BISC314:Laboratory Schedule

BISC314: Environmental Microbiology

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BISC314 Laboratory Schedule

NOTE: September 26th - Sunday - Special field trip to Woods Hole with Marine Biology - see syllabus for details


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sept. 6 Labor Day Holiday	Sept. 7 No lab this week	Sept. 8	Sept. 9	Sept. 10
Sept. 13	Sept. 14 Lab 1 and first field trip	Sept. 15	Sept. 16	Sept. 17 Check for isolates
Sept. 20	Sept. 21 Lab 2	Sept. 22	Sept. 23	Sept. 24 Setting up for lab 3
Sept. 27	Sept. 28 Lab 3	Sept. 29	Sept. 30	Oct. 1 Recording results of Lab 3
Oct. 4	Oct. 5 Lab 4	Oct. 6	Oct. 7	Oct. 8 Recording results of Lab 4
Oct. 11 Fall Break No Lab	Oct. 12 Monday Schedule	Oct. 13	Oct. 14	Oct. 15
Oct. 18	Oct. 19 Lab 5 and second field trip	Oct. 20	Oct. 21	Oct. 22 Check on growth of LAB isolates
Oct. 25 ASM Beneficial Microbes Conference All Week	Oct. 26	Oct. 27 Tanner Conf.	Oct. 28	Oct. 29
Nov. 1	Nov. 2 Lab 6	Nov. 3	Nov. 4	Nov. 5
Nov. 8	Nov. 9 Lab 7	Nov. 10	Nov. 11	Nov. 12 Checking for plaques
Nov. 15	Nov. 16 Lab 8	Nov. 17	Nov. 18	Nov. 19 RDP Primer
Nov. 22 No lab - Thanks giving Holiday	Nov. 23	Nov. 24	Nov. 25	Nov. 26
Nov. 29	Nov. 30 Final field trip	Dec. 1	Dec. 2	Dec. 3 Isolating yeast for Baking bread
Dec. 6	Dec. 7 Final Presentations: baking bread and eating the fruits of your labors	Dec. 8	Dec. 9	Dec. 10


Section	Lab #	Activities
1	1-4	Cheese microbiology: understanding the interactions between microbes in an edible microcosm
2	5-7	Lactic acid bacteria in yogurt, and their associated bacteriophages: specificity and significance of this parasitic relationship
3	8	PCR and sequencing of your isolates - identification
4	9	The most famous eukaryotic microbe: Saccharomyces
Lab Presentations	10	Final presentation of your lab work