BISC110/F09:Schedule

Wellesley College-BISC110 Introduction to Cell Biology-Fall 2009

BISC110 F09 Lab Calendar


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sept. 7 Labor Day Holiday	Sept. 8 Lab 1	Sept. 9 Lab 1	Sept. 10 Lab 1	Sept. 11 Lab 1
Sept. 14 Lab 1	Sept. 15 Lab 2	Sept. 16 Lab 2	Sept. 17 Lab 2	Sept. 18 Lab 2
Sept. 21 Lab 2	Sept. 22 Lab 3	Sept. 23 Lab 3	Sept. 24 Lab 3	Sept. 25 Lab 3
Sept. 28 Lab 3	Sept. 29 Lab 4	Sept. 30 Lab 4	Oct. 1 Lab 4	Oct. 2 Lab 4 \|\|
Oct. 5 Lab 4	Oct. 6 Lab 5	Oct. 7 Lab 5	Oct. 8 Lab 5	Oct. 9 Lab 5
Oct. 12 Fall Break No Lab	Oct. 13 No Lab	Oct. 14 Wed. follows Mon. Schedule Lab 5	Oct. 15 No Lab	Oct. 16 No Lab
Oct. 19 Lab 6	Oct. 20 Lab 6	Oct. 21 Lab 6	Oct. 22 Lab 6	Oct. 23 Lab 6
Oct. 26 Lab 7	Oct. 27 Lab 7	Oct. 28 Lab 7	Oct. 29 Lab 7	Oct. 30 Lab 7
Nov. 2 Lab 8	Nov. 3 Tanner Conference No Lab	Nov. 4 Lab 8	Nov. 5 Lab 8	Nov. 6 Lab 8
Nov. 9 No Lab	Nov. 10 Lab 8	Nov. 11 Lab 9	Nov. 12 Lab 9	Nov. 13 Lab 9
Nov. 16 Lab 9	Nov. 17 Lab 9	Nov. 18 Lab 10	Nov. 19 Lab 10	Nov. 20 Lab 10
Nov. 23 Lab 10	Nov. 24 Lab 10	Nov. 25 No Lab	Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Holiday Bold text	Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday Italic text No Lab
Nov. 30 Lab 11	Dec. 1 Lab 11	Dec. 2 Lab 11	Dec. 3 Lab 11	Dec. 4 Lab 11
Dec. 7 Lab 12	Dec. 8 Lab 12	Dec. 9 Lab 12	Dec. 10 Lab 12	Dec. 11 Lab 12


Section	Lab #	Activity
1	1-4	Boot Camp: Metric Measurement; Using Basic Lab Equipment; Making Solutions and Dilutions; Microscopy; Phagocytosis Asssay; Designing Experiments
2	5-7	Genetics: DNA extraction, Visualization by agarose gel electrophoresis; Genotype/phenotype via Taster SNP data collection and analysis; Case study, ethics
3	8-10	Photosynthesis: Extraction of photosynthetic pigments; Spectrophotometry: Beer-Lambert Law, Linear regression analysis; Statistical parameters; Hill Reaction: Self-designed investigation of factors affecting photosystems
4	11	Regulation of gene expression: Enzyme assay
Lab Practical	12	Hands-on skills assessment: