Course Schedule - Bio 101 - Fall 2011
Mon lab lecture 1:10-2 pm
T/Th lecture 9-10:20 am
Labs Mon 2:10-6 pm; T,W,Th,Friday 1:10-5 pm
| Date |
Lecture |
Laboratory |
| Aug 29 M 30 T Sept 1 Th |
Introductions and Getting Ready for Laboratory Variation and Hierarchical Structuralism Unify Biology Focusing on Populations: Direct and Indirect Links Between Genotype and Phenotype |
Quantitative Skills: Stickleback Fish and Bombina Tadpoles |
| Sept 5 M 6 T 8 Th |
No Class-Labor Day Population Genetic Models and Developmental Plasticity (Computer Simulations and Amphibian Development) Environmental Inputs to Phenotypic Variation |
Tadpole Plasticity I and Population Genetics |
| Sept 12 M 13 T 15 Th |
Stickleback in the Canyon: Population Size and Dispersion Population Growth Models Direct and Indirect Genetic Links Influence the Ecological Niche |
Reed Canyon Stickleback I |
| Sept 19 M 20 T 22 Th |
Stickleback/Bombina Lab Lecture Population Ecological Structures and Dynamics Evolution and Conservation |
Canyon Stickleback II and Tadpole Plasticity II |
| Sept 26 M 27 T 29 Th |
Zooming in on the Organism to Cells, Chromosomes, and Genes First midterm exam 9:30-10:20 am Cell Division (Mitosis), DNA Replication, Mutation |
DNA Extraction and PCR |
| Oct 3 M 4 T 6 Th |
Mendelian Genetics (Simple Models) Mendelian Genetics (Special Cases) Non-Mendelian Inheritance |
Fly Lab and Gel Electrophoresis |
| Oct 10 M 11 T 13 Th |
Genes, Central Dogma, and Homology Eukaryote Gene Structure and Transcription Overview Protein Structure and Translation Overview |
Bioinformatics, GenBank, BLAST, Sequence Analysis |
| Oct 15-23 |
FALL BREAK |
FALL BREAK |
| Oct 24 M 25 T 27 Th |
DNA Applications Genetic Diseases/Personalized Medicine Genomics |
Presentations in Lab |
| Oct 31 M Nov 1 T 3 Th |
Safety/Microbial Populations/Cultivation Second midterm exam 9:30-10:20 am Biology of the Cell |
Aseptic Technique and Microbial Populations |
| Nov 7 M 8 T 10 Th |
Microbial Growth Bacterial Anatomy Bacterial Anatomy |
Microbial Growth and Staining |
| Nov 14 M 15 T 17 Th |
Conjugation Molecular Genetics Molecular Genetics |
Conjugation, Coliforms, and Antimicrobials |
| Nov 21 M 22 T 24 Th |
Antibiotic Resistance Prokaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer NO lecture - Thanksgiving |
NO LABS Thanksgiving |
| Nov 28 M 29 T Dec 1 Th |
Antibiotic Resistance Energetics Energetics |
Data Analysis |
| Dec 5 M 6 T Dec 12 M |
Midterm Review Third midterm exam 9:30-10:20 am Final Exam 9am-noon VLH |
NO LABS |