Description
Advanced laboratory course designed to train students in modern biological laboratory techniques necessary for successful careers in science. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, Advanced laboratory safety, record keeping, data analysis (including computer- generated graphical analysis), technical writing, techniques for protein analysis, techniques for recombinant DNA analysis, techniques in immunochemistry, tissue culture techniques, chromatography techniques, polymerase chain reaction, micromanipulation, DNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting and spectrophotometry. Two- hour laboratories and one recitation per week.