ligation

Feb 9

transformation;

mutagenesis lecture/design oligos

Feb 16

minipreps;

restriction digestion;

agarose gel electrophoresis

Feb 23

sequencing reactions;

sequencing gel

Mar 2 sequence analysis
Mar 9 SPRING BREAK
Mar 16 Mutagenesis and protein expression lab

mutagenesis;

Hox lab presentations

Mar 23

transformations;

diagnostic restriction digest analysis

Hox lab reports due

Mar 30

minipreps;

restriction digestion;

agarose gel electrophoresis

Apr 6 transformation
Apr 13

induce protein expresion

Apr 20

protein purification;

protein gel electrophoresis

April 27

Mutagenesis lab presentations;

lab report due Friday, April 30


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