20.109(F10): Fall 2010 schedule

MODULE	DAY	DATE	LECTURER	TA	LAB	note
		Thur Sept 9	NK		Orientation
1	1	Tue Sept 14	DW		DNA engineering using PCR
1	2	Thur Sept 16	DW		Clean and cut DNA	Neal/Linda/Atissa visit lab
1	3	Tue Sept 21	DW		Agarose gel electrophoresis
1	4	Thur Sept 23	DW		DNA ligation and bacterial transformation
1	5	Tue Sept 28	DW		Examine candidate clones	EHS visits lab
1	6	Thur Sept 30	DW		Restriction map and tissue culture	Neal/Linda visit lab for peer review exercise
1	7	Tue Oct 5	DW		Lipofection	Mod 1 "progress report" due by 11AM today
1	8	Thur Oct 7	DW		FACS analysis
		Columbus Day Break Monday Oct 11				No lab Tuesday, but Mod 1 "memo" is due by 11AM 10.12.10
2	1	Thurs Oct 14	NK		Testing an engineered biological system
2	2	Tues Oct 19	NK		Measuring System Performance
2	3	Thurs Oct 21	NK		Tools for System Engineering
2	4	Tues Oct 26	NK		Journal Club I	We'll be starting and ending this day in the lab so meet in 56-322
2	5	Thurs Oct 28	NK		Assessing re-tuned system
2	6	Tues Nov 2	NK		Readouts: DNA, Protein
2	7	Thurs Nov 4	NK		Journal Club II
2	8	Tues Nov 9			Office hours during lab	Bring your writing and your questions by the lab as needed
		Veteran's Day Break Thurs Nov 11				Mod 2 research article is due by 11AM 11.11.10
3	1	Tues Nov 16	AB		Growth of phage materials
3	2	Thurs Nov 18	AB		Phage nanowires
3	3	Tues Nov 23	AB		TEM
		Thanksgiving Break Nov 25, 26				No lab or lecture
3	4	Tues Nov 30	AB		Battery assembly	At the start of today's lecture, Linda Sutliff will offer tips for giving talks with a partner
3	5	Thurs Dec 2	AB		Battery testing
3	6	Tues Dec 7	AB		Research proposal presentations	We'll start this day in lab, 56-322, to finish off the BioMaterials module
		Thurs Dec 9			end of term celebration...	Lecture for class evaluations then lunch from noon-1:30 PM, no lab