Educational Programs at the Institute

2006 Coral Molecular Biology Techniques Workshop

August 14 to 25, 2006
Introduction • Course Schedule

Course Schedule

 

Instructors   Brian Bowen, Ruth Gates, Steve Karl, Teresa Lewis, Mike Rappe, Rob Toonen
  Workshop will start each morning at 9 a.m. unless otherwise scheduled in advance.
Monday 14 Morning Lecture Welcome and Introduction of Instructors
Student PowerPoint presentations
Introduction to Hawaiian Corals/Kaneohe Bay
Introduction to Lab and Lab Safety		 All
 
Cox?
Lewis
Afternoon Snorkel Collection of samples, set up for DNA extractions Toonen
Tuesday 15 Morning Lecture/Lab Nucleic acids, complete DNA extraction Toonen
Afternoon Lecture Electrophoresis I Rappe
Wednesday 16 Morning Lecture Population genetics overview and analysis Bowen, Toonen
Afternoon Lab/Lecture PCR theory, PCR and sequencing Toonen
Thursday 17 Morning Lab Electrophoresis II, PCR products and electro4 demos
(PFGE, DGGE)		 Rappe
Afternoon Demo Sequencing (Sarah Daley)
Friday 18 All day Lab/Lecture RFLP/DGGE Gates
Saturday 19 Morning Lecture Microsatellites Toonen
Afternoon Lab Analysis of microsatellite data Toonen
Sunday 20 Morning   Hanauma Bay trip  
Afternoon Snorkel Collect K-Bay samples and freeze for extractions
Monday 21 Morning Lecture Bioinformatics  
Afternoon Lab Computer lab
Tuesday 22 Morning Lecture Functional genomics Gates
Afternoon Lab RNA extraction, spec analysis, cDNA synthesis Lewis
Wednesday 23 Morning Lecture/Lab QPCR Lewis
Afternoon Lab Cellular disaggregation techniques Lewis
Thursday 24 Morning Lecture/Lab Cellular Diagnostics, protein extraction and assays Lewis
Afternoon Lab Protein gel electrophoresis and membrane transfer Lewis
Friday 25 Morning Lab Immunoblot Lewis
Afternoon Lab Lab clean up and exit survey Lewis
Evening Pau Hana Party

 

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