BIO 111 Lab (Biology I Lab)
BIO 111 Lab is a series of studies/experiments dealing with the molecular and cellular aspects of biology.
Half of the lab topics will deal with cellular structure and function and the other half will cover topics in
genetics.
Co-requisite
BIO 111 Lab must be taken simultaneously with BIO 111 Lecture.
Topics
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Biological Molecules – Identifying Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids
Enzymes – Discovering the nature of enzymes
Fruit Flies – Setting up, carrying out, and analyzing a dihybrid genetic cross
Microscopy/The Cell/Osmosis and Diffusion – Examining cells and their functions
Cellular Respiration – Studying aerobic and anaerobic respiration in living cells
Photosynthesis – Using chromatography to identify photosynthetic pigments
Cellular Reproduction/Mendelian Genetics – Tracing the stages of mitosis and learning to use X2
Human Inheritance – Understanding blood types and working Hardy-Weinberg problems
Genetic Transformation – Transforming E.coli with the pGLO plasmid
DNA Fingerprinting – Comparing DNA fingerprints created with gel electrophoresis
Text
The text for BIO 111 Lab is the manual produced by the MC Biology Department and sold in the
Biology Department office.
Assessment
Students in BIO 111 lab will receive no separate credit for the class. Scores received will be
distributed to the lecture professors who will incorporate the lab grade into the total BIO 111 final average.
The lab grade will be determined from
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weekly grades (1/2 of grade) consisting of a prelab quiz and a postlab quiz for each of the 10
weeks and
test grades (1/2 of grade) consisting of a midterm exam, a final exam, and a lab report on a
genetics experiment.
Attendance
Do not schedule other activities during your lab time. There are no make-up lab sessions.
Students are expected to be in their regularly scheduled lab. If illness or a school-related function forces
a student to miss, under certain circumstances that lab may be made up by attending one of the other
regularly scheduled labs in the same week. Students should contact the lab coordinator, Joseph Kazery,
to request such arrangements. A note from the doctor or from the coach/sponsor of the school-related
function should be available when making up the lab.
Absences for extreme circumstances may be considered on an individual basis. Remember these
absence/make-up guidelines.
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Inconvenience is not a reason to swap lab times.
Emergencies should involve police and/or doctors.
Not being prepared and/or other tests is not a reason to take a lab test on another day.