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Revision as of 10:33, 6 May 2010

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Lab Attendance

Lab attendance is mandatory and there are no make-up labs. A family crisis or severe illness requiring attention from the infirmary and prohibiting you from all your coursework are acceptable reasons for missing lab and every effort will be made to accommodate you in these exceptional circumstances.

Grading

Assignment % of Final Grade
Daily Lab Quizzes 15%
Daily Lab Notebook 25%
Research Article Review 30%
Design Project Report & Presentation 30%

Research Article Review

The class will work in groups of 2 or 3 to read and review the following 5 articles:

  1. Ow DW, DE Wet JR, Helinski DR, Howell SH, Wood KV, and Deluca M. Transient and stable expression of the firefly luciferase gene in plant cells and transgenic plants. Science. 1986 Nov 14;234(4778):856-9. DOI:10.1126/science.234.4778.856 | PubMed ID:17758108 | HubMed [Firefly+Plants]
  2. Horstmann V, Huether CM, Jost W, Reski R, and Decker EL. Quantitative promoter analysis in Physcomitrella patens: a set of plant vectors activating gene expression within three orders of magnitude. BMC Biotechnol. 2004 Jul 7;4:13. DOI:10.1186/1472-6750-4-13 | PubMed ID:15239842 | HubMed [MossTransformation]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed

Design Projects, Reports & Presentations

Late work for major assignments will be penalized 1/3 of a letter grade for each day late and will not be accepted after a week. Daily quizzes and lab notebooks will not be accepted late.

Lab Notebooks