BIOL 6B Winter Quarter Class Schedule

Week

Date

Day

Lecture Topic

Chapter

Lab Topic

1

Jan 09

Mon

S1/A1/A2i: Micropipeting; Solutions & dilutions

Jan 10

Tue

Introduction / Chemistry Review

2–3

Jan 11

Wed

Protein electrophoresis 1

Jan 12

Thu

Organic & Biological Chemistry

4–5

2

Jan 16

Mon HOLIDAY

Jan 17

Tue

Enzymes & Metabolism

8

Jan 18

Wed

Protein electrophoresis 2

Cutting DNA 1: digest/ligate

Jan 19

Thu

Molecular Inheritance

16

3

Jan 23

Mon

Cutting DNA 2: DNA gel electrophoresis

Jan 24

Tue

Gene Expression

17

Jan 25

Wed

Conjugation 1: Conjugate & culture

S2: Restriction mapping

Jan 26

Thu

Viral & Bacterial Genetics

19, 27.2

4

Jan 30

Mon

Conjugation 2: Plate data

& plasmid extraction

Jan 31

Tue

Regulation of Gene Expression

18

Feb 01

Wed

Conjugation 3: DNA gels

pGLO 1: Transformation

Feb 02

Thu

Exam 1

5

Feb 06

Mon

pGLO 2: Start cultures

Feb 07

Tue

Biotechnology

20

Feb 08

Wed

pGLO 3: Chromatography

Feb 09

Thu

Into the Cell

6

6

Feb 13

Mon

pGLO 4: Protein gel

Feb 14

Tue

Cell Membranes

7

Feb 15

Wed

pGLO 5+6: Purify & restriction digest plasmids

Feb 16

Thu

Cell Communication

11

7

Feb 20

Mon HOLIDAY

No Monday Lab

Feb 21

Tue

Cell Cycle

12

Feb 22

Wed

pGLO 7: Plasmid gel

S3: Cell membrane permeability

Feb 23

Thu

Cancer Biology

18.5

8

Feb 27

Mon

PV92 1: PCR Reactions

Feb 28

Tue

Exam 2

Mar 01

Wed

PV92 2: PCR Gel

S4: PV92 & population genetic equilibrium

Mar 02

Thu

Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction

13

9

Mar 06

Mon

Phage 1: Transfect

Mar 07

Tue

Patterns of Inheritance

14

Mar 08

Wed

Phage 2: Re-transfect

S5: Cat coat color & inheritance

Mar 09

Thu

Chromosomes & Genes

15

10

Mar 13

Mon

Phage 3: PCR

Mar 14

Tue

Bioenergetics

8

Mar 15

Wed

Phage 4: PCR gel

Mar 16

Thu

Cellular Respiration

9

11

Mar 20

Mon

Conclusions & review

Mar 21

Tue

Photosynthesis

10

Mar 22

Wed

Lab Exam

Mar 23

Thu

Catch-up & Wrap-up

12

Mar 30

Thu

Exam 3 (11:30–1:30)