SEED/2008/Schedule

Overview of the main lab project

Class	Date	Agenda	Homework
Day 1	Feb. 9	safety training, training lab	Homework #1 Details read comic Training lab questions iGEM Questions bring 3-5 ideas for what you want to engineer biology to do
Day 2	Feb. 23	restriction digest, gel	Homework #2 Details Biology for engineers: DNA replication section Read subcloning on wikipedia Restriction Endonuclease Questions Expand ideas and describe systems, functions, devices
	Mar. 1	class cancelled due to weather
Day 3	Mar. 8	miniprep, digest	Homework #3 Details Quiz #2 Biology for engineers: Complete all and final printable test
Day 4	Mar. 15	PCR and gel	Homework #4 Details (.doc) (.pdf)
Day 5	Mar. 22	gel purification, digest, cleanup	Homework #5 Details (.doc) (.pdf)
Day 6	Apr. 5	ligation, transformation	Quiz #3 Homework #6 Details (.doc) (.pdf)
Day 7	Apr. 12	glycerol, sequencing	Homework #7 Details (.doc) (.pdf)
Day 8	Apr. 19	β-gal assays, growth curves, viable cell titer, analyze sequencing	Homework #8 Details (.doc) (.pdf) Sequence results Sequences
Day 9	Apr. 26	device characterization and composability	Homework #9 Details (.doc)
Day 10	May 3	data analysis, finish projects	Final (.doc)