(Tentative) COURSE CALENDAR/SCHEDULE:
| Week | Date | Topics | Chapters | Lab |
|---|
| 1 | Jan 18, 20 | Continue on “Survey of career opportunities in Biotech” | | Lab 7 continues... |
| 2 | Jan 25, 27 | Pharmaceutical industry and how new drugs are developed, approved, and marketing | | Lab 8: basic protein analysis |
| 3 | Feb 1, 3 | Continue... | | Lab 9: setting up of protein gel electrophoresis |
| 4 | Feb 8, 10 | Survey of protein purification technologies | | Continue... |
| 5 | Feb 15, 17 | Chemical industry and how new chemicals are synthesized by microbes | | Feb 15, 1st Exam |
| 6 | Feb 22, 24 | Continue... | | Lab 10: purification of protein expression from “scale-up experiment” |
| 7 | Feb 29, Mar 2 | Environmental issues: bioremediation and use of microbes | | Analysis of purified protein: SDS-PAGE, Western blot hybridization |
| 8 | Mar 7, 9 | Continue... | | Mar 9, 2nd Exam |
| 9 | Mar 14, 16 | No class | | Spring Break |
| 10 | Mar 21, 23 | Human genome, genetic diseases, and gene therapy | | Lab 11: Bioinformatics |
| 11 | Mar 28, 30 | Bioinformatics | | Continue... |
| 12 | Apr 4, 6 | —Continue and catch up | | Lab 12: PCR, RT-PCR, cDNA library construction |
| 13 | Apr 11, 13 | Principles in generating genomic libraries and cDNA libraries | | Apr 13, 3rd Exam |
| 14 | Apr 18, 20 | Disruptive agriculture: Monsanto and GMO | | Continue... |
| 15 | Apr 25, 27 | External speakers/visiting regional biotech companies | | Catch-up |
| 16 | May 2, 4 | Student Presentation/Review | | |
| 17 | | Final Exam Week | | Final Exam: TBA |