2025 Bioimaging (Stephens)

Bulk plan

dates
08/18-29HeLa cells and IF 10+ slides’ (DNA, actin, microtubules) ready for first class
09/2-11use these HeLa slides
09/16Grow MEFs for IF 09/23
Sep 23IF all set up, help pre-process a slide per student (fix and permeabilize) – thinking 3X 12 slides
Sep 25 (Th) or Sep 29 (M) make imaging dishes to use 09/30 (T) live cell
09/30 and 10/2 need 10 imaging and 10 passaging dishes; (possible grow bacteria for plasmid prep)
10/2 POSSIBLE? Plasmid prep?
?(MAYBE)? 10/3 transfect cells to image 10/7
10/7-9Kills off cells and get new next week, Drew gone this week
Week of 10/13 we will hand you new cells in prep for CURE IF #1 10/16 (Th) and 10/21 (T), for each we will want 2X slide per student…maybe more
Depending on how CURE goes, the rest is unplanned

Course Schedule – subject to change during semester

Weekclassdatequestions & themesto do
PRE 08/18-29 HeLa IF for 10+ slides’ DNA, actin, microtubules
1109/02 Learn your microscopeuse HeLa IF, classes 1-6
209/04Transmitted light and alignment 
2  309/09Fluorescence
409/11Fluorescence photobleaching
3  509/16Cameras, SNR, and calibrationMicrometer

***PREPARE, MEFs growing for IF next week, keep growing
609/18Numerical Aperture and resolution
4  709/23Immunofluorescence procedure
Primaries from Drew’s lab:
– H3K9me2/3 Mouse CST 5327s
– H3K27me3 Rabbit CST 9733s
Secondaries:
– Goat anti-mouse -red
– Goat anti-rabbit green
Pre-process IF slides: Fix and permeabilize
809/25Immunofluorescence imagingStudents need 10 flasks to split into 2 flasks and an imaging dish.
recent MEF slides, FOCUS learning CURE
5  909/30Live cell imaging and cell culture10 imaging dishes (made the previous class)
10 flasks for passaging
1010/02Plasmid prep. and cell culture10 student passaging
6  1110/07Transfection imaging/ Make-UpMidterm releases
1210/09Midterm: dedicated in class timeMidterm due Fri midnight
7  1310/14CURE IntroCURE Project Groups
1410/16CURE BeginsIF #1

Cell lines:
PC3 (prostate cancer)
DU145 “
LNCap “
MEF VPA (inc euchromtatin)
MEF DZNep (dec heterochromatin)
MEF LA KD (lamin A knockdown)
HT1080 VPA and DZNEP

Fix: 4% PFA + triton

Block: PBS-Tw-Az-BSA for 15 min

Primaries prepared by Drew’s lab:
HK27ac MA5-23516 Thermo Fisher
H3K9me2/3 Mouse CST 5327s
H3K27me3 Rabbit CST 9733s
H3K9ac Rabbit CST 9649s

Secondaries:
Rabbit green (enough for 50)
Mouse red (enough for 50)
8  1510/21CUREIF #2
2nd batch of 18 Prostate cancer coverslips
1610/23CUREImaging & Analysis #1
9  1710/28CURE (Drew out)Imaging & Analysis #2
1810/30CUREImaging & Analysis #3
10   11/04Holiday – Election Day 
1911/06CUREGraph
11   11/11Holiday – Veteran’s Day 
2011/13CURECURE PPTX & report
122111/18CURE last week – prepare reportCURE PPTX & report
2211/20CURE last week – prepare reportCURE PPTX & report
13  2311/25CURE written report DUE 
 11/27THANKSGIVING: NO CLASS 
14  2412/2CURE finalization 
2512/4CURE finalization 
15.2612/9FLEXIBLE last day of class 
 NO FINALTHIS CLASS HAS NO FINALNO FINAL