| MODULE | DAY | DATE | LECTURER | TA | LAB | note | 
|  |  | Tue Feb 3 | ANS |  | Orientation | * Introductory Lecture (PDF) * Intro Pre-Lab, T/R
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| 1 | 1 | Thur Feb 5 | AJ | NC | Day 1: Start-up protein engineering | * M1D1 Lecture * M1D1 Pre-Lab
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| 1 | 2 | Tue Feb 10 | AJ | NC | Day 2: Site-directed mutagenesis | * M1D2 Lecture * M1D2 Pre-Lab
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| 1 | 3 | Thur Feb 12 | AJ | NC | Day 3: Bacterial amplification of DNA | * M1D3 Lecture * M1D3 Pre-Lab
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|  |  | President's Day Feb 16 | No lab Feb 17 or Feb 18 | 
| 1 | 4 | Thur Feb 19 | AJ | NC | Day 4: Prepare expression system | * M1D4 Lecture * M1D4 Pre-Lab
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| 1 | 5 | Tue Feb 24 | AJ | NC | Day 5: Induce protein and evaluate DNA | * M1D5 Lecture * M1D5 Pre-Lab
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| 1 | 6 | Thur Feb 26 | AJ | NC | Day 6: Characterize protein expression | * M1D6 Lecture * M1D6 Pre-Lab
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| 1 | 7 | Tue Mar 3 | AJ | NC | Day 7: Assay protein behavior | * M1D7 Lecture | 
| 1 | 8 | Thur Mar 5 | AJ | NC | Day 8: Data analysis | * M1D8 Lecture | 
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| 2 | 1 | Tue Mar 10 | LS | SG | Day 1: siRNA design and introduction to cell culture | Module 1 Draft Due * M2D1 Lecture
 * M2D1 Pre-Lab
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| 2 | 2 | Thur Mar 12 | LS | SG | Day 2: Journal article discussion | * M2D2 Lecture * M2D2 Pre-Lab, part 1
 *Atissa's slides on her  user page
 * M2D2 Pre-Lab, part 2
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| 2 | 3 | Tue Mar 17 | LS | SG | Day 3: Journal Club | NO LECTURE | 
| 2 | 4 | Thur Mar 19 | LS | SG | Day 4: Journal Club | Lecture: feedback on Module 1 draft reports *Neal's slides on his  user page
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|  |  | Spring Break Mar 23-27 | No lab all week | 
| 2 | 5 | Tue Mar 31 | LS | SG | Day 5: Transfection | * M2D5 Lecture * M2D5 Pre-Lab
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| 2 | 6 | Thur Apr 2 | LS | SG | Day 6: Luciferase assays and RNA prep | Module 1 Final Report Due * M2D6 Lecture
 * M2D6 Pre-Lab
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| 2 | 7 | Tue Apr 7 | LS | SG | Day 7: cDNA synthesis and microarray | * M2D7 Lecture * M2D7 Pre-Lab
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| 2 | 8 | Thur Apr 9 | LS | SG | Day 8: Microarray data analysis | * M2D8 Lecture * M2D8 Pre-Lab, ANS
 * M2D8 Pre-Lab, SJG
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| 3 | 1 | Tues Apr 14 | ANS | LJ | Day 1: Start-up biomaterials engineering | Module 2 Draft Due *see update* * M3D1 Lecture
 * M3D1 Pre-Lab
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| 3 | 2 | Thur Apr 16 | ANS | LJ | Day 2: Initiate cell culture | * M3D2 Lecture | 
|  |  | Patriot's Day April 20-21 | No lab Apr 21 or Apr 22 | 
| 3 | 3 | Thur Apr 23 | ANS | LJ | Day 3: Testing cell viability | * M3D3 Lecture | 
| 3 | 4 | Tue Apr 28 | ANS | LJ | Day 4: Preparing cells for analysis | * M3D4 Lecture * M3D4 Pre-Lab
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| 3 | 5 | Thur Apr 30 | ANS | LJ | Day 5: Transcript-level analysis | Module 2 Final Report Due * M3D5 Lecture
 * M3D5 Pre-Lab
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| 3 | 6 | Tue May 5 | ANS | LJ | Day 6: Protein-level analysis | *Atissa's slides on her  user page * M3D6 Pre-Lab
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| 3 | 7 | Thur May 7 | ANS | LJ | Day 7: Wrap-up analysis | Module 3 Report Due Chalkboard lecture on drug + gene delivery (won't be posted).
 * M3D7 Pre-Lab
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| 3 | 8 | Tue May 12 | ANS | LJ | Day 8: Student presentations | Chalkboard lecture: Module 3 analysis/results, scaffold fabrication, clinical examples (won't be posted). | 
|  |  | Thur May 14 |  |  | No lab session. Evaluations during lecture, then celebratory lunch, in 56-614 from 12:30-2 pm. |  |