20.109(S14): Spring 2014 schedule
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| MODULE | DAY | DATE | LECTURER | TA | LAB | NOTES | |
| Tue/Wed Feb 4/5 | ANS] | Chris] | Orientation | Introductory Lecture (PDF) T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |||
| 1 | 1 | Thur/Fri Feb 6/7 | JR | Chris] | Microbial DNA extraction | lab orientation quiz Lecture L1 Notes T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 1 | 2 | Tue/Wed Feb 11/12 | JR | Chris] | Diagnostic primer design | Lecture L2 Notes T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 1 | 3 | Thur/Fri Feb 13/14 | JR | Chris] | 16S PCR and paper discussion | lab quiz Lecture L3 Notes T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-Lab WAC lecture, talks | |
| President's Day Feb 17 | No lab Feb 18 or Feb 19 | ||||||
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| 1 | 4 | Thur/Fri Feb 20/21 | JR | Chris] | DNA cloning | L4 Notes T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-Lab WAC lecture, figures | |
| 1 | 5 | Tue/Wed Feb 25/26 | JR | Chris] | DNA sequencing | lab quiz Lecture L5 notes T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-lab | |
| 1 | 6 | Thur/Fri Feb 27/28 | JR | Chris] | Journal club I | Lecture L6 notes | |
| 1 | 7 | Tue/Wed Mar 4/5 | JR | Chris] | Phylogenetic and primer analyses | Lecture T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 1 | 8 | Thur/Fri Mar 6/7 | JR | Chris] | Journal club II | lab quiz Lecture L7/8 notes WAC lecture, abstracts | |
| 2 | 1 | Tue/Wed Mar 11/12 | LS | SV] | Introduction to cell strains and plating | Lecture T/R Prelab W/F Pre-Lab WAC lecture, IMRD Draft Mod 1 Abstract and Summary Due WED 1 PM | |
| 2 | 2 | Thur/Fri Mar 13/14 | LS | SV] | Begin Western protein analysis | Lecture T/R Prelab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 2 | 3 | Tue/Wed Mar 18/19 | LS | SV] | Choose system conditions and paper discussion | Mod 1 Memo Due lab quiz Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 2 | 4 | Thur/Fri Mar 20/21 | LS | SV] | Complete Western and prepare damaged DNA | Lecture T/R Pre-lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| Spring Break Mar 24-28 | No lab all week | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | Tue/Wed Apr 1/2 | LS | SV] | Cell preparation for DNA repair assays | lab quiz Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 2 | 6 | Thur/Fri Apr 3/4 | LS | SV] | DNA repair assays | Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab Final Mod 1 Abstract and Summary Due | |
| 2 | 7 | Tue/Wed Apr 8/9 | LS | SV] | Data analysis | lab quiz Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 3 | 1 | Thur/Fri Apr 10/11 | ANS] | RKA] | Design experiment | Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 3 | 2 | Tue/Wed Apr 15/16 | ANS] | RKA] | Initiate cell culture | lab quiz Lecture | |
| 3 | 3 | Thur/Fri Apr 17/18 | ANS] | RKA] | Testing cell viability | Lecture | |
| Patriot's Day April 21-22 | No lab Apr 22 or Apr 23 Mod 2 Report Due |
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| 3 | 4 | Thu/Fri Apr 24/25 | ANS] | RKA] | Preparing cells for analysis | lab quiz Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| Tue/Wed Apr 29/30 | No lecture or lab today. | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | Thur/Fri May 1/2 | ANS] | RKA] | Initiating transcript and protein assays | Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 3 | 6 | Tue/Wed May 6/7 | ANS] | RKA] | Transcript-level analysis | lab quiz Lecture T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 3 | 7 | Thur/Fri May 8/9 | ANS] | RKA] | Protein-level and wrap-up analysis | Mod 3 Mini-report Due T/R Pre-Lab W/F Pre-Lab | |
| 3 | 8 | Tue/Wed May 13/14 | ANS] | RKA] | Student presentations | ||
| Thur May 15 | No lab session. Meet in 16-220 from 11am-1pm: feedback/discussion about class, then celebratory lunch etc. | ||||||
