Lab

What’s Due

Background Readings for Lab

Important Information

Readings from
Lab Manual (LM):

Relevant sections of Campbell Biology (9th Ed.), by Reece et al.

1

Jan 9-12
B: Standard Curve/Blue dye #1
LM: B1-B13

Plagiarism exercise due next week (see:  http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/)

Biology—Appendix C

Read LM:
A:  Syllabus; Guidelines for writing lab reports!

2

Jan 17-19  
Jan 16 is MLK Day and classes do not meet; while there are no labs this week, you WILL meet for your discussion period in the Information Commons area of the Main Library; those with a discussion on Monday will meet instead on Wed. for 50 minutes.

Standard curves Methods Section + summary & plagiarism exercise (worth 20 pts.) due at the beginning of discussion period.  If you are in a Thurs. lab, you will have until your Thurs. lab time to hand these in.

In your discussion session this week, you will have a tutorial on how to do a literature search; for this tutorial, you will meet in the INFORMATION COMMONS area of the Main (Wells) Library (or an alternate room to which your AI directs you).

3

Jan 23-26    XOX
C: Photosynthesis
LM: C1-C17

Library Citation Exercise due at beginning of lab.

Knisely Exercise I handed out

Biology—Ch. 10

For your Photosynthesis minireport, be sure to recognize that there is more than one segment in this exercise.  Think about how the segments relate to each other.

4

Jan 30-Feb 2
Post-lab discussion of Photosynthesis
LM: C10-C11

Start D: Effects of UV light on yeast cells: serial dilutions
LM: D1-D9

Onion root tip mitosis exercise

Knisely Exercise I due at the beginning of lab.

Biology--Ch.31—pp. 637-40; p. 318; Ch. 12 – pp. 230-7

Be sure to read all of D: Yeast/UV light, before you come to class!

Start thinking about Independent Projects, and talk to your AI about them.  See Section A of the LM and http://www.indiana.edu/~l113/ for additional information.

5

Feb 6-9
Continue D: Effects of UV light on yeast cells: collect serial dilution data, do UV treatment
LM: D10-D18

Start E: Drosophila Genetics
LM: E8-E10

Photosynthesis Methods & Results Sections + summary  (worth 30 pts.) due at the beginning of lab.

Knisely Exercise II handed out

Biology--Ch.31—pp. 637-40; p. 318; Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18-- pp. 370-73

We need to start the Drosophila crosses fairly early in the semester; while the Drosophila life cycle is quick, it still takes several weeks to complete the experiment.

6

Feb 13-16
Continue D:  Effects of UV light on yeast cells: collect data
LM:  D10-D18

Continue E: Drosophila Genetics  (discard parents)
LM: E11
Post-lab discussion of UV/yeast:
LM:  D15-D16

Scheduled appt. with your AI this week to discuss your independent project topic!

Meiosis & Predictions Exercise handed out

Biology--Ch.31—pp. 637-40; p. 318; Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18-- pp. 370-73

Start working on the Meiosis + Predictions exercise

For Independent Project suggestions see A: Independent Projects and the course web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~l113/
  --see “Independent Projects” and “Additional Procedures”

7

Feb 20-23            

Continue E: Drosophila Genetics  (collect F1’s)
LM: E12-E15

Start F:  Animal Behavior
LM:  F1-F11

Independent Project Pre-proposal & Knisely Exercise II due at beginning of lab.

 Biology—Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18—pp. 370-73;
Ch. 51

8

Feb 27-Mar 1
Continue E: Drosophila Genetics
(discard F1 parents)
LM:  E17

Continue F:  Animal Behavior
LM:  F1-F13

Yeast/UV Methods + Results + Discussion Sections & summary  (worth 40 pts.) due at beginning of lab.

Written proposal for Independent Project due at beginning of lab.

Biology—Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18—pp. 370-73; Ch. 51

During the discussion session following week 1 of Animal Behavior, discuss the experiment(s) that your section will carry out during week 2, including working out the methods, controls, etc.

9

Mar 5-8

Continue E: Drosophila Genetics: collect F2 data
LM:  E17-E19

Post-lab discussion of Animal Behavior
LM:  F1-F13

Meiosis + Predictions Exercise due at the beginning of lab

Drosophila Cross Evaluation Exercise handed out.

Biology—Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18—pp. 370-73

 SPRING BREAK—Mar. 12-16

10

Mar 19-22
Continue E:  Drosophila Genetics: analyze F2 data
LM:  E20

Post-lab discussion of Drosophila crosses
LM:  E21-E25

Minireport on Animal Behavior (worth 50 pts.) due at beginning of lab.

Biology—Ch. 13-15; Ch. 18—pp. 370-73

11

Mar 26-29
Independent Projects

LM:  Section A

Drosophila cross evaluation exercise due at beginning of lab.

Your own reading!

See also the course web site for useful information:
<http://www.indiana.edu/~l113>

12

Apr 2-5
Independent Projects

LM:  Section A

Your own reading!

See also the course web site for useful information:
<http://www.indiana.edu/~l113>

13

Apr 9-12
Start G:  Population Genetics/Electrophoresis
LM:  G1-G19

Biology – Ch. 23

14

Apr 16-19
Continue G:  Population Genetics/Electrophoresis
LM:  G1-G19
Post-lab discussion of Population Genetics/Electrophoresis

Independent Project report due at the beginning of lab.

In-class exercise on Population Genetics.

Biology – Ch. 23

15

Apr 23-26
Oral Reports on Independent Projects