Course
name: Instrumentation Techniques in Cell/Molecular Biology
Course number: BMB690
3 credits
Course coordinators:
Larry Fritz (UNE) lfritz@une.edu
Lucy Liaw (MMCRI) liawl@mmc.org
Meeting time: 2-3hrs/week at MMCRI, scheduled Monday 3-6pm at MMCRI
Instructors: MMCRI faculty
Class Materials. Password Protected!
This
graduate-level course is designed
for students enrolled in the Professional Science Master’s
(PSM) program and bioscience Ph.D. programs and will introduce a
number of high-end instruments and techniques in modern cell and
molecular biology. A team of MMCRI principal investigators will assist
in the course and each will lecture/demonstrate on his/her area of
expertise. Topics covered include DNA analysis, mass spectrometry,
histopathology, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry and cell sorting,
transgenic and expression systems, and small animal magnetic resonance
imaging techniques. For each new technique students will learn about
theory, applications, limitations and have hands-on demonstrations.
A common theme running through the course will emphasize stem cell
biology.
| Date |
Lecture |
| 1/28/08 |
MMCRI
research overview, course description and requirements - DNA/protein
analysis lecture |
| 2/4/08 |
DNA/protein
demo |
| 2/11/08 |
tissue
processing/histology |
| 2/18/08 |
histopathology |
| 2/25/08 |
flow
cytometry/cell sorting lecture |
| 3/3/08 |
flow
cytometry demo |
| 3/10/08 |
spring
break UNE, no classes |
| 3/17/08 |
microscopy/confocal
microscopy |
| 3/24/08 |
confocal
microscopy demo |
| 3/31/08 |
expression
systems and embryonic stem cell lecture, 1.5hrs each |
| 4/7/08 |
transgenic
techniques |
| 4/14/08 |
transgenics,
demo |
| 4/21/08 |
MRI
lecture and demo |
| May
1-7 |
final
exams |
