2025 Maresca

Gene & Genome Analysis (Bio 383)

classdaydatetopics
1W9/3Tom: Intro to the course
Kate: intro to safetyfluorescence microscope
live GFP-tubulin S2 cell imaging on 8 conA coverslip dishes (prepared just before class)
pipetting part 1
2M9/8pipetting part 2
microscopy HeLa slides
S2 culture (24 flasks – each student makes one)
3W9/10Transformation
4M9/15mini preppcr
5W9/170.9% gel, band extraction
6M9/22invitro transcription kitconA dishes
7W9/24gel, + Nanodrop
8M9/29ds RNA treatment
IF demo (Kate)
9W10/116 conA dishes (Tom)
5 mL S2 aliquots
10M10/6immunostaining
11W10/8repeat ds RNA treatment
make 1 conA coverslip per student
M10/13Indigenous People’s Day
12W10/15IF (students seed coverslips and fix) on control and dsRNA treated cells
13M10/20looking at coverslips (Ctrl vs treated)
14W10/22presentations (in ILC?)
15M10/27transformations (PXGFP); STLC (dishes); splitting demo
16W10/29Miniprep, nanodrop, restriction digest (Bsb1)
17M11/3gel, gel extraction (1 per student),
anneal primers (1 per Group),
isothermal reaction,
Transformation of Competent Cells
45 min gel rather than 60 min?
15 min, not 15 sec on thermocycler for isothermal rxn
split HeLas while gels run
18W11/5transfection of HeLa cells
19M11/10
20W11/12
21M11/17
22W11/19
23M11/24
W11/26Thanksgiving Break
24M12/1
25W12/3
26M12/8

Doing stuff in the ISB