20.109(F10): Fall 2011 schedule

MODULE	DAY	DATE	LECTURER	TA	LAB	note
		Thur Sept 8	NK		Orientation	Orientation Handout Fall 2011
1	1	Tue Sept 13	BE		DNA engineering using PCR
1	2	Thur Sept 15	BE		Clean and cut DNA	Writing Faculty visit lab
		MIT Break Wed Sept 21				No lab Tues or Wed, but lecture will be held on Tues Sept 20
1	3	Thur Sept 22	BE		Agarose gel electrophoresis
1	4	Tues Sept 24	BE		DNA ligation and bacterial transformation	EHS visits lab ?intro to TC?
1	5	Thur Sept 29	BE		Examine candidate clones Restriction map and tissue culture
1	6	Tues Oct 4	BE		Lipofection	? peer review exercise, or maybe lab practical on part 1
1	7	Thurs Oct 6	BE		FACS analysis
		Columbus Day Break Monday, Tues Oct 10, 11				No lab Tues or Wed, but Mod 1 "P3" is due by 1PM 10.12.11
2	1	Thurs Oct 13	NK		Testing an engineered biological system
2	2	Tues Oct 18	NK		Measuring System Performance
2	3	Thurs Oct 20	NK		Tools for System Engineering
2	4	Tues Oct 25	Journal Club		Journal Club I
2	5	Thurs Oct 27	NK		Assessing re-tuned system	Writing faculty visit lab for IMRD training
2	6	Tues Nov 1	NK		Readout: DNA
2	7	Thurs Nov 3	NK		Readout: Protein
2	8	Tues Nov 8	Journal Club		Journal Club II
		Veteran's Day Break Fri Nov 11				No lab Thurs or Fri, but Mod 2 research article is due by 11AM on 11.10.11
3	1	Tues Nov 15	AB		Growth of phage materials
3	2	Thurs Nov 17	AB		Phage nanowires
		Thanksgiving Break Nov 24, 25				No lab or lecture all week
3	3	Tues Nov 29	AB		TEM
3	4	Thurs Dec 1	AB		Battery assembly	Atissa will visit lab @4PM to offer tips for giving talks with a partner
3	5	Tues Dec 6	AB		Battery testing
3	6	Thurs Dec 8	AB		Research proposal presentations	We'll start this day in lab, 56-322, to finish off the BioMaterials module
		Tues Dec 13			end of term celebration...	Lecture for class evaluations then lunch from 11:30-1 PM, 56-614, no lab