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'''Fall 2010''' | '''Fall 2010''' | ||
'''Lecture Sections:''' <br>Section 1 M/Th | '''Lecture Sections:''' <br>BISC110 Section 1 M/Th 11:10-12:20 Gary Harris<br> | ||
Section 2 | BISC110 Section 2 T/F 8:30-9:40 Gary Harris<br> | ||
BISC112 Section 1 Th 11:10-12:20 Yui Suzuki<br> | |||
BISC112 FY M 11:10-12:20 Yui Suzuki<br> | |||
'''Laboratory Instructors:''' [[User:Tucker Crum| Tucker Crum]], [[User:Jocelyne Dolce| Jocelyne Dolce]], [[User:Vachik Hacopian| Vachik Hacopian]], [[User:Irene Newton| Irene Newton]], [[User:Jennifer Hood- | '''Laboratory Instructors:''' [[User:Tucker Crum| Tucker Crum]], [[User:Jocelyne Dolce| Jocelyne Dolce]], [[User:Vachik Hacopian| Vachik Hacopian]], [[User:Irene Newton| Irene Newton]], [[User:Jennifer Hood-Degrenier| Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier]],<br> | ||
'''Labs:''' M 1:30-5 Dolce; T 12:30-4 Crum; W 2:15-5:45 | '''Labs:''' M 1:30-5 Dolce; T 12:30-4 Crum; W 2:15-5:45 Hood-Degrenier ; Th 1-4:30 Dolce; Th 6:30-10 Hacopian ; F 1-4:30 Newton<br> | ||
'''Welcome to BISC 110'''<br> | '''Welcome to BISC 110/112 LAB'''<br> | ||
Please complete a brief survey BEFORE attending your first lab about your interest and concept familiarity. | |||
The link and password is posted to an email message in your First Class Lab conference. | |||
The labs for BISC 110 are designed to familiarize you with how experimental science is designed, performed and how it is communicated. Over the course of the semester, you will be designing and performing experiments that reinforce concepts covered in the lecture portion of the class. Your job will be to think like scientists when designing experiments to answer hypothesize driven questions about basic cellular processes. You will learn to perform the experiments properly, to keep good records of your results, and to communicate the results and conclusions of your work, both orally and in written reports.<br> | The labs for BISC 110/112 are designed to familiarize you with how experimental science is designed, performed and how it is communicated. Over the course of the semester, you will be designing and performing experiments that reinforce concepts covered in the lecture portion of the class. Your job will be to think like scientists when designing experiments to answer hypothesize driven questions about basic cellular processes. You will learn to perform the experiments properly, to keep good records of your results, and to communicate the results and conclusions of your work, both orally and in written reports.<br> | ||
These are ambitious goals for an introductory class such as BISC 110. Many of you will be starting this class with a strong background in biology and in lab work, but just as many of you will have had little previous training in biology and in performing experiments. The labs for this class are designed to bring everyone in the class to a working level of expertise and then to build from there.<br> | These are ambitious goals for an introductory class such as BISC 110. Many of you will be starting this class with a strong background in biology and in lab work, but just as many of you will have had little previous training in biology and in performing experiments. The labs for this class are designed to bring everyone in the class to a working level of expertise and then to build from there.<br> | ||
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Lab attendance is mandatory. ''Severe'' illness or serious family crisis, are the only permissible excuses for missing lab. Your lab instructor must be notified IN ADVANCE if you must miss lab. Do not schedule interviews, doctor appointments or other activities during lab time. Some experiments take more than one lab to complete. This makes it very disruptive to miss lab, particularly for your partner | Lab attendance is mandatory. ''Severe'' illness or serious family crisis, are the only permissible excuses for missing lab. Your lab instructor must be notified IN ADVANCE if you must miss lab and we are unable to offer a lab "make-up" in another section or on your own even if you miss lab because of illness or emergency. Do not schedule interviews, doctor appointments or other activities during lab time. Some experiments take more than one lab to complete. This makes it very disruptive to miss lab, particularly for your partner. For all wet lab work, you will be working with a partner. Your instructor may rotate partners during the semester to give you an opportunity to work with several people in the class. <br> | ||
There will be assignments for you to complete after most lab periods. Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of the lab on the due date. It is your responsibility to turn in your assignment on time. “I forgot to give it to you” is not a valid excuse for handing in an assignment late. Assignments will be graded by your lab instructor, and will be penalized 5% a day for each day they are late. Work that is one week late or later will not be given any credit.<br> | There will be assignments for you to complete after most lab periods. Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of the lab on the due date. It is your responsibility to turn in your assignment on time. “I forgot to give it to you” is not a valid excuse for handing in an assignment late. Assignments will be graded by your lab instructor, and will be penalized 5% a day for each day they are late. Work that is one week late or later will not be given any credit.<br> | ||
To pass BISC 110 you will have to pass both the lecture and the lab section of the class, so you are strongly encouraged to turn in all your lab assignments. <br> | To pass BISC 110/112 you will have to pass both the lecture and the lab section of the class, so you are strongly encouraged to turn in all your lab assignments. <br> | ||
You are expected to keep a lab notebook in which you can keep track of your experimental procedures, record all your data, and perform calculations. These notebooks will be collected.<br> | You are expected to keep a lab notebook in which you can keep track of your experimental procedures, record all your data, and perform calculations. These notebooks will be collected.<br> | ||
We sincerely hope that you will find your introduction to cell biology an interesting and rewarding experience. As always, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions as to how to improve the program. | We sincerely hope that you will find your introduction to cell biology an interesting and rewarding experience. As always, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions as to how to improve the program. | ||
Welcome to the lab!<br> | Welcome to the lab!<br> | ||
Your BISC 110 Instructors<br> | Your BISC 110/112 Instructors<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 06:48, 13 December 2010
Fall 2010
Lecture Sections:
BISC110 Section 1 M/Th 11:10-12:20 Gary Harris
BISC110 Section 2 T/F 8:30-9:40 Gary Harris
BISC112 Section 1 Th 11:10-12:20 Yui Suzuki
BISC112 FY M 11:10-12:20 Yui Suzuki
Laboratory Instructors: Tucker Crum, Jocelyne Dolce, Vachik Hacopian, Irene Newton, Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier,
Labs: M 1:30-5 Dolce; T 12:30-4 Crum; W 2:15-5:45 Hood-Degrenier ; Th 1-4:30 Dolce; Th 6:30-10 Hacopian ; F 1-4:30 Newton
Welcome to BISC 110/112 LAB
Please complete a brief survey BEFORE attending your first lab about your interest and concept familiarity.
The link and password is posted to an email message in your First Class Lab conference.
The labs for BISC 110/112 are designed to familiarize you with how experimental science is designed, performed and how it is communicated. Over the course of the semester, you will be designing and performing experiments that reinforce concepts covered in the lecture portion of the class. Your job will be to think like scientists when designing experiments to answer hypothesize driven questions about basic cellular processes. You will learn to perform the experiments properly, to keep good records of your results, and to communicate the results and conclusions of your work, both orally and in written reports.
These are ambitious goals for an introductory class such as BISC 110. Many of you will be starting this class with a strong background in biology and in lab work, but just as many of you will have had little previous training in biology and in performing experiments. The labs for this class are designed to bring everyone in the class to a working level of expertise and then to build from there.
The laboratory part of the course can be divided into sections of several labs each.
Schedule of Experiments
| Section | Lab # | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-5 | Boot Camp: Metric Measurement; Using Basic Lab Equipment; Making Solutions and Dilutions; Microscopy; Scientific Investigation; Designing & Executing Experiments; Data Analysis & Display; Statistical parameters; Scientific Writing |
| 2 | 6-7 | Genetics: DNA extraction, Visualization by agarose gel electrophoresis; Genotype/phenotype via Taster SNP data collection and analysis |
| 3 | 8-10 | Photosynthesis: Extraction of photosynthetic pigments; Spectrophotometry: Beer-Lambert Law, Linear regression analysis; Hill Reaction: Self-designed investigation of factors affecting photosystems |
| 4 | 11 | Gene Regulation/Enzymology: Invertase enzyme assay |
| Lab Practical | 12 | Hands-on skills assessment: |
Lab attendance is mandatory. Severe illness or serious family crisis, are the only permissible excuses for missing lab. Your lab instructor must be notified IN ADVANCE if you must miss lab and we are unable to offer a lab "make-up" in another section or on your own even if you miss lab because of illness or emergency. Do not schedule interviews, doctor appointments or other activities during lab time. Some experiments take more than one lab to complete. This makes it very disruptive to miss lab, particularly for your partner. For all wet lab work, you will be working with a partner. Your instructor may rotate partners during the semester to give you an opportunity to work with several people in the class.
There will be assignments for you to complete after most lab periods. Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of the lab on the due date. It is your responsibility to turn in your assignment on time. “I forgot to give it to you” is not a valid excuse for handing in an assignment late. Assignments will be graded by your lab instructor, and will be penalized 5% a day for each day they are late. Work that is one week late or later will not be given any credit.
To pass BISC 110/112 you will have to pass both the lecture and the lab section of the class, so you are strongly encouraged to turn in all your lab assignments.
You are expected to keep a lab notebook in which you can keep track of your experimental procedures, record all your data, and perform calculations. These notebooks will be collected.
We sincerely hope that you will find your introduction to cell biology an interesting and rewarding experience. As always, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions as to how to improve the program.
Welcome to the lab!
Your BISC 110/112 Instructors
