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LIST OF Bio 101 TA’s and their contact information Fall 2011

 

Bio 101 Laboratories

 

Week 1 – Introduction and Microscopy I:  Compound microscope and micropipette lab

Week 2 - Junk Food Calorimetry:  Energy in food

            Calorimetry supplement

Week 3 – Respiration of sugars by yeast

Week 4 - Mitosis and meiosis:  Onion root tip lab

Week 5 - Genetics:  Examining genetic crosses using corn, Chi square analysis

Week 6 - Molecular Biology I:  DNA and PCR

            Also for week 6 & 7:

            PCR Background

            PCR Interpretations

PCR FAQs

Review of Molecular Biology

Week 7 - Molecular Biology II:  Gel electrophoresis

Week 8 – Measuring Diversity in a Natural Habitat

Week 9 – Diversity of Life on Earth

Week 10 - Physiology I:  Using Daphnia as a model system

Week 11 - Physiology II:  Human heart rate and physical fitness