LABORATORY PROGRAM
MOST ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY
JON BEDICK – 310A Plant Industry, 2-8711
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WEEK |
DATE |
TOPIC |
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1 |
26 – 28 August |
Logistics: Obtain lab coats and notebooks |
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2 |
2 – 4 September |
Labor day holiday No laboratory this week |
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3 |
9 – 11 September |
Chemical analysis: Introduction to Spectrophotometry |
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4 |
18 September Dr. David Petzel |
Entire class meets on Thursday: Malpighian tubule physiology: Ramsay assays |
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5 |
23 – 25 September |
Analysis of insect lipids I: Total lipid extraction |
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6 |
30 Sept. – 2 Oct. |
Analysis of insect lipids II: Isolating lipid fractions by thin-layer chromatography |
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7 |
7 – 9 October |
Analysis of insect lipids III: Fatty acid analysis by gas-liquid chromatography |
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8 |
14 – 16 October Jon Miller |
Insect immunity: Hemocyte identification |
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9 |
21 – 23 October Jon Miller |
Insect immunity: Cellular reactions to bacterial infections |
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10 |
28 – 30 October |
Radioactivity in biological research: Introduction, safety and measurements |
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11 |
4 – 6 November |
Radioactivity in biological research: Incorporating fatty acids into insect lipids |
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12 |
11 – 13 November |
Radioactivity in biological research: Obtaining an enzyme preparation |
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13 |
18 – 20 November |
Radioactivity in biological research: Detecting digestive enzyme activity |
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14 |
25 - 27 November |
Thanksgiving holiday No laboratory this week |
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15 |
2 - 4 December |
Centrifugation in biological research: Cell fractionation by ultracentrifugation |
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16 |
9 - 11 December |
Introduction to HPLC: Detecting a pharmaceutical drug by HPLC |