BIO231: Genomes and Genetic Analysis Laboratory
Term: Spring 2024
Instructor: Samantha Danielle Torquato
Description of course: A laboratory designed to give students an introduction to genomics and the molecular biology of genetics. Students gain experience with a variety of classical and modern techniques used in human genetic analysis and several experiments using students’ DNA are performed throughout the semester. Laboratory and computer-based projects include PCR, restriction analysis and DNA sequencing as well as contemporary bioinformatics and genome database analyses. Corequisite: BIO 230.
BIO230 description: An exploration of genomes and genes that highlights the connections between molecular biology, genetics, cell biology and evolution. Students analyze the principal experimental findings that serve as the basis for the current understanding of topics in genetics (such as DNA, RNA and protein structure and function, gene organization and networks, gene expression and regulation, and the origins and evolution of molecular mechanisms). Students examine the computational tools and rapidly expanding databases that have advanced contemporary biology. Prerequisites: BIO 130 or BIO 132 or equivalent. Corequisite: BIO 231 recommended.
Instructors: Steven A. Williams, Tanya Lama
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Brightfield Micrographs of Human Chromosomes. #1-5 Samples of chromosomes prepared by students taking BIO231 in the Spring of 2024.