20.109(S12): Spring 2012 schedule
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Revision as of 19:53, 9 May 2012 by AgiStachowiak (Talk)
MODULE | DAY | DATE | LECTURER | TA | LAB | NOTES |
Tue Feb 7 | ANS] | JRR] | Orientation | * Introductory Lecture (PDF) * Intro Pre-Lab, T/R | ||
1 | 1 | Thur Feb 9 | JN | JRR] | Amplify aptamer-encoding DNA | * M1D1 Lecture * M1D1 Pre-Lab * Writing tutor talk |
1 | 2 | Tue Feb 14 | JN | JRR] | Purify aptamer-encoding DNA | * M1D2 Lecture * M1D2 Pre-Lab *[[Media:20.109_SP12_LARlecturenotes.pdf��� | T/R WAC talk]] * W/F WAC talk |
1 | 3 | Thur Feb 16 | JN | JRR] | Prepare RNA by IVT | * M1D3 Lecture * M1D3 Pre-Lab * Oral presentation talk |
President's Day Feb 20 | No lab Feb 21 or Feb 22 | |||||
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1 | 4 | Thur Feb 23 | JN | JRR] | Purify RNA and run affinity column | * M1D4 Lecture * M1D4 Pre-Lab |
1 | 5 | Tue Feb 28 | JN | JRR] | RNA to DNA by RT-PCR | * M1D5 Lecture * M1D5 Pre-Lab |
1 | 6 | Thur Mar 1 | JN | JRR] | Post-selection IVT and journal club | * M1D6 Lecture * M1D6 Pre-Lab |
1 | 7 | Tue Mar 6 | JN | JRR] | Aptamer binding assay | * M1D7 Lecture * M1D7 Pre-Lab |
1 | 8 | Thur Mar 8 | JN | JRR] | Journal club | * M1D8 Lecture |
3 | 1 | Tue Mar 13 | ANS] | HHH] | Start-up biomaterials engineering | * M3D1 Lecture * M3D1 Pre-Lab Module 1 Draft Due |
2 | 1 | Thur Mar 15 | AJ | FF] | Start-up protein engineering | * M2D1 Lecture * M2D1 Pre-Lab Module 1 Computational Assignment Due |
2 | 2 | Tue Mar 20 | AJ | FF] | Site-directed mutagenesis | * M2D2 Lecture * M2D2 Pre-Lab |
2 | 3 | Thur Mar 22 | AJ | FF] | Bacterial amplification of DNA | * M2D3 Lecture * M2D3 Pre-Lab |
Spring Break Mar 26-30 | No lab all week | |||||
2 | 4 | Tue Apr 3 | AJ | FF] | Prepare expression system | * M2D4 Lecture * M2D4 Pre-Lab |
2 | 5 | Thur Apr 5 | AJ | FF] | Induce protein and evaluate DNA | * M2D5 Lecture * M2D5 Pre-Lab Module 1 Final Report Due |
2 | 6 | Tue Apr 10 | AJ | FF] | Characterize protein expression | * M2D6 Lecture (got through slide 15) * M2D6 Pre-Lab |
2 | 7 | Thur Apr 12 | AJ | FF] | Assess protein function | * M2D7 Lecture * M2D7 Pre-Lab |
Patriot's Day April 16-17 | No lab Apr 17 or Apr 18 | |||||
3 | 2 | Thur Apr 19 | ANS] | HHH] | Initiate cell culture | * M3D2 Lecture |
Tue Apr 24 | ANS] | HHH] | No lab or lecture. Module 2 Draft due MONDAY April 23rd by 1 pm. (Changed to April 24th.) | |||
3 | 3 | Thur Apr 26 | ANS] | HHH] | Testing cell viability | * M3D3 Lecture |
3 | 4 | Tue May 1 | ANS] | HHH] | Preparing cells for analysis | * M3D4 Lecture * M3D4 Pre-Lab |
3 | 5 | Thur May 3 | ANS] | HHH] | Initiating transcript and protein assays | * M3D5 Lecture * M3D5 Pre-Lab |
3 | 6 | Tue May 8 | ANS] | HHH] | Transcript-level analysis | Module 2 Final Report Due * M3D6 Lecture * M3D6 Pre-Lab |
3 | 7 | Thur May 10 | ANS] | HHH] | Protein-level and wrap-up analysis | Module 3 Summary Due |
3 | 8 | Tue May 15 | ANS] | HHH] | Student presentations | |
Thur May 17 | No lab session. Evaluations during lecture, then celebratory lunch, room/time TBD |