BIOL 6B Winter Quarter Class Schedule

Week

Date

Day

Lecture Topic

Chapter

Lab Topic

1

Jan 04

Mon

S1/A1/A2i: Micropipeting; Solutions & dilutions

Jan 05

Tue

Introduction / Chemistry Review

2–3

Jan 06

Wed

Protein electrophoresis 1

Jan 07

Thu

Organic & Biological Chemistry

4–5

2

Jan 11

Mon

Protein electrophoresis 2

Cutting DNA 1: digest/ligate

Jan 12

Tue

Enzymes & Metabolism

8

Jan 13

Wed

Cutting DNA 2: DNA gel electrophoresis

Jan 14

Thu

Molecular Inheritance

16

3

Jan 18

Mon  HOLIDAY

No Monday Lab

Jan 19

Tue

Gene Expression

17

Jan 20

Wed

Conjugation 1: Conjugate & culture

S2: Restriction mapping

Jan 21

Thu

Viral & Bacterial Genetics

19, 27.2

4

Jan 25

Mon

Conjugation 2: Plate data

& plasmid extraction

Jan 26

Tue

Regulation of Gene Expression

18

Jan 27

Wed

Conjugation 3: DNA gels

pGLO 1: Transformation

Jan 28

Thu

Exam 1

5

Feb 01

Mon

pGLO 2: Start cultures

Feb 02

Tue

Biotechnology

20

Feb 03

Wed

pGLO 3: Chromatography

Feb 04

Thu

Into the Cell

6

6

Feb 08

Mon

pGLO 4: Protein gel

Feb 09

Tue

Cell Membranes

7

Feb 10

Wed

pGLO 5+6: Purify & restriction digest plasmids

Feb 11

Thu

Cell Communication

11

7

Feb 15

Mon HOLIDAY

No Monday Lab

Feb 16

Tue

Cell Cycle

12

Feb 17

Wed

pGLO 7: Plasmid gel

S3: Cell membrane permeability

Feb 18

Thu

Cancer Biology

18.5

8

Feb 22

Mon

PV92 1: PCR Reactions

Feb 23

Tue

Exam 2

Feb 24

Wed

PV92 2: PCR Gel

S4: PV92 & population genetic equilibrium

Feb 25

Thu

Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction

13

9

Feb 29

Mon

Phage 1: Transfect

Mar 01

Tue

Patterns of Inheritance

14

Mar 02

Wed

Phage 2: Re-transfect

S5: Cat coat color & inheritance

Mar 03

Thu

Chromosomes & Genes

15

10

Mar 07

Mon

Phage 3: PCR

Mar 08

Tue

Bioenergetics

8

Mar 09

Wed

Phage 4: PCR gel

Mar 10

Thu

Cellular Respiration

9

11

Mar 14

Mon

Conclusions & review

Mar 15

Tue

Photosynthesis

10

Mar 16

Wed

Lab Exam

Mar 17

Thu

Catch-up & Wrap-up

12

Mar 24

Thu

Exam 3 (11:30–1:30)