BIOL 240 - Biotechnology Lab Methods and Techniques

Students will become familiar with the theory and application of many analytical methods currently utilized in the field of biotechnology. These methods include: aespetic techniques, current good laboratory practices (cGLP), ELISA and immunoaffinity techniques, methods for determining enzymatic activity, determining enzymatic activity, methods, electrophoresis, light microscopy, restriction endonuclease digestion, agar and acrylamide electrophoresis of nucleic acids, Southern and Northern blotting, polymerase chain reaction and bioassays. Topics in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics will also be discussed. Considerable emphasis will be placed on proper methods for data recording, analysis and Co-requisite: BIOL 240L 3 credits