20.109(S11): Spring 2010 schedule

MODULE	DAY	DATE	LECTURER	TA	LAB	note
		Tue Feb 1	ANS		Orientation
1	1	Thur Feb 3	JN		Amplify aptamer-encoding DNA
1	2	Tue Feb 8	JN		Purify aptamer-encoding DNA
1	3	Thur Feb 10	JN		Prepare RNA by IVT
1	4	Tue Feb 15	JN		Purify RNA and run affinity column
1	5	Thur Feb 17	JN		RNA to DNA by RT-PCR
		President's Day Feb 21				No lab Feb 22 or Feb 23
1	6	Thur Feb 24	JN		Post-selection IVT and journal club
1	7	Tue Mar 1	JN		Aptamer binding assay
1	8	Thur Mar 3	JN		Journal club
2	1	Tue Mar 8	RW
2	2	Thur Mar 10	RW
2	3	Tue Mar 15	RW
2	4	Thur Mar 17	RW
		Spring Break Mar 21-25				No lab all week
2	5	Tue Mar 29	RW
2	6	Thur Mar 31	RW
2	7	Tue Apr 5	RW
2	8	Thur Apr 7	RW
3	1	Tues Apr 12	ANS]		Start-up biomaterials engineering
3	2	Thur Apr 14	ANS]		Initiate cell culture]
		Patriot's Day April 18-19				No lab Apr 19 or Apr 20
3	3	Thur Apr 21	ANS]		Testing cell viability]
3	4	Tue Apr 26	ANS]		Preparing cells for analysis]
3	5	Thur Apr 28	ANS]		Initiating transcript and protein assays]
3	6	Tue May 3	ANS]		Transcript-level analysis]
3	7	Thur May 5	ANS]		Protein-level and wrap-up analysis]
3	8	Tue May 10	ANS]		Student presentations
		Thur May 12			No lab session. Evaluations during lecture, then celebratory lunch, room/time TBD