CH413 – Biochemistry Laboratory

Tentative Lab Schedule

Spring 2008

 

 

Week

Dates

Experiment(s)

Description

1

March 11,12,13

#1, #2

Pipette, Balance and Spectrophotometer Use/ Making Buffers

2

March 18,19,20

#2, #3

Making Buffers /Protein Determination

EASTER

3

March 25,26,27

Interlude

Exercise: Computers in Biochemical Research

4

April 1,2,3

#4 & #5/ Day 1

Deoxyribo Nucleic Acids (DNA); Isolation & Restriction Digest

Polymerase Chain Reaction; Setting Up Reactions

5

April 8,9,10

(Dr. T. & Dr. C. O.O.T.)

#4 & #5/ Day 2

Deoxyribo Nucleic Acids (DNA); Analysis

Polymerase Chain Reaction; Analysis

6

April 15,16,17

#6

Characterization of ß-Galactosidase

Quiz #1 (Report format & Expt. 1-5)

7

April 22,23,24

#7, Day 1

Purification a-Lactalbumin;

Preparation of Whey and Affinity Purification

8

April 29,30, May 1

#7, Day 2

Purification a-Lactalbumin;

Spectrophotometric Anaslysis and Protein Assay

9

May 6,7,8

#8, Day 1

 

Characterization of a-Lactalbumin;

Electrophoresis and Electroblotting

10

May 13,14,15

#8, Day 2

Characterization of a-Lactalbumin; Immunoblotting

Quiz #2 (Expt. 6-8)

 

 

 

Final Quiz; Take Home